USU Analysis from an Aggie

[Madmartigan]

Since many of you have had your Saturdays consumed with watching your own team, I thought you might enjoy a little analysis on your next opponent. I am very happy we are in with this conference with you and look forward to competitive games for years to come. Here comes the analysis:

Offense: If I could use a word to describe USU on offense it would be steady. Because of Chuckie Keeton's injury we are starting a Freshman QB we had every intention to RS. He has been decent: 77/975 6 TDS and 1 Pick. Our starting runningback is also out for the year so we have relied on the just-above-average Joey DeMartino. He does everything OK. Not great speed, decent lateral quickness, and does get tough yards after contact. The WR group has been good. No one has game breaking speed, but they generally catch balls thrown at them. We just lost our top yardage receiever for the year against the Rammies, but we have solid depth at the position and should be OK. Our O-line combines for the 8th most starts as a unit in the country. It features an NFL caliber center and three seniors and a junior around him.

Defense: Everyone would tell you they've been pleased with the defense this year. They are 7th in scoring defense and 12th in total defense. They only allow 119.2 rushing yards per game and 3.02 yards per rush. The linebacking core is deep and features three all MWC players. The defensive line has nine different guys that get time. The secondary has future NFL guy in Nevin Lawson. Besides him our corners are pretty weak. Our safeties are good in rush support, but a liability in pass coverage. The good news for you, is that in all the games we have lost, it has been due to long passing plays. Utah, BYU, Boise State, and USC all exposed our safeties over the middle. If I was your coach, I would go after our safeties aggressively.

ST: We have a good punt returner in JoJo Natson- He's generously listed at 5'7" 155. He may get killed but he's hard to track down. Decent kicking game and punt/kick coverage units.

Thanks for letting me post here. I am very nervous about this weekend, but hope the Bridger's Rifle makes its home in Logan for the next year.

 

[Gunshow03]

Wow I didn't realize how decimated the offense was... Would of loved to see a healthy Utah State against Fresno in the championship game.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

 

[one-smooth-poke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

Uh...what?

 

[fromolwyoming]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

So, you didn't read his post. You just posted something meant to insult him over nothing in this thread. BEav's post in this thread is not why this board is going to shit, its posts like yours that try to start something in a new thread when there is NO reason to start something. So back off. Cool your head. And don't start something for no reason.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

So, you didn't read his post. You just posted something meant to insult him over nothing in this thread. BEav's post in this thread is not why this board is going to shit, its posts like yours that try to start something in a new thread when there is NO reason to start something. So back off. Cool your head. And don't start something for no reason.

He did it in another thread as well.

I don't think that my write up was all that far off, yet I got ripped for it, and that post being a reason this board has gone to shit.
How is saying, our offense has the ability to score, but also has the ability to be totally worked by a good defense that bad?
How is saying that our defense sucks, such a bad thing?

 

[Madmartigan]

Wow I didn't realize how decimated the offense was... Would of loved to see a healthy Utah State against Fresno in the championship game.

Forgot to mention a starting tackle out as well, but that's football, and that's life. You've just got to keep on plugging along. I'm looking forward to my trip to Laramie next year as I passed through on the way back from Fort Collins when we stomped the Rams last year. I think USU has most in common with Wyoming in terms of fan base and location.

I really would focus on passing on us. That's been done well by a number of teams. The all world Kapri Bibbs only managed 54 yards against us. It was very windy that day so neither team could throw. Grayson is also nowhere near the QB that Smith is.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

That was uncalled for. While I disagree with a lot of the garbage BeaverPoke says, his passion for the Pokes is certainly high (otherwise, why would he be here posting non-stop). As far as moderators taking control, the best part of this site is that the moderators are for the most part hands off. Boards where the moderators ban or delete threads because such posts may not be in agreeance with a moderator's personal opinion are worthless.

 

[fromolwyoming]

Wow I didn't realize how decimated the offense was... Would of loved to see a healthy Utah State against Fresno in the championship game.

Forgot to mention a starting tackle out as well, but that's football, and that's life. You've just got to keep on plugging along. I'm looking forward to my trip to Laramie next year as I passed through on the way back from Fort Collins when we stomped the Rams last year. I think USU has most in common with Wyoming in terms of fan base and location.

I really would focus on passing on us. That's been done well by a number of teams. The all world Kapri Bibbs only managed 54 yards against us. It was very windy that day so neither team could throw. Grayson is also nowhere near the QB that Smith is.

Even though our o-line wasn't elite to begin with, we've had to plug in a bunch of true and redshirt freshmen along the o-line in recent weeks. Even a walk-on or two. So I don't know if our o-line will give Smith enough time to throw it other than a 3 step dropback or a quick screenpass which only seems to work half the time anyway.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Wow I didn't realize how decimated the offense was... Would of loved to see a healthy Utah State against Fresno in the championship game.

Forgot to mention a starting tackle out as well, but that's football, and that's life. You've just got to keep on plugging along. I'm looking forward to my trip to Laramie next year as I passed through on the way back from Fort Collins when we stomped the Rams last year. I think USU has most in common with Wyoming in terms of fan base and location.

I really would focus on passing on us. That's been done well by a number of teams. The all world Kapri Bibbs only managed 54 yards against us. It was very windy that day so neither team could throw. Grayson is also nowhere near the QB that Smith is.

Even though our o-line wasn't elite to begin with, we've had to plug in a bunch of true and redshirt freshmen along the o-line in recent weeks. Even a walk-on or two. So I don't know if our o-line will give Smith enough time to throw it other than a 3 step dropback or a quick screenpass which only seems to work half the time anyway.

In those screen passes, aren't the key blocks coming from the WRs?

