horns vs rice 2023

Horns11 said:
There's something to be said for "it was Rice and we were just dicking around," especially considering how well the offense moved in the 3rd quarter. And I don't remember being super-impressed with the ULM game right before Bama last year (24-3 at the half isn't that much better than 16-3).

I'm most concerned with three things, and they're all on the offensive side of the ball:
1. Ewers' accuracy on the long throws (which was effing incredible in the limited time before he got hurt against Bama).
2. The OL's lack of communication and picking up the wrong guy on many plays.
3. None of the backs really need to be accounted for before a "set piece" style of defensive play. Rice was free to run successful stunts and blitzes because there was no Bijan/Roschon back there to give them fits if they ignored him.

The only horrible defensive play was Gbenda staring into the backfield while his zone responsibility jogged by him for their biggest gainer of the afternoon. I'm thinking we'll see a bit more of the freshman backups against Bama.
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in gbenda's defense its not easy to defend a receiver coming full speed across from the other side of the field even if he does see him. Meanwhile, his eyes are in the backfield. His head has to be on a swivel.
 
i was wondering about something. please chime in if you have an opinion.
It seems that Ewers gets antsy when he feels the frontline pocket collapsing back on him. Then he wants get rid of the ball quickly, maybe too quickly. So i wonder if he needs to take a deeper dropback to pass.
 
Ewers didn’t make stupid errors for the most part.
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Agreed. And his read on "run for it when there's a wide open gap" was much improved - last year he passed up several opportunities to gain 10-15 easy yards in favor of making a tough throw or even tossing it out of bounds for safety.

Yeah, it was just Rice, but a huge friggin space on the field with no defenders is a huge space, no matter who you're playing, and you either recognize it or don't. Last year he often didn't. This game, he did so quickly and decisively.

He shot putted a couple of passes, out of necessity of getting rid of the ball with a defender right on him.
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OL was definitely shaky but the imminent pressure wasn't so bad as to excuse missing all those. Yeah, nobody hits them all, but did we even hit 1 of the downfield ones?

(which was effing incredible in the limited time before he got hurt against Bama).
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I think this has gotten a little overblown over the past year. He only played 2 drives. He looked good in those two, but we've started extrapolating too much - yeah if he played every single drive like he played his best 2 of the year, he'd look like Joe Montanaburrow; and if Case played every game like he did in those big throws against OU in 2013 he'd have been Colt McApplesimms.

being a former receiver; Brooks didnt have his hands right to catch the ball. He still could have caught it. But we've all had drops. Hope he takes the time to understand how and why he missed that catch.
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Reminded me a ton of Keontay's 4th down drop against LSU; thankfully this one was in a much lower-stakes situation.
 
WorsterMan said:
Perhaps someone else responded. I'm no coaching genius, but the man in motion could do one or two things.

He may pull a defender off the side of the line / field we want to run or pass to.

Second, the QB could make a quick handoff to him and fake to the running back. You could do this to the TE side so you have an extra blocker.

Whitt as man in motion could be an extra blocker or take a handoff and be effective running the ball.

Man in motion might be setting up a play you want to run that game or vs. Bama next week!

Just my .02
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I also think the man in motion gives the offense a better read on whether the D is playing zone or man to man. Not always accurate but it can be an indication.
 
I'll do my best not to blow the Neyor horn too much this season since I know him but I do believe his size and strength could help QE as a big target for the intermediate passes we all want to see. That rocket ball slant he caught from Murphy would be a nice route for QE and would also open up some things for Worthy and the other receivers.
 
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LHABSOB said:
I'll do my best not to blow the Neyor horn too much this season since I know him but I do believe his size and strength could help QE as a big target for the intermediate passes we all want to see. That rocket ball slant he caught from Murphy would he a nice route for QE and would also open up some things for Worthy and the other receivers.
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Agree. Neyor should play over Mitchell until the opponent’s 25 years line. Then put in Mitchell.
 
mchammer said:
Agree. Neyor should play over Mitchell until the opponent’s 25 years line. Then put in Mitchell.
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They both will probably be playing in the NFL before 25 years, but you never know.:smile1: But I'll be very happy to see Neyor over Mitchell if Mitchell just stands idle again and watches a defender run right past him on a critical 4th down try. And that wasn't the only lack of effort blocking.
 
Just saw the game reply after watching the game live at DKR-TMS. My updated thoughts:
  • Ewers played better as the game went on. Still missing the deep throw (with or without pressure).
  • Ewers quarterback draw needs to be in the playbook as teams try to force a pass rush.
  • The dropped TD pass and other 1st half miscues marred an otherwise good 1st half. The 3 TD’s in the 3Q was more representative of the game in my opinion.
  • Curious how the team will perform in 4th quarter in more competitive games given our D depth. This could the team’s super power this year.
  • Worthy is going to have a monster year.
  • Blue ran really well.
  • Using 2 TE helps solve the issue of miscommunication at the offensive line since you have redundancy. Since no one can cover Worthy, I think you use it for every critical 3rd down or 4th and short play.
  • The Bama game will be close because of D, FG, Punter, etc. If Texas wins, it will be due to 4th quarter defense, and the Texas offense breaking through.
 
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Sounds as though I’m going for insignificant but I liked how. Red picked the ball up and did not panic after Malik’s fumble from center. Instead of falling on ball or panicking he handled the situation very deftly I thought. I would like to see what he can do with more opportunities. I also thought K Robinson showed some tenacity and determination. We’ve got some good backs Sark needs to find the best usage out of all of them. Can he? Dunno.
 
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Pomspoms said:
in gbenda's defense its not easy to defend a receiver coming full speed across from the other side of the field even if he does see him. Meanwhile, his eyes are in the backfield. His head has to be on a swivel.
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Agree, shouldn’t someone checked the receiver at the line of scrimmage? Gbenda was also the leading tackler in the game
 
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MC,

Any kid 6'3" with 4.4 speed and a 46" vertical should always be on the field inside the opponents 30 especially against midget DBs
 
He didn't give it up by being physically beaten, he was passing the guy off to a lineman who wasn't there. The sack was due to bad miscommunication, not bad physical technique.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
He didn't give it up by being physically beaten, he was passing the guy off to a lineman who wasn't there. The sack was due to bad miscommunication, not bad physical technique.
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As I watched it again, maybe Banks should have stayed with him as there was no other defender on that side of the line, but 76 inexplicably left his gap and wandered over to his right, turning his back completely to Banks, and doing nothing. Maybe he thought Banks had engaged and would do what Banks does and stonewall the defender without any help, which he rarely needs. That sack being attributed to Banks is like a qb charged with an interception when the pass hits the receiver in the hands and the receiver fumbles it up in the air for the db to catch it.
 
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I’m surprised to have not heard anything from Sark regarding that play as it is clearly a miscommunication/read by the left side of the OL. On second thought I guess he’d need to point out a failure in a player and I do not see him doing that, understandably so.
I would have complete confidence that the rusher would never have gotten through if Banks took him on straight up.
 
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