Upon Further Review...

by BruinAl on Sep 21, 2009 12:38 PM PDT

It sure is good to hear some bellyachin' about the team after a WIN! This tells me that expectations are ratcheting up. Example, why can't the defense be more consistent? K-State scored 9 points. At the beginning of the game if someone said we would hold them to nine we all would have taken it. We had a gameplan that wouldn't expose our young corner to big plays and...it worked! Example 2, The offense operates in fits and bursts. There is a plan here Bruin Fans. CNC gameplans for his offense to create opportunities with a low risk/reward because A) He knows his personnel and what their strengths and limitations are, B) He knows that it is the efficiency of his offense that is important. Defense and Special teams can win games if you don't turn the ball over.

College football is an emotional game and we have a very young team. I think the coaches did a great job of getting the win against an inferior opponent after a highly emotional road game. This could have been the type of trap game that felled $UC's team. Instead were 3-0 going into a bye-week. Our next opponent will be occupied with the media and the great Jake Locker and the chance to lead the conference. If they beat Washington our team will be sky high for this game, rested and rearmed.

I would like to give a shout out to a couple of players; Nelson Rosarios' catch on the sidelines with one hand almost made me drop the binoculars. ATV was money all game and let's not forget J. Franklin; the only thing that puzzles me about him is why he hasn't got to the house with a real long gainer yet. He has that kind of speed.

In conclusion, it was a take care of business game that, in the past, may have been a problem. This year, not so much...

Why not us? Why not now?

GO BRUINS!

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Zackly...

… you’re take on what’s going down with our team is money!!!

I agree, CNC is being ultra-realistic & I say we are seeing vanilla ball control/TOS “run or die trying” play calling right now that reflects it. I’m hoping we don’t have to ride out the whole year on the “Death, Taxes, & Forbath” philosophy. Without TD’s we have to play conservative & I know CRN is comfortable winning late, as you pointed out we have the D & special teams to do it. Personally, I think CRN/CNC have been holding back plays that take advantage of our speed & mis-match abilities. Carroll, Thigpen, & Presley’s red-shirts are burning for a reason man & we’ve yet to see why- but I think we will in Pac-10 play! All things in their proper time :) THANKS for the read!

BTW: You can't spell Trojan without OJ. UCLA GO FIGHT WIN BABY!

by Bruin4ver on Sep 21, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions

I'm just sayin'

He’s not only being realistic about our personnel. He knows that we can beat these teams without taking uneccessary risks or showing the conference the playbook. I can’t argue with 3-0. All I can say is I will be real surprised if we don’t see a lot more playbook vs. Stanford, ie, Carrol, Thigpen, Presley IF we need it.

by BruinAl on Sep 21, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Good work, BruinAl.

I agree 100%.

by Fox 71 on Sep 21, 2009 8:57 PM PDT reply actions

The scheduling has been great so far.

We caught Tennessee ~asleep, but our QB was injured at the end. We had a not so great opponent the next week which allowed Craft and the team to get a win when we were most vulnerable. Now we’ve got a bye week so Prince can recover, our backup QB’s will have plenty of practice time and the coaches will have plenty of time to game plan against Stanford.

The Bruins will have a good chance to go 4-0/1-0.

So far the theme has been one game at a time so let’s beat Stanford!

by layout on Sep 22, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions

I don't think we caugt Tennessee asleep

that was a big game for them, both for momentum going into the Florida week and because we beat them last year….not to mention the fact that two of the their main coaches HATE UCLA.

by bornagainbruin on Sep 23, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions