calumnus said:
eastbayyoungbear said:
fat_slice said:
calumnus said:
oskidunker said:
If Rowell was getting all the back up minutes in practice why didnt he come in?
Wilcox didn't want Modster getting the backup minutes until he was actually eligible, which was apparently last week. Until then he was preparing a backup that could actually play if needed. Makes sense, but did not put Modster in a good situation when Garbers went down.
Ok sonwhy is Brasch now ahead of Rowell? What kind of show is Beau running?
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I know a lot of fans really hate BB for what happened with the offense last year....
This is Baldwin's third year of fielding offenses that are at the bottom of the conference or among the worst in the country after taking over an offense that was #1 in the Pac-12 and among the best in the country and returned all of the highest rated players, most of a young OL and added a 4 star QB recruit and a 5 star QB transfer.
Calumnus - I agree with you Baldwin's track record at Cal is bad.
But please, Cal's offense in 2016 was NOT "#1 in the Pac-12 and among the best in the country."
- In 2016, Cal ranked 44th in yards per play, 6th in the Pac-12 behind #41 Arizona, #38 Washington State, #21 USC, #20 Oregon and #11 Washington:
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/yards-per-play?date=2017-01-10(Note, in 2015, for one year we were indeed exceptional, 6th in the country and tops in the Pac-12 in this category).
- In 2016, Cal ranked 42nd in points per play, 5th in the Pac-12 behind #37 Oregon, #31 USC, #27 Washington State, #4 Washington:
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-play?date=2017-01-10(Note in 2015, we were 30th in the country and 4th in the Pac-12 behind Stanford, Oregon and USC in this category).
You shouldn't just get credit for having higher totals when you run a ton of plays, also giving your opponents a ton of plays. Efficiency, not totals, are a better way to judge an offense. But
even if you just look at total scoring, Cal was not at the top of the Pac-12 in 2016:
- In 2016, Cal ranked 20th in points per game, 3rd in the Pac-12 behind #16 Washington State and #7 Washington:
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-game?date=2017-01-10(Note in 2015, we were 26th in the country and 3rd in the Pac-12 behind Oregon and Stanford in this category).
Was our 2016 offense better than our current offense? Sure by any statistical measure I've looked at. Even better in 2015 with Goff. But that's because, as you point out, our current offense isn't much good.
To repeat, passing the ball a bazillion times at high tempo under Dykes DID NOT make us one of the top offenses in the country in 2016, nor the #1 offense in the Pac-12 in 2016.
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Aside:
If you want to talk about inheriting players, we can also look at all the players Dykes benefited from (offense and defense) that were at Cal or coming to Cal regardless before Dykes showed up, starting with #1 NFL draft pick Goff, Treggs, Harper, Lawler etc., in addition to multiple defensive players who were key contributors to our not so terrible defense in 2015 - Dykes fans loved to say the cupboard was bare, but it was not, then or now.
Again, agreed that BB has not proven anything positive while at Cal so far when you look at production in aggregate.
