One QB finished at 71%, the other at 79%
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Laviano has a suspect arm, makes bad decisions, and is 2 turnovers to 1 touchdown in real games. That kid should sit.
Laviano made a few bad decisions today, but can't kill him for what he did today - he did enough to win. What others are saying about his arm may be true, and it may be time for Rettig - I'm indifferent at this point. I do think we have a killer running game.
Laviano completed 79% of his passes and still only averaged 7.0 yards per attempt. That tells you that it was a lot of dinking and dunking. Laviano's longest completion was 20 yards. I know we play ball control and aren't gonna just chuck it up downfield, but you need to be able to take shots downfield.
Look at the deeper stats. We had 66 offensive plays. They had 82. We had twice as many penalty yards as them.
Look at the deeper stats. We had 66 offensive plays. They had 82. We had twice as many penalty yards as them.
Laviano made some really dumb mistakes but he is not the sole reason we lost. 2 holding calls loom large in my mind. Also so many penalties!!! And some other unlucky stuff...like missing the INT
OUR secondary was pretty porous....
Conversely we had SO MANY opportunities to win!..
OUR secondary was pretty porous....
Conversely we had SO MANY opportunities to win!..
That's what you get when you only can throw the ball 5 yards down the field. But overall, very mediocre day for CL. His arm is just so weak.
This. Was not delivering the ball on time perhaps due to lack of arm strength.
It is not even that Laviano sucks.. he doesn't suck. But all of us, fans, players, etc.. all of us deserve to have seen what Rettig could have done with this team. It is as if Flood is afraid that success by Retttig might call his decision on Laviano into doubt. If we never again see what Rettig can do it will be sad for all of us.
If Laviano's first half next week is a repeat of the 1st half today, he absolutely should not start the second half. No vertical threat, no zip on the balls to the edge anyway, three terrible decisions with the football that led to two turnovers and cost us scoring chances... Laviano shares a lot of responsibility for what happened today, too, along with the penalties by Muller and Goodwin, and the overall pass defense.
Laviano to me looks like a very capable back up. The guy you can rely on in an emergency, but won't win games as the starter.
Is our running game really as good as we think it is? We had 198 yards on 37 carries. That's an average of 5.35 yards per carry against a Defense that gave up over 200 rushing yards to an FCS team just last week.
By comparison, WSU had 81 yards rushing on 16 carries for 5.06 yards per carry. Not much lower that us, yet running the ball is supposed to be our strength.
By comparison, WSU had 81 yards rushing on 16 carries for 5.06 yards per carry. Not much lower that us, yet running the ball is supposed to be our strength.
For all the talk of penalties, bad mistakes et al, the thing that most stood out to me today was our lack of pass rush.
We know our secondary is inexperienced and will blow some coverages over the course of games. But any decent QB can play like Tom Brady when he can stand in the pocket for a seeming eternity on every snap and still have enough space to step into his throws. WSU doubled Turay with a RB all game and nobody else did jack squat.
We know our secondary is inexperienced and will blow some coverages over the course of games. But any decent QB can play like Tom Brady when he can stand in the pocket for a seeming eternity on every snap and still have enough space to step into his throws. WSU doubled Turay with a RB all game and nobody else did jack squat.
