Arizona vs. Toledo Open Game Thread
by joenewby4040 on Sep 3, 2010 2:10 PM PDT
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PrintArizona Wildcats at Toledo Rockets, Sep 3, 2010 5:00 PM PDT
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I'm not a fan of the white helmets.
I like the blue ones.
But who cares – Foles hits Douglas in the back of the endzone for 6! ARIZONA 7, TOLEDO 0
Toledo with the big 18 yard gain over the middle.
Pass was to the middle of the field. Looked like linebacker coverage.
Foles looked very sharp in the first series.
Moved the ball effectively with 5/5, 50+ yards passing, including the strike to Douglas in the back of the endzone.
Arizona goes three and out.
Criner almost had a hell of a reception on the sideline on the play action fake. Just couldn’t haul it in as it was drifting away from him.
Linebackers
It is clear Toledo’s offensive scheme is set to prey on the inexperience of the Arizona linebackers. Picked up a couple big gains but those went nowhere ultimately.
William "Bug" Wright with a strong return.
Takes it from the 10 or so and takes it 35 yards with some nice moves.
Arizona's third series going nowhere.
10 yard loss on the fumble. Draw play for one yard. Then a penalty moves them back even more. WR bubble screen to Criner gets solid yards but brings up 4th down.
End of 1st Quarter
ARIZONA 7, TOLEDO 0
Wildcats looked strong to start the game. Toledo recovered defensively with two strong stands. They’ll have the ball at about their own 30 when the 2nd quarter starts up.
Holding negates huge Toledo pickup.
Toledo backs up into their own territory and brings up 3rd and 22.
Toledo punt pins Arizona at their own 4.
We must get the running game going, especially now that we’re backed up in the shadow of our own endzone.
Any word on why Foles isn't QBing?
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Sep 3, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
No word from the commentators.
Foles was on the sideline with his helmet on. No appearance of injury or anything.
Just wondering if you guys had any inside word
I’m watching from an NFL prospect aspect; I write at Turf Show Times & Mocking the Draft, the SBN communites for the St. Louis Rams and NFL Draft, respectively. I had Foles going 18th overall in my first 2011 mock draft.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Sep 3, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Scott in the gun, scrambles out of the endzone near a first down.
Flag on the play… holding in the endzone. Safety.
Arizona looks shellshocked right now.
Toledo is fired up. Arizona standing around looking at each other.
Toledo pins Arizona with bad field positioning with the punt again.
We’ll see if Foles comes out under center or if Scott returns after the safety.
Stat update:
Foles 13/15 for 108 yards, TD
Still no running game developing yet. Arizona has 1 rushing yard.
also
they’ve had some luck moving the ball on passes to RB’s, which while technically not runs kind of still are.
Statistically, if the pass is in front of the QB, it is a pass/passing yards.
If the pass is behind QB, it is considered a rush/rushing yards.
Grigsby rips a 36-yard TD run
Some good moves on the run. HB Draw Delay up the middle, cuts outside, goes for 36 yards. Chants of “U of A!” during the PAT.
ARIZONA 14, TOLEDO 2
INTERCEPTION
JuCo LB transfer picks off the Toledo pass and returns it for 22 yards.
Penalty pulls the ball back 10 yards but it is Arizona ball.
Toledo tried picking on the Arizona LBs a bit too much on that one.
1st and Goal
Douglas with the reception down to the Toledo 2. 26 seconds left, Arizona takes their final timeout.
wtf
stoops just burns his last TO w/ 30 sec left. MUCH better to just run the ball, hope it goes in, and then worry about the TO after that. weird call IMO.
?
why? time stops until the refs are set, you should only lose 5 – 10 sec unless you’re completely going slow.
and they do the kneeldown
because clearly, being down 2-21 is just where they wnat to be going into the locker room.
HALFTIME: Arizona 21, Toledo 2
Some halftime stats to hold you over for now.
STAT – ARIZONA, TOLEDO
1st Downs – 12, 4
Total Plays – 33, 26
Total Yards – 197, 80
Passing – 151, 64
Rushing – 46, 16
Penalties – 6, 5
Possession – 16:34, 13:26
Turnovers – 0, 1
For the folks watching the game at home...
The big question all offseason was about the defense.
The linebackers have shown some inexperience on the field in the first half but Earls made a nice play on the interception that set up Foles’ rushing touchdown.
The front four have looked solid. Toledo only has a couple rush plays for more than a yard or two and 16 yards on the ground all half.
What do you think so far?
From an NFL evaluator aspect
I’m biased, in that I really like Foles’ chances at the next level, but he’s been great tonight. Still hoping to hear why he was held out of the series when Toledo got that safety.
Also, I think Colin Baxter looks legit. He’s held his center spot, and looked especially solid on some second level pushes for Antolin on more than one occasion.
That being said, this is Toledo…
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
the announcers said
that they wanted to give Scott some touches situationally during the game. I suppose it makes some sense in an obvious run down.
Interesting
Thanks Mr. Pac…12?
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Sep 3, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Last Arizona QB drafted
John Conner, 10th Round, Seattle, 1985.
No Arizona QB has ever been selected in the 7 round modern-era NFL draft.
