Northwestern 23, Vanderbilt 21: post game thread

That’s the percentage of total yards that can be attributed to Dan Persa for tonight’s game. A good sign for him, not a good sign for the team.

i think he had the first down without the penalty, but the sec tv crew just whined and never showed a replay of where persa went out of bounds.

did anyone else watching a different feed get a look at that play?

Thought our game-calling on the Offensive side was a bit too clever. Arby Fields was not served to well on those delay plays — just keep him going north and south. Ebert’s great, but Demetrius Fields, Sidney Stewart and Drake Dunsmore could’ve had more touches. Where was the dink and dunk? We need to be efficient offensively, as it enhances our defense — If we’re up 17-0, then it ratchets up the pressure on Vandy to score the next time round, and ultimately forces Vandy to be more one-dimensional (the pass, which is away from their bread and butter run).

I can live with giving up yards, cause this is a “takeaway” type defense, and there were 3 TOs that should’ve been had, which in turn would’ve changed the game.

Bright side — execution wise this was a “D” game. We had 5 penalties for 40 yards, and 3 of them were for offsides — and that’s a “bad” performance for us in terms of discipline. I take comfort in the fact that Fitz’s teams have improved as the season goes on in this respect.

1) We won
2) If this is the absolute best we are capable of doing, we’re in a lot of fucking trouble this year.

Go cats?

We should be a lot better than Vandy, so this is kind of disappointing. But a win is a win is a win. Dan Persa was good, from what I can tell.

1-0. 11 more wins to go.

And how long have you been following the Cats? I never expect them to win by that much, even when they play a FBS opponent, like next week.