I guess I’m going to have to stop being rude about Taylor Mays taking a bad angle if he was the leading tackler. It does rather underline the growing pains of the linebackers.

If he was in the NFL, it would equate to 82.04

I got these computations here.

Not bad, could he have done better? Sure, any quarterback wouldn’t say they were satisfied with their season, nor would any fan of said quarterback. Considering he’s only a freshman- he did better than just alright. He’ll be a monster and I think his ceiling is a lot higher than Luck. When Toby leaves, let’s see what Luck accomplishes. (Stanford had the run to set up the pass, and what a runner they had!)

Josh Pinkard led the team in takeaways including assists, I think. I’m not going to spend the time to check, but Josh had approximately 3 picks, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries. All while playing out of position at corner, rather than safety.

to drive my hidden agenda:

PacX Scoring Defense – USC #1
PacX Scoring Offense – USC #6

the offseason area of focus for PC is obvious. the defense is fixable with healthy players and fresh bodies.

Masoli (Jr) 133.7 – Oregon
Foles (So) 132.24 – Arizona
Prince (20 yr. old Fr) 114.24 – Ucla
Luck (Fr) 143.47 – Stanford
(the above named guys still have one game left- can go up or down)

Canfield (Sr) 141.94 – Oregon State
Riley (Jr) 128.75 – California

Luck and Canfield held their own pretty good this year. With one a senior and one- a QB whose team had an outstanding/head-and-shoulders-above-the-rest RB this season, it’s no wonder they had such good stats.

Barkley being a true freshman even had a better QB rating than everyone else’s favorite Pac 10 QB Jake Locker of UDub. Locker’s rating: 129.75. . . .and he’s a Jr playing in a QB guru’s system?

He was Toby’s enforcer, but after getting through his wall, Toby shed a good 2 – 4 tacklers before being ganged up on. No one on Stanford can do that. If Luck is forced to go vertical, I don’t think his game will give him the rating he had this year. Most of his passes were screens and quick slants. Money throws for sure.

Barkley has got to learn to look down his reads, not lock on his go-to, and for gosh-sakes- stop throwing into traffic. That catch by DWill was all-world! And. . . .our WR’s have got to hold on to the damn ball and catch the zippin’ pass coming their way.

Barkley in traffic = not good. Barkley when he hits the numbers = got to be caught. His WR’s left a lot of yardage on the field this season, in my estimation.

yep, he was bad about that this year.