BYU Defeats Sloppy Washington 23-17
by John Berkowitz on Sep 4, 2010 9:03 PM PDT
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PrintWashington came out and dominated the first two series of the game and looked like the better team initially, but multiple errors on special teams and questionable play calling played havoc with field position all night as the Huskies fell short to BYU 23-17.
The special team miscues started early when the Huskies gave the Cougars two points on a bungled punt with 4:30 left in the first quarter. A bad snap was several feet over punter Will Mahan's head and rolled all the way back into the end zone. Mahan ran it down and tossed it out the back of the end zone for a safety, which cut Washington's lead to 7-2.
BYU's Riley Nelson threw for two touchdowns and BYU's defense shut out Washington in the second half to seal the game. Nelson hit JJ Di Luigi with a 48 yard TD pass late in the third quarter to put BYU ahead 23-17. Jake Heaps who played in his first game as a Cougar threw for 131 yards and looks like a kid that will live up to the hype.
Washington's Jake Locker passed for 266 yards, but he didn't get it done in the clutch as he missed passes on two fourth-down conversion attempts late in the final period that could have put the Huskies ahead. Locker threw for one touchdown and ran for another.
Eric Folk kicked a career-best 54-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter to give the Huskies a 17-13 lead heading into halftime. Folk continues to show better leg strength. Even with the lead the Huskies didn't seem like they were in control and were headed for that patented third quarter implosion. The Cougars outscored the Huskies 10-0 in the third quarter to take control of the game.
Washington had its chances to win this one. Early in the fourth quarter, the Huskies went for it on fourth-and-2 from the 23. Locker tried to throw deep but Jermaine Kearse was well covered on the play and couldn't get to the ball. Down by six you have to second guess that Sarkisian should have taken the points to close within three.
Washington got deep into Cougars territory again late in the final period, Locker's pass on fourth-and-6 from the 26 was tipped by BYU lineman Eathyn Manumaleuna and bounced harmlessly to the ground with 1:51 left.
Chris Polk ran for 92 yards on 16 carries, Jermaine Kearse had five catches for 108 yards and one touchdown, and Devin Aguilar had five catches for 57 yards to lead Washington.
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I posted this in another thread, but it could just as easily go here:
Well, Ta’amu didn’t have a dominating game by any stretch. The run defense wasn’t awful, but I’d say BYU won the LOS on both sides of the ball – while Polk looked pretty good, we didn’t get consistent push up front and Sark didn’t seem to have a ton of confidence in the run game to produce. And late in the game when he did call up some runs, we didn’t get the job done.
Unfortunately you were right about the pass rush – none at all from our ends. And our blitzes continued to be entirely ineffective and we got burned on that TD pass to DiLuigi when our zone coverage was blown behind the blitz.
Still, this was a game we could have won had we not made so many stupid, unforced errors:
- Ducre roughing the kicker;
- Lopez snapping the ball way over the head of Mahan;
- Polk slipping on one KO return, badly misplaying the kick on another;
- Trufant badly misplaying a long pass – he obviously never saw the ball, as he broke away from the pass and towards the WR for a silly PI call; if he’d seen the ball, he could have had an easy pick;
Mahan had a bad game punting, shanking quite a few and kicking into the end zone on others.
Locker was decent, but made a few important mistakes:
- On the 4th and 2 to start the 4th quarter, he panicked when C. Polk was initially covered on the rollout and throw the long, low-percentage pass to Kearse that was incomplete; if he’d shown another moment of patience he would have seen Polk slip behind the LB, and a gentle lob over the LB to Polk would have resulted in a 1st down with plenty of yards to spare;
- On that last 4th and 7, Locker didn’t even attempt to read the field, forcing a low line-drive pass to a double-covered Izbicki that was easily batted at the LOS;
Some questionable calls by the zebras too – that 3rd down conversion in the 2nd quarter by Nelson was a product of a incredibly generous spot. They missed a number of holding calls on the BYU OL. And there was another PI call, I think against Richardson, that was highly questionable.
