(09-20-2015 12:22 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  Very pleased with the effort yesterday by the team. Disappointed with the results. We tailgated with UVA fans and after the game they were all down and saying they felt as if UVA had been beaten.

The play calling was much better than it has been in recent years. While the execution on the pass back to Cluley lacked polish, I was impressed that the play was called. Agree we need some work on punt coverage and how to keep return yardages down.

Number 32 for UVA gave Cluley 2 cheap shots that I saw. On the first (which was not called, the official was there looking at it), I was amazed that there was no call and Laycock was rightfully upset. The second was called.

I thought UVA got away with several holding penalties on receivers that should have been called. No wonder when holding was finally called against them the DB was so incredulous. Ugkowe needs to work on pass blocking w/o holding.

Glad to hear that Haslip's injury was not as bad as originally thought. Hoping the rest of the walking wounded get good news as well.

From the results so far it would appear that Stony Brook is the real deal. I think we will know a lot more about our team after next week. At this point, assuming the injury situation is not too bad, I like what I see.

If we're talking about play calling someone should give Jimmye props for the onside kick too. That was a great call and the execution was perfect

Played big boy football on both sides yesterday.
Loved seeing the option and inside shuttle pass plays added to the arsenal.

Let's hope we can stay relatively healthy for the remainder of the season because a lot of very strong teams vying for that CAA title and the playoff spots. Need to keep improving.

Any word on Abdul Saboor's injury?

(09-20-2015 08:05 PM)TribePride91 Wrote:  Any word on Abdul Saboor's injury?

Wait he got hurt???

He took a pretty big hit on the 3rd quarter and the trainers were over looking at him, but he walked off and was back in a few plays later. May have just had the wind knocked out or something; didn't seem to be too serious and I hope it's not.

No the play I am referring to was when he helped recover the fumble 3 plays from the end. He took a big shot on his shoulder/collarbone while laying on the ground and was helped off the field. It looked bad at the time. Any update on him?

I believe the first time he went down on the UVA sideline was a result of getting the wind knocked out of him.

Incident at the end of the game appeared to be a shoulder/upper body. That was a cheap shot by the UVA defender. Legal, but cheap. The UVA DE was closest to the loose ball and could have pounced on it, instead, for no logical reason other than to be cheap (and stupid), he peeled back and tried to take MAS's head off. MAS was focusing on recovering the ball and was caught off guard and got bent backwards. Cameras showed the goon smiling about it while they tended to MAS. Idiot could have cost his team the game.

Didn't seem like anything too serious, but I'm just guessing based on body language.

(09-21-2015 09:30 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  I believe the first time he went down on the UVA sideline was a result of getting the wind knocked out of him.

Incident at the end of the game appeared to be a shoulder/upper body. That was a cheap shot by the UVA defender. Legal, but cheap. The UVA DE was closest to the loose ball and could have pounced on it, instead, for no logical reason other than to be cheap (and stupid), he peeled back and tried to take MAS's head off. MAS was focusing on recovering the ball and was caught off guard and got bent backwards. Cameras showed the goon smiling about it while they tended to MAS. Idiot could have cost his team the game.

Didn't seem like anything too serious, but I'm just guessing based on body language.

How can it be a cheap hit but a legal hit?

The UVA DE who wore #32 was giving out cheap shots all afternoon. I didn't see who hit MAS. Was it 32?

(09-21-2015 09:45 AM)Paulbintheburg Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 09:30 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  I believe the first time he went down on the UVA sideline was a result of getting the wind knocked out of him.

Incident at the end of the game appeared to be a shoulder/upper body. That was a cheap shot by the UVA defender. Legal, but cheap. The UVA DE was closest to the loose ball and could have pounced on it, instead, for no logical reason other than to be cheap (and stupid), he peeled back and tried to take MAS's head off. MAS was focusing on recovering the ball and was caught off guard and got bent backwards. Cameras showed the goon smiling about it while they tended to MAS. Idiot could have cost his team the game.

Didn't seem like anything too serious, but I'm just guessing based on body language.

How can it be a cheap hit but a legal hit?

It was cheap because the intent was to injure. It was an uneccessary blind side, no different than a safety taking the head off a receiver after the ball sails over his head. The latter draws a flag, while the former doesn't merit a flag it's still a cheap shot. I say that as some who thinks the rules regarding contact have gone too far.

(09-21-2015 10:05 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  The UVA DE who wore #32 was giving out cheap shots all afternoon. I didn't see who hit MAS. Was it 32?

No, forty something.

(09-21-2015 10:22 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 09:45 AM)Paulbintheburg Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 09:30 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  I believe the first time he went down on the UVA sideline was a result of getting the wind knocked out of him.

Incident at the end of the game appeared to be a shoulder/upper body. That was a cheap shot by the UVA defender. Legal, but cheap. The UVA DE was closest to the loose ball and could have pounced on it, instead, for no logical reason other than to be cheap (and stupid), he peeled back and tried to take MAS's head off. MAS was focusing on recovering the ball and was caught off guard and got bent backwards. Cameras showed the goon smiling about it while they tended to MAS. Idiot could have cost his team the game.

Didn't seem like anything too serious, but I'm just guessing based on body language.

How can it be a cheap hit but a legal hit?

