DGTII - Week 2

Once again, welcome to Monday. Last week I was at an Anniversary Party and didn't catch the entire game. Of course it was a good thing since there was an open bar and Syracuse ended up losing 30-10 to Northwestern. Originally I was going to attend the game since I was able to find tickets for as cheap as $2.50 on Stubhub, however my father was of the opinion that we were better off watching the game at home. I tend to agree with his assessment due to the fact that we were able to drink our own beer ($7.99 for a 6-pack of Peroni instead of $5 a beer at the Dome) and if at any point we got sick of seeing Syracuse play poorly we could flip it over to one of the other college games that might have provided a little more excitement. Since the game wasn't on HD, I went over to my parents house to watch and showed up right around kickoff. I will admit that while listening to the pre-game broadcast on TK99, I was getting goosebumps hearing the band play the fight song (I'll buy a beer for anyone who wasn't at one point in the band or colorguard and can recite all the lines without looking them up).

After Akron scored on their opening drive I just knew it was going to be a long day. Thankfully, I got a call from work and they wanted me to come in and take care of some things that night so I actually missed the final 10 minutes of the game or so. The most telling moment of the game for me, was when Syracuse tied the game at 28. My mom let out a yell and looked over at my dad and I to see us both sitting in our seats with a blank expression on our faces. I didn't make a sound, I didn't budge, I didn't even crack a smile. Why? I didn't do anything that would exude positive emotion because I knew that the game wasn't over and that Greg Robinson would find a way to foul it up. And Greggers didn't disappoint.

The stats for this one tell all, Syracuse gave up almost 500 yards of total offense. Akron held the ball for 33:24 to our 26:36. Akron was 10-14 on third down conversions. And of course the only stat that matters, Akron 42 Syracuse 28. While it was encouraging to see the offense continue to build on their small successes from last week, it was apparent to everyone that the defense has regressed and will continue to regress under Greg Robinson.


And now for TDGTII for Week 2:



Unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good and I can only give this game one Daryl Gross Mug. Had we been able to win this game, the team would have received two Daryl Gross Mugs, but there is no way that in a loss to Akron the team can show any sense of improvement.