Eric Page coughs it up at the end of the play and Arizona recovers at their 10.
The play is being reviewed. It looks like it will be overturned.
Arizona brings pressure on the QB.
Incomplete pass and Arizona takes over on their 4.
Freshman Shaquille Richardson with the solid defensive play in the endzone.
Great play by Foles there
Went through his progressions and cannoned off that throw with his arm, not his torso. Sexy.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
That was a receiver INT
Not a QB INT
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Oh it was definitely high
Not a great pass, but still, your receiver has to know not to play the ball up.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Sep 3, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The rec button is a powerful tool
I know you guys don’t have a huge community yet, but you will if you keep putting the work you guys have recently. When you do, you’ll be begging your readers to rec comments instead of the “+1” hordes.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Sep 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Stat update
Foles: 27/32, 288 yards, TD, INT
Grigsby: 8 rushes for 53 yards, 2 TDs
Criner: 8 receptions 129 yards
Your offense looks really good. Normally the offenses are a little rusty in game 1. The fact that Iowa doesn’t really score much, combined with your D looking pretty good tonight and Iowa having to come to AZ could easily make for you guys scoring the upset in 2 weeks!
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Sep 3, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
There were a few series in the middle of the game that were just ugly.
They opened up with an easy TD drive, then struggled for a bit but this half, Arizona has turned it up.
We’ll see what the game with Iowa brings. Looking forward to it.
I think Iowa got lucky way too many times last year and that’s unlikely to continue. I know I’ll be rooting hard for you guys.
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Sep 3, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice throw by Foles
great hands by Cobb
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
What a perfect throw by Foles
My goodness. Criner with a half step in front, and Foles filed it in there. Amazing accuracy.
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Aight AZDS
I’m outta here. Gotta watch some tape before tomorrow – so much football, so little time. I’ll be popping in from time to time. And as always, Mocking the Draft is your SBN home for NFL Draft info. Great start to the season – I’ll see you guys on the 18th for the Hawkeye game. Keep up the great work!
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Nick Foles rests now.
Matt Scott into the game with 11 minutes left in the 4th and opens with a strike over the middle of the field.
Greg Nwoko in the game, too.
So I have a legitimate question for you. I’ll preface this by saying I have no problem with it whatsoever, but I want to know your thoughts. Up 34-2 in the 4th quarter, how do you feel about the coaches calling pass plays? I personally don’t have any issue with it when you have your backups in, but some people feel like it’s “running the score up”. What do you think about it?
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
"Running up the score"
Stoops would be getting docked 50 and 75 points in NCAA11 for running up the score on the pass plays.
Maybe just wants to get Scott some reps? I don’t know. I’d love to see more carries for Nwoko right now, personally.
Yeah, like I said I don’t have a problem with it so much if it’s with your 2nd and 3rd string players. Especially since once he got down near the red zone they started running it. It’s a tough situation for the coaches because the live game reps you can get for your backups are so valuable, and having the QB just hand it off over and over with no passes is a wasted opportunity. At the same time you don’t want to look like a douche for running it up. I think they handled that okay.
We had a pretty crazy thread going on addictedtoquack last night from someone accusing Kiffin of being classless for going for 2 after their first touchdown, claiming that since they “knew” they were going to beat Hawaii easily they shouldn’t do that. It got insane. Almost 1900 comments in that thread!
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Sep 3, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Arizona over 400 yards passing as a team.
Foles finished 32/37, 360 yards, 2 TD, INT
Scott up to 45 yards passing on 3/3
TOUCHDOWN ARIZONA
Antolin breaks a solid tackle attempt, spins out, and gets in for 6. Scott with the passing TD.
ARIZONA 41, TOLEDO 2
ESPN runs the Ortege Jenkins flip as trivia question
1997, 1998, or 1999?
Over and out
A forward body flip is an amazing feat under any circumstances. Even when performed by an 89-pound gymnast, it’s still awe-inspiring to see a human being start out flat-footed, leap forward and invert themselves, fly around in a full 360 and land with both feet again flat on the ground.
It’s even more amazing when the feat is performed by a 210-pound football player.. That’s why I still flip out when I think about the play that Arizona quarterback Ortege Jenkins made to beat Washington in October of 199X.
It’s fourth-and-goal from Washington nine, Arizona is down 28-24, only seconds remain. With no one open, Jenkins decided to make a run for the goal line with linebacker Lester Towns the only thing in his way. At full speed Jenkins somersaulted in the air and landed on his feet just inches over the goal line. Upset bid squashed. Game over and the most amazing athletic feat I’ve ever seen.
— Kevin Jackson
Good talking to you mattortega. Good luck as the community grows over here. I have a few U of A fans up here in Oregon and I’ll make sure I pass the word that they should check you out!
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
Thanks, man.
It is a community of folks here and we’re always glad to grow the group. Good lookin’ out. Semper Fi.
Semper Fi. MCD, OUT!
And in the Yell-O corner, with a 2009 conference record of 8 wins, 1 loss...the REIGNING...DEFENDING...UNDISPUTED Champions of the PAC TEN...the Oregon Ducks!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Sep 3, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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