From: jjungbau@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Jim Jungbauer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Cougars: Half a team
Date: 10 Nov 92 04:01:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov10.040153.5738
Distribution: usa
Organization: Washington State University

In article <26129@optima.cs.arizona.edu> bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.052949.6129@serval.net.wsu.edu> jjungbau@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Jim Jungbauer) writes:
>>
>>WANTED: one college FB coach with play-calling ability
>>        one steady (not spectacular) college QB 
>
>If you're such an expert critic why don't you volunteer?  :-}

I have, at every game, along with thousands of others. :-)



>>Well, today was another classic game in Cougarville, as WSU squeaked
>>past ASU 20-18 in Pullman.  As has been the case for a month now,
>>with the possible exception of the USC game, the Cougar defense was
>>*spectacular*, and the offense, nowhere to be found.
>
>One thing to note is that ASU had the #2 defense in the Pac10 going
>into the game.  And this is in a league with very good defenses.
>Also, I note that there was a strong, gusty wind in Pullman,
>and *none* of the 38 points were scored into the wind!
>
>However, I did catch this one on TV, and I was somewhat disappointed about
>the offsense.  They do seem to rise to the occasion and do the job
>most of the time, however.

Uh, no they don't, really.  It is the *defense* that rises to the occasion
*all* the time.  Ask anyone who has seen their games all year and they'll
tell you the same thing... the defense is constantly bailing out the offense
after being given bad field position, or after quick 3-and-out's.  And many,
many times this defense has given us the ball deep in the opponent's territory
only to see the offense fail to get a 1st down and settle for three.  I can't
say enough about the Cougar D; just when we think they must be too tired,
they come up big again.



>I absolutely loved Shaumbe Wright-Fair's (called back :-{ ) 58-yard
>TD run.  It was classic where he had one guy left, and caught the
>guy shifting directions (or something similar).  He stiff-armed the
>defender onto his butt and jumped over him and run the last 25-or-so yards.

Yes, this was a fantastic run... too bad the yellow hanky played a part,
as it did all day, for both teams.



>>At 7-2, we're still hoping we can get a bowl game out of this season, but
>>with games at Stanford and home against UW coming up, we could very easily
>>be looking at 7-4 and on the bubble.
>
>My instinct is that if the Cougs lost both they won't get a bowl
>bid, unless perhaps they come close in both games.  (The Stanford
>game is live on Prime Ticket, and I suspect the Apple Cup will be
>carried live, especially if the Cougs beat Stanford and are in
>the run for the Roses.)  But if they win either then at 8-3 they
>ought to get a bowl bid no problem.

They announced today that the Apple Cup will be carried live here
locally on KXLY (Spokane), but I'm not sure yet if it will be carried
regionally on ABC.

>--
>Dave Bakken                               Internet: bakken@cs.arizona.edu
>Dept. of Computer Science; U of Arizona   Voice:    +1 602 621 4098      
>Tucson, AZ 85721; USA                     FAX:      +1 602 621 4246
>The fact that you're paranoid doesn't prove they're *not* out to get you.


Jim
Go Cougars, Vikings, Northstars!
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