Charlie

At one the I read the Trib and avoided the D news. Now I find the D news more objective and ant take the Trib. I think I am still the same guy so that is how things have changed.

Several factors. State of mind on the USC team at the time Who that is nicked up comes back for us? Does the Rising offense improve from game 1 to 2? Practice of remedies for blitz. State of mind for Utah. Scalley’s has something in mind for #15. Is the Utah DL more like last week or like previous weeks? Does time help the OL? The net change of…[Read more]

Many like to compare the team to other teams, ours in the past or others in the league. That is part of the story. Also part it comparing the team to last week because that tells you where the arrow is pointing.

The offense is breaking in a QB with his first complete game against defenses now finding rhythm. Also trying to solve blitz packages…[Read more]

Flip side, OSU will not be easy.

I agree, Rising’s first full game ever. A few missed throws but rescued more plays with his legs. I look for him to be better against USC. The offense was not that bad if they just hold on to the ball. We turned our arrow to pointing up which was the grand objective today.

Also note, before all the redshirt stuff, there was a player only meeting Sunday. Brewer, as QB1 chose not to speak at all. It may be the first time ever anywhere that QB1 has nothing to say in a player only meeting. That had more to say to the team than any words could say.

It was clear that he wanted a redshirt year to transfer in January,…[Read more]

Correct, I am bias. Without ever working with either I would say I would take every Covey I could find and I would try to avoid a Brewer. My bias can overlook someone transferring schools but it kicks in when I see a second transfer in less that 10 months. But I have seen many kids stick it out and more that I want to see transfer in and out so…[Read more]

I am more optimistic, but then I am an optimist.
WSU is a win that will help us feel better.
USC is a better team, however, I don’t feel they play every game clean due to their issues. Now both QBs on tape. They absolutely have a WTF loss coming, hope it can be us.
ASU, nothing about their game with the Y makes me feel they are going to finish…[Read more]

I believe O’Toole is a WR, I don’t recall if he lined up as a TE. But it remains an interesting question. Most often goal line pass plays favor the taller receivers and he is 6’4″. I expect that with the time to think about the play the personnel would be right on. It could be that the best personnel group for a 2pt conversion may be different…[Read more]

Covey did not quit on the team in 2019. When injured and could not play and did not want to risk greater injury, he stayed with the team and continued to help in any way possible. He is another example of team first. He actually spent his time helping other receivers that could have developed to take his place.

I admit I have a bias. I have…[Read more]

I don’t know how much the angst has to do with Monson’s article in the trib. Sadly, local sports writers are not like football players. With the writers, it seems an awful one last for decades even though you are sure new replacements are available that could do a much better job. Monson is simply bad but survives in a niche where he placates…[Read more]

Lets hope JT heals up. Also of note, Daniels replaced Bam at tackle. Kaufusi will start on the DL. Marks along with Phillips give us short CBs, hopefully others will not be able to make us open to high point passes. Redding is still the PK, hopefully he just had a bad day. Phillips in kickoff return.

I am wondering about which is first the chicken or the egg. Jay Hill seamed to pick up on either Brewers struggle to handle pressure or the OL’s ability to pickup pressure. Either way, he chose pressure and lots. It did not help that Utah TEs and RB was often released rather than used to pick up the blitz.

Next, the Y and SDSU continued to use…[Read more]

I am going to guess his issue is consistency. I can also understand how the coaches get hopeful. When Bam targets a defender, he seems to move them out of the play. However, he may also neglect a defender that blows up a play. Possibly the hope has been if they can get him targeted correctly almost all the time they could benefit from his…[Read more]

No reason to wait for an actual road game to ask a dumb question.

It was like the world was upside down. On my way out of the stadium I thought I saw a shirtless Charlton Heston being chased down the street by an ape on a horse. That kind of night.

The team needs to take a breath and focus on one more pre season game to get right. Forget about the rankings, forget about the loss. Following the game with SDSU that needs to be a reset, our single focus should be winning the South. Win one game at a time and climb to the top of our division which is the only door out of where we are now.…[Read more]

Our OL is not great, however, you can see much more if you go back and look play by play. Next, when one thing goes wrong or is unaddressed, other aspects follow as problems because the flow of operations breaks down.

Of note to me, Weber and the Y both used LBs very aggressively to create run blitz and pass rush. Weber, in particular, had…[Read more]