Halftime stats
By Jonathan Okanes
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 2:16 pm in Gameday.
Total yards: ASU 124, Cal 210.
First downs: ASU 7, Cal 15
Rushing: Nance 8-25, Herring 5-9, Vereen 15-57.
Passing: Carpenter 9-14-0 95 yards, 1 TD; Longshore 14-22-1 159 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving: Jones 4-34, Vereen 5-51, Cunningham 3-42-1 TD, Morrah 3-29-1 TD
Tackles: Nolan, Goethel 5 Hagan 6, Jordan, Johnson, Young 4.
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October 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
JO
Will we see any Tracy Slocum in the 2nd half? Or Riley for that matter? Longshore looked good but the offense is starting to sputter. I’d like to see JT mix it up some. Give ASU a little more to think about.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
JO - Are conditions wet on the field? Longhshore keeps throwing ducks - quack, quack.
October 4th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I think you’re going to keep seeing the current lineup. The conditions seem to be fine.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
A few observations about unfairness in football.
First, how about that blind SEC bias that results in 3-2 Auburn ranked above Cal? Who did Auburn beat? Louisiana Monroe, Southern Mississippi, and Tennessee (Tennessee lost to UCLA). Three nobody teams.
We are the only team to beat 5-1 Michigan State. Our loss was to Maryland, who also beat #20 Clemson.
Second, Kevin Riley got the shaft. Against Colorado State, Riley was 6-13 with 3 dropped passes, including a missed TD by Sean Young. If these passes are caught, Rile would be 9-13 with 2 TDs and 0 INTs. Not poor enough to criticize him and/or bench him.
Against the same opponent, Michigan State, Riley won the game for us, whereas Nate cost us 2 INTs, and 2 touchdowns (1 lost for us; 1 TD for MSU). Nate is a huge risk of tossing the ball and the game to the opponent.
While we won the ASU game, Nate missed some easy throws (Vereen on the sideline that could have gone for a TD) or caused receivers to wait for the ball. He does not have the ability to rifle the ball downfield especially when scrambling. His worst games are against USC. Do we really want to have Nate as our QB againt USC as we make our run for the Roses?
USC lost this year to OSU. This is an opportune time to use Riley and see where he can take us.
The vast majority of Cal fans are not wrong in favoring Riley. Evaluate Riley fairly and he wins the QB job.