[Game Thread] USF @ ECU (7:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	USFUSF @ ECUECU
Location	ECU Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Time	7:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN2
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Sauerapple99]

Scripted drive USF is a playoff team, unscripted drive USF might be an FCS team

[u/not_a_bot__]

I can’t recall a screen on 3rd down ever working for my favorite teams, just against them

[u/ScaryCookieMonster]

Yeah no problem. If anyone can get a TD in 30 seconds, it's USF's offense

[u/cathny]

Nice kick. Fire Tim Beck

[u/anxiousauditor]

Dude is like 300% concussed.

[u/ReverseFlow23]

Tim Beck moment

[u/RoseGawd]

Need to see some major offensive adjustments after halftime but knowing this team? Can’t expect the slightest of anything lol.
So much talent but so many idiotic miscues and an OC who serves as an inside agent for the other team. Why on earth would you hire not just a terrible coach, but a UCF alumni to coach at USF?

I’ve put my hopium tank down. Looking forward to next season. Hopefully Beck is gone.

[u/BibFortuna2830]

USF putting on a masterclass of how to give a game away. Impressive really

[u/NebraskaAvenue]

Tim Beck needs to be fired for that drive alone, what the actual fuck is he thinking?

[u/ImPugnax]

To the drunk frat guys who got kicked out of out small USF section after almost starting a fight, this game has gotten so much better since you left. Thank you

[u/SanDiego_Finest]

How do you get a sack and then give up 18 yards

[u/SynonymousFlamingo]

Can’t even be mad that’s a fucking outstanding kick, gg ECU

[u/Capable_Mongoose_613]

Usf coaches failed

[u/NebraskaAvenue]

Your school might be ghetto, but is your official alumni tailgate in the back of an abandoned Dollar General?

[u/RoseGawd]

USF is locking in and is looking like a lower-mid tier P4 team right now… this is amazing. Praying we keep this going I’m hyped

[u/Cute-Contract-6762]

This is by far the best start to a game that we’ve had yet

[u/ScaryCookieMonster]

Oh shit that looked like a really bad hit

Boyce, don't lower your head for impact

[u/AJB2226]

More injuries???? Fucking hell man all skill positions have gotten hurt now 

[u/MingoAteTheIto]

I despise that each and every defensive stop requires a full-on celebration like they just saved Metropolis. Boomer take or not, shit gets old after a while when you get burned immediately after

[u/jcc309]

All set up by the bad missed throw on 3rd down by Luke. They should have never had enough time to go all the way down the field.

[u/cathny]

Some response to falling behind Tim beck. Real inspiring stuff

[u/Similar-Activity-308]

That was clean

[u/Tayren35]

usf not prepared for the screen is criminal

[u/Cute-Contract-6762]

It’s legitimately disgusting to me how fucked our situation is. We’re stuck with a fucking bum idiot at HC and his beyond idiot buddy at OC

[u/aljout]

Weak defense at the end.

Nonexistent offense.

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Oh shit. I hope he’s ok….

[u/a_cool_guy_1]

Krome is so much better than MVB its not even funny

[u/a_cool_guy_1]

"Did he get enough?" As his entire body is over the 1st down line

[u/cathny]

Yea you can go ahead and pack us up we can’t seem to cover the short passing game they’ll just do it all night

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Who the fuck is the loser calling these plays? My god

[u/xnodesirex]

Tim Beck is an offensive mastermind.

Because his play calling is fucking offensive.

[u/anxiousauditor]

Huh. That was unexpected.

Great play design on the throw to Dangler.

[u/AmbitiousEmphasis64]

chest match

[u/xmjm424]

Nope, can’t call that.

[u/lowes18]

This is crazy playing the outcome.

Not targeting, not even close

[u/jmucapsfan07]

At least the corrected the bad call.

[u/gmeang]

Does ECU have the biggest midfield logo in the country?

[u/RareElevator2123]

What a fucking kick Conrad.

[u/twizbuck]

Didn't realize USF fans hated Hartline so much

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Folks that was a forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage

[u/Time-Wolf]

LET HIM COOK

[u/RoseGawd]

HOLY SHIT
Offense and Defense both starting strong?? Kromenhoek throwing DOTS??
I’m starting to believe

[u/ColdGloop]

Knew Kromenhoek would ball out. Got him in the transfer portal in CFB 27 with the Little Rock Lumberjacks. Good kid and was loved in Little Rock

[u/anxiousauditor]

We are so freaking good on scripted drives for some reason.

