GDT: Youngstown

[Kemo]

I don't really have words for this team...

[bigticket1]

Gronowski could have run for 10 there.

[JackFan96]

Be careful saying that in here. They might say it's an atrocious take

9 of 24, one touchdown one really bad interception. **shrug** So be it. One one-yard TD sneak. Admittedly a drop on the last drive. But the fact is after the first quarter, he's been pretty dreadful.

[goon]

So I am beginning to think we are as good as we thought we were. Just doesnt seem like this team is getting any grove on offense.

we arent, i meant.

[JackFan96]

we arent, i meant.

I was a bit confused on that one.

[bigticket1]

Put it in the endzone. Don't depend on the kicker.

[JackFan96]

No pooch kick, please! Into the end zone.

[bigticket1]

No interference please.

[jakejc795]

we arent, i meant.

Next week should tell us quite a bit.

Also, thank you, Tolu.

[goon]

a win is still a win, but that was ugly.

[JackFan96]

I can appreciate a little flair for the dramatic, I guess, but I'd prefer consistency. Made just enough plays to pull out a win against a not-good team. I guess we can say survive and advance. But it's probably not going to inspire much fear in anybody. I know they ran it roughly 341 times today, but giving up 196 yards on the ground against a bad offense isn't what I was hoping to see. Let's just say there's lots of room for improvement.

[jakejc795]

a win is still a win, but that was ugly.

Definitely, but let's just admit that, with the exception of UND, there's not a Valley team that pundits can't be harboring doubts about being "as good as they thought they were"

[Mr_Tibbs]

A win is a win is a win. Gronowski was not good today, but there were plenty of drops too. Just everything in a funk. To be honest, I haven't been impressed with Ecks playcalling in two years. I've heard people say before that he likes to spend the first half running through the playbook before returning to things in the second half. It sure seems like that strategy isn't working. We come out one drive on fire, and look like ceap the next. And when we don't size the initiative in the first half, we place ourselves in these situations.

Hope PSJ is okay. I will say though,we aren't running the ball to our full potential. There were flashes today, but we haven't been able to take over a game on the ground since last year at least, and probably since 2018. It has to be the scheme, because the talent is there. That, or this line can't run block downhill. We do so much zone and side to side stuff, it never feels like we can establish our will on the ground.

Mark had a bad game, but he has all the potential in the world. I just don't know if this offense is going to put it together though.

[Kemo]

I have to keep reminding myself that Grownoski isn't even a full year out of high school. I get overly excited because he's made throws I've never seen a Jackrabbit QB make before, but then he'll remind me of his youth a few plays later when he misses a throw that any former Jackrabbit QB could have made.

It's odd to have a QB who is consistently accurate with his deep throws, but is inconsistent with the short and intermediate passes. The good news is I think it's a lot easier to improve on the latter rather than the former.

To me, it seems that Mark does better when he's asked to go out there and win rather than not lose, as he seems to lose his timing and rhythm when he's mostly handing off to protect a lead. He still has the "it" factor in my book, so I like his long term outlook. Just going to have to accept that the growing pains are going to be there as defenses throw more and more at him.

[jakejc795]

Seems like multiple QBs in conference had relatively lackluster performances. Heck, NDSU might bench Noland and gamble on Miller against UND.

Like I said, next week should be a great metric. Jacks face Salukis on road, and UND and NDSU will either have first or second loss, respectively