BYU seemed like a decent team, but this was a game we should have won. We still have a ways to go to be the team we want to see. Nobody really stepped up in the 2nd half to win the game for us, and way too many mistakes earlier in the game when we should have been rolling up a bigger lead.
Gotta get back to the drawing board and have a much better showing next week vs. Syracuse. I’m not giving up on the upset against Nebraska, but we’ve got a LOT of work to do to get there.
As for going for it on 4th and 2 early in the 4th quarter – it was the right call, just poor execution by Locker as noted above. It’s easy to 2nd guess after the fact, but tons of studies show that coaches are far too conservative about going for it on 4th down. Locker had Polk get open on that play as intended, but Locker wasn’t patient enough to let that develop.
Great work Kirk
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by John Berkowitz on Sep 4, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the bright side is remembering that Oregon looked worse than we did today last year in their opener. Things can look a lot different from week 1 to week 2…
I received it.
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by John Berkowitz on Sep 5, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
ROUGHING
I thought the roughing penalty was the decider. We had them two three and outs. Although they didn’t score kept the defense on the field seven additional minutes in the 92 degree heat. Not one QB sack by the Huskies. What a letdown.
Yeah, I didn't agree with going for it on 4th and 2 in FG range.
In that situation, I believe you should choose the higher percentage play, which would be going for the FG, unless you absolutely NEED to go for the TD, which the Huskies didn’t.
Golden!
there's no guarantees on the FG
Like I said, it’s easy to second guess on 4th down calls, but the percentages of converting are high enough that coaches should be going for it a lot more than they usually do. The play was there – Jake just got antsy and didn’t wait for Polk to get open.
Didn't say there was a guarantee on the field goal.
Just that it was the higher-percentage play.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 4, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on your definition of higher percentage. Higher percentage to score, perhaps. But zero chance of taking the lead, and zero chance of keeping the defense off the field for a little longer (we were losing the TOP battle and our defense really needed the opposite).
You take the points when you can unless the circumstances dictate the play. I firmly believe that.
That fourth and two was early in the fourth quarter. The defense, while having had the disadvantage of having been on the field longer than the offense, was showing signs of tightening up a bit in the fourth. Get the FG, and you’re only down by three points with a great portion of the 4th quarter left and if you have to get into a two-minute offense, you’re in the position of only having to fight to get into FG range at the very least, rather than having to go the entire distance of whatever length of the field that’s been yielded to you at the start of your drive.
As it turns out, it likely would have been the right call, because in UW’s last drive, where Locker was forced to go for it on fourth and six, they were in FG range at BYU’s 27. They would have had the opportunity to tie the game and send it to OT rather than try a more desperate move to go for it on fourth down.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 4, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
from an "outcome of the game" perspective..
… taking the FG is easily the higher % play when down by 6 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. It was a dumb risk to take on the road.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
BYU had just steamrolled through the third quarter.
There was really no reason to expect the Dawgs were going to shut them out the rest of the way. If the Dawgs had kicked, and BYU scored another TD, the field goal would’ve been completely inconsequential.
It’s definitely a debateable call, but it was only a “dumb” risk with the benefit of knowing how the rest of the game played out.
Very true.
But did you expect a different result? That was exactly what I expected from a Paul Wulff team.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I predicted OSU by 35.
To be honest, 45 -10 would have been closer to what I had in mind. But I did expect the same old Wazzu to get blown out by an average Big12 team.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
My pregame prediction was 42-10
Good thing I didn’t have money on the game.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
LOOKING AHEAD
The positive side 13 true freshman played and got the jitters out of the way. We are certainly building for the future. Hope it comes sooner.
Jeff Nusser from the WSU blog at his best
Sort of like writing that I believe in Ty Willingham.
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That sounds an awful lot like the Ty apologists at the beginning of '08.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
The question is
believe what in Paul Wulff?
Andy Wooldridge, andy_wooldridge@yahoo.com
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I don't know.
