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I used to watch CGD religiously every Saturday morning. Today I woke up a little early, and as an afterthought decided to turn it on. Immediately my thoughts turned to, will we still be featured along with all the heavyweights in the opening theme song?? To my great relief, there we were, the “Farm at Stanford”, in the same breath as “roll Tide roll through Alabama.” Who says we’re not relevant?!!

A win is a win. Start today.

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One of the perks of joining the ACC is having a network that posts full-game videos to its YouTube channel. Here's the TCU game. Have fun with the analysis.

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Think his commitment to Cal lasts? He is shooting up the board

Looks like Yurosek had an underwhelming start to his career at Georgia

Got called for a False Start penalty, no targets in the passing game, and got absolutely bullied in the trenches here

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Tough matchup with Peter Woods who has 60 pounds on him but still a tough rep. He's had trouble adding strength for whatever reason

Nonetheless I hope he has some impact plays for the Bulldogs, seems like a good kid

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Our hitting % far improved over yesterday. Newbies Kurt & Harvey both played better overall than yesterday vs Minnesota. Rubin again our leading player. But Ogilvie and Miner also great.

Wisconsin started in 1st preseason poll as #3 in the country, but after losses to #4 Louisville and #1 Texas had dropped to #6 just below us when we played them this afternoon. Arena (I think where the Bucks play) had a great crowd, likely 10,000 to 15,000, and 95% Wisconsin rooters.

We won set #1 coming from behind to tie, then go ahead for the win. Another nice late run.
In set 2, they blew us out early and then held it to the end. Walk in the park for Wiscy.
In set 3 we came back and played cleaner with far better focus, winning clutch points.
And in set 4, again tight but late run by the Cards... clean/focused.
Hambly's demeanor very stoic, cool as a cucumber, but with great fist pump when we took set #4.

Our serving again had too many errors, but seemed less early on than vs Minnesota. And it appeared overall less error ridden than yesterday. Wisconsin served well as well. Don't have the stats but think about equal on that. Our freshman, Harvey huge later in the match in set 4 when she went on a great service run, Rubin nice throughout, as was Miner, but their runs less than Harvey's And Kurt also did well.

Wisconsin's blockers very tall. Their best hitter (forgot her name) but very tall blonde and their most dangerous pin was said to be ~ 85%, not yet fully healed, but you wouldn't have known it. She was tall, cool & powerful, and plenty fast. Robinson, their other pin also tall & powerful. Our Setting and Libero play vs theirs gave us a nice advantage.

Overall some very good minutes rotations today for our newer/younger players.

Smart scheduling by Hambly. to test them early and calibrate his players. Now 3-0 going into our match vs Marquette tomorrow (Coirrection: Wednesday, Thanks Bobbk!). Then home to Maples.

And #1 Texas looms.

*** ROSTER ARROWS IS THE OFFICIAL POST- GAME DEPTH CHART. THIS IS AN OBJECTIVE LIST OF A PLAYER'S STATUS ON THE ROSTER FROM GAME TO GAME. COMMENTS THAT FOLLOW ARE SUBJECTIVE ( Green is going to get an arrow up for starting at nickel. He does not get an arrow down for not playing well)
* I don't give down arrows to walk ons
* Roster Arrows do not include special teams unless I make mention of it (Farrell will get an arrow down for G1 because he did not get any offensive snaps. He was the KO/punt returner)
* Injured players do not get arrows


OFFENSE ARROW UP

8 LAMSON - 3 situational snaps as QB2. 2 TD's and a 1st down. BOOM!
13 AYOMANOR - WR1 targeted 12 times
14 DANIELS - QB1 - thoughts documented elsewhere.
20 FORD - RB1A gets the start in first college game. Doesn't feel like a difference-maker but glad to have him. Struggled in pass pro to be expected.
24 BACHMEIER - one of the WR2's. Got the start and had 3 targets but could have easily had double the throws go his way IMO.
26 IRVIN - RB1B Tough little dude. Sticks his nose in there in pass pro. Easy to like.
55 PALE - Played every snap at RG. No knee braces and looked pretty good on the move - was pulling all night. Guy is a mauler. Has to keep developing in pass pro to not be such a liabilty.
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57 ROGERS - Played every snap at OC. One of my favorites but disappointed in both his command of the unit and overall play. I'm really hoping this TCU defense turns out to be a problem in '24
69 MAIKKULA -Played every snap at LG. Athletic but needs better functional strength in the run game.
71 McLAUGHLIN - Played every snap at RT. Was expecting and hoping for a better effort.
76 LEYER - Played every snap at LT. Looked improved in pass pro which obviously you want at the position.
83 HARRIS - One of Daniels fav targets in G1. 8 targets and a score. And 1 HUGE drop.
84 CISSE - Big arrow up. Daniels threw 5 balls his way. Lamson hit him with a TD and 2 carries on reverses.
86 ROUSH - TE1 was out there for every snap. Added weight helped in run game. Lack of speed kind of clogs up passing schemes/timing.
88 BLACKBURN - TE2 Freshman saw 5 snaps including a route on the goal line.

OFFENSE ARROW DOWN

0 REUBEN - Big arrow down. Zero snaps. Passed up by Harris
3 B. FARRELL - BIG arrow down. One of CTT's favs LY did not get a snap. Passed up by Cisse
5 DAVIS, JR - Hate giving a true frosh the bad arrow but the recruiting dynamics/roster structure turned this into an immediate competition for playing time. Ford got the start and the snaps.
9 JACKSON - Things don't look great for the player.
15 BUTLER - Zero snaps. No short yardage role. Nada.
34 HAMPTON - Might want to start focusing on baseball.
67 ANDERSON - 3rd year player started 3 games LY but did not get any snaps in G1
72 UKE - Another OL who saw some snaps in '23 but nothing in G1
73 SYMONDS - 2nd year player still looking for his first action.
78 BAKLENKO - Started the last 5 games LY. Player was dressed and on the PAT/FG team but did not get a snap on offense.
81 BORDEN - 2nd year player still looking for his first action.
82 RAINES - Senior WR did not get a snap.
85 TAYLOR - TE was on the field for only 3 snaps and a frosh TE had a bigger role in G1
89 UNGAR - Not a great sign when the coach does not remember your name.


DEFENSE ARROW UP

0 BERNADEL - Played every snap at ILB. Helluva game. left 1 big play on the field unfortunately.
4 MANLEY - Starter at RCB. Not close on a TD throw but otherwise not awful.
5 GREEN - Starter and only nickel. I'm not his biggest fan. He and Leigber switched off playing in the slot and at safety. That in itself poses a huge issue. Stanford is predominantly a zone nickel defense and they were picked apart in G1. I dunno man.
6 WRIGHT - Starter at LCB. Solid.
8 SINCLAIR - Played every snap at ILB. One of the better games I have seen him play. Just clean up that tackling a bit.
11 TAFITI - Didn't start but got the bulk of the snaps at FOLB. So active but this guy has to clean up his tackling.
14 AYBAR - Starter at BOLB. Usually assignment tight. Would love to see more production/flash. Interesting moment at the end of the game He was sent off the field and to the bench during the 2:00 timeout when the rest of the entire defense was huddling on the field. Did not return just something to monitor.
21 EDWARDS - Starter at FS. I like the player. The problem is that Leigber and Green can't cover and that really isn't Edwards strength either. Not sure how April can play that combination.
23 BAILEY - Starter at FOLB. Would have probably played more but the big penalty kept him off the field a bit. I gave him his own thread yesterday. Dominant pass rusher who is so misused April should be fired on that fact alone.
27 PORTER - OCB3 came in to replace an injured Manley.
32 LEIGBER - Starter at SS. Just not good in coverage. Pretty decent game otherwise. Got bailed out by a TCU penalty after beaten badly on a big throw down the sideline.
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40 PHILLIPS - Starter at 1 DL spot. He and Franklin led the rotation in snaps. Didn't make the biggest impact but he was assignment tight.
44 COOPER - A couple dozen snaps subbing for Aybar. I love this guy's enthusiasm. Fun to watch. Would be even more fun if April turned Cooper and Bailey loose at the QB at the same time.
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75 BM-O - Who was it that said this dude was going to be starting and was the phenom of camp? CMON MAN. Gets the arrow here because he did get on the field for a handful of snaps but didn't pass the look test to me.
91 PATTERSON - Love this addition. In fact, I was really encouraged by our run defense. Much more physical team and Patterson looks the part. About 20 snaps in G1.
Login to view embedded media 94 FRANKLIN - Starter at DL. Both starters did not combine for 1 tackle. Can't ignore that. I still like both guys.
97 ROWELL - Shared the big part of the DL rotation with Phillips and Franklin. Looks the part.
98 BUCKEY - Was given about a dozen snaps and a bunch at a crucial time late. Not good IMO.


DEFENSE ARROW DOWN

17 FRAUSTO-RAMOS - 2nd year player saw a ton of defensive snaps as a frosh but nothing in G1.
30 DUBRE - Special Teams captain did not get a defensive snap.
31 MORRIS - Stay with me here. The player replaced Leigber for 1 series right after the half. Had an INT go through his hands after Bailey put heat on the TCU QB. And that was it. Nothing before and nothing after. It was strange. Morris gets the down arrow because he was clearly in competition with Green for that NB spot. IMO Morris allows April more flexibility to mix up coverages as opposed to the Green/Leigber/Edwards combo.
35 ROSE - 3rd year ILB did not get a snap on defense.
45 STAPLES (schollie?) - No snaps
61 MAYBERRY - No snaps on the DL after the position switch. Would be surprised if this changed.
90 GEWENIGER - 2nd year player still looking for first action.
95 TAYLOR - What a damn specimen. Looks like Tarzan.....

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5pm PDT - SMU takes first set against Nebraska 25-23 in Dallas. 6,700 in attendance at Moody Arena. SMU has never had more than 2,000 previously.

BC defense looking pretty game. Getting lots of pressure on Uigalelei. Their offensive line looks awesome in the run game. Passing O isn't much to speak of but is efficient.

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I just watched Boston College dismantle FSU, as many of you likely did as well.

They looked very physical while also having athletes on the outside. Looking at their roster they have have about 10-12 guys over 300 LB's

If Boston College can do this in the NIL and Transfer Portal world, why can't we?