Grading the Game
by John Berkowitz on Nov 8, 2009 8:49 AM PST
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Quarterback
Jake had a serviceable day but to me he seemed a little off most of the game. The interception to end the game is completely on him. Jake had a few designed running plays but didn't break anything big. You could tell the leg was a little uncomfortable and he didn't have all of his speed. Even without all his speed he was the most mobie QB on the field. Jake had a couple of nice TD throws but he didn't lead his team to enough points in the red zone to win the game.
Grade C plus
Running back
Chris Polk picked up 132 yards on only 15 carries. He had 102 on 7 carries in the first half which makes you wonder why Washington didn't run the ball more. Sark seemed to get pass happy pretty early in this one which we will talk about later. Johri Fogerson saw more action than usual and had four receptions. Getting back to Polk this was a game he should have had 25 or more carries in. If the Washington staff commits to that they end up winning the game.
Grade A minus
Wide Receivers
Jermaine Kearse had the best night of his career with seven catches an two TD's. Devin Aguilar was also his steady self with six receptions. James Johnson had an early drop and wasn't much of a factor but had some nice kickoff returns. D'Andre Goodwin continues to not be factor. Kavario Middleton isn't being used in a way we would really like to see. For some reason the coaches aren't drifting him down the middle.
Grade B Minus
Offensive Line
Another serviceable game from this unit who played well enough to beat UCLA. Ossai and Kelemete did not start the game because they were late for a meeting last week. Ossai actually didn't end up playing much while Kelemete missed a series and played the rest of the way.
B minus
Defensive Line
Cameron Elisara was missed on the inside. Talia Chrichton and Andru Pulu really shouldn't be on the field. Daniel Teo Nesheim was double and triple teamed on the inside and out. Prince and Craft had all day to throw. I counted 12 seconds without pressure on one of Craft's pass plays. The Huskies did a nice job stopping the run but the sacks and pressure weren't there.
Grade F
Linebackers
Butler and Foster had good games but even though EJ Savannah has had a quiet season you do realize that it is a different unit out there when he is missing which doesn't bode well for next season with butler and EJ graduating. Butler knocked Price out of the game with a concussion late in the first half on an unintnetional helmet to helmet blow.
Grad B
Secondary
It wasn't a pretty game for these guys but when QB's are getting over six seconds the throw the ball without feeling pressure your DB's are not going to be able to make up for that. Jason Wells was a little rusty in his return but he had an interception and some thumping tackles. Trufant was picked on most of the night it seemed but he also picked up an interception. Nate Williams was silent again for the most part and i didn't remember seeing Anthony Boyles.
Grade D
Special Teams
Better return game than previous games. A lapse in kick coverage on one kickoff that jumpstarted a UCLA drive. a missed 38 yard FG that could have give Washington the win.
Grade C
Coaching
The first thing Steve Sarkisian needs to do in the off season is give control of playing calling to somebody else because he has looked terrible ever since the Notre Dame game. Clock management? He doesn't seem to have a concept of that. UW was headed for disaster in that area in the last two minutes of the game. Only a Locker interception took that off his hands.
Another big question is why didn't Washington call a timeout so the Austin TD in the third quarter could be reviewed? That was a pretty questionable reception and you have to wonder why the Pac 10 replay officials didn't do it anyway?
Why didn't Washington run the ball more? Your star running back is averaging 8.8 yards per carry and you only give him the ball 15 times? We all could see some adjustments in the second half on UCLA's part but Sark went pass happy early when he should have kept giving it to Polk. A cardinal rule in football is keep running the ball until they can figure out how to stop you. Sark ignored that rule and it was a major contributing factor to this defeat.
Why isn't Jake Locker running the ball more? He wasn't at 100% but when he does runearly it really puts pressure on the defense that opens up more stuff down field. I am a fan of the pro set offense but Sark has failed to really take advantage of what makes Jake special this season.
