True freshman Ott started this season on fire, especially at home! He showed that he is a fast, shifty running back.
His CMS performances were against UC Davis and UNLV, and 'Zona. Against Davis he netted 104 yards on 17 carries, against UNLV netted 52 yards on only 7 carries (or, if extrapolated to 14 carries, he would have gained over 104 yards), and against 'Zona he ran for an incredible 274 yards on 19 carries.
Away from Berkeley Ott's net yardage was more down-to-earth of a freshman RB. I mean, against ND he netted a measly 33 yards on 13 carries, against Wazzu he netted a trivial 70 yards on 17 carries, and just recently against Colorado he ran for a mere 47 net yards on 16 carries. None of these away game performances are any near on the same pace as his earlier home games.
I think there are two obvious reasons for the above cited discrepancy. These reasons are not directly attributable to Ott himself.
He's good; there's no doubt about that.
But, I feel that his hot out-of-the-shoot success was primarily due to generally overall weak opponents and weak Bear offensive line play, like piss poor blocking.
How good then is Ott?
I guess we're going to find out during this second half of the Bears' schedule.
Because of Cal's limited offensive talent, I believe the defenses of Cal's remaining opponents are going to key in on Ott. Plus I contend that these teams' defenses are not like Cal's early home opponents; they will be considerably better in my estimation.
Thus, if the above rationale has any validity, Ott will continue to accumulate modest net yardages. If he's really special, he will probably at least breach the over-one hundred net rushing yards barrier in a couple or even several games.
His CMS performances were against UC Davis and UNLV, and 'Zona. Against Davis he netted 104 yards on 17 carries, against UNLV netted 52 yards on only 7 carries (or, if extrapolated to 14 carries, he would have gained over 104 yards), and against 'Zona he ran for an incredible 274 yards on 19 carries.
Away from Berkeley Ott's net yardage was more down-to-earth of a freshman RB. I mean, against ND he netted a measly 33 yards on 13 carries, against Wazzu he netted a trivial 70 yards on 17 carries, and just recently against Colorado he ran for a mere 47 net yards on 16 carries. None of these away game performances are any near on the same pace as his earlier home games.
I think there are two obvious reasons for the above cited discrepancy. These reasons are not directly attributable to Ott himself.
He's good; there's no doubt about that.
But, I feel that his hot out-of-the-shoot success was primarily due to generally overall weak opponents and weak Bear offensive line play, like piss poor blocking.
How good then is Ott?
I guess we're going to find out during this second half of the Bears' schedule.
Because of Cal's limited offensive talent, I believe the defenses of Cal's remaining opponents are going to key in on Ott. Plus I contend that these teams' defenses are not like Cal's early home opponents; they will be considerably better in my estimation.
Thus, if the above rationale has any validity, Ott will continue to accumulate modest net yardages. If he's really special, he will probably at least breach the over-one hundred net rushing yards barrier in a couple or even several games.