Thank god to get a good commentator again. I know the guys on FS1 are the d team but good lord were they awful. Screaming at the top of his lungs for 20 yard gains.
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Thank god to get a good commentator again. I know the guys on FS1 are the d team but good lord were they awful. Screaming at the top of his lungs for 20 yard gains.
Felt almost like a WWE announcer. Really over the top.
He’s clearly trying to be a budget version of Gus Johnson. The problem is he’s clearly just faking the enthusiasm. I don’t care for Gus very much either, but I don’t think he’s faking it at least.
Almost like he was trying to sell a boring-ass night game on a second-tier channel.
I was considerably more worried about last weekend and a weird loss than I am this weekend at home.
My favorite was the gushing over the DL who was defending a receiver in the end zone. The guy who was badly beat on the route managed to dive and knock down a pass that was thrown 2 yards behind the receiver who had to stop on his route and wait for the ball. If Rocco leads the receiver like he should have the guy might not be able to even get the PI because he was so far out of the play. But according to the announcers it was the play of the century by a D Lineman.
That was a very tough throw for Rocco. He was basically on the sprint and a backwards angle from defensive pursuit.
Houston's DL was good.
BYU was at home on a standard hot AF Waco Sep day. If that games in Provo the Cougs win by 30.
If there's a team CMC isn't taking his foot off the gas pedal Baylor is it.
They were at home.
This Baylor team is eminently comparable to the Houston team we just played. The two are literally next to one another in the total offense and total defense standings.
Both teams played at home last week.
This time around, we have the Jack.
It won’t be close. Decent chance of another shutout.
In yesterday’s podcast, Bruns said he thought that Rocco had a physical impairment Saturday. I think he was the third observer I heard say that in the wake of the game.
Does anyone with even a modicum of insider knowledge know if he has an issue with his throwing arm? Seeing the KT tape on his right triceps (and presumably going up to his shoulder) combined with his errant throws looking even a bit more off I wonder if there's something nagging him in that arm.
No argument from me. Rocco was under duress so it is understandable that it was a bad throw.
That being said, the point is still that the DL had no chance to make the play if it was a good or even mediocre throw. The bad throw behind the receiver was the only reason he got back in the play and made a play on the ball. I know they had in their notes to highlight the versatility and athleticism of the guy and they still could have mentioned that the coaches trust him to drop back in coverage due to his athleticism and versatility and just leave it at that. To make it sound like he made an all world play when he was so badly beaten and lucked out was just dumb.
I don't know whether to like or dislike this comment. I dislike any player, especially our starting QB, being injured, but I would like it if there was an explanation for Rocco struggling to deliver the ball on target so often rather than that is just what he is. I like Rocco, but there have been a lot of balls that have been...well...just not good.
Yeah I was impressed with the guy keeping up as much as he did but it wasn't some swiss army knife type of defensive play.
It's also much easier to trust a big guy in coverage near the goal line since the field is compressed and it is a lot tougher for a receiver to just run away from a guy there.
