Hofstra at Maine thread

[mainejeff]

Maine 7 Hofstra 0.......Brusko with a 38 yard TD pass on the Bears first possession to Session. 13:02 left in the 1st Q.

[mainejeff]

Sean Wasson intercepts a Hofstra pass, fumbles at the 1 yard line, Maine gets in back.....Session scores the TD......Harvey misses his first XP.......Maine 13 Hofstra 0.......12:41 left in the 1st Q.

[Uncle Buck]

We suck, this could be a very boring game for you. Our defense is a bunch of pu$$ies.

[Uncle Buck]

Can't play from behind like this. Every week it seems like Dave Cohen does not have this team ready to play. For a defensive guru, we let up way too many yards and points.

[mainejeff]

This isn't JMU that you are playing.....sure, Maine had a quick start.......but a missed XP and soft D........xrolleyesx xrolleyesx xrolleyesx

[mainejeff]

Maine 13 Hofstra 7........7:36 left in the 1st Q.

[Uncle Buck]

4th and 1, we have to go...what can you do.

Hey...we're in the endzone, we actually scored.

13-7

[Uncle Buck]

We just seem to play with no heart this year. Our defense is so soft on the first drive of every game. In year 3, Cohen has not impressed me.

[mainejeff]

We just seem to play with no heart this year. Our defense is so soft on the first drive of every game. In year 3, Cohen has not impressed me.

Yeah, well try 16 seasons with Cosgrove! :p

[mainejeff]

Session fumbles......Hofstra gets it back......Maine still reading their press clippings from last week. xrolleyesx

[Uncle Buck]

Big play for HU getting the fumble, we have to get points back.

[Uncle Buck]

Yeah, well try 16 seasons with Cosgrove! :p

That's what i'm worried about!

[mainejeff]

That's what i'm worried about!

There can't be any schools out there that would keep a losing football coach for that long!

Hofstra scores......Hofstra 14 Maine 13.......1:49 left in the 1st Q.

[ccd494]

MJ, no Maine radio this week? I don't see it on goblackbears?

[Uncle Buck]

Good god, some signs of life.

[mainejeff]

MJ, no Maine radio this week? I don't see it on goblackbears?

Go to Yahoo audio........Blake James must have buried the link in hopes of actually getting fans to show up at the game......xrolleyesx xrolleyesx xrolleyesx

[ccd494]

Just found it. It was pretty buried.

[mainejeff]

Good god, some signs of life.

xlolx xlolx xlolx

You've always got 9 lives when you play Maine. ;)

[ccd494]

Fire Cosgrove.

[mainejeff]

Maine falling apart........boy, Delaware must be REALLY bad! xeekx xeekx xeekx

[mainejeff]

Fire Cosgrove.

xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

xnodx xnodx xnodx xnodx

(and Whitehead while you're at it! ;))

[ccd494]

Hofstra field goal.

Fire Cosgrove.

[mainejeff]

Fire Cosgrove.

Amen to that!

Where's Uncle Buck?......xwhistlex xwhistlex xwhistlex

[Uncle Buck]

Wow, this game could turn out to be a crazy one...still, we seem to always self destruct. Should be interesting to see how Cohen keeps their heads in it.

No Farkes or Fluellen really helps us though. But Brusko seems capable.

[Uncle Buck]

Amen to that!

Where's Uncle Buck?......xwhistlex xwhistlex xwhistlex

Trying to start a fire in the fireplace. A boy scout i am not!

[Uncle Buck]

That will kill us, we're trying to redshirt our two frosh qb's

[Uncle Buck]

True freshman at QB now for HU...sheesh. I see run run run punt.

[mainejeff]

Hofstra 17 Maine 13 halftime........Maine absolutely laying an egg, but what else can you expect from a Cosgrove lead team? xrolleyesx

[Uncle Buck]

Yeah but a true frosh at QB now...if the defense lets down for us, we could be in trouble if this comes down to the wire.

[mainejeff]

Yeah but a true frosh at QB now...if the defense lets down for us, we could be in trouble if this comes down to the wire.

Nah.....Cosgrove trumps all. Enjoy the 2nd half......I'm outta here.

[ccd494]

Hofstra will start the second half on the Maine 35.

Fire Cosgrove.

