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Spaulding Roundup: Defensive Shakeups & Crafty Developments
Let’s start today’s roundup with a heavy focus on our defense. The defense is going to be under the gun again this week. Stanford is coming to town with a powerful running game thanks to the backfield combination of Toby Gerhart and Anthony Kimble. Gerhart and Kimble rolled all over...
Right Direction
Let’s do a quick reset before getting to extended thoughts on last night’s game. Let’s take a count on what CRN and Norm Chow were working with in one of the toughest venues in college football against one of the more talented teams in the west coast: A 3rd string JUCO transfer...
The Challenge Of Containing Oregon's (Explosive) Spread Offense
Let’s dig into the Ducks a little deeper by taking a look at the obvious strength of this year’s team: their explosive offense. And guess what they have one of those vaunted spread offenses (devised by OC Chip Kelly), which DeWayne Walker has had difficulty scheming against in recent...
Hope
Let’s build on Class of 66’s post game thoughts because I found myself nodding with most of what he wrote. Now that I have had some time to think about it and replay the two in game situations (call to for it on 4th and 1 and the decision to accept the holding penalty that put Fresno...
Bright Spots (In A World Of Reality)
We are now three games into Rick Neuheisel’s first season at UCLA, and I think it is starting to become clear to everyone in BN, precisely what we were foreshadowing when we were writing all those posts with taglines “dose of reality” during this off season. There is no escaping...
Spaulding Roundup: Defensive Spotlight
As we wind down the game week we will finish it up with a round up primarily focusing on our defense. Arizona game will be an opportunity for our team to bounce back. It will especially be a huge game for our defense as it will look to atone last weekend’s embarrassment. ATV is going to be...
Notes on Wildcats: Preparing For Air Zona's Offensive Assault
In our first look at Arizona last night, we noted how Sonny Dykes, Wildcats’ OC had called out Willie Tuitama after his nightmarish game against New Mexico. A day later it looks Sonny walked back from his previous comments and took the responsibility (similar to Dewayne Walker mentioning how...
Shifting Attention To Arizona: Beware Of Wounded Cats
Let's hope by now everyone has completely flushed out the BYU game out of its system because we have a huge game coming up this Saturday against another desperate team. Arizona is coming into the Rose Bowl as another embarrassed Pac-10 team after a disappointing, sloppu road loss against New...
Dealing With Reality: Bouncing Back With Basics
So where to pick up the day after? All off season we had been mentally preparing ourselves for a very tough season during Rick Neuheisel’s first year at UCLA. There were a number of outsiders who mocked those pre-season projections asserting that somehow we were low balling the expectations...
Spaulding Roundup: Instilling Confidence
Let’s start our Sunday roundup with a HT to our colleagues at Canal Street Chronicles, New Orleans Saints’ bloggers who are currently on the run from Gustav. Please join us in extending thoughts and prayers to Saintsational and everyone else along the Gulf Coast, who are bracing for...
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