PN-G 38, Fort Bend Willowridge 20

[1989NDN]

Here at the game...small PN-G crowd...no enthusiasm. It's just a bland game. Our kids seem a step off. A few bad snaps, throws are a step late, and it's just not a Friday night experience like they got rev'd up vs. Texas City. Maybe it is the Saturday afternoon start? They seem off schedule. #33 is reliable. Defense gave up the long QB run, otherwise they have played well, but even our defense seems a step off. Willowridge is terrible I can remember them from the early eighties when they were a powerhouse. Now, they are a like a 3A program. Great weather.

 

[prepballfan]

I’m not following the play calling - we need to be fine tuning the passing in this game

Thats what they are doing in this game. Working on the passing except when needed so far

 

[15PNG]

Why are we having this much trouble?

 

[IndianFan]

Playing down to the level of the competition it seems.

 

[15PNG]

I’m not happy with the performance of this game -(not that I matter) but I do care

 

[15PNG]

I’m not happy with the performance of this game -(not that I matter) but I do care

We’ve had what, one pass second half??

 

[IndianFan]

That’s at least 2 td passes in this game. Good to see. 38-20

 

[90NDN]

How did they get their scores? They just had 6...guess scorestream is lagged.

 

[IndianFan]

How did they get their scores? They just had 6...guess scorestream is lagged.

For Willowridge, I saw a long TD pass and another TD pass. And a long QB run for the other 6 points.

 

[pngfan316]

Not a great performance but a win is a win

 

[15PNG]

Not a great performance but a win is a win

My 2 cents against a team like fbw…

Defense was ok. We had some busted coverage and that concerns me going forward. I thinks more talented teams (dayton/Nederland) can expose this.

Offense… disappointing. We had a couple of throws, but our offense is so predictable. Good teams will eat that up. Run, quick out, run, run feels a lot like the Burnett years to me this season. You knew what was coming. Stop the dropped balls. We’re at week 7.

I appreciate the win but I want more for us not just a squeak by.

The arm tackling is still rampant - especially on special teams.

 

[1970]

It was a weird game. Even for the refs, they even told the WR band to stop playing. Band interference, perhaps.

The WR QB was on target today.

 

[IndianFan]

This was probably as close to a trap game as there will be this year. After beating the perceived top dog (FBM) and an undefeated TC, followed by a game where:
1. Routine is changed with a Saturday day game
2. Long trip
3. A small crowd with no band in the second half
4. A struggling opponent who everyone expected to be an easy, high scoring win
5. Still breaking in a young QB

A lot of us probably expected the Indians to score 56+ in this game and hold them to 14 or less. Willowridge had different ideas.

 

[NDNzeke]

Got some work done on the passing game and used Nguyen somewhat sparingly, both of which were good moves on Joseph’s part IMO. Defense was actually the most disappointing aspect of the game to me, but not at all characteristic of the team so hopefully a fluke. I do have some concerns about us being vulnerable to the pass, and our own passing game still needs some work. However, some of the big completion FBWR made were also somewhat fluke-ish (QB throws up a prayer and they somehow come up with it). In any case, if we can strengthen those two areas of our game I feel good about our prospects going forward. We were clearly a bit lacking in intensity and focus in this game, which should probably not be that surprising after the magnitude of the preceding two games. Hopefully that will not be the case against Dayton and Nederland, which seem to me like the only potential obstacles to an undefeated District Championship.

 

[IndianFan]

Agree. Despite the somewhat negative comments, the greater belief is that this team can run the table with their A game.

 

[prepballfan]

We have a few players missing that i am sure didnt help. I saw what looked like a very vanilia plan and a "lets dont get anymore injuries" type of game.

 

[NDNmom91]

Seems like several factors played into the rather lackluster performance but I recall the team looking a little “flat” in a couple games we should’ve dominated last year and the season turned out WAY better than anyone expected. Yes, it appears we haven’t had much success producing the solid passing game we had last year but I also think this coaching staff seems to play very conservative against much weaker opponents to avoid injuries and putting a lot on film with other big games and playoffs coming up, which is SMART! So, I think we’ll be fine….gonna find out next week.

 

[bandkid]

Seems like several factors played into the rather lackluster performance but I recall the team looking a little “flat” in a couple games we should’ve dominated last year and the season turned out WAY better than anyone expected. Yes, it appears we haven’t had much success producing the solid passing game we had last year but I also think this coaching staff seems to play very conservative against much weaker opponents to avoid injuries and putting a lot on film with other big games and playoffs coming up, which is SMART! So, I think we’ll be fine….gonna find out next week.

I second everything said here, and will add that this coaching staff seems to have a knack for using subpar performances to motivate players to improve. This could be the exact kind of game we need to renew our focus going into the downhill stretch of district play.

In my opinion, this Indian squad is poised to finish the regular season either 9-1 or 8-2 and make another deep playoff run.

 

[Usedtocould]

Seems like several factors played into the rather lackluster performance but I recall the team looking a little “flat” in a couple games we should’ve dominated last year and the season turned out WAY better than anyone expected. Yes, it appears we haven’t had much success producing the solid passing game we had last year but I also think this coaching staff seems to play very conservative against much weaker opponents to avoid injuries and putting a lot on film with other big games and playoffs coming up, which is SMART! So, I think we’ll be fine….gonna find out next week.

Yes we were one flawless 2:00 4th quarter drive from losing to Nederland and maybe missing the playoffs

 

[IndianFan]

Seems like several factors played into the rather lackluster performance but I recall the team looking a little “flat” in a couple games we should’ve dominated last year and the season turned out WAY better than anyone expected. Yes, it appears we haven’t had much success producing the solid passing game we had last year but I also think this coaching staff seems to play very conservative against much weaker opponents to avoid injuries and putting a lot on film with other big games and playoffs coming up, which is SMART! So, I think we’ll be fine….gonna find out next week.

I can see where resting certain players that are banged up makes sense. But playing to avoid injuries is often a formula that results in injuries. I’m old school when it comes to thinking about practice and game play. The theory of holding back the playbook makes sense but a team will play as it practices. It’s tough to just flip a switch and start executing new plays, or existing plays to perfection if only practiced game week. But the coaching staff knows what will work and when. No question of that.