"Pronunciation:
The proper pronunciation of Weber's surname, Weeber or Webber, has been debated. In the American East and Midwest, where Weber spent most of his life, the name is pronounced as Webber. This is substantiated by Warren Angus Ferris' map of the fur trade era in which he gives the name of the Weber River as "Webber's Fork." However, references by other fur trappers, such as Osborne Russell and Daniel Potts, give credence to the long vowel sound. The long vowel pronunciation is used in all Utah place names. Weber's own family descendants use the traditional Midwest pronunciation of Webber."
Size, team speed killed us. They were just better then we were. Move on to the next week. But beat cal poly and suc. 50% season would be a positive step.
Congratulations to a few new freshmen contributing tonight. Tehran Thomas had 60 or 70 yards on offense, including 2 catches and 4.8 ypr average. Congrats also to redshirt freshm Connor Airey for recording a tackle at the LB position.
3 huge plays for TD's ?, inability to get a TD after first and goal within the 5, and a bad early INT-> RX for disaster vs a good team. Once it was 17 3 their D pinned back their ears and sent a ton of pressure. Weber is a better team. But not that much better. That long pass and the 98 yard run were killers. Somehow we have to get six points out of those first and goal posessions.
Any insight into the issues with our O line? ... back to similar issues under Gould, and suggestions from AST that we run some bubble screens or other screen plays as a partial solution?
Total yards: WS 430 Ags 373 - not a huge disparity given the 41-3 final score.
Rushing yards: WS 222 Ags 13 - we've had problem running the ball and Weber forced us into being one dimensional on offense.
Passing yards: Ags 360 WS 208 - but Weber got all their passing yards on only 8 completions which equals an average of 26 yards per completion.
The big plays killed us: 98 yard TD run, 67 yard TD pass and a punt return for a TD.
We had 2 early 1st and goals inside the 5 and came away with 3 points.
Maier's first INT was big also even though the D limited the damage to a FG. Maier has a tendency to throw dangerous passes into tight coverage when he pressured and he got pressured a lot. I know those passes at least give the receiver a chance to make a play but he had 2 INT's and several others were close.
They have players who can make the big plays and they burned our DB's often and we weren't able to create any pressure on Cantwell.
They were the better team but I don't think we played very well either. We failed to contain their big plays, turned the ball over and failed inside the red zone. If we could have found the end zone early in the game when we had a chance, it might have given us some energy.
We need to put this one behind us and play better next week.
no great insights. Thought they played well vs Portland. They were able to stick to game plan, toss in some wrinkles like I-formation and wildcat, and used careens and swings to keep defense off balance. Today we put ourselves in such a hole that they took away a lot of our game with tons of pressure. Move forward and learn from it
weird to say if only..... when we lose 41-3 but that was what I was thinking. After the punt return, it was most over. When we couldn't get a point out of first and goal, it was done. We had -48 in sacks so we ran for 61 -> subpar but not totally anemic