September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
trash. hot trash
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:51 PM ^
Good god, Jake. You need to make those TD passes. Wide open. Missed two TDs.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
I think he missed 3. Either way, totally different game if he hits one of them.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:53 AM ^
He did miss three of them, but we ended up scoring after the third one anyway. The first two cost us 11 points, though.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:15 AM ^
There is little to no excuse for a division 1 College QB with excellent pass protection to miss on those throws. Can probably chalk it up to timing issues but still, you have to make those throws.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:37 AM ^
Or the 15-20mph winds....
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
He can't be worse than Rudock
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
He is worse
September 4th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
Stop. He's played maybe 6 quarters of football under an inept staff.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:16 AM ^
Lol after that pick 6, they trotted Ruddock back out, I told my friend wow Morris must have played like shit. If it was a close QB competition, I doubt Ruddock would have played in the second half. Oh well, if you leave 17 point on the field ( 2 overthrown TD's and a missed FG) and have 3 bad interceptions but only lose by 7, you played a descent game.
Pass protection was beautiful most of the game, WR's where getting open, there where plays to be made.
Jake Butt is a man.
Deveon Smith .... Seemed to hesitate run up to the line then stop, missed a few holes, dropped a wide open pass.
Defense played extremely well most of the game. No turnovers (an interception to end the half doesn't really count as a turnover) was a disappointment.
Peppers gave up two big pass plays but made some huge plays as well. When Peppers tackles someone they stay tackled.
There was a lot of good thing about this game. Should have won this game, really feel like we gave it away but it's better than we have played on the road in the past 7-8 years
September 4th, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
Is anybody else just tired of seeing Deveon smith as running back? I am not saying he doesn't run hard by any means, because he definitely does, but seriously though. He always seems to hesistate and he's nowhere near quick enough to hesistate and get away with it, especially against Utah with this OL.
I can't wait for Drake Johnson to get back, Ty Isaac looked even slower than Smith and I didn't even think that was possible.
Put in Karan Higdon or somebody or Jabrill please.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:31 AM ^
No, but I am ungodly tired of watching the offensive line be awful in run blocking.
Kyle Kalis is never overpowered, but he's a rotten puller. He NEVER fails to miss the inside man. It's like he just cannot figure out that someone could possibly come at the ballcarrier from his right when he pulls.
When he figures that out, guys will start running for 20+ yards in chunks. Well, that and when the rest of the line gets its shit together. They just cannot run the ball well enough to win consistently.
Sorry to be a downer, I just really was sure they'd have sorted this out. Seeing our backs getting hit before they could reallty get started all night was just grueling.
And Rudock is extremely underwhelming regardless of tunrnovers. Morris must have just been terrible. Its too bad, his career and potential are effectively wasted now.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:25 AM ^
I sure am. He plays hard and that's great, but I feel like he might be one of those guys who is a practice warrior and in games doesn't really put it all together. He looked exactly the same as he did last year. Missed holes, danced when he got to the line of scrimmage. I wonder if Isaac or Green will get more carries the next game. Smith is just way too slow for power 5 football.
September 4th, 2015 at 2:14 AM ^
Higdon deserves a shot if he shows he can play in practice. Don't understand the redshirt projections for him. We are not good enough at RB to auto-redshirt anyone.
September 4th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
Yes, Smith is a tough player, no question. But he just doesn't have the burst to get through a hole quickly and pose a threat to the opposing defense. He brings no dynamicism and doesn't make defenses have to think.
September 4th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
He has a some burst, he just does the same damn thing we saw over and over last year from him and Green of missing a hole that is literally* screaming to be run through.
*figuratively
September 4th, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^
Assuming Morris must have been terrbile to not get into the game in flawed logic; if Harbuagh takes Rudock out of the game then that puts a ton of pressure on Morris to succeed, becuase at that point it's hard to go back to Rudock or a game of msucial QBs would ensue.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:46 AM ^
Even before the game they said expect to see (Morris) whoever doesn't start.
I'm not worried that much. I glanced at the game thread and saw folks freaking out, last year OSU looked a lot worse than we did today playing an inferrior opponent at home. I'm expecting this to be an outlier game for Jake Rudock. There where plays to be made, like I said before. We'll see how we look next week. Folks need to be patient here with Harbaugh because honestly, not only was he the best option at coach, he was the only option.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:28 AM ^
Those talking heads don't know who's coming in or not. By most accounts all fall camp, Rudock has been way better. There was never going to be any QB coming in the game besides the starter (barring injuries of course). It's time people let go of the Shane Morris dream and realize he just isn't that good of a quarterback. Canon for an arm and seems like a great guy, but he isn't accurate consistently.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:01 AM ^
Even after the pick-six, the game was still within reach (24-10 with about 8:00 to go). At that point it's probably not a good idea to bring in a QB cold off the bench and ask him to be the saviour.
September 4th, 2015 at 6:13 AM ^
So don't bring a quarterback in off the bench while the game is within reach. Okay.
September 4th, 2015 at 7:41 AM ^
for Smith to miss. The OL still needs a lot of work, but I think they will improve. When we can't get 4 yards consistently, we're always chasing 5-10 on 3rd down, putting pressure on the QB. This was a problem the whole night. Pass blocking seemed okay.
