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The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - washingtonismoney - 09-22-2012

Trojans-59ers.

This time, I'm rooting for the Trojans because it makes us look better.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - akCard - 09-22-2012

Is it just me or has neither Woods nor Lee been as advertised so far this season?

The Pac-12 Network flashed a graphic that the two of them are the leading receiving duo this season but it seems like all those yards and touchdowns have been really quiet.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - Cadet84 - 09-22-2012

Boy, the weenies' quarterback is just awful. Threw an interception on the 'SC 6 when he could just have rolled out of bounds...

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - washingtonismoney - 09-22-2012

Somehow, despite outgaining the 59ers by 483 yards to 250, the Trojans aren't completely blowing them out. Underlying fundamentals of SC are basically fine (aside from injury/depth issues), but that's just weird.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - FarmBoy - 09-22-2012

Quote:Somehow, despite outgaining the 59ers by 483 yards to 250, the Literature's Most Famous Losers aren't completely blowing them out.

Probably has something to do with the 3 turn overs by USC. That was an ugly game.

U.SC's 290 rushing yards, and two 100+ rushers, puts our performance last week into real perspective. (Not that holding a team to 26 net yards needs additional frame of reference.) It also bodes well for Big Game. We're going to run all over the B&G.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - dabigv13 - 09-22-2012

kal's running defense stiffened up significantly in the second half. If kal had an average NCAA quarterback, as opposed to Zach Maynard, they could've won this game.

My read on this is that USC is simply not a stellar football team. They will lose another couple games this year.


Just as an exercise, here are two QBs-

        comp    att      yds    %    yds/att  TD  INT    QB rating
QB1: 60     90  754  66.7  8.38 4 2 147.3
QB2: 47     88 615 53.4  6.99 6 3 127.8


QB1 is Zach Maynard. QB2 is Josh Nunes. This is frightening.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - yvonne - 09-22-2012

Well, if Zach Maynard is less than an average NCAA QB, what is Josh Nunes?

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - dabigv13 - 09-22-2012

Exactly Yvonne.

JN has a lot of room to grow, hopefully he gets there.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - washingtonismoney - 09-22-2012

(09-22-2012, 08:12 PM)dabigv link Wrote:kal's running defense stiffened up significantly in the second half. If kal had an average NCAA quarterback, as opposed to Zach Maynard, they could've won this game.

And if USC had a healthy center they probably would've beaten them by 20 or 25. The 59er fans have the much better read on this: they were utterly dominated on every place but the scoreboard. I think people are overreacting to SC's struggles--to me, when I compare SC to other ranked teams around the country, I only see a few it can't hang with or be favored against. (Hint: They're called "The Crimson Tide.")

Anyway, there's a simple reason you'd much rather have Nunes than Maynard:

Nunes turnovers: 3 (one of which in garbage time vs. Duke)
Maynard turnovers: 5

Of course Maynard has good wideouts bailing him out, whereas Nunes has had quite a few drops and other issues. (Ty Montgomery, for example--has dropped two well-thrown Nunes bombs and stumbled after catching another that surely would've turned into a touchdown had he kept running in stride.)

So I'd much rather have Nunes than Maynard at current levels of production; because of Nunes' relative inexperience and the newness of many of the parts on offense, I'd rather have his upside too.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - dabigv13 - 09-22-2012

Would I rather have Nunes than Maynard? Yeah certainly, Maynard has proven over a full season that he is a poor QB while JN still has time to improve. But I think you're making some excuses for JN- Maynard has had players drop balls as well, and he's also playing behind a less competent line, with multiple injured TEs. Sure Keenan Allen is better than anybody we have at WR, but Stanford's offense aside from the QB is better than kal's offense aside from the QB. And yet Maynard's numbers are significantly better, and it's not even that close.

JN is playing poorly. We are 3-0 in spite of him and not because of him. A 53% completion percentage is poor, and it's not just explained by a few dropped balls. He's made some good throws, but also a lot of terrible throws.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - washingtonismoney - 09-22-2012

I think cal's struggles are mostly explicable by poor coaching. But they have good running backs, solid tight ends...and a brobdingnagian advantage at wide receiver. It's not just Keenan Allen, but it's Bryce Treggs and Chris Harper. Either of the latter two would (probably) easily start and might well be the most talented wideout on the roster. Maynard may have had drops but they've been fewer and less egregious than Nunes'.

Has Nunes been an average QB? No question. Is that good enough to win, say, 10 or 11 games? Again, no. But I'd much rather have Nunes than Maynard--right now, forget improvement.

(I also don't care about completion percentage.)

I think Nunes' statistics are skewed by a clear outlier--the first game, against San Jose State, in which the gameplan was so radically different than the gameplan in the other two games that it seems safe to say we'll never get a performance quite as bad as that. If you take it out, Nunes' 7.9 YPA is well above average--and reflects his better play than Maynard, especially when considering the reshuffling along other parts of the offense.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - OutsiderFan - 09-22-2012

Nunes is better than Maynard because he is a leader.  Maynard is not.  Stanford's scheme and coaching also allows for team success even when the QB isn't sensational.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - fullmetal - 09-22-2012

Wasn't Connor Shaw recruited by Stanford at some point?  I forget whether academics dinged him or not...but in any case, he was great for South Carolina today.  Ah well :)  We run with the horses we have, and I hope the bye week was full of learning for JN.

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - akCard - 09-23-2012

Man, I wish this whole "Josh is not worthy" meme would just go away because he only has three starts under his belt. Would anyone on this board want to evaluated on his or her job performance after just three days at a new job? I certainly wouldn't.

If Josh hadn't shown any improvement since the San Jose State game, sure, benching him should be a consideration but when has playing musical QB's ever worked out, at any level?

Keenan Allen may be a better WR than any on the Stanford roster but after watching him this season, there's no way I'd want him on my team because the way he's been pouting and screaming on the field when passes aren't thrown his way is a team killer. Terrell Owens anyone?

This team is a work in progress and following perhaps the two greatest seasons in school history so I think fans are rushing to judgement.



GO STANFORD!!!

Re: The Pac-12's annual homage to the Iran-Iraq War is back - yvonne - 09-23-2012

I once heard a TV announcer comment that the most popular guy on a football team is the backup quarterback because the fans always want to put him in. As much as I wish we had a better quarterback, I don't know anything about the guys behind Josh, so I just hope that either he gets better or the rest of the team does well enough to make up for his weaknesses.

Back to the Kal-Under Stanford Control game, the Chronicle story says that the game was won in the trenches. That bodes well for Big Game.