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By Camp Fodder · Posted
Perhaps but matching last years win total when they spent money revamping the defense and the fact they only have 4 teams on the schedule that made the playoffs last year would at the very least make their seats very warm. -
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By LinvilleGorge · Posted
Did you watch that Colorado game? I did. Despite being blown out Arizona ran the ball 34 times to only 26 passing attempts. Why? Because their OL absolutely could not protect the QB. They gave up more sacks (7) than they had in their six games prior to that one. It's hard to complete passes from your back or while you're running for your life and that was what they were dealing with in that game. Its like when Greg Olsen only had 4 catches for 41 yards and 0 TDs on 9 targets in SB50. Yeah, if you're just looking at the boxscore you might say that he got shutdown but if you actually watched the game you'd never talk about that because of the overall situation in the game. It wasn't that simple. -
You bring up good points that could be looked into more carefully. I heard what he said--you have gym rats and film rats--and they are the people who are willing to do more than they need to do instead of what they are merely required to do. Stats? Yes. They beat New Mexico, Northern Arizona, Utah, and Houston. They were playing from behind (passing) vs. non starters quite a bit. He had a 300-yard game against New Mexico. A 200-yard game vs. a weak WVU team (6-6) during which they were playing from behind (passing more). Impressive, nonetheless. However, how did he do vs. Colorado and Hunter at CB? 38 yards. Maybe he should have watched more film. What about the big rivalry game vs. ASU at the end of the season? 68 yards. What about the big win vs. Houston, a team that was ranked 10th at the time? 50 yards. Brigham Young was ranked 14th when they played. 78 yards. these are not bad numbers, but against the top teams, he was pretty pedestrian. To me, that is why you watch film--you watch for tells or mistakes your opponent makes--you look to find some way to beat your opponent. His stats were good, but if you take out the two games vs. bad teams, (over 500 yards) he averaged about 80 yards per game on a team that was throwing a lot because they were behind a lot. If you look at the game where he was facing the equivalent of a #1 CB in the NFL, he got shut down.
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