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Mistakes. . .
Last week it was execution, this week's one word summation . .. .mistakes. . .
And what an alternate universe I woke up in Sat morning. . . . TEXAS OU was not the "biggest game" in the state, that would be a match up of Top 10 Baylor vs Top 10 TCU. . . . .The Egg Bowl is shaping up to be the biggest game of the year. . . .you don't know what the egg bowl is? No worries, no one else does either. . .that is the year end match up between Ole Miss and Miss State. . .a game that normally only half the CFB fans in Miss give a flip about, much less the biggest game of the season in CFB. This morning? Should be no worse than #1 Miss St and #3 Ole Miss. . . . BIZZARO .
Back to TEXAS and Stop with the goofy finger pointing (I don't even need to look at the thread titles anymore). . . there is simply no excuse, top to bottom for losing this game. . . .and spare me the moral victory .. we made progress BS. . . .this was our game to win. . . CFS' signature win. We absolutely dominated this game, not unlike last year. . .we are flat out a better team.
But we cannot get out of our own way. Couple of seniors and a soon to be high NFL draft pick junior flat played their hearts out. Malcom Brown squared, the DT continues his All American season. . .the RB showed why he is the starter. . . Jordan Hicks, Steve Edmond with his best game yet, John Harris (though he had a brain dead penalty). . .Jaxson Shipley, Quandre Diggs Ced Reed.
You guys got hosed. You should have an OU win for your senior year.
What can you say about the defense, easily the best in the Big XII. You held OU to 17 points . .. you played more than well enough to win. . . .held OU to 1 for 11 on 3rd downs? Mind bottling good. Frankly only one really bad play where Diggs and MT lost coverage .. . . more importantly, defense limited OU to 50 plays .. .you got off the field and gave the O a chance to win it.
TEXAS won the yardage battle, out gaining OU by 250 yards. .. TEXAS held OU to a 1 for 11 3rd down conversion rate. . .those two stats alone say bet the house on TEXAS. . ..which did easily cover the 14.5 spread.
We saw both sides of Tyronne Swoopes. . . .27 of 44 334 yards 2 TDs but a pick 6 (so 3 TDs) gained another 50 yards on the ground with some very timely rushes + another TD. . .damn fine day.
we saw the potential start to be realized. #1 thing I saw was a kid just start to relax and play. This week when he scrambled or felt pressure, he kept his eyes up and turned that into a couple of amazing/Tony Romo style plays. He executed his runs better too.. . no hesitation make a decision and go with it. The flip side of the coin, he's still WAY too late getting the ball out of his hands on passing plays. He has no one but himself to blame for the pick 6 . . .excellent play, if the ball is thrown on time, likely completion. Now he did have plays where his WRs failed to secure catches but he didn't let that rattle him and continued to play hard. But on the next to last play, we saw the youngster, he scrambles for a 1st down but with time the most important issue, he tried to run out of bounds instead of just sliding. . .doubt it would have mattered but an example of being on the wrong side of the learning curve. Weight all the pros and cons, TS with a great day. . .
Offensive line play was MUCH MUCH better this week. This might be the 1st RRWar game in the 100 year+ history of the series where the team with the higher rushing total failed to win. . .we outgained OU 175 to 103 .. .out passed them 334 to 129.
So reading those stats. .. .how could we possibly lose?
Let's start with dumb penalties, 11 of them. 2 of them back to back (delay of game then false start). . .I didn't count but think we had 5 or 6 false starts. We had 3 or 4 dropped passes, couple of them were in part because TS was late with his passes giving DBs a chance to make a play. TS' INT was a late thrown ball allowing teh DB to jump the route. We had to burn 2 timeouts that would come back to haunt us late in the game.
Special teams continues to plague CFS. TD return. . .not unlike the punt block TD vs Baylor .. .set the tone for the game. Don't know what to say here, 2 weeks in a row a key negative.
The old adage is coulda/shoulda/woulda . . . . .woulda was UCLA. . .if not for a play here or there ..we win. . . .Coulda was Baylor. . . we "coulda" won that game. . . .Shoulda is now OU. . . .this game was ours. . .spare me the moral victories. ..we aren't freaking aggies. . . . .this loss is 100% at our own feet.