Play calling in the red zone as usual was questionable. Washington tried on more than one occasion to simply be cute rather than continue powering the ball up the middle which seemed to be a Bruin weakness to take advantage of. UW doesn't seem to have a clue on playing pwer football down close. Once again a potential weapon in Paul Homer is ignored.
On the defensive side of the field you have to wonder why Nick Holt refuses to load up one side of the defense and go after the QB? He did it once last night and it was one the only sack of the game. Nick looks agressive on the sidelines but his defensive play calls are pure Kent Baer. UW needs to take more chances to put an offense on their heals.
Another question is what happened to Darion Jones? Is he injured and I didn't miss it? Crichton and Pulu were seriously overmatched at the ends all night. No way these two should be regulars on the field at this point of their careers.
Youth obviously is a blessing and a problem for this team. 18 of 22 starters were underclassmen yesterday. You can honestly see that the team is making progress compared to the last two seasons but that progress should have included wins over Notre Dame, ASU, and now UCLA. Perhaps youth is a blessing and a problem with this coaching staff too. A steadier hand at the throttles and realistically this team is 6-3 rather than 3-6.
Grade D
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Anemic passing
our screens and passes to the flat get minimal yards while the other guys go for big yards. Jake tried hit hit Middleton twice in a row when there were defenders all over him.
For what ever reason I feel Jake has regressed during the season.
Sark needs to either manage the game or call plays…he is not succeeding tryingo do both at the same time.
Jack
Give up on Sark calling the plays?
If I am not mistaken, thats why we brought the guy in. Give him time to get his types of players in here and get the RB depth he loves to use. As Locker gets healthier and the season gets shorter, you’d think he would let Locker run loose a little bit. But we’ve been saying that for weeks, so i’ll believe it when I see it.
you are mistaken
… I’m not sure anyone has ever thought of Sark as a top notch play caller. He was widely panned at USC for his playcalling (at least by fans and local media). Sark’s strengths are his organizational skills, his recruiting capabilities and his rapport with young players.
What is most discouraging is that Jake’s footwork and decision making do not seem to have improved that much over the last several week. This is an area one would expect Sark to be having an impact.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I dont know Balla
He only ran Polk 15 times yesterday. He didn’t show a lot of patience and he ignored what was working from the first snap of the game.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 8, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Balla, we brought him in to be a Head Coach
I like Sark, but he is a new HC, he needed and needs to unload himself of the game day nuts and bolts and concentrate on the big picture. Numerous examples of that so far this year where the HC could have done something to help the O or D, yesterday the most glaring not challenging the possible bounced TD.
To use a military corollary (my background) , a guy gets promoted to Squadron Commander from operations officer, and now has much more fish to fry such as logisitics, Intel, maintenance, admistration etc. To try to continue to run the operations because it is what you are most familiar and comfortable usually leads to disaster because you neglect the other parts. You can and should still execute final decision authority on critical situtions.but it is critical to unl;oad much of the daily workload on guys you trust, which is why you hired them. This is especially true when it is your first shot at being #1. What I see right now is a common mistake among first time leaders.
Coaching Grade F on Defense
It is sad when the Huskies are on Defense, that fans are yelling out before the play starts where UCLA is going to run the ball. It happened all day yesterday. 3rd string QB rips Husky D because of NO PRESSURE OR BLITZING. Is Holt…Stupid does as stupid says??? Sarkisian’s play calling me, reminds me of Junior Football Coaches. Can’t win when the Coaches look pathetic on play calling. Come on Coaches, your better than that.
by bigdawgdaddy999 on Nov 8, 2009 11:03 AM PST reply actions
You can't get this done...
…with all these freshman playing. You’ve got two true freshman STARTING in the defensive backfield. We get Wells back and he hasn’t played in two years. Up front you’ve got Elisara out and have Talia and Pulu in there at defensive end. Do you think you’re going to play solid defense with this many freshmen playing? You guys can criticize until the cows come home, you have some serious deficiencies in personnel.
