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Give Doc a chance. He may go down as one of the few good things stevie p did as AD. Granted, the BB team dug themselves a big hole this afternoon, but they kept fighting till the end.

Depends on who comes in at d/c but it wouldn't surprise me to see guys like Major Culbert moved to LB to get more speed on the field.

The guy has to post his resume someplace.

it sucks when all we have to cheer about this half is a punt.

No you won't...but two quick INT at the beginning of the 3rd Q did not help or allow us to do that. I guess I disagree. After the INT we are down by 3. Why were we in such a hurry to throw the play book out.

That's not how we do it in the NFL!

pass pass pass punt get use to it

Where is the damn running game? Why are we not mixing it up?

the only issue I have is if TO is going to keep BC for another year he really screwed up recruiting by not announcing it. TO knows this, hence why I can't see TO keeping BC.

When is the point where Callahan becomes damaged goods? I'd have a hard time hiring him even to a coordinator's position.

Callahan is going into the shell. He's going to try to run, run and run some more. Lucky is going to have 25+ carries. ie(see USC game plan from last year) He's going to try and keep KU's offense off the field, run the clock down and not be embarrassed. (I started this as sarcasm, but after re-reading it, the irony may be that it may be closer to the truth)

Why do so many people think Callahan is going to resign and walk away from $3 million? Doesn't make any sense. I'd put up with a lot of crap knowing that pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow.

He was in sweats

What do you guys think about him having to burn his redshirt season? Reminds me of Solich bringing in David Horne to try and salvage things. I heard Callahan's comments about what's best for the team and such, but what about what's best for the player. Curious what you guys think.

All teams have there ups and downs. Don't you remember when Larry Coker won his first 24 games at Miami. No one thought with the pool of Florida recruits they were ever going to be stopped. They started to tank and he's out of a job now. Florida State went through the same thing during the Charlie Ward era. Look at them now.

Don't forget that Mack Brown was still at Texas Saturday. I still think Brown is a very questionable game day coach. Who else would keep trying to pass the ball against the nation's worst run defense. Took him four qtrs to figure that out. When they did, look at the production. I don't think the big guy down at KU is as stupid. With a top 20 running attack and the quick passing ability. I think they will quickly neutralize our blitz package. On the other side, I do think with Ganz playing, we have an unknown element that could sway the outcome a little. Enough to win the game, I seriously doubt it. They may cover the spread though if it keeps moving up.

I would agree with you. But, if the Rams want to buy out Callahans contract????? Dr Tom may end up saying that finacially this is the best thing for the University. There are ways around everything. I think the coaches know they are out and hopefully everyone involved can find the most politically correct way in doing so. I certainly hope so. GBR Why would the rams buy out a contract, that in a couple weeks, Neb will be buying out anyhow? They can have Cal free and clear then and not shell out the $3 million. The Rams have done some questionable things, but WOW that would be a whopper.

The band is ready, all we need is the fat chick..... If he wants to win why did he give up at half time and only run the ball in the second half. Does he think were a bunch of hillbillies. I'm guessing Steve P. is going to wait till the consecutive sellout record ends before doing anything. It's the one record that Callahan and Cosgrove can't flush down the toilet. But I'm guessing Bill is "confident in his abilities" to end that record to

Alvarez?????? He has no understanding of coaching talent. He kept Cosgrove around Wisc. for years

Not at all. Too many unknown variables in the points allowed per game will skew the determination. For instance, suppose the offense had 10 turnovers on its own 15 yard line and the defense gave up 0 yards, and had two sacks, but the other team kicked 10 field goals, scoring 30 points. In that circumstance, you would probably say we had a pretty stout defense, but the points per game stat does not reflect that fact. Obviously that is an extreme example, but it explains why points allowed is not a very good stat for judging the defense. If you are keeping points off the board, something is working. Apply you're logic to that statement. Saturday night sucked, but if you want to take statistics into account, at least take into account stats that tell the whole story. USC only passed for 130 yards, does that mean that the pass defense shut down USC's receievers? Chew on that. Sure, I'll apply my logic to that statement. Maybe on a lot of drives, the other team's offense started on their own one yard line, drove down to our 5 yard line, and then had a turnover on a bad snap, or even missed a field goal. The defense just gave up 94 yards on one drive, but the other team didn't score any points. That does not mean the defense did well, even though there were 0 points allowed. You are right, that looking purely at passing yardage is not necessarilly indicative of shutting down the other team's receivers. I agree with you, and I would not try and argue against that. My post was merely responding to the assertion that points allowed per game was the primary stat you needed to look at to determine if the defense is any good. How do you determine who wins or loses a game? The friggin SCORE! Points allowed and points scored are the 2 stats that matter the most in determining success or failure, it's pretty much black and white. The scenario that a team is going to go on a 15 play 98 yard drive then either fumble, throw an INT or miss a FG by pure impotence of the offense is not typical. If the defense was really inept, the offense would continue to do that and score the majority of the time throughout a game, showing up on the scoreboard. You raised a pretty weak point of contention. The stats that matter most are points for and points against, thats how W's and L's are determined, which decide conferences and national titles, not yards allowed or yards gained or passing efficiency defense or offense or anything of that nature. You have to be careful using any sort of statistic as rigid as you state. Example USC defense points /game 20.5 whose ahead of them at 20.3/game Ball State. Black and white I don't think so. You have to many other variable to boil it down to one number. You have two team that have equal defenses, but one has a great offense the other marginal. The first defense being ahead by a large margin may back off, play second and third string, allow a few more points. (see fourth quarter of Saturdays game) the other defense may have to battle for four quarters to preserve a win. Can they give you some indication sure. LSU is number 1 right now I'd gladly take Bo back but whose the next three Cincinnati, Iowa, Kansas. I recall three years ago we lead the nation in sacks. Were we the best pass rush team in the nation? I think that is debatable. We got half those sacks in the first three games against marginal opponents 11 against Maine I think. The pass rush disappeared down the stretch Careful using stats as black and white. If you look at the end of the season as to the teams that are top 5 in points allowed, they generally have the best defenses. USC will have one of the top defenses in the country when it is all said and done. I see merit in what you are saying, but I guess I went a little overboard responding to a silly argument that yards allowed being a key statistic. Look to points allowed and that is generally the best indicator of how a defense performs for a whole season. Nebraska was 24 and 25 the last two years and the team was ranked similarly. There are a ton of variables that factor into what makes a great defense, but that is generally the most telling stat. What bothers me with this is that can Cosgrove have a good sheme and hold an opposing offense to a few points. Yes. But my concern is the opposite is also true. Seems he can strikeout just as easily. He kind of reminds me of Dave Kingman batting. If Dave guessed right he could hit some towering home runs. If not he looked like he was screwing himself into the ground. We're allowing 10 pts total to Nichol St, Troy and K St. but allowed 73 pts to KU and Okie St. combined. My fear is that Cosgrove's defense is going to be good for a couple of losses each year when he guesses wrong.

