Bears game wrapup
I was at a wedding today, so I Tivo’ed the game. I managed to make it home without blowing the game result. As much as it was painful to watch the end of the game, I ‘m glad I did because I’m sure the wrapup articles will do a horrible job explaining what happened (as always).
This game came down to one thing: the lack of a QB on Cal. How is it we’ve got the 8 game veteran playing at QB and the never played a down before today QB for Oregon is the one who looks like the experienced one? Ayoob messed up so many ways:
-Threw 2 inexcuable interceptions, both as the Bears were driving and likely to get points. (the third wasn’t his fault)
-Fumbled the ball deep in our own territory giving the Ducks a free touchdown.
-Missed 4 long throws to open recievers who could have walked into the endzone if he had hit them.
-Missed a WIDE open (and I mean WWW… III… DDD… EEE…) reciever on 4th down in overtime.
Just about everyone else on the team did their job fairly well, but Ayoob sunk the team.
The reality is that this guy doesn’t have what it takes. His accuracy sucks, particularly deep down the field and when he’s running. He doesn’t have the mental poise to know when to throw and when to hold on to the ball. Although the interceptions are the more obvious case (where he should have held on to the ball), the reality is that he more often is too hesitant and doesn’t throw the ball at times when he has an open receiver.
The reality is that with a good QB, Cal is undefeated right now and next week’s USC game would be HUGE. As it stands, the question is whether Cal has a hope for the upset.
Finally, a big congradulations to Arizona for beating UCLA. Somebody FINALLY showed the world just how much of a poser UCLA. They should have lost to Cal and Stanford but because both teams joked, UCLA was considered a “great comeback team”. BS, they’ve just been lucky to play lots of teams that choke.
ARG!?!
November 10th, 2005 at 1:37 am
If Ayoob starts next year I’m going to cry. People are defending him rabidly on Cal discussion boards and assaulting anyone who criticizes him with taunts of “bandwagon fan” and “this is why we don’t deserve Tedford, because our fans suck.” But in reality the kid just isn’t right for the program. I’m all for boosting self esteem in out student athletes, but I’m also rather fond of winning games. Sink Ayoob and give Reed or Longshore a try next year. Will Tedford do it? Most say probably not, and as a result we’re going to have one more tepid season. I honestly feel that with a better QB we’d be undefeated right now. UCLA and Oregon were games where it came down to the wire largely due to mistakes, and Oregon State was just a farce, but I think with a good QB it wouldn’t have gotten even close to that.