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Post by orangeattack on Apr 20, 2023 6:48:49 GMT -8
I felt out OL play and the loss of our entire starting receiving corps (Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, Maurer and Prescott) had a lot to do with Smitty's declining numbers in 01. Simonton had a nearly 600 yard drop off in rushing yards, as well. We lost a lot on offense after the 2000 season. During the off-season there were stories in the paper saying they were working on him "surveying" (or something along those lines) in the backfield and picking his holes and he was going to be more like Barry Sanders. To me, that really backfired. For 3 years he just ran where he was supposed to without thinking, fast, and if he got through the line he usually made the next 2-3 guys miss. Most of his worst games wete esrly, it seemed to me they abandoned that strategy later and he was running more like his old self. With Steven Jackson it seemed almost the same story - 2 years of running hard and fast where he was supposed to go, then running through or over the next 2-3 players, then trying to "survey" and pick holes in his final season here. It seemed to me he did a bunch more dancing in the backfield but was so fricken strong it really didn't matter, he still got his yards despite not having holes available.I'm not sure if it was somewhat planned because the coaches knew the O lines were going to be "down" those years, or if was just a clever thought to change thongs up. Both Jackson and Simonton's final seasons there were deficiencies on the OL for sure. But Simonton still had a serviceable OL in front of him at least, he just wasn't on the same page as they were IMO. There was also a lack of speed at wideout in the 01 season which kept defenses from having to really respect the deep ball and Simonton saw 8-9 in the box regularly. Jackson on the other hand, more than one NFL scout said something along the lines of "extremely productive despite playing behind the worst OL in the country". I heard one story told from one of his linemen on a goal line play - essentially the story was that there was no hole so SJack just made his own by running into the back of his own lineman at full speed and the lineman was briefly knocked unconscious during the TD. lol
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Post by joecool on Apr 25, 2023 13:06:00 GMT -8
Chance Nolan to TCU!
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Post by orangeattack on Apr 25, 2023 13:26:35 GMT -8
Interesting move. TCU already has an anointed starter so it appears that they're bringing him in for depth (they only have 2 scholarship QB's on the roster)
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Post by spudbeaver on Apr 25, 2023 13:48:34 GMT -8
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Post by oldbeav on Aug 21, 2024 13:24:50 GMT -8
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Post by bennyskid on Aug 21, 2024 13:33:02 GMT -8
Any word on the NIL deal?
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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 21, 2024 14:03:00 GMT -8
9 walks in 3 innings......not good.
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Post by ag87 on Aug 21, 2024 14:43:08 GMT -8
9 walks in 3 innings......not good. His biggest problem is that he has no idea what pitch the catcher is calling. So, I know it's weird, but he assumes the catcher is asking for something out of the strike zone. When he gets glasses and quits squinting he is either an NFL QB or an all-star caliber big league pitcher. It's his choice.
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Post by joecool on Aug 21, 2024 19:03:14 GMT -8
Looks like he got to play with his brother, Cade Nolan.
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Post by korculabeav on Aug 24, 2024 8:20:32 GMT -8
Since Nolan is a NOT a Beaver, shouldn’t this topic be on the Tap? And at the end of the day, who gives two you know what’s about his success elsewhere? Guy was a head case, lost OSU a critical game and glad he is gone.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 24, 2024 16:51:45 GMT -8
Since Nolan is a NOT a Beaver, shouldn’t this topic be on the Tap? And at the end of the day, who gives two you know what’s about his success elsewhere? Guy was a head case, lost OSU a critical game and glad he is gone. Nolan had issues. I do not know, if it was his head or his eyes, but it was great how he jumped in and led Oregon State to a bowl game in 2021. And he had a great couple of games before the competition took a big step up against USC and Utah. Nolan was a great backup, but he got promoted to his level of incompetence, which is unfortunate. I wish nothing but the best for Nolan in baseball. I personally enjoy reading about former Beavs playing on other teams, regardless of whether it is in the NFL or another NCAA team.
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Post by spudbeaver on Aug 24, 2024 21:13:20 GMT -8
Since Nolan is a NOT a Beaver, shouldn’t this topic be on the Tap? And at the end of the day, who gives two you know what’s about his success elsewhere? Guy was a head case, lost OSU a critical game and glad he is gone. Some of that may be true, but he was a Beaver Qb, like it or not. If he only had glasses.
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Post by irimi on Aug 25, 2024 7:19:41 GMT -8
Since Nolan is a NOT a Beaver, shouldn’t this topic be on the Tap? And at the end of the day, who gives two you know what’s about his success elsewhere? Guy was a head case, lost OSU a critical game and glad he is gone. I think Chance had a lot of upside. Again, I think CJS didn't coach him well enough, even if it just took him saying to go get his eyes checked. I would love to see him earn the starting job and lead TCU upward. Why not?
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Post by spudbeaver on Aug 25, 2024 8:11:37 GMT -8
Since Nolan is a NOT a Beaver, shouldn’t this topic be on the Tap? And at the end of the day, who gives two you know what’s about his success elsewhere? Guy was a head case, lost OSU a critical game and glad he is gone. I think Chance had a lot of upside. Again, I think CJS didn't coach him well enough, even if it just took him saying to go get his eyes checked. I would love to see him earn the starting job and lead TCU upward. Why not? I’m pretty sure he quit TCU.
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Post by irimi on Aug 25, 2024 12:21:05 GMT -8
I think Chance had a lot of upside. Again, I think CJS didn't coach him well enough, even if it just took him saying to go get his eyes checked. I would love to see him earn the starting job and lead TCU upward. Why not? I’m pretty sure he quit TCU. I can't keep up. I'm probably a day or a week or a month behind.
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