Ohio State 20

Someone please get that guy and / or gal some help.

I will tell you why JF keeps me on this board even though you whiners don’t want me and why he answers my questions. It is very simple – I talk football. I possess an indepth knowledge of the game which few if any of you do around here. There have been so many times I wanted to leave this forum but I stuck it out. The biblical command “Do not throw your pearls before swine” has really made sense to me.

However not all UCB state fans feel the same way. Just yesterday one of your posters on Bear Insider wrote this about a post I put on Jon Wilner’s blog.

” I usually just skip her “cal state” rant.. That being said

‘The game has passed him by. He is a dinosaur. He likes everything he sees in Oregon’s offense and in the creative pistol offenses and even the spread offenses. And so what does he do? He just adds more and more plays to his playbook and then expects his QBs to know them. When it doesn’t work he begins to harp on them for their lack of fundamentals and he changes OCs like a compulsive shopper at the local WalMart.

The fact that everyone of his QBs are failures except for Rodgers, a list which includes Ayoob, Longshore, Reed, Riley, Sweeney, Mansion, Maynard falls on Tedford.’

She made a good point (for once). The game HAS passed JT. He tries to add new wrinkles to the offense. All this does is make the offense more confusing and harder for the players to “execute”. He can’t hang his hat on taking the high road in regards to academics. We were 11th in APR scores. Our facilities are brand new so he can’t make that excuse. I guess all he has left is to blame the players for not “executing”.”

You see, real fans know I always speak truth (and sometimes in a profound way that even the sportswriters long to do).

Frankly, I tire of reading the comments on here. “Tedford sucks”, “Maynard sucks”, “Our Defense sucks” is childish but that is what dominates this blog.

I say to you posters – “Grow up. Get out an encyclopedia and brush up on the greatest game in the world.”

I agree with you about the D…..by far the biggest disappointment of the year….don’t know enough about football to know the problem/solution, but we have been driven on multiple times (i’m unaware of any plays over the top)….we can’t get off the field…over 50% 3rd down completion…weren’t we–statistically–the best defense in the pac 12 last year?

Oh brother.

>> Coulda been 5 turnovers witn maynard chucking the ball in the air while being called down for “in the grasp” and ka muffing the punt return. We got lucky. That was one of our worst games ever, against one of our worst opponents ever. That is indeed holmoe-esque. <<

Cal basically has a puncher's chance against tOSU, but Tedford doesn't go for the KO. More likely, we scrimp out a score or two in the first half, but can't stop tOSU from scoring on 75% of their drives and throw in a couple of turnovers to set up scores.

I feel you though, we haven’t seen them play well yet but I know they weren’t 100% healthy to begin the year and that fact could have thrown off their timing last week when they all played. I hope they’re focused and can hone in on their assignments, if so, our talent is better than OSUs is.

I would say no way Cal covers- ask me when we play Oregon or the Cheater$ down south. Urban Meyer is one of the best coaches in the business, Tedford one of the worst- BUT – they are actually friends, and I don’t think Meyer tries to paste a 40+ point loss out of pity for Tedford. Cal may cover but it won’t mean anything. No chance to avoid (another) embarrassment against a ranked team.