The whole piece smacks of “preseason rose-colored glasses.” Then the Cougs went out and played the same sorry brand of football they’ve always played in Wulff’s tenure. I really can’t see anyone outside of the delusional still backing him after 3+ years of the worst football in the FCS.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
This is the thing that Cougfans are not acknowledging
… they refuse to believe their eyes when it comes to gameplanning and execution. They think that their talent deficit is so great that they can’t be expected to hang through one quarter with a “power” like OSU. Yet, we see Jax St upset an SEC team on the very same day.
Wulff is a nice man, I’m sure. He is doing a good job recruiting. But he’s completely overmatched on the field. Tyrone had positives, but the negatives were too glaring to justify giving him as much time as he got. Wulff is the same.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Ouch.
It’s got to hurt when you’re coach is compared to Willingham.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I'm still fired up about this
WTH was that…. I’m going to have to drink myself to sleep tonight because of those images in my head from today’s game! I waited a year to see this! What looked like a unprepared special teams, baffling play calling, our offense not looking like the explosive unit that’s been heralded all off season. I’m absolutely stumped here. It was as if there were no practices the last 2 weeks and they all thought they could just show up and claim a victory. I want to go break something right now to release this frustration. And 0 points in the second half… REALLY!!! How does that happen with this returning offense, I really don’t know about this season, at this point i’m begging for a 6-6 season and a bowl for Jake but if we continue playing like this we could be looking at a set back and a worse record from last year.
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If it helps, you're not alone. Most of Husky Nation is right there with you, myself included.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I wouldn't be too pessimistic, you guys.
You lost a close game to a good team on the road for your first game. A year ago, Oregon played one of the ugliest and sad games you’ll ever see en route to a humiliating loss to Boise State. Three months from that day, they clinched the Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl wasn’t the expectation for us last year, and it shouldn’t be for you guys either. What you should expect could be the Sun Bowl or the Vegas Bowl, which would not be bad at all. No matter how bad you think you guys are tonight, teams always improve on their first game. It could have been a much, much poorer performance. Losses always hurt, but teams have looked much worse than this on their first night and ended up doing great things.
My yoke is heavy.
Thank you, again, for telling us what we should be doing as fans...
… I know you are well intended and I appreciate your point of view, but you must admit that this sounds awfully condescending.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
He's not telling us what we should be doing.
He’s suggesting that we basically not hang our heads too much, using his experience as an Oregon fan last year as a reason to maintain positivity.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
yes - I acknwoledged that I'm sure he meant well.
… but that doesn’t make it not condescending.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
How in the crying bejesus is it condescending?
Seriously?
To be condescending, you have to be what? You have to behave as if you are conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity and basically treat someone as if you views him or her as being inferior to yourself. In his post, he does not do that.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's to expectation and the empty hole that's left in your gut when unfulfilled after the first day
I dunno man, this team looked overmatched to a team that had a new front 7 against our almost fully returning offense. And that was the side that let us down tonight more than everything else. Ya our ST’s were horrible and the D is still a work in progress, but when we needed our 5th yr senior and experienced O to pull it out in the end I witnessed a complete meltdown. I was optimistic all summer, now i’m feeling like i found rocks in my stocking on the morning of Christmas!
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Sep 4, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I was optimistic all summer, now i’m feeling like i found rocks in my stocking on the morning of Christmas!
I know. It sucks, right? It took three weeks for Oregon last year to put together a real ka-thunk game. They sleepwalked through Purdue and Utah offensively, and then finally figured it out against #6 Cal in Week 4. That was when our fanbase started realizing that the team was different. And that first game didn’t characterize the team’s season.
It’s no guarantee that UW will win out, or even make a bowl. I would say that it hurts now, but don’t convince yourself too hard that it’s a microcosm of the season. I didn’t watch the game, but it sounds like there were parts of the game that just really didn’t go right. Parts that worked last year. Those things are fixed with more practice and games. Don’t feel that the season is lost already.
My yoke is heavy.
