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- January 11th, 2024, 12:08 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: DC Hire
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4133
Re: DC Hire
One of the other things that can easily be done with a 3 3 5 is essentially a 5 man front too that can on certain calls really limits the run/pass read responsibilities of everyone and thus eliminate some of the disadvantages of only six defenders via both pre-snap disguise and easy run/pass assign...
- January 11th, 2024, 11:48 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: What do we want from our offense?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 970
Re: What do we want from our offense?
Nick Saban (I think it was him) said something that was interesting to me after he the lost the playoff game to Michigan. In college football the hurry-up, no-huddle offense is the trend. Nick Saban commented how all year their defense has been able to see how the offense lines up (and then stares ...
- January 11th, 2024, 11:43 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: The Linebacker Position
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5329
Re: The Linebacker Position
This is now updated with Switzer planning to gain 20 lbs and play LB full time next year. (Players in blue are new). It honestly looks somewhat promising to me. I can't imagine we have another bottom 10 defense with this group :noidea: WILL (weakside outside linebacker): Max Alford (6-1, 235, R-So....
- January 11th, 2024, 11:31 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: What do we want from our offense?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 970
What do we want from our offense?
Only fair. We have the end of season stats and the games are still fresh. Hire an OC to call plays. Run a pro-style offense. No more up-tempo unless we're behind by 3 scores. Line our WR's up normally (away from the out of bounds line) so that DB's have to cover our WR's running pass routes both way...
- January 11th, 2024, 11:23 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: What do we want from our Defense?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2009
Re: What do we want from our Defense?
How about fewer turnovers from our offense?
- January 11th, 2024, 11:17 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: DC Hire
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4133
Re: DC Hire
Nmsu ran a 3-3-5 last year. 👀 Meh maybe as a basic concept. If you watch their film it looks more like a 4-3, 4-2, or 3-4. I've brought this up on the board before, very few good coaches in today's game run a true base defense. I would say 80% of the time the weakside backer is lined up as a stand ...
- January 11th, 2024, 10:55 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Saben
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1688
Re: Saben
Heard some Bama fans that remember Bear Bryant leaving say that they expect similar turmoil in the program.
Saben has no equal.
Saben has no equal.
- December 27th, 2023, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: BA needs to go
- Replies: 156
- Views: 15302
Re: BA needs to stay
You don't build a program firing coaches after 3 years. Especially a coach who won a league championship and took us to 3 bowl games.
- December 15th, 2023, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: The dilemma of the USU AD
- Replies: 116
- Views: 9618
Re: The dilemma of the USU AD
Who handled the BB coach recruitment? It's not league play yet but that hire looks good right now.
- December 14th, 2023, 11:11 am
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Looks like Gruden may get paid.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3145
Re: Looks like Gruden may get paid.
Grudens case got rescheduled.... Jan. 10, 2024 in Las Vegas
- December 14th, 2023, 11:05 am
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Draymond Green
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2556
Re: Draymond Green
Heard a lot of mediot analysis on the state of the Warriors and Dray yesterday. It's Kerr's last season under contract. The GM has already left. The owner is keeping the big 3 around out of respect for them making him a billionaire. He's not going to treat it as a business. He's taking care of "his ...
- December 14th, 2023, 10:49 am
- Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
- Topic: TV Coverage Schedule
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2227
Re: TV Coverage Schedule
Any YouTube replay of the Santa Clara game out there?
- December 8th, 2023, 9:36 am
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Looks like Gruden may get paid.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3145
Re: Gruden's case goes to Nevada Supreme court.
More than two years after former Raiders coach Jon Gruden filed a lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell for allegedly leaking the emails that forced his departure, the Nevada Supreme Court will take up the question of whether the case should be sent to arbitration. Via A.J. Perez of...
- December 8th, 2023, 9:30 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: The Linebacker Position
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5329
Re: The Linebacker Position
Thanks for the info Roy! Based on our line play on both sides of the ball I thought there would be that AHH HAW! moment where we could see that a bunch of guys who got all the practice with the first team were replaced by younger less experienced players. Only 1 change on each side. We need to get b...
- December 7th, 2023, 10:52 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Blake Anderson Critics
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4708
Re: Blake Anderson Critics
I never saw a 7-win season from USU until 2011. The time previous to that was 1979. I am very pleased that six wins is the floor for our program. We got 7 wins in 1993, the Las Vegas Bowl season and the 58-56 win over BYU. Not sure which was colder, a Niner v Raiders pre-season game at Candlestick ...
- December 6th, 2023, 11:05 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: The Linebacker Position
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5329
Re: The Linebacker Position
A glaring issue to me on the defense has been the linebacker position. It seems there's little depth and we have guys playing out position. Our end of season depth chart was: WILL (weakside outside linebacker): Anthony Switzer (6-0, 210, R-Jr., TR) Gavin Barthiel (6-0, 225, So., TR) Bronson Olevao ...
- December 6th, 2023, 10:57 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: The Linebacker Position
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5329
Re: The Linebacker Position
First off, Sammy, your bull skull is the wrong shade of blue. Needs more navy please. At least on my display. As far as LB'S we complimented a relatively immobile MLB with undersized OLB's. It works on paper, because maybe they could complement each other, but we saw how it worked on the field. Swit...
- December 6th, 2023, 10:46 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Blake Anderson Critics
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4708
Re: Blake Anderson Critics
Blake has earned the right to determine his own fate at USU.
