Big Takeaway from Postgame Interviews
“It was huge. There is always confidence in the game of football, and I think today will be a big one for us.”
“I think it was a good game to get under our belt, in terms of we started slow and we really had to get into that locker room and check ourselves. I think the guys responded to that really well. Guys made big time plays today, and now they know that. And I think we can operate at a higher level when we make those plays.”
On what "check ourselves" in the locker room meant:
“A lot of talk, guys communicating with each other. Just rallying. You know, I kind of spoke up a little bit today. I’m not one of the guys to talk a lot, but today I thought it was necessary, and we came out in the second half and played great football.”
It's about fucking time the team nutted the fuck up and showed some goddamn emotion.
Then the 2nd half starts, and what happens? Nacua starts. Eason starts hitting him for 30 yard chunk plays. McGrew starts chewing up yards without going down on first contact. The entire field opens up. The defense gets rest and makes big plays when they get back on the field. And the offense fucking owns the 2nd half.
38 SECOND HALF POINTS! And each took only a few minutes to chew up yards and score.
The defense wasn't perfect, and needs more work. The first half was rough, but it was the same as the Stanford Game: The offense was going 3 and out and the defense was getting burned out. But Jimmy changed up the personnel and packages (Asa Turner anyone?) and held a previously explosive offense and Khalil Tate in check:
The doog inside of me is on life support, and may be snuffed out in an ass raping against Oregon, but the fire inside is still flickering. The 2nd half gave me some hope.
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Rest assured, @MikeDamone tells me we! have a big dick QB.
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We still suck. We literally don't play with inside linebackers and our young guys and Taylor cannot tackle well enough. Any offensive coordinator that doesn't run on us and force our inside linebackers to drop in coverage is retarded. Lucky for us many offensive coordinators are retarded.
Oregon should RPO us to death but their WRs suck too. I don't see how our players will get open at all vs them though. Any team with half decent corners can just man press our shitty WRs and blitz Eason to force him off his spot.
All in all we still suck, but there are a lot shitty offensive minds out there. And play puka more please. -
Do it against Oregon and I’ll be impressed. Felt good though.
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If a team stick with the run against us, they will get big runs. The DL will get worn down and the LB’s are the worst LB’s we have had since 2007.AtomicDawg said:We still suck. We literally don't play with inside linebackers and our young guys and Taylor cannot tackle well enough. Any offensive coordinator that doesn't run on us and force our inside linebackers to drop in coverage is retarded. Lucky for us many offensive coordinators are retarded.
Oregon should RPO us to death but their WRs suck too. I don't see how our players will get open at all vs them though. Any team with half decent corners can just man press our shitty WRs and blitz Eason to force him off his spot.
All in all we still suck, but there are a lot shitty offensive minds out there. And play puka more please. -
Listen @AtomicDawg.... You're not wrong. And my inner doog is on life support. I nearly died at halftime. But there were some adjustments on offense in the 2nd half, and an explosive Arizona team was held in check.AtomicDawg said:We still suck. We literally don't play with inside linebackers and our young guys and Taylor cannot tackle well enough. Any offensive coordinator that doesn't run on us and force our inside linebackers to drop in coverage is retarded. Lucky for us many offensive coordinators are retarded.
Oregon should RPO us to death but their WRs suck too. I don't see how our players will get open at all vs them though. Any team with half decent corners can just man press our shitty WRs and blitz Eason to force him off his spot.
All in all we still suck, but there are a lot shitty offensive minds out there. And play puka more please.
My inner doog is still fighting for life. But yes, as you pointed out, it will likely die next week against the ducks.
But tonight, the candle still flickers. -
I noticed a huge difference in plays being called. There had to be some sort of talk with Pete. The guy doesn't just change like that.
I like to think that Bush identified as a man for 20 minutes and told Pete let me call the plays or I'm out of here right now. The way things are going I'm getting fired anyways. -
Eason personally benched Opera Singer.
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My new favorite game to play is theorizing what current teams would get beat by 2008 UW with a healthy Jake locker.
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Whatever the fuck it was, the leaders of the team (Eason being one of them) said some shit at halftime and told the team to nut the fuck up.
A team that had no direction, no energy, and no fucking clue on offense that only scored 13 points at halftime, came out in the second half and scored 5 touchdowns, 3 field goals, and only 1 punt.
Shit changed. And it was visible.
Also, for all the shit talking on the defense, they had their moments.
1st Half Arizona Drive Chart:
23 yards, Punt
6 yards, Punt
12 yards, Punt
-5 yards, Punt
8 yards, Punt
-15 yards, Fumble and UW TD
75 yards, TD
68 yards, TD
2nd Half Arizona Drive Chart:
20 yards, Punt
16 yards, Fumble
62 yards, FG
3 yards, Punt
0 yards, Interception
79 yards, TD
0 yards, Punt
15 drives: 11 that were complete shit and included 3 turnovers, 4 long scoring drives.
With a competent offense, that will win games. -
This is a championship defense despite the inexperienced players and the holes at ILB...
But not without a competent offense.