I hear ya
Maybe i’m just desperate as a Seattle fan and die hard Husky for some winning, it sucks bad! Mariners, Seahawks, no Sonics and the one team i absolutely live and breathe for the Huskies, it’s been sooo long. It just felt wrong watching this unfold right in front of my eyes all over again. It’s painful right now, we’ll see about next week.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Sep 4, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Well said.
I’ve been there before with the Seahawks. They weren’t exactly sharp at the beginning of 2005, and we didn’t exactly have expectations for them to be Super Bowl contenders, but after the 4th game, they really began to click.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 4, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
I remember that opening loss to the Jaguars, and at the time I was like “meh. 8-8 here we come.” I feel sorta the same way about tonight’s game. It sucks, but it’s also way too early to hit the panic button.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I think QR came up with a good post that has a lot of good points.
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by John Berkowitz on Sep 5, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
What bums me out the most...
probably, is reading Sark after the game say that BYU outhit us. That NEVER used to happen to the Huskies—in my memory of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, at least. We weren’t always champs, but we held our own, or better, physically.
What has happened to that? We wore down and got outhit. Hate that. More than the playcalling, more than the blown coverages, even more than the special teams mess.
Wasn't Some Of...
…that supposed to be emphasized in the off season? Man if it was, it didn’t show up yesterday. I hope we put it together for game two. They say the most improvement is between game one and game two.
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The lack of physicality is what shocked me the most...
… I really was flabbergasted by how much more physical they were then we were. Outside of Dennison, Foster and Fellner (and a few glimpses of Williams and Ta’amu), they were laying wood to us on both sides of the ball. It was a travesty.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
One name: Rick Neuheisel.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Insomniac Husker fan here
I wouldn’t get too down. It was a season opening loss on the road against a good team. If I were you guys, I’d consider the start of your “real” season to be whenever PAC-10 play starts. While Oregon has to be the prohibitive favorite right now (72-0, yikes) the next six or so teams is a muddled mess, so there will be plenty of opportunities for wins and to put together a good year.
Looking at your schedule, I see:
Syracuse
Arizona State
UCLA
@ Washington State
Three home games against teams that are average at best and then a Wazzu squad that should frankly be disqualified from playing in a BCS conference this year as a humanitarian gesture to their players. So I feel confident in saying you’ll be fairly heavily favored in all of those. That’s 4 wins.
Significant underdogs in these:
Nebraska
@Oregon
@Cal (but who really knows with them)
That leaves you with 4 toss up games:
@USC…never thought I’d see their defense be so bad
Oregon State—-good team but you’ve got’em at home
@Arizona—beatable…trust the Husker on this one :P
Stanford—again, good team coming to Seattle.
Anyway, this is just an outsider’s perspective, but I think you guys are set up well to have a floor of 6 wins and a ceiling of 10 or 11 if things go your way. In other words, all is not lost. And now I’m going to bed. Peace.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Great post.
Though if I may say so, I consider the Huskies much less of an underdog to Cal than to Stanford and Oregon State. In fact, at this point, I actually feel that the Huskies should be considered favorites against Cal.
But like you, I consider the Huskies significant underdogs to Nebraska and Oregon.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I know you'd like us to be better so that the game in a few weeks looks better than what it is ...
… but this is a team that is not ready to compete with Nebraska. Sark has some work to do.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Well, I won't lie, I was hoping for an undefeated UW team
But Nebraska has a ways to go as well. We’re going to be bringing a redshirt freshman qb to Seattle (ridiculously talented, but still a freshman). We surrendered 300 yards to a Western Kentucky team that was the worst in the country last year. Basically all I can say about us right now is that our defense is not as good as last year (although Pelini’s teams do improve drastically as the year goes on) and our offense will be significantly better now that we have a bona fide home run threat at quarterback.
That said, I’m still nervous about this game. If our defense isn’t improved, and our young qb makes some mistakes, it could get interesting. I don’t want interesting, because those are the types of games you lose on the road.
