Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = Talent Is Destiny As Proven Once More
USC has more talent than any other team in the PAC and most other teams in the country for that matter and is why, once they found their QB, they have not lost a game and beat a good, solid Wash team yesterday in Seattle, no less...
If you are still wondering about ASU's defensive woes just ask yourself this question..??
Would the Trojans, Huskies, Utes and/or Buffaloes, trade any of their defensive personnel for anyone on the Sun Devil defense..??
Although you would hate to admit it, since it is painful to do so, you would have to answer that no, none of those teams would trade any of their defensive players for any of ours with, perhaps, one or two exceptions...
And, how damning is that given that this is Todd's fifth year at ASU and that he is supposed to be a defensive minded coach-guru or something to that effect, plus his recruiting has supposedly been pretty good if you believe those recruiting services that rank classes...
Luckily for him, both Rich Rod and Jim Mora are also having very bad seasons and for some of the same reasons...losses of QBs and having other key injuries that have really hindered things this season...
But, ASU is leading the world in defensive futility like no other program in existence and lack of talent most probably does not explain all of the futility, as many here and elsewhere have rightfully pointed out...
Which leads me to this key question..??
Do we trust Graham to figure out what is required to fix things..??
I used to think that he was up to that task but I'm not so sure these days as I think he is a "true believer" in his defensive philosophy and will either sink or swim with his beliefs in that regard...
On a different note, it was pretty amazing that the 2-3-4 playoff ranked teams all lost yesterday, especially the losses by Clemson and Michigan...
On another note, it's hard to watch those PAC games that don't start until 8:00 or 8:30 at night, even if it provides a lot of money to the conference...I don't even stay up any more to watch those games that should be played in the day or a lot earlier in the evening this time of year...
Additionally, the ratings of even NFL games is going down largely, I think, because people don't like all the commercial breaks and stoppages, when something is being reviewed, which spoils the continuity of the games and just plain makes them un-enjoyable...
Plus, the refs are throwing hankies all over the place if a QB is touched or if someone makes a hard tackle...I'm not for targeting but there are a lot of marginal calls these days in that area...
It's like watching The Price Is Right instead of football and I'm pretty sure that a tipping point of sorts has been reached where a lot of fans are concerned...
Anyway, do you trust Graham to fix what is ailing our defense whatever that may be..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
Today's Topic = Talent Is Destiny As Proven Once More
USC has more talent than any other team in the PAC and most other teams in the country for that matter and is why, once they found their QB, they have not lost a game and beat a good, solid Wash team yesterday in Seattle, no less...
If you are still wondering about ASU's defensive woes just ask yourself this question..??
Would the Trojans, Huskies, Utes and/or Buffaloes, trade any of their defensive personnel for anyone on the Sun Devil defense..??
Although you would hate to admit it, since it is painful to do so, you would have to answer that no, none of those teams would trade any of their defensive players for any of ours with, perhaps, one or two exceptions...
And, how damning is that given that this is Todd's fifth year at ASU and that he is supposed to be a defensive minded coach-guru or something to that effect, plus his recruiting has supposedly been pretty good if you believe those recruiting services that rank classes...
Luckily for him, both Rich Rod and Jim Mora are also having very bad seasons and for some of the same reasons...losses of QBs and having other key injuries that have really hindered things this season...
But, ASU is leading the world in defensive futility like no other program in existence and lack of talent most probably does not explain all of the futility, as many here and elsewhere have rightfully pointed out...
Which leads me to this key question..??
Do we trust Graham to figure out what is required to fix things..??
I used to think that he was up to that task but I'm not so sure these days as I think he is a "true believer" in his defensive philosophy and will either sink or swim with his beliefs in that regard...
On a different note, it was pretty amazing that the 2-3-4 playoff ranked teams all lost yesterday, especially the losses by Clemson and Michigan...
On another note, it's hard to watch those PAC games that don't start until 8:00 or 8:30 at night, even if it provides a lot of money to the conference...I don't even stay up any more to watch those games that should be played in the day or a lot earlier in the evening this time of year...
Additionally, the ratings of even NFL games is going down largely, I think, because people don't like all the commercial breaks and stoppages, when something is being reviewed, which spoils the continuity of the games and just plain makes them un-enjoyable...
Plus, the refs are throwing hankies all over the place if a QB is touched or if someone makes a hard tackle...I'm not for targeting but there are a lot of marginal calls these days in that area...
It's like watching The Price Is Right instead of football and I'm pretty sure that a tipping point of sorts has been reached where a lot of fans are concerned...
Anyway, do you trust Graham to fix what is ailing our defense whatever that may be..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
