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First off I have to say the more I see how good USC is, the more I'm amazed they lost to UW. You have to hand it to Pete he's got insane talent and depth, Allen Bradford was the #1 RB yesterday, he's normally #3 but McKnight was dinged and Johnson of course is out after that horrific weightlifting accident. Bradford looks good enough to start for a lot of schools, just under 150 yards, runs very tough, physical kid.
I have to admit early on I was really getting tired of the Barkley hype, they were protecting him with playcalling etc and people were overstating him as a player. But I have to say, that kid is incredible, he leads the conference in passing yards per game ,and his pocket presence at his age is stunning. Repeatedly in this game he'd step away from a rush and complete a big throw downfield. For a true freshman he's remarkably poised.
Now on to the officiating, in a word, horrible. Everytime OSU got a big pass play it'd come back either for a hold or an illegal block. They killed one drive with a bogus block in the back call and then on the punt Damian Williams goes 60 for a TD and there's a blatant block in the back that springs him for the TD, and they don't call it.
OSU comes back down field all the way to the goalline where they score on a pass to the older Rodgers brother. He catches the ball in the endzone, Mays comes over late, forearm up, comes across the head of Rodgers, rips his helmet off and knocks him down. Camera picks up a ref looking right at it, no call. He caught the ball so it's a TD, but it should have been 15 yards after the play. This time even the announcers said this is getting ridiculous, if that's not a penalty what is, and how can a ref looking right at it not call him ripping the guys helmet off? On the ensuing kickoff USC gets away with 2 blocks in the back but they call a 3rd which was a low block. After the flag Carroll goes bananas on the sideline screaming about the call and workign the refs and even the announcers said given the recent calls/no calls I have no idea what Pete is upset about.
Side note, as always USC is loaded with pro prospects, I love Mays but I have to say one of my favorite guys in the next draft is TE Anthony McCoy of USC. That kid is amazing, he's a phenomenal blocker, seems like every big run he's got a block on it. And he's averaging around 20 yards per catch, big target, can run. Given our TE troubles that's one kid I'd keep an eye on, he's a senior so he's in the draft for sure.
I also love Damian Williams, I realize WR is the last of the cards needs but that kid is so good after the catch.
Now as good as Barkley has looked I still say the best freshman QB in the country that I've seen is Andrew Luck at Stanford. That kid has everything, size, arm, legs, poise etc. Barkley is amazign for a true freshman but I think Luck is a better pro prospect.
I have to admit early on I was really getting tired of the Barkley hype, they were protecting him with playcalling etc and people were overstating him as a player. But I have to say, that kid is incredible, he leads the conference in passing yards per game ,and his pocket presence at his age is stunning. Repeatedly in this game he'd step away from a rush and complete a big throw downfield. For a true freshman he's remarkably poised.
Now on to the officiating, in a word, horrible. Everytime OSU got a big pass play it'd come back either for a hold or an illegal block. They killed one drive with a bogus block in the back call and then on the punt Damian Williams goes 60 for a TD and there's a blatant block in the back that springs him for the TD, and they don't call it.
OSU comes back down field all the way to the goalline where they score on a pass to the older Rodgers brother. He catches the ball in the endzone, Mays comes over late, forearm up, comes across the head of Rodgers, rips his helmet off and knocks him down. Camera picks up a ref looking right at it, no call. He caught the ball so it's a TD, but it should have been 15 yards after the play. This time even the announcers said this is getting ridiculous, if that's not a penalty what is, and how can a ref looking right at it not call him ripping the guys helmet off? On the ensuing kickoff USC gets away with 2 blocks in the back but they call a 3rd which was a low block. After the flag Carroll goes bananas on the sideline screaming about the call and workign the refs and even the announcers said given the recent calls/no calls I have no idea what Pete is upset about.
Side note, as always USC is loaded with pro prospects, I love Mays but I have to say one of my favorite guys in the next draft is TE Anthony McCoy of USC. That kid is amazing, he's a phenomenal blocker, seems like every big run he's got a block on it. And he's averaging around 20 yards per catch, big target, can run. Given our TE troubles that's one kid I'd keep an eye on, he's a senior so he's in the draft for sure.
I also love Damian Williams, I realize WR is the last of the cards needs but that kid is so good after the catch.
Now as good as Barkley has looked I still say the best freshman QB in the country that I've seen is Andrew Luck at Stanford. That kid has everything, size, arm, legs, poise etc. Barkley is amazign for a true freshman but I think Luck is a better pro prospect.
