2024 Week #13 Discussion

[JesterBlaze]

3 of our remaining 4 are against Newark, London, Orlando, and a no-slouch 5-7 Montreal. ANYONE want to switch schedules?

[JesterBlaze]

London is best yd/game offense and best yd/game defense and just won 49-3 against a 9-2 team and perhaps the best showing yet in IFL regular season. Pretty soon comes the hard part - that all-but-too-easy 3 game win streak when it counts.

[BOSS]

Madison, I'm sorry, you have a good team, but I cannot get over how we lost that game. Up by 24-10? We played way too much run defense late. What a dumbass show. The whole come back was silly becaue the defense was doing the opposite of what it should have when we got up early. We still almost pull it out, then a INT returned for a TD. Gay.

Really didn't notice your team guessing wrong til it was 24-20 and we were driving for the go ahead TD. We mixed it up pretty good with the play calling when we were down 14. We mixed it up on every down just about.

I don't know what game you were watching but I thought it was a pretty good game. We missed a couple of FG's too in the game. That pick six in OT was pretty sweet, we brought the house on that play and I guess Troutman must have thrown up a wounded duck.

Anyways, good game we might meet up again soon.


Kinda pissed, lost my QB to Tobacco Withdrawal. His season is probably over. He played so well this year too. We're not sitting at 9-3 without him. Not flashy but he doesn't turn the ball over and completes most of his passes. We're gonna miss him big time.

[JesterBlaze]

The whole come back was silly becaue the defense was doing the opposite of what it should have when we got up early.

Just want to celebrate the correct grammar of "should have" as opposed to the oft used graffiti style "should of" by morons that don't realize that "apostrophe 've'" doesn't spell "of". Good show!!

[Beeznik]

Really didn't notice your team guessing wrong til it was 24-20 and we were driving for the go ahead TD. We mixed it up pretty good with the play calling when we were down 14. We mixed it up on every down just about.

I don't know what game you were watching but I thought it was a pretty good game. We missed a couple of FG's too in the game. That pick six in OT was pretty sweet, we brought the house on that play and I guess Troutman must have thrown up a wounded duck.

Anyways, good game we might meet up again soon.


Kinda pissed, lost my QB to Tobacco Withdrawal. His season is probably over. He played so well this year too. We're not sitting at 9-3 without him. Not flashy but he doesn't turn the ball over and completes most of his passes. We're gonna miss him big time.

Like I said, you guys are good. I guess it's just getting old watching this team lose close games, that's all.

Madison: Single-Back formation, strength is left. The defense is in a 43 and 1-deep, bump-and-run coverage, expecting the run.
1-10-MAD44 (4Q: 03:40) Lawrence Cook pass fell incomplete, intended for RB J.C. Devine. CB Louis Whiting defended the pass.
Madison: Strong formation, strength is left. The defense is in a 43 and strong-side man, otherwise cover-7 zone coverage, expecting the run.
2-10-MAD44 (4Q: 03:33) Lawrence Cook pass completed to TE Brandon Moody for 16 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Phil Pinkston. Moody gained 10 yards after the catch.
Madison: Pro formation, strength is left. The defense is in a 43 with nickel personnel and 2-deep man-to-man coverage, expecting the pass.
1-10-GEO40 (4Q: 03:25) J.C. Devine ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Brett Napier.
Madison: Single-Back formation with two tight ends, strength is left. The defense is in a 43 and 2-deep bump-and-run coverage, expecting the run.
2-8-GEO38 (4Q: 03:08) Lawrence Cook pass completed to TE John Wilcox for 16 yards. Tackled by S Dave Jacobs. Wilcox gained 10 yards after the catch.
Madison: Single-Back formation with trips receivers, strength is right. The defense is in a 43 and 1-deep, bump-and-run coverage, expecting the run.
1-10-GEO22 (4Q: 02:46) Lawrence Cook pass completed to WR Eric Haynes for 16 yards. Tackled by S Neil Lucio. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Haynes gained 1 yard after the catch. PENALTY: Georgia was called for Illegal Contact. The penalty was declined.
Madison: Single-Back formation with two tight ends, strength is left. The defense is in a 43 and 1-deep, bump-and-run coverage, expecting the run.
1-6-GEO06 (4Q: 02:36) Lawrence Cook pass completed to WR Bernard Hardy for 6 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! PENALTY: Madison was called for Offensive Holding.
Madison: Weak formation, strength is right. The defense is in a 43 and 1-deep, bump-and-run coverage, keying aggressively on the run.
1-16-GEO16 (4Q: 02:26) Lawrence Cook pass completed to WR Eric Haynes for 9 yards. Tackled by DE Darren Wallace, assisted by ILB Phil Pinkston. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field.
Madison: Single-Back formation with two tight ends, strength is right. The defense is in a 43 and 2-deep bump-and-run coverage, expecting the run.
2-7-GEO07 (4Q: 02:10) Lawrence Cook scrambled for 7 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! Madison 26, Georgia 24
(4Q: 02:10) Extra point by Marcus Collier was good. Madison 27, Georgia 24

This is the sequence that really bothered me late. We should have been defending the pass, but this is where being a team that runs a lot, like you, has the advantage. I gameplan week to week, but I don't micro manage enough to worry about every single situation, like when to play prevent. It would have been nice to see the team defending the pass more in this situation.

