Just an embarrassing display of not making plays when they are their to be made.

Abbrederis drops a touchdown, James White drops a set up screen pass, Devin Smith drops an easy interception deep in Stanford's territory. 

Going with Phillips over Stave is just so beyond comprehension I can't believe it actually happened in reality. Just an absurd showing of ineptitude.

On the last drive, it had to be Phillips because he had the hot dice in late game/half situations. OSU, PSU and first half today.

Having said that, I wouldn't have minded Stave getting a series earlier in the second half.

I think embarrassing and ineptitude is a bit much.

That said, when Stanford was put in position to make plays, they did and we did not, that cannot be denied. That's the story of this group unfortunately and a month of Barry didn't change that.

Being in position to make plays but not finishing plagued them all year...same thing here.

The kids played hard and made a game of it...proud of their effort...just too bad.

imho - if White catches the screen pass, he's still running and the missed roughing the punter call was huge.

really? their wasn't ineptitude on display? How many plays did Matt Canada call in the second half? He called inside handoffs and jet sweeps. That's all he called, over and over and over again. Even when they didn't work. Zero imagination, zero adjusments. 

Curt Phillips had how many tipped passes? 5, 6, 7? He was close to throwing interceptions several times. The one play they used with Stave worked brilliantly. And simply put, he can throw the fu*king ball.

the roughing the punter call was absolute bullshit. If that's not roughing the punter, than what the fu*k is? Apparently the guy had to jump out of the way and brush his legs against him, because that's what the called Sheldon Johnson for.

The biggest miss was not putting Stave into the frickin game.

Oh and I forgot about the Chase Hammond drop as well, so add that one to the list.

Yeah the personel foul on Johnson was bullshit it honestly felt like every call possible was going against the badgers and only the ones that were blatant went against the cards.

Other than the flea flicker and the early 14 points, we played about as well as we could have.  The fact of the matter is that we have no WR threat and it is too much to expect Stave to play after 2 months off and expect him to make a difference.  I'm okay with CP playing.  He played to his ability.

I've never seen a team dive at a pile from behind as often as today.  They finally called that one block in the back but I was worried someone was going to get seriously hurt.  Every time Stanford did that, the pile fell 2-3 yards forward.

Awful call on our punter. Leg was in air extended. We left a lot of points out there

DonDeville wrote: The biggest miss was not putting Stave into the frickin game.

Yep.  Terrible, terrible mistake.

spottedbadger wrote: really? their wasn't ineptitude on display? How many plays did Matt Canada call in the second half? He called inside handoffs and jet sweeps. That's all he called, over and over and over again. Even when they didn't work. Zero imagination, zero adjusments. 

Curt Phillips had how many tipped passes? 5, 6, 7? He was close to throwing interceptions several times. The one play they used with Stave worked brilliantly. And simply put, he can throw the fu*king ball.

revisionist history. Stave has some glaring weaknesses as a QB.

I will never understand the refusal to give Stave some snaps.

Not to mention Phillips legs were huge in this game.

GratephulRed wrote: I will never understand the refusal to give Stave some snaps.

Agree - I was surprised by how sharp he looked after all that time off.

gphunk67 wrote: Awful call on our punter. Leg was in air extended. We left a lot of points out there

It was a game of field position at this point.  The punter roughing and imperceptible punt returner call effectively move the field position by 30 yards.

spottedbadger wrote: the roughing the punter call was absolute bullshit. If that's not roughing the punter, than what the fu*k is? Apparently the guy had to jump out of the way and brush his legs against him, because that's what the called Sheldon Johnson for.

it was a laughable when compared with SJ doing everything in his power to get out of the punt returners way and scraping him with his leg.

The dropped interception might have cost UW the game. Would have had the ball at the 25...

I'm not sure that an Iowa fan should be talking sh*t to anybody right now. The White screen and the Ball screen (when TF didnt hold his block) were killers...Hammond's drop didn't help either.

Spotted...Stanford is really good. I dont want CP trying a bunch of stuff against that defense...he is lucky he wasnt picked four times. Nor did I want a two month rusty guy trying to win against that defense. This was the best we had...it sucks, but that's the way it is.

GratephulRed wrote: I will never understand the refusal to give Stave some snaps.

Especially considering that the TD drop by Abby was one of Stave's better passes all year.

fishandsnail wrote: The dropped interception might have cost UW the game. Would have had the ball at the 25...

Which of course ignores the easy missed INT by Stanford...

Your premise that they missed some opportunities is spot on but you are really overstating it with words like embarrassing and ineptitude.

JamaicanJake wrote: Not to mention Phillips legs were huge in this game.

Yea, so huge that it lead to 14 UW points.  At the very least, Stave being in there says we MIGHT pass the ball.

spottedbadger wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

spottedbadger wrote: really? their wasn't ineptitude on display? How many plays did Matt Canada call in the second half? He called inside handoffs and jet sweeps. That's all he called, over and over and over again. Even when they didn't work. Zero imagination, zero adjusments. 

Curt Phillips had how many tipped passes? 5, 6, 7? He was close to throwing interceptions several times. The one play they used with Stave worked brilliantly. And simply put, he can throw the fu*king ball.

revisionist history. Stave has some glaring weaknesses as a QB.

hey fu*ker, if you want you can run through my posts on this issue leading up to the game. Stave can throw the ball for more than 20 yards. Did you miss when he hit a wide open Abby, or were you too busy jerking to your bedside Curt Phillips picture?

Woah.

spottedbadger wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

spottedbadger wrote: really? their wasn't ineptitude on display? How many plays did Matt Canada call in the second half? He called inside handoffs and jet sweeps. That's all he called, over and over and over again. Even when they didn't work. Zero imagination, zero adjusments. 

Curt Phillips had how many tipped passes? 5, 6, 7? He was close to throwing interceptions several times. The one play they used with Stave worked brilliantly. And simply put, he can throw the fu*king ball.

revisionist history. Stave has some glaring weaknesses as a QB.

hey fu*ker, if you want you can run through my posts on this issue leading up to the game. Stave can throw the ball for more than 20 yards. Did you miss when he hit a wide open Abby, or were you too busy jerking to your bedside Curt Phillips picture?

Not really called for, especially since Jake is right.

spottedbadger wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

spottedbadger wrote: really? their wasn't ineptitude on display? How many plays did Matt Canada call in the second half? He called inside handoffs and jet sweeps. That's all he called, over and over and over again. Even when they didn't work. Zero imagination, zero adjusments. 

Curt Phillips had how many tipped passes? 5, 6, 7? He was close to throwing interceptions several times. The one play they used with Stave worked brilliantly. And simply put, he can throw the fu*king ball.

revisionist history. Stave has some glaring weaknesses as a QB.

hey fu*ker, if you want you can run through my posts on this issue leading up to the game. Stave can throw the ball for more than 20 yards. Did you miss when he hit a wide open Abby, or were you too busy jerking to your bedside Curt Phillips picture?

Wow, seriously pause for a moment before hitting the post tab.  Your 12-year old is showing something fierce.

I thought Alvarez did a Ferentz not going for it when it was 4th and 1 on the 40.

JamaicanJake wrote: Not to mention Phillips legs were huge in this game.

his legs were so huge that they completely slowed him down in trying to run for a first down in the second half! Please, Phillips isn't fast. If their is a difference in speed between Stave and Phillips, than it's miniscule. This equivocation is just hilarious. Curt Phillips had multiple tipped balls, near interceptions, and terrible throws. The interception wasn't a surprise, merely a nature progression based on what he had shown in the game up to that point. End. Of. Story.