First Impressions From Week 1; ASU wins big, 50-3

by Cory Williams on Sep 6, 2009 9:28 AM MST in ASU Football

Lets take a quick look at last night's game.

Mike Nixon looked incredible last night. His experience, wisdom and superior talent really shone through. We're going to need him to come up big all season if we want to achieve the goals we are capable of.
Thomas Weber is looking pretty good, even if he missed one of his chip shots.
Danny Sullivan appears to be more comfortable than I've ever seen him before in a Sun Devil uniform, but Brock Osweiler looked poised in the pocket as well. Watch out, Danny.
The new jerseys look fantastic (see above).
Is anyone else concerned about the lack of a running game? In reality, we barely scratched the surface of what we should be doing on the ground.
I expect Gerell Robinson to be increasingly utilized over the course of the season. He's a quality player.
I am very happy with Cameron Marshall's first appearance in maroon and gold, he played well for a freshman.
Finally, Idaho State is truly brutal. I am embarrassed that we played such a creampuff when there were such better options at the time we made our schedule.
The Sun Devils are now 1-0, and are undefeated!

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First Impressions

the score is not indicitive of how poor the team looked. D Sullivan has no mobility, is indesicive and does not have the confidence of his receiving corps. It’s gonna be a long season if the leave him at the helm. B. Osweilier will be running the show after the GA game.

by homyluv on Sep 6, 2009 11:59 AM MST reply actions

Yeah, I'm not a Sullivan fan

I’m not sure how quickly Brock will start, but I’d put quite a bit of money on it by the end of the year.

Either Sullivan will be completely ineffective or he’ll get injuried b/c our O-line sucks, and Brock will start.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Sep 6, 2009 3:29 PM MST up reply actions

Ground game

Is anyone else concerned about the lack of a running game? In reality, we barely scratched the surface of what we should be doing on the ground.

Not really — I think what concerns me most is we don’t have a go-to back. I thought overall they did a pretty good job running the ball last night.

What will kill this offense is a horrible passing game. When they don’t have to respect the QB or a deep threat, they can load up the box and stop the run.

That D is going to be just salty all year though. It will probably win us a couple of games we have no business winning.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Sep 6, 2009 3:30 PM MST reply actions

I won't disagree, but...

I think our WR core is better than it showed last night. Once Kerry Taylor gets back, we will have a lot of quality options for even a mediocre QB like Sullivan to hit.

Even then, our ground game was less than stellar against ISU, and that scares me.

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by Cory Williams on Sep 6, 2009 3:46 PM MST up reply actions

hmm

5.1 yards per carry. That’s not bad — what are you expecting? I don’t know how many sacks ISU had, but if you take those out and just look at the pure rushing plays, that’s probably a pretty good average.

Yeah, I think the WRs are certainly better than that — I doubt you see Kyle Williams drop 3 passes again or whatever it was. But, they still aren’t great and Sullivan will hold them back.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Sep 6, 2009 3:52 PM MST up reply actions