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It's a shame to see Danny's not quite there yet when it comes to making crunch-time plays in the spotlight. However, the 3-3-5 is the perfect defense against what we were trying to run in the first half and we also had a few early drops. Throw in a couple of plays where the receivers were clearly confused as to where they were supposed to be ... and I think his performance was par for the course. The good news is that we learned we also have a running attack and we should be putting up major points on the board all season long.

DOB is decent, but nowhere near as great as some people here would like to think... All the first team ACC QB talk, breaking records before his junior year crap needs to take a breather.. The fact that we have had total shit at QB position for the past 8 years is really skewing many of our fans perception.

I don't know how you can ever say that any one player single handedly cost us a game. There is enough blame to go around and no one is immune. The defense was pretty bad most of the game, especially the secondary. The receivers were not getting much separation and didn't exactly give Danny a lot of open targets to throw to. Coaches did not do a good job of having the team ready to play today on top of everything else. Play calling on both offense and defense was really bad in the first half.

Yeah Danny was pretty bad. The three picks were extremely costly, but don't forget, we were the beneficiaries of some costly turnovers by WV as well. They could just as easily say they would have blown us out if it weren't for their turnovers.

Danny has to realize that he cannot do it all and has to learn to pull it down and take off when the defense gives his that instead of trying to force it to make a big play.

Hopefully he'll study the films, see the mistakes and correct them. As disappointed as I am -- because we are good enough to win this game -- we still have the chance to have a very good season.

Let's just make sure we don't have a hangover from this next weekend.

I posted this on the premium board as well, but I think DOB is showing a pattern where plays much worse aginst the higher profile teams. Clemson, FSU, Miami last year. One pick this year agains Miami this year, but it was BAD. Seems to lose his sense of decision making and patience against better teams.

Edsall had it exactly right in his post game presser - Danny's not perfect and he's never going to be but he's a good kid and a hard worker. The expectations from some of you are ridiculous. He had a terrible game, give the guy a break. He's won a lot more for us than he's lost. I have no doubt that he's going to bust his ass to do better next week.

...Every time you come out flat it is on you, no one else. This is as far as 97% of these guys are going to get in football, you only have so many opportunitues, by definition. Part of it could even be attached to our late arriving crowd.

I doubt any coach left something uncovered over the last two weeks...and then discvered in the 3rd period, oh hey, let's get the team psyched and run the plays that will score 3 touchdowns this period.

The players are those who should get both the praise and criticism, not just the praise when things go well.

However, the players are human, and who knows what they were thinking they would be facing. One thing is for sure, our tackling is still at a 10th grade level. If they just moved into position w/their legs/feet (read as hustle and stay after it), rather than reaching, then the game would have been different.

My 2c worth. Why give a pretty good QB time to pick out a receiver ? Take a lesson from the Ryan family (Buddy, Rex, and the Ryan) and put some heat on him. When you have to make quick decisions, they aren't always the best ones.

Anyone else feel the play calling in the first half was too conservative? Maybe Edsall/Crowton saw something in Danny early on that they didnt like, but I don't feel like it was the same attack we had vs Miami. We saw him open it up more with quick screens and such in the second half.

Second was a little questionable because the receiver was sliding to the ground, but the first was completely legit. You cannot lead with your helmet and hit the other guy in the helmet. Period.

The turnovers made Maryland play calling turn scared/conservative. Glad they opened it back up in the second half.

Any way you cut it, DOB lost this game. Geno Smith outplayed him and out thought him on the field. WVU had 480 yards of total offense to our 477. Geno threw for 388 to DOB's 289 and the 3 picks not only led to points but to more possessions for WVU and more defensive plays for our defenders. We still had an amazing comeback, but we lost the frickin' game.

I thought DOB was a better QB from the neck up than Geno, and I was wrong. I thought DOB made bad decisions on every one of those 3 picks, and he dug the hole that the team had to climb out of. The last int was no worse than the first two in terms of his decision to throw it where he did and in the last case the decision just to run it and take his chances on 4th down if he didn't make it was the intelligent play. DOB has a tendency to fall in love with his arm, and that has to change.

DOB has to be just sick with himself, but that goes with the territory. He is still only a sophomore, but he has to win the big games. Temple now becomes a big game fwiw. Get by Towson, and then we hit murderers' row. So here's hoping he does better, but I think he accepts his responsibility for this loss. His teammates did him proud getting him back in the game, and now he has to learn how to finish.

would you say you look more like your mother or your uncle? I am trying to take a poll on which parent WVU fans most resemble.

Had a bad game but WVU had 24 points off scoring drives of 88, 67, 78, and 65 yards. One pick was returned for a TD, and that's on DOB. They capitalized on one on that one interception but had three touchdowns on legit-ass drives. That's on the D.

I do think DOB is afraid to run at all. When he does, he never seems to show any signs of hesitancy. I think right now he has the problem of thinking his arm alone can save the day. And that,in by itself, is a coachable solution.

He is just a sophmore. He is far from perfect and I am sure he would be the first to agreed to that statement.