It was cheap because the intent was to injure. It was an uneccessary blind side, no different than a safety taking the head off a receiver after the ball sails over his head. The latter draws a flag, while the former doesn't merit a flag it's still a cheap shot. I say that as some who thinks the rules regarding contact have gone too far.

I thought that play had a loose ball, and everyone was going for it?

I might be mistaken. In my opinion if a ball is on the ground, its pretty much anything goes.

CAA football tweeted from the coaches call that Laycock said MAS is okay.

JL said MAS is "okay...took a lot of hits."

Well that's good. I'm glad to hear he's OK. I had completely forgotten about that play in the excitement of the final drive. Both he and Anderson looked like they'll have solid years

The one thing that stuck with me on the way home from the game was that if you were a fan at the game who did not know the classification of the two teams, it would have appeared that these were just two conference rivals playing an annual game. We certainly did not go up there trying just to keep the game close. Open field speed killed us twice, but I was so proud of how we not only kept from being blown out after it was 35-20, but actually were the dominating team at the end.

I sure hope that our two linebackers get back soon. Coach said in the post game news conference that we ended up having to play a lot of nickel once we lost the two guys and that it took us a little while to get comfortable with it. Kudos to our defense for taking a punch and finding a way to shut them down for the remainder of the second half to allow our offense to get us back in the game.

I absolutely love the play calling. We are really opening up the play book, and I am impressed with Cluley's poise, athleticism, and toughness. I do cringe a bit with some of the read option plays.

There is really a lot to like about this team if we can stay healthy. Then again, that is not the first time that any of us have made that statement over the past few years. It just makes you feel confident when you have a quarterback who is capable of being the focal point of the offense if he needs to be.

Now let's come home and take care of Stony Brook.

It was their line backer, I believe #41. He hit Saboor to keep him from jumping on the loose ball. Clean hit IMO. MAS just got hit hard playing at top speed without a lot of bearings/warning.

(09-21-2015 10:23 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 10:05 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  The UVA DE who wore #32 was giving out cheap shots all afternoon. I didn't see who hit MAS. Was it 32?

No, forty something.

(09-21-2015 11:14 AM)Paulbintheburg Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 10:22 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 09:45 AM)Paulbintheburg Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 09:30 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  I believe the first time he went down on the UVA sideline was a result of getting the wind knocked out of him.

Incident at the end of the game appeared to be a shoulder/upper body. That was a cheap shot by the UVA defender. Legal, but cheap. The UVA DE was closest to the loose ball and could have pounced on it, instead, for no logical reason other than to be cheap (and stupid), he peeled back and tried to take MAS's head off. MAS was focusing on recovering the ball and was caught off guard and got bent backwards. Cameras showed the goon smiling about it while they tended to MAS. Idiot could have cost his team the game.

Didn't seem like anything too serious, but I'm just guessing based on body language.

How can it be a cheap hit but a legal hit?

It was cheap because the intent was to injure. It was an uneccessary blind side, no different than a safety taking the head off a receiver after the ball sails over his head. The latter draws a flag, while the former doesn't merit a flag it's still a cheap shot. I say that as some who thinks the rules regarding contact have gone too far.

I thought that play had a loose ball, and everyone was going for it?

I might be mistaken. In my opinion if a ball is on the ground, its pretty much anything goes.

My point is that the UVA player was not going for the ball. He was in clear position to recover the ball had he chosen to go for the ball. Instead he catches a glimpse of MAS out of the corner of his eye, abandons going for the ball, and takes MAS up high.

My feeling is the intent here was to cause physical harm (supported by his smiling about the outcome), thus my opinion that it is was cheap (though not illegal). Hitting MAS would have been smart play if MAS was actually a threat to get to the ball first. I'd done this myself back in my day. Irony is his poor choice ultimately allowed WM to recover the ball and keep the drive alive.

I'll leave it there for my part. On to SBU!

(09-21-2015 12:54 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  It was their line backer, I believe #41. He hit Saboor to keep him from jumping on the loose ball. Clean hit IMO. MAS just got hit hard playing at top speed without a lot of bearings/warning.

(09-21-2015 10:23 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 10:05 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  The UVA DE who wore #32 was giving out cheap shots all afternoon. I didn't see who hit MAS. Was it 32?

No, forty something.

UVA player was in best position to recover. Going after MAS at a minimum was stupid play. UVA TV announcers questioned why he didn't just jump on the ball right in front of him too. I think MAS was caught off guard, because he was expecting the UVA player to go after the ball right in front of him as well.

Okay....now I'm really done with fumblegate.

(09-21-2015 01:13 PM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 12:54 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  It was their line backer, I believe #41. He hit Saboor to keep him from jumping on the loose ball. Clean hit IMO. MAS just got hit hard playing at top speed without a lot of bearings/warning.

(09-21-2015 10:23 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  

(09-21-2015 10:05 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  The UVA DE who wore #32 was giving out cheap shots all afternoon. I didn't see who hit MAS. Was it 32?

No, forty something.

UVA player was in best position to recover. Going after MAS at a minimum was stupid play. UVA TV announcers questioned why he didn't just jump on the ball right in front of him too. I think MAS was caught off guard, because he was expecting the UVA player to go after the ball right in front of him as well.

Okay....now I'm really done with fumblegate.

Promises, promises!