Not at all. Too many unknown variables in the points allowed per game will skew the determination. For instance, suppose the offense had 10 turnovers on its own 15 yard line and the defense gave up 0 yards, and had two sacks, but the other team kicked 10 field goals, scoring 30 points. In that circumstance, you would probably say we had a pretty stout defense, but the points per game stat does not reflect that fact. Obviously that is an extreme example, but it explains why points allowed is not a very good stat for judging the defense. If you are keeping points off the board, something is working. Apply you're logic to that statement. Saturday night sucked, but if you want to take statistics into account, at least take into account stats that tell the whole story. USC only passed for 130 yards, does that mean that the pass defense shut down USC's receievers? Chew on that. Sure, I'll apply my logic to that statement. Maybe on a lot of drives, the other team's offense started on their own one yard line, drove down to our 5 yard line, and then had a turnover on a bad snap, or even missed a field goal. The defense just gave up 94 yards on one drive, but the other team didn't score any points. That does not mean the defense did well, even though there were 0 points allowed. You are right, that looking purely at passing yardage is not necessarilly indicative of shutting down the other team's receivers. I agree with you, and I would not try and argue against that. My post was merely responding to the assertion that points allowed per game was the primary stat you needed to look at to determine if the defense is any good. How do you determine who wins or loses a game? The friggin SCORE! Points allowed and points scored are the 2 stats that matter the most in determining success or failure, it's pretty much black and white. The scenario that a team is going to go on a 15 play 98 yard drive then either fumble, throw an INT or miss a FG by pure impotence of the offense is not typical. If the defense was really inept, the offense would continue to do that and score the majority of the time throughout a game, showing up on the scoreboard. You raised a pretty weak point of contention. The stats that matter most are points for and points against, thats how W's and L's are determined, which decide conferences and national titles, not yards allowed or yards gained or passing efficiency defense or offense or anything of that nature. You have to be careful using any sort of statistic as rigid as you state. Example USC defense points /game 20.5 whose ahead of them at 20.3/game Ball State. Black and white I don't think so. You have to many other variable to boil it down to one number. You have two team that have equal defenses, but one has a great offense the other marginal. The first defense being ahead by a large margin may back off, play second and third string, allow a few more points. (see fourth quarter of Saturdays game) the other defense may have to battle for four quarters to preserve a win. Can they give you some indication sure. LSU is number 1 right now I'd gladly take Bo back but whose the next three Cincinnati, Iowa, Kansas. I recall three years ago we lead the nation in sacks. Were we the best pass rush team in the nation? I think that is debatable. We got half those sacks in the first three games against marginal opponents 11 against Maine I think. The pass rush disappeared down the stretch Careful using stats as black and white.

I totally agree that we did not execute. Tackling was terrible. It happens to players and teams. It's called a bad game. However when you have multiple "bad games" this is a trend. Who's responsibility is it to addresses fixing of this trend, the coach. I'm tired of the "we did not execute" excuse from Cosgrove. If the current players on the field aren't "executing" it's the coaches job to get them off the field and get someone else in. If we have no one on the sidelines that can "execute" Cosgrove's game plan, it's a preparation problem. Who preps the players, the coach. Sorry but from my vantage point I've seen to many "trends" on defense the last couple years to be blaming the players over and over again.

Unless things have changed, they don't do any hitting at practice during the season. Something BC brought from the big leagues. If so, how would these guys "prove themselves" during practice?