<p>Discuss Bruin football here.</p>
<p>Please beat UDub tonight, please......</p>
<p>That was one nice interception...</p>
<p>there's no pass rush/no pressure on the opposing QB. its been like this since the florida state game last season.</p>
<p>Fish! Cowan was playing great tonight. Oh well, I've always had faith in McLeod, let's go Bruins.</p>
<p>bruins win 44-31!</p>
<p>hope cowan recovers from his knee injury soon.....</p>
<p>Man, Cowan was MVP that game. They need to SERIOUSLY consider moving Olson to second string. Cowan needs to get more play time after that performance. Great game.</p>
<p>Olson needs to learn to:</p>
<ol>
<li>Move</li>
<li>Pass out of the pocket</li>
<li>Not mentally shut down when his 1st receiver is covered</li>
</ol>
<p>But yeah, right now I support Cowan for starting QB.</p>
<p>how bad is olsen, joe cowan and pat cowan injured? are they gonna be able to play the next game?</p>
<p>Joe Cowan isn't injured.....is he? I haven't heard that. Pat's injury is confirmed though; most likely not available for the Oregon State game. From what I've heard, Ben Olson should be ready to practice this week and start at QB.</p>
<p>Cowan out 3 weeks....Olson will start against OSU/ND/Cal (gasp)</p>
<p>Noooooooooooooooo, **** Olson.</p>
<p>but we have a bye between ND and Cal, so maybe Cowan will be ready for the Cal game?</p>
<p>Doubt it, he just doesn't have that eye that Cowan does, IMO. And plus, Cowan can throw the quick pass consistently AND run, unlike Olson who can't do either.</p>
<p>Even if Cowan was ready I doubt they'd start him. Olson is a better quarterback in that he has a stronger arm and more accuracy (thanks to a west coast offense however it isn't used). Cowan can run and manuver better...he also adds a bit of energy. However Olson was the starter at the beginning of the season and I don't see why he'd be benched in favor of Cowan. Remember, last year Olson went 4-1 with Cowan going 3-5....</p>
<p>Olson at Stanford - mediocre. Olson at BYU - mediocre. Olson at Utah - horrible. Cowan at Washington - good.</p>
<p>They need to give Cowan some solid footing so he can play without fears of being pushed to the back each time. I honestly think he's better than Olson. But we'll see, if Olson doesn't perform this weekend at OSU I'll never again have hopes for him. It's make it or break it time, Big Ben, if he can't beat OSU then there's no chance in hell for us with Cal or SC.</p>
<p>Also, our o-line needs to stop making false starts. I remember that's been hurting us a lot in the penalty area.</p>
<p>we should just go with the spread offense. WCO isnt going to work with olson. put osaar rasshan in at QB (even though he switched to WR) and let him throw or run all over the place. </p>
<p>or we could maybe stick in a flea flicker later on with cowan at QB and rasshan at WR:</p>
<p>WR reverse, rasshan fakes the run and drops back to pass. that would be fun</p>
<p>^^They ran that option last game with Washington. I remember it went for like a 70 yard touchdown completion. The only play that topped it last football Saturday was this amazing field goal fake for a TD run by some team I can't remember atm.</p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGr6e8nDId4%5B/url%5D">http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGr6e8nDId4</a></p>
<p>Haha, that was it. Sick play, but SC shoulda known something was up with the FG call on third down with plenty of time remaining.</p>