Puppy Chow - The Morning After
by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 1:19 PM PST
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PrintSo Thursday night football came and went to the University of Washington, but the massive traffic problems never materialized. Chalk it up to officials taking the time to get the word out and the Seattle Times scaring the bejeezus out of everyone, including UW Interim-President Phyllis Wise.
I think the blackout theme was a success. The uniforms looked pretty good and I could see them adding some black to the home uniforms in the near-future. I think it helps make the purple and gold pop. I am less of a fan of the black pants, but hey, I've seen worse.
One of the common themes emanating from the players on both squads was that UW played like they wanted it more. Good to hear if you are a Husky fan, but really tough to stomach if you are a Bruin. The seat is starting to get hot for Rick Neuheisel, though I think he will survive to coach at least five seasons in Westwood.
Jake didn't have a great game statistically but you could feel his leadership out there on the field. Is nine more days of relative rest enough time to heal that rib? Washington will need more production out of its passing game if they hope to beat California.
Semisi Tokolahi had his best game as a Husky. It is shame that they didn't redshirt him last season because he barely saw the field because of injury. I was watching the replay and was really impressed by the way the defensive line in general was using their hands to get off blocks.
Vic Aiyewa leads the conference in tackles for loss. Too bad he also didn't redshirt and equally bad he didn't get an earlier start at linebacker. He has markedly improved as the season has gone on. Vic has made the most of his time at UW and is an excellent student.
The Board of Regents approved the stadium plan and the project is now going forward even if they don't raise any more private money which is pretty doubtful. Steve Ballmer just sold $2B worth of Microsoft stock, so maybe he can provide some spare change.
So what did Steve Sarkisian whisper in Rick Neuheisel's ear after the game? I guess that is a question for Bob Rondeau to ask during the coaches show. Not sure if there is a lot of love there
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Neu vs. Sark
So what did Steve Sarkisian whisper in Rick Neuheisel’s ear after the game? I guess that is a question for Bob Rondeau to ask during the coaches show. Not sure if there is a lot of love there
I agree there is probably little love lost between these two staffs. You mix in the USC heritage of Sark & Holt and add in the recruiting battles they’ve had and continue to have, and specifically the battle over Shirley on signing day last year and then the fallout when Neuheisel released him from his LOI and he opted to come up here – I think there’s a strong rivalry. Sark all but called out Neuheisel and UCLA by name at the signing day event last year as particular targets.
As well, there was the incident last night (I believe after Q’s pick-6) where Sark gathered the whole team around him and started the pogo jumping, and UCLA players and coaches appeared to take offense for some reason. There were a few UCLA players moving towards the UW sideline while that was happening that were clearly flapping their jaws and had to be restrained. Not really sure why that riled up the Bruins (maybe there was some smack talk going on during the group jump?) and there was some chippy play in the 2nd half where the Huskies were clearly getting the goat of the Bruins. Maybe some carry-over from Butler’s hit on Prince last year and rekindled with Williams’ hit on Brehaut that knocked him out of the game?
Funny thing is, Neuheisel and co. might not even be coaching UCLA next time the Huskies play them.
Pogo Incident
The Pogo was pretty interesting and you can tell that it pissed Rick and his team off. Interesting thing about this series is the fans have always gotten along for the most part but the players and the staffs seem to dislike each other more often than naught.
Scoreboard Baby!
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, UCLA loved the pogo
So much so that many of them felt compelled to salute the UW, albeit a salute of the one-finger variety.
by Purple Reign 91 on Nov 19, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
i luv yur orygun edumcation
espshully yur speling
by Purple Reign 91 on Nov 19, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Pac 10 educations...
… How about Jason Gesser and that WSU broadcasting school. As noted by BC, Gess noted that Cal “was killing itself in the foot”. Hard to believe he collects a paycheck for that work.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
by Gekko Mojo on Nov 20, 2010 1:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Gesser
Listening to that dude takes me back to my first few years out of college when I was teaching third grade.
by Purple Reign 91 on Nov 20, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Note to Jason Gesser ...
… you are on television. Practice the words that will eventually come out of your mouth.
WTF are you drinking tonight Duckie?
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
As long as you have the sense not to spell it completely…lol…it is fine.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 20, 2010 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
what would happen if you banned yourself? It'd be a Nathan Ware part II, I guess.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
My only complaint
was that a husky fan got mad at me for standing on defense. It was a big series I forget the exact one but I was standing up on first down and started getting yelled at. So of course I continued to stay standing all the way until the end of the possession. I hate these fans.. stand up and cheer on your team or better yet stay at home!! I am up high so not as if they are great seats anyways!!! Everything else about yesterday was great… Students section black out looked great!!!!!
