How much misdirection was there? Quick tempo, change of pace, etc.?

A lot of people are giving up on Sam Jackson too soon. He's had about a half dozen starts and only 2 in this offense. Some real good quarterbacks took a while to master the college game. Maybe wait and see if he improves?

eastbayyoungbear said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Econ141 said:

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Do we lose 52-0 next week?

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UW's QB Penix had 4 TD's and 375 yards at the HALF.

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Michigan State's defense is not good.

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You're kidding? no?

movielover said:

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How much misdirection was there? Quick tempo, change of pace, etc.?

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Us playing man to man with slants over the middle a gimme.

Cal got outgained which is concerning. But credit to them, they made defensive adjustments at halftime and shut out Idaho like they did with North Texas.

In three games, the Cal defense has only given up 7 points in the 2nd half.

cubzwin said:

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A lot of people are giving up on Sam Jackson too soon. He's had about a half dozen starts and only 2 in this offense. Some real good quarterbacks took a while to master the college game. Maybe wait and see if he improves?

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When people here rave about a player who has never thrown an incomplete pass in his roll as a backup to the number two team in the country, well, some folks believe that nonsense. Strong was very strong in his skepticism.

BearHunter said:

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Cal got outgained which is concerning. But credit to them, they made defensive adjustments at halftime and shut out Idaho like they did with North Texas.

In three games, the Cal defense has only given up 7 points in the 2nd half.

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Michigan Stare only gave up six points to Washington in the second half today. Blue sky.

Bearclawz said:

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Where is everyone?

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I never understood why it's a sin to start a game thread early on this board. On other forums, they start game threads as soon as the the previous one is over.

golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

Bobodeluxe said:

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BearHunter said:

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Cal got outgained which is concerning. But credit to them, they made defensive adjustments at halftime and shut out Idaho like they did with North Texas.

In three games, the Cal defense has only given up 7 points in the 2nd half.

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Michigan Stare only gave up six points to Washington in the second half today. Blue sky.

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Who cares about Michigan St?

Golden One said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

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The most positive thing is that we actually have a conference to play in next year.

BearHunter said:

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Bobodeluxe said:

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BearHunter said:

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Cal got outgained which is concerning. But credit to them, they made defensive adjustments at halftime and shut out Idaho like they did with North Texas.

In three games, the Cal defense has only given up 7 points in the 2nd half.

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Michigan Stare only gave up six points to Washington in the second half today. Blue sky.

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Who cares about Michigan St?

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They are a proxy for a bad team (hint - us) and what we can expect next Saturday.

GoOskie said:

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I wouldn't be surprised if we score 21 unanswered. Team finally came alive.

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And there's your post of the day!

movielover said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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This a strong time to consider gardening and Italian cooking.

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PisanStrong

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Are you from Pisa, or part Pisan? Great city! Spent a nice long holiday there the summer before covid.

Golden One said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

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A stupid comment from a stupid doom-spammer.
Positives:
1. Cal won
2. Jackson showed something with his legs on that 27 yard run.
3. Ifanse and Stredick both played well.
4. Defense made adjustments.
5. Jackson showed good arm strength on the TD to Grizzel.

Boom! Proved you wrong.

Was it a good game? No. Was it a win, yes. Am I confident about winning in the future, no. Do I want to tolerate some jack hole go off the deep end with negativity, no.

calumnus said:

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Wang24 said:

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When will Wilcox ever get fired……. It's criminal to be paying a coach this much money with below .500 average winning.

And why is this kicker still on the team…..

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Thanks to Knowlton, if we fire Wilcox after this season it would cost $20 million. And this with Knowlton already borrowing $20 million a year and about to take a $20 million (?) revenue decrease with an increase in travel expenses.

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$20 million here, $20 million there, eventually you are talking about real money

golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

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A stupid comment from a stupid doom-spammer.
Positives:
1. Cal won
2. Jackson showed something with his legs on that 27 yard run.
3. Ifanse and Stredick both played well.
4. Defense made adjustments.
5. Jackson showed good arm strength on the TD to Grizzel.

Boom! Proved you wrong.

Was it a good game? No. Was it a win, yes. Am I confident about winning in the future, no. Do I want to tolerate some jack hole go off the deep end with negativity, no.

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And we did score 31 unanswered points. There's that. Down 17-0 was awful and awfully disheartening. But the guys didn't exactly quit, did they?

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SoFlaBear said:

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Bobodeluxe said:

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Outscored idaho by two td's. Nearly out gained them. Several turnovers. What's to complain about?

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The first half. That's what there is to complain about. The first half.

Credit where credit is due - the Bear neither quit nor died. I'll take the win, but the offense is a work in progress.

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It's the typical Wilcox playbook for the patsy game at home. We come out of the gates playing a vanilla scheme and with low energy. Time to stop being surprised about it.

Usually we wind up getting our s*** together enough to win. Sometimes we drop one to Nevada.

Now in fairness to Idaho, they do appear to be a legitimately good FCS team this year.

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I take your point, but it's not how a "patsy" game should work. Ideally, a game like this should be in-hand (2+ scores) by the half and by 4Q every starter should be on the bench. We let these teams keep it way too close for way too long.

JimSox said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

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A stupid comment from a stupid doom-spammer.
Positives:
1. Cal won
2. Jackson showed something with his legs on that 27 yard run.
3. Ifanse and Stredick both played well.
4. Defense made adjustments.
5. Jackson showed good arm strength on the TD to Grizzel.

