09-05-2022, 07:25 AM
(09-04-2022, 07:09 PM)Mick Wrote: I watched the replay and I thought msqueri's summary was excellent. I thought everything he mentioned was on target.My comments
A couple of thoughts:
1) If it wasn't for Tanner McKee, this would have been a very ugly game, I think.
2) I don't think I've ever seen special teams this bad.
3) Some of the tackling by Colgate annihilated a few Stanford players. What's going to happen against USC?
4) Speaking of USC, they were favored by 32.5 over Rice and won by 52, 66-14. Saturday's home game vs. USC is going to be ugly.
5) I think our offense can improve, it looks like it has potential. I liked the play calls, I liked the crispness. I think we'll be okay on offense, maybe middle of the Pac-12 pack as long as McKee stays healthy.
6) That said, if you take away E. J. Smith's 87 yard run, he was 10 carries for 31 yards. Against Colgate. I don't think we have much of a run game -- we had three fumbles against COLGATE -- I think we're going to need to be really, really good at passing. At least we spread the passes around.
7) Our defense really, really scares me, and not in a good way. Stanford gave up 159 yards rushing to COLGATE.
1) If it weren't for Tanner McKee this would be a very ugly season. It might be anyway, but with him at least we have a chance.
4) Just because U$C blew out Rice does not mean they are King Kong. Heck, we beat them by 55 in 2017.
6) i agree we are going to have to be really good at passing. However, that shouldn't be news to anyone.
7) As far as our defense is concerned, at least we held Colgate without an offensive touchdown. That should be worth something.

