(10-19-2019, 08:14 AM)GK3 Wrote: Not sure they were resting on their press clippings, more playing the level one would expect where 3 or 4 players on your offensive line were playing high school ball last year. Their strength and technique is a long ways from where it will be in the future ( I hope). We saw what we should have seen the week before. For whatever reason, Washington didn't sell out on every play to rush the passer. UCLA did and basically West seldom had any real time to find his receivers and throw the ball. My guess is that we saw what we will see every game from here on out and teams will stick with it until we show we can make them play for doing it.
I am not sure there is any system we could have run that would have enabled us to fare better.
Totally agree. UW also has a slower DL than UCLA. We were having trouble with their quickness. That has been a recurring theme for awhile. WSU has successfully used lighter players that move around a lot to create situations where we have offensive linemen that end up blocking nobody at all. That for sure creates a mismatch. UCLA did that, and we will see more of it until we demonstrate we can overcome it. It is certain that West reacted more slowly to situations than a more experienced QB would have. That didn't help, but it wasn't the main problem. Arizona has a small but quick DL. We need to fix this fast, no matter who the QB is next week.