Love all of your columns. If there isn't an award for the best college football blog writers in the country, there should be, as you'd be right up there.
I would love to see one more ranking from you of Pac 12 quarterbacks, maybe before next week's game. Doing so post season doesn't seem to make much sense.
If you do so you might want to do so making two sets of lists -- 1) based upon actual performance and 2) what the performance would be if all of the QB's had the same level of pass protection. On the basis of 2) above both Plummer and McKee would be a lot more highly regarded. I personally think Plummer could be an NFL quarterback. He has a big and fairly accurate arm and is relatively more mobile than most QB's given his lack of speed. Pretty good on roll outs. Sort of a bit like Bartkowski with more mobility.
BTW, a bit off topic, but I was surprised by Plummer's recent comment that he might transfer based upon who Cal brings in as an OC. I guess I just can't believe Cal players are going to use the portal much. But I guess I'm just naive.
CH for OC! As always, and especially given the trajectory of this season, I am most grateful for the time and effort the WFC staff puts into these articles.
I think The Play in 1982 is misunderstood. Ever watch a rugby match? Cal has always had a terrific rugby team. It was a successful rugby play that resulted in a touchdown rather than a "try." You pass the ball backwards until someone finds an opening and advances the ball forward towards the goal. Joe Kapp didn't design the play but the players were inspired that year by Kapp's swashbuckling seat of the pants style which, unfortunately, got old after a while. They successfully improvised. There's no mystery about it. Just like in 1980, Stanford was more talented than Cal but the program was plagued by disorganization and incompetent coaching. Paul Wiggin was a good player but not much of a coach. He fell on his face in the pros and did it again at Stanford.
Christopher,
Love all of your columns. If there isn't an award for the best college football blog writers in the country, there should be, as you'd be right up there.
I would love to see one more ranking from you of Pac 12 quarterbacks, maybe before next week's game. Doing so post season doesn't seem to make much sense.
If you do so you might want to do so making two sets of lists -- 1) based upon actual performance and 2) what the performance would be if all of the QB's had the same level of pass protection. On the basis of 2) above both Plummer and McKee would be a lot more highly regarded. I personally think Plummer could be an NFL quarterback. He has a big and fairly accurate arm and is relatively more mobile than most QB's given his lack of speed. Pretty good on roll outs. Sort of a bit like Bartkowski with more mobility.
BTW, a bit off topic, but I was surprised by Plummer's recent comment that he might transfer based upon who Cal brings in as an OC. I guess I just can't believe Cal players are going to use the portal much. But I guess I'm just naive.
Thanks. Let's keep the axe.
CH for OC! As always, and especially given the trajectory of this season, I am most grateful for the time and effort the WFC staff puts into these articles.
I think The Play in 1982 is misunderstood. Ever watch a rugby match? Cal has always had a terrific rugby team. It was a successful rugby play that resulted in a touchdown rather than a "try." You pass the ball backwards until someone finds an opening and advances the ball forward towards the goal. Joe Kapp didn't design the play but the players were inspired that year by Kapp's swashbuckling seat of the pants style which, unfortunately, got old after a while. They successfully improvised. There's no mystery about it. Just like in 1980, Stanford was more talented than Cal but the program was plagued by disorganization and incompetent coaching. Paul Wiggin was a good player but not much of a coach. He fell on his face in the pros and did it again at Stanford.
I’m all about the interim staff
Gobears49
Decently long highlights of the Oregon -- Washington game. Lots of long passes by Penix and Nix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrVmuTbWyZE
"Can the passing offense really blame all their struggles on their sieve of an offensive line?"
Musgrave and McClure can tell you their thoughts...
125th out of 131 in turnover margin negatively will lose a team most of its games no matter anything else.
Let’s see if the new, temp OC will start Kai for the Big Game.
Inject a little danger and excitement into the offense.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown. Definitely makes me more optimistic for Saturday. Love to send Joe Starkey out with a win. Grrrrah, Go Bears!!!