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Its probably been 12-13 years since I have felt this good after an opener.
We need to get better at protection. Part of that is on Card and the other Part is on the OLine. Card took a few sacks because he didn't get rid of the ball quick enough but he figured it out pretty quick. I didn't realize he was going to be that good with his legs. That read he made on the touchdown will do a ton for our RBs because they can't leave him unaccounted for in the run game. Overall the offensive scheme impressed but we do need a guy that can stretch the field. I think Moore can be that guy and maybe they have plans that they didn't show tonight.
Defense took a team that will probably be really good at running the ball and shut them down. They also did it being fairly vanilla. Biggest questions for me are the ability to get pressure with the front 4.
I want to see what the Arky game looks like. Road game and a hostile crowd. If we win that then we should be 5-0 heading into the TCU game.
We need to get better at protection. Part of that is on Card and the other Part is on the OLine. Card took a few sacks because he didn't get rid of the ball quick enough but he figured it out pretty quick. I didn't realize he was going to be that good with his legs. That read he made on the touchdown will do a ton for our RBs because they can't leave him unaccounted for in the run game. Overall the offensive scheme impressed but we do need a guy that can stretch the field. I think Moore can be that guy and maybe they have plans that they didn't show tonight.
Defense took a team that will probably be really good at running the ball and shut them down. They also did it being fairly vanilla. Biggest questions for me are the ability to get pressure with the front 4.
I want to see what the Arky game looks like. Road game and a hostile crowd. If we win that then we should be 5-0 heading into the TCU game.
If we are 5-0 headed in to TCU the TCU game will be the difference between 9 wins and 10 wins IMO
After the 5 min mark game was never in doubt. Very solid win. Almost boring at the end. I’m not there yet but looks like we have something. I’ll reserve further judgement until after Ark and every game after that. Ha. Definitely nice to see talent and coaching staff do what they are supposed to do. Feels good!!
oU exposed today?
Hook’em!
oU exposed today?
Hook’em!
Clob lost a lot of credibility today. I’ll give him a mulligan. What’s it look like for ark clob?
Mmm using Sam as a fullback was one of Herman’s go to moves. He ran Sam about 10 times a game.
I was playing in a golf tournament this morning so I was off the grid until I finished watching the game on my DVR. Feel really good about the coaching and the play calling. Something I’ve said multiple times: Sark gets the ball to playmakers in space. There was just a confident feeling as in the coaching won’t F up the game. But …
Our OL got manhandled multiple times. I don’t know how the margin of victory was that great given the OL missed assignments. And there were multiple missed assignments. We have playmakers all over the field but the OL is going to have to develop for us to be really good this season.
The mid week leadership is really where it starts. So we win a possible upset alert game resoundingly. Ok. Now, this mid week coaching is critical. Keep these boys on edge. They ain’t won anything yet. I believe our coaches will make sure they keep them hungry.
Clob never got to see practice due to COVID and coaching changes. Clob’s previous MO was posting his review about 12 hours before kickoff so other teams couldn’t add his report to their scouting. I saw no practice report from Clob this year.
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🤘My heart skipped a beat when he landed bad, like the splits.
Now let's be fair kids, I said 31-27 and declined to say whom I was chosing. I can go dig up the post. But yes, we played better than I anticipated on defense, and slightly better on offense than I anticipated.
And I did say that 58 points would be scored. 56 were scored. Now that ain't half bad.
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Anybody else not realize that we gave up 3 sacks today?
Anybody else a little concerned by that?
Anybody else think this is the best pass rushing D line we will face all year?
Anybody else a little concerned by that?
Anybody else think this is the best pass rushing D line we will face all year?
One Sack was on Card for holding onto the ball too long, one was on the RB for missing a block (I think it was on Robinson) and one was either Card or whoever is responsible for calling the audibles on the OL for not sliding the protection. All pretty fixable. Card seemed to adjust to the speed of the game as things progressed.
The ULL DL is one of the best three of what we’ll see this year(looking today’s scores they may be the best in regular season). You should be lauding what we saw today. At least one sack was a corner blitz.
More surprised at the lack of blitzing of a FR QB in his first start.
Oline is the weak link for sure but yes I think this was the best dline we see all year
Clob, buddy, relax. Nobody saidit was prefect. Nobody said we're taking the crystal ball or whatever they use now. You can still think we're going to lose some games. I think we'll lose some games.
But it was better. It's okay to think that we at least looked like, for one day, MOST of our ducks are in a row. That's what we're happy about. That's all. It's... Promising. And after a decade of frustrating, that is enough to make us happy
And this is why we've been mediocre the last decade. You may think I'm being too harsh or judgemental- I'm not. I'm simply trying to keep the standards that we once had as a team. It's easy to fall into complacency after a decade of seeing most substandard play. My question was simply this-- if we gave up 3 sacks to UL, we've got 11 more games to play. Can a QB not named Sam stand up to the punishment of being sacked 36 times in a season?
Make sense?
I 100 percent agree. Texas still has tons to prove. Great win but there's a reason I didn't go to the game regardless of how cheap tickets were...let's see how we do against a mediocre sec team next week. Oline looked bad but can be fixed. Card looked good and bijan was bijan
This morning one sports writer wrote that this yesterday's UT defense played better than at any point during the Tom Herman era.
I understand your concerns, clob. But I believe the o-line play is a talent issue at this point. He can get them better throughout the year, but there's a ceiling for those guys. Talent issues take time.
Or you could look at the fact we played 2 inexperienced qbs and didn't turn the ball over at all. 2 of those sacks were blown assignments. I have faith the staff will watch the film and get that fixed. This is one of the best fronts we will face all year. All in all the team looked to be well prepared and was a breath of fresh air compared to some of Herman's teams.
Anyone’s else like the way #7 ran the ball in mop up time? Kid has some juice. Our RB room is looking solid 3 deep
Yes-- if Bijan can be up around 200 yards from scrimmage in every game, there won't be one game we won't be right in the mix with when the 4th quarter starts. And 200 yards from scrimmage is doable for that kid.
And we almost lost to Kansas with VY on one of those teams you continue to proclaim. Actually thanks to a questionable yet timely pass interference call. That was one of the greatest teams on both sides. I’m not saying this years team measures up but other than 3 sacks (Game 1) and some penalties (Game 1), what else is there to complain about? Going in you would have thought LaLa was gonna whoop us - 10-1, 20 returning starters, yada yada. We whipped their ass, period. Very well managed and executed game plan. Physical team. Depth. Great win with some confidence to carry forward. Bring on Ark.
The reality is this team lacks talent in some areas mainly OL that aren’t going to get addressed this year, but rather overtime. At the Monday press conference sark made the comment that the roster isn’t exactly how he’d build it. Although he didn’t expand on that OL was probably one of the areas he was talking about. The good news is we have a coaching staff now that understands it’s strengths and weaknesses and can game plan around those. I think we’re going to end up having a good season, but the best is yet to come. I think Sark will fix a lot of the issues this program has had over the last decade, but it won’t be fixed over night
Keilan would start at many P5 schools. That dude is a stud back, and we’re lucky to have him in case, god forbid, something happens to Bijan.