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johnb, agree with your original write up that Pulu and Crichton shouldn;'t be out there.
Holt bugged me last week when his flavor of the week Pulu was being praised and was asked why so many true freshmen were playing over the upper classmen. His answer was something like “frankly because they are better”. The results on the field begs the question are they really better?. Are they, and what a motivating statement in the public for Jones, Aldrich, Matthews and Duncan. I guess I am from the old school of praise in public and critique in private.
I wonder if we are going to be lamenting in 3 years how wouldn’t it be nice if Tokolahi, Crichton, Pulu were 5th year seniors, something we said 3 years ago about Gilby’s burning White Frisbee, Gunheim, Lobos and Rayford’s RS freshmen year in a lost cause attempt at job self preservation?
It does sound like history repeating itself, doesn't it.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I'm a half full guy
but it must be a really big cup because there’s a lot of emptyness in there. These coaches jacked up the players, fans, and the recruits; and now we feel a let down. I don’t think they turned stupid after $C. Our thin team is thinner now that injuries pile up, and other players take us more serious than last year.
These losses are bitter, but we are still in most of the games to the bitter end. Think about those second halves last year.
I would love to see a power game, especially in the red zone, but I don’t think its Chris Polk’s fault. John gave the O line a B- and I’m not qualified to evaluate their play. But I see Jake rushed on almost every passing play. On one critical play, #92 was in the backfield almost before the ball got there. On short yardage downs, I watch both lines. The good teams move the pile a yard or 2 forward, the Huskies tend to fall back or hold their position at best, leaving the ball carrier to get it all on his own. To me, that is more that half empty.
Austins TD “catch”. I’m in Maui and had to put up with the LA feed and announcers. They were talking about how the play would be overturned, and then the picture switched to the extra point kick. As the color guy said, “WE got away with one there.”
It seems to me that the easiest time to stop a game for a replay is after a TD. More incompetence from Pac10 refs. I’ll probably be corrected on this, but I don’t think a coach can challenge a call like in the NFL, the booth is in charge (just like the last 2 minutes in the NFL). Is sark supposed to burn a TO because the booth can’t do their job? In this case, apparently so.
Apparently They Can...
…challenge a call. Ucla quickly got to the line and kicked the extra point. Why didn’t the officials choose to review the play? They reviewed like ALL of ours. Even when it was pretty clear Kearse had scored. The Pac-10s low credibility for officiating games gets worse.
Sark said he didn’t ask for a review to preserve his timeouts. We need a better TV connection.
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Varying shades of terrible play with an occassional flash of light that is soon extinguished on the next play.
There is no flow, no plan, little execution. It’s like the 1st game of the season, over and over again each week. Everyone appears to be in a daze.
Every QB we play against performs better than Locker, whom our whole team revolves around. I think we could get the #1 class in recruiting for 3 years in a row and not do anything with them.
Is is better than the years under Willingham? Of course….but not a lot better.
I think we could get the #1 class in recruiting for 3 years in a row and not do anything with them.
Wow, really? I don’t think we have nearly enough evidence yet to judge how this staff develops young players. And for all the problems with our defense (which I agree with), the answer seems to be recruiting, because currently this staff obviously doesn’t feel like they have the personnel to play more aggressively. I don’t think Holt turned into a pussycat when he got here in terms of his play-calling, I think he looked at his personnel and came to the same conclusions that Baer and Donatell before him did – namely, that he’s ultimately better off playing very conservatively with this group.
As much as the yardage given up sucks to see, you have to give credit where credit is due – this defense does a good job of generating turnovers, and for all of the problems we had on defense yesterday, they only gave up 24 points. Actually, only 17 points when you consider the BS Austin TD “catch”.
The Austin catch was BS ... but its not like we were slowing them down at all
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
We couldn't get pressure...
…with our starting defensive line. I know it’s a coaching decision but starting more true freshmen is not the answer either. This thing is going to take some time.