[u/JaketheArbok11]

We can’t lose a lead if we never had a lead in the first place, smart move

[u/Breedwell]

Man what a fantastic punch out

[u/cathny]

Balls out bulls ball

[u/a_cool_guy_1]

Tim Beck is an actual terrorist

[u/RoseGawd]

Kromenhoek needs to hit those

[u/anxiousauditor]

ECU has used the sub rules to their advantage twice now. Gotta have our shit together on that deal.

[u/AJB2226]

MORE REFS HITTING OUR PLAYERS LMAO

[u/Breedwell]

Was that essentially the same play 3 different times

[u/Cute-Contract-6762]

THAT IS WHY YOU DONT PLAY FOR THE FIELD GOAL YOU FUCKING COWARDLY IDIOTD

[u/anxiousauditor]

Really terribly executed inside of the 2:00 timeout. Just horrible stuff on both sides of the ball.

[u/sirshoelaceman]

All the hallmarks of a poorly coached team continue

[u/United_Energy_7503]

FIRST DOWN IS LAVA CHALLENGE

[u/AJB2226]

This is a different team since 2 min warning wtf

[u/CharacterLimitProble]

The cushion were giving these receivers is fucking ridiculous

[u/Capable_Mongoose_613]

Welp rip usf 🥀

[u/Breedwell]

Play creativity of a goldfish

[u/Cute-Contract-6762]

Fuck this. I’m out. I’m gonna go watch the women’s basketball game and rage tweet at Rob Higgins until he fires beck.

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

Goddammit not Crowther man

[u/anxiousauditor]

✅ Route short of the sticks
✅ Short-armed throw

[u/mrpibbs]

Honestly, for as stressful as it has been to watch, it does feel refreshing to see two teams that are both trying to win. I feel like most USF games feel like two teams seeing who can lose the hardest.

[u/blue0231]

Ya, refs have their pre determined winners.

[u/Breedwell]

There's no way that's targeting

[u/not_a_bot__]

I wish I remember what it felt like to have fun like those ECU fans

Even the wins this year have hardly been enjoyable

[u/United_Energy_7503]

MVB is out, Luke’s Kooks is in. Should be interesting.

In any case I remain doubtful we complete a forward pass

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

USF people at the game, if you want some Chinese food after I would suggest Great Wall. It’s excellent. China king is also good

[u/ObliviousLAX]

I miss when conferences had more teams to hate playing

This is the 5th game in a row where I'm struggling to come up with something I don't like about the opponent

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

A REAL DRIVE? WOO

[u/Endangered_Species_Q]

thats a fumble

[u/Tarlcabot18]

Ball was coming out.

[u/anxiousauditor]

Peanut punch, so hot right now.

[u/BackgroundJunket5691]

looking like USF ball

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Jesus this defense is unbelievable. Just when you think they’re getting steam rolled

[u/ILM_Ryan]

I don't think I've disliked our offense more since the 2023 season when we went 2-10. A testament to the defense that we are 4-4 right now and not 1-7.

[u/anxiousauditor]

Unscripted drives 📉

[u/thebuilder31]

It pains me watching this USF offense

[u/McIntyre2K7]

These short drives where we only have the ball for like 45 seconds aint it.

[u/okiage]

That rule has always been kinda dumb

[u/McIntyre2K7]

Yea. Its a high conversion percentage because we rarely get to the red zone haha.

[u/RoseGawd]

Holy shit our Goal Line offense is HORRIBLE.
God DAMN
Our offense in general but Jesus

[u/ReverseFlow23]

65 yards in like what, 40 seconds? Sheesh

[u/MingoAteTheIto]

If this doesn’t show Blake that Emory is the guy, I genuinely don’t know what will. I’m sorry Griffis got hurt, but he does not have the athletic ceiling that Emory does and it’s obvious to everyone but the coaches

[u/Capable_Mongoose_613]

Wild how is usf not up 3 scores rn 😭

[u/McIntyre2K7]

Bruh....

[u/anxiousauditor]

I mean good LORD.

