Ball traveling over 20 yards in the air .
Yes if the trigger man plays decently. There were plays called to get WRs off the LOS and he called successive plays in a row if one play worked. I believe only two RBs were used, Dowdell and Emmit, and had some nice success. It appears DR is gun shy and afraid to "throw" the ball with authority. He keeps trying to "place" it in a spot. There were many correct plays called but the trigger man choked.
I believe DH will have gained some valuable "in-game performance" knowledge today of the actual ability of these kids. He's a smart enough guy to upgrade the offensive performance by next Sat.
How do we know HH sees the field better than DR? If last year is any indication, I would disagree. Maybe it’s true, but we haven’t seen enough of him this year to say that, have we?
So if we fix the play calling, the next step is fix the trigger man. Hopefully that comes quickly.
I'm not sure anyone on the staff has the balls to do the right thing. Their sphincters are really tight trying to get that 6th win ...
I’m just curious if we looked any different, because if we didn’t, the next two weeks would be even harder to watch. At least a change has been made and it could pay off.
That’s what I’m afraid of to. The team is not getting better. They are mistake, prone, and they do not execute simple things. I have no reason to believe this will change. Coach will not do the hard things that are required.
And one of the FG drives started at the USC 16 yard line.
I have the feeling the crowd is gonna get real restless, real quick, Saturday if NU comes flying out of the blocks like normal......
I get it. I'm just tired of trying to have substantive conversations about this program. We lose. A lot. It rationally does not seem possible that anything could pay off for this team. I should try to stay away from here when I have nothing positive to add.
It has been obvious since the Illinois game. Nothing has been done, or the appearance of doing something, to fix his game. The same mistakes are being made. That is either bad coaching or refusing to be coached. To this day, he still does not set his feet like Rhule had told him to do. You can't throw in rhythm that way and your passes float.
They are obviously gonna use him, so instead of anything lateral he needs to be sent off vertically from the LOS. His movement is limited, but laterally its virtually zero.
We’ve seen glimpse how good Dylan can be, jmo I think he’s been hurt since the Illinois game and the defensive coaches have thrown things at him that confuses him especially when satt was the oc, I still believe we will see a new offense by the Iowa game
You’re good. I’m just trying to see if THIS TIME there is something we can hang our hat on. But I get it.
I hope so, doubtful, but there is always hope. There is a disconnect somewhere between his prep and game performance. He could be a practice like Tarzan, play like Jane player...
Northern ILL gave the blueprint on how to defend him. His QB rating against man coverage is in the low 40s. Every team since then used that blue print with great success. Prior to that game he faced zone coverage and looked like a giant killer. It appeared that USC played some zone in the first half and got burned. I'm not sure how to coach him out of this.
Honestly, the run game looked a lot better at times. Just no consistency with anything on offense. I don't know what the stats actually say, but it feels like we're especially terrible on 1st down.
It seems like a CEO type coach could be free enough to handle that part of the game. But clearly that’s too hard for him. Makes you wonder what Rhule actually brings to the table.
Raiola failed to see Banks wide open for a go ahead TD. Offense much more fluid. Nice tweaks that USC adjusted to in the second half. Still not really committed to the run in the redzone.
Pretty much. That said, beating both Wisconsin and Iowa would make me very very happy.
