The problem is the offense not so much the defense

by RogerT on Oct 24, 2009 9:35 PM PDT

I was just thinking while watching Oregon St. put up 36 points against USC how good the offenses are this year in the Pac 10. And that is on the road against what everyone says is one of the very best defenses in the country. Meanwhile at the time of this writing Stanford has scored 24 points and gained 299 yards in the first half against what was a highly touted Arizona St. defense.

I think we're a little too critical of our defense. You're just not going to shut down the kind of explosive offenses we have this year in the Pac 10, and the only way you're going to be able to compete with the better teams in the Pac 10 is to have an offense yourself that can put up a lot of points. And we just don't have that this year.

It's a pretty good bet that next week we're going to have to put up at least 25-30 points on the board to have a chance to win at Oregon St. And if we don't and we lose I don't think you can blame the defense. Nobody is saying USC's defense is weak or played a bad game by giving up 36 points, and that's because their offense put up 42 and they won the game.

I don't want to be defeatist, because I still think we have a real chance of winning three more games, but maybe we just don't have the personnel yet on offense or at least the personnel with enough experience. Our offensive line is still mediocre, and the quarterback play and receivers have performed below par.

I think a realistic goal this year is to win three more games and improve significantly on offense. I have a feeling we will feel better about our team after we play Arizona St. and Washington.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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Re: UW

I’m not so sure we can be competitive in that game. Explosive offenses don’t go good with UCLA this year

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 24, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions

That UW offense isn't as good as it's made out to be

I think we have a real chance there to go along with the ASU and WSU game. I won’t guarantee wins, but we should have a real chance to pick up W’s in those games.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Oct 24, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

If we win out those games

I’ll be forever satisfied with the 09-10 Bruins

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 24, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

The UW game really worries me

simply because the Huskies are everything this year’s Bruins are not. UW has a similar lack of talent on both sides of the ball (yes I know that they have Lockear), but they are a threat to win any game because they play with lots of passion and energy. With the exception of Tennessee, we have not, and I would not currently classify us as an upset threat against the likes of Oregon St and $C

by Sideout11 on Oct 25, 2009 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions

On Washington

I don’t agree that Washington lacks talent, and we have quite a bit of talent on defense. I think our defense is better than Washington’s. Their big advantage is that they have the best quarterback in the conference, and so far we’re lost at quarterback. However I think our offense will be able to move the ball on them and with the home field advantage I give us a slight advantage.

by RogerT on Oct 25, 2009 2:16 AM PDT up reply actions