Try going to a Mariners game
I got snapped at last season because a buddy and I were catching up over a few $7 beers at our seats after not seeing each other in years and having a long conversation…some old bit—, er, mature woman thought we were talking too much during the game. Not yelling, not using profanity, no…we were talking too much for her preference.
by Purple Reign 91 on Nov 19, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
fans
There’s a group of guys that sit in the row behind and a little to the left of me. Constantly bitching about everything – Sark’s play-calling being a particular target for them. Sark doesn’t run the ball enough, except of course when he calls a running play on 3rd and 2 and they rip him a new one for not passing. Everything is we suck this, that’s a horrible call that.
I’ve never heard them cheering for the team or yelling when we’re on defense. When Q had his pick-6 last night and everyone was going nuts, I happened to turn around and there all three of them were, sitting down with no emotion on their faces.
The best part? They are all in their mid-20’s. These aren’t some bitter, jaded old Tyees – these are kids not long out of school, still so bitter over the Ty years I guess that they can’t seem to find joy in anything the team does.
Are you in Section 22??
Sound exactly like a few guys just behind and to the right of me!
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
reality
see that’s the thing you guys aren’t recognizing – a lot of wannabe fans know nothing more than this is a garbage program. they love football and are intelligent about it, but they think we suck because we have for 9 straight years.
the playcalling has been terrible. making jake throw like tom brady when he’s not a passer is bad news. first down long bombs suck and 3rd down and 2 gets booed by these guys because our guys aren’t capable of fooling anyone – have you seen how pathetic jake’s play action is? he can’t fake a hand off to save his life. this IS coaching.
Meek
We are long overdue for a drink in San Francisco.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
i'm down
seriously john, i think if you get back here then we’d have a spirited and fun conversation over a few jars of beer. let me know when you come back out because I’ll admit I’m a groaner, but I love football and have no patience for “love ’em because they wear our colors” . I’m gritty I’ll admit but I want us to win and don’t like candy coating.
terrible play-calling?
Hardly. Poor execution of good play-calls? That’s what’s happened far more often.
Or
Jake calling an audible that gets stuffed. I recall at least one of those.
A fan was cuffed and removed from Sec 44 but he wasn’t wearing purple or black so I have to assume he was a Bruin fan that had figured out his guys weren’t going to win. It early in the 4th Q I think.
As I posted on another thread, he also got a taser used on him. He was a drunken lout who was being vulgar and threatening to the women sitting in front of him, and after they called the cops, he decided that going peacefully was a bad idea.
He was in the row behind me (PP) and about six seats down. Had no team colors on him so I don’t know who is was there to support.
What is it with Section 40???
Sounds like a couple of chumps in the row behind me…I’m in row E
by Purple Reign 91 on Nov 20, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I hate that.
There was a guy in my frat that bitched constantly about everything going on on the field. I started mocking him for it once and he tried to fight me. That stuff makes the game less fun for everyone around you.
Mocking usually attracts a violent reaction.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
I guess.
The guy needed to be brought down a peg or three, though. Most of my friends take it pretty well if you’re poking fun at them, but this guy would make fun of everyone around him and then get pissed off if anyone tried to turn it back on him. Hypocrisy like that is one of my least favorite traits in anyone.
DAWGFAN87
I know what you mean… Last year I had season tickets as a first year alumnus and my seat was about 15 rows up behind the student section on the East 20 yard line.
Old farts constantly yelled at me for standing while on defense even though I don’t swear or yell any thing mean/nasty.
There are some bad fans but no one can force you to sit down if you’re not swearing.
Sit Down
You can make just as much noise sitting as standing. When you are over 50 you tend to enjoy cheering while sitting. Point is you can pay attention to the game better by doing that…you are either watching the game or making a pathetic attempt to being part of it…clue in….buy youtr seat in another area.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 21, 2010 5:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
to follow up
Focus on making noise. Standing up the entire time on defense doesn’t mean you’re producing any more noise than if you were seated.
I totally get standing all the time when you’re a student in the student section. But keep in mind that most of the middle-aged or older people in the rest of the stands are loyal, devoted fans that have been giving their hard-earned money to the school for decades supporting the team, and if they are no longer in a physical condition to stand all the time on defense, would it kill you to stay seated most of the time and continue yelling and stomping and clapping?
the traffic.....