Now I have not yet glanced at the board but I have no doubt some of our internet geniuses are ripping Shawn Watson for this horrid performance. . . .we put of 500 yards on what was supposedly the best D in teh BigXII and you are ripping the OC? The OC that clearly won the chess match with Mikey Stoops. . Mind bottling. .. . .mistake free? Nope, no one was (well the D. . .I think they missed 1 play out of 50. . .I'll take that average) . .. .
So here we are, 2-4, we need to go 4-2 the rest of the way if we want to go bowling and those extra practice reps are CRITICAL to this team .. . we should be no worse than 3-3 but reality is we are 2-4. . . .that's the bad news, good news. we are better than everyone of our next 6 opponents. . .yes, better than TCU. . . . No more excuses CFS. . . Watson has coached Swoopes up. . . Wick has your OL playing good enough to win. . . Les needs to work on WRs catching the ball but there is some talent there. This is the time where the X's and O's ability of an HC are not remotely as important as his ability to motivate his charges. This is where Mack excelled. . . .sorry, that's the bar, like it or not. What will CFS do? Will he build on this or will it get away from him? Cuz as much as you are better than the next 6 opponents, each one of them can beat you as well.
Big XII
#1 Baylor. . . ..they got a big hand from Patterson (wtf were you thinking not punting) and Crumbie . .. .you have the lead and instead of running the clock out you keep throwing????? Why I want no part of the air raid. . .you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 1st bowl eligible team in the BigXII, playoff hopes alive
#2
even though they still suck, need 1 win to go bowling, playoff hopes on life support
#3 KSU .. . .they move up cuz you cannot reward HC's that cost their teams wins. . .
#4
Okie Lite played down to KU's level
#5
going for it on 4th and 3 to give your opponent a short field? Worse, you have a mobile QB and you run a fade instead of a roll out, run pass option? Brain dead
#6
Nice come back win vs TT. . . .
#7
Moral victories are for Aggies. . .shoulda won don't count. . . need 4 of the next six to go bowling
#8 ISU Even though it was Toledo, they got the win
#9
Have to win out to go bowling. . . .KK's run of nailing sorority chicks is on life support. . . .
#10 KU they win out, they can go bowling .. . .who will be there new head man. . .
Next week for the Horns
Iowa State on deck for the Horns. This is a very real test of CFS' coaching. Team we should beat, can we get up off the mat knowing we gave this last one away.
PS, not sure how to embed a gif but open this. . . .the PERFECT form tackle, this is how it's done . .thank you Mr Hall . .
Last week it was execution, this week's one word summation . .. .mistakes. . .
And what an alternate universe I woke up in Sat morning. . . . TEXAS OU was not the "biggest game" in the state, that would be a match up of Top 10 Baylor vs Top 10 TCU. . . . .The Egg Bowl is shaping up to be the biggest game of the year. . . .you don't know what the egg bowl is? No worries, no one else does either. . .that is the year end match up between Ole Miss and Miss State. . .a game that normally only half the CFB fans in Miss give a flip about, much less the biggest game of the season in CFB. This morning? Should be no worse than #1 Miss St and #3 Ole Miss. . . . BIZZARO .
Back to TEXAS and Stop with the goofy finger pointing (I don't even need to look at the thread titles anymore). . . there is simply no excuse, top to bottom for losing this game. . . .and spare me the moral victory .. we made progress BS. . . .this was our game to win. . . CFS' signature win. We absolutely dominated this game, not unlike last year. . .we are flat out a better team.
But we cannot get out of our own way. Couple of seniors and a soon to be high NFL draft pick junior flat played their hearts out. Malcom Brown squared, the DT continues his All American season. . .the RB showed why he is the starter. . . Jordan Hicks, Steve Edmond with his best game yet, John Harris (though he had a brain dead penalty). . .Jaxson Shipley, Quandre Diggs Ced Reed.
You guys got hosed. You should have an OU win for your senior year.
What can you say about the defense, easily the best in the Big XII. You held OU to 17 points . .. you played more than well enough to win. . . .held OU to 1 for 11 on 3rd downs? Mind bottling good. Frankly only one really bad play where Diggs and MT lost coverage .. . . more importantly, defense limited OU to 50 plays .. .you got off the field and gave the O a chance to win it.
TEXAS won the yardage battle, out gaining OU by 250 yards. .. TEXAS held OU to a 1 for 11 3rd down conversion rate. . .those two stats alone say bet the house on TEXAS. . ..which did easily cover the 14.5 spread.
