Rebuilding from Maier definitely, But not from Doss. How many years do we want to be missing a wide receiver who was a undrafted free agent. Every team we play losses players of that caliber frequently, it’s not something to dwell on two years later.

Liking what you got is a key to happiness.

On the other hand, if, perchance, we had qualified, isn’t winning a championship a goal? We have no guarantee of making the playoffs in the fall; indeed the odds are against it. If we had made the playoffs it would have been a net positive.

The evolution is interesting because the single wing first gained popularity when the forward pass was made legal, but retained the ability to run the ball. Being the predominate offense for forty years or so there are almost an infinite number of variations. After it lost favor to the T, and then colleges started favoring spread formations with the direct snap and wing backs. there was a realization that the ideas behind the single wing run plays could work from the spread. With teams like ours that line up in multiple formations, why not throw in some wildcat or single wing type formations? Offenses are getting harder to classify as they're not wedded to a formation but can chose different ones. This is nothing new. Notre Dame used to switch between a T and a single Wing variant just before the snap, The wildcat, as used originally in the pros usually used the same personnel and just moved the QB out as a flanker. so a team could change with the same personnel. It’s all just a way to try to either fool the opponent or to get double team blocks at the point of attack.

So none of the Idaho QBs made the trip but they used a guy who was 3000 yard passer in high school and was Washington State 3A player of the year. Also a star wrestler in high school, and won a bronze medal in Judo representing team USA in junior Pan Am games. Looked like Tompkins out there, tough to tackle and sense of where the open field was. 6’0” 203 lb.
They ran out of the pistol mostly. They had some direct snaps to other running backs.

we need Crawford involved in that play.

The thing about the rule is that it’s broad enough that people don’t know what the infraction was, and assume it was some dangerous or dirty play. No way the play involved possible head injury to the ball carrier, his head was not involved. No way was it intended to injure. In my opinion it was t even forceable contact beyond making a legal tackle.
The issue of the review with no flag in order to protect players is pretty questionable. If a players play is excessively dangerous or forceful, that should be apparent on the field. Looking at a tackle in slow motion to determine in a legalistic way if a rule was violated is overkill.

I guess I shouldn’t rely on my memory.
That’s really a joke this season with so few teams playing in the MEAC.
Cal Poly would be a contender in that league.

Thare are 10 automatic qualifiers and six at large teams. So in theory they pick the six best teams that don’t automatically qualify, but it’s their opinion, not any poll.

I think we need to withhold judgement on who should be our QB. We’ve seen Tompkins play maybe two drives where he’s thrown any passes..
We don’t know how the QBs compare in seeing the open guy and making the right pass. Can’t tell that from TV.
We need a QB to get the ball into the hands of Babb, Hutton, Crawford Castles etc. I think Tompkins might be very good at doing that but too soon to tell. Same with Rodrigues although there is more film on him so coaches have more to evaluate. Hopefully we can win with either guy and can have a QB controversy for the ages.

That’s really key. If you can review aspects of a play without a flag, why don’t we see that with holding and pass interference, uncalled infractions that show up often in replays?

I don’t think they passed

That’s exactly right, literally enforcing the rule makes football impossible. That’s why they say in the beginning of the rule;
Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.
Someone in the booth who called fot the review of that play ignored that,

I agree with your interpretation, I posted that section of the rule almost simultaneous as you did, but with the opinion the rule is a mess.
I think it’s slanderous to call someone for a personal foul and an ejection for this kind of play
What is particularly egregious was it didn’t seem to be called on the field. I bet you could make the case for rule being called on a large percentage of plays where the ball carrier is running toward the defensive player.

They ignore ergonomics. How do you lean forward, get low, and put your shoulder into a guy, which is what you need to do to stop a runner coming straight at you without lowering your head? If you lower your shoulder your head lowers also. if you pull your head back and lower your shoulder you’ll break your neck if your head makes contact
This part of the rule should be limited to contact with the opponents head, or to a defenseless player, in line with most of the sections of the rule.

How do teams settle on jersey colors if they don’t follow the standard visiting team wears white? Southern Utah and Weber look great in their all dark colors.

Barriere was wearing gloves.
JT has a video on YouTube where he talks about gloves Wore them only in the pros where they were freely available at no cost, he definitely likes them if it’s wet. He says you lose some of the touch passes, he throws most everything hard with the gloves. Says gloves are better now than when he played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgXIOT7JpnM

Did you notice that the Eastern QB wore gloves?
JT O’Sullivan liked playing in gloves especially if it’s wet. He says the major drawback is cost since you go through several pair in a game.

The rule is a mess. It goes on about intent to injure head and neck etc. But then it says without reference to head or shoulders:
“Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet“
It also says when in doubt its a foul.

it certainly is interesting to have a guy like Tompkins. He makes me think of Joe Kapp, a 6’2” QB known to run over linebackers
Good to see Tompkins finally throwing the ball a few times.

I don’t think it’s correct to say that pulling Rodrigues in prior games reflected lack of confidence in him. He was pulled to get Tompkins in for a specific situation, no reflection on the guy replaced any more than pulling a slot back for a tight end. I don’t think coaches are wedded to anyone at QB. Let them prove themselves, and play the guy in situations were they are most likely to have success. I think they took a walk before you run approach with the QBs this spring. Hopefully that doesn’t mean they can’t do more. I was somewhat disappointed that our senior wideouts Vaughn and Herrick didn’t get more balls thrown their way. Was that because of lack of ability of the QBs, conservatism of the OC or the way teams played us, I don’t know

Since you seem to be plugged in to team roster issues, do you think any players sat this season out and will play in the fall? It seems like this year would have been a good year to miss as far as college life goes.