Bear Down Wildcats

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Koloko with a 3! Having fun. Team looks athletic, and nice to see a zone D. Have a lot of very good players, but not sure if we have a true, go to star. Who takes the last shot? Tubelis? Mathurin? Kier, who is a super senior? Will be tough to beat UCLA, but we should be a tournament team and finish...

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Koloko with a 3! Having fun. Team looks athletic, and nice to see a zone D. Have a lot of very good players, but not sure if we have a true, go to star. Who takes the last shot? Tubelis? Mathurin? Kier, who is a super senior? Will be tough to beat UCLA, but we should be a tournament team and finish ...

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Better MCL than ACL. MCL takes weeks to recover. ACL months. And best to wait until Jamarye is fully healthy before he plays again. It's not like we have anything to play for except pride, and no reason to risk any further injury with Joiner. Even if it limits us even further at the QB situation.

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While I appreciate the kids playing hard, not sure we've really turned any corner after playing USC. USC seems to be a team built on recruiting rankings, and has no cohesion whatsoever. It's what got Helton fired, and the assistants who took over don't seem to know what they are doing from possessio...

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USC has reached the 20 point mark. Game over.

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To add more context, we rank 123 out of 130 D1 teams in penalties a game (https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/penalties-per-game). ASu is worse, by the way. Should be a run on yellow hankies when we finally play. 106 in yards per game (https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team/...

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You know what's fair to the entire team and fans? How about doing everything to win the fucking game!

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7 games into the season and still can't break the 20 point mark. Still breaking the 10 penalties a game mark. Still not winning any turnover battles. And now, can't even count to 11!

Just pathetic.

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Another loss. Another game we don't score 20 points. Another game with at least 10 penalties. Another game we lose the turnover battle.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Jedd Fisch error personified!

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So poorly coached. From top to bottom. PATHETIC!

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I know what this football team does better than anyone in the country! Costly penalties!

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Halftime adjustments. I'm not sure Fisch can adjust his pants at half, let alone a game plan. Pathetic.

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Bad teams find ways to lose. Bad coaches invent ways to lose. We're a bad team with a horrible coach.

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Critical penalties on D now. Fan-effing-tastic.

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D is getting tired. Again.

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Hey, we're shredding then on the ground. So the smart play must be throw an int!

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The points help but we must lead the nation in drive ending penalties. I think we are going to need another TD before the night is through if we want to actually win. We'll see.

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Dykes didn't like Stoops. If I remember correctly, Dykes lobbied for the job when we let Stoops go. But Dykes had only 2 years at LA Tech at the time, and hiring the departed coach's former coordinator might not have gone over well. I think Dykes will likely get another crack at P5 job with what he'...

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I wonder what might have been with a healthy Gronk. Also, what might have Mike Stoops done if he could've replaced his brother and Sonny Dykes with equally competent coordinators. Instead, I think we promoted from within for both O and D, and suffered because of it. Speaking of Dykes, he's still in ...

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scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:04 pm Wouldn't that be a like 31-14 score?

You're correct. That's why I don't bet. Either way, I'd still take the under.

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I don't expect Berryhill III to say much. That's not his style. He lets his play speak for himself when it comes to football. But Berryhill Sr. is a father of a very talented son, and it has to be difficult to watch the team flounder like a Fisch out of water week after week, while your son works hi...

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Line is now -17 for UW, with the O/U at 44.5. That's expecting a 27-17 or score line, or thereabouts. I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I'd take the under. I don't see us scoring 17, and I don't think UW has the firepower to pour it on against us, even if they wanted to. But that's just my opini...

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Plummer passed for over 6,800 yards and 58 tds to 35 ints as a starter for two years at Gilbert High. 4A, Phoenix area program, so against some Arizona quality schools. He's a little short at only 6'1", but has a good arm, and looks like he has command in the huddle. I'm not saying Plummer is the ne...

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Here's Plummer's lines for the three games he played last year: vs UCLA: 17 of 35 151 yards 2 INT vs Colorado: 19 of 32 154 yards 1 INT vs ASSu: 7 of 13 83 yards He's not a div 1 QB. Don't think it's fair to make an assessment off of a true freshman's performance, COVID-19 weirdness year, on a team...

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We have serviceable, mediocre quarterbacks on the roster. Cruz and Plummer have the arm strength and measurables any school would want. McCloud doesn't have the arm strength, but is more than athletic enough and smart enough to be a solid college QB. What we lack is the coaching. Player development ...

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I'm a Wildcat who grew up in S. Florida as a Dolphins fan. I think I'm going to swear off football for a while. When your teams are this pathetic, apathy sets in quickly.