And @ Carl: I agree about Cal now that I think about it a bit more. We’ll see. It’s the beginning of the year so things are very fluid right now.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
I didn't know Nebraska's QB was a RsFreshman. That inexperience could be in UW's favor, especially at home.
But if I may say so, yesterday, Jake Heaps, a true freshman played very well to the point that his inexperience a minor factor in the game. Though, of course, I think we can safely say that being at home in Provo played a role in his play, as compared to how it might have been had he played on the road.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Our starter from last year is now 3rd string.
And yes I agree that his inexperience makes us vulnerable. But he is very talented as is going to win us a lot of games in his career. Here’s our 40 second ESPN clip from this weekend, yeah its WKU, but his speed is showcased pretty well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnyXoHYTaM8
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Very small sample size, but he does seem very solid.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta love this stage of the season
It’s the time of the season where the fans swoon over some newcomer. Husker fingers are crossed that he turns out to be the real deal this year.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
You'll understand that as a Husky fan that if he is indeed the real deal, that the revelation that he is is delayed at a date beyond the UW/Nebraska game
:)
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That I hope*
I wish I could edit my posts.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
If only we could edit our post, we can dream, right?
Unfortunately our defense has a tendency to make opposing QB’s look like the real deal.
But I’m with you, I really hope he doesn’t look like the real deal until after Sept. 18th.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
And we feel the opposite :P
The UW-NU game is a big one for us. A lot of the nation will be watching. Win, and our coming out party this year continues. Lose and we’re still a few years away. Martinez has quickly become regarded as our future the next 3-4 years. Lots of fans hoping the future is now. I’m sure you guys know the feeling.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
The team just wasn't ready.
Any team can have a bad outing, the good ones even win those, but what was most shocking was that Washington was no where near ready to play. After the scripted plays the team was kind of pathetic to watch. Only a few “set” plays which were called repeatedly (ie. Locker rollout) even worked, and the offensive line was being devestated by BYU.
Bright Spots
Jesse Callier was one. He is what I saw at practice, one explosive RB. I wish Kevin Smith would have gotten a chance on KR especially after Chris Polk’s struggles. Other bright spots?
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Other bright Sprots: Nate Williams, Mason Foster, Cort Denison, Cody Bruns, Nate Fellner, Chris Polk (at RB) Jermain Kearse (minus the 2 or 3 drops) & Locker all had solid games.
Pretty much everyone else didn’t show up. Our OL was shoved play after play into Jake’s face, our DL did okay on running plays but got no push on passing plays, I’m not sure we had a DE on the field at any point in that game, our CB’s gave HUGE cushions so BYU “nickeled & dimed” us down the field almost every possesion and the special team mistakes….how do you put it into words…..
he was no better than OK. He certainly didn't live up to the hype of camp.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Rewatch the game.
He was consistently collapsing the pocket in the first half and continued to do so at times in the second half.
The statement that he was “No better than OK” is misleading and actually a false observation. He played very well.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
collapsing the pocket?
… I think you are dramatically overstating things. Both Riley and Heaps looked like all-stars (really … a true freshman in his first game???) and it wasn’t because they were sidestepping a collapsed pocket. They were both getting time in the pocket going 24/40 with at least three Heaps passes bouncing off of receivers’ hands. That kind of comfort isn’t a sign of the DT’s doing their jobs.
He got inside his blocks on some runs which was great, but he didn’t really impact the game.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
No, I am not dramatically overstating things.
The film doesn’t lie.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
If you had paid close attention to him, which I don't think you did, you would have seen him doing his job.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
you said "collapsing the pocket" ...
… how do you marry that with QBs that effectively threw for 75% after adjusting for dropped balls, did not get sacked a single time and turned the ball over zero times? This is remarkable production for a pair of never-played QBs. Not to mention DeLiugi averaging over 5 yards a carry. That’s what I paid attention to.
