Ryan Agnew had a very rough day. He threw three interceptions. One was a long comeback route that Kam Kelly jumped, the second was a duck over the middle that fell into Parker Baldwin's lap, and the third was a goal line boot leg play where he rolled left, kept rolling, and rolling, than tried to throw it back toward the right for Kelly to snag out of the air for a 50 yard interception return.
Agnew's threw picks had nothing to do with it but SDSU ran the ball probably 80 percent of the time on Saturday. The team ran about 80 plays total and the defensive front didn't many long runs to develop until the very end.
Starting at their own 10, the offense called a draw play for Juwan Washington where he showed patience behind his blockers and then burst through the hole for a 90-yd TD.
Then on the next series, SDSU faked a run to the right, with Agnew tossing it back to Jasmin on the left, and Jasmin showed off that cutting ability when he came around the edge. I've been waiting for an instance where he got to show his moves in the open field and this was it, cutting hard right before he approached Kam Kelly - breaking his ankles - and getting up field. Jasmin ran it the distance about 25 yards for a score. Rocky said that Chase made Kelly look foolish, which he did, but that's when Kelly responded with the pick in the end zone.
Like I've said, Kelly is obviously athletic enough to be a playmaker in the defense, he just needs to get more comfortable with his technique. He's playing a lot like Malik Smith did early in his career.
-Rashaad Penny was returning punts today. It's a simulated punt with no players on the field other than the longsnapper and punter, so it gave Penny something to do instead of watching.
I brought this up to Rocky, who said that Penny is actually the most comfortable at returning punts. Even more so than Quest Truxton. Penny won't be the punt returner during the season but if SDSU is down a score in the fourth, don't be surprised to see Penny trot out there to make something happen.
SDSU ran a lot of bootleg plays, some of which even looked like designed runs for Agnew which often led to positive yards.
When SDSU's offense did some goal line segments to end practice, both the first team and second team were able to score.
Before the second score, a personal foul penalty on Trenton Thompson turned a 3rd and long play into an automatic first down for the offense. The offensive players on the sideline cheered on Parker Houston for basically baiting Thompson into it getting into a shoving match, which extended the drive. I also thought it was a clever move, but it wasn't necessarily done on purpose by Houston. I brought it up to Rocky and he said that Houston started it but the refs always blame the second guy, which was Thompson retaliating in this case.
He said the offensive teammates only cheered on Houston so the coaches wouldn't give him a hard time. They had Houston's back, but the coaches will make sure to call out Houston for getting too emotional after the whistle during film review.
The defense still got the goal line stop though after Tyler Wormhoudt flat out dropped a potential TD to end practice on a Texas route.
The WRs didn't get open downfield for most of the scrimmage. The only oppurtunity off the top of my head was a deep ball thrown to Fred Trevillion. SDSU had two DBs in position to cover it though. Instead of fighting for the ball, Trevillion looked like he saw more of an opportunity to draw a flag.
But the refs didn't throw a flag.
If my memory's correct, the only 10+ yard pass play of the game was a completion over the middle to Darryl Richardson. I still need to go over the film though.
Agnew's threw picks had nothing to do with it but SDSU ran the ball probably 80 percent of the time on Saturday. The team ran about 80 plays total and the defensive front didn't many long runs to develop until the very end.
Starting at their own 10, the offense called a draw play for Juwan Washington where he showed patience behind his blockers and then burst through the hole for a 90-yd TD.
Then on the next series, SDSU faked a run to the right, with Agnew tossing it back to Jasmin on the left, and Jasmin showed off that cutting ability when he came around the edge. I've been waiting for an instance where he got to show his moves in the open field and this was it, cutting hard right before he approached Kam Kelly - breaking his ankles - and getting up field. Jasmin ran it the distance about 25 yards for a score. Rocky said that Chase made Kelly look foolish, which he did, but that's when Kelly responded with the pick in the end zone.
Like I've said, Kelly is obviously athletic enough to be a playmaker in the defense, he just needs to get more comfortable with his technique. He's playing a lot like Malik Smith did early in his career.
-Rashaad Penny was returning punts today. It's a simulated punt with no players on the field other than the longsnapper and punter, so it gave Penny something to do instead of watching.
I brought this up to Rocky, who said that Penny is actually the most comfortable at returning punts. Even more so than Quest Truxton. Penny won't be the punt returner during the season but if SDSU is down a score in the fourth, don't be surprised to see Penny trot out there to make something happen.
SDSU ran a lot of bootleg plays, some of which even looked like designed runs for Agnew which often led to positive yards.
When SDSU's offense did some goal line segments to end practice, both the first team and second team were able to score.
Before the second score, a personal foul penalty on Trenton Thompson turned a 3rd and long play into an automatic first down for the offense. The offensive players on the sideline cheered on Parker Houston for basically baiting Thompson into it getting into a shoving match, which extended the drive. I also thought it was a clever move, but it wasn't necessarily done on purpose by Houston. I brought it up to Rocky and he said that Houston started it but the refs always blame the second guy, which was Thompson retaliating in this case.
He said the offensive teammates only cheered on Houston so the coaches wouldn't give him a hard time. They had Houston's back, but the coaches will make sure to call out Houston for getting too emotional after the whistle during film review.
The defense still got the goal line stop though after Tyler Wormhoudt flat out dropped a potential TD to end practice on a Texas route.
The WRs didn't get open downfield for most of the scrimmage. The only oppurtunity off the top of my head was a deep ball thrown to Fred Trevillion. SDSU had two DBs in position to cover it though. Instead of fighting for the ball, Trevillion looked like he saw more of an opportunity to draw a flag.
But the refs didn't throw a flag.
If my memory's correct, the only 10+ yard pass play of the game was a completion over the middle to Darryl Richardson. I still need to go over the film though.