Boom! Proved you wrong.

Was it a good game? No. Was it a win, yes. Am I confident about winning in the future, no. Do I want to tolerate some jack hole go off the deep end with negativity, no.

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And we did score 31 unanswered points. There's that. Down 17-0 was awful and awfully disheartening. But the guys didn't exactly quit, did they?

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Wilcox teams start soft against lesser opponents.

cubzwin said:

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A lot of people are giving up on Sam Jackson too soon. He's had about a half dozen starts and only 2 in this offense. Some real good quarterbacks took a while to master the college game. Maybe wait and see if he improves?

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I'm certainly not giving up on him, but I think it would be a good idea to have at least a few planned packages for Finley too. It makes sense to give him at least a few reps, both because he's still got a lot of time to develop for the future, and because we need a reliable backup in case Jackson goes down again this year.

OsoDorado said:

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cubzwin said:

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A lot of people are giving up on Sam Jackson too soon. He's had about a half dozen starts and only 2 in this offense. Some real good quarterbacks took a while to master the college game. Maybe wait and see if he improves?

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I'm certainly not giving up on him, but I think it would be a good idea to have at least a few planned packages for Finley too. It makes sense to give him at least a few reps, both because he's still got a lot of time to develop for the future, and because we need a reliable backup in case Jackson goes down again this year.

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While I agree, Finley did nothing against Auburn.

SoFlaBear said:

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sycasey said:

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SoFlaBear said:

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Bobodeluxe said:

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Outscored idaho by two td's. Nearly out gained them. Several turnovers. What's to complain about?

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The first half. That's what there is to complain about. The first half.

Credit where credit is due - the Bear neither quit nor died. I'll take the win, but the offense is a work in progress.

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It's the typical Wilcox playbook for the patsy game at home. We come out of the gates playing a vanilla scheme and with low energy. Time to stop being surprised about it.

Usually we wind up getting our s*** together enough to win. Sometimes we drop one to Nevada.

Now in fairness to Idaho, they do appear to be a legitimately good FCS team this year.

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I take your point, but it's not how a "patsy" game should work. Ideally, a game like this should be in-hand (2+ scores) by the half and by 4Q every starter should be on the bench. We let these teams keep it way too close for way too long.

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It's not how it should work but it's how it does work under Wilcox. I also fully expect we will play some unexpectedly close games against our tougher conference foes on the way to another 4 or 5 win season.

golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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golden sloth said:

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Golden One said:

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Nothing good about this Cal team. Not sure we can win any more games this season
Maybe Stanford. Maybe.

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Do me a favor. If you are just going to spam negativity, please dont. I know this game wasnt great, and yes, I'm concerned about when the next win will happen but I'm tired everyone ****ting on everything at all times. I'm tired of being surrounded by constant negativity.

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Then why don't you just stay away from BI for awhile. Face it, there is just nothing positive about Cal football right now.

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A stupid comment from a stupid doom-spammer.
Positives:
1. Cal won
2. Jackson showed something with his legs on that 27 yard run.
3. Ifanse and Stredick both played well.
4. Defense made adjustments.
5. Jackson showed good arm strength on the TD to Grizzel.

Boom! Proved you wrong.

Was it a good game? No. Was it a win, yes. Am I confident about winning in the future, no. Do I want to tolerate some jack hole go off the deep end with negativity, no.

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Too bad.

The score shouldn't have been that close.
Cal won the game.
Cal plays down to the level of their opponents.
Good teams find a way to win.
This was a trap game after last week.
Cal overcame last week's major let down.
We have no chance next week.
Take it one game at a time.
Coach Wilcox isn't the answer.
We're stuck with Coach Wilcox for the time being.
Wilcox shows no emotion.
Sonny Dykes is very emotional.
We have no offense
We won without our best player.
We have no defense.
The defense has given up only 7 second half points in 3 games.
We have no kicker.
Ok.
Cal sucks.
Maybe, or maybe you suck?

killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

GoOskie said:

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killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

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I think we have an offensive line that has taken fan chit for years that is playing much, much better this year and has some depth. I think we have some linebackers that are making some nice plays. What are you talking about, the first quarter???

GoOskie said:

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killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

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The defense has been generating a lot of turnovers so far.

OdontoBear66 said:

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GoOskie said:

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killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

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I think we have an offensive line that has taken fan chit for years that is playing much, much better this year and has some depth. I think we have some linebackers that are making some nice plays. What are you talking about, the first quarter???

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As a unit the D is playing well. I just meant there are no stand out play makers. And though the Oline is better, I'm still concerned about the run blocking and allowing so much pressure on Jackson.

golden sloth said:

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GoOskie said:

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killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

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The defense has been generating a lot of turnovers so far.

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Yes, huge plus.

Why does the OC ignore his TEs? Is he keeping them home to block all game?

GoOskie said:

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killa22 said:

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Not enough offensive firepower to beat conf foes

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Besides Ott and Jackson's legs we have no play makers on either side of the ball.

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Hunter and Ifanse. Stredick made some plays. We need to figure out how to get The Jet on the field.

movielover said:

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Why does the OC ignore his TEs? Is he keeping them home to block all game?

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Liked the way Idaho used Hatten......McCoy to Hatten worked over and over again early on....We could use a dash of both.