Finally...got to see the Tigers in person

Oct 1, 2012, 9:46 AM

Well after 20 years as a Naval Officer and now following my wife around (who is also a Naval Officer) there was finally a game close enough for us to get to! I can't tell you how many memories it brought back to be in the stands watching the boys play again. And even more importantly, my son (who is 4 yo) got to go to his first game! Yes it was expensive and cold and dreary, but I didn't feel any of it! I was floating on clouds all day! After every play my little boy would yell "Go Tigers". After a while all the people around us (all BC fans) were turning around to cheer HIM on! It was an experience I will never forget. Now on to the game....

I was actually encouraged by the defense. Yes we were playing a team that can't run and we missed some tackles but I never saw anyone not hustling. I came away with the impression that it is not a lack of athletism or desire, just inexperience. Breeland and Peters can play. I have always thought that Robinson was overmatched (at least at this point in his development) and it showed. The linebackers were everywhere. Their lateral movement was good when BC ran the ball (which neither I nor the BC fans could understand why they kept trying to do???) The line is ok but does not put any pressure on the QB. There were multiple times I just concentrated on the line play and they run up to the offensive linemen and just engage them...no swim moves...no spins, just run up and hit the OF lineman square. I don't know if this is something the coaching staff is teaching so the linebackers have a clean shot but on pass plays it means the QB has all day to throw.

The offense is a beast. The BC fans were totally disgusted with their defenses play. They kept saying "we just can't stop anything they do!!!". It really disgusted them that we kept running the flanker screens and getting 8-10 yards/play. It is certainly different in person! I was at Clemson from '82 to '86 and wow is this not the Danny Ford era football team (both good and bad! Imagine this offense with that defense! NC contender every year!) I have heard some criticize the play call by Morris when he called the flea flicker to Hopkins. I was sitting right in front of the play and NUK had two steps on both of the guys guarding him. The BC stadium had some weird winds swirling around and the ball came out of Tahj's hand and just ballooned up into the air. It was wobbling like a wounded duck and was at least 5-10 yds short. I thought at first just a bad throw but the kickers were having fits too. Once the ball got to a certain height it would balloon up or get knocked down. The flags on top of the stadium were standing straight out for most of the game. I really can't fault our offense for much. They seemed to be able to do whatever they wanted to on a regular basis and were really only stopped when BC made a good play (batted balls down, or caused a fumble with a good hit, etc.)

Well those were my impressions anyway. We loved the game and it was nice to be the only fans left at the end (BC fans left very early!). Seems like we had the whole stadium to ourselves. Would have preferred to be in the Valley (back in God's country) but it was really cool to see the team play again!

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Finally...got to see the Tigers in person

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Always good when you take a son or daughter to their first

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After graduation fom CU I was out of the country for over

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Thanks to all the Tiger Family

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