I always enjoy reading your articles even when you are blowing a gasket!!
I feel the OL played a great game and there is a lot to build from there. As you stated, the OL has not been a strength for this team. Hopefully the recent tape of these young OL will inspire the staff to mix things up. To my eye several of these youngins deserve…
I always enjoy reading your articles even when you are blowing a gasket!!
I feel the OL played a great game and there is a lot to build from there. As you stated, the OL has not been a strength for this team. Hopefully the recent tape of these young OL will inspire the staff to mix things up. To my eye several of these youngins deserve more PT and the "veterans" just haven't gotten the job done, period. Saturday's OL was close to the OL I preferred to start this season, so I'm bullish on the OL. Running the ball is still an issue for the Bears but it would seem that we need to play the quicker backs for the time being.
I concur on the "block in the back". It appeared, on replay, that initially the defender and blocker were face-to-face but then the defender turned his back and the blockers momentum carried him into it. A poor call but I'm a homer.
The blocked punt was just a great play by the defender. He put on a juke and 49 damn near broke his ankles trying to adjust to it. Perhaps the punter was meant to roll with the wall perhaps not. Sometimes the opponent makes a great play and that was one IMO.
There is a lot of good about this season. Young players are getting PT and coaches have tape to evaluate. This is a positive.
A negative, with just weeks until early signing Cal may have some difficulty holding on to commits. Let's hope this does not happen.
I always enjoy reading your articles even when you are blowing a gasket!!
I feel the OL played a great game and there is a lot to build from there. As you stated, the OL has not been a strength for this team. Hopefully the recent tape of these young OL will inspire the staff to mix things up. To my eye several of these youngins deserve more PT and the "veterans" just haven't gotten the job done, period. Saturday's OL was close to the OL I preferred to start this season, so I'm bullish on the OL. Running the ball is still an issue for the Bears but it would seem that we need to play the quicker backs for the time being.
I concur on the "block in the back". It appeared, on replay, that initially the defender and blocker were face-to-face but then the defender turned his back and the blockers momentum carried him into it. A poor call but I'm a homer.
The blocked punt was just a great play by the defender. He put on a juke and 49 damn near broke his ankles trying to adjust to it. Perhaps the punter was meant to roll with the wall perhaps not. Sometimes the opponent makes a great play and that was one IMO.
There is a lot of good about this season. Young players are getting PT and coaches have tape to evaluate. This is a positive.
A negative, with just weeks until early signing Cal may have some difficulty holding on to commits. Let's hope this does not happen.
Go Bears beat the 'furd!!