[lex24]

Pretty poor first half

1. KJ. Enough said. At least he recovered a bit in second quarter
2. Offensive line. I know they are a bit banged up. But this is supposed to be a deep and very strong unit. 2 1/2 games, they haven’t shown it.
3. Pass rush non existent
4. Another blown assignment onn a wide receiver screen. Why can’t they run those with any degree of success.
5. JJ Smith and Speights had pretty nice half’s.

These games are always hard. Because you almost expect them to score every time they have the ball and UC Davis to go three and out every time they have the ball. And of course the difference isn’t that vast. But there’s a big talent gap. And the mistakes Stanford made took this from a game that should be 24 or perhaps 31 to 3 to one in which the Aggies are still in it at half time.

One thing I’d really like to see Stanford do in the second half is pick the pace up on offense. Davis is usually a high tempo team as I understand it. But their coach, smartly I believe, has slowed the tempo down in this game. Why? Because he wants to cut down the number of possessions. He knows they can’t beat Stanford straight up so he hopes for some breaks minimize the possessions etc. Thus to counter that go uptempo for a while.

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Shaw plays to the game. He is not the consistently conservative coach (i’m talking fourth down issue here) that people suggest. For example last week against SC he punted from the SC 34 yard line on fourth down. Seems kind of crazy until you realize it was fourth and 12 they were up two touchdowns and SC had not shown the ability to drive the length of the field.

Today he’s playing a team with inferior talent. Punting in those situations would’ve been a major victory for Davis. So you take your shot.


quote="JPR36" pid='229596' dateline='1537040702']

I don't see Stanford getting any pressure on the Aggie QB when only rushing 4.

We aren't getting much pressure, but the QB is averaging 3.7 ypa against us, though he has been a bit better in this last series.

BC

Yeah, they got their first decent drive against us, but we were able to hold them.
Has anyone noticed Shaw hasn't been his usual conservative self offensively today. Going for it on fourth down, not running out the clock when we get the ball deep in our territory with just a few seconds remaining in the half, etc, etc.
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[lex24]

Pretty poor first half

1. KJ. Enough said. At least he recovered a bit in second quarter
2. Offensive line. I know they are a bit banged up. But this is supposed to be a deep and very strong unit. 2 1/2 games, they haven’t shown it.
3. Pass rush non existent
4. Another blown assignment onn a wide receiver screen. Why can’t they run those with any degree of success.
5. JJ Smith and Speights had pretty nice half’s.

These games are always hard. Because you almost expect them to score every time they have the ball and UC Davis to go three and out every time they have the ball. And of course the difference isn’t that vast. But there’s a big talent gap. And the mistakes Stanford made took this from a game that should be 24 or perhaps 31 to 3 to one in which the Aggies are still in it at half time.

One thing I’d really like to see Stanford do in the second half is pick the pace up on offense. Davis is usually a high tempo team as I understand it. But their coach, smartly I believe, has slowed the tempo down in this game. Why? Because he wants to cut down the number of possessions. He knows they can’t beat Stanford straight up so he hopes for some breaks minimize the possessions etc. Thus to counter that go uptempo for a while.

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Shaw plays to the game. He is not the consistently conservative coach (i’m talking fourth down issue here) that people suggest. For example last week against SC he punted from the SC 34 yard line on fourth down. Seems kind of crazy until you realize it was fourth and 12 they were up two touchdowns and SC had not shown the ability to drive the length of the field.

Today he’s playing a team with inferior talent. Punting in those situations would’ve been a major victory for Davis. So you take your shot.


quote="JPR36" pid='229596' dateline='1537040702']

I don't see Stanford getting any pressure on the Aggie QB when only rushing 4.

We aren't getting much pressure, but the QB is averaging 3.7 ypa against us, though he has been a bit better in this last series.

BC

Yeah, they got their first decent drive against us, but we were able to hold them.
Has anyone noticed Shaw hasn't been his usual conservative self offensively today. Going for it on fourth down, not running out the clock when we get the ball deep in our territory with just a few seconds remaining in the half, etc, etc.
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