Homecoming vs. Spiders 10/11

[UAalum72]

Richmond Game Notes are up.

 

UR Football Board on Spider Nation Rivals forum.

 

Another tough matchup. Weather looks promising for a big Homecoming crowd.

 

 

[haggyland]

Richmond listed as a nine point favorite...I guess that sounds fair.

[Ruler]

Their QB Strauss is off the charts accurate. They are going to sling it all over the place.

[Clickclack]

And our secondary is very young...

[UAalum72]

Their QB Strauss is off the charts accurate. They are going to sling it all over the place.

Their forum says the starting left tackle Richter had his arm in a sling the second half last week, is doubtful this week. Maybe we can generate a pass rush from that side.

[UAalum72]

Homecoming tents are up, and the fence has been removed from between the SEFCU lot and the Purple Path, so the usual tailgating areas are open, even if there isn't much grass growing yet.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Any new marketing around town?

[MRSGDG]

Coach is on Fly 92.3 ..he mentioned that when they call 'Sugar' it means stay in the huddle till 10 secs left. Hmm make sense why the fans including me yell at the team to get moving.

[UAalum72]

UA football team to take on No. 20 Richmond - T-U pregame story, focus on defense

 

Game Notes

[Dane Pound]

The forecast looks pretty perfect for football - sunny and in the 60s. Hopefully we can sell out and move up the CAA attendance list.

[haggyland]

UAlbany down to an 8 point underdog... That means that John Q. Public is putting their money on us...

Edited October 11, 2014 by haggyland

[UAalum72]

Parker drawing scouts attention

[Dane Pound]

I don't usually type in all caps but

 

THIS WEEK TOOK FOREVER. TGIS

[Eli]

 

 

My thoughts on the game:

 

Offense - Our offense, for the most part, wasn't too bad. We had some mistakes with throws and drops (one of which Brian Parker totally botched - no one within 10 yards of him in any direction). Fiacchi, for whatever reason, seems to fair much better on the longer throws than the shorter ones. The run game didn't do ANYTHING all day. Cole King has been a REVELATION this season. He has a HORRIBLE season last year and has played AWESOME this year.

 

All in all, I give the offense a grade of B-.

 

Defense - Like many folks, I think our defense has been our biggest issue of late (against JMU and Richmond). We all know our secondary is our weak link due to it's age (being very young)...but our front seven hasn't been able to pressure the opposing QB like it was earlier in the season. Basically, the quality of opponents we played in the beginning of the year made our defense look FAR better than it actually is. We need help. I'm sure this will be corrected with recruiting...nothing we can do this season. However, one thing we can fix is...STOP THE DAMN ARM TACKLES. I mean, like WHOA. We are a TERRIBLE tackling team. This tackling issue rears it's head the most in 3rd down situations. We suck on 3rd down.

 

Part of the problem is the offense sometimes isn't out on the field long and the defense is playing too much, too often. With little depth, this becomes a problem. I'm a Jets fan, so I know all about that. It's the exact same issue the Jets have. Sanchez/Geno can't keep the offense on the field so the D is EXHAUSTED by the 3rd quarter.

 

All in all, I give the defense a grade of C-. It wasn't very good although they did have 3 INT's today and evidently a fumble recovery or something (Richmond had 4 TO's...I only remember 3). If it wasn't for those 4 plays, I'd give them a D or maybe an F. It wasn't pretty.

 

Special Teams - Not very good but not horrible. Missed an XP and also a kick. Our kickers are still a problem. Fielding isn't an issue, Gontarek does well. At least we aren't snapping the ball over the kickers head, etc.

 

C

 

Coaching - Coaching seems to be decent. Play calls aren't too bad and they seem to have the players listening to them (UA came out a bit better in the second half). It's the first year, so can't really complain here too much IMO. No time management blunders, etc.

 

B-

 

Crowd - Crowd was decent. Not fully packed. I'd guess we hit at least 7k.

Edited October 12, 2014 by Ilko

[Clickclack]

Much better opponents the last two games and it shows as our defense is struggling. Offense seems OK but the defense is getting exposed a little. Nothing a few good recruiting classes can't fix.