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Momentum Gekko – we had it leading in to that play. Hypotheticals are tricky, but who knows how the game progresses from that point if that “catch” is overruled. Maybe nothing changes and UCLA scores a TD anyway. But it shouldn’t have counted. Our defense is bad enough that we don’t need officials giving the other team bogus TD’s.
The Austin catch
Just got back from UCLA, has anyone actually recorded and viewed it. Was there enough conclusive evidence to overturn the call? Not arguing just asking if there was. I haven’t viewed it yet That said, the Head Coach should have challenged rather than save the TO which he used after UCLA gets first down with 20 secs left and just had to kneel. What did Sark say to the troops during that saved TO , “act comportively?”
I was...
…getting so tired of the Ucla broadcast team that I tried to turn it off and listen to Rondo. The problem with that is, the radio is 5 seconds ahead of the TV! The replay pretty clearly showed the ball hitting the ground. If Sark had known that at the time, I’m sure he would have asked for a review. Can’t we find some way to get that information to him?!
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He needs to call the time out
I mean c’mon…
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 7:50 AM PST up reply actions
Sark and Co.
Here’s the facts, last year we were 0-12, with a healthy Jake Locker we would have won 2-3 games, this year we will be 4-8. We have a slight improvement, an average result for a new coach. Going into this season I expected 5 wins, we are going to fall short of that. Next year is going to tell us everything we need to know about this staff.
Here’s my grades:
Sark – He is mostly doing a good job, just not on Saturdays. Sound familiar? He better do a lot of self evaluation over the off season, repeating the same mistakes will have very negative consequences. I believe he will learn from his mistakes and grow as a coach. Still way too early to tell how well this staff will develop talent. – Grade C
Holt – Not impressed. Great energy, great attitude, piss poor schemes. I don’t care what “bullets” you do and don’t have, running the same play over, and over, and over, and over again, will produce bad results. Play conservative, BUT CHANGE IT UP A BIT, the offense knows what you are doing before they snap the ball. SO BLAND. If you run the ball every down, it’s easy to stop. Same thing on defense, we are way too predictable. Look how this philosophy worked for Baer and Donatell, it doesn’t work, end of story. Grade D+, only because of the increase in turnovers.
QB – Jake is regressing, his footwork is getting worse, and it’s 98% due to having absolutely no time to do his job. All of his bad decisions and bad passes are due to compressing 4-5 seconds of work into 1/2 of a second. When he has a normal amount of time, he is the best QB in the conference. Grade B
RB – Wow, Polk is the man. Why aren’t we running more? Polk might be banged up, how about the other 10 guys?
FB – What happened to the increased role? Do we have a FB? Grade – Incomplete
WR – Doing better, less drops, improving through out the season is a nice surprise. Grade B+
TE – Seem to be improving, not seeing enough of them, how about a long pass to a TE? Grade – C+
OL – Um, well, we have one, I think. Polk is doing great, but I wouldn’t give the line much credit for it. Pass proctection in non existent. Grade – D
DL – You can’t expect them to get a lot of pressure rushing 4 guys all game, and they are doing alright against the run. Grade – C
LB – Good against the run, piss poor in pass coverage. Wow, they were horrible in pass coverage yesterday. Grade – C
DB – Not too shabby considering all the youth out there. Future looks bright, ever heard that before? The real question, can the coaches develop the talent??? Grade – C-
Special Teams – I don’t think they screwed up anything yesterday. 3 of 4 on field goals isn’t bad, but missed the one that we needed. Grade – C
Overall results for 2009 – I expected more, we have the talent to be 6-6 and be in a minor bowl game. The coaches biggest mistake? Show us early we have enough “bullets” to complete, then squandering 3 wins that we should have won. Overall, I’m not impressed, I was concerned from the start about hiring a first time head coach. Now the question is will they learn quickly, or will they make the same mistakes the previous staff made by doing the same thing but expecting different results. I really don’t want to be having this discussion again in 3-4 years? Husky Football won’t be able to withstand another 5 years of sub par football.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
We have a chance every week in the Pac
by John Berkowitz on Nov 8, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair...
