New week, same script....sort of. Instead of the furious finish it was the fast start. The problem is that this team puts it in neutral for at least three quarters of every game. How can you come down to the last minute or overtime against Top 15 teams (USC and Pitt) and .500 teams (Purdue, Michigan State, UConn)?
I saw those seniors sulking after the game and I can't help but think "What the fuck are you upset about?". I'll preempt anybody who may think that I'm deflecting blame from Charlie Weis--I'm not. But the players have to play the game and when the o-line can't get a two yard push in the redzone against guys that are smaller, weaker and less talented it's their own fault. When Michael Floyd and Armando Allen are packing the ball like a loaf of bread--it's their own fault. Why were they crying? I don't get it. You can't play like you don't give a damn for 36 minutes and then cry about it. Do they think they are entitled to wins?
Look for Gerhart to run for 300 yards and keep running right to the Downtown Atheltic Club.
And I had a discussion some weeks back with somebody (I honestly can't recall who) about the merits of Tenuta's defense. I was begging for the team to stop blitizing and start providing safety help and to stop blitzing because our lb's end up running right past running backs. We saw it again today, and again and again. Tenuta's defense is awful.
Charlie Weis isn't the right coach for this team and I'm not so sure--sans Tate, Clausen and Parris--that the current players are right for this team either.