viking1985
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Reality check: PSU is not going to win this game.
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viking1985 said:
Ahh, you've never played my beloved Aztecs! We have the ability to make any game a contest. We have a young defense. Our secondary and DL are as green as the Portland countryside. Next week we go to ASU, which should lay a sound whooping on us - hopefully we come out of Tempe in one piece. Don't count yourselves out of this one yet.
SteveAztec said:dshawfan said:Steve if we go 2-0 against our Pac 10 foes, then it's dinner on me at some fine steakhouse in SD.
PSU fans, after the game, I'd recommend a trolley ride down to the gaslamp quarter in downtown SD. Lots of places to eat, drink and enjoy the eye candy! I'm hoping you won't be merry that night also
No Dshaw I insist......
If the Aztecs start 2-0, I will buy you TWO dinners. /users/31/07/37/smiles/269784.gif
Well Steve, looks like no one is buying dinner this year, but hey how about a salad at Souplantation?
After the buildup and results of the UV game a flat performance is not surprising. As long as you came away with the W, all is good. The team got away with one and perhaps won't have a flat performance again - well at least until they hit SD. I'd recommend that the team spend many, many hours in the downtown gaslamp district prior to the kickoff! /users/31/07/37/smiles/269784.gif
PSUVikings2
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Wyokie said:dshawfan said:Ahh, but that works in our favor when Wyoming comes to town!
We shall se. We've improved. Although yesterday's victory should've been a loss!
Improved?????
2006
Wyoming 38
Utah State 7
2007
Wyoming 32
Utah State 18
That is not improvement my friend.
That Aztec defense did not look good against Washington State. 469 yards thru the air. Hope our run and shoot makes some progress between now and then...
martymoose said:
Hope our defense makes some improvement between now and then /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif
Some comments from Chuck Long after the WSU game:
Faced with flinging caution to the wind, largely because of a dearth of depth in the program, SDSU had a participation chart on Saturday that included three true freshmen, nine redshirt freshmen and eight sophomores.
Two seniors who felt the brunt of Brink – free safety Corey Boudreaux and cornerback Scotty James – were making their first career starts. Boudreaux, who was originally signed by the Aztecs as a wide receiver in 2003, did not play football in 2004 or '05. He rejoined the team in the summer of '06.
It is a wobbly wire to walk for SDSU, whose secondary on Saturday had accounted for nine career starts. Long said yesterday that while players such as junior cornerback Vonnie Holmes, a transfer from College of the Canyons who intercepted a pass, will get longer looks in practice this week, no wholesale changes are planned.
“I said after the game that we're going to go through our share of growing pains,” Long said. “That's just the way it is right now.”
Well I was able to catch the ASU/SDSU game last night on FSN/AZ; don't know if it was carried in the NW, but here are my 2 cents on what I saw.
Offensively, we are night and day better than last year. So far we have been able to protect the qb and both run and throw the ball effectively. You'll see shotgun, multiple formations and shifts, single back, split backs and I backs. We'll take shots down the field as well as throw it short and look for RAC. Our qb is very mobile for a guy 6'5, so often he will be on the roll and he can pull it down and pick up yardage that way as well. Our RBs are led by Brandon Bornes who is our "big back" and Attiyah Henderson who is our "scat back" both obviously bring something different to the table. Outside, there is Swain a possession type; and Mougey a 6'6" deer in a TE type body. Our TE Schmidt got dinged early in the game. If he plays he's big enough to help out in the run game and runs well enough to keep your LB's honest in the pass game.
On defense we are very green on the DL and in the secondary. We've been lit up by two very solid Pac 10 offenses. Our LBs have been ok, but probably not as good as we'd hoped. Of course if the DL is in your laps it's a bit tough to scrape to the ball. I think they improved from week 1 to week 2 but we've still got a long way to go to make it to average.
The team is competing, that is what I am most happy with. Last year for whatever reason or reasons I thought the team layed down a time or two. They battled ASU all night last night; we just don't have the horses to compete with them right now.
I feel a lot better about being able to compete with you guys now. Don't know if we win or not, but I don't think we get our butts handed to us as I feared entering fall camp.
Offensively, we are night and day better than last year. So far we have been able to protect the qb and both run and throw the ball effectively. You'll see shotgun, multiple formations and shifts, single back, split backs and I backs. We'll take shots down the field as well as throw it short and look for RAC. Our qb is very mobile for a guy 6'5, so often he will be on the roll and he can pull it down and pick up yardage that way as well. Our RBs are led by Brandon Bornes who is our "big back" and Attiyah Henderson who is our "scat back" both obviously bring something different to the table. Outside, there is Swain a possession type; and Mougey a 6'6" deer in a TE type body. Our TE Schmidt got dinged early in the game. If he plays he's big enough to help out in the run game and runs well enough to keep your LB's honest in the pass game.
On defense we are very green on the DL and in the secondary. We've been lit up by two very solid Pac 10 offenses. Our LBs have been ok, but probably not as good as we'd hoped. Of course if the DL is in your laps it's a bit tough to scrape to the ball. I think they improved from week 1 to week 2 but we've still got a long way to go to make it to average.
The team is competing, that is what I am most happy with. Last year for whatever reason or reasons I thought the team layed down a time or two. They battled ASU all night last night; we just don't have the horses to compete with them right now.
I feel a lot better about being able to compete with you guys now. Don't know if we win or not, but I don't think we get our butts handed to us as I feared entering fall camp.
PSUVikings2
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Our o-Line continues to struggle. Gave up 10 sacks last night.
PSUVikings2
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dshawfan said:
Everyone has blitzed like crazy so far, which is the easiest way to beat us.
PSUVikings2
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\dshawfan said:
Him and Senn are the two standouts at LB. The defense is looking o.k, except we haven't played a team with the talent SDSU has.
dshawfan said:
I can't say enough about what I've seen from Schantz so far. He goes 110% on every play.
