Mendoza Blows Another One

UNTflyer · November 16, 2007

Fire him now!!!

jwynn05 · November 16, 2007

You cant blame mendoza on this one, the offense had 2 chances to seal the game and couldnt do it, we cant make mendoza the scapegoat for everything.

Daddy Dumpsalot · November 16, 2007

You cant blame mendoza on this one, the offense had 2 chances to seal the game and couldnt do it, we cant make mendoza the scapegoat for everything.

I second this. We had plenty of opportunities to score on offense.

Green Buckeye · November 16, 2007

Never wanted to be on board with the whole "fire Mendoza" wandbagon.

This is inexcusable. Wouldn't be surprised if he came home to 'for sale' signs now.

Eagle1855 · November 16, 2007

I second this. We had plenty of opportunities to score on offense.

thirded....

a TD from the 6 gives us the victory. we couldnt even get it close... credit to ASU's D... they brought it in the 2nd half

UNTflyer · November 16, 2007

Umm, the D gave up TWO drives of a minute and change in the 4th quarter.

GoMeanGreen1999 · November 16, 2007

I second this. We had plenty of opportunities to score on offense.

under a minute to go, 80 yards away and no timeouts, and you let them drive the length of the field and score - yes Mendoza needs to find another place to coach.

Will to Win · November 16, 2007

Umm, the D gave up TWO drives of a minute and change in the 4th quarter.

Uhh, yeah.

This one was painful. Mendoza, just walk away.

kj86 · November 16, 2007

Umm, the D gave up TWO drives of a minute and change in the 4th quarter.

I'm with ya Flyer.

NT91 · November 16, 2007

Todd D. got to conservative!!!!

houstonmeangreen · November 16, 2007

You cant blame mendoza on this one, the offense had 2 chances to seal the game and couldnt do it, we cant make mendoza the scapegoat for everything.

Are you sure? They came back after being down 21 points, they won the game in the last minute...this wasn't the offense's fault....no, Mendoza is to blame, again....sure the offense looked bad tonight and I sure didn't like some of the play calling, reminded me of DD, but the defense is not innocent in this game....I caan't believe Mendoza even has a job.....this really pisses me off about Dodge.

STE · November 16, 2007

The D was horrendous but the offense got too conservative.

Edited November 16, 2007 by STE

Texas Stranger · November 16, 2007

Shared blame on this one. The Offensive (literally) playcalling at the ends of both halves absolutely put ASU in a position to win. With a first & 10 from the 14, the playcalling says to Vizza & Co "We don't trust you in the clutch. Just run some simple off-tackle plays and we'll pray for a defensive stop". I saw game management in that series that can only be described as chicken, playing not to lose.

By the way, a field goal would have only given us a 6-point lead. We still would have lost.

Daddy Dumpsalot · November 16, 2007

Umm, the D gave up TWO drives of a minute and change in the 4th quarter.

It was good clock management and bad TALENT not coaching.

NT91 · November 16, 2007

Shared blame on this one. The Offensive (literally) playcalling at the ends of both halves absolutely put ASU in a position to win. With a first & 10 from the 14, the playcalling says to Vizza & Co "We don't trust you in the clutch. Just run some simple off-tackle plays and we'll pray for a defensive stop". I saw game management in that series that can only be described as chicken, playing not to lose.
By the way, a field goal would have only given us a 6-point lead. We still would have lost.

NT should have gone for it on 4th down.

soccerguy59 · November 16, 2007

Are you sure? They came back after being down 21 points, they won the game in the last minute...this wasn't the offense's fault....no, Mendoza is to blame, again....sure the offense looked bad tonight and I sure didn't like some of the play calling, reminded me of DD, but the defense is not innocent in this game....I caan't believe Mendoza even has a job.....this really pisses me off about Dodge.

Offense only had to go 24 yds for 10 of 27 pts, so 17 pts on nearly 450 yds total offense and only 6 pts in the second half, DODGE has to go with Mendoza

FirefightnRick · November 16, 2007

Nope, Coach Mendoza coached his best game of the year tonight. Not his or the defenses fault. And our special teams despite the missed chip shot field goal played better than they ever have all year.

Our defense came out in several different looks, from the base 4-3 to a 5-2 and a 6-1 and until that final drive would have held Arkansas State to under 400 total yards for the game. I saw a much improved defense tonight than in weeks past. The players were in position to make two interceptions on that last drive and dropped both passes that hit them in the hands.

Can't tag this loss on the defense.

Rick

STE · November 16, 2007

Shared blame on this one. The Offensive (literally) playcalling at the ends of both halves absolutely put ASU in a position to win. With a first & 10 from the 14, the playcalling says to Vizza & Co "We don't trust you in the clutch. Just run some simple off-tackle plays and we'll pray for a defensive stop". I saw game management in that series that can only be described as chicken, playing not to lose.
By the way, a field goal would have only given us a 6-point lead. We still would have lost.

I wouldn’t have a problem with that philosophy (playing not to lose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . assuming we had a decent defense.

However, I agree, you can’t play that way when the strength of your team is the offense.

Edited November 16, 2007 by STE

soccerguy59 · November 16, 2007

I agree with you Rick. 17 pts on nearly 500 yds of offense, not a good night for Dodge

Travis · November 16, 2007

Nope, Coach Mendoza coached his best game of the year tonight. Not his or the defenses fault. And our special teams despite the missed chip shot field goal played better than they ever have all year.
Our defense came out in several different looks, from the base 4-3 to a 5-2 and a 6-1 and until that final drive would have held Arkansas State to under 400 total yards for the game. I saw a much improved defense tonight than in weeks past. The players were in position to make two interceptions on that last drive and dropped both passes that hit them in the hands.
Can't tag this loss on the defense.
Rick

I don't think we should expect our offense to HAVE to score at least over 35 points every game just to be able to make it "winnable". We need a new coordinator.

soccerguy59 · November 16, 2007

I don't think we should expect our offense to HAVE to score at least over 35 points every game just to be able to make it "winnable". We need a new coordinator.

Offense only scored 17 pts, the defense and special teams contributed to 10 pts allowing the Offense the need to go 24 yds for those 10 pts. nearly 500 yds and only 17 pts is terrible

UNTflyer · November 16, 2007

DODGE has to go with Mendoza

Well, that's just dumb.

FirefightnRick · November 16, 2007

Sam Houston just did the same thing to TxSt with 13 seconds left.

Rick

GoMeanGreen1999 · November 16, 2007

NT should have gone for it on 4th down.

True, if you miss it they still have to drive the length of the field. A TD for them wins in either situation, and the 3 would have just sent it to OT. If you get the first down, game over.