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Re: Today in opponents - FarmBoy - 10-23-2015
I agree that one of the clear differences is that Stanford rebuilt itself on toughness and strength on the lines while Ca'l has relied on high octane passing. I don't know that one should be more predictably sustainable or not.
It will be interesting to see if Goff decides to return for a 4th year and a shot at glory. At this point, his college career will have broken a lot of school and perhaps conference records after three years, but probably unsatisfying in terms of team success. Will he take the Andrew Luck approach of gathering his band of brothers to finish what was started, or will he want to avoid the inevitable avalanche of hits he'll sustain behind that porous o-line for a 4th year?
Re: Today in opponents - stupac2 - 10-23-2015
(10-22-2015, 09:44 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Before we get too high and mighty, recall that Harbaugh called time out with 6 seconds left losing 45-16 to Under Stanford Control. Grant it, we had possession of the ball, and wound up scoring to make the game 45-23, but still, we could have just run into the line and gotten out of there. Yikes was sending a message to his team.
BC
Well Harbaugh is also kind of a shithead. But seriously, I would understand it if Dykes were actually trying to win, but he wasn't. He was just running more plays for the sake of running more plays. If he wanted to win he would've been calling those TOs when UCLA was on offense and then actually running a hurry-up and passing downfield every down, none of which they were doing. If you're going to give up, then give up. He was giving up and sending the message that he was giving up, but being a dick while doing it.
I don't remember the exact situation with Harbs, but it sounds like that was just him throwing a fit, which isn't out of character.
Re: Today in opponents - French Rage - 10-23-2015
(10-23-2015, 08:24 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:I don't remember the exact situation with Harbaugh, but it sounds like that was just him throwing a fit, which isn't out of character.
I recall with that game, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but we were going to kick a FG, and Carroll tried to ice the kicker, so Harbaugh came back out and went for the TD. I think it was part of his attitude of not taking crap from Carroll and USC, part of their multi-year delicate dance. I remember enjoying the hell out of it.
Re: Today in opponents - terry - 10-23-2015
(10-23-2015, 06:11 AM)FarmBoy link Wrote:We were 8-4 regular season and I bet Ca'l gets to that, if not 7-5.
For C.al to get to 8-4, they have to beat two of U*S*C, Oregon, Arizona St., and Stanford. Which two do you figure C.al will beat?
Re: Today in opponents - Ratmandoo - 10-23-2015
(10-23-2015, 09:32 AM)French Rage link Wrote:[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13298.msg136398#msg136398 date=1445613865]
I don't remember the exact situation with Harbaugh, but it sounds like that was just him throwing a fit, which isn't out of character.
I recall with that game, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but we were going to kick a FG, and Carroll tried to ice the kicker, so Harbaugh came back out and went for the TD. I think it was part of his attitude of not taking crap from Carroll and Under Stanford Control, part of their multi-year delicate dance. I remember enjoying the hell out of it.
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French Rage - That's exactly how I remember it and I thought it was hilarious that Harbaugh continued to annoy Carroll.
As for Sonny Dykes calling time out yesterday at the end of the game, I think he only did it because UCLA / Rosen screwed up the kneel down / victory formation timing. There were two minutes left in the game when UCLA got the ball and Cal had all three of their timeouts. On first down, UCLA ran the ball up the middle not knowing if Cal was going to burn any of their timeouts. They didn't call timeout so UCLA went to a kneel down on second down. But for some reason Rosen snapped the ball with 10 second left on the play clock. On third down, Rosen did the same thing so there was still 55 seconds left on the game clock (when there should have been under 40 seconds if Rosen had run the play clock down on both second and third down). UCLA was going to have to punt again. That's when Cal decided to take that timeout and run some more plays. Mora looked pissed on the sideline on the second down kneel down. Apparently Rosen either can't do math or doesn't understand the way the play clock works. It was weird.
