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Bankers defense has always struggled against the spread offense. It wasn't surprising Ohio State ran all over his us. Oregon ran all over Bankers D for the last 7 years while he was at Oregon State. This year, Oregon isn't very good, so we got a few stops. As long as Banker is our defensive coordinator, athletic spread teams will put up big points on us. On the bright side, his defensive scheme works well against pro style offenses. Unfortunately, those are becoming less and less common.

Getting rid of Read or Banker would be a huge statement. Firing a DL coach that he didn't have a long term Relationship is not that big of a dealNot a big deal? MR just did something the other regime refused to do. He was not great at recruiting and the pass rush was terrible. Give at least some credit! Also, the last regime never lost 7 games. When you lose more games than you win, staff changes should be expected, not a surprise...

Getting rid of Read or Banker would be a huge statement. Firing a DL coach that he didn't have a long term Relationship is not that big of a dealNot a big deal? MR just did something the other regime refused to do. He was not great at recruiting and the pass rush was terrible. Give at least some credit! Some credit, sure. But to act like this is a huge move by Riley is an over reaction. Going 6 - 7 for the season and the only move you make is getting rid of a DL coach isn't exactly shaking things up. If he changed a long term assistant ls that hasn't performed in years (Banker/Read/Langs), then I would give him a lot of credit.

Getting rid of Read or Banker would be a huge statement. Firing a DL coach that he didn't have a long term Relationship is not that big of a deal

Not a surprise at all, one of the few coaches without long ties to Riley. Expect a coach that has been with Riley before. Very unlikely it will be someone he hasn't worked with in the past. Nepotism is a theme with our coach

I think we need to temper our expectations for what POB can do his first year in Riley's offense. Most of the examples people are giving of successful freshman qb's are running a simplified spread offense. Running a pro style offense is much more complicated and usually takes several years to learn. The last highly recruited qb Riley brought in to run his offense was Sean Mannion (4 star 5.8). His redshirt freshman year was rough,(record was 3 - 9) 18 int to 16 td's. This was with 3 NFL receiver (Brandon cooks, Markus Wheaton, James Rogers). To expect POB to come in and win 8+ games is very optimistic.

One thing I would point out is 2008 was the prior to the spread offense becoming commonplace in the Pac 10/12. Before the more "modern" offenses arrived, Banker was a very good DC. The problem is that he hasn't been able to adjust his defense to slow down a spread offense like UO, Washington, Eastern Washington. He has been good at stopping more traditional offenses like MSU, Iowa, USC.

Are you talking out of your butt? Beathard is a mobile qb. He's shown it throughout the year.He rushed for a total of 285 yards all year. Not exactly a running qb...but you're right, Iowa has always been known for their spread attack on offense!

In defense of TA, I decided to look back at Riley's qb's over the years. I found some info that was surprising and a little troubling 2003 - 24 int - Derek Anderson 2004 - 17 int - Derek Anderson 2005 - 19 int - Matt Moore 2006 - 7 int - Matt Moore 2007 - 21 int - Sean Canfield/Lyle Moevao 2008 - 15 int - Sean Canfield/Lyle Moevao 2009 - 7 int - Sean Canfield 2010 - 11 int - Ryan Katz 2011 - 19 int - Ryan Katz/Sean Mannion 2012 - 16 int - Sean Mannion/Cody Vaz 2013 - 16 int - Sean Mannion/ Cody Vaz 2014 - 8 int - Sean Mannion Looking at this list, TA's int total should not surprising. These were all pro style qb's many of whom are in the NFL. I think we should get used to seeing double digit int's as long as Riley is coach. Especially with first year starters...

Bankers defenses have always been pretty good verses pro style offenses with immobile quarterbacks. The problems usually arise against dual threat qb's and spread systems. I'm fairly sure the games that Bankers defense has played well in this year are due more to a good match up than improving defense.