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15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Katz, leadership · 0 replies · +1 points

Umm... no. Not one of the Ducks QB's would start for the Beavs in a year with poor depth. I think the same might be said of the Beavs QB's in the Ducks system, though I think Kelly's offense is a lot more adaptive to the signal caller than is Riley's offense.

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Being an O-lineman · 0 replies · +1 points

NCAA rules prohibit a school from discussing a NLI signee more than once between his/her signing and enrollment. So many coaches hold off on the discussion if they expect more NLI's because they want to comment on the class as a whole. Other coaches wait until after the signing period to make any comments about signees as a matter of policy.

Daniel Gomis did sign yesterday. http://twitter.com/OHACoachSmith/status/270963796...

15 years ago @ Brooks Hatch - Brooks Hatch: Monday u... · 0 replies · +1 points

Baseball's signing day tomorrow... who's in?
Names I have heard:
Michael Conforto, Redmond, Wa
Dylan Davis, Redmond, Wa
Nate Esposito, Granite Bay, Ca
Kavin Keyes, Sandy, Ut
Spencer Manjarrez, Gig Harbor, Wa
Brandon Martin, Corona, Ca
Michael McCall, Gig Harbor, Wa
Carlos Rodriguez, Kapolei, Hi
Matthew Troupe, Northridge, Ca

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Pac-10 power poll · 0 replies · +1 points

All in all, it was a pathetic game on both sides. If that's UCLA 'wanting it more', then I don't think anyone really wanted anything... except maybe to be somewhere other than on the field.

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Pac-10 power poll · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm not saying we played well enough to win. I'm not even saying that the call on Remmers mattered in the long run.

I was speaking directly to player safety and the lack of it from the referees. Quizz' hat came off because UCLA's #8 used the crown of his helmet to hit Quizz under the chin while Quizz was vulnerable. This was a clear call to be made according to the rules for safety in our league. And if the refs are not going to call it, then the league should just announce that they don't really care.

As I said, there was an instance which wasn't as clear late in the game where one of our linemen hit Brehaut helmet to helmet after he threw the ball. I think this one should have been called as well.

Safety is the topic of my questions. Late chips can be included. Many times UCLA linemen were hitting our defenders well after the whistle and they were not called. If they weren't called for those hits but our guys were just because UCLA's guys 'wanted it more', then the refs can just tell us that's why they called the game that way. I don't think this was the case.

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Pac-10 power poll · 4 replies · +1 points

Another inconsistency was Remmers' late hit late in the game which cost us possession (eventually). UCLA O-linemen were chipping off the pile late all game long--in some cases later than Remmers' push. Why call it correctly when they had been ignoring it for the bulk of the game?

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Pac-10 power poll · 0 replies · +1 points

Cliff,
I would like some clarification on the helmet to helmet hit on Quizz. One of the announcers tried to explain it away because he went up in the air and, "... you don't know where he's going to come down."

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That goes against common sense. You know precisely where he's going to come down since he's given up the ability to change direction. Using that logic, the NFL should have done nothing when Todd Heap was popped under the chin earlier this year by Merriwether.

I think Frahm (?) should have been called on one later in the game as well, so it's not as iff I think we're angels who are being picked on. i just think the league officials are saying they take safety seriously and act in an opposite manner. The plays that were called on this rule almost seemed they would not have been called if the first was not embarrassingly missed. I'm sure the refs caught an earful after Quizz' hit.

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Kicking issues,... · 0 replies · 0 points

I generally yawn at the self-righteous ditribes provided by some, but this back and forth is about a kicker with the yips.

If you're down on him, then you're standing in a long line which includes teammates, coaches and mostly himself. His reality is more harsh than a comment on a blog.

If you think your self-righteous diatribes ward off some evil joo-joos or give other whackos a sense of warm fuzziness, then so be it. But most of us live in a world where not everyone gets a trophy for showing up for some game where they don't keep score because *sniff* it hurts to lose.

In the end we're still just talking about a kicker with the yips.

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Cal fallout · 0 replies · +1 points

And if I hear one more Autzen crowd boo after one of their linemen clips some defenseless d-lineman 30 yards behind the play then I'll just have to make a video montage of their o-line's dirty play resulting in these not fake injuries. Or maybe we can petition the state to take our alum's name off their stadium?

15 years ago @ Cliff Kirkpatrick - Cliff: Leftover quotes... · 0 replies · +1 points

Give up 500 yards without allowing them to score? Who are they... the Kragthorpe Beavs?

If you give up that much yardage, you are giving up a minimum of 21 points. And that's with take-aways. Since that is obvious to any reasonable football fan, why would not alowing a team to score logically follow giving up that kind of yardage?

I think he meant that we can hold the opposition to under 30, and we have a good to great chance to win due to our offense... sort of like UO giving up gobs of yards and points but still winning.

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