dthomas=ddixon wrote:As far as the slow start goes, I think a lot of people forget that there’s an opposing team and staff that throws everything they have at the Ducks when they come to town.
TTU was so set on keeping their new playbook under wraps for their game against us that they were willing to lose to Wyoming. Furd came out yesterday with a new defensive plan. Obviously we couldn’t have anticipated something we’d never seen them do before and it took a few drives to adjust. That’s football; it’s what desperate teams do to try to make the game somewhere competitive for as long as they can, not a sign of some previously undiscovered weakness.
TTU did the same thing with their QB power offense. You really think UW will come out and run Penix with QB power to catch us off guard? I’m sure they’ll have some wrinkles but they’re going to run their offense because they aren’t a bottom feeder needing tricks to compete with us.
I would love for Penix to try running the power run. Guy has one the weirdest builds I’ve seen. Built like a kicker, and definitely does look like he has the power to run over anyone.
> And they forget that even Chip’s teams had plenty of frustrations and weaknesses. They were also playing in a very weak Pac-10. Some of the season were straight up boring because the rest of the conference was so bad.
The CK seasons were boring????
It is true that fans were brutal on Allioti ("allowioti") all the years he was DC. Looking back, I think most duck fans would agree that he was a pretty good DC.
73duck wrote:> And they forget that even Chip’s teams had plenty of frustrations and weaknesses. They were also playing in a very weak Pac-10. Some of the season were straight up boring because the rest of the conference was so bad.
The CK seasons were boring????
It is true that fans were brutal on Allioti ("allowioti") all the years he was DC. Looking back, I think most duck fans would agree that he was a pretty good DC.
Not me. The stats on Allowalotti don’t lie. Wasn’t very good.
"Not me. The stats on Allowalotti don’t lie. Wasn’t very good."
Nick Aliotti's defenses were good when he had lock down corners. However, it was frustrating that he didn't adjust when the CBs were a weakness. He just continued to leave them on islands.
