BerkeleyBuff
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I can’t help but think that Arizona and to a lesser degree UCLA are going to improve quite a bit as the season goes on.
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Pac-12 Results - Week 1
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ahoelsken
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I'd agree with you on Arizona, but UCLA is in for a rough month, and I think we play them at the perfect time. They play Oklahoma in Norman next week (that's gonna be FUN lol) and then Fresno State (10 game winner last year and they were the pick to win the MWC West in most mags I saw preseason-not far-fetched that they win at UCLA) before us.
Trufflesauce
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And we didn't throw a pass for the final 20mins
They built a big lead, but almost squandered it. UNC recovered an onside kick with 1:15 remaining, but had an illegal block so they had to re-kick and Cal was able to recover. If not for that block (which was really really close to being allowed) Cal may have been in trouble.
Trufflesauce
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SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Cal's offense was anemic. 119 total passing yards, leading receiver had 34 yards, and their leasing rusher went for 95 on 29 carries. Thankfully UNC's QB threw them 4 interceptions and finished with a QBR of 7.8 (that's not a typo). Seems like good defense, but lots of questions on offense. UNC looks really, really bad.
BerkeleyBuff
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Defense played well. Offense sputtered after starting pretty solid. Not clear who the best QB is going forward.
BerkeleyBuff
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Ya, to be clear I think UCLA could improve a good bit but still lose most games. Just a rough schedule. But I expect Kelly to have them improving throughout the year.
SerenityBuff
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He has to kind of look like he cares first.
And weren't they missing like 6 starters for suspensions or something? Not sure how serious Speight's injury was, but he seemed to be managing alright. When he went down, things went awry.
ahoelsken
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Injuries are also a factor out there. They're playing a ton of freshmen.
Truth
I'm a little disappointed they didn't let Lytle or Noyer run the offense at all. I know MM is trying to be a nice guy but those two need to get some real game reps.
Backups for both OSU and Oklahoma had pass attempts and those games were even bigger blowouts.
It really isn't fair for the backups who put in the work and it creates a team without any experienced depth.
Backups for both OSU and Oklahoma had pass attempts and those games were even bigger blowouts.
It really isn't fair for the backups who put in the work and it creates a team without any experienced depth.
ahoelsken
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That's what New Hampshire will be for I think. Blow them out and get everybody reps.
Agree with this completely.
You can still kill the game with some throws. Call some of the passing plays that are designed to gain shorter yardage. If you drive down the field just kill the drive before you score.
Letting the QBs get a few reps on passing plays against a different opponent matters.
Not mentioned is the value of letting the back up OL get a few reps pass blocking as well.
Some things cannot be exactly simulated in practice no matter how you structure it.
You spelled Nebraska wrong
somebody
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Maybe he was thinking in terms of a playoff team, in which case we took a big hit.
Rod Gilmore was ass as a Broadcast Analyst and he's ass as a studio analyst. **** him
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Or you just score. It's not like we had 70 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Sure the game was in hand, but letting Noyer and Lytle lead legit drives would have been good. If they both end up in scores we have 59 - not the end of the world and easily explained by Mac that he needed to get his backups some experience. This wasn't an FCS team, no need to be super nice.
ahoelsken
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The game was over at 35-10. Had it been 2016 and we had some Big Sky school coming in this weekend, MM probably doesn't take his foot off the gas like that. No need to score 70 and give NU more film.
This is what I've been bitching about for the past 36 hours.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Disagree. Film of our 2nd and 3rd teams playing against CSU's backups wouldn't be much help to Nebraska.
I agree with Sink that they should just go ahead and score but MM doesn't do that.
We had the game in hand, one series for Montez after halftime and we should have had Noyer and Lytle in working for points.
As I mentioned earlier it isn't just valuable for the QBs, giving the OL depth a chance to work on pass pro and situational play against live competition matters for the future.
As far as giving kNU film that would also be a non-issue. Run the stuff you have already run, no need to show anything you don't want. On the other hand you can actually mix in a little bit of stuff you aren't planning on using much just to give them more to worry about.
I'd like to see Lytle get some meaningful time this year....
I started calling for Noyer in the second series in the game chat and everyone jumped all over me - said it was "too early."
They were wrong, you are right.
It really should be programmed into the game plan: the backup QB gets the second (or third) series of the second half, almost regardless of the game situation - but especially if we're up by more than two scores.
Getting your backup QB real game experience is important. You have to be committed to it. If you don't do it, you'll always end up with a no-experience rookie qb every 3 years.
The recap on the podcast of champions was good and as usual Woods was pretty funny. Here would be my power rankings after the weekend.
1. Washington: clearly the best/most complete team still that threw that game away.
2. Stanford: Solid win against a good MWC team that I would have put number one if the offense looked a little better. The defense played better than expected though.
3 USC: Helton continues to start slow but Daniels did not look very good IMO.
4. Oregon: BG is pretty awful but the offense looked pretty dynamic with Herbert back.
5. Colorado: dominant win that is more impressive when you watch the game, should have been even worse somehow.
6. ASU: Dominant win and Wilkins looked sharp. UTSA is sort of rebuilding this year after losing some players and coaches so it should be a long year.
7. Utah: didn't look as sharp as they should have IMO.
8. WSU: Solid win on the road but WYO offense is struggling
9. Cal: That offense is just horrible right now
10. Arizona: Pretty awful offensive showing under the new coaching staff. That was a bad BYU team last year but maybe they are better?
11. UCLA: Expected but still hurting.
12. Oregon State: defense looks horrible again.
1. Washington: clearly the best/most complete team still that threw that game away.
2. Stanford: Solid win against a good MWC team that I would have put number one if the offense looked a little better. The defense played better than expected though.
3 USC: Helton continues to start slow but Daniels did not look very good IMO.
4. Oregon: BG is pretty awful but the offense looked pretty dynamic with Herbert back.
5. Colorado: dominant win that is more impressive when you watch the game, should have been even worse somehow.
6. ASU: Dominant win and Wilkins looked sharp. UTSA is sort of rebuilding this year after losing some players and coaches so it should be a long year.
7. Utah: didn't look as sharp as they should have IMO.
8. WSU: Solid win on the road but WYO offense is struggling
9. Cal: That offense is just horrible right now
10. Arizona: Pretty awful offensive showing under the new coaching staff. That was a bad BYU team last year but maybe they are better?
11. UCLA: Expected but still hurting.
12. Oregon State: defense looks horrible again.
ahoelsken
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I'd have started taking people out at 35-10.
has the pac-12 announced its players of the week yet? Nate landman better be defensive PotW