Wyoming Spring Practice 2015

Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:04 pm

Here's the story on Edeen
https://twitter.com/rpgagliardi/status/ ... 8986780673

Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:05 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:
PotatoCreekPete wrote:
BeaverPoke wrote:
PotatoCreekPete wrote:
Slow Hand wrote:Rumor is that Sewell Quit.
Not surprised. He came out of HS with a lot of hype and unfortunately he has never been able to put it all together. It would have been a good sized reach to say that he would have had an impact this coming year, just have to wish him the best.

Wyoming was a soft team and there are a number of guys that are not prepared or able to play Bohl's type of game that were in the program when he took over. As Coach Bohl says, he is building the program so it will stay at a high level for a long time, and that doesn't happen over night.

If I remember correctly, he wasn't so much soft as he was ill and injured. Didn't he lose a bunch of weight and have a hard time putting it on?

Not that you are wrong about attrition from DC to Bohl, but I don't think this is that as much as it's just a kid not panning out.
I wasn't talking about Sewell being "soft", I was speaking of the team as a whole. Remember when Bohl came in he said the team was "fat", and many of the guys have had to lose body fat, and build muscle. If any area on the team was "soft" it probably was the OL imo. I have no doubt that Sewell just didn't pan out, you kind of mixed my two points together.
Ah, well my bad. Seemed like your second point was related to your first one, since you were talking about players leaving, being soft, etc.

I never said any specific players were "soft", and in particular I said the team was soft.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:53 am

Scrimmage highlights/comments

Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:57 am

I'm excited for this season. The o line scares me to death but with Wick and Hill I'm sure we'll be fine.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:40 am

I never said any specific players were "soft", and in particular I said the team was soft.[/quote]

I don't think soft is a good description. Maybe a little light, but not soft.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:05 pm

theman12 wrote:I'm excited for this season. The o line scares me to death but with Wick and Hill I'm sure we'll be fine.

At least on the O line didn't give up sacks on Coffman. They gave up four to the other QBs, but I'm sure it was a mix of one's, twos and threes on the line. But yeah the O line has always been an issue for years.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:30 pm

mwc fan wrote:
theman12 wrote:I'm excited for this season. The o line scares me to death but with Wick and Hill I'm sure we'll be fine.
At least on the O line didn't give up sacks on Coffman. They gave up four to the other QBs, but I'm sure it was a mix of one's, twos and threes on the line. But yeah the O line has always been an issue for years.

That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:38 pm

fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.

Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:08 pm

J-Rod wrote:
fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.
Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.

A lot of those sacks came before they left 7 in the box and can be blamed on a number of things not just the OL.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:22 pm

Wyo2dal wrote:
J-Rod wrote:
fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.
Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.
A lot of those sacks came before they left 7 in the box and can be blamed on a number of things not just the OL.

A lot of those sacks from last year were the Qbs fault. When teams would bring seven Kolby would never throw the quick slant. In the NM game on the final play the defense blitzed and the slant was wide open. He just wasn't comfortable throwing quick timing plays.

Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:44 pm

mwc fan wrote:
Wyo2dal wrote:
J-Rod wrote:
fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.
Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.
A lot of those sacks came before they left 7 in the box and can be blamed on a number of things not just the OL.
A lot of those sacks from last year were the Qbs fault. When teams would bring seven Kolby would never throw the quick slant. In the NM game on the final play the defense blitzed and the slant was wide open. He just wasn't comfortable throwing quick timing plays.

I agree with this. I don't think our OL was as bad as the stats showed.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:26 am

WYCowboy wrote:
mwc fan wrote:
Wyo2dal wrote:
J-Rod wrote:
fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.
Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.
A lot of those sacks came before they left 7 in the box and can be blamed on a number of things not just the OL.
A lot of those sacks from last year were the Qbs fault. When teams would bring seven Kolby would never throw the quick slant. In the NM game on the final play the defense blitzed and the slant was wide open. He just wasn't comfortable throwing quick timing plays.
I agree with this. I don't think our OL was as bad as the stats showed.

Due to lackluster qb play, our o line looked bad at times, as you guys have pointed out. I guess the next step would be to look at run plays to determine how productive our o line was. It seemed to me that we had very few runs stopped behind the line of scrimmage. Partially, that's due to having stud running backs, but I think the big guys deserve some credit for that as well.

Is there a stat that says what percentage of run plays went for zero or negative yards, excluding sacks?

Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:50 pm

cali2wyo wrote:
WYCowboy wrote:
mwc fan wrote:
Wyo2dal wrote:
J-Rod wrote:
fromolwyoming wrote: That said, once the injuries stopped piling up on them last season, the o-line improved quite a bit.
Eh...maybe some in run-blocking. They ranked 2nd from dead last nationally in sacks allowed. Depth is lacking...can't afford too many injuries at that position. Or most positions, really.
A lot of those sacks came before they left 7 in the box and can be blamed on a number of things not just the OL.
A lot of those sacks from last year were the Qbs fault. When teams would bring seven Kolby would never throw the quick slant. In the NM game on the final play the defense blitzed and the slant was wide open. He just wasn't comfortable throwing quick timing plays.
I agree with this. I don't think our OL was as bad as the stats showed.
Due to lackluster qb play, our o line looked bad at times, as you guys have pointed out. I guess the next step would be to look at run plays to determine how productive our o line was. It seemed to me that we had very few runs stopped behind the line of scrimmage. Partially, that's due to having stud running backs, but I think the big guys deserve some credit for that as well.

Is there a stat that says what percentage of run plays went for zero or negative yards, excluding sacks?

There were a few key 4th down run plays that were snuffed in the backfield from bad Oline blocking. Overtime against SJSU the right tackle got beat off the ball on a 4th and 2. Cost the game that time. Also against Hawaii the same thing happened on a 4th down run. Game over again. That Tackle is gone, so hopefully this group can understand the the snap count is an advantage for the O line.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:32 pm

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Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:32 am

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Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:30 pm

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Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:42 pm

I was always a huge fan of Reese and i'm glad he is back on the team getting a chance to finish something he loves, also love the fact he is willing to play any position to maintain this chance.