(09-11-2021 11:37 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 11:21 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 11:18 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  This Stanford hatred stuff really needs to stop. We are above this.

Why?

Everything he brings from Stanford sucks, coach, playbook or player is below replacement level.

One thing for sure: it's a lie that Bloomgren runs some kind of "Stanford offense". Through 1½ games, Stanford has 41 passes and 36 rushing attempts. Bloomgren is much more conservative (stupid). Rice has 54 passes and 75 rushes in 2 full games.

2020 Stanford 37 passes/game 32.8 rushes
2020 Rice 26.6 passes/game 43.2 rushes

2019 Stanford 37 passes/game 28.8 rushes
2019 Rice 26.6 passes/game 35.9 rushes

2018 Stanford 32.5 passes/game 29.5 rushes
2018 Rice 28.3 passes/game 37.7 rushes

To build on this, we're so run heavy on first down it's absurd. Overall for the game, we ran 19 times on first down, and passed 6. 11/5 in the first half, 8/1 in the second half. We averaged 4.7 ypc on those, but that's a little skewed by the last drive of the game. If you exclude the last drive, we averaged 3.2 ypc

Of the 19 first down runs, 12 gained 3 yards or less. If you exclude the last drive of the game, 75% of our first down runs gained 3 yards or less, and 56% (9/16) gained 2 yards or less.

I suppose our first down passing wasn't much better. Our six first down passes for the game went INT/15 yards/INT/DPI/11 yards/INC.

Maybe the reality is our offense is just bad. Might not really matter much whether we run or pass. I will say, though, that this is a miserable offense to watch as a fan. If we were averaging 4.7 ypc, it might be entertaining, but right now it's painful to watch.