Review: LSU vs WVU 09/24/11

I have such mixed feelings about this game. I wanted to be mad about the performance of WVU, but all said and done, the game was fair and well played. LSU came into Morgantown and got the job done. The Mountaineers played great on both sides of the ball, regardless of the score, only to suffer from mistakes, Costly Mistakes.

I am going to defend the game play of the Mountaineers here. If you break down the stats, Mountaineers led in almost every category. Racking up over 500+ yards in total Offense, 28 first downs, and holding the tigers to 366 total yards and only 19 first downs. Mountaineers, with all respects, came and got the job done. Unfortunately the job came with some big holes. One of the biggest things the Mountaineers had to overcome the whole game was starting field possession. At one point, ESPN showed a stat that LSU;s starting field possession was around mid-field while the Mountaineers were around there own 14 yard line. I recall LSU's punter putting the Mountaineers within their own 10 and 5 yard line at least 3, maybe 4 times in the first half alone. A team like LSU can not get the ball around the 50 yard line every possession if the opposing team expects to have a chance. WVU's defense had their work cut out for them and after 3 quarters of play, they were handling better than anyone should have expected.

Saying that, another big problem WVU had most of the night was not wrapping up. Time and time again WVU had defensive stops only to give up yards to miss tackles. The last major problem, NO RUNNING GAME. Geno had an amazing, A-mazing game. But you can not come out and throw 40, 50 times a game with no run. And, it is not like the offensive line was not doing their job. The biggest problem with the run game, I noticed, was that the running backs have no perception of where to run to. They seemed to dance around when they needed to lower their shoulders, lower their shoulders when they should have been cutting, and just simply missing the holes that were there. The offense that WVU is running requires a RB with great vision and the ability to read and make decisions. With that being said, the offensive line and the RB's provided Geno with excellent pass protection.

This game could have easily gone down to the wire and even to the favor of the Mountaineers. Even though I feel 3 of the 4 turnovers were freak turnovers, they were still turnovers in which you can not have against an LSU team. And, I think everyone would agree that the Kick Off return following the touchdown to bring WVU within striking distance was the nail in the coffin. A return that showed a tired and poor arm tackling Mountaineer team.

And so, there it is. I am very disappointed in this loss because of the costly mistakes, but the Mountaineer team that showed up Saturday night is a very talented and capable team that should win the BigEast. Mountaineer fans should be happy with their team, and overall performance.  

The Movie "PAUL"

First off, I am a fan of the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost duo movies. "Shaun of the Dead" is a classic for most people and "Hot Fuzz" was great. To me, the duo bring good stupid humor into their movies with classy and creative dialog which is both entertaining and funny. Match this with an alien who is given the voice an Seth Rogan, you have a great conversational Trio that keeps your attention while they wittingly fire casual and discreet jokes at one another. To me, this was the highlight of the movie.

The movie itself was not action packed or visually astonishing (minus the alien, GREAT work on the alien and his mannerisms). It was not even "over the top" hilarious. What it was, was a great story, with great character development that was believable and entertaining. This is important because movies that are based around stupid humor always run the risk of being so over the top stupid, it isn't believable which ruins it for me. With that being said, The two supporting Agents in the movie came close to doing just that.

The biggest problem I had with the movie was a pair of agents named Haggard and O'reilly played by Bill Hader and Joe Lo Truglio. I love Bill on Saturday Night Live and was excited about his part in the movie. Unfortunately, his part and his partner suffered from the above mentioned. A character who's stupidity was so over the top that it almost ruined the movie. I will say that Hader's part was not as bad as Truglio. Could the dude try ANY harder to look stupid and be funny. It really did not work. In a movie where dialog and subtle actions made it funny, These two were sorely misplaced and I am grateful their part was minimal. It was almost annoying watching their parts in this movie.

All said and done, I give my own rating of 3 fingers. The three fingers that give you the OK sign. Mainly because of the agent's part in this movie. I definitely recommend it for a watch and I myself could watch it again. Mainly due to Simon, Nick, and Seth Trio.