Its pretty clear that they have issues with Tobias. That discussion regarding Tobias at MF's Presser leads me to feel as though the kids isn't happy and Rees also doesn't want to play him. Meaning, Freeman is having to deal with a hard-headed kid and a hard-headed OC.
Irish Bloke - I think some of these "low scoring, scrappy games" are self-made by Rees. If he would just get some downfield passing going and take the risk of some turnovers happening then we could open up the offense a bit more.
I didn't mind the play calling so much on Saturday; the first quarter there were a TON of mistakes by both Pyne and the WRs, and the OL wasn't playing particularly well to start the game. I thought Rees did a good job of playing to Pyne's strengths within what Cal was willing to give us. I know from some of the articles and podcasts I listened to last week that Cal's stye of defense is mostly an "umbrella" look where they don't like to get beat over the top and will dare you to be methodical and patient all game, which is actually what Rees and Pyne showed for the most part. Killed them with short, chunk plays and moved the sticks once the offense got out of their own way after a terrible first quarter with the miscues and penalties. The two set up passes to Tyree and Estime were things of beauty, honestly.
I certainly wouldn't say we have decent receivers, maybe "a" decent receiver. We've got Styles, an injured Colzie, a green Merriweather, and that's about it. So right now we've got one receiver we can trust. You're right though, receivers absolutely have to fight for the ball. On the TB pick 6 against Marshall it felt like Thomas could have done more to at least prevent the interception, sometimes you have to play defense as a WR. I'd like to take more deep shots, I just don't think we have the targets.
Thanks Mrs. Rees. I still think the play calling is way too conservative. I think if we got a premier OC we would have a better QB Room and WR Rooms than we have now.
The “Mrs. Rees” schtick has run its course. Give it a rest.
Where the heck are you seeing UNC -6.5? I saw ND open as a -1.5 favorite and now it's UNC -2.0 via Draft Kings
Agree. UNC hasn't faced a good defense and if the D-line performs like they did Saturday UNC's O-line will look like a turn style at King's Island.
Sorry. I should've clarified that's a hypothetical line for me. That's my bad. On DK, that's an alternate spread. UNC -6.5 is +200 and IF I were to put money on it, I'd throw $5 bucks on a SGP: UNC -6.5, over 58 points.
If Notre Dame can keep Ohio State to 21, they sure as hell keep UNC under 30. Doesn't mean they will though.
That was the "summer" line. Opened Sun with UNC favored by 1 1/2 but I'm seeing ND at one point fav on ESPN.
I think UNC goes over and ND goes under.
IMO, of these two teams, one has proven it can score points and the other has not. Therefore, the O/U is set accordingly. Otherwise, I think we'd see a much higher point total, don't you? This same game last year totaled 78 points. UNC's offense is still good, so what changed? I'd argue it's that ND's offense hasn't proven trustworthy enough to bank on them scoring over 30 points.
You're correct. Power ratings are simply predictive and only slightly take into account past results. Case in point...USC is -6.5 against Oregon State this weekend. Based on the eye test so far you would think that number should be north of 14.
Have a feeling even with the additions of incoming freshmen next year the WR room will be just as empty, if not more, next season. Why would he even want to stay? Why would any WR want to?
