September 4th, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
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Overall OL was mixed. Pass protect was generally excellent vs a stunting, aggressive D. run block was for shit. Disgusted a bunch of upperclassmen OL (+ Cole) are not at least mediocre at run block esp with the "improvement" they had late last year. It apears that improvement was Drake Johnson, not the OL.
rudock was bad for a 5th year sr. INT 1 I am guessing was on Perry for the bad route but INT 2 and 3 on Jake and his long passes were putrid. He has 3 INTs after 5 last year and the worry about why Iowa was so conservative with him is that he is this. I have to imagine he is not this bad. If he was just meh it would have been a game decided at last moment.
run game stunk. It is what it is. We cant run block and we dont have great runners. Smith bless his heart works hard and with a good run blocking OL would get 4+ yds per carry - dude falls forward 1 yard every play but had 2 guys at the LOS almost every play.
Main positive was Butt and Darboh. Also Darboh and Chesson got over the top of Utah newbie corners. But rudock struggled with anything over 20 yards. I hope it was a wind issue to a degree.
What is sad is this is not a young offense. Aside from Perry and Cole all the contributors are 3+ years in college football. Jake's struggles really sucked because the OL gave him time. He just needs to be better because our run game is a project and if we cant pass to open the run we have a lot of issues.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:16 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
Pass blocking looked great sans Ty.
Don't give up on Rudock, he'll be ok.
Smith had more broken tackles than yards. I think his pass blocking won him the starting spot though.
WRs impressed, even Perry. he was part of the three INTs, but he threw some monster blocks.
We may need to look at Higdon.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
but uh... +1
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September 4th, 2015 at 1:58 AM ^
That said, it's fair to criticize Rudock for missing a ton of opportunities. He did not look like the answer at QB tonight. Morris may be an even worse option...but if htat's the case the offense has a very low ceiling
September 4th, 2015 at 12:14 AM ^
Kudos to Butt and O'Neil
September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
I think Harbaugh can play better at his age than Rudock. Smith is not good. That was an excellent 2 minute drill at the end. Wish they would have done that earlier. Perry will improve. He is good, but he is too Green. Needs time.
Butt is the real deal. WRs are not bad at all.
Good improvement. I am proud of the team. I think they fought till the end. We beat ourselves.
Need another TE. If AJ is the 2nd best TE, we are in trouble.
Overall, I am encouraged. I am actually positive that they have a good shot at going 3-1.
Decent team and has room to improve.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
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September 4th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^
What the fu'ck do you mean?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
Three picks, two touchdowns blown. Rudock cost us the game. He was supposed to insure competence. What a joke.
It would have been very easy to believe the offense was being coached by Hoke and quarterbacked by Gardner.
September 4th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
taken out an insurance policy on competence? The word you want is "ensure." For the record, I think Rudock is going to be good.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
What have you seen frrom Green outside of games vs baby seals that says he needs to be in? He falls over if you breath on him. He gets yards vs the App States of the world then when real teams show up he has a 3 ypc. No diff than Smith. The staff sees these guys every day and they put in ross frigging Douglas ahead of Green.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
Keep going!!
September 4th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
better than last year. Even with three interceptions.
That's my hot shiitake.
On to week two.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:18 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^
Are you sure about that?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:56 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:57 AM ^
Typo
September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:11 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
Which means he throws roughly three times harder than Russell Bellomy.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
Be fine.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
And it's absurd. The first one pretty obviously was Perry's fault; pick two was wildly overthrown. On pick three Perry ran the correct route and Rudock threw it right in his direction... Ignoring the defender who jumped the route. That was a fine route that was covered. Rudock cannot make that throw.
People must think that Perry should have, in a split second, seen the defender, change his route, and bent back toward the LOS (away from the line to gain). That's ridiculous.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
And a stunningly bad performance from a seasoned QB. He was a disaster from the get go. He looked good in the 4th quarter though.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^
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