Agree Alabama’s line wasn’t playing so well in the beginning of the year and it improved over the course of the year. Michigan put it back in its place lol. They also had those center low snap issues often throughout the year.
Penix 255, McCarthy 140
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I think their DL was what did it because they could cause enough problems to get in Penix’s head while also allowing the guys behind them to keep everything underneath and in front of them. The DL neutralized the strength of UW’s team by bothering Penix enough.
They broke the rules but the unknown is how much did it matter. If they had fallen apart well then you could say that must be it and why they’re good. Instead they went off winning the next whatever many games including PSU, OSU, Alabama and UW so then it quells the idea of just how much the Stalion stuff mattered.
I think they will take a step back because of the personnel losses but if Harbaugh leaves to the NFL it could be a bigger step back.
I see your point, but it still doesn't matter to me. They are still cheating scumbags, and Harbaugh could not even admit to the fact that they did something wrong. I'm a purist when it comes to winning the "right" way.
Here’s another example of offense helping a team outperform its status on the landscape.
Kansas was ranked around the top 20 in scoring and total and 6 in YPP on offense and got a 9 win season and ranked in the final AP poll since 2007. Beat OU this year too. This was a team that averaged less than 2 wins in the decade prior to his arrival and were at the bottom of the P5 in other offensive categories over that decade. Leipold and Kotelnicki don’t throw it all over either, they run it a good bit using motion, misdirection and shifts. Kotelnicki is going to PSU next year so we’ll see if Kansas’ offense can keep it going.
Kansas was ranked around the top 20 in scoring and total and 6 in YPP on offense and got a 9 win season and ranked in the final AP poll since 2007. Beat OU this year too. This was a team that averaged less than 2 wins in the decade prior to his arrival and were at the bottom of the P5 in other offensive categories over that decade. Leipold and Kotelnicki don’t throw it all over either, they run it a good bit using motion, misdirection and shifts. Kotelnicki is going to PSU next year so we’ll see if Kansas’ offense can keep it going.
Pennix missed two huge impact throws that should have been 7.
The margins in a NC are especially small. When you miss to gimme blown coverage throws, you probably aren't springing an upset.
The margins in a NC are especially small. When you miss to gimme blown coverage throws, you probably aren't springing an upset.
You aren't winning at NC "the right way". Every single team is breaking rules. The really good teams are probably breaking a lot of them.
One thing Washington and the other Westcoast teams will need to learn is how to effectively hold, at the point of attack. Cant break some of those big runs without good effective holds by your offensive linemen. Plus they need to realize you are not getting any calls in happy valley, the shoe or in Ann arbor.
They’re fortunate to be in the B10 west but they’re also not that so far down the CFB status totem pole either. Nonetheless they are almost a unicorn in that respect anyway considering how anemic their offense was, it’s not something ther is replicated but I can give multiple examples and have of programs that aren’t that high on the status totem pole overachieving on the back of productive offense and mediocre, or even sometimes worse, defense.
Paul Chryst is rumored to be a candidate for OC at Iowa. That would be a solid pickup for them and they might finally get over their offensive anemia lol.
Penix probably lost millions last night but he'll still get drafted.
Pickers had him going in first 3 spots but I dont see it.
He could have a draft night like Brady Quinn where the cameras follow his face while he drops down.
Against cupcakes. They lost to any decent team on the schedule. The only two teams on their schedule that they beat with a regular season winning record were Wisconsin, Iowa State and Northwestern, and they were all marginal teams. The West is a cakewalk.
But Interceptions are relevant. McCarthy threw 4 picks all year. Inexplicably, 3 against Bowling Green, and Michigan won that game. In the other game, against Maryland, they barely won, and Maryland lost because Taulia threw 2 INTs vs. McCarthy's 1 INT.
Rutgers won every game in which there was 0 INTs, and lost every game where there was an INT, except Michigan State, which was won largely on a blocked punt.
Like it or not, a reliable passer and a solid passing game to complement the running game matters.
When was the last time RU rushed for 300 yards on 8 yards per attempt against an opponent of Washington's caliber?
Defense wins and speed kills. Those 1st 2 TD runs for Michigan the DB's for Washington had angles and still couldn't take him down. That was the game right there.
I think those first early scores by M really hood-slapped W.
It sucks when the whistle blows and all of a sudden you're getting creamed, and you realize you have a tiger by the tail, and he's more psyched-up than you are.
It was that Tyson thing about everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
Yes Turnovers matter a lot when you rely on the run game and Defenae. That’s all part of the formula.
Regarding MSU we did not win because of the fumbled punt (not a blocked punt) because we gave them 7 points on a muffed punt right before the half. We won because we made some plays including a few nice passes and then ran out the clock the last 7 minutes. That was a clinic by Monangai and the OL. We also got some help on the pooch kickoff that they misplayed but we made a great play there.
Yes, all correct. Not sure if you were trying to make a point about RU QB in your OP. I'm neutral on the topic of our QB, but I will say we need to see a significant improvement in the RU passing game next year. That includes the receivers. But I don't care how we get there--GW, AS, AK, or someone else. It just needs to improve. INTs were a real problem, as was completion %. Need to seeing that completion % in the mid to upper 50's and a TD/INT ratio of at least 2/1, if not better.
I don’t care either. We can pass for 300 yards or run for 200 yards as long as we win I’m good.
Yes, we all want more wins. However it happens. Fans have a tendency to latch onto one QB or another, and Rutgers fans are not different--the "best" QB is often thought by fans to be (1) the backup (2) the new recruit (3) the one who transferred out. They are often incorrect. I have been guilty of #3 at least twice. Competition is a good thing and will hopefully bring the best out of the QB room next year.
I'm a little slow. I'm missing the point.
To a point, Rutgers rushed for 276 yards against Indiana and did not come close in any other games to that mark (Wagner does not count and did not look).
Guess the point is that it does not really matter how you get the yards, as long as you get a lot of them that lead to scores, hopefully TDs?
