Or missed Viska when he split a double coverage and was wide open for a TD...
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Or missed Viska when he split a double coverage and was wide open for a TD...
SeanMSan
Well-Known Member
That was a dime for Viska to pickup too, right in stride for six.
SeanMSan
Well-Known Member
If he didn’t overthrow KD, too. I’m rooting for KD to see some good stuff when Viska is being shaking off double coverages.
Given the state of Balch and weight of the average fusker, about 1,000 husker fans might cause catastrophic failure.
30,000 would create a new sinkhole where Folsom used to sit.
That’s what you get for scheduling NMSU.
They are located in the middle of nowhere and it takes an effort to get there. Even if I were a fan and had tickets I wouldn't get excited enough to make the effort to get there to see them play New Mexico State who they ended up beating 58-7. Isn't going to get any better this weekend when they play Northern Colorado.
That average isn't going to go up much after UNC leaves. Their stadium only seats a little less than 33,000 so even a string of sellouts won't move them up a lot.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
Martin only seats 33K
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SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
How about Stanford? They’re a top 25 program hoping to win a conference title and played a P5 opponent. That fan base sucks.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
Fan base will follow a winner. That game was without students.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
That program has been a winner for a decade and their fan base still sucks. And their undergrad enrollment is only 7,000 so still a terrible turnout even if every single student stayed home.
I expect Stanford to struggle.
ASU is one of the largest schools in the country in a large metro area and cannot break 50K? That is weird.
I rewatched the game. A couple of defensive observations:
Colin Hill is a good, accurate QB. CSU hasn't had one of those in a while. Historically, when they do, they're capable of putting up a lot of points and winning games. We'll see about the rest of the year, but aside from some bad decisions that we made him pay for, he had a good game.
We weren't prepared for Wright. It was obvious in the first half. I don't know if we adjusted well or Bobo didn't use him as much, but he was a non-entity in the second half.
The DL wasn't impressive. They weren't bad, either, but created little pressure and did give up a couple of runs. Most of the runs were outside, though.
Our LBs are concerning. Wells, Van Diest, and even Landman looked slow and out of position against a G5 team. They were slightly better later in the game, but that was when CSU was becoming more one-dimensional.
The DBs were all around shaky in the first half, better in the second. As I said, Hill isn't the typical **** CSU QB that they've had for years, and he had some nice throws. There were some blown assignments that got cleaned up in the second half, and the tackling was pretty good. Guys did get beaten by G5 receivers though - that's a concern.
All in all, after a non-emotional rewatch, I don't think things were as bad as they seemed Friday night. CSU has a good offense, they will probably put up a lot of points this year, and Wright can be a difference maker if they use him right and he stays healthy. 165 lbs is a problem.
Our opportunism and ball-hawking was impressive. Our defensive improvement from half to half was nice to see. The DL has room to improve, they were stout but need to get penetration. Our DBs are not as bad as I feared, were aggressive and got takeaways, but I'm still nervous about more talented competition. Our LBs are the weakest link, which is scary. My only hope is that there was a new scheme/overthinking issue, and it will improve from week one to week two. Otherwise, we're screwed.
Colin Hill is a good, accurate QB. CSU hasn't had one of those in a while. Historically, when they do, they're capable of putting up a lot of points and winning games. We'll see about the rest of the year, but aside from some bad decisions that we made him pay for, he had a good game.
We weren't prepared for Wright. It was obvious in the first half. I don't know if we adjusted well or Bobo didn't use him as much, but he was a non-entity in the second half.
The DL wasn't impressive. They weren't bad, either, but created little pressure and did give up a couple of runs. Most of the runs were outside, though.
Our LBs are concerning. Wells, Van Diest, and even Landman looked slow and out of position against a G5 team. They were slightly better later in the game, but that was when CSU was becoming more one-dimensional.
The DBs were all around shaky in the first half, better in the second. As I said, Hill isn't the typical **** CSU QB that they've had for years, and he had some nice throws. There were some blown assignments that got cleaned up in the second half, and the tackling was pretty good. Guys did get beaten by G5 receivers though - that's a concern.
All in all, after a non-emotional rewatch, I don't think things were as bad as they seemed Friday night. CSU has a good offense, they will probably put up a lot of points this year, and Wright can be a difference maker if they use him right and he stays healthy. 165 lbs is a problem.
Our opportunism and ball-hawking was impressive. Our defensive improvement from half to half was nice to see. The DL has room to improve, they were stout but need to get penetration. Our DBs are not as bad as I feared, were aggressive and got takeaways, but I'm still nervous about more talented competition. Our LBs are the weakest link, which is scary. My only hope is that there was a new scheme/overthinking issue, and it will improve from week one to week two. Otherwise, we're screwed.
It was 150 degrees!
ChillyBuff
Well-Known Member
This, early season games there are miserable to attend.
“But it was a DRY heat.”—every Arizona retiree.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Aside from the heat (it was over 100 degrees), it was a Thursday night game against Kent State. Playing a non-P5 opponent at 8:00 pm on a weeknight is a recipe for a poor turnout.
Stanford was a 1:00 Saturday game - what more can you ask for?
10,000+ student ticket holders on campus? I'm just sayin' that our numbers wouldn't look too good if we played 3 weeks before dorms open.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Assuming zero students showed (unlikely) and all 10,000 would have attended a couple weeks later (also unlikely), that’s still less turnout than ASU had playing a G5 team on a Thursday night. Terrible.
Washington is going to play their first 3 home games before school starts and they still drew 65k.
Meh, we're not the ones to be throwing stones after the last few seasons.
Fixed
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Our program has been garbage for most of the last decade - they have the winningest coach in program history and have won 3 conference titles under him and still can’t draw.
Charged with a felony?
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
I think there are 33k in our office, sometimes.
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Moving on, everyone on that list sucks except my Buffs.
SerenityBuff
Well-Known Member
Stanford doesn't care about football. Why are people surprised by this?
Udub is one of the few major sports draws in a major US city. Stanford is in a small, sleepy, and very wealthy suburb with many nerds. I wouldn’t really call it even.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Stanford is in an area that is neither sleepy, nor small. It’s in one of the most affluent areas in the country in a dense metro area more populated than the Seattle-Tacoma metro.
I don’t expect Stanford to draw like UW (I only brought them up in response to the “students haven’t moved in yet” argument) but drawing 37k to your home opener as a top 25 program against a P5 opponent at 1:00 on a Saturday is pathetic.