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  • We are making it so easy for defenses to defend us. Averaging 2 ypc (even less for some rb's we had today) is a recipe for disaster. Teams feast on our 3rd and longs and we do not get to second and manageable and third manageable enough.
  • Dekkers: he had a couple really bad picks today, but to me he is not the reason why this offense stinks right now. He is being put in terrible positions with zero run game and I think many qb's would be struggling in his seat right now. No running game makes it impossible for us to score in the red zone. A lot of his throws to Noel and Stanley were on the money today.
  • Stanley: one bright spot today, he had a few catches for 90 yards. Actually wish we had another year of him as he does have speed.
  • Norton: I won't fully assess until we see some more of him, but he's not ready yet to be RB1 on a good big 12 team
  • Brock: I think he's a quality character guy and a team first guy, but he really hasn't looked right since the Ohio game, not much wiggle and he rarely makes a guy miss.
  • RB: looking for a RB in the portal (along with an O lineman or 2) seems like a total necessity at this point. Sanders or Silas will be gone i feel.
  • If we struggle to run inside, where are the quick pitches outside and more zone read? We do not have the O line right now for delayed handoffs up the middle, it completely stinks. We cannot be this predictable with our run play calls.
  • TE: where is Tyler Moore? He's 6"5, 250 lbs and I guarantee a much better athlete than Jared Rus. He should be getting more pt as a run blocking TE. We need a run blocker in at tight end b/c our offensive line is terrible at run blocking now. I feel like he is Dylan Soehner 2.0 but he never sees the field
  • OL: Trevor Downing has been a disappointment at center this year. Simmons and Hufford in the past have shown flashes but are not playing well, Remsberg had a bad day at the office, Miller is capable in pass protection. This unit gets an F today. Jeff Myers should be gone.
Defense
  • MJ Anderson with another sack, he's arguably been our defensive mvp. Thank goodness he returns next year.
  • Will McLaughlin is our next great LB in the program. He has had multiple games now blowing up plays, getting rb's down on first contact. Stud.
  • Agree with Campbell in the presser TJ Tampa is playing lights out football right now. If not for two of his pass deflections this game would have been out of reach earlier.
  • Lots of good pieces returning on D next year. I do shudder at the thought of a game though where our D breaks in the next few and our offense is playing like they are. Heacock deserves a raise this year.
I'm starting to feel like WVU is our only remaining W on the schedule and even that looks dicey at this point. TTU can score more than us which worries me, TCU could get out of hand, OSU will put up points so I feel like that is an automatic loss.

Really tough halloween weekend and we are almost boxed out of a bowl. This is a set back year. I have the confidence in the staff to build this up again - but we will need to start with some adjustments. Myers and or Manning has to be gone. Make either Manning OL coach or find an elite OL coach out in the free agency market this winter. Scheelhaase maybe deserves a shot at OC, or find a great OC in the market this winter.

Portal wants: 2 offensive line (any position), a WR, a RB. I'm disappointed to be even typing RB but this room has shown me not much at all in Big 12 play. Not seeing anyone with elite speed, great wiggle or the ability to make anyone miss. There have to be backup rb's in the big ten or sec that want more time after the bowl season.
 
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RPO has virtually disappeared from our game plan. Calls are almost predictable. Not a game left that looks like a win. Anyone that scores 15 points has enough to win.
 
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cyclone1209 said:
Offense

  • We are making it so easy for defenses to defend us. Averaging 2 ypc (even less for some rb's we had today) is a recipe for disaster. Teams feast on our 3rd and longs and we do not get to second and manageable and third manageable enough.
  • Dekkers: he had a couple really bad picks today, but to me he is not the reason why this offense stinks right now. He is being put in terrible positions with zero run game and I think many qb's would be struggling in his seat right now. No running game makes it impossible for us to score in the red zone. A lot of his throws to Noel and Stanley were on the money today.
  • Stanley: one bright spot today, he had a few catches for 90 yards. Actually wish we had another year of him as he does have speed.
  • Norton: I won't fully assess until we see some more of him, but he's not ready yet to be RB1 on a good big 12 team
  • Brock: I think he's a quality character guy and a team first guy, but he really hasn't looked right since the Ohio game, not much wiggle and he rarely makes a guy miss.
  • RB: looking for a RB in the portal (along with an O lineman or 2) seems like a total necessity at this point. Sanders or Silas will be gone i feel.
  • If we struggle to run inside, where are the quick pitches outside and more zone read? We do not have the O line right now for delayed handoffs up the middle, it completely stinks. We cannot be this predictable with our run play calls.
  • TE: where is Tyler Moore? He's 6"5, 250 lbs and I guarantee a much better athlete than Jared Rus. He should be getting more pt as a run blocking TE. We need a run blocker in at tight end b/c our offensive line is terrible at run blocking now. I feel like he is Dylan Soehner 2.0 but he never sees the field
  • OL: Trevor Downing has been a disappointment at center this year. Simmons and Hufford in the past have shown flashes but are not playing well, Remsberg had a bad day at the office, Miller is capable in pass protection. This unit gets an F today. Jeff Myers should be gone.
Defense
  • MJ Anderson with another sack, he's arguably been our defensive mvp. Thank goodness he returns next year.
  • Will McLaughlin is our next great LB in the program. He has had multiple games now blowing up plays, getting rb's down on first contact. Stud.
  • Agree with Campbell in the presser TJ Tampa is playing lights out football right now. If not for two of his pass deflections this game would have been out of reach earlier.
  • Lots of good pieces returning on D next year. I do shudder at the thought of a game though where our D breaks in the next few and our offense is playing like they are. Heacock deserves a raise this year.
I'm starting to feel like WVU is our only remaining W on the schedule and even that looks dicey at this point. TTU can score more than us which worries me, TCU could get out of hand, OSU will put up points so I feel like that is an automatic loss.

