I can see a definite argument for passing and I can also understand running there. From the LOS it was a 48 yard kick, gain some yards, and you move it down closer to a 40 yarder and ensure you tie the score up.
Throw a pass that falls incomplete and you are still kicking a 48 yarder which...
I expect schools like Wisconsin and Iowa to always be on the same level as us even if one team may have a slight edge year to year. Gone are the days where we were stuck looking up at the those schools and at an obvious talent deficit.
Disagree that they could easily surpass us because as much as some don't want to hear it we are near the top of where the non helmet programs or schools without huge resources can realistically get to most years.
Most of these programs are hoping to catch lightning in a bottle the way Indiana...
The first two are valid the third one was a whiff on the part of the offensive line which led to that play losing yards. We had been gashing them with our run game, especially in the second half. But on that play the center messed up and let a defender go straight through the middle untouched...
There is some good that comes with that same team line of thinking. Yes it means frustrating loses like the one on Saturday however it also means most of the time we are going to win 8-9 games and be competitive in pretty much every game.
I can live with that in the current college football...
Assuming they can keep their guys (not a sure thing with the way QBs transfer these days) both teams should be really excited about what they have in their young QBs.
Frustrating loss because the game was winnable but in the end they played cleaner than we did and when the talent is pretty even...
I hate seeing any coach fired in under 2 seasons but this one was pretty easy to see coming. The team was bad last year and seemed to be headed for a complete dumpster fire this year.
3 games into year 2 is crazy fast to pull the trigger on firing a coach. Don't like seeing things trending...
Good writeup. One thing you didn't mention that was an issue last night was missed tackles. Team has done a good job of tackling in the first 2 games but there were a number of times where a missed tackle led to a first down or in the case of the throw to the TE a TD.
Just one of many things...
Well said. The punt return mistakes are the really frustrating ones because those could easily have been avoided.
None of what happened changes the fact that Koi is a special talent who will do some great things for us. Unfortunately he had a terrible game yesterday for whatever reason.
The...
Yep. This is why I hate the grade the coaches thread because fans just shit on the coaching staff while putting none of it on the players.
Dropped passes, missed tackles (including on the one TD where multiple guys had a chance to stop the TE before he got into the EZ), turnovers and...
For all the mistakes Koi made, late in the game if a pass isn’t tipped at the line he probably gets a pick 6 because he read it perfectly and was in position fro make the play.
Yeah on the offensive trick play....the play itself might have been fine but the timing of trying it was terrible and it felt unnecessary and really messed up the drive. Cal was clearly on high alert and blew it up.
Might be time to dial back the offense snaps a little since he isn't really a big part of the offensive gameplan on that side. He had a really bad game and made some mistakes on punt return that you just can't make.
Playmaker trying to make plays and is probably pressing a bit as opposed to...