EMU

Only Sith deal in absolutes.

have to figure out if the offense is limited because, talent, or, because Lynch, or because combo package. I tend to lean toward Lynch being a big problem in that we're trying to run a Schudel style offense that Bill Sr. ran when Neu was QB, but as we've pointed out many times, we don't have the Oline to do that, and, it's 2022 and that kind of offense is WAY out of vogue. (and Neu could get the ball downfield and had a stud WR in Brian Oliver, and, well, we don't have that now) Steele is a warhorse but he has to get far too much of what he gets on his own. Very few true holes created by the oline. We're very weak at the point of attack. We just kinda stand guys up but don't have any push. And, the design of the plays is just, so vanilla. Steele off tackle left, Steele off tackle right, Paddock some sort of non-functional pass attempt on 3rd, punt. Over and Over, especially in the first half.

I like Paddock, he's a gamer, but, he cannot see over the line and can't throw over the middle because of that. We are unable to use a big portion of the field. We're too damned horizontal again and that relies on making zero mistakes, and we make a ton of mistakes. He sails passes out to the boundary and gets picked, or gets guys killed, or just flat misses. Honestly, other than inserting Kelly and running a totally different offense I don't think a QB change will make much difference. We'll still just run the same predictable crap over and over.
Semonza, if he sticks with us, is slightly taller than Paddock, but, he can use his legs and is willing to, and he is accurate and throws a great deep ball. I'll be very disappointed if he's not giving every opportunity to be the starter next year. In fact I kinda hope we've promised him that to get him to stick with us. I know he's not getting recruited more highly because of his size, but his moxie, man.
I can't imagine Kelly will be around next year unless they can convince him is future is at WR. He won't ever be a QB for us in the offense we run. It relies too much on timing and staying in the pocket and hitting the first read. Kelly would be more of a get out of the pocket and try to create something and that's just not how New/Lynch roll. It should be, but it's not. I kinda doubt Cobb ever plays for us either.
I noticed that a couple of walk on RB's gave up. We only have 6 on the roster now and one is a walkon. We only really use two so I guess it doesn't matter that much, but, my concern is guys are starting to get turned off by how things are going with the offense. Neu could easily lose this team if the D has to continually cover for the offense and grind away and get nothing out of it. Hard choices need to be made with the offense because we just cannot score enough, can't stay on the field enough.

I think just a couple of walk ons, but couple that with the scholarship kid who left in the spring and we're pretty light there. Basically right now we're just playing Steele and Pemberton, with some spot carries by Jones. Why we don't work Barfield in is a big question. Will he even stick around?    

Just read where the attendance at the Stanford Arizona State game was around 15,000 in a 50,000 seat stadium. BSU attendance was listed as 15,000 sat. UCLA also having attendance problems at the Rose Bowl which seats about 90,000. UCLA has tarped off part of the Rose Bowl slimming it down to about 50,000. Still UCLA only had about 30,000 or a little less Oct.22. Worthen Arena and our Cardinal tarps come to mind here.

I thought we had more like 12k there.

No doubt the tailgate was one of the best we've had. And people were there through the game.