Who knew w/ Herm and Death Row Chink in Armor thoughts
And now for the bad news. ASU went 50% on third down, and after a while it stops becoming a trend, and becomes a fact. That's where we are and it's the inability to get off the field on 3rd. Is it our weakness at ILB, only playing 2 DL, not being able to hold the edge consistently on Benning's side, or a combo of all, other? Looking at our schedule, minus Oregon State and Ucla (maybe WSU) every other team can stay in the game versus us home or away by following that formula. The pisser of it is that you never feel terrible watching it as the offense isn't doing anything spectacular, and they are just getting those first downs by a yard or two, but you look up and they've moved the ball 50 yards and have taken 5 minutes off the clock doing so.
One final shitty thought: I trust our FG kicker WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more than our kick/punt coverage. We suck at it after being great in 2016, and very good last year. It's not a matter of if, just when one gets taken back on us to the house.
There was a weird vibe in the house last night vs ASU, and I'd bet it will be the same next week versus BYU. It will be interesting to see if we have/what are motivational level is.
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I specifically asked for no racist crap
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The strategy from ASU this year was largely the same as it was last year … play to get short gains trying to convert on 3rd and shorts … shorten the game … nothing too fancy there other than last year they did it with short passes and this year with short runs.
While I agree with you that the game plan isn't that complicated against us on offense, it's one that very few teams can execute. The problem with the strategy is that all it takes is one negative play, one penalty, etc. and then to convert you're likely looking at having to push the ball down the field. And to be quite honest, I'm not sure that there's a QB in the conference that I'd trust to do that (and that includes Herbert).
The reality is that we're going to be playing a lot of 24-13, 24-17, 27-20 type games this year. That's just going to be the reality … get used to it.
Agree that it's a massive item that we can trust our FG kicker at this point … still not sure how far out I really trust him (I'm thinking anything 40 and in I feel good about) … Whitford being back is pretty significant for us. The punting game was largely very good last night with the exception of Harry's return … and I'm willing to chalk that up to Harry being Harry. -
Herm is the best coach in the Pac-12 South
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Herm looks like a risk that will pay off for ASU. They played good solid football but just couldn't matchup talent wise due to a lot of youth. Polar opposite of Todd Graham whos only strength was that he was so fucking weird and unconventional he could throw people off their game. He also threw himself off his game as well.
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I have always found chink to be one of my favorite racist terms. It's just fun to say, like perineum, or capybara.TierbsHsotBoobs said:I specifically asked for no racist crap
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Herm's biggest problem is going to be recruiting … he's clearly shown that he can come up with a plan to keep the Devils in the game.
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This is a good take, but I think a lot needs to be said about Bush’s inability to finish games strong. This was the third straight game where we haven’t been able to put in a kill shot (I’m including UND since we should’ve won by 70) against very inferior teams. Herm’s game plan should’ve been blown wide open with all of our offense’s second half opportunities, but we only came away with 10 points. I’m willing to give him some leash since this is his first season as an actual play caller, but he’s been very underwhelming so far and he better figure it out fast because there aren’t many gimmes like a home game against ASU left on the schedule.Tequilla said:The strategy from ASU this year was largely the same as it was last year … play to get short gains trying to convert on 3rd and shorts … shorten the game … nothing too fancy there other than last year they did it with short passes and this year with short runs.
While I agree with you that the game plan isn't that complicated against us on offense, it's one that very few teams can execute. The problem with the strategy is that all it takes is one negative play, one penalty, etc. and then to convert you're likely looking at having to push the ball down the field. And to be quite honest, I'm not sure that there's a QB in the conference that I'd trust to do that (and that includes Herbert).
The reality is that we're going to be playing a lot of 24-13, 24-17, 27-20 type games this year. That's just going to be the reality … get used to it.
Agree that it's a massive item that we can trust our FG kicker at this point … still not sure how far out I really trust him (I'm thinking anything 40 and in I feel good about) … Whitford being back is pretty significant for us. The punting game was largely very good last night with the exception of Harry's return … and I'm willing to chalk that up to Harry being Harry. -
I like wop and dune coon.Swaye said:
I have always found chink to be one of my favorite racist terms. It's just fun to say, like perineum, or capybara.TierbsHsotBoobs said:I specifically asked for no racist crap
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When you are midway through the 4th quarter with a 2 TD lead and a 3rd and long at midfield, making a conservative call to punt the opposition to the 10 and a long field is the right play with our defense. The only thing that fucked that up was Harry's return.
There's process and execution. Last night, I was largely happy with the process that we had. We didn't always execute and that can be worked on. -
i think byu will beat us by 10
