Anyone recall Alabamas strategy against Clemson when

OP provides some interesting statistics.

I don’t know why oleMike and Valley boy make the leap from football and statistics to DJ haters.

I can’t speak for others. But myself, I like DJ, I met him in person, super nice guy, but the guy is a mediocre college quarterback at best. I do not hate him. I am not a DJ hater. I like DJ as a person. But looking at statistics it’s reasonable to say that the guy is a mediocre college quarterback and does not appear to be an NFL quarterback prospect right now. Maybe he gets better. I hope he does.

I hope every player in the nation gets better, except each one on the dirtpecker roster.

Don’t tell me I’m a DJ hater. Don’t bring race into to this.

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I feel sorry for both of you idiots - apparently you can't read at all

Nov 25, 2023, 12:47 PM

The OP correlates OSU losses to # of passes by DJU. That's the only point he makes. Unlike either of you, he doesn't talk about DJU's NFL prospects, and I'm not quite sure why either of you would drift into such pie-in-the-sky opinion other than you simply can't read.

But Clawing17 makes the valid retort to the OP by pointing out that falling behind early sometimes forces teams to throw more. In other words, a team is more likely to lose not because they are passing, but instead because they're already behind and then have to pass.

Further to the embarrassment of the OP, I made the point that teams who rely on the run face a conundrum if the Opponent is able to stop their running game. This is what happened last night - OSU could not effectively run against Oregon. As consequence, OSU had to fall back on a passing game that has certain problems associated with it, most obvious being that their two most prolific receivers are both 5'7" tall. Teams like Oregon and Washington with long speed at CB tend to give these receivers difficulty to the point that OSU's chances of winning are lessened dramatically when they can't run.

The overall point is that Hating on DJU includes presumptively associating "Losing" to only him. Last night, OSU's OL got whipped consistently, their backs weren't fast enough to get to the edge, the WR's couldn't get separation on anything but short crossers, and OSU's defense got generally fricasseed by Oregon's O.

There were plenty of reasons why OSU lost in addition to DJU being unable to make plays. In general though, OSU didn't lose because DJU was inaccurate. In fact, he was complimented on making several very difficult throws by the announcers. Even on the INT, he was spot on, but the WR simply wasn't open. Down 3 scores with less than 2 minutes to go though, throwing downfield is something you have to do. Could DJU's field and route awareness have been better? Absolutely. But as I said - relative the OP's stupid notion - OSU lost because a myriad of reasons, and not just DJU.

So yeah, you were "Hating" by following down the rabbit hole of the OP and then throwing in your suppositions. Your verbal reasoning failed, and you were off an running, notably throwing me under the bus while you were at it.

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Stat: How to beat Oregon St! Let DJ pass the ball

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teams also throw the ball more when they can't run the ball - like last night

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in 2020, when Clemson had actual receivers to throw to

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I feel sorry for both of you idiots - apparently you can't read at all

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This is no big secret

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