Much needed leadership
Disagree on your talent assessment. He will thrive LR's offense
He has vision, toughness and good hands but the guy is like 5'10"/ 190 lbs and isn't very fast. I hope I'm wrong but I don't see him starting.
Might want to watch his tape and games before saying this...
Do highlights count because I've seen a few of those. I also caught a couple of quack games but I don't remember which ones. Dye is hard to miss because of that stash of his. My impression during those games was the same, good but small.
Yep- I concur w/ 23Blast's take on Oregon transfer Travis Dye.
Dye is going to be deadly, along side Raleek. And he's really tough inside the lines. Expect a lot of scoring from him long or short runs - his mission will be to prove that narrative wrong in 2022.
Yeah, I mean he has football skills for sure but I don't see what some people are excited about. This will be his 5th year and he stated that he's moving south to be with his fiance, baby and family. If he had an option to go to the league wouldn't that be his choice?
Are you kidding? With the too-short exception of Keontay Ingram, the RB position at USC has been in the doldrums for a decade. No defense we opposed respected that position group. Yes, some of it was the scheme, but the talent was so lacking, running the ball or even trying to pressure a defense in space with the backs we had was going to be futile with any style or OL. It made USC one-dimensional and highly predictable. Guys like Dye change everything and that's why Riley is loading up with RB's who force teams to defend the entire field.
Dye's built more like Hershel who started over Reggie and Lendale while they were getting the hang of Chow's playbook during the '03 title run
Not sure how fast he is, but his longest run from scrimmage was 53 yards. That would tie him with Ingram for longest run this year. Didn’t hear complaints about Ingram’s lack of speed.
A decade? Have you already forgotten about Ronald Jones, Markese Stepp and Stephen Carr? Not "some of it was scheme" but ALL of it was scheme. We ended up with our last roster because of it. I'm glad that Dye is at SC but I'm really excited to see what all the backs can do now especially the bigger, stronger, faster ones.
Again, Leinart had the choice. Ask Barkley if staying another year wasn’t perilous.Didn't he want another natti?Plus the QB position is not as perilous as RB.
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis Dye | JR | RB | 14 | 211 | 1271 | 6.02 | 16 | 15.07 | 90.79 |
| 2 | Anthony Brown | SR | QB | 14 | 151 | 658 | 4.36 | 9 | 10.79 | 47.00 |
| 3 | Byron Cardwell | FR | RB | 14 | 61 | 417 | 6.84 | 3 | 4.36 | 29.79 |
| 4 | CJ Verdell | JR | RB | 5 | 78 | 406 | 5.21 | 6 | 15.60 | 81.20 |
| 5 | Seven McGee | FR | RB | 13 | 14 | 61 | 4.36 | 1 | 1.08 | 4.69 |
| 6 | Jaylon Redd | SR | WR | 10 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 0.40 | 3.10 |
| 7 | Trey Benson | FR | RB | 10 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 1 | 0.60 | 2.20 |
| 8 | Ty Thompson | FR | QB | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.33 |
| 9 | Kris Hutson | FR | WR | 14 | 1 | -9 | -9.00 | 0 | 0.07 | -0.64 |
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Rec./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon Williams | SO | WR | 12 | 35 | 557 | 15.91 | 4 | 2.9 | 46.4 |
| 2 | Kris Hutson | FR | WR | 14 | 31 | 419 | 13.52 | 2 | 2.2 | 29.9 |
| 3 | Travis Dye | JR | RB | 14 | 46 | 402 | 8.74 | 2 | 3.3 | 28.7 |
Was Dye the original starter at Oregon or did he get the job after injury to the starter? (real question)
Did you think Kessler and Barkley would have a chance to still be in the league? (real question)
He did indeed I'm just more excited about the new scheme and what bigger, stronger, faster guys can do in it.
Well, you listing Stepp and Carr in the same sentence as Ronald Jones only tells me how far apart we are in RB evaluation. I guess we're just seeing it different...
So same sentence means equal talent? Wasn't Jones at SC '15-'17? Let me see.... (taking my shoes off to count) Yeah, that's less than a decade ago.
That's interesting. I wonder what his draft projections were. Do you have any info to share?
Fill me in on who is currently on the roster that is bigger, stronger and faster that you think will perform better in this scheme?
No I don’t. But you take a look at some of the rbs on teams rosters. If Rex Burkehead can play in the NFL, then Dye absolutely can.
If you can't be excited about 3,000 yards of production. I don't know what to tell you - sound like a hater to be honest.
