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[quote author=winflop link=topic=17414.msg201212#msg201212 date=1505680461]
[quote author=Goose link=topic=17414.msg201195#msg201195 date=1505677202]
Chryst threw a real bad interception that simply shouldn't happen. But that didn't cost us the game.

The hell it didn't. He threw two bad INTs. The first one resulted in an SDSU TD before halftime and the second one cost us any chance of getting into FG range. Both were bad decisions to even throw in that direction that were compounded by atrocious throws.
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I don't disagree that they were horrible. However, despite these serious errors, we were in a position to win the game if we could get a first down and keep the ball. I guess I am trying to deal with the question "Should we expect Chryst to be an adequate Stanford QB?". Until this game, in my mind at least, the jury was still out. The interceptions were mental mistakes. They were passes that shouldn't have been thrown. They were intercepted not because they were bad throws, but because any throw in the area was a mistake. Those mistakes could, at least in theory, be corrected. However, the inability to execute a relatively simple throw to an open receiver when the game is on the line is something that an "adequate" Stanford QB will always do. It didn't require superman. It required competence. That competence was missing. If it were there, we win. So, I still argue the interceptions, while really bad, weren't fatal. It was the failure to execute a "routine" play that was, and we can't have that in a Stanford QB. Next man up.
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The second INT was a bad throw not a bad decision.  JJAW had one on one coverage with a smaller DB.  It should have been an easy play for a chunk of yards.  The problem was it was an awfully thrown ball.  Literally, Chryst threw it where only the defensive back could get it.

The first interception was a bad decision.  He threw it to a player who was in quadrupole coverage.

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[quote author=winflop link=topic=17414.msg201212#msg201212 date=1505680461]
[quote author=Goose link=topic=17414.msg201195#msg201195 date=1505677202]
Chryst threw a real bad interception that simply shouldn't happen. But that didn't cost us the game.

The hell it didn't. He threw two bad INTs. The first one resulted in an SDSU TD before halftime and the second one cost us any chance of getting into FG range. Both were bad decisions to even throw in that direction that were compounded by atrocious throws.
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I don't disagree that they were horrible. However, despite these serious errors, we were in a position to win the game if we could get a first down and keep the ball. I guess I am trying to deal with the question "Should we expect Chryst to be an adequate Stanford QB?". Until this game, in my mind at least, the jury was still out. The interceptions were mental mistakes. They were passes that shouldn't have been thrown. They were intercepted not because they were bad throws, but because any throw in the area was a mistake. Those mistakes could, at least in theory, be corrected. However, the inability to execute a relatively simple throw to an open receiver when the game is on the line is something that an "adequate" Stanford QB will always do. It didn't require superman. It required competence. That competence was missing. If it were there, we win. So, I still argue the interceptions, while really bad, weren't fatal. It was the failure to execute a "routine" play that was, and we can't have that in a Stanford QB. Next man up.
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The second INT was a bad throw not a bad decision.  JJAW had one on one coverage with a smaller DB.  It should have been an easy play for a chunk of yards.  The problem was it was an awfully thrown ball.  Literally, Chryst threw it where only the defensive back could get it.

The first interception was a bad decision.  He threw it to a player who was in quadrupole coverage.

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