Smoke and mirrors?

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

I'm trying hard to not be pessimistic, but I heard the stats after the game and its hard to know what to make of them, especially in light of pretty much dominating the Wildcats.

5.4 yards per pass. Not great, especially for a team that runs a passing scheme.

Ward was a highest rusher, with 59 yards. Watson next with 56 and 3.7 yards per.

Again, the O didn't score 30 which is usually what gets a team over .500, but given how good our defense is there can be an allowance made, but I would venture that it would be 3 pts and not 7.

What am I missing?

I think that the WRs screens that consistently got blown up kill the average for sure, but they seem to be a staple of the offense so I'm not sure if its fair to discount them off handedly.

 

[gpcoug]

The D is pretty damn good and scored a TD themselves today. Otherwise yeah 2nd half offense is concerning

 

[mikalalas]

I'm trying hard to not be pessimistic, but I heard the stats after the game and its hard to know what to make of them, especially in light of pretty much dominating the Wildcats.

5.4 yards per pass. Not great, especially for a team that runs a passing scheme.

Ward was a highest rusher, with 59 yards. Watson next with 56 and 3.7 yards per.

Again, the O didn't score 30 which is usually what gets a team over .500, but given how good our defense is there can be an allowance made, but I would venture that it would be 3 pts and not 7.

What am I missing?

I think that the WRs screens that consistently got blown up kill the average for sure, but they seem to be a staple of the offense so I'm not sure if its fair to discount them off handedly.

See what I said in game thread and my thread where the announcers, sideline reporter said that IT WAS CAM, NOT MORRIS THAT WAS NOT RUNNING THE BALL ON FIRST DOWNS, WITH ONLY 4 DEFENDERS IN BOX, ABOUT 3,4,5 TIMES, AND THAT CAM WAS NOT LISTENING, DOING, EXECUTING MORRIS TELLING HIM CAM TO RUN THE BALL, AND THAT MORRIS BLEW UP ON CAM, SHOUTED, YELLED, SCREAMED "RUN THE DAMN BALL" AT CAM, AND THAT THATS A EXACT QUOTE OF MORRIS, AND THAT MORRIS WAS RECORDED SAYING TO RUN THE DAMN BALL AT CAM.

 

[mikalalas]

See what I said in game thread and my thread where the announcers, sideline reporter said that IT WAS CAM, NOT MORRIS THAT WAS NOT RUNNING THE BALL ON FIRST DOWNS, WITH ONLY 4 DEFENDERS IN BOX, ABOUT 3,4,5 TIMES, AND THAT CAM WAS NOT LISTENING, DOING, EXECUTING MORRIS TELLING HIM CAM TO RUN THE BALL, AND THAT MORRIS BLEW UP ON CAM, SHOUTED, YELLED, SCREAMED "RUN THE DAMN BALL" AT CAM, AND THAT THATS A EXACT QUOTE OF MORRIS, AND THAT MORRIS WAS RECORDED SAYING TO RUN THE DAMN BALL AT CAM.

It's NOT Morris calling those plays, screens, etc, as Cam has the GREEN LIGHT, supposed to be audibling, changing the play to a run on first down with 4 in box, instead of doing a screen pass play.

That's on CAM, either NOT on or LESS on Morris.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Their first half D scheme had a lot of holes. They adjusted at halftime. That was a big part of our O's poor results in the second half. We also had some key mistakes that killed drives; we did not maintain focus.

 

[spongeandshoot]

Their first half D scheme had a lot of holes. They adjusted at halftime. That was a big part of our O's poor results in the second half. We also had some key mistakes that killed drives; we did not maintain focus.

And we fumbled deep in Arizona territory.

We do need to play a full 4 quarters on offense next Saturday. Can't afford any 3 and outs.

 

[mikalalas]

And there was a 4th and 2 past midfield on the 40 outside FG range, but too close to punt, where Cam was about a inch short of a first down, on a QB run, that if had been made, WSU might probably have scored as WSU was on March, had momentum, etc.

There was just a lot of hiccups, miscues, baubles, etc, etc, fumbles dropped passes, dropped, mishandled snaps, etc, etc, etc, that if those things hadn't happened WSU would probably have scored more as the offense gained a lot of yards, moved the ball a lot, between the 20's, etc.

 

[Cougsocal]

I'm trying hard to not be pessimistic, but I heard the stats after the game and its hard to know what to make of them, especially in light of pretty much dominating the Wildcats.

5.4 yards per pass. Not great, especially for a team that runs a passing scheme.

Ward was a highest rusher, with 59 yards. Watson next with 56 and 3.7 yards per.

Again, the O didn't score 30 which is usually what gets a team over .500, but given how good our defense is there can be an allowance made, but I would venture that it would be 3 pts and not 7.

What am I missing?

I think that the WRs screens that consistently got blown up kill the average for sure, but they seem to be a staple of the offense so I'm not sure if its fair to discount them off handedly.

It is called stout defense and offense designed to not "throw" games away needlessly. For example, 63- 67 against UCLA, 38-58 against AZ, 59-60 against Cal, 37-59 against AZ, 45-48 Colorado State and 42-45 against Eastern friggen Washington. When you have the best defense in the conference. and an offense that isn't, you accept where your bread is buttered, and ride that pony hard.

 

[CougPatrol]

Smoke and mirrors? We're not an elite team by any stretch, but we're also good enough to play with anyone in our conference. We've proven that. Wisconsin became bowl eligible today. It's been a great year so far.

 

[Coug90]

Smoke and mirrors? We're not an elite team by any stretch, but we're also good enough to play with anyone in our conference. We've proven that. Wisconsin became bowl eligible today. It's been a great year so far.

Which is usually what happens when you have a legit defense. Much more common to see a high powered offense have an off day than a stout defense get torched.

AC is going to be a fun game.