Certainly a bit too early to start analyzing future opponents’ depth charts and schedules. And yet here I am… Came across this yesterday: Boise Top WR from Last Year OUT w Leg Injury.
That is Boise’s top WR from last year. He had 51 catches for 549 yards, and 4 TDs w/ his longest catch being 50 yards.
Now, their number 2 and 3 guys DO come back, and had 32 and 29 catches for 462 and 396 yards, and 4 and 2 TDs, respectively. Their #4 WR comes back, who only had 11 catches but averaged 23.5 a catch and had 4 TD of his own.
I wouldn’t expect a huge drop off in productivity here but they haven’t brought much in with transfers and the #5 and #6 guys from last year are gone.
A Boise passing attack w/o its most reliable and consistent receiving threat is still better than one that features him, so this hopefully benefits a UCF secondary that will still be getting used to playing together. (Best wishes to this WR and his recovery.)
Their TE is back, by the way, and he was reliable (25 catches, 1 TD, 215 yards (by comparison, Holler had 22 for 276 and 1 TD)).
Their top 2 RBs are back - they relied heavily on these guys - RB1 had 1,157 yards, averaging 5.2, w/ a long of 59, and 10 TDs…RB2 went for 821 yards at 5.3 per w/ an unimpressive long of 34 and 7 TDs. Their #3 RB is GONE, but 4 and 5 return. Expect a heavy dose of running and QB run option. Btw, RB2 dominated their spring game. Looked legitimately rly good (safeties looked terrible though).
Only one new starter on the line and even he played in a decent number of games. So that, coupled with their RB’s production last year suggests we better be ready for a heavy dose of physical running. Good think Addison apparently wants to attack more downhill per J. Johnson’s comments to the media on Monday.
Things are going to be further complicated by their QB, Taylen Green, who jumped in last year as a RS frosh and the team saw an improvement as a result - Green is no doubt a tougher challenge than that Hank guy would be (the name Hank seems outdated to me) (random stat: Green went over 200 yards passing in 6 of his last 7 regular season games w one of those a 300 yard game…his lowest was still 175. So he shouldn’t kill us through the air). He is sort of like JRP but much bigger. 6’6, 223 pounds. But statistically they are super similar players. Green was a 61.5% passer with an avg of 7.5 and JRP was 63% with exact same average. Both QBs threw 14 TDs, but JRP tossed two more pics (8 to Green’s 6). Green took FAR fewer sacks, behind a strong and returning O-Line (Green took only 6 sacks to JRP’s 28). Green threw for 500 less yards on about 75 less attempts. Boise likes Green in designed runs, too. Even though he didn’t officially claim the starting job until week 5, he still ran the ball 81 times for 586, at 7.2 (!) a pop w/ a long of 91 yards and 10 TDs over the course of the season.
Ay ye-ye. Will be a much bigger test for our Knight defense than I think many may suspect. At least their preference to run the ball arguably plays into what we have been told Addison has emphasized to a greater degree than T-Will - coming downhill to make plays, especially for the LBs. Can’t overextend and give Green big lanes though now.
OTHER NOTABLE POINTS AND FUN FACTS:
-Boise’s defense was the 6th best in the entire country last year. They allowed an avg. of just 281 yards per game. BYU offense had its way though, which I note for Big XII pride reasons.
-Apparently elevation shouldn’t be a huge issue. A 2016 article I dug up in my bizarre Wed. morning endeavors noted that, although Boise’s stadium has the 13th highest elevation in CFB, the players did not notice much of a difference even at Wyoming (the highest elevation of any stadium in CFB - higher than Boise by 4,525 feet at 7,582 above sea level).
To compare, Boise’s stadium’s elevation is 2,695 above sea level or just over 2,600 higher than Orlando. According to some travel article I subsequently stumbled upon, this shouldn’t be enough for any serious issues, but I hope we can get there a day or 2 early, mostly for my man TMB (shouts).
-Boise is currently 2 hours behind us and will remain so when we play. The game is at 7 PM, or 5 PM Boise time. Weather should be a beauty.
-KEY Scheduling Advantage: Boise is AT Washington at 3:30 pm for a big ABC showdown on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Meanwhile, we are home v. Kent State on Thurs, 8/31 (be nice, Mr. Marshall). This means we get more recovery time AND can start prepping notably before they can. Plus, we should be able to hide stuff whereas if they really go for it and give Washington their best shot, that’ll prob require that they reveal a bit more than we will need to.
Also, we get to watch them and scheme in real time whereas if they get caught up on us they’ll be sacrificing game planning for Wash, perhaps their biggest time, bi—time game all year. After their game, they’ll need to fly back, get some rest, and truly start meaningful prep on Sunday 9/3. We will have been 2 full days ahead at that point.
Granted, we are traveling there which is going to come with its own disadvantages, but I like the way the pre-9/9 scheduling looks for us.
-Boise just released a new video board at this past Spring game. So yay for us.
