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UW leads the nation in 1st Quarter scoring margin, 77-3.
46 points off turnovers so far for the Huskies. They have only given up 3 points off their own turnovers.
Coming into the game the UW defense only gave up 1 play over 20 yards. USC got 3, but were otherwise stifled all game.
The USC Air Raid that destroyed Utah last week with deep bombs completed just 3 passes over 10 yards: a 12, a 19, and a 44 yard busted coverage. The rest of the passing attack was held to just 94 yards on 16 completions,
The run defense gave up 3 runs over 10 yards: a 60, a 12, and a 35. The rest of the rushing attack was held to 110 yards on 30 carries.
USC had 3 long drives: 79 yards, 65 yards, 74 yards. A total of 218 yards.
The other 9 drives: 33, -4, -3, 30, 39, 6, 5, -3, 29.
2 touchdowns, 6 punts, 3 interceptions, 1 downs.
Against the supreme athletes that are the Men of Troy.
For a defense that we continue to bitch about because of poor tackling, poor run fits, and poor coverage..... that ain’t too fuckin bad. It has also given up 17.4 points per game, which is in line with the previous 4 years that led the league in scoring each year.
46 points off turnovers so far for the Huskies. They have only given up 3 points off their own turnovers.
Coming into the game the UW defense only gave up 1 play over 20 yards. USC got 3, but were otherwise stifled all game.
The USC Air Raid that destroyed Utah last week with deep bombs completed just 3 passes over 10 yards: a 12, a 19, and a 44 yard busted coverage. The rest of the passing attack was held to just 94 yards on 16 completions,
The run defense gave up 3 runs over 10 yards: a 60, a 12, and a 35. The rest of the rushing attack was held to 110 yards on 30 carries.
USC had 3 long drives: 79 yards, 65 yards, 74 yards. A total of 218 yards.
The other 9 drives: 33, -4, -3, 30, 39, 6, 5, -3, 29.
2 touchdowns, 6 punts, 3 interceptions, 1 downs.
Against the supreme athletes that are the Men of Troy.
For a defense that we continue to bitch about because of poor tackling, poor run fits, and poor coverage..... that ain’t too fuckin bad. It has also given up 17.4 points per game, which is in line with the previous 4 years that led the league in scoring each year.
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sirmon needs to block/engage the TE instead he even wiffs on tackling him the wellligton cant make play on that rushing touch down
cam williams needs to be more disciplined that TD was on him
our edges are terrible at setting, lb are bad at filling gaps.
this usc team not winning more than 8 games lets be real.
we are going to be elite next year
0 takeaways against EWU
0 takeaways against Cal
3 takeaways against Hawaii
3 takeaways against BYU
3 takeaways against USC (4 with downs included)
3 USC red zone trips, only 1 scored.
Continue that trend, please and thank you.
Imagine this team with:
mason foster and Donald Butler
Plus a Dante Pettis type, John Ross type and two Reggie Williams as your receivers
A dangerous kick and punt returner in Pettis
Our secondary unit, matured with less mistakes and more physicality and sure tackling.
Plus our defensive line at the vita vea, tank Johnson plus talent level.
We wouldn't have to worry about Peterman fucking things up because he'd relax in the sidelines ... Jerk himself off and realize that talent is taking care of shit themselves.
And finally an alpha mentality ... Because all that fucking talent knows it.
Our front line is doing a good job but everytime I see Wellington get engulfed by one offensive blocker and can't seem to fight off and shed the block and disengage I want to stab myself.
Everytime I see Manu read and react to a play seconds later than bbk and be literally 5-8 feet away from where he should be drives me nuts.
Because our linebackers create such a liability in the middle of the field it makes it even more difficult for our secondary because they can't be doing their job plus the linebackers job.
In 2016 the holes in the team were QB, interior O-Line and physical ILB once Azeem went down.
We've fixed the QB and O-Line but gotten orders of magnitude worse at WR and ILB.
One great receiver (just one) and one San Quentin nail driver at LBer (just one) and this entire team is different.
I see him as too slow physically to get to where he needs to be to make the play.
2.) USC beat Utah in spite of the statistical deficiencies for the same reason USC was so boom-or-bust against UW: They have freak skill position athletes who are bound to make a big play from time to time on their own and freak D-line/linebackers (Gaoteote)/edge (Jackson) players who can occasionally blow up a play on their own and create a momentum swing. What they lack is both scheme and discipline necessary to be consistent and glaring holes elsewhere in their lineup (QB, DB, OL is not great) that causes them to trade big positive plays for big negative plays. They're such a weird team. If I had to sum it up, it's, "What if Randy Moss, Doug Baldwin, Vita Vea, and Bobby Wagner played at Oregon State?"
