A Shout Out and a Couple of Musings...

[McKinneyMiner]

First let me give a huge shout out to Stix (George) who was kind enough to give me a ticket for my son on Saturday...

I know it was a bit of a pain to get the ticket to me and my son and I really appreciate it... We had a great time despite the obvious end result disappointment...

A few observations of the game...

1) DT is maddening as hell... He makes some perfect passes and then makes some of the easiest throws look impossible... To top it off it looks like a Chinese fire drill out there sometimes... He doesn't seem to have a calming effect in the huddle or at the snap...

2) The kicking situation is a nightmare... Going for it on 4th and 16 and 4th and 11 faced with short FGs is tantamount to giving up... I can't believe the coaches have lost complete confidence in the kicking game... I honestly think it would have been better to have thrown Olen back in there and given him another shot... No worse than going for it on 4th and 16...

3) Zac Whitfield looked like a disaster waiting to happen... Prior to the long touchdown pass that beat him there were a couple of other occassions where he was beaten deep but poorly thrown balls saved him...

4) Didn't the onside kick only bounce once...?? Isn't there a new rule that says if the ball only bounces once into the air on an onside kick you can call a fair catch...?? Not totally positive about that... I know it's a bang bang play and the first reaction of the up men isn't to call a fair catch, but hopefully they'll have it in their minds if it comes up again...

I really enjoyed the game and the atmosphere... I think as a crowd we are improving all the time...

Can't wait for the Tuesday night extravaganza... Hopefully we'll be 3-3 heading into it...