10-03-2021, 05:28 AM
Next morning thoughts.
- If that wasn't targeting on Thibodeaux then there is no such thing as targeting. QB was in defenseless position, Thibodeaux lowered his head, launched off his feet, and smashed into McKee helmet to helmet.
- Thibodeaux is a really good player. When he went out, there was significantly less pressure on our QB.
- Not sure McKee should have been back in the game. Given the hit and McKee's subsequent collapse onto the turf, hard to believe there wasn't a concussion there. Despite that, his passes seemed crisper afterwards.
- When McKee is off he tends to miss high. That seems very dangerous, though he hasn't thrown an interception yet.
- The one clock management thing at the end was that Stanford probably should have used their last TO after West inexplicably slid down on his one play. However, the team was quite quick on getting McKee in and the getting the next play off - maybe 16 seconds or so.
- I understand (but wouldn't agree with) Oregon throwing the pass on second and 18 near the end. It should have been a safe pass, Stanford wouldn't be expecting it, and Oregon needed one more first down to seal the game.
- Oregon's real clock mismanagement on that drive was early on. They were snapping the ball with 20, 15 seconds left on the clock over the course of getting their first couple of first downs.
-The argument from Rod Gilmore as to why the holding shouldn't have been called on the late fourth down play in the end zone seemed to be because it wasn't called on second down play in the end zone. Both were close, the fourth down case slightly clearer.
- It's hard to understand how the fumble recovery towards the end of the first half was overturned on review. Couldn't see the critical event in any of the views shown on the broadcast, nor a series of events one could stitch together between views. From the replays I watched I would characterize the play as more likely than not a true fumble.
- As noted in the thread, Stanford also got robbed on the early run play by Jones. However, I don't think that is a reviewable call and given how the play unfolded I understand why the refs would call the play dead.
- It looks like we're facing a situation this year where good Stanford is quite good and can play with anyone on the schedule, whereas bad Stanford can probably lose to just about anyone on the schedule. At some level that's always true, but it seems more extreme right now.
- If that wasn't targeting on Thibodeaux then there is no such thing as targeting. QB was in defenseless position, Thibodeaux lowered his head, launched off his feet, and smashed into McKee helmet to helmet.
- Thibodeaux is a really good player. When he went out, there was significantly less pressure on our QB.
- Not sure McKee should have been back in the game. Given the hit and McKee's subsequent collapse onto the turf, hard to believe there wasn't a concussion there. Despite that, his passes seemed crisper afterwards.
- When McKee is off he tends to miss high. That seems very dangerous, though he hasn't thrown an interception yet.
- The one clock management thing at the end was that Stanford probably should have used their last TO after West inexplicably slid down on his one play. However, the team was quite quick on getting McKee in and the getting the next play off - maybe 16 seconds or so.
- I understand (but wouldn't agree with) Oregon throwing the pass on second and 18 near the end. It should have been a safe pass, Stanford wouldn't be expecting it, and Oregon needed one more first down to seal the game.
- Oregon's real clock mismanagement on that drive was early on. They were snapping the ball with 20, 15 seconds left on the clock over the course of getting their first couple of first downs.
-The argument from Rod Gilmore as to why the holding shouldn't have been called on the late fourth down play in the end zone seemed to be because it wasn't called on second down play in the end zone. Both were close, the fourth down case slightly clearer.
- It's hard to understand how the fumble recovery towards the end of the first half was overturned on review. Couldn't see the critical event in any of the views shown on the broadcast, nor a series of events one could stitch together between views. From the replays I watched I would characterize the play as more likely than not a true fumble.
- As noted in the thread, Stanford also got robbed on the early run play by Jones. However, I don't think that is a reviewable call and given how the play unfolded I understand why the refs would call the play dead.
- It looks like we're facing a situation this year where good Stanford is quite good and can play with anyone on the schedule, whereas bad Stanford can probably lose to just about anyone on the schedule. At some level that's always true, but it seems more extreme right now.