On Thursday night, I watched the stream of the North Dakota – South Dakota School of Mines game (and also the UC Davis – Azusa Pacific game). I was extremely impressed with the North Dakota. Their offense looked like it was in mid-season form. Their QB Hanson (until he was hurt) looked like he couldn’t miss on his passes. Everytime he threw, long or short, the ball WAS perfectly placed in the hands of his receiver for an easy catch. North Dakota was efficient and very effective.

I did not see that with Poly’s offense. They made many mistakes (which I assume will be addressed in practice the next two weeks). Of course, some of the differences may be the quality of the opposing teams. SDSoM is considered by many as a weak Division 2 team and USD is considered as a strong non-scholarship FCS team, a team that will probably win the non-scholarship Pioneer League. My opinion is that the first teams of the USD team are probably very good, but they don’t have much in the way of reserves and that Cal Poly played an excellent FCS team until the USD 1st team tired. Poly simply wore them out with superior reserves. But the unfortunate comparison here is at QB.

I love Broadous. I love the way he runs and I love the way he selectively passes the ball. But his accuracy is no where near the accuracy of that Hanson (who is expected to be back from his injury in time for the Poly game in Grand Falls). And I was disappointed in the Poly coaching staff play calling. Perhaps it was because the game was an out of conference game that certain calls were not made. I realize that Poly wants to hide something from future foes (though if they expect to win in Laramie, they will have to use their entire playbook). The point is, if Cal Poly expects to win games against such teams as North Dakota, UC Davis, and Northern Arizona, the offense will have to play better, be more efficient and effective, or we will lose. We simply made too many mistakes, mistakes that other teams WILL take advantage of.

I think Cal Poly has a chance to go undefeated in Conference this year and end up in the playoffs. They have the talent. But they’ve got to stop making those glaring mistakes.

I agree with everything you’ve written.

I’m excited about the rest of the year (especially Davis). We seem to have a chance at Wyoming, just need to mix up the playcalls and keep them guessing.

Thanks for the coverage, and looking forward to the pics.