Really tough halloween weekend and we are almost boxed out of a bowl. This is a set back year. I have the confidence in the staff to build this up again - but we will need to start with some adjustments. Myers and or Manning has to be gone. Make either Manning OL coach or find an elite OL coach out in the free agency market this winter. Scheelhaase maybe deserves a shot at OC, or find a great OC in the market this winter.

Portal wants: 2 offensive line (any position), a WR, a RB. I'm disappointed to be even typing RB but this room has shown me not much at all in Big 12 play. Not seeing anyone with elite speed, great wiggle or the ability to make anyone miss. There have to be backup rb's in the big ten or sec that want more time after the bowl season.
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Better hope MJ Andersen loves Ames, he will get a lot of money to leave.

The o line I don't get, we got 3rd and 4th year guys going backwards at a big rate now. Like some of these guys are borderline unplayable at this point and at one time we're promising young linemen.
 
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Better hope MJ Andersen loves Ames, he will get a lot of money to leave.

The o line I don't get, we got 3rd and 4th year guys going backwards at a big rate now. Like some of these guys are borderline unplayable at this point and at one time we're promising young linemen.
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Anderson and Tampa are going to have some big SEC and B1G NIL offers if they keep things up.
 
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cyatheart said:
Better hope MJ Andersen loves Ames, he will get a lot of money to leave.

The o line I don't get, we got 3rd and 4th year guys going backwards at a big rate now. Like some of these guys are borderline unplayable at this point and at one time we're promising young linemen.
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Given the evidence, it would seem that there is nobody on the staff who knows how to coach OL at the P5 level...
 
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Anderson and Tampa are going to have some big SEC and B1G NIL offers if they keep things up.
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Well, Anderson has already transferred so that probably wont happen.
Tampa I think is pretty much gone. He is a starter on basically any team in the country.
Purchase might leave also..
 
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We just can't be the team we want to be this year offensively. Line isn't good enough creating rushing holes. RBs aren't good enough to make their own holes and make guys miss. WRs and TEs don't seem to block well overall. QB doesn't have the skills to carry the team on his back for 50 passes a game. There's a few things each unit does well, but they are all outweighed by the things they do poorly.

Other side of the ball is the complete opposite, I'm not sure I've ever seen an ISU unit reload as well as they did this year. Tons of new faces, not a single step backwards at all.
 
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MeowingCows said:
We just can't be the team we want to be this year offensively. Line isn't good enough creating rushing holes. RBs aren't good enough to make their own holes and make guys miss. WRs and TEs don't seem to block well overall. QB doesn't have the skills to carry the team on his back for 50 passes a game. There's a few things each unit does well, but they are all outweighed by the things they do poorly.

Other side of the ball is the complete opposite, I'm not sure I've ever seen an ISU unit reload as well as they did this year. Tons of new faces, not a single step backwards at all.
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The defense is fantastic. I kept praying for tipped ball pick six or something to tie in the 4th. That place would of come unglued.
 
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From CMC's postgame, he doesn't want to run the QB because they might get hurt. Probably telling Dekkers, (and as we saw with Purdy) stay in the pocket.
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To be fair, Dekkers nearly got decapitated at the end of the Texas game.

I am now absolutely 100% convinced that our offensive scheme is too predictable by opposing defenses. That is to say, if we DID do more QB runs, our formations would give it away. There is very little misdirection or disguise. On every run play, opponents have about 8 defenders collapsing on our ball carrier. Even if our o-line could run block worth a damn (which they can't), there's more defenders than blockers by a fair amount.

RPO might help, but I don't have faith in our o-line to block for that properly. I can almost guarantee we'd have linemen downfield, etc. Then again, we'll never know because Manning won't do it.
 
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