-minor QB controversy following spring game (not rly, but the back up QB looked sharp and had ppl excited. Starting QB was just meh through the air).
That is Boise’s top WR from last year. He had 51 catches for 549 yards, and 4 TDs w/ his longest catch being 50 yards.
Now, their number 2 and 3 guys DO come back, and had 32 and 29 catches for 462 and 396 yards, and 4 and 2 TDs, respectively. Their #4 WR comes back, who only had 11 catches but averaged 23.5 a catch and had 4 TD of his own.
I wouldn’t expect a huge drop off in productivity here but they haven’t brought much in with transfers and the #5 and #6 guys from last year are gone.
A Boise passing attack w/o its most reliable and consistent receiving threat is still better than one that features him, so this hopefully benefits a UCF secondary that will still be getting used to playing together. (Best wishes to this WR and his recovery.)
Their TE is back, by the way, and he was reliable (25 catches, 1 TD, 215 yards (by comparison, Holler had 22 for 276 and 1 TD)).
Their top 2 RBs are back - they relied heavily on these guys - RB1 had 1,157 yards, averaging 5.2, w/ a long of 59, and 10 TDs…RB2 went for 821 yards at 5.3 per w/ an unimpressive long of 34 and 7 TDs. Their #3 RB is GONE, but 4 and 5 return. Expect a heavy dose of running and QB run option. Btw, RB2 dominated their spring game. Looked legitimately rly good (safeties looked terrible though).
Only one new starter on the line and even he played in a decent number of games. So that, coupled with their RB’s production last year suggests we better be ready for a heavy dose of physical running. Good think Addison apparently wants to attack more downhill per J. Johnson’s comments to the media on Monday.
Things are going to be further complicated by their QB, Taylen Green, who jumped in last year as a RS frosh and the team saw an improvement as a result - Green is no doubt a tougher challenge than that Hank guy would be (the name Hank seems outdated to me) (random stat: Green went over 200 yards passing in 6 of his last 7 regular season games w one of those a 300 yard game…his lowest was still 175. So he shouldn’t kill us through the air). He is sort of like JRP but much bigger. 6’6, 223 pounds. But statistically they are super similar players. Green was a 61.5% passer with an avg of 7.5 and JRP was 63% with exact same average. Both QBs threw 14 TDs, but JRP tossed two more pics (8 to Green’s 6). Green took FAR fewer sacks, behind a strong and returning O-Line (Green took only 6 sacks to JRP’s 28). Green threw for 500 less yards on about 75 less attempts. Boise likes Green in designed runs, too. Even though he didn’t officially claim the starting job until week 5, he still ran the ball 81 times for 586, at 7.2 (!) a pop w/ a long of 91 yards and 10 TDs over the course of the season.
Ay ye-ye. Will be a much bigger test for our Knight defense than I think many may suspect. At least their preference to run the ball arguably plays into what we have been told Addison has emphasized to a greater degree than T-Will - coming downhill to make plays, especially for the LBs. Can’t overextend and give Green big lanes though now.
OTHER NOTABLE POINTS AND FUN FACTS:
-Boise’s defense was the 6th best in the entire country last year. They allowed an avg. of just 281 yards per game. BYU offense had its way though, which I note for Big XII pride reasons.
-Apparently elevation shouldn’t be a huge issue. A 2016 article I dug up in my bizarre Wed. morning endeavors noted that, although Boise’s stadium has the 13th highest elevation in CFB, the players did not notice much of a difference even at Wyoming (the highest elevation of any stadium in CFB - higher than Boise by 4,525 feet at 7,582 above sea level).
To compare, Boise’s stadium’s elevation is 2,695 above sea level or just over 2,600 higher than Orlando. According to some travel article I subsequently stumbled upon, this shouldn’t be enough for any serious issues, but I hope we can get there a day or 2 early, mostly for my man TMB (shouts).
-Boise is currently 2 hours behind us and will remain so when we play. The game is at 7 PM, or 5 PM Boise time. Weather should be a beauty.
-KEY Scheduling Advantage: Boise is AT Washington at 3:30 pm for a big ABC showdown on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Meanwhile, we are home v. Kent State on Thurs, 8/31 (be nice, Mr. Marshall). This means we get more recovery time AND can start prepping notably before they can. Plus, we should be able to hide stuff whereas if they really go for it and give Washington their best shot, that’ll prob require that they reveal a bit more than we will need to.
Also, we get to watch them and scheme in real time whereas if they get caught up on us they’ll be sacrificing game planning for Wash, perhaps their biggest time, bi—time game all year. After their game, they’ll need to fly back, get some rest, and truly start meaningful prep on Sunday 9/3. We will have been 2 full days ahead at that point.
Granted, we are traveling there which is going to come with its own disadvantages, but I like the way the pre-9/9 scheduling looks for us.
-Boise just released a new video board at this past Spring game. So yay for us.
-minor QB controversy following spring game (not rly, but the back up QB looked sharp and had ppl excited. Starting QB was just meh through the air).
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