If you really want Jake Locker stopped, I know this guy . . .

We haven't faced anyone good the last 2 years
 

Locker ran for almost 1000 yards, averged 5.7 per carry, and had 13 TDs playing in the PAC 10. He's going to get plenty of yards against our conservative 3 man rush.

Well.... Shit

We all know il Padrino.

ANYONE good?

Shaun Carney rushed for 637 yards @ 4.7 YPC last year. Against BYU: 9 rushes for 5 yards.

Dennis Dixon rushed for 583 yards @ 5.6 YPC last year, following his bowl appearance, on a bum knee. He didn't rush 100 yards against BYU.


You're overstating your case here. Yes, Locker is easily the most talented running QB we've faced in the last two years. Yes, he's going to gain some yards against us. I doubt he rushes for 100+ yards, as BYU's truly not shown a tendency to give up those kind of yards to ANYONE in recent years.

Also, FWIW, our 'conservative 3-man rush' is misleading as well. We rush at least one LB on most downs.

Jake Locker
 

Decide for yourself, here is his rushing stats per game.

Opp / Carries / Total Yards / AVG

SYR / 10 / 83 / 8.3
BSU / 16 / 84 / 5.3
tOSU / 14 / 102 / 7.3
UCLA / 15 / 92 / 6.1
USC / 18 / 50 / 2.8
ASU / 12 / 48 / 4.0
ORE / 13 / 78 / 6.0
ARI / 23 / 157 / 6.8
STAN / 16 / 97 / 6.1
OSU / 6 / 16 / 2.7 <-- knocked out of game in 2nd qtr via helmet-to-helmet collision.
CAL - did not play -
WSU / 14 / 103 / 7.4
HA / 15 / 76 / 5.1

Locker averaged 88 rushing yards per game last year in the PAC-10. This year I think it will greatly depend on the receivers. If the young guys can mature quickly than he probably wont have nearly as much rushing attempts and thus less yards, however, if the young receivers act like young receivers than his rushing attempts will pivot on Brandon Johnson and the running game and if it produces or not.

I doubt he will need to rush for 1000 yards again, but it's possible.


So far, he has and will continue to spend the off-season working on his intermediate passing and touch. Also, since the start of January, Locker has taken it upon himself to round up all his young receivers four times a week to practice the passing game and build chemistry with each other.

"Year 2 with Jake in our system, you will see him grow big time," Lappano said. "You won't see the mistakes, some of the short throws that he missed. I don't think you are going to see that. Fundamentally, he's pretty sound."

"The prime culprit was inconsistency hitting short-to-intermediate throws.

"We want to see his accuracy improve, especially on the short stuff," Lappano said. "What I want to make sure is that the quick passing game, the 7-8-yard hitches, the quick screens, all that kind of stuff is on the mark."

Locker says he thinks he began finding that consistency during offseason drills. He threw four times a week and also took part in seven-on-seven drills twice a week.

"I didn't change any of my mechanics at all, just concentrated on my footwork and just tried to throw the ball as many times as I could," he said. "That's one of the things I needed to do is just throw and get repetitions and get used to the routes we are running and get comfortable with [the passing plays]. I felt like I got a lot better at that this offseason."

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...41_uwfb02.html



He looked very good throwing the ball in the spring game:

"And while there were a number of highlights in the eyes of UW coaches — the apparent improvement of the defense, the playmaking ability of some of the young skill players on offense — the continuing progression of Locker might have been the biggest."

"Locker led his team to just one touchdown and was on the Purple team, which lost to the Gold 10-7. But his numbers spoke loudly as he was 13-of-17 passing for 159 yards and one touchdown, with a couple of passes dropped."

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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=404989
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...36_uwfb27.html

Good info and welcome to the board.

I think having one of the defenders tackle him is the best way to stop him.

I stand by my prediction that he won't rush for 100 yards against BYU, and I will be unsurprised if he rushes for less than 60.

He topped 100 yards just three times in those games you listed. The lack of experienced talent at the key skill positions seems, to me, to lead to the belief that BYU will be able to key on him and prevent many long runs.

I don't think BYU has won an out of conference road game since Bronco has been Head Coach.