Tulsa watched 2nd time

[enisthemenace]

I can relate. I still have my "Next Year is Here" t-shirt . . . from 1984! :twitcy:

Ugh...Leon Durham (Bill Buckner before Buckner was Buckner) and Steve Garvey. As a 6 year old, 1984 taught me a lot about life.

Sorry...back on track.

 

[Omaha Cy]

I think SR has accuracy issues. Shontrelle was open out of the backfield, SR was rolling to his right. the floater he threw to Shontrelle was awful.

I could see a really big gain if Shontrelle could get his hands on it. Definitely a missed opportunity. Shontrelle dances too much in the backfield, but he would have gotten a great opportunity for shake and bake in the open field there.

I'll say this about Sam's accuracy....its nice to have him a little off and he's still at about 62% on completions. WR's are finally hauling in passes that don't need to hit them square in the numbers.

 

[megamanxzero35]

Only got to watch the 4th but I thought I heard Tulsa had 3 walk ons playing in the secondary 2 deep. If we were able to pass, I'd rather be getting game reps of that.

 

[CycloneErik]

I read this, and I couldn't help but think about how many times fans have complained about CPR (or McCarney) "playing not to lose", rather than "playing to win". Frankly, I was kinda pleased that they kept on attacking, rather than playing it safe. Seeing them put it into the end zone at the end was good, too.

I agree. Go for the kill.

 

[AuH2O]

One simple thing that I think we really need to work on is the ball fake. Often our RB is a yard away from Sam and when we bring the slot across their timing and position is still off. This doesn't include the couple of times where they turned or went to the wrong side. Cleaning this up is simple but makes the offense more effective.

I first noticed this in the Iowa game, mainly due to the contrast. Iowa was incredibly sharp in their fakes and play action and sold it well. ISUs were terribly sloppy, to the point I thought PA and fake handoffs served no purpose other than slowing the development of the play down.

 

[AWOL2000]

I read this, and I couldn't help but think about how many times fans have complained about CPR (or McCarney) "playing not to lose", rather than "playing to win". Frankly, I was kinda pleased that they kept on attacking, rather than playing it safe. Seeing them put it into the end zone at the end was good, too.

maybe I'm not articulation my opinion well. I'm not against continuing to attack and playing to win. Running the ball doesn't mean your not playing to win necessarily. Keep running to the edges where we had been successful. I sure as heck didn't want them to start running dives and draws. I'm good with taking shots down the field in that situation also. I just thought we were a better running team in this game than we were a short passing team. In another game situation where our running isnt as strong I would feel differently possibly. With a gimpy QB whose accuracy wasn't great that night I'd rather do it a little different. But ultimately we won so I'm not unhappy about the outcome and I think everyone can agree that's what counts.

 

[heitclone]

Not sure I agree with this. There have been times before where we have ran the ball to try to run out the clock, but instead, we just get stuffed, and have a lot of 3 and outs. The only reason that the running game was as effective as it was, was because Tulsa was forced to respect the passing game. Wimberly wasn't getting 4-5 yards every carry. Instead, he usually had 2-3 yard carries, and would break out a bigger one every few carries.

Agree, passing opened up the running game. I've watched Wimberly at IWCC a lot and that's kind of the way he runs. I honestly think he lacks a bit of strength, its like he plays smaller than he is, if that makes sense. In juco he was a pure home run hitter, right now, I don't think hes a back you can pound at people for chunks of yards, but he is always a threat to bust a big run. IMO he's one of more explosive backs we've had here in awhile, he'll be a lot of fun to watch the next couple years.