Go Beavs.

20-17 is my prediction. Not sure which team wins.

Update: decided with the downtime to finally revamp the site. The old code was too broken to salvage (10 years and zero updates to it from the guy who made the theme). With donation money I purchased a theme that will have updates. Then I edited the code to get it as close to the old site as I could, for now, in terms of looks and function. Suggestions and feedback welcome. Thanks to the AB donors. Site should be more functional and faster now, too.

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For those who missed it, Luton graded out at 2.7 out of 6 and was accused of having bad body language and quitting. How that “Player of the Week” status seems like a distant dream. People were arguing this is just a number and means zero. Since we’re just grading his passes, it means the passes themselves (rather than the outcomes) are below average, which was pretty interesting. If it means nothing to you keep burying your head in the sand. It’s your right.

Gebbia looked like a natural leader and natural QB. Very subtle things like throwing a tight spiral, quick decisions, scanning the field, throwing a TD on the run, snapping the ball to catch their defender in penalty, “moxie”, etc. We should be breaking him in now if we want to be the team we can possibly be next year (and the rest of this year).

PS. Chuck_the_Mouth, who said this week’s games in the CBS pool were the “easiest picks yet” after I said they were tough, scored 5/12. I scored 7/12 for reference. Bad week for the anti-AB, Luton sack suckers. Somewhere, a sock monkey was throw at a wall, but since we weren’t there to hear it, did it make a sound?

With Zack Moss upgraded to probable I’m going Utah 35, Oregon State 24. Prove me wrong with a great game plan, Tibesar. We’ve seen the Beavs finish versus a bad Pac-12 team, but until we see them finish versus a good one it’s hard to go Beavs. Should be some energy in the building with homecoming, a lot of recruits, etc, so maybe some October magic happens.

The Luton Scale might not be in play afterall. I won’t able to document down, distance, and time for each play since I’m sick and will be lying down/commenting from the phone. If someone is commenting from a laptop and has good typing skills please step up and document the plays. Thanks!

Go Beavs.

As proposed in the prior thread, let’s end this Luton debate or at least have some fun with it by objectively grading him out this weekend. The opponent is a good one. They’re not an elite team and not Cal Poly or UCLA, either, so it should be fair. We can even do it for a few games. Okay, the Luton scale being proposed:

5= Hit in stride or only where the receiver can catch it. Dropped or caught.
4= Thrown where the receiver can catch it, but no chance of running after. Diving or sideline catch going out of bounds. Dropped or Caught.
3= Ball thrown low or high. Player has to kneel, jump, dive, or comeback to ball to make catch.
2= Ball thrown behind receiver or ball thrown into coverage were DB can make a play with possibility of interception. Any 3rd down that results in a punt.
1= Ball throw wild, high or low. Not including throwing ball away because of good coverage.
0= Interception, fumble, tip ball at LOS, or non-coverage sack.

Any modifications needed let me know and give the justification.

If we debate a pass is a 5 or a 4 we can split the baby and give it a 4.5, or we can do majority rules. This could be fun and interactive, and maybe both sides will learn something.