The straight scoop from Colonel Mustard
Sept. 28, 1998
The difference between good and great
is Evans and Bobby. If Washington was any
good, that was the best game I've seen
us play in my 35 years or so of watching
games. We were more impressive on
defense than on offense if that is
possible. Because going in we thought
that their defense was suspect but that
their offense had a thing or two going for it. Huard had
Kordell Stewart eyes and was very
unimpressive -- no movement and I thought
not much arm strength. We forced
turnovers; we didn't receive them. Our
pass rush was relentless and Kelsay is
playing like an all-American. I thought
Finley had killed that guy in the
third quarter. We used a variety of
blitzes, and Washington never really had a
chance. They were such a mess that they
even left Burnt Toast alone when he was
playing the field corner.
Evans and Bobby showed what speed can
mean to our offense. The whole offensive rhythm picked with Bobby in the game. It
reminded me of Tommie because when he
was in the game everything happened
faster. Bobby audibled very well, and
our o-line reserves played great
because we were alternating guys all
day.
I love to watch Brown kick off because
he always tries something different.
Line drives into the wind and kicks on
an angle with the wind.
In the early ' 90s when these guys beat us, we
played hard but they had better
athletes. The last two years we clearly
had the better athletes. That shows you how far our
program has come in five years.
--
The Colonel
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