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Was Kaaya's ability to audible. The Duke TD and the second long pass to Dorsett were all Kaaya. When he gets some experience, he will be very dangerous at the line.
 
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DMoney said:
Was Kaaya's ability to audible. The Duke TD and the second long pass to Dorsett were all Kaaya. When he gets some experience, he will be very dangerous at the line.
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He didn't audible on that play Coley made the call from the side line. He call a hot read
 
Kaaya is going to be a really great QB if our next staff develops him properly. He's smart, poised and pretty fcking accurate.
 
Kaaya was definitely looking aware and looking good out there.

Sure didn't look like a freshman. Or even a RS freshman.
 
He's most certainly not the problem. He has some obvious issues that any True Frosh QB would have. He has a legitimate chance to be excellent and that's not really using his success today. A lot of his fundamentals are clean. He just needs more help schematically and refining some of his technical stuff: like weight transfer. A great release is a great release.

Most encouraging thing I saw today:

I'm happy that Arky State didn't do anything from a formation or strategy standpoint that will provide insight for our subsequent opponents. Last year, Wake Forest did their homework, manipulated our defensive alignments all over the field and, despite losing, now have virtually every one of our opponents showing similar things. I had a bad feeling Arky State would do that to us, but didn't see too much that can be used against us.
 
Supercane85 said:
DMoney said:
Was Kaaya's ability to audible. The Duke TD and the second long pass to Dorsett were all Kaaya. When he gets some experience, he will be very dangerous at the line.
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He didn't audible on that play Coley made the call from the side line. He call a hot read
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Not the catch and run, the second deep pass to Dorsett. I was in the stands and drunk but it looked like an audible to me.
 
Cautiously optimistic for next week after today. If Coley doesn't handcuff Kaaya when they stack the line we can take this game.
 
Coley, for the most part, opened up the offense like he should have from week 1.

Saw a lot of 3 wide sets and very little fullback play until the end of the game. I still don't understand taking one of our playmaking WRs off the field in favor of a walk on fullback.

Spread the field and give our guys more space to work!
 
DMoney said:
Supercane85 said:
DMoney said:
Was Kaaya's ability to audible. The Duke TD and the second long pass to Dorsett were all Kaaya. When he gets some experience, he will be very dangerous at the line.
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He didn't audible on that play Coley made the call from the side line. He call a hot read
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Not the catch and run, the second deep pass to Dorsett. I was in the stands and drunk but it looked like an audible to me.
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It was.

Not completely sure, but I think ASU had a stacked box. Week 1, Kayaa either didn't have the green light to call audibles or whatever. But against Louisville week 1 I don't think he audibles to that passing play like he did today.
 
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DMoney said:
Supercane85 said:
DMoney said:
Was Kaaya's ability to audible. The Duke TD and the second long pass to Dorsett were all Kaaya. When he gets some experience, he will be very dangerous at the line.
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He didn't audible on that play Coley made the call from the side line. He call a hot read
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Not the catch and run, the second deep pass to Dorsett. I was in the stands and drunk but it looked like an audible to me.
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the audible was confirmed by the announcers.
 
The Franchise said:
Kaaya is going to be a really great QB if our next staff develops him properly. He's smart, poised and pretty fcking accurate.
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And if we can get him an Oline that can actually pass protect for him. He has proven that when given enough time in the pocket, he will make you pay. Now lets see if he can do that against NEB.
 
was at the game and noticed three great Kaaya decisions/plays that were worthy even if they did not result in positive yardage:

1. First one he stepped up to make a pass and got smacked but did not fumble.
2. Threw the ball away when a play broke down instead of panicking and forcing something (this was a red zone play)
3. on another play he went thru his progressions although it resulted in an incomplete pass.

Kaaya played a great game. The stats were padded bc of Dorsett but it was the little things that he did that did not show up in the stats that were impressive.

Special teams on the other hand were horrible.

Love seeing Grace in the game early and often as well!
 
I still feel good about Kaaya. He was thrown into a world of **** in that first game, armed with one of the worst offensive coordinators in the country.

You can tell the kid can think on his feet and process things quickly. Kaaya is going to be a player....now all we need is to find him a suitable OC to maximize his skills.
 
The deep completions to Dorsett were outstanding, but two plays stood out to me from Kaaya that were extremely impressive for a true freshman in just his third collegiate start.

On the second touchdown to Dorsett, he correctly identified the CB blitz pre-snap and made the correct read by throwing a quick hitter to the outside. It gave Dorsett a one-on-one opportunity vs. the safety, which he won down the sideline and scored easily with his breakaway speed.

The other was the touchdown to Berrios. If he tried to hit his receiver in stride, the safety would've had a chance to make an end zone interception. Instead, Kaaya threw it to the back shoulder in a spot where only Berrios could make a play on the ball for the easy score.

Seeing little things like that from a freshman who wasn't an early enrollee really jumped out today.
 
RiDLer80 said:
Coley, for the most part, opened up the offense like he should have from week 1.

Saw a lot of 3 wide sets and very little fullback play until the end of the game. I still don't understand taking one of our playmaking WRs off the field in favor of a walk on fullback.

Spread the field and give our guys more space to work!
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Just mentioned this in another thread.

Any play that has Regula on the field in my opinion is a failure. Nothing personal against him. I just refuse to believe there isn't another personnel package that we could send out that doesn't improve our chances at a successful play.
 
01Canes said:
The deep completions to Dorsett were outstanding, but two plays stood out to me from Kaaya that were extremely impressive for a true freshman in just his third collegiate start.

On the second touchdown to Dorsett, he correctly identified the CB blitz pre-snap and made the correct read by throwing a quick hitter to the outside. It gave Dorsett a one-on-one opportunity vs. the safety, which he won down the sideline and scored easily with his breakaway speed.

The other was the touchdown to Berrios. If he tried to hit his receiver in stride, the safety would've had a chance to make an end zone interception. Instead, Kaaya threw it to the back shoulder in a spot where only Berrios could make a play on the ball for the easy score.

Seeing little things like that from a freshman who wasn't an early enrollee really jumped out today.
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Nice post. He also hit the seam route with Walford by throwing it to his back shoulder. Nice touch and accuracy. Also, there was the Herb Waters slant route that took anticipation and accuracy. Really subtle, but big deal.
 
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The Franchise said:
Kaaya is going to be a really great QB if our next staff develops him properly. He's smart, poised and pretty fcking accurate.
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seriously man. wouldn't u want this staff to somehow put it together and be good rather than start over and be set back another couple years? u act like this staff ****ed ur wife while u were at work.
 
I thought the td throw to Berrios was a phenomenal throw. Lot of young QBs lead that right into a pick. He had a small window and the window was to back shoulder him away from the safety, and he did it perfectly.

that was a thing of beauty
 
The thing about Kaaya that really makes him stand out as a freshman is his accuracy.

You just don't see that much out of a true freshman. When he's afforded time and decides where he wants to go...more often than not he throws a very catchable ball and his placement is spot on.
 
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