Let's get ready to Rumble.....CP @ USD

[#1CoyoteFan (Admin)]

While I do agree with what you have to offer there Coyote Fan, just remember that the North Dakota game, the Sioux were without their starting running back in the game and Northern Colorado isn't a running team, they are a passing team. Plus with how early they got down, both teams, they had to go through the air more honestly.

Northern Iowa did have a down day running against USD, but they were still able to control the clock and let their defense do the work. Even though USD held them below their average, USD lost a game they should've won.

Plus if you look at the stats, UNI had a 13 minute edge in time of possession and ran the ball 46 times for a gain of 193 yards. 19 yards was lost in sacks and there was two rushes as a team for -23 yards, one of them was the botched field goal that UNI had. So the Panthers were still able to stick with their running game. If you look at it that way, UNI was still hitting at 4 yards a pop and puts you in a good third and short situation. UNI used its rushing game to help beat USD.

Oh, plus NW Okie State is an NAIA team as well, so bad comparison.

[#1CoyoteFan (Admin)]

I do hope I am wrong as well, because if I am, the Coyotes have a better chance to win, even though Cal Poly does have a high completion percentage and USD is bad on pass defense as well.

I would rather be wrong and have USD win here honestly. If you are Cal Poly though, wouldn't you stick to your bread and butter until USD gets the lead or stops them on a consistent basis.

[yoteforever]

Here is why I like the Coyotes to win today. The DakotaDome.

Quite frankly our defense is geared to play on faster surfaces. For some reason, grass bogs them down. Thislate in the year, it might be a mental thing, but nonetheless, it is what it is.

I hope we have a big game and big crowd to thank our seniors for their efforts.

GOOD LUCK YOTES

[slostang]

Good game today. Your QB is a great athlete who sure is slippery. Your kick returner burned us all day. Looking forward to seeing USD next year in SLO. Good program and great fans.

Sorry to see you go to the MVFC instead of the Big Sky, but I know that it works better for you. Hope you do well there.

[#1CoyoteFan (Admin)]

Thanks Slostang, good luck in the BSC.

As far as the game is concerned with Cal Poly's run game, I hate to tell you I told you so, but, I told you so. Cal Poly stuck with it because the pass was so bad. When they passed, USD took advantage. Once they got that outside run working, USD was in trouble. Stick with what works right?

That's exactly what USD DIDN'T do. Once again, USD played not to lose instead of playing to win. It was bad. Once they got up 14-0, and I will even say 7-0, the USD offense went conservative. Will Powell shredded the defense, but they didn't work in the rest of the passing game really. Dusty had a couple of good catches, but yeah.

Ugh.

[Coyote Fan]

Nov 6, 2010 18:47:06 GMT -6 slostang said:

Good game today. Your QB is a great athlete who sure is slippery. Your kick returner burned us all day. Looking forward to seeing USD next year in SLO. Good program and great fans.

Sorry to see you go to the MVFC instead of the Big Sky, but I know that it works better for you. Hope you do well there.

Yep good game for the Westerners. Congrats to Cal Poly as they were the better team no doubt.

[Coyote Fan]

Well now we are losing multiple home games in the same season. USD's run defense was indeed horrible but credit Poly for executing really well. When USD see's things they don't typically see they have trouble.

So we now need a volunteer and since we likely won't have any I may need to start a new website by myself called fireed.com. Kind of like the Gopher and firetimbrewster.com. We need to start acting like a D1 University. The only question is should we wait to start the site today or wait until next year.

This team has barely any ability to get through adversity what-so-ever. As soon as Cal Poly gets it going USD just folds up like a tent and lets it happen with barely a fight. The Yotes looked like they just went through the motions for most of the game. No consistant spark. Warren is overthrowing his receivers by so much that they are barely even jumping for the ball on some occassions. His accuracy is scarey. What can ya say about Ganious. Nice kid but not a D1 caliber runningback. He must have some dirt on Ed or something for him to still be not only starting but getting like 90% of the carries. A good runningback would have had 30 yard runs with the holes Ganious had to run in. The Cal Poly runningback would have definately gone far with some of the holes. Did Marcus Sims even get a carry today, is he hurt, where the heck is he. If Ed is going to be so stubborn with always going with Ganious and never even giving Wilhelm an opportunity than this is all on him. He is stubborn and won't adjust anything even if it gets the team a better chance to win.

As others would say "But wait how about we be patient, don't over-react. It's crazy to even think about firing the head coach". "I mean come on we beat Minnesota, who cares about the rest of the season". Minnesota has a grand total of one win this year. "We definately can't do better so why try. Ed will get it done, just like we have said for the past 4 years in a row". USD went backwards in year 3 when they should have made a big leap forward. From 2-2 in the Great West to 1-3. That is with a better overall defense. How does that happen?

Sayler will not make any moves this off season, he isn't going to rock the boat this early. The good thing is that next year there will be no more second chances. I wouldn't give next year a chance at all but Sayler will give him at least 1 more year. Next year the team has almost everyone returning. They have Morrell back and probably Wes as well. If USD continues to shoot themselves in the foot it will be the last time it will be allowed to happen.

7-4 is the minimum record that is acceptable next season.

[usdfbalum]

Hard to even know what to write, really. At least the students all left at half when USD was still up and probably think USD won.

What is wrong with our school? Very little school spirit. As for the fans in the permanent seating - granted I may cheer a little excessively and aggressively, but is it asking too much for some people to clap and get off their butts every once in a while to cheer their team?