September 4th, 2015 at 9:03 AM ^
I disagree. I guess we will see in the UFR, but I thought there were quite a few instances where Smith had cutback lanes and chances to bounce it outside, but he chose to run into a big pile of bodies instead. I don't know if it is a lack of speed, or vision, but it is the difference between a 1-2 yard gain and a 10-20 yard gain.
September 4th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
Only saw one hole all night. Only saw push from our Oline once all night toward the very end of the game. I hope Utah's Dline is really that good! I guess we will find out in the next couple of games. But I think its because our oline sucks. It appears we really miss Miller. How can all these 4-star guys be this bad!
Its pretty bad that the only time you notice our Oline is when they wiff badly. How about making some holes. 4th and short, Kalis pulls and blocks no one. He should have hit the first red jersey he saw.
In defense of DeVeon, its pretty tough to run when there are no holes.
Drake Johnson is the only guy with vision who knows how to set up his blocks with his sharp cuts. I didn't see anything from any of the running backs last night. I'm sure Drake would have cut to the outside on the run DeVeon blindly ran into the pile. I hope he comes back for BYU.
The reason for running the ball is to set up play action off the run fake.
Why didn't we run any other play action other than the bootleg?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
Harbaugh doesn't seem to agree.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
What does he know?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
He is.. better hope Gentry Malzone Okorn or Peters are the answer for next year.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
Watched him in the practice. He is not only worse, but it's not even close. Morris overthrew at least 3 guys on deep routes as well.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
So they're even then...
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September 4th, 2015 at 8:42 AM ^
Na, I'm saying he had that issue as well. The offense actually chugged along with Rudock then while the offense under Morris literally sat in a standstill as he missed guys constantly.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:04 AM ^
I fear that if it had been Morris in there, instead of overthrowing by 3 yards the ball is caught in the 10th row by a lucky fan from Kanarraville.
Overall, I'm not even mad. I said a week ago I don't know what to expect, a blowout either way, a close game... What we saw was a game where it was tied other than that pick-6. It's a good start. (Wish it was better, but there was enough. I only threw my cap once and cussed.)
Kinda eerie that all three of Harbaugh's college coaching carrers began with a loss where his team scored 17. The man is consistant.
September 4th, 2015 at 4:24 PM ^
Pretty part of the state. A lot of the town looks right into Zion National Park.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
Umm..didn't we play that game last year with him and Gardner? He was most certainly worse
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:47 AM ^
I mean not close to scaring anybody.
September 4th, 2015 at 7:12 AM ^
He was never said to be "explosive". Quite opposite of that was said about him.
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
Jake Butt
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
There was a semblance, which there wasn't under Hoke.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
Honestly, not that pissed about the O. This game embodied the cliche about games being decided by a few plays to a T. 3 missed open TDs & one awful, awful pick-6 are what decided the outcome. In game 1 of a new era, new staff, new QB, new system, I'll live with that. If we still are seeing this regularly in year 2 & 3, that's a problem, but this one showed a lot of promise for the future.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^
Don't think anyone's allowed to be this rational after a loss. But I have to believe that you're right. And I believe the coaches can fix some of these problems that do exist.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:12 AM ^
with smith getting 12 rushes for 24 yards was a little disheartening
September 4th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
Deveon only has himself to blame for 12 carries for 24 yards.
You cant run up to the LoS and just stop, fall forward for a yard or two. You got to hit a hole hard, even a little one. He missed a few cut back runs as well. The O line wasn't stellar run blocking but there where missed opportunities in the run game.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
You've gotta be kidding. Any mortal human would have died after two of those runs. Deveon Smith is a MAN. He had literally nowhere to go.
I watched like a hawk, there was bloody nothing there.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
You must of watched like a hawk with the IQ of a 12 year old
September 4th, 2015 at 9:14 AM ^
Must of.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^
You must of watched like a hawk with the IQ of a 12 year old
September 4th, 2015 at 7:45 AM ^
so I could neg bang you twice. Hope you enjoyed it too. There were very few holes opened up by our line last night. Smith often got more yards than he should have. On the bright side, I think Utah's D is actually pretty good.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:38 AM ^
Watch the fullback and pulling guards. I can think of at last a half dozen occasions he didn't follow them (one of them was on the 4th down run) and he ended up running into traffic. He's far from exempt from criticism here.
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September 4th, 2015 at 1:49 AM ^
Fullback you might have a point, but lordy, I don't know about the guards.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:56 AM ^
Smith played terrible, ran hard, played terrible. missed holes, indecision, dropping the easiest pass he's ever gonna get for a first down.
He looked exactly the same as he did last year.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:57 AM ^
Ok so... you disagree with me, coach Harbaugh and the announcing crew. They all said there where missed holes, missed cutbacks. A good 90% of his runs he ran up to the line and stopped. It seemed like Ty Isaac ran better on his attempts ( had issues in pass protection though). I don't see what the big deal is, Deveon did the same thing last year and got out performed by Drake Johnson. Deveon couldn't find a hole with a flashlight and a shovel but Drake found them but, whatever you're entitled to your opinion