battle.borne Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I've not seen a group of defensive backs play more effective man coverage on Nevada in years. Nevada has a decent stable of sure handed and fast receivers who looked pedestrian against that Fresno secondary. Really impressed by those guys. Solano missed on his secondary reads but his primary reads were rarely ever open. That made it incredibly tough on a player who hadn't started a game since high school 2013. 1 Quote "You pukin morons are just plain too dumb." -bluerules008 aka jibscout aka Hal "Mosquito Man" Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBulldog Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Thank you. Really proud of that position group. Only wish that we had them in Derek Carr's final season and shut down SJSU. We would have been to a BCS bowl that year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle.borne Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, DrBulldog said: Thank you. Really proud of that position group. Only wish that we had them in Derek Carr's final season and shut down SJSU. We would have been to a BCS bowl that year. Defenses can ebb and flow over the course of the season but I think Fresno has enough depth to weather any attrition. Gonna be a hard beat for anyone left on your schedule. Quote "You pukin morons are just plain too dumb." -bluerules008 aka jibscout aka Hal "Mosquito Man" Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godogsgo Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 31 minutes ago, DrBulldog said: Thank you. Really proud of that position group. Only wish that we had them in Derek Carr's final season and shut down SJSU. We would have been to a BCS bowl that year. Appreciate the enthusiasm, but what everyone seems to forget about that year is that UCF was ahead in the polls. Even if FS would have won out, they would have gone to the LV bowl. Quote San Jose StateAnnounced: 85,235Scanned: 33,892Percentage: 39.8%Actual Attendance Per Game: 5,648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, godogsgo said: Appreciate the enthusiasm, but what everyone seems to forget about that year is that UCF was ahead in the polls. Even if FS would have won out, they would have gone to the LV bowl. That's actually not correct. UCF got the Big East/AAC auto-bid that year, as it was the final year of the BCS. If we won out, we would have finished in the Top 16 and gotten an auto-bid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godogsgo Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Just now, retrofade said: That's actually not correct. UCF got the Big East/AAC auto-bid that year, as it was the final year of the BCS. If we won out, we would have finished in the Top 16 and gotten an auto-bid as well. maybe it wasnt UCF, but someone else was ahead. I distinctly remember that. Quote San Jose StateAnnounced: 85,235Scanned: 33,892Percentage: 39.8%Actual Attendance Per Game: 5,648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Just now, godogsgo said: maybe it wasnt UCF, but someone else was ahead. I distinctly remember that. UCF was ahead of us, but the AAC had an auto-bid that year. I was wrong though, we would have had to finish in the top 12 (very possible) or in the top 16 and ahead of a champion of a conference with an auto-bid, which likely would have UCF. The team that we were fighting with for the non-AQ bid was NIU, but we were ahead of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rofl_copter_dos Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I'm torn between this quartet and the 2012 group. Think the 2012 squad was more talented in terms of NFL potential, but these guys are every bit as effective at the college level. Solano was immensely frustrating to watch...those damn scrambles. I hate backup QBs scrambling around. It's maddening. Get pressure with 4, all the reads are covered and he tiptoes for 6 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JADogs05 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 hour ago, battle.borne said: Defenses can ebb and flow over the course of the season but I think Fresno has enough depth to weather any attrition. Gonna be a hard beat for anyone left on your schedule. Yeah, our backup DBs are as good as any we've had since 05. You saw #15 Arron Mosby in on certain downs. His off-season put him just a half-step behind the starters. Chris Gaston, a former CSU commit, should also be at that level shortly. At cb, #8 rFr. Wylan Free looks like he's going to be a 3-year starter for us. He's built like Jaron Bryant and very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JADogs05 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Nevada's DBs played very well too. That was a surprise for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtang Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 18 minutes ago, JADogs05 said: Nevada's DBs played very well too. That was a surprise for me. It was a great defensive effort from both teams. Fresno was just the better team. Quote thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...