Wow

Well, I was half right. It was windy, but that didn't stop the Devils' offense. 56 points and very impressive. The Blue Devils mixed the run with some well-timed passing to have an awesome attack.
I think, if Jeff McInerney were to draw up his perfect scenario, today would be how he'd like the offense to look. Those who are wishing Central would open up the offense to a significant degree shouldn't hold their breath: the Blue Devils are never going to look like the Colts.
But what they can do is set up passes by lulling teams into waiting for the run. The ball Ryan Holmes threw today was a perfect example. The whole defense bit up the middle, waiting for him to charge, and he dumped it ahead into the vacated middle of the field. Perfectly done. Between that and Aubrey Norris showing off both aspects of his game, you saw how the CCSU offense can work at its finest.
The defense did not have its best game today, but with the game such a rout, it's hard to judge.
The special teams were brilliant on everything but kick return coverage. It sounds like nitpicking, but letting a team start close to midfield is never helpful.
Anyway, if you get a chance, please check out my full breakdown in the paper Sunday. You know what happened, but hopefully I gave you some little tidbits in there that you either didn't catch or didn't think about (like the fact that CCSU never punted on Saturday).
We'll have a notebook later in the week, too. That will focus on Alondre Rush's excellent adventure the last two weeks, Jo Jo Freeman showing what he learned from a certain other back, and a couple of other nuggets.
Over 4,000 in the building on Saturday, great to see. Thanks as always for reading. Keep the suggestions coming, I'm learning when it comes to the blogging part (and some would say the writing part).