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Cal's raggedy defense... - CowboyIndian - 10-24-2013

...just got raggedier: http://california.scout.com/2/1339509.html

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

A blessing...

A guy that never plays quitting so he can focus on academics.  As a bonus, UC just got another scholarship to offer in February. 

Finally, some good news......

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

Garvin...

Excluding redshirts (12 freshmen plus a number of others) and players who are injured and have been declared out for the year, UC has about 60 scholarship players active.  Of course, there are quite a few walking wounded who have been out for multiple games.  Having said that, injuries are no excuse, they are part of the game......

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - Farm93 - 10-24-2013

I have watched a few UCB games on TV, and apparently some are questioning....the stadium's turf and/or Dykes' practice style.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - yvonne - 10-24-2013

(10-24-2013, 04:34 PM)71Bear link Wrote:Having said that, injuries are no excuse, they are part of the game......

They may not be an excuse, but they certainly figure into the explanation. Come on, 60 of 85 scholarship players. That's got to take a toll.

Do you know whether Kal is planning to sign JC players to accommodate the youth?

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - washingtonismoney - 10-24-2013

D'ykes' tenure has a certain resemblance to Rich Rodriguez's at Michigan, at least so far.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

Farm - UC fans who question the turf are idiots. UC has had a turf field for many years, along with UO, OSU, WSU and UW.  The turf has nothing to do with it.  As for CoachDykes practice methods, nope that isn't the reason, either.  It is just one of those years.  My attitude is suck it up and deal with it.

Yvonne - I suspect UC will sign 4 JC's, give or take.  CoachDykes is under a ton of pressure to improve the academics so he has to be careful going down the JC trail.  Interestingly, JT signed 9 JC's his first full year and 7 of them made major contributions, including a guy named Aaron Rodgers.  I don't see CoachDykes matching that total.

Washington - the difference being that CoachDykes did not piss off all the alums from the day he was hired like RichRod did at UM.

Garvin- aaarrgghhhhh.  Just the mention of Buddy T. makes my blood run cold.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - Leftcoast - 10-24-2013

How's your S&C coach?

Stanford's injuries in the last Harris year were also through the roof (although not as bad as Ca.l is experiencing).  Many people inside the program credit Strength and Conditioning coach Shannon Turley, who came in with Harbaugh, with lowering the injury rate at Stanford.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

A good question, Lefty...

The S&C coach came to UC with CoachDykes so it will be another year before we can assess whether it was a run of bad luck or something more nefarious....

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - OutsiderFan - 10-24-2013

All four players who would have been projected to start as DEs this year are injured or out of the program.  And out of the eight projected to play, only three of the projected backups are playing.  Gabe King was a four star recruit who never did anything productive as a football player.  Now only one of the North Carolina Five remains on the Cal football roster - WR Maurice Harris.

But the most serious issue is the OL.  This week it is being reshuffled.  Soph Freddie Tagaloa has been moved from LT to RG (think about that).  RS Frosh Jordan Rigsbee has been moved from LG to C, and True Frosh Chris Borrayo is giving up his redshirt season to move in to the LG spot and RS Frosh Alex Okafor is taking over at LT.  So Cal will have 4/5 OL playing new positions this week, including two guys getting their first game action.

It seems a bit foolish for a 1-6 team to play a True Frosh in Game 8, who has yet to play, but the coach is desperate so is willing to try anything.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

OF- I like the idea of pulling the redshirt off Borrayo.  Give him a taste this year and have him ready to roll in 14.  By the way, Tagaloa is heading to the bench.  Crosthwaite will play RG.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - yvonne - 10-24-2013

(10-24-2013, 06:58 PM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:But the most serious issue is the OL.  This week it is being reshuffled.  Soph Freddie Tagaloa has been moved from LT to RG (think about that).  RS Frosh Jordan Rigsbee has been moved from LG to C, and True Frosh Chris Borrayo is giving up his redshirt season to move in to the LG spot and RS Frosh Alex Okafor is taking over at LT.  So Low APR U will have 4/5 OL playing new positions this week, including two guys getting their first game action.

#partyinthebackfield

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - Farm93 - 10-24-2013

(10-24-2013, 05:43 PM)71Bear link Wrote:Farm - UC fans who question the turf are idiots. UC has had a turf field for many years, along with UO, OSU, WSU and UW.  The turf has nothing to do with it.  As for CoachDykes practice methods, nope that isn't the reason, either.  It is just one of those years.  My attitude is suck it up and deal with it.
Did I mention UC Fans?  Noooo.

It was mentioned by the TV commentators.  I guess they questioned the UC AD and/or the UC AD has already started to defend the turf and the staff.  Either way, it has moved well beyond just a few UC fans on a chat board.  Like others noted, I suspect the S&C might be part of the challenge, so the AD is probably justified in trying to diffuse that line of questioning. 

In any event, bad luck is a reasonable explanation, but in the world of recruiting perception can quickly become reality.

Re: Low APR U's raggedy defense... - 71Bear - 10-24-2013

Given that so many schools play turf, I simply don't see it as an issue in any way shape or form.  God knows, it certainly hasn't hurt UO.....  Just chatter among idiot announcers and/or fans.....

Rash of injuries - Mick - 10-26-2013

I wonder if it has anything to do with the number of plays that kal runs.

Re: Rash of injuries - Roberton3 - 10-27-2013

(10-26-2013, 09:58 AM)Mick link Wrote:I wonder if it has anything to do with the number of plays that kal runs.

I've never seen any stats about the correlation between the number of plays a team runs and its injury rate.  But it seems like there would have to be a connection.  The more plays you run, the more opportunities there are for players to get hurt.  Plus tired players are more likely to get hurt, and unless you have great conditioning or a lot of depth, running more plays means your players will be more tired.