Comments on: Saturday’s matchup: at Oregon State http://www.calfootballfan.com/2006/09/28/saturdays-matchup-at-oregon-state/ news, analysis, and everything else about the california golden bears Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:18:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve http://www.calfootballfan.com/2006/09/28/saturdays-matchup-at-oregon-state/#comment-109 Steve Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:46:46 +0000 http://www.calfootballfan.com/2006/09/28/saturdays-matchup-at-oregon-state/#comment-109 Other preview articles are making a big deal out of OSU's pass defense, which I think might actually be 4th in the nation, statistically. But when you take a look at who they played, it really might be over-hyped... they've only beaten East Washington (1-3) and Idaho (1-3), but got soundly beaten 42-14 by Boise State (4-0). In this loss, Boise State hardly needed to pass, raking up 302 yards on the ground in 42 carries, compared to their 105 yards in the air. Their starting QB, Zabransky, went 8/13 with a TD and no interceptions. OSU's pass defense ranking is definitely misleading. In regards to standing the receivers up at the line, will OSU be capable of standing up all 3 of our lead receivers at once? Between DeSean Jackson, Robert Jordan, and Lavelle Hawkins, I don't know if they'll be fully able to contain all of them. And Cal currently has 8 players who are averaging over 10 yards per reception, so when they go to the spread, if the line holds, Nate Longshore should be able to find some targets to throw to. Other preview articles are making a big deal out of OSU’s pass defense, which I think might actually be 4th in the nation, statistically. But when you take a look at who they played, it really might be over-hyped… they’ve only beaten East Washington (1-3) and Idaho (1-3), but got soundly beaten 42-14 by Boise State (4-0). In this loss, Boise State hardly needed to pass, raking up 302 yards on the ground in 42 carries, compared to their 105 yards in the air. Their starting QB, Zabransky, went 8/13 with a TD and no interceptions. OSU’s pass defense ranking is definitely misleading.

In regards to standing the receivers up at the line, will OSU be capable of standing up all 3 of our lead receivers at once? Between DeSean Jackson, Robert Jordan, and Lavelle Hawkins, I don’t know if they’ll be fully able to contain all of them. And Cal currently has 8 players who are averaging over 10 yards per reception, so when they go to the spread, if the line holds, Nate Longshore should be able to find some targets to throw to.

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