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From the athletic department:

Thomas Morstead was 3-3 on field goals (36, 35, 37) and is 17-22 on his career overall and 10-11 for his career from 30-39 yards

David Haynes had a career-best 14 tackles

Jessie Henderson had 4 kickoff returns for 128 yards. It was his fourth game with 100-plus KOR yards.

Ryan Leonard had a forced fumble in his first game for the Mustangs

James Mapps had the first two kickoff returns of his career, totaling 38 KOR yards

Bryan McCann tied his career-high with 9 tackles and set a career high with 3 pass break-ups

when your FS makes 14 tackles you are in big trouble. Tackles by CBs can be a deceiving stat. I know McCann made some plays but he also missed a lot of plays which is probably why he had 9 tackles. Amendola and Crabtree made some big plays-when he alternated onto them. I'm not too surprised Graham is a helluva QB and when he makes essentially ZERO mistakes its going to get out of hand.

yes, but haynes was all over the field...he didnt make all his tackles 7-10+ yards down field

PonyPride wrote:From the athletic department:

Thomas Morstead was 3-3 on field goals (36, 35, 37) and is 17-22 on his career overall and 10-11 for his career from 30-39 yards

David Haynes had a career-best 14 tackles

Jessie Henderson had 4 kickoff returns for 128 yards. It was his fourth game with 100-plus KOR yards.

Ryan Leonard had a forced fumble in his first game for the Mustangs

James Mapps had the first two kickoff returns of his career, totaling 38 KOR yards

Bryan McCann tied his career-high with 9 tackles and set a career high with 3 pass break-ups

We have a lot to be proud of tonight.

Haynes missed tackles all over the field too. He has got to tackle Ammendola. Great Call by Leach isolating Amendola on Haynes.

If he was in the right spot, a lot of those tackles would have been pass breakups. But in general, I agree.

our defense was atrocious, virtually nothing positive to take away from this game. the receivers were always open or the ball carrier broke a tackle every time

Considering that offense, and the fact that they put up crazy numbers on everyone, it's hard to judge the defense. Yes, Harrell had a big day, but last year, in his first year as a starter, he had the third-most yards by a sophomore in Tech history. This offense racks up absurd stats, and did so today, and will do so again. Shut down UNT and go forward.

there was one stretch where Harrell threw about 3 bad passes but otherwise he was on the numbers all day long. Something like 44 for 58 I think-and there were several drops in there too. The backup was 6-7. So I really don't think we can say ANYBODY in the secondary played well-despite their "gaudy" tackling stats. Why do you think they had to make so many tackles.

Expected Tech to score over 40 - I just thought we would score at least 3 touchdowns. Not much to be proud of offensively, especially since that is suppose to be our strength.

jkflamebo wrote:our defense was atrocious, virtually nothing positive to take away from this game. the receivers were always open or the ball carrier broke a tackle every time

No, they didn't break a tackle every time. There were some stops.

mr. pony wrote:

jkflamebo wrote:our defense was atrocious, virtually nothing positive to take away from this game. the receivers were always open or the ball carrier broke a tackle every time

No, they didn't break a tackle every time. There were some stops.

Hey at least we got front page teaser coverage and front page of sports day above the fold in the paper. That should make you even happier about this game.

Stallion wrote:there was one stretch where Harrell threw about 3 bad passes but otherwise he was on the numbers all day long. Something like 44 for 58 I think-and there were several drops in there too.

Harrell is overrated and his O-line is underrated. The only time Harrell saw any contact all day, he got hurt. Not only did he get hurt, he got hurt in dramatic, roll-around-on-the-carpet, soccer-player fashion. Came back in the game later, which proves he was never really hurt at all. Can you tell I'm bitter?

If we cannot get any semblance of a pass rush soon we are in deep trouble.

KnuckleStang wrote:

Stallion wrote:

Not only did he get hurt, he got hurt in dramatic, roll-around-on-the-carpet, soccer-player fashion. Came back in the game later, which proves he was never really hurt at all

mustve had spray bottle and magic sponge on the sideline

After rewatching the game at home, we really didn't do that bad in the first half. That all-out call and missed tackle was a killer. The floated duck completion on 3-18 exposed the lack of ability of Bonilla to react to anything. On the last TD drive, they completed third and long several times because we didn't shutdown the inside route.

Offensively in the first half, we were able to move the ball just fine. We just had major issues with drops.

Biggest changes for next week:

- Hawkins needs to be moved back to outside LB and let Hurst play in the middle. Hurst came in when we switched to a 3-4 at times and did well. He is big and can move. Hawkins on the outside intercepts that duck.

- We need to find a tall possession receiver. They played their corners back and dared us to keep it short. We couldn't beat them over the top, and with the negetive plays in the second half couldn't afford to run WR screens anymore. Negative plays kill our offense's ability to move the ball. A big guy who will go up and get a ball is a game saver in those situations.