11-20-2016, 11:23 PM
Whoo, let's see if I can remember my memories of the game from yesterday as well as talking points from reading through the thread just now--
a. No sacks on Webb--yeah Webb is good, and good enough to avoid those/throw the ball away early enough. And the Stanford defense is too smart to earn late hit/roughing the passer penalties. Which brings me to...
b. Designed delayed screens killed us. I remember at least three of them that ate up something like 15 yds each. If anything, we were too eager to go for the sack and failed to notice three burly blockers plus a speedy receiver/back heading the other way unimpeded...
c. CMac is amazing. If only our QBs had the vision and sense for the game that he does. I don't know how he comes back next year except as a magnanimous donation of a year of his life to the hopes and joys of Stanford football fans. I expect his NFL career to successfully follow in the footsteps of Sproles, random Patriots scatback, etc.
d. Chryst looks like a raw version of Hogan, minus the touch on the deep ball. Which is to say, good enough. Not sure why he overthrows, but he's capable of impressing by the bowl game if he focuses during his December practice weeks.
e. Rector should be credited with the penalty yardage that he draws from opposing defenses.
f. Didn't anyone else hear Webb curse at his receiver during a miscommunication/bad pass in the red zone for kal? Any details?
g. If kal's receivers could catch consistently, the game would have been much closer. The Stanford defense benefited from some drops.
h. kal's offense was hard to tackle, apparently. To their credit, they came to play. Unfortunately for them, so did CMac.
i. The kal onside kick didn't even travel 10 yards.
j. I don't think that was simultaneous possession in the endzone. I'm pretty sure Stanford had the ball first...they should look at whose shoulders were closer to the QB. But that's a referee judgment call, I suppose.
k. I'm surprised there was that much trouble in communication between the head referee and Shaw when it came to penalty declining situations. I don't think I've ever seen so much pantomiming before in my life :)
l. #99 for kal was a great pass-catching fullback. I'm not sure why Stanford can't keep a few plays like that featuring a mobile Ogre with hands.
m. I hope JJAW's shoulder/arm is okay :( He did not look too well after the big play down the left sideline. (Note: Chryst can hit those deep throws...sometimes!)
n. GaryT, I saw you!
o. Win streak at 7--next year is the big one!
p. Why was it hard to consistently defend the run? kal really pulled out the stops and was able to move the ball at times.Â
q. Great overall performance. Rice is the taper to the season now, and the team should use the long prep before the bowl announcements to work on fundamentals and get healthy. Fry Rice!
a. No sacks on Webb--yeah Webb is good, and good enough to avoid those/throw the ball away early enough. And the Stanford defense is too smart to earn late hit/roughing the passer penalties. Which brings me to...
b. Designed delayed screens killed us. I remember at least three of them that ate up something like 15 yds each. If anything, we were too eager to go for the sack and failed to notice three burly blockers plus a speedy receiver/back heading the other way unimpeded...
c. CMac is amazing. If only our QBs had the vision and sense for the game that he does. I don't know how he comes back next year except as a magnanimous donation of a year of his life to the hopes and joys of Stanford football fans. I expect his NFL career to successfully follow in the footsteps of Sproles, random Patriots scatback, etc.
d. Chryst looks like a raw version of Hogan, minus the touch on the deep ball. Which is to say, good enough. Not sure why he overthrows, but he's capable of impressing by the bowl game if he focuses during his December practice weeks.
e. Rector should be credited with the penalty yardage that he draws from opposing defenses.
f. Didn't anyone else hear Webb curse at his receiver during a miscommunication/bad pass in the red zone for kal? Any details?
g. If kal's receivers could catch consistently, the game would have been much closer. The Stanford defense benefited from some drops.
h. kal's offense was hard to tackle, apparently. To their credit, they came to play. Unfortunately for them, so did CMac.
i. The kal onside kick didn't even travel 10 yards.
j. I don't think that was simultaneous possession in the endzone. I'm pretty sure Stanford had the ball first...they should look at whose shoulders were closer to the QB. But that's a referee judgment call, I suppose.
k. I'm surprised there was that much trouble in communication between the head referee and Shaw when it came to penalty declining situations. I don't think I've ever seen so much pantomiming before in my life :)
l. #99 for kal was a great pass-catching fullback. I'm not sure why Stanford can't keep a few plays like that featuring a mobile Ogre with hands.
m. I hope JJAW's shoulder/arm is okay :( He did not look too well after the big play down the left sideline. (Note: Chryst can hit those deep throws...sometimes!)
n. GaryT, I saw you!
o. Win streak at 7--next year is the big one!
p. Why was it hard to consistently defend the run? kal really pulled out the stops and was able to move the ball at times.Â
q. Great overall performance. Rice is the taper to the season now, and the team should use the long prep before the bowl announcements to work on fundamentals and get healthy. Fry Rice!