Polynesian Bowl Thread

Submitted by Bones032 on

Polynesian Bowl starts at 11pm est on crappy ESPN3.

Players of interest:

Team Mariota

#7 Nico Collins, #5 Kurt Taylor

Team Stanley

#66 Chuck Filiaga, #12 Dylan McCaffery, #5 Josh Ross, #91 Philip Paea

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Bones032

January 21st, 2017 at 11:59 PM ^

Looks like the WR and TE both were running to the same area, and noticed it, so they both stopped on the INT. Also he got hit while backing up and throwing it, pretty much bad offense all the way around on that play, and the game in general.

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Danwillhor

January 22nd, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^

Love me some defense but the system of going out to Hawai'i, practicing for 2 days and playing a game of any kind that isn't backyard-ball is insane (ha)

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 12:01 AM ^

SMH Poor decision by Dylan lobbing it across the middle but these Offensive Lines for both sides are horrendous. The QBs have no pocket or time to look for recievers. No holes for running backs to run through. WR are dropping easy catches

This is a disaster even for highschool standards

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^

Wasnt pretty but Dylan steps on the field and a team finally scores. Might force the coaches hands to keep him in longer just so the game has SOME offense

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Losher

January 22nd, 2017 at 12:44 AM ^

Maybe Michigan can get in on this wedington kid who's playing RB next to Dylan. He seems like a stud athlete who's got speed to spare, which is something we saw Michigan could always use more of on their roster. The more guys who can take it the distance on any given play

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 1:05 AM ^

Wish I could see into the secondary when Dylan is in. I mean he's holding the ball so long. Either the WR arent seperating, the coverage is amazing (Unlikely) or Dylan is just not seeing the field well

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Losher

January 22nd, 2017 at 1:21 AM ^

It's extremely windy, the blocking is worse than suspect, these games are made for defense, no blitzing means more guys playing underneath coverage. It's not set up for him to drop back set up and throw it all over the field. I wouldn't take this or the Army game as the end all be all for the kid

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 2:13 AM ^

Yeah they just showed the flags blowing in the wind. Man oh man that looks brutal to throw or kick in. I kind of thought the announcers were just exageratting the wind to make an excuse for the poor offense but they sure werent lying it was a windy one

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 2:39 PM ^

One of the kids on Team Mariota launched himself into Dylan and then stood over him taunting him. Kid got called for Targetting, taunting, and was ejectedThat's why he said "F that kid" which is understandable. It wasnt just a dirty hit it was also the fact he taunted

Like it was full on supermanning into Dylan's upper body right after he threw the ball  on the run so he was completely vulnerable

 

 

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Skiptoomylou22

January 22nd, 2017 at 1:56 AM ^

Muffed snap by McCafrey on the QB sneak. His team recovered it and got the go-ahead field goal. Got lit up once that drive as well as a few lenient late hit calls. Liked his pocket presence on a few plays that allowed him to have a pocket. 

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MichiganStan

January 22nd, 2017 at 2:14 AM ^

Welp, Dylan did lead his team on the game winning drive so thats a plus. Im extremely impressed by his leadership skills and his IQ. He's constantly taking to his teammates, patting on the back if they make a mistake, and the way he sold that personal foul was crucial in setting up for good FG position. Harbaugh picked a great kid

On the flip side, Team Stanley iced their own kicker LMFAO, there were like 8 interceptions and like 3 fumbles, so this had to be the ugliest game I've seen in recent memory

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Steves_Wolverines

January 22nd, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^

My thoughts and analysis: Nico Collins was targeted close to 10 times. I think he had 3 catches for 27 yards. He also had 4 drops, and poorly timed 3 jump balls he should have won. Kurt Taylor looked like a RB version of Peppers. Kid is 100% muscle, and a super encouraging kid on the sidelines. Had an impressive KO return, and some decent runs behind shaky OL play all game. He was chatting up Nico on the sidelines a lot pre game, but not so much in-game. I didn't notice Ross at all, not sure if he played, but it was tough to find him out there if he did play. Chuck and Phil both played OL, Chuck at RT and Phil at RG and LG. I don't know anything about grading OL play, but Chuck looked good straight up 1v1 blocking, but if they tried anything fancy like pulling him to block interior stuff or getting him in space, it just didn't work at all. I'd give Dylan a B+ in this game. His receivers couldn't get open, it was crazy windy, and his interior OL couldn't block. He had some nice deep balls better receivers catch, he had some poor decisions under pressure, and he looks like a good runner. I'd agree he needs to work on building muscle before he starts at Michigan. The two kids that stood out to me all night were Epenesa and the running back #5 Wedington. Of course they both won MVP, defensive for AJ, and offensive for Wedington. Also, the crowd was super disappointed that Mariota couldn't make it due to having surgery recently, and that Tua couldn't play because he's an EE at bama. I suspect the game would have higher scoring if he played.

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