- December 2nd, 2023, 10:57 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Boise State
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3839
Boise State
I'm interested to hear what your theories about our Boise jinx. Here are some of my useless observations: It's a big game, but is it bigger than the stench? NO! So why do we play like we're frightened High School freshmen playing the varsity team for the first time? I'm talking about the unforced co...
- November 29th, 2023, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Bobby Wagner
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1097
Re: Bobby Wagner
I don't think it's a dig on USU. I think he just want's SoCal street cred when he's on the tube.
He's a great Aggie no matter what he says.
He's a great Aggie no matter what he says.
- November 29th, 2023, 12:07 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Levi vs Hillstead
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3268
Re: Levi vs Hillstead
Hard to judge QB's who had to play behind our OL. Coop and Hillstead were both brutalized. Some of that was their own fault, and some of the blame goes to the guy calling the plays. But, when you have 3 different QB's, each one forced to run for their lives? It's mostly the OL.
- November 29th, 2023, 11:59 am
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Oregon State - Matt Wells
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2032
Re: Oregon State - Matt Wells
Saw Matt Wells at the Aggies NCAA BB pre-game party in Sacramento. I knew I'd seen him somewhere, but I couldn't figure out who he was until someone told me. He looks like a FB coach only smaller. LOL Wells will be remembered forever as "that coach" on the sidelines who always said, "what happened?"...
- November 29th, 2023, 11:47 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Blake Anderson teams have no discipline. Ever.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3529
Re: Blake Anderson teams have no discipline. Ever.
Blake is a player's coach and there is good and bad in that. Good is that we turn over players quickly and when you have an unruly group they are gone before you know it. It's also good that if you stumble onto a true leader of men like Logan F-ing Bonner, you're not going to handcuff him with a bun...
- November 21st, 2023, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Play Levi in the New Mexico game
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2102
Re: Play Levi in the New Mexico game
In retrospect, Levi should have been playing ahead of McCae.
Let's ride with the big horse!.
Let's ride with the big horse!.
- November 21st, 2023, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Fire Cauthen tonight
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3349
Re: Cauthen didn't turn the ball 3 over times in the 2nd Qtr
As long as the team is top 5 in the nation in turnovers and Anderson is top of the nation going for it on 4th, How many of those were unsuccessful? And we've had how many unsuccessful fake punts and on-side kicks?
CMON MAN! It's not just Cauthen!
CMON MAN! It's not just Cauthen!
- November 17th, 2023, 12:28 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Draymond Green
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2556
Re: Draymond Green
4-time World Champion.
Talk in the offseason was about the Lakers or the Kings possibly signing him and becoming instant favorites to win the championship.
So far, the good outweighs the bad.
Talk in the offseason was about the Lakers or the Kings possibly signing him and becoming instant favorites to win the championship.
So far, the good outweighs the bad.
- November 14th, 2023, 11:23 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Fire Cauthen Yesterday
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2765
Re: Give Cauthen time
We're a 5-5 team that's not all that good offensively or defensively. Plenty of blame to go around. Top 10 in giveaways offensively. That and our up-tempo play makes it especially tough on our defense. Um for a start, and I know I posted this elsewhere, that Blake is proud of the fact that we score...
- November 13th, 2023, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Fire Cauthen Yesterday
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2765
Re: Give Cauthen time
We're a 5-5 team that's not all that good offensively or defensively. Plenty of blame to go around.
Top 10 in giveaways offensively. That and our up-tempo play makes it especially tough on our defense.
Top 10 in giveaways offensively. That and our up-tempo play makes it especially tough on our defense.
- November 7th, 2023, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Ike
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1813
Ike
Maybe our best player since Bobby Wagner. He won't get drafted as high as Love but he's showing a special skill. Not only can he make all the physical plays. He has a special understanding of the game. Sometimes winning and losing a game comes down to a few plays. Very few players have the ability t...
- November 7th, 2023, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: "This Will Be Coop's Offense To Run"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2842
Re: "This Will Be Coop's Offense To Run"
Hillstead has "happy feet." He's dancing in the pocket, clean, then putting his head down and running into sacks. Very similar to what happened to Coop earlier in the year. (Coop added inaccurate passing to his bad pocket presence) Hillstead needs a reset to his mojo. In one game he was horrible at ...
- November 7th, 2023, 1:59 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Cauthen is a clown
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2742
Re: Cauthen is solid
Nothing to see here. Clearly Hick's suffering from Buck Fever and oxygen starvation from his time at altitude in the high woods of Wyoming. He's awakened like a bear from hibernation and understandably lashes out the first time he sees Cauthen call the prevent. It didn't work, he stopped using it af...
- November 2nd, 2023, 1:11 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Developmental program?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 967
Re: Developmental program?
I thought that also. Our record doesn't matter, we're still the minor leagues.
- November 2nd, 2023, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Utah State in AI
- Replies: 8
- Views: 876
Re: Utah State in AI
Red on our uniforms? Clearly AI is an extinction level threat to humanity.
- November 2nd, 2023, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Developmental program?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 967
Developmental program?
This has been bothering me for a couple of weeks. During the San Jose State game, the announcers referred to both teams as "developmental programs." These were legit football guys. One of them was Randy Cross who is an ex-49er player and someone who I hear on the radio often and consider a really go...
- October 24th, 2023, 1:16 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Poor QB Management
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1403
Re: Poor QB Management
If you think BA made a bad decision pulling Legas you either didn't see the games leading up to his replacement or you just choose to ignore them. And yes, he did a solid job in replacement of McCae, but it's ova Johnny, this is Hillsteads team from here out.