BiggsCoug said:

Yes. Take it. The kids are winning in spite of Dickfore, not because of him.

He should have been fired after his 2-7 league record last year.

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As the winningest coach in WSU history after 4 seasons, why not fire him today? Imagine the press we’d get!

bostoncoug said:

Mateer definitely has the swagger to just not lose these types of games though. We are pretty lucky to have him and hope we can keep him.

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Good effort on the comeback when things looked bleak.
Mateer must have a bit of Jason Gesser in him - " I don't lose"
There are things to work on, but hey, they are 7 and 1.

Suudy said:

For my part I am happy we won. Yes I support the team and want them to win. I can do that AND criticize their play at the same time. Maybe my expectations are too high (clearly they are for many of you), but that doesn’t mean I hate them.

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Suudy:

You hit the nail, (Page 1 of this thread):

"Cougs playing down to the competition. Our victory will come down to depth, not skill. Edit: Or motivation, as in we look uninspired, unmotivated, or as my son says, “mid.”"

Dummying down to the competition. Agreed. We see it all the time. Kids are human, then the opposing team wins when they want it more. Not the case last night. Despite that we "dummied down", our guys still found a way to win.

May I suggest that everyone who has posted on this thread go stick their head in a toilet and flush it?

Let’s quit poisoning this board with this bullshit.

cougarmike said:

Maybe, but hey I’ll take it. Beat Utah State!

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Yes. Take it. The kids are winning in spite of Dickfore, not because of him.

He should have been fired after his 2-7 league record last year.

this is the worst 4-4 team in the country.

There are 3 in the W column that are clearly not deserved, yet they somehow managed to get away with.

This team makes winning look way harder than it should week after week.

I pray to the lord Christ almighty and any other deities that we don't make a playoff and completely embarrass the school and the fanbase.

7-1. Hard to win on the road. Field was absolute trash.

It wasn’t pretty at times but, it’s shaping up to be a better season than most on the Palouse.

Good time for a bye.

For my part I am happy we won. Yes I support the team and want them to win. I can do that AND criticize their play at the same time. Maybe my expectations are too high (clearly they are for many of you), but that doesn’t mean I hate them.

This coaching staffs play calling inside the 5 is piss poor. Try using some mis-direction some time. WSU is not a power running team. Maybe get the wideouts wide to open up more space. Unhappy with that aspect of the game. That said, it’s nice to win ugly.

CougEd said:

Ugh... yes drop a DE into coverage. They did. They sent linebackers to try and get pressure on the QB. They would throw the slant behind them .

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And Buddah sat on the route finally. For once he was in the right place to make a play.

Slants and quick outs are antidotes to blitzes. Sending LBs doesn’t help when the balll is out quick.

CougEd said:

You have a problem with our corners ?

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Yes! They have their backs to the ball, struggle to keep up, and make bad reads. Watch them. Any quality receiver corp will embarrass them.

CougEd said:

Do you believe UW pissed and moaned when they were 12-0 and they were lucky in four of those wins that they played "down".

Texas play down to Vandy? There are tons of games where the better team went on the road and struggled to win, even against less talented teams.

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If you think the talent and skill gap between UT and Vamdy or UW and their close games last year are comparable to us and SDSU, then I get your point. I don’t agree.

And every time a top 10 team struggles against a bottom dweller, they are playing down.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Much better than a bunch of moral victories and a 3-4 record.

WillieThePimp said:

Not Trump. You’re free to frame the world as you see fit but you can’t frame the world for me - I do not view it from the same perspective that you do.

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Gee, who would have guessed that. Asking who you do support is not framing the world for you.

Ugly game. But I’ll take the W. My comments and doubts about Arbuckle still stand. We are darn lucky that Mateer basically played a Houdini act and turned a sure sack into a decent gain and first down which later led to the go-ahead touchdown.
I do like this group of players. They don’t quit.

dgibbons said:

Good chance to get into top 25.

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Well that sucks especially after firing our offensive coordinator.

Good chance to get into top 25.

Suudy said:

Depends on the personnel. Bump the receivers. Drop a DE into coverage. Take away the inside route and force the receiver outside. You know, what coaches should know. An old, washed up football official can see solutions. The point is that with how quickly the QB gets the ball out, we can’t get to him unless we force longer routes.

But then again, I’m not so sure we can stop them. We are out of position, too slow, too unprepared. If we take away the slant they shift to quick out routes which we probably can’t cover either.

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Ugh... yes drop a DE into coverage. They did. They sent linebackers to try and get pressure on the QB. They would throw the slant behind them .

You have a problem with our corners ?

Do you believe UW pissed and moaned when they were 12-0 and they were lucky in four of those wins that they played "down".

Texas play down to Vandy? There are tons of games where the better team went on the road and struggled to win, even against less talented teams.

Coug90 said:

Winning on the road is never easy. This team has some character for sure, really gutsy performance down the stretch when they were out of synch most of the night.

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Need more production from routine plays.

Coug90 said:

Winning on the road is never easy. This team has some character for sure, really gutsy performance down the stretch when they were out of synch most of the night.

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Mateer definitely has the swagger to just not lose these types of games though. We are pretty lucky to have him and hope we can keep him.

bostoncoug said:

This team does have grit. Not sure if we should be saying 11-1 as much as we do though. We should have lost at least 4 of these MW games already.

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Winning on the road is never easy. This team has some character for sure, really gutsy performance down the stretch when they were out of synch most of the night.

Coug90 said:

Yup thought about the same thing. When it’s 3rd or 4th down and game is on the line you’ve gotta go head first. Weird for a guy who seemingly never slides to do it there.

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Officiating definitely helped us tonight

95coug said:

Gardner Minshew never played in husky stadium

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Must have been Martin then. I was drunk and when you have been to as many games as I have been, they begin to bleed into each other. Or, I have dementia.

Coug1990 said:

I still remember being in husky stadium where Gardner Minshew had an easy first down but slid feet first where it cost him the first down and it was a turnover.

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Yup thought about the same thing. When it’s 3rd or 4th down and game is on the line you’ve gotta go head first. Weird for a guy who seemingly never slides to do it there.

This team does have grit. Not sure if we should be saying 11-1 as much as we do though. We should have lost at least 4 of these MW games already.