MD's coach Bruce Rollinson was 0-4 going in vs DLS with his team hoping to show they are the best in Cal, and likely the nation. The weather in Sacramento was windy and cold and any thoughts of licking the goal posts even if "Double dog dared " was bypassed. The wind should have hurt the passing team (MD) and aided the running team (DLS) but MD blasted DLS 52-21. The prime interest for me were the actions of USC possibilities QB J T Daniels, WR Amon-ra St. Brown from MD, and DT Tuli Letuligasenoa from DLS.
MD looked poised and sure the whole game. DLS actually fumbled the ball 10 plus times and lost 4 . They probably would have lost 6, if not for refs calls. MD which has huge depth, and a great OL made Tuli L 's opportunities to shine minimal, but he made 3-4 good plays IMO.
As in last week's game QB J T Daniels lead the way but his numbers were subdued by short fields from DLS turnovers (28 points of the 52 were off of turnovers). He really impressed me in this game with his feet. He ran extremely well (quicker than Darnold) and darts past and outruns tacklers. One play had him a sure sack victim of 10 yards. He eluded it at the last second and turned it into a 40 yard TD. Last week I thought he threw passes short but in this game , though some may have been curtailed by the wind, it appeared that some is on purpose with the receivers stopping and ready to reach for the ball thrown at their back shoulder with their body shielding the defender off the ball. It was done 3 times in the game. On shorter throws he had prefect spirals and the wind had little to no effect.
Amon-Ra St Brown who was his major receiver, at one point (near end of Q3) had 115 yards of the total 182 passing yards and 1 of 2 TDs. He runs great patterns and has great hands, with one drop on a tough catch. He supposedly has narrowed his choices to USC and Notre Dame, but you already know the rumors.
Coach Rollinson, in his 29th year, pulled his entire starting team unit by unit in the last 4 minutes of the games. He is a very fine coach.
MD looked poised and sure the whole game. DLS actually fumbled the ball 10 plus times and lost 4 . They probably would have lost 6, if not for refs calls. MD which has huge depth, and a great OL made Tuli L 's opportunities to shine minimal, but he made 3-4 good plays IMO.
As in last week's game QB J T Daniels lead the way but his numbers were subdued by short fields from DLS turnovers (28 points of the 52 were off of turnovers). He really impressed me in this game with his feet. He ran extremely well (quicker than Darnold) and darts past and outruns tacklers. One play had him a sure sack victim of 10 yards. He eluded it at the last second and turned it into a 40 yard TD. Last week I thought he threw passes short but in this game , though some may have been curtailed by the wind, it appeared that some is on purpose with the receivers stopping and ready to reach for the ball thrown at their back shoulder with their body shielding the defender off the ball. It was done 3 times in the game. On shorter throws he had prefect spirals and the wind had little to no effect.
Amon-Ra St Brown who was his major receiver, at one point (near end of Q3) had 115 yards of the total 182 passing yards and 1 of 2 TDs. He runs great patterns and has great hands, with one drop on a tough catch. He supposedly has narrowed his choices to USC and Notre Dame, but you already know the rumors.
Coach Rollinson, in his 29th year, pulled his entire starting team unit by unit in the last 4 minutes of the games. He is a very fine coach.