This team is out of gas and deficient in depth and talent. We can blame the coaches….and I really think they deserve some of that…however this team is out of gas with three games left. I thought the bye week would help but it will take recruiting and a long off season to cure what ails this team.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 8, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure I agree John
I don’t really see a lack of effort. What I do see is assignment errors, fundimental errors and a coaching staff that wants to do what it wants to do regardless if it’s working or not.
No lack of effort
I see a tired team that doesn’t have lot of depth.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 8, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
So Norm
What is your opinion other than being argumentive with every point of view presented?
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 7:51 AM PST up reply actions
I give us very little chance next week at Corvallis. Oregon State is quite a bit better than we are – probably the 2nd most physical team in the conference behind Stanford. They have a QB playing very well, an OL playing well, and playmakers in the Rogers bros. The defense isn’t quite as good as it’s been in the past, but they are tough.
Beating WSU is nearly a gimme, and Cal can be had at home here in December. But beating OSU on the road will be a tough, tough task.
Kirk, agree
I hope we don’t get a butt whippin at Corvallis but its very possble. WSU is almost a gimme just like last year however and we know what happened. Cal without Jahvid might be closer than I thought earlier. Cal might not even be one dimensional by then. The optimist in me says we are not eliminated from a bowl yet, but the ship might have sailed with a combo of UCLA, ASU and ND. My mea culpa is I honestly felt we finish 7-5. Guess I need to drink less.
Optimism
I like the optimism prrbrr. I think a lot of us weren’t really looking at it realistically. The thing is though we are so close. These games are going down to the wire. Next year we’re going to win some of those.
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We don't have a chance against OSU or Cal . . .
unless our defensive coaches have a really “come to Jesus” week, and change things up quite a bit. I happen to have Jacquizz Roger in the uwdawgpound fantasy league that BMoney started, he has been lighting up every defense so far this season, I can only imagine the numbers he will put up against us. OSU has a good running game, AND a good passing game this year, it WILL be a long game for us Husky fans.
I’ve seen nothing that make me believe we can stop OSU or Cal’s offenses. I have a bad feeling we are going to make Canfield and Riley look like All American QB’s. If you get a chance to rewatch yesterday’s game, watch the linebackers as they drop back into zone, they were slow to get back, they weren’t focusing on the few recievers that were running routes, they couldn’t have been more stiff and immobile. They really looked like video game players before video games really figured out how to program a zone defense.
I’m sorry that I’m being so negative, but this defense is pityful. With all the preseason talk about Holt, I really, really expected more from the defense. I haven’t check the stats, but I’d bet we have shown extremely little improvement over the last two season’s record breaking defenses.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I disagree vs. Cal. We play better at home and Cal doesn’t play particularly well up here in the PNW in bad weather.
I agree that their offense should do pretty well against us, but I also don’t see a Cal defense that scares me the way ASU’s and USC’s did.
I don’t think it’s probable we beat Cal, but it’s quite plausible.
I'd agree on Cal
We do stand a chance against them. The loss to OSU, losing Jahvid Best, it’s very possilbe that they will come in flat. It would help us a great deal if we were playing for a sixth win, but we need a miracle against OSU first.
I think the UW vs. Cal game will come down to motivation, the team that is motivated will win.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I agree
I regards to the line backers, They have not been able to drop back into coverage all season. The Idaho Qb really exposed this problem.
It's Frustrating...
…but we have been so close in three of our six losses. I think these coaches are working hard and these kids are too. This is the first year and there are going to be growing pains. I think a couple of those wins made us a bit delusional.
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I agree
..in that win against USC everything came together. We executed almost flawlessly, had a great game plan and played very good fundemental football. I keep waiting for that team to show up again but it seems like all we’ve done is regress since that game.
Let’s also acknowledge that USC isn’t USC this year, and further more USC with Aaron Corp at QB is not as good as USC with Matt Barkley at QB (not to mention they missed Taylor Mays).