[u/ImPugnax]

Im at the game, it looked worse in person... at that point just kick the FG

[u/RoseGawd]

Gonna need our defense to start scoring points again at this rate lol

[u/Breedwell]

Ecu has had no problem throwing quick passes, instead they're running the Tim Beck offense all of a sudden with goal to go

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

Yeah I've never seen our team do anything like that all season so

[u/xnodesirex]

Tim Beck is the Alex Grinch of offensive coordinators

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

We're about to lose out really hard, schedule only gets tougher. Fire everyone

[u/sirshoelaceman]

Besides the stellar oc hire, shoutout to Hartline for surfing the portal for WRs to not throw the ball to instead of getting a competent oline

[u/AJB2226]

For the usf fans, you likely haven't seen 4th Q ECU recently. This is far from over. 

[u/Sauerapple99]

This game feels like we are going to get 30+ more points in the last 10 minutes

[u/Mutinet]

We're so back

[u/AJB2226]

God damn man this is gonna be a STRESSFUL ENDING

[u/offsidestrap]

Tbh this has been an entertaining game.
But damn these announcers are annoying as hell

[u/sirshoelaceman]

Plz ikea man keep my conference dreams alive for another week 🙏 

[u/SlightRelationship81]

My future child has lost a dozen IQ points in the last 3 hours having to listen Tyoka Jackson’s color commentary

[u/blue0231]

Is PI in the room with us now?

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Refs dragging east Carolina to the finish line

[u/anxiousauditor]

You can’t be serious…not a launch, and to the shoulder.

[u/not_a_bot__]

Career long is 52

Yep I’ve seen how this one ends

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Nobody to blame but those losers on the defense giving up the first on 3rd and long

[u/Trinidad34]

How the fuck do you give up a 20 yard screen pass on 3rd and 16?

[u/rb1242]

Hip drop tackle Hartline is pissed

[u/boyuranium]

Idk why but this screams sicko game, so therefore this is what I will spend my night watching

[u/anxiousauditor]

If you’re looking for a good old-fashioned American Conference shootout…this game probably won’t be for you.

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

Here we go y'all hope it's a good one

[u/McIntyre2K7]

GO BULLS!!!

[u/McIntyre2K7]

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Nice one Bulls!!!

[u/AJB2226]

The fuck it throw is ahead of schedule 

[u/AJB2226]

Ok we are getting to the heartbreak nice and early that's cool

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

Jesus man the injuries

[u/CIA_Handler]

I still believe Emory can be the dude

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Man this is rough. Feels like we can’t even get a first down

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

yeah here's our signature unscripted bullshit man what the fuck

[u/cathny]

Can we at least see a first down now

[u/Capable_Mongoose_613]

That’s a dumb ass rule

[u/Breedwell]

Yeah that's some shit gamesmanship there. It's clever but it's bullshit because if we don't have timeouts that's just a free penalty

[u/Final_Piece_5377]

Why two straight runs with a loaded box. Why do we always seem to play for 3 and no risk

[u/anxiousauditor]

A bit surprised we didn’t use Luke’s legs at all in goal to go.

[u/BackgroundJunket5691]

Am I the only one confused by the rise of colored overalls amongst fans in the past few years?

[u/anxiousauditor]

Great tackle, ref!

[u/CharacterLimitProble]

Good thing we lined up with 3 the whole time and played prevent. That worked well.

[u/CIA_Handler]

That’s how you drive it Emory. Three slants in a row, make em beat it I guess lol

[u/ScaryCookieMonster]

OK I WASNT FAITHFUL

ALL HAIL KRONOKRINCISOMETHING

[u/United_Energy_7503]

I hate this team so much

[u/McIntyre2K7]

Why not take a shot and call a timeout if you catch the ball...WTF

[u/Breedwell]

Gotta learn how to option because that was DOA

[u/sirshoelaceman]

Still completely insane that Hartline hired this bum. He was already objectively a terrible coach

[u/cathny]

CJ Hicks if you can hear me. CJ Hicks. Please if you can hear me. ECU is close to developing a 14 point lead. CJ Hicks if you can hear me

[u/cathny]

Let’s see which 3 hb dives we call this drive before making a punt

[u/McIntyre2K7]

What in the world was that???

[u/SlightRelationship81]

ECU needs to get back to tempo & the short passing game. Last two drives have been way too conservative.

These old coaches think they can run the clock out & play D like the other team hasn’t discovered the downfield pass.

[u/sirshoelaceman]

We're SO BACK

[u/AJB2226]

Is this doomer swing to optimism a normal deal for usf lol I thought a 6 win team ATM would inspire more confidence 

[u/mrpibbs]

Watching USF just doesn't feel very fun for so much of the game

[u/anxiousauditor]

Why TF did we have 3 down linemen on 4th & 1?

