FIU game review

After a little bit of a shaky start the offense got the ball moving well and was in control for the rest of the game and finished off FIU 38-0.  At least as long as the first team was in anyway.  Justin Holman got to take a few snaps in the fourth quarter and showed what a strong arm he has.  He also showed that he was a true freshman by having the ball snapped to him when he wasn't ready and hitting him in the shoulder.  He was able to hold onto the ball though and no damage was  done.  I think that Storm had a much better performance this game than the opening by taking advantage of the blocking that was in front of him.  As for Blake what can I say, except for a couple of passes that were not well timed early in the game (one of them almost for an interception possibly even a pick six) he performed as good as we've come to expect from him.  Speedy Hall had a very big game as well by hauling in 4 passes for over 100 yards for the game.

A review of the game would not be complete without mentioning the combined effort by Caleb Houston and Sean Galvin of the kicking team. Sean had 6 kickoffs for touchback in the game which helped the special teams tremendously and considering the job of punter was such a big question mark coming into the season Caleb did an outstanding job punting the ball with an average of 43 yards per punt.

When you keep the other team from putting up points on the scoreboard you must be doing something right.  I am still hoping to see more of a pass rush from the four down lineman but overall I think the defense played very well.  The pass coverage must have been good because it seemed as though Panther QB Medlock had a tough time finding an open receiver for most of the night.

Now I know that we sometimes have trouble filling up our home stadium for games and it is something that we can definitely improve on as a fan base but the attendance at last Fridays game down in Miami was downright pathetic.  Truly I would be completely embarrassed if I were an FIU fan.  I was very cautious about not calling this a rivalry game as I would not like to be accused of acting like those folks over there at that school over in Tampa did a few years ago acting like they were way above us but you can't call this a rivalry game when you need help from us getting 50% attendance at your home field.

I am really anxious to see how we measure up to the Nittany Lions of Penn State this coming Saturday and I hope we can bring home a win.

Go Knights!  Charge On!