It was an important victory, but it wasn’t quite as impressive in hindsight as it appeared at the time.
True...
but I was talking more about our performance as a team then the compitition we were playing. Regardless USC is still a top 25 team with outstanding talent and we played almost flawlessly against them. I just wonder why we can’t perform close to that every weekend.
The Future...
…is bright. We are going to get it done! GO DAWGS!!
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Reincarnation or identity theft?
Is our OC Sark a Lappano clone, going for the homers when we need base hits. And Kent Baer must have stolen Holts identity of keep em in front of you and don’rt give up the big play. Once again they are getting the big play anyway so at least look like you are trying to put pressure on the QB in obvious passing downs. Still to be fair, 5 turnovers is praiseworthy, too bad the offense squandered those opportunities to put the bear trap on.
Sorry for my rants, but I haven’t gotten over it yet now up to 36 hours post facto. Almost a perfect weekend, the ducks losing and ND getting upset by Navy, just one small thing didn’t happen to make it perfect.
Hugh Millen
I listened to the post game show. He lined out that last play where Locker threw the pick. He said that Locker had like three receivers going down field and Kearse was the lowest percentage throw of all of those. Locker made that decision, he also said that if the ball was thrown more to the outside (sideline) Kearse would have had a much better shot at bringing it down.
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Locker
Jake makes poor decisions. You hate to say it but after three seasons of Willingham he still doesn’t know how to win. Moore says he locks into his receivers and you can read where the ball is going to go. Not a real surprise because that has been a Jake characteristic since day one. He really needs another season at UW to get better.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
Keep in mind that on virtually every pass play there are multiple routes being run by the various receivers. It’s up to the QB to decide which guy to throw to.
Just because that play had Kearse streaking up the sidelines on a go route doesn’t mean that’s what Sark’s intention was – it was simply one of multiple options on that play. The smarter play on Jake’s part would’ve been one of the underneath crossing routes.
D- for the Pac 10 Referring Crew!
I don’t know about you fellas, but I’m grading the referring crew and they sucked!
Two calls that both went against us:
1) helmet to helmet
2) Ucla TD (no instant replay review)
They totally botched the helmet to helmet call! The helmet to helmet rule was implemented to safeguard against defenders charging QBs that are deemed “unprotected”. What is the referring crews interpretation? Is everything helmet to helmet a penalty these days? If so, then the defense is at a complete disadvantage. Take a closer look at that play. Once the Ucla QB lowered his head in order to inch out another yard- he instantly became a ball carrier. As a defender you are taught to get lower then the ball carrier- if you hit high you will be defeated. Butler did as he was taught to tackle since pee wee football. Get lower then the ball carrier and stay low. If the QB lowers his head, tough freakin’ luck! He brought it upon himself. If he was so concerned with his health as a QB, then surely he would’ve slid in safely feet first. But once that QB drops his head and shoulders, a defender should have every right to meet him in the hole and lower the boom. BAD CALL! I am for the helmet to helmet call, only if the ball carrier is “unprotected”. But when that Ucla QB lowered his head, all bets are off.
In regards to the Ucla TD that was dropped, flipped, and then apparently caught- their is no freakin’ excuse as to why that play shouldn’t have been reveiewed. I honestly couldn’t believe that play wasn’t reviewed and if you ask any Ucla fan, I’m quite certain they’re as shocked as I am that it wasn’t reviewed. What, was the instant replay official out getting a hotdog on the play or what???
Pac 10 officiating is crap at best. Their interpretation of helmet to helmet needs to be defined more clearly and consistent. And O.M.G! Can someone in the Pac 10 officiating office figure out how to use instant replay as it was designed?
Totally Unbelievable…
All I saw was purple
They blew the TD catch for Austin. But they had to call the Butler hit – that was clearly a helmet to helmet hit. I have no problem with that call.
