The Good: Yale fought back to make it a 28-35 game at one point. Tre Moore and Deshawn Salter had great days rushing the ball. Alessi ran back a punt for a TD. The run defense stepped up on a couple of series. Williams-Lopez had another solid performance.
The Bad: 2nd String Lehigh QB Brad Mayes threw for 524 yards and 6 touchdowns on the Bulldogs’ defense. The defensive line did not put enough pressure on Mayes to disrupt his throws. Holding penalties on the secondary and offensive line killed us all day. Tre Moore’s two interceptions were both balls that should not have been thrown into tight coverage. The offensive line offered poor pass protection to Moore.
The Ugly: The secondary simply had no answers for Lehigh’s wideouts. Debner and Alburg were constantly targeted by Mayes and had little to no safety support from Carlson and Sykes. Defensive Coordinator Vashel never got creative in an attempt to pressure Lehigh until the game was out of hand. A penalty for roughing the punter negated a rare defensive stand.
5 replies on “Lehigh Game Notes”
The Good seems like small beer, but at least we got some running game going and we could score something other than a field goal. Where was Dale Harris? Please don’t tell me he also is hurt!
The Bad seems like a lack of talent. Where are all those recruits we have been hearing about over the pas four years?
And the ugly seems to stem from just plain inept coaching. All those mistakes and penalties are only correctable with competent teaching.
Keep in mind the lofty recruiting rankings on 247Sports were compiled by a Yalie.
DALE HARRIS HAS RETURNED TO HIS FORMER POSITION AS A CB.
That worked out well in Allston 2 years ago.
Thank god Harris is back on D. Fine RB but we are set there and it is clear secondary is where we need help. Now let’s move Foye back to safety, Alessi other CB and we should be set.