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Another number: We were 10-1 last year when our QBR was 49.2 or higher.

For the "look at the numbers folks:" In Mateer's 3 games prior to injury as well as the CFP game with a month to fully recover his QBRs were as follows: 76.9, 75.2, 66.3, 72.3 To put that in other terms, he had a QBR of 72.3 or higher in 3 of 4 games when healthy. He had a QBR of 72.3 or...

So you're saying it was his 2.9 yards per carry that dramatically affected his QBR and put him at the top of the Heisman race?

I've yet to see any of the QBR skeptics actually be able to explain what it's calculating. It's not perfect, but once somebody takes 5 minutes to understand what it's calculating, they accept it is a valid metric.

Advanced stats like QBR are beyond Wichita's comprehension, but Mateer was literally the Heisman frontrunner at the time of injury. I expressed my skepticism at the time, and agree that he is not Heisman-level, but saying the Heisman frontrunner was bad is an indefensible take. I completely...

It's pretty simple -- he had right hand surgery for a broken bone in his throwing hand. Arguing against that is just untreated personality disorder. My understanding is that he broke his first metacarpal. Did he break all 27 bones in his hand -- no. Based on that standard, I'm not sure it's...

You can't possibly be this stupid.

It's funny that the same guy who spent all season pretending Mateer's broken throwing hand didn't affect his throwing is pretending we're doomed based on a handful of guys missing spring practice.

The season is ruined!!!!!

WR1/WR2 duo wasn't anywhere near Alabma or Ohio State, but after the CFP game from Burks, it was pretty clear we had a top 15 duo. And that is likely the highest praise I'd give any part of our offense last year. Will be a make or break year for the WR coach. The past 2 years have been hard...

Not to mention, that's not the RB we got. Post-injury, he averaged 3.3 ypc for Cal and 3.2 ypc for us. Anybody who watched him play and still thinks he was our most talented back in years is simply clueless.

Sategna had a great season and Burks shredded the the top 15 defense (Michigan) prior to QB injury and another (Alabama) once the injury had fully healed. I've repeated myself many times, but retention are no different than additions in this era. Sategna very easily could have been drafted or...

I'll reserve judgement at this time, but the chances that Smothers would have fixed our run game last year round to 0. As Wichita stated, he's clearly not as talented as Ott!!

It's amazing that in one post he can praise Ott's talent. In the next post states that a talented RB will fix it. All while said RB ran for a total of 68 yards. The run game involves 11 players at a time, with contributions from multiple coaches. We improved at nearly every position, and...

Some posters on here are truly helpless.