09-04-2011, 03:54 PM
Im no coach, but Ive been attending games since 1969, so heres my rundown:
The Good Run defense was surprisingly good. I was really impressed, had big rush all day.
Tackling was generally very strong, very few missed tackles.Â
Routes looked very crisp and generally confounded SJSU DBs
Forced many turnovers
First safety in three years
Two punts downed inside 20, one on the 2
Excellent special teams
No turnovers
I thought the coaching was good, leaving very vanilla offenses and defenses, so they were unscoutable.
Kept starters in until end of 3rd quarter
Backups looked good.
Skov, the DBs and DL looked good. How much of that was a poor SJSU, I dont know.
This is odd, but our DBs looked only 1/2 step slower, not 1-2 steps slower than the other team like usual. I thought they matched up skill positions very, very well.
Luck looked very, good, very crisp. Numbers should have been better than they were.
57-3 with 10 minutes left says it all
The Bad Run blocking was borderline awful. 3.5 yards per carry against the Spartans? Thats really, really terrible. There was no push, and I saw their second string OLs get beaten badly off the line (Kevin Danser, in particular, looked awful. He has had some dehydration problems, but he looked really bad).
Just one missed tackle, our SCB and SS collided on tackling Jabari Carr (formerly out of Oak Grove) who went for 65 yards. Without that pass, SJSUs QB averages 4.8 yards per pass.
Very poor running on our part, looked like poor decisions and being slow to hit the line.Â
Our TE barely tried to catch what would have been a very easy TD pass. Reached out with 1 hand, decided not to dive. Ugh.
Stanford looked unenthusiastic, like they werent up for it.
SJSUs pass offense was pretty good. Their QB left a WIDE open SJSU receiver who was all alone for what would have been a 75 yard TD pass. Thankfully, their QB did poorly.
Badspot in our pass offense was Griff Whalen, who had mediocre routes and poor hands.
The Ugly Reserved for San Jose States head coach, McIntyre, who threw tantrums during the first half, then roasted his team after the game in the papers, even though San Jose State was clearly outmatched.
Given the upsets around the country, this could have gone much worse, but overall, it was pretty darned good.
The Good Run defense was surprisingly good. I was really impressed, had big rush all day.
Tackling was generally very strong, very few missed tackles.Â
Routes looked very crisp and generally confounded SJSU DBs
Forced many turnovers
First safety in three years
Two punts downed inside 20, one on the 2
Excellent special teams
No turnovers
I thought the coaching was good, leaving very vanilla offenses and defenses, so they were unscoutable.
Kept starters in until end of 3rd quarter
Backups looked good.
Skov, the DBs and DL looked good. How much of that was a poor SJSU, I dont know.
This is odd, but our DBs looked only 1/2 step slower, not 1-2 steps slower than the other team like usual. I thought they matched up skill positions very, very well.
Luck looked very, good, very crisp. Numbers should have been better than they were.
57-3 with 10 minutes left says it all
The Bad Run blocking was borderline awful. 3.5 yards per carry against the Spartans? Thats really, really terrible. There was no push, and I saw their second string OLs get beaten badly off the line (Kevin Danser, in particular, looked awful. He has had some dehydration problems, but he looked really bad).
Just one missed tackle, our SCB and SS collided on tackling Jabari Carr (formerly out of Oak Grove) who went for 65 yards. Without that pass, SJSUs QB averages 4.8 yards per pass.
Very poor running on our part, looked like poor decisions and being slow to hit the line.Â
Our TE barely tried to catch what would have been a very easy TD pass. Reached out with 1 hand, decided not to dive. Ugh.
Stanford looked unenthusiastic, like they werent up for it.
SJSUs pass offense was pretty good. Their QB left a WIDE open SJSU receiver who was all alone for what would have been a 75 yard TD pass. Thankfully, their QB did poorly.
Badspot in our pass offense was Griff Whalen, who had mediocre routes and poor hands.
The Ugly Reserved for San Jose States head coach, McIntyre, who threw tantrums during the first half, then roasted his team after the game in the papers, even though San Jose State was clearly outmatched.
Given the upsets around the country, this could have gone much worse, but overall, it was pretty darned good.
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