Yergensen

Love the NIL deal. It was innovative, got national attention and credit and the players loved it. There will be copycats, but should undoubtedly help retention and recruiting. I’m done talking about the rest. Hope we can find a spark offensively, players and/or scheme, to get us some dubs.

Hey Robo, what I meant to say is 2 P12 championships were unprecedented for us.

I won’t argue against Alex Smith who was 2 for 2 in G5 championships and undefeated Fiesta Bowl season. He helped elevate the program under those circumstances. Cam similarly helped elevate the program under different P5 circumstances. What both did was unprecedented. So, I won’t argue against Alex Smith, but it is at least debatable with my pre…[Read more]

As with any leader at the top, Coach Whit in this case, you are responsible for knowing and then planning and executing accordingly.

If Whit didn’t know, he should have known. He is at least negligent and that is almost as damning as the other outcome. The other outcome is he did know, he mistakingly hoped for an early return while m…[Read more]

Nope, it’s on Whit. Buck stops with the head coach.

Bottom 5 offense, embarrassing and inexcusable.

I’ve shared these numbers previously. Cam led offense historically has scored on average 38.5 points per game. Our backups have averaged 25 points per game (thru FL game) a 2 TD difference. Even assuming Cam’s productivity drops due to immobility and personnel, the backup drop in productivity has probably been even greater over the past 4 gam…[Read more]

ZW was passed over for Jack Tuttle, not Jayden Daniels. ZW and Tuttle were 2018 classes, Daniels was 2019.

Nothing highly creative is needed, simply tailor offensive game plans to NJ strengths. RPO with keepers, move the pocket, have NJ throw on the run or run if option 1-2 aren’t there.

Mystery why the playcalling changed when BB came in and were plays suited for NJ. Also, why haven’t we seen the NJ utility plays from last year (runs around end) and…[Read more]

Decoding Ludwig…

Whit and Lud have not had a capable backup QB for Cam going on 3 seasons now. You can rationalize the transfer portal decision all you want, but they didn’t have a capable backup in 2021 and 2022 either.

Did they mistake the adequacy/talent of their backups? Did they mistake in the development of their backups. Did they mistake in not going p…[Read more]

It’s more than a transfer QB in case Cam doesn’t come back on time this season. Whit and Lud haven’t had a capable backup QB for 3 years now. The backup for 3 seasons has pretty much been a 1A high school walk-on QB. Maybe Rose would have been/is that guy, but he got maimed in practice of all places. If you look beyond the portal decision, the p…[Read more]

Complete perspective is this: Whit has made the best of a tough situation and deserves credit for that. However, it’s his job to build a championship team. He has a championship defense, however he bungled the most important position on the team (again) and will likely miss out on a championship because of it. He deserves the criticism for this.

^this, tailor plays to NJ. RPO, move the pocket, throw on run, run at edges. Lud does it when NJ is utility player, but not as a starter, why?

Lud is to blame for not designing and calling plays to NJ strengths. He’s not a pocket passer, yet. His footwork, flat footed throws, needs work. He throws better on the run and runs better than he throws. Attack the edges, run RPO with NJ reading and keeping when right, move the pocket. The play calling for NJ is different in his utility use t…[Read more]

We’re 4-1 against mostly P5 competition. Lost on the road against a ranked team we expected could be an L coming into the season. We’ve done this with a ton of injuries and seen that we have quality depth. Also, I think this loss may cause the coaches to rethink their offensive game plans, but then again maybe not. Given the circumstances, we’…[Read more]