Commit Capsules: Jake Rudock

[DexterMorgan]

Some of Jake's receivers looked pretty darn impressive in their own right. Any idea one or more of them have interest in doing the Hawkeye thing???

I think they're going to fsu and miami

 

[Casey388]

Some of Jake's receivers looked pretty darn impressive in their own right. Any idea one or more of them have interest in doing the Hawkeye thing???

I'm pretty sure his two stud receivers have signed with big name SEC schools or Miami. Can't remember for sure.

I heard we are looking at one of his teammates for next years class though.

 

[DesertHawk2010]

Hmm...I thought it worked like this:

A squared x B squared = C squared
Vertical distance x horizontal distance = Total throw distance (hypotenuse)

But it has been a while...

Almost correct. A^2 + B^2 = C^2. Your calculation was correct though for the numbers used.

 

[alexzelada]

I will contradict that Con with the view that after watching the videos of this kid I submit he helped make those recievers D1. Seldom if ever did they hesitate or have to wait on the ball.
I realize they are highlight tapes but you usually see some of that from all of them.

I have to agree with this poster. If his receivers can make him look better - why can't the reverse be true?

 

[tm3308]

I'm not trying to calculate the flight...I'm just trying to see how far he threw the ball because the kid has a good arm. If he thrown that ball straight down the field, with no sideways variation, it would have gone ~54 yards. Since he threw it diagonally, down the field 42 yards and towards the sideline 34 yards, calculating the hypotenuse gives me the distance the ball traveled in yards. That's all I was going for.

That only works though if he ran straight across the field. Odds are that the "triangle" in that play was obtuse, not a right triangle. The P. Theorem only works for right triangles.

 

[hawkfan2679]

That only works though if he ran straight across the field. Odds are that the "triangle" in that play was obtuse, not a right triangle. The P. Theorem only works for right triangles.

To continue to sidetrack this thread with math discussions...the right angle is formed by the sideline to the top of the screen. If you draw a line from where the QB threw the ball to the far sideline, then drew a line up the far sideline to where the ball came down, that forms the right triangle when you add the line that shows the ball's trajectory as the hypotenuse.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

Please don't tell me that folks believe that this is a legit mathematical discussion.

 

[DexterMorgan]

Quit bumping these threads. With the way things are going every time a commit thread gets bumped I fear i'm going to open it and the kid will have been arrested or is asking out of his commitment.

 

[hawkfan2679]

Please don't tell me that folks believe that this is a legit mathematical discussion.

Are you saying the Pythagorean Theorem lacks legitimacy?



Sorry Dexter.

 

[DexterMorgan]

Are you saying the Pythagorean Theorem lacks legitimacy?



Sorry Dexter.

The Ruddock thread doesn't really worry me. I about had a panic attack when the "Torrey Campbell" thread was posted.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

Are you saying the Pythagorean Theorem lacks legitimacy?

It's like adults discussing the spelling of three letter words. Some ideas/concepts should be so innate that it no longer requires discussion.

Now if folks were discussing the Riemann Roch theorem, the Poincare conjecture, or different aspects of KK-theory ... now those would definitely be more "legitimate" topics.

Heck, even having a lay-discussion explaining homotopy would be pretty cool.

But, the Pythagorean theorem ... not really.

 

[DexterMorgan]

It's like adults discussing the spelling of three letter words. Some ideas/concepts should be so innate that it no longer requires discussion.

Now if folks were discussing the Riemann Roch theorem, the Poincare conjecture, or different aspects of KK-theory ... now those would definitely be more "legitimate" topics.

Heck, even having a lay-discussion explaining homotopy would be pretty cool.

But, the Pythagorean theorem ... not really.

Whoa....easy with all that book learning.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

Whoa....easy with all that book learning.

Book learning? And yet if you knew how useful and applicable that knowledge was ... you're realize that it's far more than just "book learning."

 

[DowsHawk]

I know he'll be throwing into closer coverages but he put a bunch of deep balls to guys who were in full stride. I don't know if we're surrounding him with receivers who will be able to get separation, but if we do I have a good feeling about him making the throws.

I wish he'd been able to bring a couple of his wideouts with him.