Tarleton State: The Texans didn’t have a first down on their first three drives and were already down 21-0 by then. He had only four carries in the first two drives of the second half before coming out of the game. Benjamin Omayebu had 12 catches for 76 yards.īrooks had 140 yards on 15 carries at halftime, already surpassing his previous career high of 134 yards set against Houston in the 2021 opener. Texans quarterback Victor Gabalis completed 21 of 40 passes for 182 yards with three interceptions. The Texans were held to 342 total yards but avoided being held scoreless for the first time since midway through the 2015 season. Tarleton State, in the fourth and final season of its transition to the Football Championship Subdivision from NCAA Division II, entered the game averaging 518 total yards per game and leading the FCS with 52 points a game. “Tyler Shough’s our starter and he’ll be starting against West Virginia. That was going to happen no matter what,” McGuire said. “I know everybody’s going to ask about the quarterbacks, so I’ll go ahead and tell you that was my plan from last week. Behren Morton, a four-game starter as a redshirt freshman last year when Shough was hurt, completed 8 of 13 passes for 72 yards with two touchdowns and an interception after that.
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Tech quarterback Tyler Shough was 10-of-20 passing for 123 yards with a touchdown and ran for another score before coming out of the game after only one series in the second half. He had an incredible one-handed diving catch for a 33-yard gain earlier in the fourth quarter. He hasn’t had Rantanen or Nichushkin or Lehkonen as a linemate lately.Smith had given a thumbs-up with both hands as the motorized cart with him on a stretcher was driving off the field. He totaled three points in the seven March games against playoff teams. In 15 games since the deadline passed without a big trade, Compher has seven points (three goals). It’s why Bednar hinted the week of the trade deadline that while he likes Compher at 2C, he would love even more to have Compher at 3C. Compher fills that hole adequately as an all-purpose player, but his offensive game isn’t the same as Kadri’s. Kadri is still the gaping hole at the (second line) center of the roster. It happened to the Avalanche last season, from Sam Girard to Darcy Kuemper to Nazem Kadri. When preparing to make a deep run, teams have to account for the reality that they will lose players along the way. But at this point in the season, to argue that in a vacuum would be to ignore everything that has happened so far, not to mention the identity of playoff hockey.Ĭolorado has not been fully healthy all season, and injuries are unavoidable even for the lucky teams in the grind-it-out postseason. Maybe Gabriel Landeskog eventually, too, if the Avs are lucky. The argument to be made in support of Colorado’s depth is that Lehkonen will be back in the playoffs. “Cooking with gas the whole year (last season). Deeper team,” Bednar said when asked what’s making the best opponents more strenuous lately. Minnesota’s excellent defense kept the quartet in check, limiting all of them to zero points, and lived with the results: two Avalanche goals, one on a fortunate breakaway out of the penalty box. Manage them, and the rest takes care of itself: The Avs managed only seven goals during those games that weren’t scored or assisted by any of those four. What happens when teams do everything they can to focus on containing one line? In those seven telling March games, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Cale Makar and Nichushkin were fairly limited, combining for 16 points. Colorado’s only March win against a playoff opponent was a tense defensive standoff in Toronto that lasted until a shootout, with no goals after the first period. (Against the same opponents in February, they went 4-1-2.)ĭuring those seven matchups, Colorado averaged 2.43 goals (1.86 at even strength) per game while averaging 4.78 goals against non-playoff teams. The Avs (44-24-6) finished the month of March with a 10-5-1 record, continuing their upward momentum in the West that started in mid-January, but only 1-5-1 against teams that would make the NHL playoffs if the season ended today. And with the playoffs less than three weeks away, it’s what separates this Avalanche team from last year’s Stanley Cup-winning buzzsaw. That was the feeling of helpless inevitability as the Avs attempted to claw back from down 3-1 in the third period of an eventual 4-2 loss to the Wild. Who’s going to score when the top group isn’t on the ice? Once the Avalanche had faltered early and needed to scramble back Wednesday, it became clear what might nag this team in the playoffs.įans felt the sinking feeling in their stomachs whenever Nathan MacKinnon’s line skated to the bench for a change. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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