Comments on: EBAL stats – 10/12

By: outsider

outsider — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:54:24 +0000

Will foothill last under their Qb?

By: ms Piggy

ms Piggy — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:57:56 +0000

Cal success is the maturity of coach B; the addition of Coach K and an Oline coach BUT, the majority of Cal success is the talent on the team. Please realize the last time a DLS JV was beaten ( and the first time in a long time) was a beat down the current CAL seniors delivered two years ago.

The CAL team is getting its props on #2 ranking, but individual players who are very talented are not even getting discussed.

Alvarez has over 500 yards rushing, and 4 other rushers over 100 yards, Reil has over 700% completion percentage.

The monster offensive line – Pearson and Garwood – have had their way all season and will give DLS a run for the money

Taft and Samenta as recievers very talented

By: renegades10

renegades10 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:18:51 +0000

Houston is a better passer than Wayne was. Blake is one of my all time favorite Spartans, a true leader. But in terms of being a traditional qb Houston is far superior. Wayne was great for the veer system, small and quick and made good decisions. Two very different types of qb’s, but if we are talking about pure passing ability Houston wins that battle hands down. I am not going to compare him to the big three qb’s of the last two years, but the kid has a lot of talent and is still developing. He is not even close to hitting his ceiling. He also commands the same amount of respect in the huddle that Wayne did which is very important. He still has things to work on, but the talent is there to potentially be listed as one of the great EBAL qb’s.

By: Wizard

Wizard — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:31:20 +0000

Here is the problem with comparing any DLS quarterback with a Lloyd or other non DLS qb who is at a typical public school. Defensively the DLS qb has a huge advantage. When teams play DLS they have to defend DLS running game with 8 guys in the box leaving man coverage on the wideouts and since the safety is manning the tight end or slot, houston has a huge advantage in play action and big play potential in the passing game. Lloyd probably faces 2 safeties plus man coverage underneath. Same for a mv qb, or SR or a mannion last year. Plus your conners have to defend the sweep and option back on runs. Corners have a lot going against them before DLS snaps the ball. The DLS qb should lead the area in ave yards per completion every year.

By: outsider

outsider — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:17:48 +0000

Cal could throw the ball last year, they just didn’t. Quinn Kahler was not a bad passer and John Sarmenta was a good reciever in his junior year. That was one of the mistakes Coach Billeci made last year. He did not use all of his talent and came in with a predetermined strategy of what would work. That has changed this year, partly due to Coach Billeci growing as a coach and partly due to Coach Kravitz. But I think coach Billeci is showing a lot of maturity and foresight in accepting what Coach Kravitz can offer.

By: norcalfball

norcalfball — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:56:11 +0000

bottom line…cal can throw the ball this year, last year they could only run the ball. that is the difference in this years team…last year they were so predictable and even when they did pass there was no creativity to it. this year they have a very nice balanced offense that can burn you either way. got to credit the head coach, but wouldn’t forget about the influence kravitz has brought to that team as well.

they are clearly the 2nd best team in east bay this year. cal didn’t have a bad year last year, washington just had there number.

By: Ebal fan #2

Ebal fan #2 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:55:14 +0000

To be compared to those QB’s is a compliment indeed for Bart. Let’s just wait until after his senior year before comparisons are made. None of the quarterbacks listed were dominant until their senior years, Houston is dominant this year but his team is superior. As for the poster that said the younger Houston is playing QB on the JV’s he is way off the mark, he is an offensive guard, big kid but never quarterback.

By: panther4

panther4 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:37:15 +0000

Junior, Post 51, you are out of your mind. All 3 of those QB’s you mentioned are better than Houston in all aspects of QB Play. That statement, better THROWER is quite an overstatement. Houston is good, but no where near those other 3. In my opinion, I was way more impressed with Blake Wayne at DLS than Houston. I guess we’ll see where he ends up in college, but I had to laugh at this comment. I would take Southwick or Nottingham 100 times out of 100 over Houston.

By: outsider

outsider — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:24:34 +0000

Cal could have done better with the talent they had last year but it was difficult for the seniors to adjust to the loss of their old coach and the philosophies of the new coach. There were some mistakes made by the new coach last season which lead to the Grizzlies inconsitent play last year but I think many of those mistakes have been fixed. Coach Billeci has been successful in putting his mark on the program and has discarded some of the traditions brought in by Sanchez and has created some new ones. This year’s team is much more cohesive than last year’s team because of that.

By: eastbay football

eastbay football — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:22:30 +0000

the hiring of belleci was well covered this season by the hiring of Kravits and the former SRV o line coach.