A few thoughts
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I am one that has been really high on Irvin. Fwiw after the game he was out on the field doing drills with asa so he was probably pissed and has the drive to be great. I still have faith. Seems pat hill tough mindset.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
The 2 TDs given up by Irvin reminded me a lot of VAJ lighting us? up in 2014.haie said:
Look. The older fans here that watched this program win a national fucking championship have every right to be unsatisfied with the 4th quarter performance.BeerThirty said:I'm not even considering it a defensive collapse in the the 4th. Most guys playing weren't even in the 2 deeps. Lots of true freshman and rsfr out there, many of them getting their first D1 game experience going up against Arizona's starters. I will say I expected a bit more from Irvin, hopefully it is something along the lines of the kid has been hurt his whole time here and he is just getting back into the swing of things.
Those if us that barely remember Rick have only Pete and player development and this kind of a program.
Getting your 3 deeps experience so you can get some of them ready for next year is perfectly reasonable, to us.
Irvin I thought many of the tbs'ers shit themselves over, he clung to those wideouts like a fly on shit, he just needs experience and to turn his head around quicker. Keep the program going.
Sidney jones looked really bad in 2014 at times. He wasn't as talented as this kid coming out of hs. -
QB with big ballz > big dickFremontTroll said:The biggest thing about Morris is he is willing to stand in the pocket and take a hit. I noticed it vs. OSU but it was even more apparent last night. Numerous plays where he converted a third down with the pass rush just tenths of a second from getting home.
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Re: youth on the team
6 starters on defense are sophomores - Taki (Tuli if he was healthy), ZTF (Latu if he was healthy), Ulofoshio, Sirmon, McDuffie, and Asa. Throw in Cook as a first time starter as a Junior.
Offense is just as young - Morris, Bynum, Puka, Newton/Davis, Ale, Bain, Curne.
Remember that there are single digit seniors on this team, and barely double digit juniors. Definitely set up for success long term. And the even younger backups are getting live fire exercise reps as well.
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Also, any retard can start a thread and usually do...
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Not going to lie, I never really thought I'd end up having something be a rotational copypasta in this place.FremontTroll said:Also, any retard can start a thread and usually do...
I've officially made it!
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Some random thoughts from rewatching the game
- Eddie and Sirmon a lot more consistent in their run fits, Eddie had a phenomenal game in general
- Tuitele getting a lot of penetration against the run, Bronson with a much better game
- ZTF is a monster, he is beating dudes with straight up power rushes, unteachable strength
- Much better game from Bowman, ideally we would use him as a pass rush specialist, but unfortunately he's the best we got
- K made some good adjustments, getting Alex Cook a lot more involved near the LOS, run blitzing DB's
- The trio of McDuffie/Molden/Taylor is really not fair, up their with our best cornerback groups
- Cade Otton looks incredible, clearly one of the best players on the field on every play
- Oline looked good. I would like to see us run out of more spread formations, its just really hard to block consistently against stacked boxes.
- S/O the backup oline on the long Dick run - Fautanu-Kalepo-Mele-Buelow-Luciano, completely crushed them
- Kind of crazy how many points we actually left on the field. Messed up handoff on the goal-line, missed fg, Puka drop in FG range, McMillan-Morris could have had 2-3 long TDs
- Morris looks comfortable in the offense, which is good. He knows how to make his reads quickly, and is pretty decisive with the ball. He's pretty quick to recognize when nothing is there and minimizes the damage. His accuracy on shorter throws still isn't ideal. but it was definitely better this game, and not a huge problem. His arm is still really bad, he does not look at all comfortable throwing deep, like he doesn't trust his arm so he overcompensates with his body and overthrows it. Hopefully that can be improved, I guess we'll see.
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Morris has really good pocket movement, he’s really good at manipulating angles so he step into his throw on time. Has a much much better arm than I expected. He’s automatic 20 yards and in. He looked to have found the right trajectory on his deep balls later in the game which phew if we hit on 40% of those we are going to curb curb stomp people. That game should have been 60-6 in the early 4th if we didn’t have those drops, i’m really not that worried Jalen and Puke are too good not to figure it out. Jalen is going to be a dominant deep threat, ho lee shit he was open downfield at least 4-5 times in that game.
