Yale could have and probably should have scored 11 and maybe 18 more points. HC really didn’t stop the offense as much as they stopped themselves with penalties and a fumble. I thought the offensive pass interference penalty against Tipton was a bad call at the worst possible time.
Sluka was very good, but I was more impressed with the HC offensive line. They were terrific.
bulldog10jw is correct. We had no pass rush, and our DBs were helpless against Sluka and his talented receivers. You had the impression HC could score whenever it wished how ever it wished.
That said, our OL did a good job protecting Grooms, and we did a splendid job of shooting ourselves in the feet and elsewhere.
My questions: does Team 150 have fire in its belly and what are our casualties? Suddenly we’re short of RBs. From feast to famine.
What were our injuries?
Seems like there may be a sudden shortage of Running Backs. What about Abu Karmara. Adding him to the mix.
It is instructive to note that, in between Yale’s first and last (meaningless) touchdown, Holy Cross outscored the Bulldogs 49-10. It is extremely difficult to put any kind of positive spin on such utter domination.
That’s just pure nonsense, 1st game of the season. 9 more games to go. I see 3 games of interest for Holy Cross. Harvard , Fordham and Army. Holy Cross is a great team. But that’s why you play the games. I see Yale getting better each week. The team I see as not so much is Columbia.
It was 21-17 at the half and should have been 21-21. The HC offense certainly dominated the Yale D, but the Yale offense had no trouble with the HC defense and were only stopped by their own mistakes.
Correctable mistakes. Disappointing, especially on defense, but not a season killer.
Agreed. Losing to Hawaii 62-10 early in 1987 did not keep that Eli team from a showdown with Harvard for the Ivy crown (unfortunately we lost that by four points in Arctic conditions at The Bowl).
I may be wrong but at times several of our starters weren’t on the field. Not a criticism. Reno may have decided to play a lot of people once the game got away from them. Staying away from injuries in a non-league game is not a bad idea. I hope it worked.
Took a look at the stats and there were some good signs. Yale had 220+ yards rushing averaging 4.6 per carry. Not sure what Pitsenberger’s status is, but we need someone alongside Peterson to keep up those numbers. Anything further on Alston?
Tipton had 4 receptions and should have had 5 but for the bogus offensive pass interference call which cost about 40-50 yards of field position and likely another score.
Grooms seemed a couple of ankle tackles away from breaking a couple of long runs. I think those long runs are coming.
If we cut down on penalties, there were eight against Yale, the offense should be in great shape barring injury.
Carm always said a teams biggest improvement was from game one to game two. Let’s hope. Especially on defense.
Extremely Sad News from Hanover, Buddy Teevens has passed away today.
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Yale could have and probably should have scored 11 and maybe 18 more points. HC really didn’t stop the offense as much as they stopped themselves with penalties and a fumble. I thought the offensive pass interference penalty against Tipton was a bad call at the worst possible time.
Sluka was very good, but I was more impressed with the HC offensive line. They were terrific.
bulldog10jw is correct. We had no pass rush, and our DBs were helpless against Sluka and his talented receivers. You had the impression HC could score whenever it wished how ever it wished.
That said, our OL did a good job protecting Grooms, and we did a splendid job of shooting ourselves in the feet and elsewhere.
My questions: does Team 150 have fire in its belly and what are our casualties? Suddenly we’re short of RBs. From feast to famine.
What were our injuries?
Seems like there may be a sudden shortage of Running Backs. What about Abu Karmara. Adding him to the mix.
It is instructive to note that, in between Yale’s first and last (meaningless) touchdown, Holy Cross outscored the Bulldogs 49-10. It is extremely difficult to put any kind of positive spin on such utter domination.
That’s just pure nonsense, 1st game of the season. 9 more games to go. I see 3 games of interest for Holy Cross. Harvard , Fordham and Army. Holy Cross is a great team. But that’s why you play the games. I see Yale getting better each week. The team I see as not so much is Columbia.
It was 21-17 at the half and should have been 21-21. The HC offense certainly dominated the Yale D, but the Yale offense had no trouble with the HC defense and were only stopped by their own mistakes.
Correctable mistakes. Disappointing, especially on defense, but not a season killer.
Agreed. Losing to Hawaii 62-10 early in 1987 did not keep that Eli team from a showdown with Harvard for the Ivy crown (unfortunately we lost that by four points in Arctic conditions at The Bowl).
I may be wrong but at times several of our starters weren’t on the field. Not a criticism. Reno may have decided to play a lot of people once the game got away from them. Staying away from injuries in a non-league game is not a bad idea. I hope it worked.
Took a look at the stats and there were some good signs. Yale had 220+ yards rushing averaging 4.6 per carry. Not sure what Pitsenberger’s status is, but we need someone alongside Peterson to keep up those numbers. Anything further on Alston?
Tipton had 4 receptions and should have had 5 but for the bogus offensive pass interference call which cost about 40-50 yards of field position and likely another score.
Grooms seemed a couple of ankle tackles away from breaking a couple of long runs. I think those long runs are coming.
If we cut down on penalties, there were eight against Yale, the offense should be in great shape barring injury.
Carm always said a teams biggest improvement was from game one to game two. Let’s hope. Especially on defense.
Extremely Sad News from Hanover, Buddy Teevens has passed away today.
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