“Chalk it up to officials taking the time to get the word out and the Seattle Times scaring the bejeezus out of everyone, including UW Interim-President Phyllis Wise.”
Good lord what hype! If they do this once every two seasons or so (PARTICULARLY once the light rail is running) I find it difficult to imagine many problems. And for students with late classes/labs?
….It’s seriously not the end of the world to miss a game. Particularly when the payoff is national exposure for the football team on ESPN.
Wise
I defended her a bit but it seems like she is afraid of her own shadow. Examine how she dumped on Emmert and Woodward within a span of a few weeks. I think once we find a new President she needs to head to Eugene where her heart lies. I ma sure she is a very smart person but she is ill prepared for what she is doing right now…thank god she isn’t a candidate for the job.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe not Eugene
but at least to Nike HQ in Beaverton:-)
It’s obvious she has no real world experience in running or managing an organization. Not CEO material.
Liked the uniforms and endzones..
But not so much the Thursday night atmosphere. Maybe it will be better when we’ve won a lot more games but it didn’t have that same college football feel that Saturday games have.
I honestly thought they were the best looking black uni's I'd ever seen...
And I was actually against them beforehand. I just really liked the use of purple numbers and gold piping. Thought it looked tight.
Am looking forward to more, even some (MODEST) variations. (Not “duckish” variations!!!)
"You tell me with confidence that you think Charlie could have done better and I will laugh beer in your face." JohnnyOsprey
by Tyler Jorgensen on Nov 22, 2010 12:32 AM PST up reply actions
The only thing I didn't like about them was that it was impossible to read the numbers.
Probably wasn’t an issue on TV, but in the stands, it was really tough to tell who was who.
Other than that, I agree. They looked good, and there was enough purple to keep them from looking like Colorado, which was my biggest concern.
Student Tickets
Is anyone else concerned about the price of student tickets being blown up? The seattle times quoted season tickets being $375…seems rather short sighted to drive away young fans with the price of tickets when those are the future donors and season ticket holders. It also seems like a bad idea to move them off the 50 as well, since they make most of the noise and interact with the players more than a bunch of stuffy fans that are going to end up with those seats. I’m not sure if this is all decided yet, but I sure hope it doesn’t end up going that route!
No, they'll likely be taking the lower-priced seating in the west end, essentially the student section gets moved.
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by Carl Shinyama on Nov 20, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing is set until all the donations are in.
If we get significantly more donations than expected then the student section won’t have to move. I posted this in a different thread already, but here it is again if you blow up the picture you can see the different proposals and estimated costs. I think before everything is locked in they should at least give the students a chance of staying where they are via a general student fee per quarter. There are roughly 40-42k students at any given time. If you add a $30 fee per quarter it will raise $3.6-3.8 million of the expected $4.6 million deficit caused from students staying where they are. Husky stadium was originally built with something similar if I’m recalling correctly.
Yeah the fee would definitely be preferable
I’d hate to see the student section marginalized by moving it to the endzone or shrinking it, its tough to get buy-in from the students if you sqeeze them out, we shouldn’t forget that the students are the future fanbase…hopefully we can get some super excited donors to pony up a bit more cash. I know I would pay a little more to keep the students where they’re at!
Trees are pounding Cal
Soften them up. They look like another team with no passing game.
Wow Mansion of to a rough start
8-16 for 57 yards and 2 picks. Looks like same keys to the game against UCLA. Stuff the run, dare them to pass, be opportunistic with interceptions.
Mansion
Key will be getting pressure on Mansion. When he can set his feet, he throws a tight ball with great velocity, though he lacks touch. Get him moving and he falls apart, throwing off his back foot and making bad decisions. Defense has to continue what they started vs. UCLA. Tedford is rather stubborn with his passing game and will give Mansion plenty of opportunities to throw, so we probably won’t be able to just stack the box expecting the run. I’d send a lot of blitzes to force the issue and pressure Mansion into making big mistakes.
Offensively we’ve got our work cut out for us. Yeah, Stanford torched Cal today. Does anyone here think our offensive line is anywhere near as good as Stanford’s? And as much as I love Jake, Luck is a better QB, especially with Jake nursing a broken rib. Have to hope our offensive line can handle Cal’s front and give Polk & Callier some seams to work with and that Jake is on the mend and more accurate than he was vs. UCLA (having some time to throw would help).
I still think this is going to be a real tough game despite what happened today. Maybe because of it, as Cal will be playing for a bowl berth too. When Cal mailed it in last year at Husky Stadium, they’d already qualified for a bowl – not so this time.
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