The Bulldogs needed to play mistake-free football to beat Penn and clearly that was not the case last night. Tre Moore fumbled while rushing the ball on the first drive and from that point on, Conlin abandoned the QB runs all together. Moore had a few wildly inaccurate passes and the boneheaded interception, yet there were a number of good balls dropped. Myles Gaines, Leo Haenni, Reed Klubnik and Alan Lamar dropped crucial passes that were necessary to keep drives alive. Klubnik seems to think he can haul in every pass by sticking out one hand. When Oluokun went down with an injury, all hell broke loose in the secondary. Penn keyed on his replacement, Brian Sykes, and continuously threw bombs to Watson and company until the game was out of hand. Sykes appeared to be benched in the second half, but Yale had no chance of a comeback by that point. The tackling was atrocious all evening with the lowlight of Alessi getting run over by QB Alek Torgersen. It’s not politically correct to say anymore, but if a QB wants to run up the middle, inflict brain damage on the poor fellow.
The positives from the game were limited. RB Alan Lamar did as well as he could rushing the ball given the poor blocking. WR JP Shohfi had a few nice grabs. S Hayden Carlson and LB Victor Egu delivered big hits.
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Tony said the team did not play well. This, in his fifth year as coach and after four years of recruiting. He also said he liked the “fight” in this team. Was that in the fourth quarter against Penn’s subs?
As mentioned before, never before has a Yale season been so embarrassing and humiliating. Six games, and four were long over by half-time. All Columbia has to do is pass on every down. There would be no one to stop them.
There are some powerful and thought-provoking post-game comments in the Penn game preview post on this blog, where they might not get seen. I encourage all readers of this blog to check them out.
I agree that positives are limited, but let’s give Alan Lamar a little more credit. He ran hard and for over 100 yards, & scored our only touch.
QB-wise, I get that Moore is seen has having the best long-term potential, but could we really be any worse off playing Chappel right now? He made some good throws vs. Colgate, started poorly vs. Cornell, but did he really get a full shot?
Within the past 5 years, our best QB was playing tight end. So, who knows who is best?
Who’re you talking about? The only TE with real Q potential has been Spencer McManes and he’s been injury plagued
“Within the past 5 years.”
I think he was referencing Hank Furman, who actually played WR, as I recall.
Hank Furman. Yes. WR? Sorry. The point is the same.
You honestly think Hank Furman was better than record setter, Morgan Roberts?
No, obviously. I just meant that in recent years, one eventual starting QB was even playing another position for a while and wondering how this happens.
Let’s try big Beau Iverson at QB. What do we have to lose?
Lots of talent on this Yale team.
Talent + Coaching = Victories. We don’t have victories so which part of this equation is not up to snuff. Since Yale has been rated as having the #1 or #2 recruiting classes in each of the past 5 years, the answer is pretty obvious. It is time for Tom beckett to begin the search for a new coach that can compete at the Ivy League level. He cannot wait until the end of the season and then settle on a 3rd choice with no HC or coordinator experience as he did with Reno.Yale should be a destination job for a certain group of coaches and it’s time to find the best one and pull this program out of the toilet.