[Uncle Buck]

This is only a 4pt game and HU is down to QB #3, if Maine stops the run, we could be dead in the water

[ccd494]

32 yard field goal for Hofstra called back for holding

[ccd494]

The resulting 42 yard attempt is good.

Hofstra 20
Maine 13

11:43 to go in the 3rd.

Fire Cosgrove.

[Uncle Buck]

Big 41 yd FG.

HU defense hopefully came back out ready to play.

[ccd494]

Maine will start at its own 36.

Fire Cosgrove.

[Uncle Buck]

Maine driving, HU can't afford to lay down now.

Gut check for the Pride D...Holding call helps.

[ccd494]

Turn over on downs.

Fire Cosgrove.

[ccd494]

Maine stops Hofstra on downs, Hofstra had three cracks at it from about a yard.

Maine takes over at the M39.

Fire Cosgrove.

[Uncle Buck]

missed it, trying to stoke the fire...pain in the a$$ wife xnodx

4th and 1, big stop by the Maine D. Not sure if i would have gone. Punt and pin Maine deep...c'mon Cohen

[Uncle Buck]

HU D has to come up big...can't break.

[ccd494]

Maine completes a downfield pass! I don't think that's happened in about 5 years in Orono.

Maine first down at the H16.

Fire Cosgrove.

[ccd494]

TOUCHDOWN BRUSKO! ON THE OPTION KEEPER!

Extra point is............... Good.

Maine 20
Hofstra 20

3:19 left in the third.

Fire Cosgrove.

[Uncle Buck]

F'in HU defense. We needed them to come up big. O-line can't win this game for us.

[Uncle Buck]

Good god, a nice completion and then we ***** the bed. 3rd and 10...

[Uncle Buck]

o-line breaking down...momentum changing. Never should have gone for it at the 39, punt and pin them deep. Damn Cohen.


And yeah, Fire Cosgrove! xthumbsupx

[Uncle Buck]

HU has lost their mojo...now down 27-20.

Offense has now gone into the *****ter. Not sure if a true freshman can lead this O to a comeback.

[ccd494]

Wow, I go and grab the laundry, come back and Turcotte has scored on a 71 yard run. Nice.

[ccd494]

27-27

Fire Cosgrove.

[ccd494]

A Maine drive stalls at the H38, Maine downs the punt at the H2. Officials then change their ruling to a touchback. Maine displeased.

Hofstra takes over at the 20, 5:40 left in the 4th, 27-27.

Fire Cosgrove.

[ccd494]

Whetstone calls for a fair catch after a Hofstra punt and gets clobbered.

With the kick catch interference, Maine will start at the H35. 3:00 to go.

[ccd494]

Maine with a great drive, Brusko ruled to have fumbled and a Hofstra recovery at the 2. Sounds like officials may have been the only ones in the stadium that didn't think he was down.

0:42 left in the fourth quarter.

[ccd494]

Going to overtime.

[ccd494]

You have got to be ****ing kidding me.

Derek Session takes the hand off on the first play of OT and scores, but it will come back for a holding call on the far side of the field.

[ccd494]

Brusko 13 on the keeper.

[ccd494]

Session with 5 to the 18. 3rd and 3 on the 18.

[Uncle Buck]

*****, just got back on...my internet went down for like an hour!

[ccd494]

Option pitch to Session to the 15... first down Maine.

[ccd494]

Hand off to Brown for 3.

[ccd494]

Pass incomplete. 3rd and 7

[ccd494]

Session carries inside the 5, first and goal Maine

[ccd494]

Session scores, no flags down

[ccd494]

Harvey hits the extra point. 33-27.

[ccd494]

First down, Probst complete to Lewis for a loss of 1.

[ccd494]

My feed dropped, but Probst scrambled to the 12, may have been third down.

[ccd494]

First down from the 12. Incomplete in the endzone for Lewis, broken up by Whetstone

[ccd494]

Reverse to Weaver, gains 3. 3rd and 7.

[ccd494]

Touchdown to Lewis in the right corner of the endzone, with a pass interference on Maine to boot. 34-33 Maine, XP pending.

[ccd494]

Roger Williams hits the XP, headed to a second OT.

[Uncle Buck]

Wow, we usually suck in OT. Not sure what our record is, but OT has not been kind to us.