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Even Mike Stoops managed to win 3 games with the roster left after the Mackovic disaster. And Stoops' first team displayed improvements over the season, even if the wins weren't coming. And it's not like Stoops was Nick Saban. But Fisch is making Mike Stoops look like Saban. Our current team not onl...

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I feel for the kids. Have to figure apathy is going to set in soon. Why try so hard if you know no matter what you're going to lose? Not blaming the kids. It's just human nature.

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Worst coached team ever!

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DrWildcat wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:52 pm Fisch needs to give up play calling duties.

Fisch needs to give up pretending he's qualified to be a head coach in the PAC-12. He's in way over his head. When you're being outcoached by Karl Dorrell, you are not a PAC-12 quality head coach.

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Dumbest coached team in the effing nation. Fisch's football IQ is in the minus range. Just awful, offense.

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This offense is worse than the Mackovic years. In all fairness to Mackovic, he did make a pedestrian quarterback named Jason Johnson into a record setting one. Mackovic was twice the offensive coordinator than Fisch. Mackovic coached teams could score over 20 a game. Unfortunately, they also gave u...

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This offense is worse than the Mackovic years. And worse than the Canales offenses with Stoops. And that's impressive, in a very bad way. Isn't Fisch supposed to be an offensive coach? Well, I can truly say, I'm offended.

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We fired RichRod really late, which tells me the AD was waffling on whether or not to fire him. The last straw was likely the lawsuit and allegations stemming from it, which caused the affair ordeal to get magnified. Just couldn't afford to keep RichRod in the me too era. Unfortunate too, because Ri...

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I didn't mind the Zardes sub. He's not creative, but he works hard, and runs all over the field. His work rate won a few balls, and Zardes' clearance ended the game. Last 15 minutes, CONCACAF opponent, with a lead, putting in Zardes to press and run is acceptable. All other instances? No. And a big ...

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The game in Panama had to be the most uninspiring effort I've seen by a USMNT in a long time. It's like they didn't even try. Formation, player selection, and coaching won't matter if the players just don't put in the effort. I guess you can say it's a coaching problem, especially if the players sle...

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It's five games in and I'm still trying to figure out Fisch's offensive philosophy. Is it hurry up? At times, yes. Spread? Occasionally. Power running? From time to time, but not enough. I can tell that we're not a vertical passing team, nor does Fisch like to run any read option, and very few RPO p...

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Fisch, the offensive genius (Ha!), has yet to break the 20 point mark! Pathetic. I feel bad for Don Brown and the D. They deserve better.

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Good teams find ways to win. Arizona finds ways to lose.

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And the bleeping bazooka to the foot. Silly mistakes. That's not on talent. That's coaching, or serious lack thereof. And now false start number 20!

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I lost count. Is that 8, 10, or 15 false starts so far? And at home! Holy eff!

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Arizona Football. We're not content with shooting ourselves in the foot. We bring out the bazooka to be sure.

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We're moving the ball well and DTR's arm isn't 100%. And yet, still down 1 at half. That's Arizona Football. If UCLA can't throw the ball down field, that should help us slow them down. Put a S in the box. And hopefully we can finish drives like we did with the TD. Do that, and this game is winnable.

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Pepi! Kid just knows where to be. And doesn't miss the easy opportunities. How long has the US looked for a target man in the middle like this? And tonight was the best I've ever seen the US playing out of the back. Only two or three silly giveaways in the midfield, and plenty of danger created. Mos...

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I think the Cardinals are for real this year. Murray is making good decisions and can anyone else match up with the top 4 WRs of Hopkins, Green, Kirk, and Moore? It's why Williams at TE is having a banner year, because he's usually left 1 on 1 with a LB as the Safeties are cheating to cover the rece...

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BYU was first game, and nobody knew what to expect. When we kept it close, the kids started believing. The kids might have believed too much against SDSU, because that game was over before the end of the first quarter. NAU? Can't explain it. With Oregon, I think the Ducks only bought their C game an...

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A good coach has an idea what he wants to do, recruits players to his idea, and executes. A great coach does the same, but can tweak the game plan, and even change it if need to to maximize the talent. Would be great if we had Jalen Hurts on the roster, and if he struggled, back him up with Tuitagav...

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By the way, mighty Northern Colorado beat NAU tonight 17-10.

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Poor play calling strikes again. Running well between the tackles, so let's call a jet sweep to the short side for -1, then throw an int on the next play! WTF?

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How about half the team starts violently coughing now. We claim COVID, forfeit, and get home early. Probably the best plan to keep this game close.

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