Things I Noticed Watching the WVU Game

[JoeB]

Just some random thoughts on the WVU replay:

-  Josh Julmiste played a hell of a game.  He made some big plays, mainly on 3rd down.  He will be missed.

-  Ben Williams did a great job picking up blitzes.  On one instance, he crushed a WVU defensive player like an accordian.

-  Grothe really spread the ball around nicely in this game.  He really threw the ball with purpose, with the exception of the 2nd pick.

-  Slaton was punished every time he touched the ball.

-  The plays that Myles (WR) made, Mike Jenkins really had good coverage on them.  White just made perfect throws.  On his second TD, Williams got burnt.

-  The entire Defense played a sound game, without the dumb penalties we're used to seeing.

-  Refs blew some calls, but with the replay rule in effect corrected them which benefited the Bulls every time.  These were the right calls.

-  WVU crowd wasn't really into the game until the 4th Quarter.

-  Bill Curry made some good calls early, saying WVU was flat, and that USF's D Line was outplaying and outhustling the WVU offense.

This was only the 2nd time I've watched the game, and I forgot a few things.  I forgot about MG's first pick, but our D saved his bacon.  After WVU moved the ball pretty well, our D got tough inside the 15 each time.  The Mountaineers really made some mistakes to keep us in it.  In fact they would have scored a TD, but there was a holding penalty that pretty much killed that drive.  Also, they went for 2 way too early in the game.  There was like 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter when they attempted it.

 

[Economics_Nerd82]

The fourth quarter looked scary for us. Almost thought we were going to lose until I remember it was a replay.

[Paisa el Toro]

That game could have certainly gone either way. I can't wait for this season to start back up. What upsets will we pull off this year?

[USF-PMR]

Teachey was out of sight - that 60+ yarder (with the 10 yrd bounce)

C. Robinson was a great fill in and all round play at LB

George Selvie was amazing - just as was Julmiste.

Buie gained experience

Leavitt was the best though.  His heartfelt moment at the end was astonishing - maybe I'll post that for tonite.

[Matt]

watching that game made me realize just how valuable S. Green was at WR.  he might not of made a lot of catches but his blocking from the WR position was Hines Ward like.

i hope the WR screen still has the same results without him and randolph out there.

[RSSMOOTH]

We won't see any drop off in terms of WR blocking, Carlton Mitchell is a beast out there in terms of blocking.

Very physical, I expect big things from him this year

[I Bleed Awesomeness]

yeah julmiste had an incredible game, i surely hope his shoes are filled adequately.  unfortunately, i think his love for maryjane slightly outweighed his love for football....and by slightly i mean by a wide margin.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Didn't seem like we pass too much to the tight-ends.

[usfgrad84]

Didn't seem like we pass too much to the tight-ends.

We really didn't use the Tight Ends much the last couple of years.  Last year it seemed whenever Bleakley touched the ball he was getting a tough first down.  He also had some great blocks last year.

My hope this year is that #9 can catch the ball consistently.  When he gets the ball in his hands he is awesome.  he just has alot of problems catching it.

[RankBull]

J.Julmiste was big the entire game. He is going to be a huge loss for our defense this year. Buie has never played as good as J.Julmiste.

Biggest concern this year is our offensive tackle position. Walker and Dile are a little injury prone, and our depth is not there. Our only non-freshman backups, that have played tackle in a game, are Huners(injured no return date), and Carnes(unable to block without holding). We may have to rely on a true freshman at some point this year. I hope someone steps up.

Go Bulls!!