Hey! We're a little too negative about the game

On the drive back to New Hampshire I was was thinking mostly about our troubles in the second half and Holy Cross' gutsy comeback. After a night's sleep, things looked better in the morning.

GOOD THINGS:

• We scored 40 points, repeat 40 points. I'll take that any day.
• Matt Lawrence was a good as expected, 23-152 2 TDs 6.7 yds/carry (and remember he had a TD run called back)
• Tony Nelson 9-55 6.1 yards/carry
• Chris Koepplin was awesome. Two-for-two in FG with a 48 yard long. He averaged 62.9 yards on kickoffs!
• Courtney Robinson had the first kickoff return in 25 years (100 yards)
• The defense held the Crusaders to 43 net yards rushing.
• Brett Arnold had 44.3 average on his punts in his first game for us and smartly batted that over-the-head snap for a safety instead of trying to pick it up.
  
• 12,264 fans showed up for a Memorial Day weekend game. That's the best in memory!

THE BAD:

• Penalties 13-133 yards! That includes two unsportsmanlike 15 yarders. One TD was called back. This was very disappointing.
• Three fumbles and all impacted the game.
• Our vaunted secondary looked lost at times in the second half. We have three new starters and it looked it during Holy Cross' comeback.
• The DL was getting the pressure on the Crusader's QB, not the blitz.

CONCLUSION:

We showed some flashes of greatness and some deficiencies . Both the team and Coach Brown need to go some work on some aspects of our game.

However we're 1-0 and I'm still excited about the 2007 season!