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Doug Doug Doug !!!DoogCourics said:Re: youth on the team
6 starters on defense are sophomores - Taki (Tuli if he was healthy), ZTF (Latu if he was healthy), Ulofoshio, Sirmon, McDuffie, and Asa. Throw in Cook as a first time starter as a Junior.
Offense is just as young - Morris, Bynum, Puka, Newton/Davis, Ale, Bain, Curne.
Remember that there are single digit seniors on this team, and barely double digit juniors. Definitely set up for success long term. And the even younger backups are getting live fire exercise reps as well.
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Naw he has a good arm, coaches with young QBs drill it into them to not turn the ball over. Thought that was the reason he was over throwing a lot of the deeper balls. But he gained a lot of confidence in the 2nd and threw 2 pretty deep balls.Neighbor2972 said:Some random thoughts from rewatching the game
- Eddie and Sirmon a lot more consistent in their run fits, Eddie had a phenomenal game in general
- Tuitele getting a lot of penetration against the run, Bronson with a much better game
- ZTF is a monster, he is beating dudes with straight up power rushes, unteachable strength
- Much better game from Bowman, ideally we would use him as a pass rush specialist, but unfortunately he's the best we got
- K made some good adjustments, getting Alex Cook a lot more involved near the LOS, run blitzing DB's
- The trio of McDuffie/Molden/Taylor is really not fair, up their with our best cornerback groups
- Cade Otton looks incredible, clearly one of the best players on the field on every play
- Oline looked good. I would like to see us run out of more spread formations, its just really hard to block consistently against stacked boxes.
- S/O the backup oline on the long Dick run - Fautanu-Kalepo-Mele-Buelow-Luciano, completely crushed them
- Kind of crazy how many points we actually left on the field. Messed up handoff on the goal-line, missed fg, Puka drop in FG range, McMillan-Morris could have had 2-3 long TDs
- Morris looks comfortable in the offense, which is good. He knows how to make his reads quickly, and is pretty decisive with the ball. He's pretty quick to recognize when nothing is there and minimizes the damage. His accuracy on shorter throws still isn't ideal. but it was definitely better this game, and not a huge problem. His arm is still really bad, he does not look at all comfortable throwing deep, like he doesn't trust his arm so he overcompensates with his body and overthrows it. Hopefully that can be improved, I guess we'll see.
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I hear you on the last point regarding compensation, but Morris threw an out to Bynum last night from the far hash that Browning never came close to attempting, let alone completing. The zip on his ball surprised me and he has a stronger arm than we think.Neighbor2972 said:Some random thoughts from rewatching the game
- Eddie and Sirmon a lot more consistent in their run fits, Eddie had a phenomenal game in general
- Tuitele getting a lot of penetration against the run, Bronson with a much better game
- ZTF is a monster, he is beating dudes with straight up power rushes, unteachable strength
- Much better game from Bowman, ideally we would use him as a pass rush specialist, but unfortunately he's the best we got
- K made some good adjustments, getting Alex Cook a lot more involved near the LOS, run blitzing DB's
- The trio of McDuffie/Molden/Taylor is really not fair, up their with our best cornerback groups
- Cade Otton looks incredible, clearly one of the best players on the field on every play
- Oline looked good. I would like to see us run out of more spread formations, its just really hard to block consistently against stacked boxes.
- S/O the backup oline on the long Dick run - Fautanu-Kalepo-Mele-Buelow-Luciano, completely crushed them
- Kind of crazy how many points we actually left on the field. Messed up handoff on the goal-line, missed fg, Puka drop in FG range, McMillan-Morris could have had 2-3 long TDs
- Morris looks comfortable in the offense, which is good. He knows how to make his reads quickly, and is pretty decisive with the ball. He's pretty quick to recognize when nothing is there and minimizes the damage. His accuracy on shorter throws still isn't ideal. but it was definitely better this game, and not a huge problem. His arm is still really bad, he does not look at all comfortable throwing deep, like he doesn't trust his arm so he overcompensates with his body and overthrows it. Hopefully that can be improved, I guess we'll see.