We saw both sides of Tyronne Swoopes. . . .27 of 44 334 yards 2 TDs but a pick 6 (so 3 TDs) gained another 50 yards on the ground with some very timely rushes + another TD. . .damn fine day.
we saw the potential start to be realized. #1 thing I saw was a kid just start to relax and play. This week when he scrambled or felt pressure, he kept his eyes up and turned that into a couple of amazing/Tony Romo style plays. He executed his runs better too.. . no hesitation make a decision and go with it. The flip side of the coin, he's still WAY too late getting the ball out of his hands on passing plays. He has no one but himself to blame for the pick 6 . . .excellent play, if the ball is thrown on time, likely completion. Now he did have plays where his WRs failed to secure catches but he didn't let that rattle him and continued to play hard. But on the next to last play, we saw the youngster, he scrambles for a 1st down but with time the most important issue, he tried to run out of bounds instead of just sliding. . .doubt it would have mattered but an example of being on the wrong side of the learning curve. Weight all the pros and cons, TS with a great day. . .
Offensive line play was MUCH MUCH better this week. This might be the 1st RRWar game in the 100 year+ history of the series where the team with the higher rushing total failed to win. . .we outgained OU 175 to 103 .. .out passed them 334 to 129.
So reading those stats. .. .how could we possibly lose?
Let's start with dumb penalties, 11 of them. 2 of them back to back (delay of game then false start). . .I didn't count but think we had 5 or 6 false starts. We had 3 or 4 dropped passes, couple of them were in part because TS was late with his passes giving DBs a chance to make a play. TS' INT was a late thrown ball allowing teh DB to jump the route. We had to burn 2 timeouts that would come back to haunt us late in the game.
Special teams continues to plague CFS. TD return. . .not unlike the punt block TD vs Baylor .. .set the tone for the game. Don't know what to say here, 2 weeks in a row a key negative.
The old adage is coulda/shoulda/woulda . . . . .woulda was UCLA. . .if not for a play here or there ..we win. . . .Coulda was Baylor. . . we "coulda" won that game. . . .Shoulda is now OU. . . .this game was ours. . .spare me the moral victories. ..we aren't freaking aggies. . . . .this loss is 100% at our own feet.
Now I have not yet glanced at the board but I have no doubt some of our internet geniuses are ripping Shawn Watson for this horrid performance. . . .we put of 500 yards on what was supposedly the best D in teh BigXII and you are ripping the OC? The OC that clearly won the chess match with Mikey Stoops. . Mind bottling. .. . .mistake free? Nope, no one was (well the D. . .I think they missed 1 play out of 50. . .I'll take that average) . .. .
So here we are, 2-4, we need to go 4-2 the rest of the way if we want to go bowling and those extra practice reps are CRITICAL to this team .. . we should be no worse than 3-3 but reality is we are 2-4. . . .that's the bad news, good news. we are better than everyone of our next 6 opponents. . .yes, better than TCU. . . . No more excuses CFS. . . Watson has coached Swoopes up. . . Wick has your OL playing good enough to win. . . Les needs to work on WRs catching the ball but there is some talent there. This is the time where the X's and O's ability of an HC are not remotely as important as his ability to motivate his charges. This is where Mack excelled. . . .sorry, that's the bar, like it or not. What will CFS do? Will he build on this or will it get away from him? Cuz as much as you are better than the next 6 opponents, each one of them can beat you as well.
Big XII
#1 Baylor. . . ..they got a big hand from Patterson (wtf were you thinking not punting) and Crumbie . .. .you have the lead and instead of running the clock out you keep throwing????? Why I want no part of the air raid. . .you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 1st bowl eligible team in the BigXII, playoff hopes alive
#2
#3 KSU .. . .they move up cuz you cannot reward HC's that cost their teams wins. . .
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8 ISU Even though it was Toledo, they got the win
#9
#10 KU they win out, they can go bowling .. . .who will be there new head man. . .
Next week for the Horns
Iowa State on deck for the Horns. This is a very real test of CFS' coaching. Team we should beat, can we get up off the mat knowing we gave this last one away.
PS, not sure how to embed a gif but open this. . . .the PERFECT form tackle, this is how it's done . .thank you Mr Hall . .
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