He surely broke down some running plays, but that was the extent of his contribution. That ranks no better than OK in my book.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
The production of the QB's was a reflection on the level of the QB's play vs. the entire D-line in general
Rather than a reflection of Ta’amu’s play. Surely, you must have noticed that.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I agree on Ta'amu
He had 0 tackels and I didn’t notice either of the BYU QB’s having to leave the pocket once yesterday. In my mind that’s not a good day…average at best.
The number of tackles is not reflective of the quality of play.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
And what many of you guys have failed to notice is the BYU QB's getting rid of the ball before Ta'amu arrived.
Ta’amu was consistently in the backfield.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Particularly in the first half.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL. Getting into the backfield after the QB had time to complete 75% of his passes ...
… is not something that I’d be particularly proud of.
I’m not going to rag on him … I think he’s great. But, let’s not pretend yesterday was a coming out party or anything.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I'm not pretending he had a coming out party.
I’m saying he played good.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 5, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he did. I only focused on him on maybe 3-4 plays, but in none of those plays did he do much in terms of push, pursuit or pass rush.
He got called out...
…by the Honks as being a disappointment. I won’t be so harsh as to say “non factor” but they did say he had zero tackles.
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His job is to occupy two blockers and not get pushed backward.
He consistently did that.
He’s never going to put up big stats. That’s the nature of the position.
Well...
…I trust those guys that if they say that (especially Baird and if I’m not mistaken it was him who said it) they know what they’re talking about. The thing is, they are going to be pretty dang diplomatic about it too. They are not going to bring it up unless they see a pretty poor performance. Maybe you saw something else? I don’t know, I didn’t focus on that part of the defensive line but to get no tackles and no assists is pretty glaring.
Having said that I expect he’s going to be on fire against Syracuse! I think he can do it. He’s had one of the most impressive camps from what I heard, but you have to do it on game day. There are practice guys and there are game day guys.
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Ta'amu and the DL
Here’s the thing – if Ta’amu was consistently occupying 2 OL, that speaks quite poorly of Elisara and Thompson. If Ta’amu draws 2 OL consistently, that should be opening up more one on one situations for those guys, and neither one had much of a game vs. BYU. Those guys need to step up.
LOS
We obviously got beat on both sides of the ball in the trenches. How much of that was due to the heat and altitude? The defense makes BYU go three and out in (their first two series?) and the offense scores immediately. Then the wheels start to come off. I think the second three and out was when Ducre roughed their kicker.
I was really disappointed in our inability to consistently run the football.
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Playmaker
The offense needs another one. It seems like that’s missing. But maybe it’s just that no one really stepped up yesterday?
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Playmaker
Where was James Johnson? I felt like he could have dominated last night.
Ok good, the sun did rise this morning
My head is pounding…. did we really lose that game yesterday or am I still in a nightmare….. What was the emphasis all camp? Oh that’s right, finish in the 4th quarter, that’s what i heard out of Sark’s mouth almost every interview… WHERE WAS IT???? GOD DAMMIT I AM STILL FIRED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The sun came up?? Are you sure??
I need to go on a flight, get above the clouds and actually see the sun. I’m not sure I can believe it’s there until I see it with my own eyes! Still fired up too.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
I saw a patch of blue towards Kirkland or so
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It's there, I saw it!!!!
While preflighting the airplane, it popped out and showed itself. Amazing. Now if I could just get a flight.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
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Kavario Middleton
I know he was a head case but doesn’t it seem like he was missed? I hate to have to admit that. I just don’t know if Izbiki is doing much at TE but I do have hope that he’ll improve. That Hartvigson kid is huge and he looked capable of playing this year. Maybe it would be better if he redshirts? We’ll see.
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from the day he was dismissed...
…I figured we’d miss him in the passing game. Maybe he hadn’t yet fully reached his potential, but he was a factor, and could have become a major weapon. It’s just sad that he blew his opportunity here.
Ya...we missed him...
…but he wasn’t apparently in very good shape.
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by John Berkowitz on Sep 7, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You're Right...
…he had problems. It’s a shame too. The guy had so much athletic potential and hopefully he’ll change his outlook at Montana. I feel bad too because he’s a Lakes alum and I am too.
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