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  1. cycloneinpdx

    COLUMN: A glimmer of hope

    Too little, too late, unfortunately. I want to see some wins, but ultimately we will not make a bowl game; and if Lanning is successful down the stretch, that will just show how much of this season's failures are on the coaching staff. This is a decent football team. Unfortunately, the coaches...
  2. cycloneinpdx

    Different Team with Lanning

    No reason this offense shouldn't have won us 6 games this year, and no reason it shouldn't next year either. We will see if he coaching puts it all together or not.
  3. cycloneinpdx

    Different Team with Lanning

    Well he looked good but he probably shouldn't attempt to throw the ball into the end zone.
  4. cycloneinpdx

    WILLIAMS: ISU fires early, falls flat in loss to TCU

    If nothing else, why didn't Lanning come in when we were down 24 with 8 minutes left? We hadn't scored in 2.5 quarters. We weren't coming back. Put him out there and let him get some experience with the first team, at least. Because as much as this coaching staff seems to love Richardson...
  5. cycloneinpdx

    Coaching Prospects

    Is Jim Tressel available? :twitcy:
  6. cycloneinpdx

    So....

    Mike "Just led Washington State to a loss to Portland State" Leach? Yeah. When you figure out how that is an improvement, you let me know. At least we beat UNI (who is better than Portland State, for what it's worth).
  7. cycloneinpdx

    Why is everyone blaming Richardson?

    Look, he played well in the first half. He missed a few big throws in the second half. It's tough to win when you can't pass the ball, and he didn't have help. But that interception was high school freshman-level bad. He stared down his receiver, and then hit the defender in the numbers. We...
  8. cycloneinpdx

    A win next week at Toledo puts us back on track

    My thought is that we probably won't face many defenses as well coached as Iowa's. Iowa may not be the most talented, but they are good in the trenches. TCU and Oklahoma might have better defenses, but the others we should have more opportunities. Also, I think those games are winnable if--and...
  9. cycloneinpdx

    Would the real MM please

    I don't think those are similar at all. The Pistol is just an abomination that doesn't give your QB the time after receiving the ball that the shotgun does, and still doesn't really get your running back moving at the line when they get the hand off (which is a detriment of the spread). I...
  10. cycloneinpdx

    How can the offensive line be that bad?

    It's schematic. Our run plays are designed (by and large) to look like pass plays at the snap. The thought is to let your guy step up field, force him in the direction you want him to go, and then use his momentum to seal him off. We just can't hit the hole, or create a hole in that method. If...
  11. cycloneinpdx

    Surprised by how much more talent has than us

    You're quite the optimist then. I by no means think the season is lost, but if we give up big plays against Iowa, what will happen against TCU, Baylor, WVU, Oklahoma...? Our offense looked good in the first half, but 66 yards in the second half is unacceptable. We will be eaten alive in...
  12. cycloneinpdx

    A win next week at Toledo puts us back on track

    Maybe I'm drinking Koolaid still, but if we win next week, the following games I would expect us to compete in with the opportunity to win: Kansas Texas Tech Oklahoma State West Virginia K State Texas Does that equal 4-8? Maybe. That might also equal 6 wins and a bowl berth. I think we have...
  13. cycloneinpdx

    A win next week at Toledo puts us back on track

    Absolutely. A road win over a team that just beat Arkansas on the road? 2-1 nonconference, with Kansas coming to town that week? I feel a lot better about that. Yeah, we let this one slip away, but you know what? All is not lost. Next week isn't even necessarily a must win. It's a very...
  14. cycloneinpdx

    Disturbing

    Our offense played poorly in the second half, but they didn't quit. Our Defense ground and ground and ground until they had nothing left. They needed the offense to give them a rest, and never got it. But they didn't quit either.
  15. cycloneinpdx

    Would the real MM please

    We have done this short, quick passing game coupled with zone-read running for as long as I have been watching, it seems. I haven't been around as long as a lot of the fans around here, but I remember ******** about this as a freshman (2008). Hasn't changed since.
  16. cycloneinpdx

    Would the real MM please

    Are you kidding me? That's our defense in the past 3 years in spades. We don't pressure when we have the offense on the ropes. We give 10-yard cushions on coverage on 3rd and 1, and then still get beat over the top. That has always--ALWAYS--driven me nuts with Burnham. Even when we had Knott...
  17. cycloneinpdx

    Dink and dunk crap

    I am ready for a coaching staff and system that will install a power-running system, execute some ball control, and win games that way. I know that's traditionally Big 10 football, and it is ugly. But we aren't Baylor. We can't run that offense. We can't get those players. We can't win like...
  18. cycloneinpdx

    4th and 1

    It honestly wouldn't have mattered, given how poor we looked in the second half. I wish we would have gone for it, but if I remember correctly, we pinned them back, forced a punt, and ended up with about the same field position again (and didn't capitalize, again). It was the smart play at the...
  19. cycloneinpdx

    Dink and dunk crap

    Just a note: 31 plays in the second half, 66 yards. That isn't just a QB issue. That's an indictment of the whole offense--the line for not giving the QB time, and creating push in the running game, the RBs for not taking pressure off the QB, the QB for not making plays, and the WR for not...
  20. cycloneinpdx

    Trever Ryen at RB

    He's fast and can be a game breaker, but I don't think he's big enough to run at the line. I think you swing him out in the flats or on wheel routes (like his huge catch in the first half) and play him that way. Run plays have to be quick pitches, if he waits for a hand-off and the DE gets up...
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