I watched Gebbia’s pick again to put it in perspective. A pick is never good, but this one wasn't a "bad" interception in my book. Gebbia (once again) drove what was essentially the third string down the field for 48 yards against a combination of the #1/2 defense. First down at the Red 27 was a nice-looking endzone shot to Todd Honas that 50/50 would have drawn a DPI from BIG officials on Eric Lee. It could be argued Lee had position so no foul, but if he hadn’t impeded Honas, the ball would have dropped into Todd's hands toward the back of the EZ with plenty of room to spare. Second down was a completion to Mazour on a marginally-executed screen that was blown up by Gifford for a 2-yard loss. On 3rd and 12, down 20-7 with 1:40 left on the clock, Gebbia had KJ Jr opening across the middle. Right when Gebbia was in the throwing motion, Khalil Davis put his hand up and TG had to alter the throw a bit to get it around Khalil’s hand. That put a pretty stiff ball a bit behind KJ Jr and he tipped it to Gifford. POB then executed a very nice 2-minute drill and the Reds scored with 21 seconds left before half to go up 27-7. Any delusions the Whites had of winning were all but dashed after that.
This all showed me four things. 1) Gebbia and the Whites consistently moved the ball against the #1/2 defense (not good). 2) Gebbia probably got a little antsy to make something happen to score before half (calm down young man). 3) Gebbia wanted to win the damn game. 4) Our D-linemen and backers seem to be putting up their hands – a lot. Maybe it is just me, but they seem to do it a lot more than last year (good).
This all showed me four things. 1) Gebbia and the Whites consistently moved the ball against the #1/2 defense (not good). 2) Gebbia probably got a little antsy to make something happen to score before half (calm down young man). 3) Gebbia wanted to win the damn game. 4) Our D-linemen and backers seem to be putting up their hands – a lot. Maybe it is just me, but they seem to do it a lot more than last year (good).
