Originally posted by Lord EvolutionThe offense really did just stop moving for a large chunk of that game. Got to be honest, I thought they were better than what I saw tonight; they very well might have just came out flat, but I was unimpressed. I think this year might just be a prelude to a dominating season next year.
Crazy ****ing game. McKnight is the man and Barkley just became a man with that final drive.I am not too sure about our chances at a Title this season with the stagnant offense, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to enjoy this college season any less.
I think we might lose to Oregon or Arizona.
Originally posted by forumcrewThe road to BYU getting a chance at the BCS Championship got a lot easier, too. Sooner or later, the SEC teams ahead of them in the standings will have to start eating their own, and with the Pac 10 powerhouse out, that leaves only Florida/whoever comes out of the SEC undefeated, Penn State if they win the Big 10, and Texas in front of them.
The road for Florida to repeat got a lot easier today.
Originally posted by forumcrewThey're losing right now, but they'll get it together. The Florida State line is just too big for the defensive line of BYU (because of the differences in recruiting and athletes) that they're running a lot; but once they start passing, Florida State will hit a big wall right away.
Yea should Texas manage to lose tonight BYU needs to get real serious because they will have a nice road paved to the championship game. Granted there are a lot of Saturdays left for more people to choke.
Can't say that I didn't see that coming. Well actully I didn't, not against Washington at least. I knew for sure we were going to 1 or 2 games this season...but Washington????
Corp is an even worst QB than Booty. I am so glad Pete Carroll didn't make the same mistake he made with Sanchez/Booty, Barkley IS our starter and will be NFL bound in 3-4 years. Corp is trash. No arm, no confidence, and no leadership. If Barkley wasn't injured we win that game going away.
We'll still lose another game or two against a PAC-10 team on the road. This is '06 all over again.
Originally posted by forumcrewThey got caught looking ahead. They came out very lethargic, and never got it going; Max Hall looked like a corpse out there tonight. Unga, their running back, was in and out with injuries. And their defense? Atrocious. They were so slow in the first half, its not even funny. I'm disappointed because this was a game where Pitta and Hall could have lit up the scoreboard, but they blew it and choked, and now people are going to say "Oh, wow, they suck." That's far from the truth, they just laid an egg tonight.
Yea should Texas manage to lose tonight BYU needs to get real serious because they will have a nice road paved to the championship game. Granted there are a lot of Saturdays left for more people to choke.
You really are putting sole blame on Corp who had only thrown 4 passes in his career before this? I did not see much of the game but looking at the highlights and the numbers he only turned it over once, his teamates put it on the ground 4 times. He at least completed right at 60% of his passes and that roughing penalty might have been the biggest of all making it a chip shot FG to win the game after the defense let Locker march the huskies down the field.
To me that would be like blaming Paulus for that OT loss to Minnesota. Did he make a terrible throw? Yes he did. But it should have never come to that his O-line killed that team all day with penalties and his WR's dropped many big passes. I think this USC game looks like it was a similar situation.
Blame goes on Corp, turnovers, play calling and penalties. But if I were to put it on one player, it would be Corp. He failed to move the ball, and seemed to want to only throw it to receivers when they were double and triple covered. He should have had 3 int's but got lucky because the Washington db's dropped 2 that were right between the numbers.
I am not going to get into the details here, but the playcalling was some of the worst I have ever seen. Why we even attempted a single pass in the Washington redzone is beyond me. With the way Corp was playing, we should have been running it on every play. We had two backs averaging over 9 yards a carry and one that averaged 6, they got those numbers running against an 8/9 man stacked box. Corp did absolutely nothing to help that out. He didn't even attempt a pass over 12 yards.
The offense had good reason to be stagnant against Ohio State, but Corp laid an egg in this one. That was the worst performance from a USC QB in a decade.
Barkley needs to get healthy real fast. As does Taylor Mays.
Originally posted by botankus
I know no one cares (and I don't need to be reminded of that), but I was pumped when Clemson beat Miami Saturday night. That put my alma mater (Georgia Tech) in the driver's seat for the ACC Title game with only Wake and Duke left to play. Go Jackets!
Dont sleep on Duke this year! Its no secret I have never cared about Duke in football but it has been very fun laughing at my friends who love the Terps rubbing in the loss.