What an amazing comeback. When it was 41-14 I felt like leaving, I was stunned as I think most all Griz fans were (players too). They'd played unlike anyother Hauck-coached team I'd seen before, at halftime out at my tailgate there was not a lot of confidence that we'd all see each other the next week.
Gotta give huge props to all of the players on both offense and defense that fought hard and were a part of the comeback. It would've been easier with just 21:00 left in the game to pack it in, let SDSU cruise and call it a season, but that's not what this team wanted, and it started with Marc's huge 98 yard kick return. BTW - I now have to eat crow, just yesterday I was saying don't having him return kicks b/c Jabin and Peter were putting up better numbers than Mac did last year. Whoops.
Marc Mariani is the greatest Griz WR ever. The way he fought and battled out there, obviously a little hobbled and probably still in pain from the hits he took last week he was a warrior. Doing the APY math he had 171 receiving, 40 on punts, and 178 on kicks so thats a total of 389 APY for Marc alone, that's more yards than SDSU had on offense today.
In addition to Marc our other senior WR, Ty Palmer was a beast out there, especially late, he would not be denied a 1st down, carrying guys with him, dragging the pile, and laying out some serious hits. Stephen Pfahler had a key and very tough catch on our game leading drive on 3rd down, great play from him as well. The 2nd half Oline was amazing in pass protection, loved it, they corrected from the 1st half and were dominant with the SDSU pass rush, also they got some good pushes along the goal-line.
And wow, what a great 2nd half for our defense. With guys like Schann, Beef, Fisher, & Palmer leading the way. Suddenly our LBs and Safeties went from tackling the SDSU backs 5-6 yards downfield to meeting them in the backfield. Palmer and Campbell has great pressure and wow what a great day for Severin, picking off two tipped passes. The defense was given a raw deal in the 1st half given short field a lot, and getting flagged for penalties that the refs weren’t calling on SDSU, but they really locked down in the 2nd, what a performance.
That 1st half was downright bad, at one point I noticed in the student section someone was waiving a sign that read, “Fire Hauck”. Oddly that guy vanished as the game went on. I cannot believe that this team was able to overcome such a gross first half, and a bad start to the 2nd, to rattle off 40 unanswered points and win the game going away. It seemed like it was a perfect comedy of errors in the 1st, inconsistent QB pressure, lack of pressure on the running game, missed tackles on defense. On offense, bad passes, ugly turnovers, poor execution. But then suddenly that was all gone, and the Griz we know came out and with support from those that didn’t choose to leave in the 3rd that this IS a good football team.
Props SDSU, you guys are incredible, your Oline is incredibly impressive and your running back Minnett is a baller. The QB O’Brien made some good throws early but faded late, I was impressed with him as an RS frosh for the first half of the game. Your LBs are great against the run, and your D line is incredibly quick. You’ve got a lot of upside with your program and while I know it’s gut-wrenching right now hold your heads up, you’ll be back next year I’ll bet.
An amazing 2nd half, way to fight Griz, lets keep this going!
Gotta give huge props to all of the players on both offense and defense that fought hard and were a part of the comeback. It would've been easier with just 21:00 left in the game to pack it in, let SDSU cruise and call it a season, but that's not what this team wanted, and it started with Marc's huge 98 yard kick return. BTW - I now have to eat crow, just yesterday I was saying don't having him return kicks b/c Jabin and Peter were putting up better numbers than Mac did last year. Whoops.
Marc Mariani is the greatest Griz WR ever. The way he fought and battled out there, obviously a little hobbled and probably still in pain from the hits he took last week he was a warrior. Doing the APY math he had 171 receiving, 40 on punts, and 178 on kicks so thats a total of 389 APY for Marc alone, that's more yards than SDSU had on offense today.
In addition to Marc our other senior WR, Ty Palmer was a beast out there, especially late, he would not be denied a 1st down, carrying guys with him, dragging the pile, and laying out some serious hits. Stephen Pfahler had a key and very tough catch on our game leading drive on 3rd down, great play from him as well. The 2nd half Oline was amazing in pass protection, loved it, they corrected from the 1st half and were dominant with the SDSU pass rush, also they got some good pushes along the goal-line.
And wow, what a great 2nd half for our defense. With guys like Schann, Beef, Fisher, & Palmer leading the way. Suddenly our LBs and Safeties went from tackling the SDSU backs 5-6 yards downfield to meeting them in the backfield. Palmer and Campbell has great pressure and wow what a great day for Severin, picking off two tipped passes. The defense was given a raw deal in the 1st half given short field a lot, and getting flagged for penalties that the refs weren’t calling on SDSU, but they really locked down in the 2nd, what a performance.
That 1st half was downright bad, at one point I noticed in the student section someone was waiving a sign that read, “Fire Hauck”. Oddly that guy vanished as the game went on. I cannot believe that this team was able to overcome such a gross first half, and a bad start to the 2nd, to rattle off 40 unanswered points and win the game going away. It seemed like it was a perfect comedy of errors in the 1st, inconsistent QB pressure, lack of pressure on the running game, missed tackles on defense. On offense, bad passes, ugly turnovers, poor execution. But then suddenly that was all gone, and the Griz we know came out and with support from those that didn’t choose to leave in the 3rd that this IS a good football team.
Props SDSU, you guys are incredible, your Oline is incredibly impressive and your running back Minnett is a baller. The QB O’Brien made some good throws early but faded late, I was impressed with him as an RS frosh for the first half of the game. Your LBs are great against the run, and your D line is incredibly quick. You’ve got a lot of upside with your program and while I know it’s gut-wrenching right now hold your heads up, you’ll be back next year I’ll bet.
An amazing 2nd half, way to fight Griz, lets keep this going!
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