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PAC-10: Grading Week 2

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1. USC–Their performance at the Horseshoe wasn’t dominant, but it was a win versus a ranked opponent in a hostile environment. No other Pac-10 team can stake that claim.

2. Cal–Another bad opponent, another easy win. They do look solid on both offense and defense. This weekend’s trip to Minnesota should be a better barometer.

3. UCLA–Road win vs a quality opponent. The defense looks like top 10 material. The offense on the other hand…

4. Oregon State–Road win vs a low/mid non-BCS team. Not much, but it’s better than anything the 6 teams below them can boast.

5. Arizona–The Wildcats are making a little noise versus inferior opponents. My curiosity should be quelled this weekend at Iowa.

6. Washington–The offense was impressive vs Idaho. The defense gave up a lot of yards to…Idaho.

7.  Stanford–Gutty performance on the road that came up short.

8. Oregon–Barely scrape by at home versus a bottom tier Big 10 school. Ouch.

9. Washington State–Should we dub them “turnover U”?

10. Arizona State–Bye

Angie Machado's Giant Killer Award

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The following list was compiled and published by rivals.com and beaverblitz’s Angie Machado. The idea behind this award is to acknowledge, every Sunday, the best defensive player from the previous game. The complete list can be found here (if you have a membership). If you don’t have a membership, I will summarized Angie’s perception of this weekend’s defensive performance:

1. Keaton Kristick

2. Kevin Frahm

3. Lance Mitchell

4. Keith Pankey

5. Tim Clark

Keaton Kristick? Really?

Angie, did you watch the game or are you simply hyping Kristick so he makes All-Pac 10? Or maybe you just think he’s cute.

Anyway, time for some male perspective: Lance Mitchell was the only playmaker on the defense. Dude forced a huge fumble as UNLV were driving inside the red zone, and also jumped in front of a pass for an INT. Both plays stalled drives.  Conversely, Keaton Kristick had eight tackles and recovered Mitchell’s forced fumble. That’s not a bad game by any stretch, but his tackles were all standard procedure and were not game changing plays.

The methodology behind this award is ridiculous. A tackle, no matter where it occurs on the field or at what juncture of the game, equals a point, and 3 of these tackles are equal to a turnover. Why? I don’t know. It’s arbitrary and we just have to accept it. Mensa and NASA level stuff right there folks.

Tim Clark, 5th best defender on Saturday. Interesting. Why because he made 7 tackles after getting torched for a couple hundred yards? Keith Pankey, 4th? Angie, were you compiling a list of worst defenders and simply confused the two?

Angie, stop embarrassing Beaver Nation with your drivel and hype. You’re the same person who said, “Ryan McCants is the second coming of Steven Jackson” after last year’s spring camp. Now you have a love affair with Kristick. Enough with the hype. Just report what the players are, not what you wish them to be. Thank you.

UNLV Prediction

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34-26, Beavs.

This could easily swing, though, and I have no confidence in the pick. Wouldn’t put a dime on it. If the Beavs get the same pass rush they did vs Portland State and the CBs play the same, this is a sure loss. This pick is banking Banker tightens things up. Banker is overrated, so don’t bank on it.

PAC 10: Grading Week 1

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1. Cal–Played a BCS school and beat them by 40. ’nuff said.

2. USC–They are simply bigger, stronger, and faster than your team. Men amongst boys.

3. Washington–They’re going to be good this year. If we played these guys yesterday we’d be licking wounds this morning.

4. Arizona State–Shaky QB play, but the defense looks strong.

5. Stanford–Another school that played a BCS opponent. Andrew Luck is a huge upgrade over Pritchard.  The skill positions are beginning to look dangerous.

6. Oregon State–No pass rush to an otherwise solid, if not deep, team. Foreboding weakness for Pac-10 play.

7. Arizona–Central Michigan is a respectable opponent. Arizona controlled the game with the ground game, something they’re expected to do a lot of this year.

8. UCLA–I couldn’t watch more than a minute of this game. Picked away at SDSU, but their offense is not very good.

9. Washington State–Look improved, but the talent deficiency was too much of a hurdle. Played with spirit and pride in defeat.

10. Oregon–A bad offensive line, a lack of depth at RB, and a coach who lost control of his team after one weem. With the disablement of a QB or two looming, this has the making of a nightmare season.

Game Day Observations

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1.  The defense is getting no pass rush. This was more disconcerting than the CB play. Gabe Miller, a converted TE, looks like our best DE.

2. Offensive line looks OK. Better pass blocking than run blocking.

3. Krebs should never see the field–dude is stiff as wood and got juked by a DII QB.

4. Wheaton will one day be as good as Dez Bryant. Same frame and speed. On a similar note, Halahuni needs more balls his way.

5. Poyer needs to see the field more. He’s better than Cameron Collins.

6. Collins is bulky and stiff. Was real high on this guy when he signed, but I’d rather see Poyer in there.

7. T. Kavanaugh shouldn’t be returning punts. I hope that was just to avoid injuries in game 1…against Pac-10 competition we need a game breaker.

8. Katz is going to be a great QB. Surprised he didn’t have any other offers besides Air Force.

9. Jovan Stevenson is not a viable backup. He has no speed, pretty much a one move and fall to the ground kind of back. Use him to spell Quiz, throw a block, and run out the clock, but that’s it. We literally don’t have a Pac-10 RB after Quiz. Better cross our fingers.

10. FSN has terrible coverage. They had an entire year to move towards HD and hire better producers. What a failure.

Go Beavs.

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