Sunday, September 6, 2009

W - a classy, solid one by the Beavs

Wow - ironic how the Beav game was the EXACT opposite of the Duck game the other night.
Opening with a two-play TD. Ending with a Viking TD celebrated by both teams and respectful handshakes from not only the coaches, but the team members. Good stuff...gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
Except for "All Rodgers, All Day" equals "Anxious Ang" - granted, they're phenomenal and I love seeing them both make those break-away, heart-pounding runs that can result in Heisman-esque #s the end of the season (253 offensive yards between the two of them and record high three TDs in one game for Quizz), but we need versatility! When Canfield finally completed a pass to "Ninja" (as my household now calls Adeniji) in the 2nd quarter, I was thrilled - finally someone else touched the pig skin! (BTW, Ninja is now on my "special teams" list for the year.) Now I know they were playing with an abbreviated playbook with the new lines, but that seemed about it in the Beavs offensive playbook until they put in the 2nd string...
Katz they say has the arm of "John Elway" and he proved it as long as he was throwing to fail-safe Nichols who apparently never drops a pass. But Stevenson looks like he needs to start stocking up on Wheaties to beef up his legs to get through those linebackers or else develop some quickness if he wants to fill in for Quizz.
On the defensive side, I was worried about all of the Viking's completed passes and even more worried about the fact we let them have a few 4th and 1 scenarios. Even though they didn't score on them and we held the run well, we've got much harder opponents on the way that will take full advantage...maybe this was just a case of them getting their sea-legs?
Finally, I was wondering how Taylor Kavanaugh's quote in his Oregonian op-ed re: his Viking QB little brother would play out..."Remember, I taught him everything he knows." I'm a sucker for the sap, Rudy stories...the Viking's one and only TD was by Connor Kavanaugh who grew up rooting for the Beavs, but wasn't recruited by us and his big bro was. It was cool to see respect on both sides of the ball after his TD play and his amazing ability to juke LBs for such a little guy. And, you gotta love the fam with the matching shirts - I'm thinking they could sell those and make some bucks.

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