I posted this in one of Rob Gray's article threads, but maybe it would be more useful here. I just watched OU-KU since I'm at home sick. Here's the amateur scout on KU.
Offense:
Neal, Bean, and Hishaw are all super fast. Any of them can go the distance given space. Must not let them break free.
O-Line was good, but not dominant. Their receivers looked average.
They run a ton of goofy window dressing motion pre-play. Don't get sucked into that.
They run some wildcat, and had a play where they had Neal take the snap, and run option with Bean, then pitched to Bean for a pass.
Bean doesn't strike me as a great passer; couple of picks and didn't seem super accurate. But he is fast so is happy to run. MUST keep contain on him or else. Bean's feet are my personal biggest worry for ISU.
Even with all the weirdness, they executed pretty clean. Well-coached.
Defense:
OK, but not great. OU demolished them with the run early and then gave up on it some. Just straight up run defense, not great. Safeties hit hard. DL may lack the size to simply clog up run game.
Pass defense was OK at times, but OU definitely had guys get loose. OU didn't pass much, mostly rain I think, and in 1st half they just ran over them.
Obvious passing downs, KU stunts a LOT. And it was effective. Knowing ISU historical problems with UNI stunting, I hope Clanton has that figured out for our guys.
Special teams:
Kicker missed a 42 yarder, made a couple others. Didn't have many/any touchbacks (could have been the rain, idk). They dropped a KO which led to a TD for OU. Seemed average otherwise, punting and coverage okay.
Miscellaneous:
OU gave KU this game. Pick 6 in 1st Q. Turned it over 3 times (though so did KU).
Dropped a KO after KU made a FG, and KU ran a QB keep zone read untouched for a TD on the next play. Boomer committed a TON of penalties; had 3 personal fouls including a targeting on ONE KU drive early 4th quarter. Essentially gave them 3 touchdowns.
Just a ton of super dumb mistakes cost OU an easy win (reminded me of a lot of ISU games the past couple seasons...)
It was a physical game. Lots of KU guys got dinged. They might be a little beat up and tired next week.
KU looked smaller than OU (not shocking) but very fast.
KU will make a few big plays; need to keep chins up and stay the course. They will also make some bonehead mistakes; need to capitalize on those.
