We are Texas fans on a Texas site and we can't have a discussion about our own team, without being accused of making excuses or not giving their coaching staff enough credit.
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We are Texas fans on a Texas site and we can't have a discussion about our own team, without being accused of making excuses or not giving their coaching staff enough credit.
Let's get back on topic here.
Three times the offense got the game within reach and 3 times the Texas D gave up 75 yard TD drives. Those three drives consisted of ONLY 14 plays.
225 yards on 14 plays when we really needed the defense to step up. That's 16 yards a freaking play.
So I ask again. What was the biggest factor in this? Orlando choke? Defense choke? Riley have an innate ability to focus in to call plays? Texas get conservative on D?
Three times the offense got the game within reach and 3 times the Texas D gave up 75 yard TD drives. Those three drives consisted of ONLY 14 plays.
225 yards on 14 plays when we really needed the defense to step up. That's 16 yards a freaking play.
So I ask again. What was the biggest factor in this? Orlando choke? Defense choke? Riley have an innate ability to focus in to call plays? Texas get conservative on D?
They insecure on Twitter as well. Hey OU fans, you kicked our ass. Now let us discuss why and talk shit in another thread. The narrative this year is the exact same as last year, just roles reversed. But they're to naive, or dumb to see it.
For all this talk about how physical out practices are, we didn't tackle for shite on Saturday. It isn't just wrapping up. Instead of keeping our feet and running through the ball carrier, we dive at them.
We also do an extremely poor job of picking up receivers coming out of the backfield.
Finally, it is very difficult to defend an offense, when the QB is very effective at pulling the ball down and running. We had that on offense last year, but now we don't. How many times yesterday did Sam look indecisive and get caught in no man's land.
Oklahoma had 286 yards on 52 plays in all other parts of the game except when Texas scored to tie it up at 10, to get within 3 at 20-17, an then back to within 7 at 27-20.
That is only 5.5 yards per play....4 yards less than what OU averages.
When Texas absolutely needed the D to get a stop, OU gained 225 yards on 14 plays.
That is 16.1 yards per play. That is a HUGE number.
I know the tackling was the biggest culprit. But what is the discrepancy? I mean, that is alarming to me.
Interesting.
Riley's play calling was odd Saturday - or perhaps Hurts didn't execute it well against the looks Texas showed. Without knowing the call (or more about CFB offense) and seeing coaches film view it's hard to tell.
It appeared to me UT wasn't going to give up the chunk play and that left the middle open for Jalen to pull the ball and run. Maybe Orlando knows that's not what Riley wants Hurts to do and felt he could frustrate OU?Whatever the strategy was OU's offense looked different for much of the day than it normally does. It'll be interesting to see if other teams use this tape to adjust how they play Hurts.
On the tackling issue, Herman was just asked this in today's presser. He took the blame for it and said he limited tackling in practice last week because of how banged up the defense was.
Can you really forget to tackle because you didnt practice tackling for a week? Seems odd. I mean I havent played at this level of course, but it just seems that players at this level should still be able to tackle well without practicing it for a week.
I think a big part of it is that with this offense, with Hurts, they are doing more of a take what the defense gives you approach. Throughout the first part of the season, he'd throw it to 10 different guys, they'd have like 4 different rbs carry the ball, essentially not forcing anything and just taking what the defense is willing to give. Whereas with Mayfield and Murray they knew who they wanted to give the ball too and dared you to stop it. Much the same in this game, Riley sees what texas was trying to take away and tailoring the offensive game plan around that instead of forcing things. Which if it didnt work, im sure they'd have changed it up to being more forceful with the ball like they were in the instances in which OU needed a score to keep ahead of pace with texas. i think OU scored every time texas got close, when they really needed it. The defensive posturing really dictated the flow of the game. But it could have went the other way if the defenses got figured out.
Am I the only one that thinks that having CJ back in the line up hurt us? When CJ plays, Beck/Herman & Co. make it a point to get him involved or at least attempt to, to the detriment of the overall game plan. I know he is a really good receiver, and when healthy is probably one of the best in the country, but I think the offense becomes to predictable with CJ on the field. Obviously you don't take him off the field, but I think the coaching staff has to be more aware that they become fixated on getting him the ball.
No one on offense felt like blocking anyone, Sam didn't look like himself, the receivers dropped some big passes, stupid decisions on special teams gave us bad field position, and OU was more physical. That's why we lost, I don't care about schemes, coaching, and all that other stuff. We did not execute. End of story.
It's really hard in (college) football to beat the same team twice, I think. I don't have any data to support that, but it seems like the loser learns more from the loss and the winner tends to think, "Well, it worked so well last time."
At this point, getting back to the conf title game is going to require some great coaching and a little luck. The entire starting secondary, except for B. Johnson is gone. BJ Foster is obviously nowhere close to 100%. We are injured, banged up, and already thin at linebacker. To get the best remaining 11 on the field, Orlando may well have to use a four-man front (as so many wish he would do).
Scipio Tex’s write-up on the game. Best analysis I’ve seen yet:
https://www.barkingcarnival.com/pla...ahoma-game-sooners-longhorns-rivalry-gameplan
https://www.barkingcarnival.com/pla...ahoma-game-sooners-longhorns-rivalry-gameplan
Scipio also had this to say in the comments section which unfortunately seems accurate:
We
1. Use DBs to set the edge from distance
2. Don’t spend much time on tackling and teach missile shots over breaking down
3. Get constant targeting calls
4. Have lots of stingers and shoulder injuries.
Those things might be related.
you can fix tackling very quickly, as long as there isn't a coward factor. i've seen greg robinson do it
Thanks for posting. Excellent. I would add that Texas should incorporate the tight end more and even double against aggressive defenses like ou was on Saturday.
I want to give you the Captain Obvious award--- but it's so obvious that I can't. I hate that.
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