California-Colorado State Report Card

Quarterbacks Kevin Riley is a work in progress. Although his pass protection isn’t quite as good as we’d like it to be, and his receivers have dropped some catchable balls (including one touchdown), he’s still underthrowing catchable balls or misreading routes by quite a bit. The rapport with his wideouts isn’t quite there yet. While I do think that Tedford has slightly restricted his gameplay abilities by forcing him to be a game manager, we have to entertain the possibility that Riley’s freewheeling ways are too much for his developing receiving corps to keep up with. While I expect Kevin to start on Saturday, it’s up in the air as to whether he finishes. Grade: C   Nate Longshore was the better quarterback on the field on Saturday and displayed shocking mobility in and outside of the pocket. While his throws weren’t on the mark in those instances, inside the pocket he went 8-for-11 (should have been nine). His audible to ... (link)