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Online Genius Figures Out 3 Things Experts "On the Inside" Could Not: #2 Will Bring You to Tears!

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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778
    Tequilla said:

    PurpleJ said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    PurpleJ said:

    We could have lined up in power sets all day yesterday and that team wouldn't have stopped us.

    I actually don't agree with this. When we had Dissly, Shelton, and Eldenkamp in 2016 we could. And t also helped having Ross and Pettis.

    Now we have young TE's who aren't great blockers and a ravaged OL that isn't very good.
    They are good at run blocking. Pass blocking not so much. If we ever call a pass play, it should be a 3 step drop.

    Regardless, Utah wouldn't have stopped us if we kept running it down their throat. You crazy.
    Ok ... so we run 3 step drops and the initial read isn't there ... then what happens? Have you caught onto the fact that we have a QB that doesn't like to take hits and panics at a moment's notice? He also has a noodle arm and doesn't have the confidence to fit throws into tight windows (which are often required for 3 step drops)?

    That's a recipe for disaster IMO.
    The read should be there if we are running the ball 2/3 of the time, and as always, you can dump it out to the half back. Have you ever watched a football game? What's the alternative here? Line up in 3 or 4 wide sets and let Jake rip it? How's that going?
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  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 28,084
    Gladstone said:

    6 game window to start '16:

    Rutgers
    Idaho
    Portland State
    Arizona
    Stanford with both of its starting CBs injured and out
    Oregon with its worst statistical defense since 1974

    Plus Ross and Pettis
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    Gladstone said:

    Tequilla said:

    It's almost as if playing young players means you have to put up with the ups and downs of their development in real time … shocking.

    Go back to 2014 and the DBs that we were throwing out there were all young guys with Sidney and Budda true freshman … we played Nate Dogg Jr out there … it was a mess at times (go back and watch the UCLA game and a long TD that they had where the WR was open by 30 yards because of assignment errors). Many of those DBs turned out to be part of the best DB grouping that we've ever had at this school.

    I suspect that our OL will get better throughout the year.

    For better or worse, many of our more difficult games are at the start of the season this year … baptism by fire.

    Utah has always been the second toughest game on our schedule this year. This holds true even if they do their typical November collapse. It was a good win. I think people are placing undue emphasis on the typical Browning ineptitude with overall team performanceand confidence. We physically beat the shit out of them, in a hyped road night game, Gaskin carried us as usual, and we forced turnovers. As you mentioned, there's plenty of for the team improving significantly throughout the course of the season.

    Yes, the conference sucks but every other team would have lost that game save for maybe Stanford. Although Utah and those types of games on the road are when Shaw sometimes vomits all over himself.
    The only thing that I slightly disagree with is I really don't know what to make of Utah last night. We knew they had offensive issues going into the game. Those were clear after last night that they weren't understated. Utah's good enough to be their usual 8-4 or 9-3 this year and win the South because it's a dreckfest. But at this point, their offense has a legit chance at keeping them in the 6-6 range this year.

    Colorado's probably the favorite right now in the South … ASU probably the 2nd favorite. SC is a dumpster fire that might only luck out because they miss both UW and Oregon.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    RoadDawg55 said:

    PurpleJ said:

    We could have lined up in power sets all day yesterday and that team wouldn't have stopped us.

    I actually don't agree with this. When we had Dissly, Shelton, and Eldenkamp in 2016 we could. And t also helped having Ross and Pettis.

    Now we have young TE's who aren't great blockers and a ravaged OL that isn't very good.
    Yeah I'm really disappointed with the TE blocking. I thought gaskin had a walk in td on the pitch play and Warren completely whiffed his man
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  • Bread
    Bread Member Posts: 4,109
    What I'm hearing: Pete should coach more like Herm.
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