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Sounds similar to what UNLV was saying after the game last Thursday.
Gregg Brandon was not a happy camper this week, as the New Mexico State Aggies prepared to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Brandon, NMSU's football offensive coordinator, talked about his unit's performance during last week's 56-7 loss to the University of Texas. He pointed to the team's three turnovers against the Longhorns; the Aggies inability to get the ball in the end zone; and, in his words, how the group's execution "sputtered at times."
"It's 21-7, early in the third, and we've got the ball on the 15-yard line," Brandon said, reflecting on an early second-half drive. "We throw a pick. After that, the flood gates opened. We score there, it's 21-14. Who knows."
Yet, while all those statements are true, it's also true that the NMSU offense looks largely improved in 2013.
Schematically, it's light years ahead of where it was a year ago. The new model has the team implementing a spread, no-huddle attack, with some pistol formation, play-action passing and bootlegs, along with the quarterback-option running game.
Last week against the Longhorns, NMSU had nine different wide receivers catch passes (led by Josh Bowen's eight receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown). Quarterback Andrew McDonald completed 32-of-46 passes for 242 yards, while getting sacked just once (he also led the team with 50 rushing yards on the evening). And the Aggies got the tight ends involved in the passing game, with Andrew Dean and Perris Scoggins combining for nine catches for 47 yards (last year the entire tight end unit tallied just 30 catches on the season).
The first half did in fact see the Aggies move the ball at an effective rate on the No. 15 team in the country, with McDonald's 11-yard scoring pass to Bowen giving the team a 7-0 lead late in the second quarter.
"I loved what we're doing on offense," head coach Doug Martin said. "I think we're really well balanced ... I think our offensive line ... I think they can be a strength for us and I think they played well. But you have to be able to make plays.
"I like where we are offensively"
With Minnesota coming to town this weekend, the Aggies hope to move the ball at an effective rate once again, only this time protect it and, in turn, find the end zone more frequently.
When asked what the Aggies were capable of if they eliminated such turnovers and turned red zone opportunities into touchdowns, Brandon replied, "Winning the game."
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruce...ooks-eliminate-turnovers-score-touchdowns-and
Gregg Brandon was not a happy camper this week, as the New Mexico State Aggies prepared to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Brandon, NMSU's football offensive coordinator, talked about his unit's performance during last week's 56-7 loss to the University of Texas. He pointed to the team's three turnovers against the Longhorns; the Aggies inability to get the ball in the end zone; and, in his words, how the group's execution "sputtered at times."
"It's 21-7, early in the third, and we've got the ball on the 15-yard line," Brandon said, reflecting on an early second-half drive. "We throw a pick. After that, the flood gates opened. We score there, it's 21-14. Who knows."
Yet, while all those statements are true, it's also true that the NMSU offense looks largely improved in 2013.
Schematically, it's light years ahead of where it was a year ago. The new model has the team implementing a spread, no-huddle attack, with some pistol formation, play-action passing and bootlegs, along with the quarterback-option running game.
Last week against the Longhorns, NMSU had nine different wide receivers catch passes (led by Josh Bowen's eight receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown). Quarterback Andrew McDonald completed 32-of-46 passes for 242 yards, while getting sacked just once (he also led the team with 50 rushing yards on the evening). And the Aggies got the tight ends involved in the passing game, with Andrew Dean and Perris Scoggins combining for nine catches for 47 yards (last year the entire tight end unit tallied just 30 catches on the season).
The first half did in fact see the Aggies move the ball at an effective rate on the No. 15 team in the country, with McDonald's 11-yard scoring pass to Bowen giving the team a 7-0 lead late in the second quarter.
"I loved what we're doing on offense," head coach Doug Martin said. "I think we're really well balanced ... I think our offensive line ... I think they can be a strength for us and I think they played well. But you have to be able to make plays.
"I like where we are offensively"
With Minnesota coming to town this weekend, the Aggies hope to move the ball at an effective rate once again, only this time protect it and, in turn, find the end zone more frequently.
When asked what the Aggies were capable of if they eliminated such turnovers and turned red zone opportunities into touchdowns, Brandon replied, "Winning the game."
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruce...ooks-eliminate-turnovers-score-touchdowns-and
