tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post1559132849632968560..comments2023-11-05T03:48:45.283-08:00Comments on Rose Bowl Before I Die - Cal Football: Cal offense vs Oregon defense - ResponseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-1432196503675222812010-02-12T23:56:03.663-08:002010-02-12T23:56:03.663-08:00Nice brief and this fill someone in on helped me a...Nice brief and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Gratefulness you as your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-13006484447698435412007-09-28T15:02:00.000-07:002007-09-28T15:02:00.000-07:00This is the crux of any arguement, discussion amon...This is the crux of any arguement, discussion among fans.<BR/><BR/>Oregon fans think that Dixon has turned the corner and will play a solid game while Longshore implodes on the road and forces Cal into bad situations.<BR/><BR/>Cal fans think that Longshore will have a breakout type game esp with a solid rushing attack while Dixon will revert to old form, maybe not as bad as last year, but enough to prevent the Ducks from winning.<BR/><BR/>I guess we will see on the field who is "right".Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088529796936597841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-74552873531011791042007-09-28T13:55:00.000-07:002007-09-28T13:55:00.000-07:00I agree that Longshore will be very dependent on t...I agree that Longshore will be very dependent on the running game. If the running game does well, then play action will open up a lot.<BR/><BR/>However, I doubt that Longshore will "arrive." I think that's probably being overly optimistic, just as it's probably overly optimistic to Oregon fans to expect Dixon to play as perfectly as he has this season so far. Both quarterbacks are suspect, though in all honestly, I would rather have Dixon at home against the Bears secondary than Longshore on the road against Oregon's secondary. As I said in the first comment, I don't believe that Longshore can win this game on his own.jtlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043367140668101772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-69919946196243393212007-09-28T13:23:00.000-07:002007-09-28T13:23:00.000-07:00I have posted on this blog about Nate's poor perfo...I have posted on this blog about Nate's poor performance on the road so I agree with you, jtlight.<BR/>But I have no doubt that Cal will be able to run on the Ducks which will set up some nice play action passing situations for Nate to hit open receivers.<BR/>I don't think most Cal fans are expecting Longshore to win this game, just protect the ball and hit the open receivers. He has shown he can do that, for the most part.<BR/>The Oregon secondary is good and Patrick Chung is a stud. But no secondary can cover all 3 of Cal's WRs one on one.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088529796936597841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-17831695124793028782007-09-28T12:40:00.000-07:002007-09-28T12:40:00.000-07:00I expect Nate to finally "arrive" on Saturday. Thi...I expect Nate to finally "arrive" on Saturday. This will be his national break-out game, much as Aaron Rodgers shocked everyone--Bear fans included--with his performance at the Coliseum in 2004. While obviously not good, let's keep in perspective that three of those four bad road games on Longshore's resume were against outstanding defenses. Against mediocre units like the Ducks' (see OSU, WSU last year, and CSU this year), he's actually looked pretty good. And against A&M in the Holiday Bowl, he was better than "pretty good". If any team has to worry about the consistency of its QB play going into Saturday, it's the Ducks.California Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637419302696764492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-60958984763279972002007-09-28T11:20:00.000-07:002007-09-28T11:20:00.000-07:00I don't think that Longshore and company will do t...I don't think that Longshore and company will do that great when Oregon stacks the box. Oregon has one of the best secondaries in the nation, and though Cal is good, where Cal's problems in the passing game lie in the QB.<BR/><BR/>Longshore is below average in road games. Quite below average. Last year, on his road games, his passer ratings were 42 (TN), 133 (OSU), 46 (WSU), 45 (Arizona), and 46 (USC). This year, at CSU his rating was 78. For a reference, Longshore's career rating is 133. Longshore is, by all measures, a poor road QB. He has one good road game in 7 attempts.<BR/><BR/>Throw Autzen in on top of his poor road results, and I don't think that passing game will be all that. <BR/>If Cal can't get a really strong running game going, if I was a Cal fan, I would have very little confidence in Longshore on that road, at Autzen.jtlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043367140668101772noreply@blogger.com