PorterRockwell

Remember how I said I usually only watch one game a year to check in and it’s usually BYU and I usually leave frustrated and don’t come back?

Well, I watched last night, it was a lot of fun, and I’ll be back!

Duuuude. He was our leading tackler at one point. Have you seen his speed? He is as fast as anyone. He has 8.5 tackles for loss. He has two sacks. He has an INT.

He is a NFL safety through and through. Could he be a NFL running back? You know what? I have no idea. He averaged 2 yards per carry vs Oregon and -4 yards per carry vs Washington.…[Read more]

Sure, but he didn’t have a good program at all when he took over. Their team was devoid of talent.

And yeah, there are always reasons to fire a guy. Hell, most around here thought Whitt should be gone after two 5-7 seasons. Doesn’t mean you should do it.

So, who does UCLA go get? And how are they better than Chip? I dunno. I think I’d give him…[Read more]

Man oh man. Just watched some film on him. He has a tremendous arm. So easy and fluid and the ball flies out of his hand. Wilson and Becker’s arms are better than anyone else’s on the team. Whether or not they can read a defense remains to be seen, but these kids are just better. The floor is so much higher than the QB’s have.

I’m pumped.

I don’t think so. I think they have been perfectly clear about all this. The winner of the Ohio State/Michigan game gets in, and the winner of the Oregon/Washington game gets in, assuming all four teams win out.

King will be a star. He needs to get a rid bit bigger, but he has a ceiling like Kincaid.

If UW and Oregon win out to the conf champ game, the winner will be in the playoff.

Man. I’m surprised. Kelly did ok, has a five star freshman QB and a solid defense. He looks like he’s ready to build his program and get great.

This is why programs like UCLA are never good. They aren’t patient enough.

Kyle Whittingham is Pete Carroll. They are the same, philosophically.

If he was at USC or Alabama or Michigan, he’d be like the early 2000 Trojans.

Amazing defense. Great run game. Highly efficient pass game.

He’s an elite coach. His teams would look like Alabama and Georgia. Elite defense. Very efficient offense. He’d be unstoppable.

Totally agree. Like I’ve said 1,000 times, what’s the worst that happens?

The Big 10 and SEC break off and form a minor league.

Utah goes back to the MWC or PAC or stays in the Big12 and instead of 30 million a year makes 10.

Utah wins a lot of games, I root for them, we have bowl games or a playoff or something. My reality doesn’t change at…[Read more]

I agree. If Barnes has any shot to play for us next fall, the coaches failed the team.

You missed the forest for a tree.

The point was “if we had a semi-hurt Rising we’d be great.”

The point was, “Rising is a damn good QB and we want him back next year.”

I never said I wanted Rising to play this year. I never said anything about his injury. I just showed a hypothetical example of a situation that shows how good Rising is.

And…[Read more]

Man, players like this…it’s too bad. Had he done the traditional route…let’s say he goes to Utah. Redshirts his first year. His second year is last year. He would have played in two Rose Bowls, vs Ohio State and Penn St. And let’s be real, he’s a lot more talented than Barnes. He might have won one of those. Then he spends all spring and fall as…[Read more]

I love these afternoon games. As we head out of the PAC-12, you realize more and more what a complete shit show it was. I’ll miss the teams, but I won’t miss the PAC-12 at all.

Here is my plan, if I was Whitt:

1 – Get Rising to come back. If we had Rising this year, we have one loss, at worst. If we have Rising next year and he is healthy, we roll through the Big 12. The Big 12 is bad. Hell, we probably roll through the Big 12 with Barnes. But we need Rising back.

2 – going along with #1, you believed Rising before…[Read more]

Our worst defenses with Whittingham, Sitake, Scalley and Pease was Sitake and it wasn’t close. Our worst recruiting was with Sitake and it isn’t close.

I don’t get where all this “he was a great defensive coordinator” talk comes from. It’s no small secret that Whitt was heavily involved with the defense when Kalani was here. It’s no secret the…[Read more]

It was fun until the last 90 secs.

Me too! This team has improved so much. It’s been fun.

Ludwig has been amazing this year. We scored 7 vs OSU compared to today.

QB3, RB1 and 2 hurt, TE 1 and 2 out.

Ludwig deserves a raise.

He’s going to be a star. The next Kincaid.