University Athletic Association

ADL70 · September 30, 2007, 09:28:01 AM

It's hard to make sound judgements from a game like that. But way too many passing yards given up, even in the first half. No sacks and too many sacks given up. Brew didn't play, missed any explanation. Breakout game for Bill Deitmen, 13 carries-98 yards. Haven't heard if he was hampered by an injury earlier. Derek Bush DNP.

BDTartan · October 01, 2007, 08:54:15 AM

Another good weekend for the UAA. I think you will see a major difference in the Tartans from now on. I think the Rochester loss kind of lingered and they under-estimated Allegheny, but from speaking with my bro it sounds like they are back on track and have had some great practices during the bye week.

ADL70 · October 01, 2007, 07:02:15 PM

About a week ago I said "I wouldn't want to be Randolph Macon." I'm sure the Tartans will be back with a vengance. Will be interesting to see how Allegheny fares v Wabash. They seem to be playing to the competition.

Nice to have an exta week to prepare for the wing-T. I sure hope Brew and Bush will be ready to go.

BDTartan · October 01, 2007, 08:45:46 PM

Yeah, that extra week helps, but finding the right scout team for the Wing-T is tough. To be truthful, if Erdelyi would run some of the offense he did last year it would be even harder to prepare for, but this year seems to be going the direction of the 05' season where he did nothing but run, run, RUN unless CMU was down after the half. The Wing-T may be tough to prepare for, but when your facing a team that does nothing but run the ball and has an O-Coordinator who is stubborn about that fact, all you have to do is stack the box and protect the play action that will rarely ever come. I don't know......I think the offensive play calling was fantastic last year and this year I just find it lacking the creativeness and fearlessness it had last year.

ADL70 · October 03, 2007, 07:49:13 AM

This year's depth should help the scout team. CMU only had about 200 yds rushing lasat year v CWRU. This year's D seems better than last year's. Is there a correlation between all this year's runs and CMU's QB problems?

formerTartan · October 03, 2007, 09:50:55 AM

I don't know that it has been a problem with the quarterback but rather a lack of options at receiver. Granted against Allegheny there was an apparent case of fumblitis but this year the only true option with any experience was TE Wisnieski and to a limited extent WR Doo. Doo was injured against Grove City and hasn't played since forcing the Tartans to start a Sophomore, Sophomore, Freshman combination at wide-receiver, a situation that doesn't lend itself well to spreading the field and opening the defense up for the Tartan's rushing attack.

Quote from: BDTartan on October 01, 2007, 08:45:46 PM
To be truthful, if Erdelyi would run some of the offense he did last year it would be even harder to prepare for, but this year seems to be going the direction of the 05' season where he did nothing but run, run, RUN unless CMU was down after the half.

I'm sure that Coach Erd would love to run some of the play action and deep throws we often opened up with last year but I don't think the Tartans currently have a consistent or reliable target. Much like in the '04 and '05 seasons when WR's Kline and Davis lacked experience.

BDTartan · October 03, 2007, 10:03:18 AM

You know, that is a good question....but I highly doubt it considering that Mulkern got hurt in the Academic Bowl last year and Facemeyer started all of the remaining games including the two playoff games. He did a pretty good job in my opinion. I don't know. As I said, the play calling is suspect to me at times. Sometimes I am just downright confused as I am watching a game and see defenses doing certain things to stop the running game and the play calling just gets more stubborn. Last year, the pass was mixed in well enough to keep opposing secondaries and LBs honest. I find it hard to believe Erdelyi has a pre-season All-American TE in Derek Wisnieski, who averaged a hefty amount of yards per catch last year, and can't find a way to get the ball into his hands. I saw the ball go his way when they were down two scores late in the Allegheny game and once or twice in the GCC game. Other than that I don't think he has seen the ball much. Another thing possibly is that I don't know if it is the play call itself or the QB, but it seems like all the pass plays I have watched, the QB has been dead set on one target. There has been no going through progressions or checking down. Its just fired in there. A couple times I have seen WIDE open guys running totally uncovered while the ball is being thrown into double or triple or even quadruple coverage. To be quite honest, I think GCC gameplanned the crap out of CMU and the last couple teams have kind of followed suit. I did notice that teams are starting to play their ends standing up to make it harder for the OTs to get out and get a solid block on them.

Sorry formerTartan, I was writing the above while you posted. Wisnieski has the ability to get done what little needs to be done in the play-action game to keep some teams honest. He is an excellent run blocker who can release on plays and make some catches and get up field. If you've played since he has been there then you know what I am getting at. Also, like I said, the QB seems to be staring down targets in the pass game and when the throw is made it hasn't been pretty.

ADL70 · October 03, 2007, 06:39:14 PM

For whatever reason Facemeyer07 doesn't equal Facemeyer06.

The Randolph-Macon game looks a lot tougher than it did in August. Their HC and DC both coached at WUStL so the Tartan O is familiar to them.

CWRU is doing pretty well with WRs that are all Sophs and Frosh.

BDTartan · October 04, 2007, 08:50:02 AM

For what its worth Randolph-Macon also walked all over Washington & Lee 42-7. I don't know enough about W&L to say whether they are the same kind of team that made the playoffs last year....but they did lose their last game of the season to the Spartans and their playoff game. I don't think the Randolph-Macon game is going to be easy, but I believe the Tartans received a nice double dose of wake up calls and will be well prepared and rested coming into this game. The only thing that scares me is that it looks like CMU is either going to have to outscore the YellowJackets or play some excellent defense against them while the O controls the ball and the clock. We shall see which one happens. It looks like the YellowJackets are yet another well balanced offensive team which the Tartans have been playing the last 4 weeks. Unlike their schedule in 06' which featured 7 or 8 teams who ran the spread.

Pat Coleman · October 04, 2007, 10:50:59 AM

42-17 -- still a large margin but not exactly the same kind of game as 42-7.

BDTartan · October 04, 2007, 11:04:38 AM

Oops, my bad.......I could of swore I read that score as 42-7. Thanks Pat, so what is the deal with W&L?? Big graduation last year? I only ask because CMU does play them at the end of the year.

Pat Coleman · October 04, 2007, 12:11:13 PM

They lost some people, but to be honest, they weren't world-beaters last year either.

Losing to Randolph-Macon is definitely a surprise, but the bottom-half teams in the ODAC appear to be making some steps forward this season.

BDTartan · October 04, 2007, 12:16:52 PM

Thanks for the info. I didn't think they were that good considering the playoff loss and the loss to CWRU last year. Even though CWRU is another improved team this year. I did notice reading the YellowJackets press release that they seem to be a much improved team.

ADL70 · October 05, 2007, 09:08:22 AM

Go Tartans and Bears. Have a great week. UAA starts next week.

BDTartan · October 06, 2007, 03:33:29 PM

Well, it sounds like CMU is going to lose yet another tough game. Don't know any stats...only picked up enough of the extremely choppy radio stream to find out CMU was down 21-10 with very little time left in the game. Wow.....I have to wonder when they're going to turn it around.....