Oregon State @ UCLA: How about that Bruins Defense?
by Telemachus on Nov 7, 2010 9:39 AM PST
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PrintHere's another look at that monster hit on Jacquizz Rodgers by freshman Dietrich Riley, with the key portion slowed down for your enjoyment:
More defense after the jump.
Another freshman shows us the future of this hard-hitting defense as Jordan Zumwalt shoots the gap and throws Beavers QB Ryan Katz for a huge 13-yard loss on a 3rd and 3 play, knocking Oregon St. out of field goal range:
Veteran Akeem Ayers bounced back from a couple of sub-par games. On this play Rodgers stops on a dime, but Ayers is there to pound Rodgers in his tracks for a 2-yard loss:
Later, after Rodgers' dime-stopping results in an Andrew Abbott whiff, Ayers slices through the bodies and stops Jacquizz for a minimal 1-yard gain:
Here's to the Bruins Defense, holding Oregon St. to half their average points per game (although the offense gets big props for winning the TOP 35:36 to 24:24). Let's hope they keep it going for the stretch drive.
Go Bruins!
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Thanks for the footage!
For some reason my wife felt we needed to spend our five-year anniversary sailing so thanks for the highlights (for guys like BritishBruin, this is called “sarcasm”). Zumwalt looks fabulous, especially when he’s lined up behind AA. Big win!
ha
you mean “this is what Americans call sarcasm”
by britishbruin on Nov 7, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
An American Telling a Brit
About sarcasm? aaaah Cmon man, the British teach the rest of the world sarcasm. Just look at Monty Python, Eddie Izzard, etc etc etc.
heh
My wife and I spent 1 day of our 10 year anniversary weekend at the game :)
Ayers was a beast
It was great watching that video in slow motion. Just keeping my eyes on Ayers through the whole thing, I could see how nicely he glides to the side between linemen for both sides to pop out on the other side of the field to nail Rodgers. He’s going to do some awesome things in the NFL (which sadly, could be next year.)
Thanks for posting these videos, always fun to relive a win.
The slo-mo
of Rodgers matadoring Abbott is Barry Sandersesque. I was impressed in real time. In slow motion, more so. I get winded at the thought of stopping and starting that fast.
Huge thanks for bringing us these views from Rose Bowl, Telemachus.
In the Rose Bowl
I was sitting on the east side of the Rose Bowl and I could not actually see the Riley’s Hit for the Ages. (I could see Roger’s helmet bouncing around.) Much of our defensive line and several OSU linemen blocked the view of the actual tackle.
But I could hear the crowd reaction.
And when the replay went up on the screen, the fans around me made that same kind of cheer you hear on the video.
I don’t know how to describe the cheering. There has to be some high-falutin’ technical name for it.
PS
I will give Rogers this—he hung onto the ball—he is the real deal!
I remember reading the guy has
like one fumble in some huge number of carries or something…..or at least did as of the time I heard it (earlier this season).
I was in row 14 of section 17
And I was just able to see the two player’s upper bodies come together and ‘Quizz’ helmet suddenly rocket to the heavens. It was a glorious sight. I think the technical name for the crowd reaction afterwards is: OOOOOOOOH.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Ronnie Lott
Lott, the great 49er DB, called the type of tackle Riley made as an OOOOOOOH. He called that type of tackle an OOOOOOOH because that was the crowd response. Lott knew the sound well because he heard it and caused such crowd reactions with some regularity.
I forget where Lott played his college ball and it serves no purpose for anybody to try to remember. Where he played his college ball is irrelevant. OOOOOOOH!
by peggysue69 on Nov 7, 2010 5:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
We were in the northwest end zone
and the view was great for all the actions, including the field goal.
Helmet?
Although it was a nice vicious hit, Riley leaned in with his helmet. He has to be careful. He might hurt himself. I noticed Riley does that a lot. That hit might have been a flag in the NFL especially with the NFL being more vigilant about that type contact.
"nice vicious hit"
I’m good with that.
by peggysue69 on Nov 7, 2010 5:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
at 0:12 of the youtube video
looks to me like like Riley’s right shoulderpad hits Quizz’s left shoulderpad, while Riley’s helmet is below Quizz’s helmet.
Plus with the moves Quizz has, seems what the D aims for isn’t usually what they get
Also, he's really short.
So if you go in with the shoulder, or the arms, you very likely get his head.
Go Bruins!
Tactical Use of Loose Helmets by Oregon State?
Their helmets came off more than once.
And, I think the fact that a helmet went into the air, on a perfectly clean tackle by Zumwalt, was the reason a flag was thrown. It seemed that the SPTR assumed it must have been a helmet to helmet hit because one flew off. Nothing was farther from the truth — as the replay showed.
sjh
My thoughts exactly
Having reffed hundreds of basketball and football games in my day, I know that sometimes an official blows the whistle / throws a flag because something looked bad then immediately realizes that there was no penalty. In those situations, it’s easier to make a questionable call (after all, just about every call gets criticized to some degree anyway) then to admit that you totally blew it (calling “inadvertent whistle” in basketball or saying “there was no foul on the play” in football).
It's great to see Bruins tackle
and hit hard. But helmet to helmet is illegal, no? If that had been someone hitting JetSki like that I think we’d be howling foul….
To hear the announcers tell the story
They explain away the Malcolm Jones helmet to helmet non call by saying he lowered his head on impact. Same deal here. Gravity has a way of doing that whether you want it to or not. Play on.
Maualuga on Cowan
… was simply gravity. Right.
Let me explain something about gravity to you
It only goes one way. If Rodgers jumps into the air, as he did, he is eventually going to come down. You probably think the NFL rule where defensive players now have to worry about how hard to hit a guy is a great rule. Let’s rewind to Cowan-Thugaluga. Cowan’s head starts below Thugaluga’s. Below. That’s important. Thugaluga then lowers his head about 2 feet to meet where Cowan’s head will end up, and leads with his helmet and impacts Cowan when he’s already out of bounds.
But I’m sure you’ll continue to believe that a guy going full speed was going to be able to anticipate Rodgers’ downward trajectory and equate that with a guy that intentionally lowered his helmet 2 feet to deliver a cheap shot out of bounds. You’ll continue to be wrong, but you can still believe it.
I take that back.
The Riley hit does look helmet to helmet. But Zumwalt’s was very clean as others have observed. Maybe it was a make up call?
But guys need to buckle up!
Go Bruins!
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