POST GAME THREAD: Cougs fall to Stanford
by Craig Powers on Sep 5, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
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Offense looked improved today. Kevin Lopina got his first ever passing TD, the run game was very effective in the first half, Glenn Johnson got to lead the crowd in many "and that's another..." chants, and we saw some big plays. The Cougs moved passed midfield on many of their drives, something that was a rare sight a season ago. The problem is, they just couldn't finish when they got there, with the first drive being the most glaring example.
The defense was looking overmatched for much of the first half. Stanford was running the ball at will. However, with the score sitting at 22-3 and the Cardinal starting inside the five, the Cougar defense played its most impressive series, shutting Stanford down. They played well after that, surrendering a late game stat-padding run to Toby Gerhart which stained an otherwise impressive second half performance.
Special teams is truly what turned this game into the blowout that the final score shows. A missed chip shot field goal and terrible kickoff coverage doomed the Cougs. This game is strangely similar to the Oklahoma State a year ago (right down to the score). So while the defense looked pretty solid today, remember they did so in that game as well.
More coverage to come.
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That's pretty much exactly what I expected to happen
The defense may have been better than expected in the second half, but other than that, exactly what I thought was going to happen.
They might be the most improved team in the country
I can’t remember a returner that didn’t look and play better. They played much better as a team. They were in position to make plays, they seemed to execute on both sides consistently, the offense looked comfortable in the no-huddle offense.
They really showed a lot of improvement and if they can start to make a few plays here and there they could actually get some wins this year. Either way I already was prepared for a long and tough year. They are at least a year away from really becoming competitive on both sides of the ball. Obviously special teams needs to improve a bunch!
They just need to keep plugging away.
Go Cougs!
I CALLED IT!
BYU OVER OKLAHOMA.
Allow me to bask in my own glory. Sad thing is this still doesn’t erase those overrated morons from the BCS race.
Now, everyone please conveniently forget I had Oregon over Boise St.
If you need something to cheer you up...
by StraightOuttaPullman on Sep 5, 2009 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
That is seriously the funniest thing I've seen all day
You can’t make stuff like that up. Oh, and the NCAA should see that, since, you know, they don’t sell player jerseys, right? Because that would be making money off of players’ likenesses.
It's a technicallity
They’re selling #9 Jerseys, not Blount jerseys. For all you know, it could be a 1980 Ladaria Johnson throwback jersey.
With the new wings on the shoulders
Just a coincidence that it happens to be the same number as their former top running back.
I've got a lot of things I want to write about this week after that
So I won’t dive real deep into the game here. But I will say the same thing I texted to Grady and Craig: Assuming all else stays the same, imagine how different and close that game might have been if our special teams had been merely competent.
Oh, and I pray to God that there is no way the Huskies win this game. They’re somehow up 7-0 and if they win, the crap I’m going to have to listen to this week …
I'll have to actually watch the game to make a detailed judgment...
But from what I could gleam from the radio broadcast, it sounds like we were improved in a lot of areas. SMU is down right now to Stephen F Austin, and Hawaii barely beat Central Arkansas (both FCS), so I believe we will have a good chance to win both of those games. After that, who knows? With continued improvement and hopefully no injuries, we could end up surprising a PAC ten team or two.
We better win the next two
I’m going to be at them both… If they don’t win, at least make them good games.
We will have to figure out where everyone is tailgating.
As many of us will be at the Qwest game next week.
Gonna be tough for me to see many people because I'll have the kids with me
Mine are 2 1/2 years and 2 1/2 months, so partying is kinda out of the question …
10 - 10
dawgs withh the ball at the 50. 3rd and 13. 5 minutes left ih the half.
completion while typing 4 and 5 somewhere near mid field
Almost?
How could you almost forget?
Oh, that’s right — you don’t live and work with them like those of us over here.
Yep that's pretty much why
When I was over there for a six week rotation last year I already got pretty sick of KJR.
Actually most of it was funny while they were freaking out over Mora not leaving the Seahawks. Seriously, if they hadn’t got Sark, UW would’ve been scraping the bottom of the barrel.
KJR is horrible
The only time that any Coug should listen to KJR is between 1 and 3 when former Coug, Ian Furness, is hosting
Former Coug?
No one is a former Coug … once a Coug always a Coug. Except for Johnny Nansen. When you go work for the Dawgs, you become a former Coug.
I was feeling self-rightous yesterday
but still … stupid Johnny Nansen
Looking at the box score...
6.9 yds/carry given up is far to similar to last season to be happy with. Hopefully this is more of a product of Stanford’s strengths than our ineptitudes, or we could be in trouble. (Again, have yet to actually watch the game.) Kickoff coverage looks atrocious. Reid looks to have had a busy, productive day. Which is, of course, a mixed blessing.
Those overall stats were a little skewed
Gerhart had a 40-yard TD on fourth and 3 late, and they had a backup running back racking up yards against our backups for the last five minutes.
I’ll be breaking it down completely, but the run defense was MUCH improved. Time will tell if it’s real, or a mirage on the order of Okie State last year.
That's reassuring.
I agree that it will take a few weeks to know for sure what this performance signified. I remember thinking as I walked away from the OKST game last year, “At least we have a lot of room for improvement.” sigh Who knows how good Stanford really is? If it turns out they are a 7-10 win team, than great. If it turns out that they’re mediocre, that’s something else.
I'm not sure if I was seeing things
but it sure looked like we tackled better in the second half.
I’m lazy, but when you crunch the numbers can you figure out yards/carry for each half? excluding the scrubs
and I missed an LSU TD while typing. 16-10 pending pat
I lied, ESPN was doing a sports center promo
during the TD play, I looked up when they switched back.
I think the tackling was much better in the second half
I’d say it was borderline excellent. The only game last year where it seemed like we could say that was the Apple Cup.
Although, he doesn't have Maria Sharapova to work with in his promos
Maybe he can use cheerleaders or something.
Tennis threadjack
How is it a surprise anymore when Andy Roddick gets upset?
ESPN just confused 520 with I-5
The funny part is not only the direction confusion...
but the road runs in both directions! So if he had that (direction) correct, the answer would be “yes”. LOL.
by westsidecougar1 on Sep 6, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, my first thought when that happened was
THAT’S NOT I-5, YOU MORON. But the observation — that traffic looked pretty good — would have been even better, had he correctly identified the highway.
That dude looks scary
I swear, if you look into his eyes, you’ll see the fires of the deepest crevices of Hell.
by GoCougs on Sep 5, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What do you guys think of the upcoming USC/OSU game?
Ohio State looked very vulnerable to me, but that’s still the horseshoe that Barkley’s getting thrown into.
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