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Re: Official MSU Bobcat- Weber State game thread

Post by bobcat92 » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:21 pm

Colter_Nuanez wrote:Montana State never started in any better position than its own 25 today.

If Daly doesn't miss those two kicks in the first quarter, that's at least a 29-13.

Garcia doesn't get called for a bogus penalty, MSU gets a stop and gets the ball near midfield early.

Prukop and Horn don't miss the presnap calls in the first quarter on those corner chops they were running and MSU doesn't get sacked twice. Instead, they probably score two first-quarter touchdowns and that's a 40-point outing.

The offense piled up 464 yards today, rushed for 304 yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry without Knight, a guy who's averaging 4.4 yards per carry and has scored 7 touchdowns.

Montana State shot themselves in the foot all evening.

Another thing to consider: Montana State is running the option on almost every play. Prukop has the chance to give, keep or throw on most plays. Watching live, it seemed to me WSU was determined to not give up anything over the top or over the middle deep. When you're running the option, you take what the defense gives you. Today, they were giving up the give to the running back on the read option. MSU took it. Prukop got sacked three times for a loss of 33 and still rushed for 60. Newell rushed for 62 yards on 12 carries. Brekke got 31 yards on 7 carries. Shawn Johnson rushed for 153 yards on 14 carries.

It wasn't 77 points, but it could have easily been 38-42 if not for a few mistakes. 304 yards rushing is good no matter who you play.
Prukop wasn't on with some of his passes that would have gone for more yards. Seemed in the previous two games he couldn't miss. But have to agree with Colter we left points on the field. That is the way football goes. You win big or you win ugly but in the end a win is a win. Hats off to the defense they came out on fire and played with intensity the whole game. Good to see them step up in this game. From the interviews this week you could tell they were pissed off about the last two weeks. Sometimes you need to get the attitude you are going show everybody you are better.

Weber did a good job of having a spy on Prukop. Webers 44 was as quick as Prukop and limited his ability to run effectively.

Cal Poly will be another test in Cali. Cal Poly was able to shut out SAC in the 3rd quarter and score 21 points to pull away in the game.



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