The last 10 meetings in Norman (last night notwithstanding) netted ISU 28 points. For those that aren't very good at math, that's less than a FG a game. We've been horribly bad in Norman for some reason.
Lanning has a lot to learn
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The last 10 meetings in Norman (last night notwithstanding) netted ISU 28 points. For those that aren't very good at math, that's less than a FG a game. We've been horribly bad in Norman for some reason.
Everyone has a lot to learn, but I do not fault Lanning. Coaching. Do not make him a pocket passer. When he is out of the pocket he has great touch. He doesnt aim, he plays. They keep him in the pocket WAY too much. Also give him a run throw option, hes great at that. period. Repeat that process over and over.
1. get rid of him throwing 75% of his throws inside the tackles
2. let him run more on scrambles.. make sure he knows this is okay.
1. get rid of him throwing 75% of his throws inside the tackles
2. let him run more on scrambles.. make sure he knows this is okay.
I like the poise that Lanning showed. I never sensed that he seemed in over his head. When we made the switch to Lanning, we knew that he was not your Tom Brady type of QB. His skill set is more like Cam Newton. OU was very athletic on defense. Mike Warren couldn't get going. The lack of a running game and the score Saturday forced us to drop Lanning back more than we would like. He made some poor passes, but that is to be expected at this point in his career. He will get better. I thought he made some great throws too at key times. Unfortunately we had several key drops. Some of that may be getting used to a harder thrown ball, I dont know, but they were good throws at key times. I like our young talent. I think they have great leadership skills. A loss at OU is not unexpected, so it shouldnt change our ability to still win some games.
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Joels mistakes are fixable, he's throwing to the right guys, he just rushes his throws sometimes and they aren't accurate. That's simply mechanics, much easier to fix than a guy who is lost or in over his head. He is making the right reads, in time the game will slow down and he'll hit those guys. Excited about Lanning, Warren and Lazard going forward.
I thought he did okay considering his inexperience and who and where we played.
The INT was a back foot throw and a great play by their db. Missed some open guys but they had some drops too.
The INT was a back foot throw and a great play by their db. Missed some open guys but they had some drops too.
When the game was still in doubt jumping offsides, dropping passes and the line getting pushed backwards were all bigger concerns to me than Lanning's play.
If I had to criticize him it would be that true to the OP in a few situations he laser beamed a pass that should have had some touch and he should have ran a little more because when he did run it went well.
Year in and year out Oklahoma is as physical a defense as you'll see, the fact that the kid measures up physically and delivered some blows is a great sign. Ditto for Lazard looking like he outmatched their secondary. Warren has done great and I think will do great things for us but you saw that the physicality of their defense was a problem for him and obviously a problem for our entire line.
If I had to criticize him it would be that true to the OP in a few situations he laser beamed a pass that should have had some touch and he should have ran a little more because when he did run it went well.
Year in and year out Oklahoma is as physical a defense as you'll see, the fact that the kid measures up physically and delivered some blows is a great sign. Ditto for Lazard looking like he outmatched their secondary. Warren has done great and I think will do great things for us but you saw that the physicality of their defense was a problem for him and obviously a problem for our entire line.
the oline played as sloppy as they have all year. Way too many penalties. The crazy part , we played pretty bad in the first half as a whole but were still in the game.
And the thing is, Texas can match up with them physically and probably used the rivalry setting to pull out an inspired game. Texas isn't better coached than ISU right now, but Oklahoma is and they also have drastically better athletes than us especially on the lines. Look at Lazard, he's an OU level player and had no problem beating OU players. It's not that Lazard is being coached better than other players on our team, he just matches up. Same with Lanning and Thomas being able to run the ball better than Warren yesterday, they're not getting coached better than Warren, they were simply able to combat the onslaught of OU defenders a little better because of their size.
True, and I know Lanning throws the ball harder than Sam, but these are d-1 receivers that shouldn't be dropping this many passes. Considering our o-line and run game was getting crushed, I thought Lanning played pretty well. I wasnt' surprised that we got beat, but I was disappointed especially in the defense as I thought we had turned the corner a little and would be more competitive.
They will have their chance to prove how good they are as the meat of their schedule is coming up.
I disagree that Thomas and Lanning were not more successful than Warren because they were more physical. Warren had zero chance. OU was absolutely going to not let him get yards and run blitzed on every down in was in there. Thomas had a couple nice runs where he go down field 4-5 yards before anyone touched him. He wasn't running faster, harder or better. He just didn't have 7 guys gunning for him. The biggest mistake the coaches made was not running Lanning a lot more, and rolling him out more to counter the determination to stop Warren.
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