Golden Nuggets: Riley's Experience Separates Him From Mansion/Sweeney
by Berkelium97 on Apr 11, 2010 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintDuring yesterday's scrimmage Rob Calonge was impressed by Riley's quick decision-making and sound awareness of what's happening on the field.
Much has been made of a possible quarterback controversy. If the battle for signal caller is a stock, I'm not buying it. Hands down, Kevin Riley looks poised for a big year -- if he can get a little protection. Riley came in for a two-minute drill that pitted the offense on their own 35, with 1:15 to go for the score.
On first down, the shotgun snap went off of Riley's right hand. The senior quarterback, quickly grabbed the ball from the ground, rolled a few steps to his right to avoid the rush, and found tight end Salomona Aigamaua on the sideline for zero yards. The play showed an awareness that hasn't been consistent for Cal quarterbacks since Aaron Rodgers had the helm.
Two plays later, on third and five from the 40, the ball was snapped right over Riley's head. This was the aforementioned play that Payne hurt his leg on. The ball sailed to around the 20, Riley got back there before anyone else, picked up the ball, took a few steps to his right and threw the ball away out of bounds before taking a sack.
Riley's heady plays kept the defense from getting the ball and set up a fourth and five from his own 40. It's the two-minute drill, so they go for it. Riley drops back to pass, finds that the defense has blown their coverage on Jeremy Ross, and lasers a 10-yard pass to the senior receiver on the right sideline. Ross in turn takes that pass untouched to the end zone for the score.
Going into the season, Riley has that over Beau Sweeney or Brock Mansion. Speaking of Sweeney, he got quite a bit of work with the one's on Saturday and he performed well enough, but Riley looks to be on another level -- I don't know if he's on an Aaron Rodgers level, but I was impressed enough to think it's possible by the time the season starts.
After the jump we have more scrimmage recaps, women's track defeats Stanford at the Big Meet for the first time in 10 years, baseball continues its hot streak, and more.
Cal Football
- If you're going to read anything from Saturday's scrimmage, read BearInsider's extensive recap. Ted Lee gives updates on offense, defense, and special teams with several quotes from players mixed into the story.
- JO has some quick notes, a recap, and his CCTimes story all focusing on yesterday's scrimmage. SFGate also recaps the scrimmage.
Cal Sports Weekend Recap
- Women's track won its first Big Meet since 2000 by winning the final event of the day, the 1600 meter relay. Men's track lost its fourth straight Big Meet, as Stanford posted a 93.5-69.5 victory.
- Baseball won its sixth, seventh, and eigth consecutive games with a 16-9 win over USC on Friday, a 7-1 win over USC on Saturday, and a 4-3 win today to complete the sweep of USC.
- No. 15 men's tennis posted a 5-2 win over the no. 22 Huskies. No. 12 women's tennist also defeated Washington, downing the no. 25 Huskies 6-1.
- Lacrosse routed the Ducks 12-5.
- No. 21 Oregon swept no. 13/15 softball, dropping Cal to 1-4 in conference play (30-10 overall).
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Ross was also able to make nearly every play. The only pass I recall he didn’t catch was a bomb that was inches long of his diving, outstretched arms at the three.
In other words, Go Bears!
Whoa
but Riley looks to be on another level — I don’t know if he’s on an Aaron Rodgers level, but I was impressed enough to think it’s possible by the time the season starts.
Let’s not get carried away now.
I am a Vereenian.
They were saying the same thing last year against Maryland and EWU too
I’m not saying, I’m just saying…
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by Maisbikkja on Apr 11, 2010 9:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
dear lord
please no…
they were saying the same thing last April.
Bring on the Hinder/Maynard battles— tired of these guys (Riley, Sweeney, Manson)
"He's so fast, he can turn off the lights and be in bed before it gets dark!" -- Lee Corso on Jahvid Best in NCAA 10.
...
Because those guys totally have field experience.
Right.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
by Swamphunter on Apr 12, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
please
who said anything about that? Having fun watching Riley with all that field experience on 2010. Right.
my comment was obviously indicative of a fan who pines for a better option than the present one. There, now it is spelled out for you.
"He's so fast, he can turn off the lights and be in bed before it gets dark!" -- Lee Corso on Jahvid Best in NCAA 10.
I hate the no edit feature.
sorry for the typos people.
"He's so fast, he can turn off the lights and be in bed before it gets dark!" -- Lee Corso on Jahvid Best in NCAA 10.
Sure, there are option but none of them have actually played a game. Expecting them to go out and outperform Riley is extremely unrealistic.
Most likely, they will perform worse if against skilled teams.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
also...
found this one while cruising the interwebz tonight: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/364972-cal-football-five-reasons-the-bears-need-a-new-starting-quarterback
apologies if it has already been mentioned somewhere else.
"He's so fast, he can turn off the lights and be in bed before it gets dark!" -- Lee Corso on Jahvid Best in NCAA 10.
Oh boy. There are some ridiculous thoughts up in that article...
(5) – His argument is that Stanfurd had a freshman QB (Andrew Luck) who replaced a senior and thus Cal should consider doing the same. He suggests Austin Hinder might start this year. Right. Just because it worked for someone else means it’s going to work for us. Hinder is not Luck. He might be better or worse, but to suggest that Hinder should start because he’s a freshman and Luck was a freshman and did well… RIGHT.
(1) – He states that when Riley is bad, he’s bad. He cites Riley’s stats in Cal’s losses in 2009, and compares them to Riley’s stats in Cal’s win. Obviously, the win stats are > than the loss stats. This is no surprise. This is usually what happens to 99% of all QBs. When a team loses, the losing QB usually does bad too. It’s just the nature of the game and is not entirely indicative of the QB play itself. Sometimes the QB just can’t help it if his OL decides to suck that day, or the WRs decide to drop balls or have trouble getting open. I’ve always disliked this “QB stats in losses vs. QB stats in wins” comparison because it is HIGHLY flawed.
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5) Totally agree w/ you. Starting a true frosh behind a solid O-line + Heisman running back still gets you a crucial back-breaking interception in a rivalry game. At least he was able to redeem himself in their bowl game…oh wait. Yeah. I do agree with the premise that I’d like to see the backup qbs get more game time and actually make some real throws. Otherwise, we really have no idea what we’ve got going into ‘11-12. If we’ve established that neither Sweeney nor Mansion is the best answer, then I’d be thrilled to have Brigford or Hinder step up and take it.
1) Agree/disagree. I agree that the stats in and of themselves are a poor indicator. But from a big picture view, we’d all have to agree that when Riley was bad, he was mind-numbingly bad. I’m not pulling a BI and putting this all on him and wanting to fire people. However, from whatever metric you use, given inconsistent o-line play, WR play, execution, etc…when he was bad, he tended to exacerbate our offensive woes.
I agree that the wins v. losses stats are pretty meaningless for quarterbacks. There is a reason that it is very rare for even a great QB to have good numbers playing for a bad team. If the QB had good numbers, the team wouldn’t be bad anymore.
In my opinion, the problem was that our offensive line was good enough against not good teams, and terrible against anyone decent. I hardly think Riley was to blame in those losses. (Not to mention, when you are behind and forced throw the ball against good teams, your stats almost always are going to be atrocious.)
by Tedfordisgod on Apr 12, 2010 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The Riley conundrum
Fun article to read about the “promise” that Riley will have this season. Didn’t we read this last spring/fall about how Riley spent the offseason working with the receivers? Still, with all this work he puts in he can’t seem to stop overthrowing receivers.
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