And let’s also remember, they got right every play that was reviewed by the replay booth, and all of those plays were in our favor. Give credit where credit is due – those were big plays that they got right.
I’m tremendously disappointed to hear the Pac-10 head of officiating claim his crew got that Austin TD call right, but I have confidence that Woodward will make his case to Larry Scott and that non-review will be marked as a blown call when it comes time to review the crews at the end of the season.
From the Austin Replay
Int he brief time I reviewed it on TV Saturday it looked good….he didnt trpa it in the endzone…the question is before the rebound into the endzone.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
F?
Wow, John I think you are being a little too harsh on our defensive front. We’ve had pressure issues at times, but I don’t think we lost this game because the lack their of. We lost this game because we missed an important FG attempt. We hit that FG and it’s the game winner.
Not to mention but Ucla was gift wrapped a TD catch. No instant replay review … UNBELIEVABLE!
All I saw was purple
F
I thought the Frosh ends sucked and should not have been in the game. Pulu and chricton were overmatched and terrible…what else do you expect when you throw guys in the fire…I think the upper classmen would have done better.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Says a lot about Darrion Jones that they are playing both Crichton on Pulu ahead of him.
I do think the DL should get some credit for limiting UCLA’s running game. I’d give them a D.
Agreed
At least the line stopped the running game.
I don’t like the trend of playing so many freshmen, it reminds me of Willingham, I’d much rather see veteran players developing and improving. Hopefully this trend ends fast, I don’t want to keep having this conversation, I know it will be the case next season, but after that it better stop.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I'M STILL SPEECHLESS....
Understand that UCLA is a very very very very bad football team.
Understand that Rick Neuheisel is a very very very very bad head football coach.
Other than improved Effort by our guys, there’s nothing good I can say about the UW football program right now.
I just hope we can somehow get to 6-6 to reward DTN and Butler with a bowl game for their exemplary service through an abysmal era of Husky football.
GO DAWGS!!
Neu
Rick is actually a very good football coach. You may not like him but a poor coach he is not.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 9, 2009 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
Never said I disliked Neu.
Neu is an above average X & Os guy but being a college head football coach is much more than that. The facts are every program he`s led has ended up on life support, his shady recruiting tactics bring NCAA scrutiny, and his recruiting track record focuses on offensive skill players at the expense of defense and line players…besides that he`s a great football coach! I`m not surprised by his substandard performance at UCLA because i predicted it based on his actual track record as a head football coach, it`s not a personality contest to me.
by 206 on Nov 10, 2009 10:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Surprise, Surprise, I'm going to agree with 206
Rick is a very good gameday coach. UCLA will be the telltale chapter in Neuheisel’s career, so the jury is still out. At Colorado he had instant success, then tampered off the longer he was there. Same story at UW. UCLA was pretty bad last year, everybody thought they’d be the most improved team in the PAC10 this year, and they are still pretty bad.
If Rick has success at UCLA, I will concede that he is a very good football coach. If he doesn’t have success, it will prove what many Husky fans have been saying for a long time, he suceeds with disciplined players from former coaches, but not with his own recruits.
He must be the Anti-Willingham, everybody said Willingham was a great coach Sunday – Friday, and Neuheisel is a great coach on Saturdays, just not Sunday – Friday (or the off season).
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
For the record
Yes, I dislike Neuheisel. Shocker, huh?
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Not going to happen 206
We needed the Ucla win. Coupled with a WSU win and either a win over Cal or Oregon State. Now we have to win out to reach bowl birth and that is highly doubtful. To do it …
The offense would have to catch fire! I don’t see that happening. Secondly the defense would have to make some 3rd down stops. And that isn’t happening either. We had our shots this season, we had A LOT of winnable games and just flat out dropped them all. Winning three in a row to finish off the season is a pipe dream and it ain’t happening.
All I saw was purple
I'm shocked!!!
Seems like some time during the season, Crazi got hit up side the head with the reality stick!! Unfortunately, I complete agree with you, three straight wins won’t happen.
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"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
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