 

[fromolwyoming]

Wow I didn't realize how decimated the offense was... Would of loved to see a healthy Utah State against Fresno in the championship game.

Forgot to mention a starting tackle out as well, but that's football, and that's life. You've just got to keep on plugging along. I'm looking forward to my trip to Laramie next year as I passed through on the way back from Fort Collins when we stomped the Rams last year. I think USU has most in common with Wyoming in terms of fan base and location.

I really would focus on passing on us. That's been done well by a number of teams. The all world Kapri Bibbs only managed 54 yards against us. It was very windy that day so neither team could throw. Grayson is also nowhere near the QB that Smith is.

Even though our o-line wasn't elite to begin with, we've had to plug in a bunch of true and redshirt freshmen along the o-line in recent weeks. Even a walk-on or two. So I don't know if our o-line will give Smith enough time to throw it other than a 3 step dropback or a quick screenpass which only seems to work half the time anyway.

In those screen passes, aren't the key blocks coming from the WRs?

Yeah, but it also depends on the coverage. If its man to man, going to have issues. If its zone, it usually gets some yards.

 

[The Virginian]

How is saying that our defense sucks, such a bad thing?

Yes, it's a bad thing. Unfortunately, the truth hurts.

 

[Cornpoke]

Good write up!

Our offense has the ability to go off in big bunches, but they tend to freeze up and play awful against anyone with a solid defense.
Now what will they do against the #7 defense in the country? Umm....Likely, Wyoming will score 7 points in the first quarter, and that is it.
Our defense is totally horrible. Your freshman QB, back up RBs and WRs will all look elite against us.
The only chance Wyoming has, in reality, is Brett Smith, and Shaun Wick.
Hopefully our coach who, at times, knows offense really well, and at other times doesn't know how to beat a juco team, can figure something out for Saturday. If he doesn't, he is likely fired, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent offensive output by Wyoming.

Great words of wisdom from the ALMIGHTY beaverpoke, whose life long season ticket holding (whom, through a contact at the Athletic Departments states that only about 6 people have held season tickets for 30 years, and the "beav" isn't one of them), and overall commitment to Wyoming winning, and great scholarly advise and comments outweighs anyone's. I am so very glad to get to read such great words of wisdom and support for my beloved Wyoming Cowboys.

This is exactly why this board is going to shit. The "moderators" need to take some control.

That was uncalled for. While I disagree with a lot of the garbage BeaverPoke says, his passion for the Pokes is certainly high (otherwise, why would he be here posting non-stop). As far as moderators taking control, the best part of this site is that the moderators are for the most part hands off. Boards where the moderators ban or delete threads because such posts may not be in agreeance with a moderator's personal opinion are worthless.

One of Beaver's more intellegent posts and you insult him like that? I don't care much for what Beaver has to say normally but to attack him for an actual well thought out post is below the line.

 

[kdwrightuwyo]

People just want to attack the Beave at this point....lol...and not in a good, satisfying way. So to speak.

 

[djm19]

well, looks like the AD for USU is overlooking this weekend...

"Vegas is a priority for us, but we'd likely need to beat Fresno in order to make it. It's all very fluid, and there's a lot of work going on by everyone to make sure your school goes to its best destination."

 

[NowherePoke]

well, looks like the AD for USU is overlooking this weekend...

"Vegas is a priority for us, but we'd likely need to beat Fresno in order to make it. It's all very fluid, and there's a lot of work going on by everyone to make sure your school goes to its best destination."

Thank you Burman/DC for bringing this program to the point that other MWC schools don't even have to acknowledge the potential that we might win a game.

 

[ProvoAggie]

well, looks like the AD for USU is overlooking this weekend...

"Vegas is a priority for us, but we'd likely need to beat Fresno in order to make it. It's all very fluid, and there's a lot of work going on by everyone to make sure your school goes to its best destination."

Thank you Burman/DC for bringing this program to the point that other MWC schools don't even have to acknowledge the potential that we might win a game.

I don't think he's overlooking Wyoming as much as he's doing his job. The coaching staff have a responsibility of making sure the team stays focused and doesn't look ahead. Matt Wells has a lot of respect for Wyoming Football and has shared that his only focus at this point is this Saturday's game. Just because the AD says that Vegas is a priority and that we'd have to beat Fresno to get there it doesn't mean that he's looking past Wyoming, it means that he knows what is necessary. Everyone involved knows what is at stake this week and everyone knows that to even have a shot at Fresno, we have to beat Wyoming. I'm looking forward to a good game and hoping that we can contain your offense.

 

[djm19]

Sucks that I drive 1000 miles for games and now that it is in my own backyard I can't go.

Got two general admission tickets. $10 for both.

 

[djm19]

well, looks like the AD for USU is overlooking this weekend...

"Vegas is a priority for us, but we'd likely need to beat Fresno in order to make it. It's all very fluid, and there's a lot of work going on by everyone to make sure your school goes to its best destination."

Thank you Burman/DC for bringing this program to the point that other MWC schools don't even have to acknowledge the potential that we might win a game.

I don't think he's overlooking Wyoming as much as he's doing his job. The coaching staff have a responsibility of making sure the team stays focused and doesn't look ahead. Matt Wells has a lot of respect for Wyoming Football and has shared that his only focus at this point is this Saturday's game. Just because the AD says that Vegas is a priority and that we'd have to beat Fresno to get there it doesn't mean that he's looking past Wyoming, it means that he knows what is necessary. Everyone involved knows what is at stake this week and everyone knows that to even have a shot at Fresno, we have to beat Wyoming. I'm looking forward to a good game and hoping that we can contain your offense.

Yeah I can see that.