10-29-2018, 05:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-29-2018, 05:40 AM by OutsiderFan.)
The notion that getting pressure on the QB is not how to stop an offense that passes the ball a lot is quite new to me. Watch Cal play WSU this weekend for an object lesson in the importance of QB pressure on the WSU QB. Pressure doesn't just mean sacks. It can also mean disrupting timing, causing confusion, and forcing check downs or throw aways.
On a tangential not, it's amazing to see Cal morphing into the physical team on both sides of the ball that Stanford was, and Stanford morphing into what Cal was, the opposite of that. It's happening right now.
Cal was stuffed running the ball vs. UW for most of the game, but in the last five minutes, when they absolutely had to run the ball to kill the clock and protect a 2pt lead, they ran it down the Husky's throats. Cal played a True Frosh LT who gave up not even a single QB pressure in over 20 snaps, and they did this with their best OL out for the season.
David Shaw better figure out how to improve his team, and fast, because the Pac-12 North isn't getting any easier. I suggested new coordinators. I hope he has some ideas that don't include what's most comfortable for him.
On a tangential not, it's amazing to see Cal morphing into the physical team on both sides of the ball that Stanford was, and Stanford morphing into what Cal was, the opposite of that. It's happening right now.
Cal was stuffed running the ball vs. UW for most of the game, but in the last five minutes, when they absolutely had to run the ball to kill the clock and protect a 2pt lead, they ran it down the Husky's throats. Cal played a True Frosh LT who gave up not even a single QB pressure in over 20 snaps, and they did this with their best OL out for the season.
David Shaw better figure out how to improve his team, and fast, because the Pac-12 North isn't getting any easier. I suggested new coordinators. I hope he has some ideas that don't include what's most comfortable for him.