This is the second game we've essentially lost on an INT, so it sucks. I was annoyed by that.

[BOSS]

Yeah, that was the drive where I noticed it. You have a good team too! Was excited we actually beat you guys, I was expecting a loss to be honest.

[Beeznik]

Kinda pissed, lost my QB to Tobacco Withdrawal. His season is probably over. He played so well this year too. We're not sitting at 9-3 without him. Not flashy but he doesn't turn the ball over and completes most of his passes. We're gonna miss him big time.

My RB has been out since week 7 with tobacco withdrawal. Seems like a long 'suspension' to me. Isn't the initial suspension 4 games in the NFL?

[JesterBlaze]

Watching the MAD/GEO game:

Madison kicks a FG at the GEO 1 yd line to start the game: 3-0

Madison gets 2 penalties to push them to 1st and 30 after a great run game and then misses a 48 yard FG to still be: 3-0

GEO gets 2 30yd+ runs to go up (counting extra point): 7-3

MAD 3rd and 7 goes for a pass instead of the run and an incomplete leads to a missed 50 yard FG. Some would say MAD should have run it in this situation: still 7-3 GEO lead with great GEO field position.

GEO gets another FG after a possession where MAD was "expecting the pass" on 3rd and 3. Six of one, half a dozen the other but the play was a run for a 1st down resulting ultimately in: 10-3 GEO.

2nd half starts with a GEO FF recovered at the MAD 21 and sent in subsequently for a TD: 17-3 GEO

After a MAD FF and recovery MAD scores to make it: 17-10 GEO at 10:00 left in 3rd... anybody's ball game.

6:46 left in 3rd GEO fumbles but recovers...

6:09 GEO goes up on a 33 yd TD pass that wouldn't have been if not for the fumble recovery: GEO up 24-10 with plenty of time to go. To comment my own personal beliefs: a pass focused defense would be too early at this time.

MAD kicks FG at 1:02 left in 3rd: 24-13 GEO and still anybody's game.

13:07 left in 4th. GEO kicks after MAD defense is "familiar with play".

8:47 left in 4th. MAD has ball at GEO 26 and 1st and 10 down by only 11. This is anybody's game by any standards. Perhaps MAD advantage since they're a defensive team already "familiar"...

6:49 left in 4th. MAD has ball at GEO 2 and 1st and 2... Anybody's game by more a margin than previous line...

6:39 left in 4th: GEO up 24-20. Nothing at all resembling "safe territory" for either team... GREAT FUCKIN' GAME...

Subsequent KO called for holding on GEO... Oh my a defensive phans (had to put the "ph" in there) dream!!

3 and out for GEO including a sack on 3rd to have them punt from own 12...

MAD 1st and 10 and GEO 22, personally wondering how this one will end in OT...

MAD TD to go up 26-24 called back by holding. 1st and 16 at GEO 16...

1:53 MAD up 27-24 after TD...

GEO completes a 24 yard pass!!! Rare but good for the fans enthusiasm!!! BUT WAIT... FUMBLE!!!! GEO recovers luckily...

GEO FG to tie 27-27 at end of regulation.

GREAT game to both teams. Not going to go into OT since anyone reading already saw the answer to. Again, unbiased "GREAT GAME" to both teams!!!

[JesterBlaze]

Vincent Graham leads "Propane" by 84 yards (17 more games) in the All-Time category and both are the only 2 non-retired in the "area"...

[BOSS]

My RB has been out since week 7 with tobacco withdrawal. Seems like a long 'suspension' to me. Isn't the initial suspension 4 games in the NFL?

I noticed your guy had the same thing and has been out awhile. How I am figuring my guy is done for this season, only 4 games left.

[Jave]

My RB has been out since week 7 with tobacco withdrawal. Seems like a long 'suspension' to me. Isn't the initial suspension 4 games in the NFL?

My FB has been out with a strained hamstring(unknown return time) since the preseason.

[JesterBlaze]

Strained hammy's are a bitch. Dealing with one myself for not the first time.

Glad to see you post though.

[Hoosier]

Mallard missed most of his rookie season due to blindness

[Beeznik]

Mallard missed most of his rookie season due to blindness

Good thing you added Jesus to your coaching staff and cured him.

[Matt]

tobacco withdrawl is pretty much a season ender from what I remember.

that's a really shitty hit for you guys BOSS. Safe to say, Cook was having his best year as a starter and had reeled off 5 of your last 6 games.

that sucks