Broadway shoulders blame in 30-23 comeback defeat

[Harry]

DENTON, Texas — Except for what happened in the first three minutes of the third quarter, UL Ragin' Cajuns coach Mark Hudspeth wasn't happy at all with how UL's offense performed in the second half of a 30-23 Sun Belt Conference loss Tuesday night at North Texas.

For that, sophomore quarterback Terrance Broadway — making just his second start as a Cajun in place of the injured Blaine Gautier — shouldered much of the responsibility.

"Including myself, I feel that we didn't make the plays that we normally make," Broadway said after the Cajuns blew a 14-point lead in the game's final 21 minutes. "And that starts with me.

"Our defense put us in position to make plays, and we didn't make them.

"It all starts with me," the University of Houston transfer added. "The ball touches my hands every play, so I'm taking the fall for it."

Broadway used his feet for a 75-yard touchdown run in Tuesday's second quarter.

He went 13-of-17 through the air for 116 yards with one interception in the opening half, then hit two of his first three passes — a 55-yard on-the-money completion down the left sideline to wide out Javone Lawson, and a 10-yard touchdown strike two plays later to slot receiver Harry Peoples — to open the third quarter and help put UL up 20-6.

After starting 15-of-20 for 201 yards, though, Broadway went just 11-of-21 for 64 yards and no TDs the rest of the way — frequently seeming to try to land for the knockout punch rather than patiently jabbing away.

And while he did nearly connect on one long ball to the end zone — Darryl Surgent couldn't quite pull in the pass — Broadway wound up 26-of-41 for 265 yards with the one TD and the one INT.

UL's ground game, meanwhile, managed just 106 net yards — 75 of them on Broadway's long run, and minus-5 total in the second half.

"I was disappointed, basically, in our second half," Hudspeth said. "We were up two touchdowns, and, I thought, doing some good things.

"And, second half, (we) just got inept offensively, and kept putting our defense in tough situations. And, man, I thought early (that defense) played well. They came up with stop after stop after stop, and then, finally, I thought, they ran out of gas a little bit.

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[MeanGreenTexan]

DENTON, Texas — Except for what happened in the first three minutes of the third quarter, UL Ragin' Cajuns coach Mark Hudspeth wasn't happy at all with how UL's offense performed in the second half of a 30-23 Sun Belt Conference loss Tuesday night at North Texas.

For that, sophomore quarterback Terrance Broadway — making just his second start as a Cajun in place of the injured Blaine Gautier — shouldered much of the responsibility.

"Including myself, I feel that we didn't make the plays that we normally make," Broadway said after the Cajuns blew a 14-point lead in the game's final 21 minutes. "And that starts with me.

"Our defense put us in position to make plays, and we didn't make them.

"It all starts with me," the University of Houston transfer added. "The ball touches my hands every play, so I'm taking the fall for it."

Broadway used his feet for a 75-yard touchdown run in Tuesday's second quarter.

He went 13-of-17 through the air for 116 yards with one interception in the opening half, then hit two of his first three passes — a 55-yard on-the-money completion down the left sideline to wide out Javone Lawson, and a 10-yard touchdown strike two plays later to slot receiver Harry Peoples — to open the third quarter and help put UL up 20-6.

After starting 15-of-20 for 201 yards, though, Broadway went just 11-of-21 for 64 yards and no TDs the rest of the way — frequently seeming to try to land for the knockout punch rather than patiently jabbing away.

And while he did nearly connect on one long ball to the end zone — Darryl Surgent couldn't quite pull in the pass — Broadway wound up 26-of-41 for 265 yards with the one TD and the one INT.

UL's ground game, meanwhile, managed just 106 net yards — 75 of them on Broadway's long run, and minus-5 total in the second half.

"I was disappointed, basically, in our second half," Hudspeth said. "We were up two touchdowns, and, I thought, doing some good things.

"And, second half, (we) just got inept offensively, and kept putting our defense in tough situations. And, man, I thought early (that defense) played well. They came up with stop after stop after stop, and then, finally, I thought, they ran out of gas a little bit.

read more:http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20121018/SPORTS0201/210180311/Broadway-shoulders-blame-30-23-comeback-defeat

Read the whole article... It could have been the writer putting spin and editing comments, but there was no credit to our team whatsoever. Sounds like they (mainly coach Hudspeth) are saying they beat themselves. He gave himself an out with their injuries.

If that is the way they truly feel, I hope they lose the remainder of their games.

If that's the writer's spin, shame on him!

[Harry]

I will say this, I can see why Houston signed Broadaway, that kid has skills. He will be a beast for the next few years!

[CurveItAround]

Yep. He will do good things for that team the next couple of years. If the kid from Pflugerville signs with UNT and focuses on putting on about 30-35 lbs by the end of his (hopefully) redshirt season next year, he could be that type of player.

[CurveItAround]

In one of Coach Mac's appearances last week, he mentioned something about a top recruit that was going to be at the game and that he might be to the point of making a commitment by the end of the night. Anyone have any scoop on who it was and whether or not he committed?

[greenminer]

Holy crap I didn't know we held them to negative net rushing yards in the 2nd half.

[TIgreen01]

We couldn't stop #9 - Harry Peoples. When he went down, that was a bad break for them. Injuries are part of the game, though...but that dude was doing his best Jerrel Jernigan impression on us in the first half and start of the 3rd quarter.