Some Quick Thoughts

[kupuna133]

Agree with you on the probability. On the other side Moczulski does have the longest FG in the program's history and as evidenced by his practice kick he certainly had the distance in those conditions, just not the accuracy due to the wind. Also not a fan of icing the kicker at the last second as that gives him a practice kick. Prefer a pre setup time out if that comes into play.

Practice kick? Are you referring to the time out kick? That kick ballooned and didn’t make it to the end zone. It came up 15-20 yards short and 15 yards wide left.

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[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I worry about losing the young WR’s. There will be interest and NIL bags being delivered.

We need to win the bowl game.. but preferably beat Sparty and then win the bowl game.. have to end the season on a high note to help limit NIL losses of the talent.. any help there we can get would be welcome.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Practice kick? Are you referring to the time out kick? That kick ballooned and didn’t make it to the end zone. It came up 15-20 yards short and 15 yards wide left.

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The TV guy said the kick had enough leg. It was hard to tell on TV if it was short. They mentioned the kicker was an NIL xfer and had hit a 59-yarder, but they also mentioned the wind.

timeout was a huge error because of conditions and it allowed Illinois to see the miss and switch things up... it was a bad error. I am not among those that say it means Schiano should be kicked to teh curb.. but the mistake was obvious and if he cannot admit to it.. I think that's a problem.

 

[kupuna133]

The TV guy said the kick had enough leg. It was hard to tell on TV if it was short. They mentioned the kicker was an NIL xfer and had hit a 59-yarder, but they also mentioned the wind.

timeout was a huge error because of conditions and it allowed Illinois to see the miss and switch things up... it was a bad error. I am not among those that say it means Schiano should be kicked to teh curb.. but the mistake was obvious and if he cannot admit to it.. I think that's a problem.

Anyone, not named Greg, that was in the stadium knew the game was over when they trotted their fg team out. This was some of the worst wind conditions I have ever experienced at Rutgers Stadium. It was old school Giants stadium swirling wind. It was a steady 20mph wind with gusts coming from all directions.

The only people defending the call were not in attendance. The kick landed shy of the end zone and was considerably offline . I am not calling for Greg’s firing but this loss is entirely on him and his boneheaded game day decisions.

 

[BossNJ]

Football is a game of moments. Bo and Levy had a few very bad moments today of being out of position.

We allowed the Illinois QB to escape pockets 5 times today when we had him contained.

The time out is whatever, I can see arguments for and against calling it. The last pass play defense was very, very bad. All levy has to do is keep contain and the WR is bottled up. Bo also should have been with him as we were in a match up zone. We lit the QB up and he made a nice throw, the run after the catch is unacceptable.

When we scored with a minute left I was very, very worried. I actually wanted to see us run the ball to burn more clock.

The fumble by AK was really influential in the game, all of our missed sacks were really influential in the game, our continued poor zone pass defense is a major issue.

Learn and grow is all we can do. No one is getting fired for this.

The positive is that I think our offense is showing what it can really do for the rest of the season and next year. I like Higgins. Miller still has too many drops.

To me, aside from the DBs, Miller’s drops are the biggest disappointment. Seems the guy drops every pass that is not thrown perfectly.

 

[rutgersal]

I think #24 had money on the game so he could get paid with the lack of NIL we provide

Don’t be ridiculous. #24 is a true freshman who was only playing because #0 was knocked out of the game due to injury

 

[BossNJ]

The TV guy said the kick had enough leg. It was hard to tell on TV if it was short. They mentioned the kicker was an NIL xfer and had hit a 59-yarder, but they also mentioned the wind.

timeout was a huge error because of conditions and it allowed Illinois to see the miss and switch things up... it was a bad error. I am not among those that say it means Schiano should be kicked to teh curb.. but the mistake was obvious and if he cannot admit to it.. I think that's a problem.

The kick was 20 yards short and way left. No idea what those guys were looking at.

If he did have the distance Beliema probably would’ve let him try again.

 

[read option]

Fellas looked lost - like every guy thinks another guy is responsible for making the play

24 has to make that play there. At the least go low left leg on the WR so he’s forced back into the middle where we had 4 guys. That was like HS JV D against a 5* Sr varsity guy.

 

[RUChoppin]

Not sure how it looked on TV, but I sit pretty much in line with the goal line on that end of the field. The kick went up, then just died.... it was not moving in a parabolic arc at all. It went up as you'd expect, but once it got to height it just slowed down and started to steeply drop. I'm pretty sure it landed short of the goal line.

It did pretty much exactly what I expected it to do, and it was hilarious - we were celebrating and laughing at how dumb a coach would have to be to try that kick in that headwind.

Little did we know our coach was determined to top that decision.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Yeah we need to keep strong, duff, and black.

My worry is people getting into their heads. Like I'm sorry but your coach is an idiot. If I were you..........Same with some recruits. From family and friends.

 

[SkiBoy]

Not sure how it looked on TV, but I sit pretty much in line with the goal line on that end of the field. The kick went up, then just died.... it was not moving in a parabolic arc at all. It went up as you'd expect, but once it got to height it just slowed down and started to steeply drop. I'm pretty sure it landed short of the goal line.

It did pretty much exactly what I expected it to do, and it was hilarious - we were celebrating and laughing at how dumb a coach would have to be to try that kick in that headwind.

Little did we know our coach was determined to top that decision.

From a TV perspective, they showed 2 angles of the kick - live and a replay. The live view was from a camera behind the end zone and while the kick was way off to the left, this angle appears to show the football going past the goal line. The replay shows an angle from behind the kicker. Couple that with the Analyst, Michael Robinson, stating the kick had "plenty of leg and definitely long enough". That's what we saw and heard on TV.

Will note neither the live view on replay of the kick on TV shows where the ball actually landed.

 

[29PAS]

From a TV perspective, they showed 2 angles of the kick - live and a replay. The live view was from a camera behind the end zone and while the kick was way off to the left, this angle appears to show the football going past the goal line. The replay shows an angle from behind the kicker. Couple that with the Analyst, Michael Robinson, stating the kick had "plenty of leg and definitely long enough". That's what we saw and heard on TV.

Will note neither the live view on replay of the kick on TV shows where the ball actually landed.

You're absolutely right. On tv, the kick seemed more than long enough. I talked to 2 friends who were in the upper deck right after and they both said it was well short.

 

[rutgersal]

24 has to make that play there. At the least go low left leg on the WR so he’s forced back into the middle where we had 4 guys. That was like HS JV D against a 5* Sr varsity guy.

24 was thrown into the fire before he was ready and he screwed up. He knows he screwed up. The coaches know he screwed up, and they will review it during film session, take corrections, and move on.