Northwestern State Recap

What's to say after you barely beat a Div. IAA team by a touchdown that had already lost to Nicholls State 58-0? Not much other than only those in Canada are still believers. So send them your complaints. (I think it has something to do with the fact they can't watch the games other than the Florida game and the only media they can get is the Coaches Call in show with Eddie the gar fisherman. You know what would actually make a good show? A Bill Dance style fishing show with Eddie and his family in the brackish waters on a fan boat discussing how to catch gar. But I digress.)

THE GOOD(4:19 in the First Quarter)

Lets see Mike Wallace apparently saved the game by getting a kick off return for a touchdown.

Other than that the only good thing is that I only had to watch about a quarter of this football like substance. (Now with less salt!) This team gave up and quit playing football after the Alabama game. And luckily only 23,000 people had to watch this em brassing display. The "I'm In"ers always freak out about fans doing something to hurt Eddie's recruiting. Well any recruit watching that game would hurt his recruiting more than anything someone writes on a message board.

Beat one of the worst teams in Div IAA football by a touchdown and no one deserves a game ball.

THE BAD

So the Rebel defense gave up 31 points in the second half. Northwestern State had 24 first downs to the Rebels 15. And out gained the Rebels in total yardage 499 to 387. Take out a few questionable turnovers, a reversed punt return touchdown and a kickoff return touchdown and we're looking at an upset.

Its so bad the Rebels have taken Prairie View's spot as the college football punching bag in the national media.

THE UGLY

At this point the Rebels are locked out of going to a bowl game. It is impossible. But it's not like anyone outside of Canada thought they were going in the first place. Problem is Eddie's not preparing the team for the future in any way.

Against Northwestern State two quarterbacks saw action because of ineffectiveness and poor play. Adams went 7 of 15 and Schaeffer went 3 of 13 passing. Both are seniors and will not play next year. And its not like the seniors were playing well to begin with. Micheal Herrick a red shirt sophomore has yet to make an appearance yet he will actually have eligibility next year.

I know what you are thinking. We know that Snead is going to be the starting quarterback next year. Well truly we don't know for sure but its highly likely. Especially if Herrick transfers next year as some rumors suggest. But what could it hurt to have him prepared with game action for next year? What if Snead gets hurt? Is it a bad thing for your back up quarterback to have some experience?

And what about a guy who is expected to be the started next year. Cordera Eason rushed one time for three yards. One carry. He has three for the season. This is the experience he is getting to lead the Rebels next year. Instead Eddie continues to feed the carries for two senior backs The Predator and Bruce.

And this is the root of the problem. Eddie is obviously more worried about getting the Predator to 1000 yards rushing again this season than preparing for next year. Sure he'll say that he had to put the Predator back in the game to insure the win. But first how sad is that. He had to insure the win against Northwestern State. And secondly how exactly did he know he had to do that after giving Cordera one carry in the second quarter?