One thing I haven't seen discussed as much as I would've thought is the play of Paul Stawarz. (And apologies if it's already been covered in other threads, I just didn't see much, if any, discussion.) I'll be interested to see his PFF grade, and I am not optimistic.
He had several high snaps today, two of which directly contributed to 16 points for ISU via Bowman's pick six and his safety (EDIT - as @carnley09 rightly pointed out below, I was mis-remembering on the safety, that wasn't a bad snap, just a bungled play-action exchange - my bad!). I can't say I recall him having snap issues like that in any other game... Most of the chatter I've seen has centered more on Bowman's play, but Stawarz deserves to shoulder a huge chunk of the blame for those two plays, which were the difference between winning and losing. It also seemed like he had a tough time in pass pro. You simply have to have more out of your 5th year senior center.
He has been a solid, steady cog for us over the past few years and seems like a great kid, but today was not his day. Hopefully he gets it ironed out and back on track before OU/UT come to town, because if he doesn't, we will have a rough go of it. (Edit - Even though a bad snap didn't contribute to the safety, I still think PS has to improve his snap accuracy and blocking if we want to beat OU or UT.)
He had several high snaps today, two of which directly contributed to 16 points for ISU via Bowman's pick six and his safety (EDIT - as @carnley09 rightly pointed out below, I was mis-remembering on the safety, that wasn't a bad snap, just a bungled play-action exchange - my bad!). I can't say I recall him having snap issues like that in any other game... Most of the chatter I've seen has centered more on Bowman's play, but Stawarz deserves to shoulder a huge chunk of the blame for those two plays, which were the difference between winning and losing. It also seemed like he had a tough time in pass pro. You simply have to have more out of your 5th year senior center.
He has been a solid, steady cog for us over the past few years and seems like a great kid, but today was not his day. Hopefully he gets it ironed out and back on track before OU/UT come to town, because if he doesn't, we will have a rough go of it. (Edit - Even though a bad snap didn't contribute to the safety, I still think PS has to improve his snap accuracy and blocking if we want to beat OU or UT.)
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