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Offensive woes prove costly for Redhawks football teamSunday, November 1, 2009Southeast Missouri State's inability to consistently move the football on offense doomed the Redhawks' chances against Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. The Redhawks were limited to 245 yards of offense in their 20-6 loss in Richmond, Ky. Southeast fell to 1-7 overall and 0-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference as the Redhawks suffered their seventh straight loss. Eastern Kentucky improved to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in the OVC. Southeast's defense limited the Colonels' chances and gave the offense a chance for the road win, which would have been Southeast's first OVC victory this season. The Redhawks recorded four sacks, including 1.5 from Damian Smith. "We were able to get pressure on them," Southeast coach Tony Samuel said in a release. "We got good penetration and bottled them up for the most part." The Redhawks pulled to within a touchdown when Walter Peoples hauled in a pass from Matt Scheible from 17 yards out with 4 minutes, 5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. It was Peoples' team-leading third TD catch this season. "That was one of the best catches I've seen since I've been here," Samuel said. "He showed a lot of explosion to close on that ball." The score capped a six-play drive that covered 50 yards. But the extra-point attempt was blocked. Eastern Kentucky dashed the Redhawks' slim hopes for a rally when Bruce Frieson scored on a 28-yard run on a fourth-and-6 play with 4 seconds left in the game. "We had a lot of energy and fought through a lot of adversity," Samuel said. "We had a couple of missed opportunities, but the effort was there." Southeast's defense held stout after allowing a pair of touchdowns early in the first half. Justin Woodlief recorded a career-high 16 tackles, while Philip Klaproth added 12 for the Redhawks. Southeast's defense bent but didn't break after the first two scores. Josh Gipson and Blake Peiffer stopped Frieson for no gain on fourth-and-1 at the Redhawks 5-yard line to extinguish a drive. Klaproth blocked a 23-yard field-goal attempt in the second quarter. William Castro got into the action for the Redhawks defense when he intercepted a pass at his own 16-yard line and returned it 44 yards. The Colonels opened the game with a 76-yard drive for a touchdown. They converted a fourth-and-1 from the Southeast 29 to keep the drive alive for C.J. Walker to score on a 9-yard run, but the extra point failed. Eastern Kentucky stopped the Redhawks on fourth-and-1 at Southeast's 25, and needed six plays for Walker to score again, this time from 1 yard out. Walker led the Colonels with 81 yards. Eastern Kentucky finished with 183 yards rushing. Southeast's offense continued to struggle, especially when trying to pass. Scheible finished 11 of 29 for 95 yards and two interceptions. He threw for 31 yards on the Redhawks' final drive. Henry Harris led the Redhawks' rushing attack with 83 yards on 18 carries. Mike Jones added 36 yards on 12 totes. The Redhawks rushed for 150 yards. The Redhawks were without their standout punter/kicker, Doug Spada, who is battling a sprained ankle. Curtis Huge had his extra-point attempt blocked and averaged 30 yards on his four punts. One of his punts only traveled 11 yards, giving Eastern Kentucky the ball at Southeast's 36. But Klaproth blocked a field goal to end the drive. The Redhawks will have two home games to earn their first OVC victory of the season. They host Jacksonville State on Saturday, then Murray State on Nov. 14. Southeast wraps up its season at home against Southern Illinois on Nov. 21. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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"Team-leading THREE touchdowns?"
Phewww.
fire samuels asap
We're doomed without our punter!
Did this guy play football while he was here? Found this on the Michigan site and found it kind of interesting;
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/m...
it's embarrassing...and has been for a long while now. you can say what you want about them being in so many close games. I would agree if we were looking at say a 2-3 year period and there was a sense of improvement...but there is none. Every single year, no matter which coach they bring in...it's the same old story....non-competitive in the OVC...which is in the lower tier as far as conferences are concerned.
the biggest mistake the university has ever made was making the jump to D-1 athletics...at least in football. they don't belong there. nobody can make an argument with a straight face for them to be there.
I think that while they might have been better off staying in D2, I think that there's no point in turning back on the progress, if that's what you call it. Look at WKU, they just made the move this year from D1-AA (FCS) to D1-A (FBS), and they have been getting destroyed in almost every game. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that everyone has to start somewhere when they change divisions or move up to a new level of competition. That being said, I agree with the fact that SEMO should have had plenty of time by now, more than FIFTEEN years to make that transition and turn things around. But that just hasn't happened, and we can all think of our own reasons why.
On a side note, I wish that there was still school spirit here like there was when they were the Indians. I've read the stories about the lights dimming in Houck, the bonfire up on the hill by Myers, the Indian coming out with his arms spread. I just don't feel the school spirit like it was back then. My aunt went here, and my grandpa played football here, and I've heard a lot of stories. My aunt tells me about when they were in the Division II championship game, the Show-Me Center being built her senior year, the football team being big in D2. I just don't feel it anymore...
the Division II women's basketball championship game***
dominicstl...I'll agree with you on the point there is no turning back now....you're right that they can't "go back" now...they've kind of put themselves in this situation.
I guess what I wanted more to come across is...they weren't good at the D-2 level so what made them think they could compete at D-1? I know the rebuttal will be that other sports have competed well at D-1 but lets be honest...football has to be one of your biggest money makers...sadly gymnastics or women's basketball aren't...and it's a shame because their women's sports compete quite well...as does the baseball program and basketball (at least in another life).
I remember the Indians too...hell...I went to school when we were still the Indians...and you're right...no passion whatsoever. I can remember the televised game b/t SEMO and Murray St. on ESPN on a Saturday afternoon...Show Me Center was sold out...that seems so long ago...student section was filled, excitement brewed the whole week leading up to it...now there's much more anticipation and hype for a game between two high school teams.
I don't blame the coaches put in these situations, I blame the higher ups that have hired these coaches. Obviously, they haven't done a good job finding quality candidates in the past years that equal winning. Although I will say that everything about coach Nutt points to him having a successful tenure given time. Unfortunately, he too has been thrown into an awful situation...but really, the only way to go is up from here...it's hard to break the culture of losing once it has been established for so long.
Only time will tell.
A college football coach should get 4-5 years to get his recruts all playing. After that you're out.
Remember, for 10 years we had Mumford. At least 5 years too long.
I agree olbaid, I think that given time, Nutt can be successful. And someone posted a link to an interview with Nutt on another blog on here and I really liked what he said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95DhqQyJR...