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Re: Colorado game thread - TreesAndBirds - 10-22-2016

Defense doing ok. Halftime strategy should be a Meeks pick 6.

Re: Colorado game thread - JohnR34231 - 10-22-2016

I guess the best we can hope for is a ND/UCLA game where the defense holds on and the offense makes a fourth quarter drive to win the game.

I, too, am perplexed at how our offense is so bad.

Re: Colorado game thread - OutsiderFan - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:20 PM)Sea Loon link Wrote:It just feels so out of character.

But I guess ND, MSU, Oregon, and other fans also feel similarly. (Not that this matters much.)

It's one thing to lose.  It's another to be completely inept.  Oregon may suck, but Stanford's offensive ineptitude is positively cringeworthy. 

There is no sense of urgency.  No creativity.  Everything is telegraphed.  It's all a total grind.  And above all, the QB position is frankly unfathomably awful for Stanford to put out there in any game, ever.

UCLA's backup QB to Rosen is so much better than Burns or Chryst.  My question is if this is coaching, or is it just that Stanford struck out on two QBs in a row?  It sure seems that given the sad state of the offense and passing game, that it has to be at the feet of whoever is responsible for developing the QBs and the passing game.

Re: Colorado game thread - 81alum - 10-22-2016

I really think that our offensive line is just not very good this year.  The power running game requires precise blocking and we are regularly having completely missed blocks.  Pass protection is also poor.  I've never really kept track of football recruiting or who is playing on the O-line, but isn't the source of our problems obvious?

The question is, is it coaching or is it a drop off in talent that has wrecked our O-line?

I'm willing to question the QB position too, but I really think that is minor compared with our more basic problem.

Re: Colorado game thread - martyup - 10-22-2016

Let's give credit to Thomas.  He's playing at top level.

Re: Colorado game thread - Ratmandoo - 10-22-2016

The only positive right now is that it's still only 7-3. It could have been much much worse.

The offense is brutal right now.

The 5th string Pac-12 network coverage isn't helping. Hey director, don't show a still picture of the offensive line while Colorado is running their no huddle fast paced offense just so your idiot analyst Glen Parker can wax poetic about the glory of O-line play. You missed the beginning of a big play run by Colorado. Maybe the best thing for the Pac-12 network is that no one has has it so they can't watch the atrocity that is the network's football game coverage.

Ok, end of rant. I need to complain about something because I'm at a loss to say anything about our football team.

Re: Colorado game thread - 81alum - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:33 PM)Ratmandoo link Wrote:The only positive right now is that it's still only 7-3. It could have been much much worse.

The offense is brutal right now.

The 5th string Pac-12 network coverage isn't helping. Hey director, don't show a still picture of the offensive line while Colorado is running their no huddle fast paced offense just so your idiot analyst Glen Parker can wax poetic about the glory of O-line play. You missed the beginning of a big play run by Colorado. Maybe the best thing for the Pac-12 network is that no one has has it so they can't watch the atrocity that is the network's football game coverage.

Ok, end of rant. I need to complain about something because I'm at a loss to say anything about our football team.

Yes, I tried to listen to Todd Husak on 1050 but their mikes are picking up the band and I can barely hear them over the crowd noise. 

Re: Colorado game thread - paloalto - 10-22-2016

Part of the perceived problem might be unrealistically high expectations before the season and before we knew exactly what talent Shaw had to work with.  Colorado is as good or slightly better than Stanford.  The closeness of  the score should be expected.

Re: Colorado game thread - Ratmandoo - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:34 PM)81alum link Wrote:[quote author=Ratmandoo link=topic=15963.msg176748#msg176748 date=1477168395]
The only positive right now is that it's still only 7-3. It could have been much much worse.

The offense is brutal right now.

The 5th string Pac-12 network coverage isn't helping. Hey director, don't show a still picture of the offensive line while Colorado is running their no huddle fast paced offense just so your idiot analyst Glen Parker can wax poetic about the glory of O-line play. You missed the beginning of a big play run by Colorado. Maybe the best thing for the Pac-12 network is that no one has has it so they can't watch the atrocity that is the network's football game coverage.

Ok, end of rant. I need to complain about something because I'm at a loss to say anything about our football team.

Yes, I tried to listen to Todd Husak on 1050 but their mikes are picking up the band and I can barely hear them over the crowd noise.
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I tried that too but the sound and being out of synch with the video makes it hard. Plus when the director is this BAD it doesn't matter.

Re: Colorado game thread - stupac2 - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:34 PM)paloalto link Wrote:Part of the perceived problem might be unrealistically high expectations before the season and before we knew exactly what talent Shaw had to work with.  Colorado is as good or slightly better than Stanford.  The closeness of  the score should be expected.

I'm not mad that we're losing, I'm mad at the breathtaking inanity of the offensive gameplan so far. McCaffrey hasn't been himself since USC, Love has been our best back, how many carries does Love have? Chryst coming in repeatedly to run a draw and then leaving just telegraphs the play. We get behind the sticks and refuse to pass, falling farther behind. I usually don't want to blame the coaching staff but this is offensive.

Re: Colorado game thread - washingtonismoney - 10-22-2016

exactly, stupac. Whatever the talent, the deployment of such is so ... pointless. I genuinely don't understand what the coaches are attempting to accomplish.

Re: Colorado game thread - martyup - 10-22-2016

Holder hurt again.  :o

Re: Colorado game thread - JohnR34231 - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:34 PM)paloalto link Wrote:Part of the perceived problem might be unrealistically high expectations before the season and before we knew exactly what talent Shaw had to work with.  Colorado is as good or slightly better than Stanford.  The closeness of  the score should be expected.

The closeness of the score doesn't shock me so much as the total incompetence of our offense. Especially with the H-man runner up in the backfield.

Re: Colorado game thread - JJJ - 10-22-2016

And Shaw said he'll keep rotating QBs the rest of the game...

Re: Colorado game thread - martyup - 10-22-2016

Now Reid is hurt.  He got, what, 3 plays in this game.  Remember, he had to sit out the first half because of the targeting call against ND.

Re: Colorado game thread - ChicagoCard - 10-22-2016

I don't understand playing Holder until he's actually ready. Hopefully that's mostly about soreness or the pain of impact and not re-injury.

Re: Colorado game thread - martyup - 10-22-2016

(10-22-2016, 01:44 PM)JJJ link Wrote:And Shaw said he'll keep rotating QBs the rest of the game...

Can't wait to see how that goes.

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Re: Colorado game thread - Sea Loon - 10-22-2016

I give the defense credit for playing as hard as they can, but they could use some help!

Re: Colorado game thread - martyup - 10-22-2016

Baby!! We dodged a bullet on that drive.  Geez, can we freakin' win this one?

Re: Colorado game thread - Sea Loon - 10-22-2016

Phew.

I'm not sure if I think our best chance at scoring is on offense, or on D/ST