3.) Aiding in the boom-or-bust nature of USC's offense in this game were the obvious personnel issues on the UW side. Anybody dooging over the defensive performance right now needs to understand that Fink has a historically bad arm at this level, and he's not very athletic to boot. His numbers against Utah were a mirage, and anybody watching that game knows it. The Husky defense have not faced a quarterback with so limiting arm talent, and they will not face another. And this advantage was compounded by their staff's dogged refusal to just keep running right at the UW 3 and 4 man fronts that were getting gashed. The linebackers are a problem, and I'm surprised at the extent. If before the season somebody was to show me the film of this game and tell me that either 13 or 30 was walk-on Ulofoshio, my response would be, "Bummer; I thought he was going to be better than that."
These are the starting linebackers, though, and it's a huge liability. Lake/Kwiatkowski are scheming their asses off to hide the fact that this is a linebacker-free defense (lot of A-gap blitzes that accomplish nothing but occupy a blocker and simplify gap responsibilities), but occasionally those guys are going to be relied upon to diagnose quickly, fill the proper gap before blocking leverage can be established, possibly shed said block, and make the tackle. This is where 60, 12, and 35 happen. They will continue to happen, as there is no "this year" fix to this problem. Utah will break off at least as many big runs, ditto Oregon.
4.) A lot of the problem against the run yesterday was the amount of manpower dedicated to conservatively stopping the passing game, as USC's scheme dictated. When it's 5-on-5 up front, all 5 have to at least stalemate, and the linebackers WILL have to shed a block or collapse a running lane. Utah, on the other hand, cockily stayed in their base defense and attacked the LOS. They gave up negative rushing yards until late in the 4th quarter, but it cost them dearly down the field. I'll take UW's compromise there--difference between win and loss. On the flip side, if you're asking a linebacker to have that big of a responsibility in the run game, things like that 4th down conversion are just going to happen, as the linebackers are going to be slower to drop into their zones (or not asked to at all). Those down on Molden for allowing that catch are crazy. You're asking a corner playing face-up on Amon-Ra St. Brown (inside and outside responsibility) to stop a slant for less than five yards? There are zero slot corners in the country who can do that. Winning that battle had to involve either hoping for a bad throw, bringing a safety up and risking a gamble over the top, or dropping a linebacker and conceding a first down run (almost certainly). It was a very conservative defensive call on 4th down, and it didn't pay off in the end, as I believe 'SC scored on that drive anyway.
This makes sense because it's probably better for our LBs to play aggressor and run to a point rather than wait, try to diagnose, and be late running to the point of attack.
Say what you want about how "different" the defense is from past years but the results are going to be similar to what we expect out of a Lake/Kawasaki Defense.
My apologies if the phrase “USC destroyed Utah” triggered you.
Nothing in your breakdown is incorrect. It’s actually spot on, and I always appreciate your knowledge. I am not naive enough to believe USC has good coaching that makes smart decisions. I also know that Matt Fink has an arm punt on his right shoulder that even Browning laughs at. And I understand exactly what Utah was doing wrong last week. I am not arguing any of that.
But the second part of my phrase was “with deep bombs”, which was correct. My point, was that despite USC’s coaching deficiencies, they let their supreme athletes make plays against Utah. And Utah never adjusted.
Washington didn’t make that mistake.
Again, against UW:
3 passes over 10 yards: a 12, a 19, and a 44 yard busted coverage. The rest of the passing attack was held to just 94 yards on 16 completions.
3 runs over 10 yards: a 60, a 12, and a 35. The rest of the rushing attack was held to 110 yards on 30 carries.
USC had 3 long drives: 79 yards, 65 yards, 74 yards. A total of 218 yards.
The other 9 drives: 33, -4, -3, 30, 39, 6, 5, -3, 29.
2 touchdowns, 6 punts, 3 interceptions, 1 downs.
Against Utah and their stout defensive line and defensive backs:
11 passes over 10 yards: a 12, a 15, a 29, a 25, a 12, a 31, a 39, a 10, a 77, a 12, and a 42, The rest of the passing attack was held to 64 yards on 10 completions.
1 run of 10 yards. The rest of the rushing attack was held to 3 yards on 21 carries.
USC had 4 long drives: 81 yards, 74 yards, 90 yards, and 64 yards. A total of 218 yards.
The other 6 drives: 6, 38, 9, 1, -4, 24, and 8 yards to run out clock and end the game.
4 touchdowns, 4 punts, 2 turnovers.
My main point of the thread and poast was not to champion the UW defense as being elite or dominant or without major deficiencies. It was to highlight that despite all the fucktarded shit we have seen from them, the numbers are in line with what we’ve seen the last few years in points allowed. The takeaways have improved from the start of the season.
And most importantly, was to show that despite his vaunted secondary that he believes in above all else, Jimmy wasn’t stubborn or fucktarded to go 1 on 1 all game with the freaks USC has at offense. Even with a shit QB with a shit arm, that is a win for USC. Utah played press man on man and shut down the run.
Jimmy gave an Air RAID offense room to run and took away the elite WR chance to win the game on their own. Except for 3 big runs, the plan worked. USC averaged 3 yards per carry and their offense was contained.
Jimmy refused to give up the big jump balls that favor USC’s WR group. Take out a blown coverage on two True Freshman and USC has no passing attack and threw 3 picks.