HOT COUGAR ACTION: Good News And Bad News On the Injury Front
by Mark Sandritter on Sep 16, 2011 6:01 AM PDT
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PrintPreparations for San Diego State wrapped up Thursday, with the football team going through their final practice before traveling to San Diego today. On the injury front, there was some good news and some not so good news.
Let's start with the good news. Paul Wulff said redshirt freshman Toni Pole is probable for Saturday's game. Brian has touched on what kind of player Pole is and his presence will be a major boost to the defense. Jeff mentioned this in one of the comment threads, but Pole may be the most important defender on the team.
Now for the bad news. Senior center Andrew Roxas is listed as doubtful. Roxas injured his ankle during the UNLV game and looks as if he will not play this weekend. Junior College transfer Taylor Meighen will take over at center. Roxas has been bitten by the injury bug throughout his WSU career including a shoulder injury, an illness and now an ankle injury.
To avoid ending this on a down note, here is some more good news. While appearing on the Kevin Calabro show (Wulff comes on at the 14:00 mark), Wulff said Jeff Tuel could be medically cleared in three weeks. Tuel has been doing some light throwing and will begin to throw more starting Sunday. A three week timeline gives Tuel an outside shot to return for the UCLA game, with a better chance to return the following week against Stanford.
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PULLMAN – When it comes to challenges, San Diego State’s football team will present more to visiting Washington State on Saturday than any of the Cougars’ previous two opponents.
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ulff was asked about the main injuries, defensive tackle Toni Pole and center Andrew Roxas. Wulff said Pole was probable and that he would practice Thursday (he did). Roxas, Wulff said, was doubtful.
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Last season, the SDSU Aztecs went 9-4 and got their first bowl win in four decades. This season, they return star QB Ryan Lindley, RB Ronnie Hillman and the majority of last year's starters. They do not return a head coach, though, as Brady Hoke jetted off to Michigan in the off-season, leaving behind perfect weather and beaches for uber-scrutiny and yearly beatings from Ohio State.
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After beating Idaho State and then UNLV at home, the first real test for Washington State comes this weekend when they travel to San Diego to take on the Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.
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Jim Sterk ran the athletic department at Washington State longer than anyone in the last 40 years and hired 17 head coaches, including the men who revived the flat-lining basketball and baseball programs. There were three bowl games and a Sweet 16 in there, and the athletic graduation rate on his watch was second only to Stanford in what was then the Pac-10.
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The move to 16 teams would come about because of TV contracts, and a collection of 16 major universities sprinkled in massive population centers with big TV markets would seem to equal huge broadcast revenues. The recent TV deal signed by the Pac-12 was enormous. How much more loot could the league get with a 16-team format? But as the WAC showed, such large conference often mean a diverse set of agendas and priorities that don't always match.
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No matter where you are on this ever changing, wildly uncertain, mildly entertaining ride we call college football expansion, we all eventually get off on the same stop and stare. That day is today—at the corner of burnt orange and karma..
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"Looking back on it, I wouldn’t have put as much trust in the assistants in carrying on when Bill couldn’t," Sterk said.
Seems to confirm what Brian said in his first post on the mess that Wulff inherited
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Sep 16, 2011 7:23 AM PDT reply actions
seems to confirm?
We all witnessed it. Roxas had some telling comments on brand X about guys not buying in and the difficulty in getting “Doba’s guys” on board with Wulff’s system changes.
I share the opinion of a good Coug pal of mine that Sterk shares blame for the recruiting/program woes of Doba’s final two years. There should have been much more oversight and I alway held that Akey could have been given an interim title as Coach Doba dealt with the ever so tragic demise of his wife. As the stories come out now— confirming that the higher ups were very aware of Doba’s lack of in house visits… my feeling about it is intensified. Water under the bridge as they say- but important to see and learn the lessons.
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Sep 16, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I think this was a situation
where there was so much blame to go around, there’s really no point in discussing blame. All of “those people” are gone anyways.
I’m just ever so glad that the somewhat early returns on the rebuilding process seem promising.
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by TiltingRight on Sep 16, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Sarcasm fail
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Sep 16, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Loved this quote in the Texas to ACC article
Meanwhile…That’s Oklahoma, ironing out the details of moving west to join the Pac-12—a move that makes absolutely no geographical sense until you take into consideration the distance it puts between the Sooners and Longhorns.
"Ignorance is the parent of fear." ~Melville
Texas Longhorns is the plague of football.
by well you win some and lose others on Sep 16, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I do not want the Texas twinkies to clog up the arteries of the PAC.
University of Texas will be the first ones who try to seperate the PAC.
by well you win some and lose others on Sep 16, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
From Football Outsiders
here:
Big Movers
Notable Rises
Washington State (20 spots, from 97th to 77th). Yes, they’ve just destroyed two stiffs — they beat Idaho State by 43, UNLV by 52 — but … they’ve destroyed stiffs. This is improvement. And their yardage margins (they’re averaging 600 yards per game and allowing 306) suggest that they truly are dominating these teams. Once opponent adjustments work their way into the formulas, their ratings could begin to sink a bit. But there’s just no question that they’ve looked great against bad teams, and that’s a step up from recent years.
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also, not directly related to SDSU
but they were unimpressive in beating Air Force which the same article mentions:
Notable Tumbles
Air Force (32 spots, from 54th to 86th). They looked average in taking out South Dakota by just a 37-20 margin, and they got completely dominated by TCU last weekend. They’re probably not truly in the bottom-third of FBS, but they haven’t proven they’re better than that just yet.
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by TiltingRight on Sep 16, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, they struggled to beat Army, not Air Force
Which makes them look even worse. Army is #112 this week in that same rating.
"Ignorance is the parent of fear." ~Melville
by johnnycougar on Sep 16, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha...
On CBS College Sports, they’ve been playing MWC replays from last year through the month leading up to this season. I watched them play Air Force (which they were unimpressive in) and that’s what made me think they’d already played them this year.
Ah, well.
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by TiltingRight on Sep 16, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
6 weeks
Three from healing and three for getting up to par.
by well you win some and lose others on Sep 16, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Winston
Anybody else notice Wulffs fascination with him?
He is mention in majority of Wulffs interviews, and even with the blowout wins I don’t see the logic with him having the most carries, by a semi large amount.
Enlighten me!!!
by footballin on Sep 16, 2011 6:56 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He's the ultimate tweener
He’s that compromise of Mitz and Galvin – quick but not as quick as RG, strong but not as strong as LM. I haven’t paid attention to his pass blocking, but I noticed last year he seems to have the best hands for a rb on the team, which bodes well to our offense.
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin.
by LeaveItToWeaver on Sep 17, 2011 2:00 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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