Here's what Neuheisel had to say after practice a couple of weeks back:
“Offensively, we knew that it was going to be a process, but we’re getting closer,'' he said. "Hopefully, we’ll get to play really well by the time we get to Sept. 1.’’A glowing account it is not. This is essentially the politically correct way of saying "Well, our offense sucks. But they're trying really hard!"
Unfortunately, Stuart Smalley was never hit by a blitzing linebacker. He'd probably have a different opinion about 'trying hard' if he had.Oh, and did I mention that Neuheisel's statement came before both of our quarterbacks fell apart like tiny china dolls? No? Oh. Ha. Yeah. So, we lost two quarterbacks.
OK, we lost one quarterback for the season. The quarterback who is coming to 'save our season'? He's played in a grand total of 10 games, and been declared inactive due to injury in about 500 others. OK, 500 is a bit of an exaggeration. But he's been hurt. A lot. He broke his foot taking a step. 98-year old grandmothers do this. 25-year old starting quarterbacks? Yeah, not so much. But that's who we're ostensibly relying on next year.
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It's going to be a long slog this year, folks. That's alright, though. USC won 6 games the first year Pete Carroll was at the helm. Hell, Alabama lost to Louisiana-Monroe last year.
Sidebar: I really hope we don't lose to Fresno State, although there's every possibility that we could.
Olson is also perhaps the worst possible choice of quarterback for this offense because Olson requires about 5 minutes in order to complete his release and fire off a pass. This is unfortunate, because he is going to have about .25 seconds, given our offensive line.
Our offensive line is terrible. Awful. It's so bad....well....you remember that State Farm commercial with Matt Hasselbeck and the little cute pop-warner offensive line that gets run over? Yeah, we'd be that little pop-warner offensive line. And it's not because the guys don't try. But they're just not very big. And they're all inexperienced.
So you want my opinion? We're not going to be very good next year. But again, it's all a process. And frankly, I just like being able to tailgate on Saturdays. So I'll be there, and I'll be looking for effort. But I gotta' admit, I'm not going to be looking for a ton of results.
What I will be looking for? You've heard it from me once, you'll hear it one-hundred times: consistency.
Trouble is, we just may be consistently bad on offense next year.
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