I think they could be more inventive but they are obviously trying to set up a pass from that at some point. Probably keys on a single player and up until now it just hasn't been there.
OU postgame thread
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I sat on my thoughts for a day and I still feel the same.
1. For having one of the supposedly top defensive backfields in the conference...they were picked to pieces. Poor coverages and even worse tackling.
2. The running game is unimaginative and the blocking no better than last year.
3. Noland made passes yesterday that Kempt couldn’t have made. He was very impressive.
4. Dropped passes in the first half hurt.
5. Game changer was the touchdown at the end of the first half.
6. The OU QB doesn’t like contact. He potentially could hurt his team in a critical situation if he continues that. He’s elusive and scary.
7. Depth on the d-line is making a big difference there.
Finally...Akron beat a decent Northwestern team. We need to get them down and keep them down.
1. For having one of the supposedly top defensive backfields in the conference...they were picked to pieces. Poor coverages and even worse tackling.
2. The running game is unimaginative and the blocking no better than last year.
3. Noland made passes yesterday that Kempt couldn’t have made. He was very impressive.
4. Dropped passes in the first half hurt.
5. Game changer was the touchdown at the end of the first half.
6. The OU QB doesn’t like contact. He potentially could hurt his team in a critical situation if he continues that. He’s elusive and scary.
7. Depth on the d-line is making a big difference there.
Finally...Akron beat a decent Northwestern team. We need to get them down and keep them down.
Not sure if I've seen this...corners are veterans but safeties are new and hadn't seen a good QB until yesterday. Unfortunately that was their learning session.
Agreed on the tackling all around though. Also coverage where Harvey's turned around running deep and no safety in sight but I couldn't tell if they were ran off.
I agree with 2-7, but we supposedly have one of the top defensive backfields in the conference? With two new starters at safety?
Regardless, it’s very possible for that to be true and to still struggle against OU.
The run game is unimaginative, but imo once Newell gets time a center and we invest in Noland, it’ll be better than last year.
Like all men. Sooner or later, a woman will enter the picture, at the most in opportune time, and (most) all will be lost.
Pssst. It is still only the second game. I’m willing to give it more of a chance when they start using the other wrinkles you can run out of it.
Sutton’s fumble should not have been overturned. Ball was coming loose before knee or elbow down. Surely nothing definitive enough to overturn call, which was fumble. Blown replay. Would have been Big turning point.
I’m still not on board with the wildcat. The amount of time practicing it could be spent more on our other stuff in general & I believe DM & whole unit is not confident in it. Plus, when we were running it late it was without Knipfel. Was very poorly blocked.
Rest was what it was. We did not play our best or completely lights out, yet we were in it.
I’m still not on board with the wildcat. The amount of time practicing it could be spent more on our other stuff in general & I believe DM & whole unit is not confident in it. Plus, when we were running it late it was without Knipfel. Was very poorly blocked.
Rest was what it was. We did not play our best or completely lights out, yet we were in it.
I disagree. The ball looked pretty secure until he hit the ground.
Have DirecTV & with DVR I can freeze where it appears ball is starting to come loose & there is space between ground & leg/elbow. Call on the field was fumble & video has to show 100%. My opinion is the video did not prove definitively that he was down. Those cases go with call on field, at least by rule. To me video simply wasn’t 100%
I was okay with the wildcat vs Iowa on that first drive because the obvious intention was to have DM run right after he was hiked the ball. I have mentioned this in another post, but the problem in that Iowa game was the horrid high snap. I guarantee that DM would have made it in the endzone if frikin' JGJ would STOP hiking the ball a mile high on the one yard line (did it in the Liberty Bowl and cost us the game clinching TD). Against OU, the wildcat had too much delay after DM was hiked the ball. Our OL does not seem to do too well the longer they have to keep their blocks (against good D-lines).
Honestly, my first thought was "that guy is going to be playing in the NFL next year". I'd love to have him for one more, but I don't think that's likely.
I knew this was a lie when I saw them get burned by a post route against Iowa. No juke, no shimmy shake, no R2 Speed Burst. Just a post route. Being said though, OU has incredible talent.
Agreed. I noticed a few passes on screens where it was low and it threw off the timing of the whole play and it got blown up.
With that said he did a great job 85% of the time. Also the snapping was god awful in this game. He was picking it up off the ground half of the time.
It is crazy how the yardage was so close to last year including the split between running and passing.
There were some pretty poor snaps again on Saturday and I'm pretty sure it was when JGJ was outside and Newell was at center. Every time has a bad snap now and again, and tOSU's stud center was snapping the ball all over the place Saturday night, but I wish we could get that figured out. Our margin for error is not enough that we can afford to have so much of our timing thrown off like that.
If he becomes a legit NFL prospect ISU should be in for another fun season.
His Iowa game was not great and it showed in some crucial situations.
