The loss against Oregon definitely hurts but at 6-1 this can easily be a successful season if the bruins win out. Thats obviously looking ahead but i think this team will come to
Play the next few games and set up that showdown vs the trojans.
I gotta say referencing Chekov's Gun and the Baba Yaga in one game review is simultaneously literate and Russo-centric, but your name is Dmitri, so I guess that fatalism leavened with humor is kind of your birthright. And you're not alone, my wish before the game was the same as every game, "Please let them be competitive, and not get blown out" I was struck by how hard a time the Defense had getting lined up before the snap, and how unprepared they seemed after two weeks to get ready for a Huge game. I thought the Coaching staff regressed, and the talent gap manifested. I really hope the team and staff can rally from this, and continue to improve...
Ahhh. John Wick is where I first heard it too, I guess my point was the acceptance of pre-ordained doom felt Russian lol. Dostoevsky maybe? Superb write-up as always Dimitri
Good call on Lanning’s onside kick “gamble”….it was clear that neither team could stop the other, and stealing a possession was certainly worth risking 30 yards of field position. And, it took a perfectly executed kick….doesn’t happen that often, even in the pros. Don’t really see it as an indictment of the Bruin coaching staff, although hopefully the idea might have crossed their mind as the boat race tenor of the game took hold.
Question for those who know the rules better than I….on an onside kick, can a player on the kicking team contact a player on the receiving team if that player has come across the 45 but has not touched the ball ? If not, seems like special teams coaches would be encouraging their players to “go get it” a little more often…..
The rule is the kicking team cannot contact the receiving team until the ball itself has travelled 10 yards (regardless whether the receiving player is across the 45 yard line or not. This is to prevent the kicking team from running a flying wedge and blowing up the receiving team (all in the name of injury prevention, of course - insert eye roll here) as they are trying to field the ball. On the replay you can see that for sure one, and probably two, of our defenders got contacted before the ball has crossed that 45 yard line barrier, so in reality, that play should have been flagged by the SPTRs. it's not hard contact but it occurs. But SPTRs gonna SPTR.
Having said that, if that onside kick is ruled illegal, maybe the flow of the game changes a bit at that point and the final score is closer, but I don't think the final outcome changes.
You said it. We may be stuck with Chip for another while yet. He knows how to win enough games to keep his job.
The loss against Oregon definitely hurts but at 6-1 this can easily be a successful season if the bruins win out. Thats obviously looking ahead but i think this team will come to
Play the next few games and set up that showdown vs the trojans.
I gotta say referencing Chekov's Gun and the Baba Yaga in one game review is simultaneously literate and Russo-centric, but your name is Dmitri, so I guess that fatalism leavened with humor is kind of your birthright. And you're not alone, my wish before the game was the same as every game, "Please let them be competitive, and not get blown out" I was struck by how hard a time the Defense had getting lined up before the snap, and how unprepared they seemed after two weeks to get ready for a Huge game. I thought the Coaching staff regressed, and the talent gap manifested. I really hope the team and staff can rally from this, and continue to improve...
Lol I’m actually Greek. Just watch a lot of movies (the Baba Yaga reference is to John Wick, a movie series I adore).
Ahhh. John Wick is where I first heard it too, I guess my point was the acceptance of pre-ordained doom felt Russian lol. Dostoevsky maybe? Superb write-up as always Dimitri
Again it's only one loss. Oregon lost their first game by 46 and they bounced back. So can the Bruins.
Good call on Lanning’s onside kick “gamble”….it was clear that neither team could stop the other, and stealing a possession was certainly worth risking 30 yards of field position. And, it took a perfectly executed kick….doesn’t happen that often, even in the pros. Don’t really see it as an indictment of the Bruin coaching staff, although hopefully the idea might have crossed their mind as the boat race tenor of the game took hold.
Question for those who know the rules better than I….on an onside kick, can a player on the kicking team contact a player on the receiving team if that player has come across the 45 but has not touched the ball ? If not, seems like special teams coaches would be encouraging their players to “go get it” a little more often…..
The rule is the kicking team cannot contact the receiving team until the ball itself has travelled 10 yards (regardless whether the receiving player is across the 45 yard line or not. This is to prevent the kicking team from running a flying wedge and blowing up the receiving team (all in the name of injury prevention, of course - insert eye roll here) as they are trying to field the ball. On the replay you can see that for sure one, and probably two, of our defenders got contacted before the ball has crossed that 45 yard line barrier, so in reality, that play should have been flagged by the SPTRs. it's not hard contact but it occurs. But SPTRs gonna SPTR.
Having said that, if that onside kick is ruled illegal, maybe the flow of the game changes a bit at that point and the final score is closer, but I don't think the final outcome changes.
Excellent explanation of the rule and play in question, including pithy commentary :-)