Re: Today in opponents - FarmBoy - 10-23-2015
Quote:For C.al to get to 8-4, they have to beat two of U*S*C, Oregon, Arizona St., and Stanford. Which two do you figure C.al will beat?
I wouldn't go so far as to predict specific games, but I think they'll be marginally under a coin flip for the first three and about 25% against Stanford. So expected value of ~1.75 for those for games. They could lose all four, probably win one, have a decent chance at two, and a long shot to win more than that.
Re: Today in opponents - terry - 10-23-2015
(10-22-2015, 09:44 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13298.msg136348#msg136348 date=1445574575]
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Why call a timeout there? Why why why.
Yikes is a shithead. Just go down with some dignity.
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Before we get too high and mighty, recall that Harbaugh called time out with 6 seconds left losing 45-16 to Under Stanford Control. Grant it, we had possession of the ball, and wound up scoring to make the game 45-23, but still, we could have just run into the line and gotten out of there. Yikes was sending a message to his team.
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But Harbaugh had his back-ups in the game when he did that against U*S*C -- Loukas instead of Pritchard, Stewart instead of Gerhart, Gunder and Reuland instead of Dray. Dy.kes played his starters all the way to the end, risking injury so they could score a meaningless TD.
Re: Today in opponents - stupac2 - 10-23-2015
(10-23-2015, 09:44 AM)Ratmandoo link Wrote:As for Sorry Yikes calling time out yesterday at the end of the game, I think he only did it because UCLA / Rosen screwed up the kneel down / victory formation timing. There were two minutes left in the game when UCLA got the ball and Low APR U had all three of their timeouts. On first down, UCLA ran the ball up the middle not knowing if Low APR U was going to burn any of their timeouts. They didn't call timeout so UCLA went to a kneel down on second down. But for some reason Rosen snapped the ball with 10 second left on the play clock. On third down, Rosen did the same thing so there was still 55 seconds left on the game clock (when there should have been under 40 seconds if Rosen had run the play clock down on both second and third down). UCLA was going to have to punt again. That's when Low APR U decided to take that timeout and run some more plays. Mora looked pissed on the sideline on the second down kneel down. Apparently Rosen either can't do math or doesn't understand the way the play clock works. It was weird.
I noticed the thing with UCLA screwing up the knees too and was wondering how it happened since I wasn't paying super close attention there. I bet Rosen is getting chewed out for that.
Re: Today in opponents - BostonCard - 10-23-2015
(10-23-2015, 09:32 AM)French Rage link Wrote:[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13298.msg136398#msg136398 date=1445613865]
I don't remember the exact situation with Harbaugh, but it sounds like that was just him throwing a fit, which isn't out of character.
I recall with that game, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but we were going to kick a FG, and Carroll tried to ice the kicker, so Harbaugh came back out and went for the TD. I think it was part of his attitude of not taking crap from Carroll and Under Stanford Control, part of their multi-year delicate dance. I remember enjoying the hell out of it.
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That is correct. We called a time out with 6 seconds left to try to get into position for a field goal. We advanced the ball, and went for the field goal; USC called a time out to ice the kicker so Harbaugh said f--- it and went (and converted) the touchdown. The next year we played the what's your deal? game.
BC
Re: Today in opponents - FarmBoy - 10-23-2015
Quote:That is correct. We called a time out with 6 seconds left to try to get into position for a field goal. We advanced the ball, and went for the field goal; Under Stanford Control called a time out to ice the kicker so Harbaugh said f--- it and went (and converted) the touchdown. The next year we played the what's your deal? game.
BC
This anecdote is often overlooked in the history of Harbaugh and Carroll animosity. Everyone remembers the greatest upset ever and the what's your deal, but that subtle end of game play calling in '08 was very telling.
I recall hearing that the TD instead of FG made a difference for bettors against the spread, so it wasn't just Pete who would be pissed off at Harbaugh, but a lot of front runner 'SC fans putting money on the Troj'ans exacting their revenge for '07 lost a lot of money on that decision.