Reydituto wrote:Not pretty. Angelo did make a couple Utes pay the Chol Toll. Bill Walton and Dave Pasch were in mid-season form. But yeah, brutal game to watch.Olsondogg wrote:Yeah, especially if we get SDSU again. Listening to that Utah game was brutal, I can only imagine what it looked like...
I stopped reading here. To this point it was the most arrogant, obnoxious, self-aggrandizing and patronizing post I've read on the boards in a long time. No reason to read further, your opinion of UA's offense clearly forecast in the fit of pique above, and what remained was surely a premature ejaculation of overwrought and underthought musings poorly informed by too small a sample and reinforced by a lazy reliance on past performance, which as we all know but sometimes forget, does not guarantee future results.NYCat wrote:Well you guys have the equivalent of the far left side opinions & takes covered, I'll take the right. Left being the Brady Hoke ways of seeing things, which was thinking Michigan could still win the NC after 3 loses, also clapping as hard as he can even when the Qb just threw another pick. Right being the Nick Saban/Rich Rod way - tough, hard, critical not because you hate them but because you want better from them. The truth isn't always on the left or the right, always somewhere in the middle, so just some contrasting opinions.
Slow starts and games will happen but the team will win making everyone forget. Very similar to the last couple of years.
Just like last year the team had a good offensive performance to ease my doubt's. Now that I think about it objectively, Theus' scheme allowed the team to run and play a more fast paced game where the offense excelled.
I understand its hard to pay attention to the problems when you're winning, even more so when you mainly look at the final score + stats. Especially when a lot of you choose to only look at the end result/destination instead of the journey. ...
(Did I see correctly that you cited in-game threads as "support" for your take? The pinnacle of no-filter, heat-of-the-moment, lack of forethought, straight-from-your-brain-to-the keyboard-hit-enter-no-pause displays of unrestrained id which form a cesspool of irrational postings digitally enshrined for all to see? Those threads? Please. If anything, doing so completely undercuts any and all coherent points you attempt to convey. Next time, cite wikipedia or call Miss Cleo, you'll have more credible support for your arguments then.)
All I will say in regards to the offense THIS SEASON, is 1.) it's a work in progress - The issue so far isn't talent, ability, or scheme, it's consistency and coherence, which will improve over time - which 2.) after 3 games, has already shown flashes of real potential. While I believe this team won't hit its offensive stride until conference play, it will become more efficient and productive by season's end than last year, and that some patience in the interim will be rewarded.
Heck, the CSN game you referred to as a "good offensive performance" wasn't even all that good - FG%s and point total aside, way too many turnovers even with the high tempo, guards were completely ineffective in feeding the post, too many empty possessions and missed too many FTs - so I'm not even convinced you'd know a good offensive performance anyway unless it sat on your face and wiggled.
Of course, you have no appreciation for Sharon Stone, so it's no wonder that any offense that is less than the equivalent of a "wham-bam-thank-you-maam" quickie does not impress you ...
Should have followed your cue ...dcZONAfan wrote:Stopped reading at "I'll take the right"
That's exactly what I saw too, and while I'm not sure on the rule, I thought as long as you don't touch the ball while you're OOB, you're OK, but I could be wrong. My understanding was that it's different than football, and you don't have to "reestablish" yourself in bounds.gumby wrote:I rolled it back and watched last night. But then I deleted the game. Pretty sure he pushed the ball ahead, stepped on the line with one foot, stepped back in with one foot (with the other off the ground) and touched the ball.Chicat wrote:I thought his first foot hadn't come down in bounds yet before he touched the ball, but I could be wrong about that. Would have to watch a replay to be certain.gumby wrote:So reestablish means both feet? He had one foot back in and the other in the air when he touched the ball. Anyway, nice effort.
Maybe someone else can rewatch to confirm. But if it's both feet, this is moot. Definitely didn't do that.
Either way, the officiating - both last night, and the prior two games - has been in preseason form. Which is to say, terrible. They are making a ton of anticipation calls, and a ton of "aftermath" reaction calls, but they aren't really calling what actually happened. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea that a karate kick to the back of the head isn't a foul, but anything less than a static arms-up statue on defense is ...
Did Reggie Theus coach the Anteaters too?