I do think the offense is the biggest problem right now - I know it may seem strange to say after USD just gave up 370 yards rushing. The play calling and the execution at times was miserable. I do not understand. USD has the athletes on offense to score points. What is the problem - seriously? 3 pts in the second half by the offense? Not going to get it done.

Got a text from a business associate and fan of another school on the way out of the Dome: he text me "What hurts more, getting beat at home by an average fb team, or the fact that nobody in SD really gives a sh..?"


This one hurts pretty bad.

[Coyote Fan]

good post usdfbalum. I know exactly what you are talking about. It must seem like you are on an island cheering for the team. For me I almost had to force myself to cheer today. I did cheer but it didn't seem as natural as usual. I don't know what it was but as a fan I am typically very fired up for games. Today it was very difficult. I knew when Cal Poly tied the game at 17-17 that things wouldn't likely have a good ending. Even if the Yotes had played them down to the wire something would have happened to allow the Mustangs to win.

Did anyone understand the almost touchback, run it up the sidelines only to be eventually be called a touchback. The officials botched that call one way or another. Since the call was rules a touchback it means that the player had to be in the endzone with his knee down. The play was allowed to continue as if the official called it a no touchback. One of three things had to be called. Either the play is allowed to stand as played out. That or the ball should have been down at the one yard line. Based on the officials actions on the field combined with the eventual outcome that the officials decided on there is no question that it should have been ruled a safety.

as far as the text, what does that tell everyone from an outsiders perspective. It says that obviously people don't care enough to come or care enough to cheer when they are there. What is it with about 10% of the stadium emtying after it was 38-24 Poly. my gosh there was still like 5-7 minutes to go. The game was not over and the fans that left, left too soon. Ed has lost this team and it appears that the fans are getting apathetic. USD needs a serious evaluation of this program and why the team disappears for long portions of games. BTW the only red coolaid I have right now is churning around in my stomach about to be thown up with my supper.

[slostang]

Nov 6, 2010 19:03:01 GMT -6 #1CoyoteFan (Admin) said:

Cal Poly stuck with it because the pass was so bad. When they passed, USD took advantage. Once they got that outside run working, USD was in trouble. Stick with what works right?

Cal Poly's starting QB did not play. He is a much better passer. In 4 starts he is 41 or 62 for 510 yards and 4 TDs with no INTs. He is also a true threat to take it the distance running the ball in the triple option.

[usdfbalum]

Nov 6, 2010 21:32:40 GMT -6 slostang said:

Nov 6, 2010 19:03:01 GMT -6 #1CoyoteFan (Admin) said:

Cal Poly stuck with it because the pass was so bad. When they passed, USD took advantage. Once they got that outside run working, USD was in trouble. Stick with what works right?

Cal Poly's starting QB did not play. He is a much better passer. In 4 starts he is 41 or 62 for 510 yards and 4 TDs with no INTs. He is also a true threat to take it the distance running the ball in the triple option.

We play Air Force next year - wonder if they will get excited when they see this film.

[Yote 53]

Bad, bad loss. Nothing more to say than that. One game left on the slate and then prepare for next year. This year is what it was, some highs, lots of lows, but in the end means nothing other than another year of transition is done. I'm excited for the future because I see a very young and talented team that, if they find some consistency, should be better in the years to come.

My biggest disappointment is with the USD fans, or lack thereof. If you were at the game, and stayed the whole game I am not talking to you. Our student support is embarassingly horrible. The students here don't deserve this team, don't deserve the DakotaDome, and don't deserve to be D1.

It was a great day for tailgating outside the Dome. So much going on out there. That part of gameday was good, and continues to get better each season. I expect it to get even bigger in the future.

[agalum]

Yotes,
Who do you like between UC Davis and Poly considering you have now played both?

[yotemeal]

Concur on the atmosphere. I was there, and it was pretty bad.

The primary problem wasn't so much people failing to get off their butts; it was the lack of butts that entered the DakotaDome in the first place. And I would disagree on the tailgating. I thought it could've been much better. It was a nice November day, our last home game of the season against a quality opponent, and we're fresh off the conference announcement. I was disappointed.

I don't know what happened to the students. How do you get that many students to the UNI game, yet so few show up for Cal-Poly? And the ones that did show up - how do you not come back for the second half of a tie game? The student tailgating was embarrassing. I know campus security patrols that area heavily - carding virtually everyone - but have they patrolled it to death?

One last note in this disjointed post. Join me and the growing number of other fans in the permanent seating that actually do recognize it is standard procedure for football games in which the outcome is still undecided for fans to stand up on defensive third downs. If someone has a problem with you doing so, that's not your problem. A Division-I college football game is not a church service, day care, or nursing home.

[usdfbalum]

Nov 7, 2010 11:36:56 GMT -6 agalum said:

Yotes,
Who do you like between UC Davis and Poly considering you have now played both?

I think UC Davis has a solid and physical enough defense to keep the Cal Poly offense mostly in check. Your offense should have a field day, their pass defense is suspect. Score four TD's and you win the game in my opinion. I cannot see them scoring more than 24 on you.

Overall I thought I would see a better Cal Poly team. OL and DL are avg. Skill players at RB were very quick as straight line runners - highlight in my opinion. QB was ok, but I understand we did not see their true starter there. WR seemed very lazy at times - probably helped our DB's know when a pass was coming - I could tell from the stands watching them take their first four to five steps as a run/pass key.

Cal Poly was a good tackling team - except on special teams.

If I was a betting man, I would say UC Davis by 10.

I will be interested to see if other Yote fans agree or disagree with me on this.

Should be a fun game.