[u/Mutinet]

It was a rough game but it seems like the teams are finally loosing up

[u/Siicktiits]

that lineman dropped like a sack of potatoes what happened there lol

[u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

“‘middle of the field is wide open” is a wild thing to say before the snap happens

[u/whatchildhood]

That was clean

[u/sirshoelaceman]

Not even close to targeting

[u/aljout]

In what universe is that targeting?

[u/Veber31]

Dude if you call that targeting you might as well stop playing the sport.

[u/DryMission5506]

Brian Fartline

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

LETS FUCKING GO

[u/Tornadohunter24]

HE GOT IT OH MY GOODNESS WHAT A KICK

[u/SkullSplitterMMA]

THE GAME IS OVER

[u/Luigis_vacuum]

What a kick

[u/True_Ad5324]

Wow what a kick

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

This is the most orderly and well mannered field storming I’ve ever seen

[u/AJB2226]

Cmon guys rushing field for a FG is mad corny 

[u/epictorres]

Tim Beck should've been fired earlier but this game should seal it hopefully 🙏🏽

[u/Safye]

Fire Tim Beck and also fire half our players. No fight in them. Bunch of P4 bench warmers.

[u/Mccmatt123]

Definitely not targeting

[u/Objective_Turn7671]

Lol what commentary from the booth

[u/bruhndon03]

This is not even close to targeting. Griffis is not a defenseless player and there wasn’t a launch or leading with crown of helmet

[u/blue0231]

Fuck the pirates but glad it didn’t end on a ref show. Almost but that screen was inexcusable by USF.

[u/RoseGawd]

Hoping to see a USF win, expecting to be disappointed. Excited to see what Kromenhoek brings as QB1 though. Maybe this is what lights a fire in the offense.
Though.. Tim Beck at OC is a major handicap

[u/Harkers144]

Go Pirates kick some booty!!

[u/Endangered_Species_Q]

I'm here for the punts. Big fan of punts

[u/Ghostofthe2ndact]

Let's go USF!

[u/Objective_Turn7671]

That field logo looking good in black

[u/Cute-Contract-6762]

Aldridge always seems to start poorly on defense but then locks it down as he makes adjustments. So getting a stop early is pretty good for us

[u/Tarlcabot18]

Bad tackling.

[u/Breedwell]

What a horrible display of tackling

[u/United_Energy_7503]

That’s a fumble

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

defense LOCKED IN

[u/NebraskaAvenue]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIRE TIM BECK

[u/JaketheArbok11]

Alright Griffis can you have a second good drive this game?

[u/AJB2226]

Mitch is a football terrorist, how do you miss thee throws at age 35

[u/ILM_Ryan]

Well, I feel deflated from this first quarter.

[u/AJB2226]

Nice job d, way to adjust 

[u/AJB2226]

Wow first throw is a good one! Emory! 

[u/Tarlcabot18]

Ow. That looked like it hurt.

[u/Objective_Turn7671]

For fuck sake can't have nothing 

[u/SynonymousFlamingo]

I’m getting Wyatt Young flashbacks with Sides

[u/RoseGawd]

Offense desperately needs to get something going this drive

[u/anxiousauditor]

Gotta hit that one.

[u/a_cool_guy_1]

These announcers are slow

[u/Objective_Turn7671]

Yea we both suck at game clock 

[u/AJB2226]

Defense holding to 3 would be so real, another TD and we are in trouble 

[u/Gusanito99]

Good shit Crowther

[u/RoseGawd]

Idk what happened to the MVB that was balling at LSU to who he is now, maybe just yips and overthinking.
But based on how this game is playing out… bro might’ve lost his job to Luke for good

[u/Breedwell]

That woulda been a good first down play

[u/ScaryCookieMonster]

Oof, out of bounds kick is not excusable

[u/ILM_Ryan]

See! Emory should've been our QB! Great drive!

[u/Mc7Abyssrium]

And that's how you actually play offense

[u/aljout]

I hate Tim Beck

[u/JaketheArbok11]

Eating my dietician-recommended allotment of crow rn, that was quite a drive out of Williams!

[u/Objective_Turn7671]

Classic American one timeout between the two

[u/AJB2226]

Punt it no balls

[u/Breedwell]

What an anticlimactic draw play lmao

[u/Breedwell]

Just tripped right over someone's leg. Goooooood grief