Fullback41
Well-known member
I'm putting out my predict the score now.
The best I can hope for right now is.....Wyo 49, UNLV 35.
Really, I want to put Wyo 38, UNLV 35.
Last Saturday's game was hard to watch. Seems like everyone on D was playing out of their natural position, because they were. We have 2 ex-linebackers playing DT (Knapton & Durbin), T Gipson at Safety (although he did ok considering he was usually the first guy to touch the ballcarriers), D Harris playing MLB when he was OLB last year, B Hendricks playing OLB when he was MLB last year. I swear I read something about Boise St recruiting guys to play the positions they did in HS. I think that has some merit as it has to speed up recognition of how plays are developing. Reading through all the traffic and trying to play downhill must be hard for someone who used to play OLB (especially with a 300 OL in your face on every play). Covering guys as an OLB must be hard when you are used to stuffing the run as a MLB. But, then again, it is football and you shouldn't forget how to tackle just because you start the play in a different spot.
Well it appears we moved too many DL recruits to the OL because it was our biggest weakness last year. We moved too many and P Mertens getting sick really left us too thin (as in not enough guys) at a position we were too thin (guys needing to fatten up) to begin with.
As I reflect, I think we can actually get away with moving guys to other positions on the outside to get faster, but we need beef in the middle. We need a couple bug stud DTs, and a big stud MLB to stuff the run. If O Schober was healthy he could stuff the run as long as OL went not in his face all night. Hell, if we had a couple Fred Givens, and Knapton at MLB USU would not have gone 7 yards untouched on every down. Those are big physical guys at those positions, put speed outside all you want.
Sorry for the rant, but we just looked like CSU did last year when we played them and that is bad. I think these guys can get it done, but we need DT recruits ASAP. If that is not our top priority it should be. I see we have made offers to several guys that have gone to BCS schools. We need to make offers to 25 BCS caliber DTs and take the first 3 that commit, then worry about other positions. Maybe move E Yarbrough to MLB, and get Ndamukong Suh and Haloti Ngata to plug the middle. I bet no one would run up the middle on us then.
Rant over, not real well thought out. Go Pokes, we need to win this Saturday or I fear most UW fans will give up on the season. I still think we can get it done, go Pokes!
The best I can hope for right now is.....Wyo 49, UNLV 35.
Really, I want to put Wyo 38, UNLV 35.
Last Saturday's game was hard to watch. Seems like everyone on D was playing out of their natural position, because they were. We have 2 ex-linebackers playing DT (Knapton & Durbin), T Gipson at Safety (although he did ok considering he was usually the first guy to touch the ballcarriers), D Harris playing MLB when he was OLB last year, B Hendricks playing OLB when he was MLB last year. I swear I read something about Boise St recruiting guys to play the positions they did in HS. I think that has some merit as it has to speed up recognition of how plays are developing. Reading through all the traffic and trying to play downhill must be hard for someone who used to play OLB (especially with a 300 OL in your face on every play). Covering guys as an OLB must be hard when you are used to stuffing the run as a MLB. But, then again, it is football and you shouldn't forget how to tackle just because you start the play in a different spot.
Well it appears we moved too many DL recruits to the OL because it was our biggest weakness last year. We moved too many and P Mertens getting sick really left us too thin (as in not enough guys) at a position we were too thin (guys needing to fatten up) to begin with.
As I reflect, I think we can actually get away with moving guys to other positions on the outside to get faster, but we need beef in the middle. We need a couple bug stud DTs, and a big stud MLB to stuff the run. If O Schober was healthy he could stuff the run as long as OL went not in his face all night. Hell, if we had a couple Fred Givens, and Knapton at MLB USU would not have gone 7 yards untouched on every down. Those are big physical guys at those positions, put speed outside all you want.
Sorry for the rant, but we just looked like CSU did last year when we played them and that is bad. I think these guys can get it done, but we need DT recruits ASAP. If that is not our top priority it should be. I see we have made offers to several guys that have gone to BCS schools. We need to make offers to 25 BCS caliber DTs and take the first 3 that commit, then worry about other positions. Maybe move E Yarbrough to MLB, and get Ndamukong Suh and Haloti Ngata to plug the middle. I bet no one would run up the middle on us then.
Rant over, not real well thought out. Go Pokes, we need to win this Saturday or I fear most UW fans will give up on the season. I still think we can get it done, go Pokes!
