Thoughts on the game:
We have to make TTU earn every yard. We have made some progress on defense. Even given the teams we played, we've held them to about a TD less than their season average over the last four games. How do we do that? I suspect Mahomes is hurt. TTU called nearly half running plays last week, when they previously had hardly any running yards on the year. That means we need to take away the QB draw. We are getting absolutely murdered on 3rd and long by simple QB keeps. We also can't extend drives with penalties. And for god's sake, don't take stupid time outs at the end of the half.
We also can't stop ourselves on offense. TTU is the worst defense college football has seen, maybe ever. They cannot stop us. But we have found a variety of ways to stop ourselves all year. We can't get cute at weird times. We cant inexplicably go conservative. We can't use players in roles they don't do well in. We cant take ourselves out of long drives with stupid penalties.
I see Foreman getting 300 yard this game. The problem is, as we saw last week, we don't have much behind Foreman. Our offense can't go into a shell when Foreman needs a break. TTU has neither the speed, size, or strength to stop us from doing whatever we want to do. We just need to be smart about it. If you want to take a shot on first down, great, but if its incomplete, you don't run up the middle with Porter twice then punt. Stay agressive.
We have to make TTU earn every yard. We have made some progress on defense. Even given the teams we played, we've held them to about a TD less than their season average over the last four games. How do we do that? I suspect Mahomes is hurt. TTU called nearly half running plays last week, when they previously had hardly any running yards on the year. That means we need to take away the QB draw. We are getting absolutely murdered on 3rd and long by simple QB keeps. We also can't extend drives with penalties. And for god's sake, don't take stupid time outs at the end of the half.
We also can't stop ourselves on offense. TTU is the worst defense college football has seen, maybe ever. They cannot stop us. But we have found a variety of ways to stop ourselves all year. We can't get cute at weird times. We cant inexplicably go conservative. We can't use players in roles they don't do well in. We cant take ourselves out of long drives with stupid penalties.
I see Foreman getting 300 yard this game. The problem is, as we saw last week, we don't have much behind Foreman. Our offense can't go into a shell when Foreman needs a break. TTU has neither the speed, size, or strength to stop us from doing whatever we want to do. We just need to be smart about it. If you want to take a shot on first down, great, but if its incomplete, you don't run up the middle with Porter twice then punt. Stay agressive.