[ccd494]

Hofstra 1-10 from the 25.

Propst gains 9 on the keeper.

[ccd494]

Hofstra 2-1 from the 16.

Asante gets the 1.

re: OT wins, the Maine announcers can't find the last Maine OT win.

[ccd494]

Hofstra 1-10 from the 15.

Propst completes to Weaver for 10. First down.

[ccd494]

Maine has lost its last 3 OT games since beating Rhody in '05.

Hofstra 1-goal from the 5.

Propst keeps to the 2.

[ccd494]

Hofstra 2-gl from the 2.

Propst TD complete to Benjamin. 40-34 Hofstra XP pending.

[ccd494]

XP is no good! Hooked left!


Hofstra 40-34!

[ccd494]

UM 1-10 from H25.

Brusko complete to Turcotte on play action for a MAINE TOUCHDOWN!

EXTRA POINT WOULD WIN IT!

[Uncle Buck]

Not sure when our's was, all i know is i can't remember it.

Their showing heart today...good god, we miss the XP. It'll do us in...jeeze christmas, kicking game has killed us this season. Albany, URI, now, every week is a fiasco.

[ccd494]

Harvey missed one in the first.... Hofstra calls TO to ice him.

[Uncle Buck]

Fire Cohen

[ccd494]

Brian Harvey.....HITS THE EXTRA POINT!

Maine wins 41-40 in 2OT!

[Uncle Buck]

Fire our special teams coach

[ccd494]

p.s. Fire Cosgrove

[Uncle Buck]

congrats to maine...a gutsy win on their part after going up, down, up, down and up.

[Uncle Buck]

p.s. Fire Cosgrove

I know what my sign will say next week when UD comes calling on us, and it won't be Cosgrove's name on it. xrulesx

[Uncle Buck]

Great...HU loses in OT and now my mother-in-law just walked in. Talk about kicking a guy when he's down :(

[bainsey]

A few thoughts from this eye-witness account in Orono...

WHAT WORKED:
*The Maine O-line. While much of the credit will go to Brusko, Turcotte, and Session, let's not forget there were five guys up front that usually opened up those holes (and yes, Turcotte was one of them). Seldom did they disappoint today.
*Turcotte the Tank, The Brisk Brusko, and the Speedy Session. One makes holes, one finds them, and one flies through them.
*The Black Hole: Okay, there were some big missed tackles, and giving up three regulation touchdown isn't like the Maine D, but when you only give up a field goal when special teams gives the ball deep in Maine territory, that has to be mentioned, and there were a number of late-game stops that proved huge.
*Hofstra O-line and backup QB: Allowing only one Maine sack is something, and the young Probst showed a lot of poise out there after Christopher was injured.

WHAT NEEDS WORK:
*Fumbles. Maine lost the ball twice on fumbles (although I'd like to see a replay of the second one; many of us thought Brusko was down), and fumbled twice more that Maine retained.
*Pass Interference Penalties: If you're in the secondary, look for the incoming ball! Just shoving the receiver down helps no-one.
*Attendance: 3,690 paid for a conference game on a beautiful October Saturday? Granted, it was a lively bunch that made a good atmosphere, thanks in part to some loud DEFENSE chants down the stretch, but those numbers are more reflective of November.

WHAT'S INEXCUSABLE:
*Missed tackles! Okay, Benjamin and Lewis are not easy to take down, but that's where you have to put more effort into your grabs.
*High punt snaps: Again, Maine was lucky that Hofstra only came out with three on that one.

WHAT'S ENCOURAGING:
*While it's evident that Brusko is not the passer that is Farkas, there are still a few offensive weapons to choose from, and it's good to see that Maine can control the ball and win a shoot-out if needed. It may not be so easy when Northeastern comes to town next weekend. If you're a Maine fan, this one was just plain great to witness. Kudos to the Pride for playing with such passion.

[Uncle Buck]

Bainsey, good recap and i will say over the webcast it sounded like the crowd was much bigger, i was shocked it was 3600

As for Maine, your o-line dominated us in the second half and we had not answers. On the opposite side, i was shocked that we only let up 1 sack to a good front four. Probst sounded like he was pretty poised out there, i'm looking forward to seeing him this week when UD comes calling. Good luck the rest of the way.