I agree. I think all of the elements are there to get a serious dose of "bad" Ryan Day.

Unfortunately it seems like the "good/ruthless/aggressive" Ryan Day only shows up once he feels like he has nothing to lose and just let's it all hang out....which needs a catalyst that none of us want to think about.

I don't know on this one. OSU has the better team, there is zero question on that but a lot of the circumstantial stuff gives me pause, to include the line drop through 10 to -8.5. There is really only one answer to that and it's not a positive one for us.

My plea would be along the lines of "don't go into the phone booth for the fight Ryan. The call is coming from inside the house" kind of thing. You run risks by being too conservative and it doesn't play to your strength. Take the same risk and play your game, let your guy eat. He's got to learn sometime, somewhere.

RugbyBuck said:

There have been plenty of squads I've been worried about in big road games. This one isn't one of them. I love the vibe with these guys. There relatively young, at least in terms of starter minutes for a lot of them, and they don't seem complacent because of the '24 NC. I see them embracing the challenge and getting after it.

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Not suggesting you should be worried, but that just sounds like blind hope. People on here downplay just how challenging it is to travel to play on the west coast. Add in intense crowd noise and a young team with no road experience, and this game is nothing to scoff at. Getting off to a fast start is crucial

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You can clearly see that Campbell was halfway knocked out when he staggered and fell sideways into the end zone, and then couldn't stand up at all...

He's better than Virgil Stallcup.

So he's got that going for him.

Which is nice

Jagdaddy said:

To me it's not so much about how many total passing attempts there are as about predictability. There's been a tendency in the past to run between the tackles on a substantial majority of first down plays. I'd like to see at least half of first down plays be passes, with 3/4 of those being at least intended to go seven yards or more past the line of scrimmage in the air, with more first down plays being passes if the running game isn't doing well.

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I do think Julian is helped by playing against Matty P’s defense everyday because Washington runs similar concepts with Belichick as their DC. So, if Julian completes his first few passes, we could see passing on early downs. But if he starts shaky, that’ll only reinforce Day’s tendency to play it close.

heisman said:

Wait, I thought "fuck that" would still apply?

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Well it does but in context of at least something got done, it's better than Angel F Hernandez doing his thing.

I read more of the details on why the players preferred the challenge system and all so I can live with it (not that I had a vote).

I think the real "unspoken" part is that hitters know they can't protect the "real" strike zone. Now, if your catcher sets up inside and you miss on the other side of the plate, it's a ball. With ABS, that could still be a strike even though you just missed by 18 inches.

If pitchers learn the truly automated strike zone and figure out exactly how many pixels of it they need to brush with the inside of the ball, offense will get even more unwatchable. Accuracy will take over for velocity and pitch framing is dead. So a lot of dudes jobs will be gone over night, thus "we like the hybrid model".

It looks like ramping the freshman class back to 8200 paid some dividends. Average ACT is now 30.5, and the average SAT is now 1400.

fun with stats......

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buchtelgrad04 said:

I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.

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To me it's not so much about how many total passing attempts there are as about predictability. There's been a tendency in the past to run between the tackles on a substantial majority of first down plays. I'd like to see at least half of first down plays be passes, with 3/4 of those being at least intended to go seven yards or more past the line of scrimmage in the air, with more first down plays being passes if the running game isn't doing well.

colobuck79 said:

They obviously have the inside track on Saban.

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I hear Jon Gruden's on a plane to Stillwater right now.

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