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Chop,

You can post nebulous articles (please refrain from using Athlon for anything except for a try at humor) til hell freezes over. We have a quality OL with two outstanding AA candidates. For the first time in eons, we have QBs that can READ a defense and can scramble if necessary. Jones was our weak link for three years, and he has been replaced with another "weakest link". The kid is improving, but he has plenty of room for improvement. That wasn't a top 50 defense we saw across the line of scrimmage Saturday afternoon, nor have we seen one this side of Ann Arbor this year.

Now I have to go throw up again thinking a regular poster on this board would use Athlon as a source.

Hook em
 
Chop said:
Meet the Outland Trophy Player of the Week: Jake Majors
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IMHO, our best Center since L. Sendlein. Maybe even better than Sendlein. Majors isn't necessarily a "blow them off the line 3 yards most plays" sort of center. Just a really, really good blocker.
 
Chop,

For once, I think you understated Majors' value and ability. I DO think he is and will be better than Sendlein; however, Majors isn't yet the "enforcer" that Sendlein was.
 
SabreHorn said:
Chop,

For once, I think you understated Majors' value and ability. I DO think he is and will be better than Sendlein; however, Majors isn't yet the "enforcer" that Sendlein was.
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Yeah. I think Majors is probably the better overall blocker, definitely the better technician. But Sendlein (and his teammate next to him Kasey Studdard) were just mean, mean dudes on the field. They would often maul the opposition.

Not that Majors doesn't get his share of 2 yard surges and pancakes either.
 
Chop said:
IMHO, our best Center since L. Sendlein. Maybe even better than Sendlein. Majors isn't necessarily a "blow them off the line 3 yards most plays" sort of center. Just a really, really good blocker.
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It is hard to exaggerate how hard it is to snap on to shotgun placed QB and pull around tackle. Real footwork and bull strength plus agility.
 
Not completely dominant over OU, but the OL got the job done. Quinn had time to throw. We also moved the chains when it counted.
 
Chop said:
Not completely dominant over OU, but the OL got the job done. Quinn had time to throw. We also moved the chains when it counted.
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Really? Sacked on play 1 of the game, running for his life much of the game after that. I guess I watched a different game than you did.

I think the "sports media" just parroted that ou had a good defense because, well, heck, they usually do, so they must have a good one this year. Right?

Wrong.
 
406 total yards of offense and 34 points. That's not dominant, but it's good. Wisner rushed for over 100 yards.

OU sacked Ewers one time. Our defense had 6 sacks on OU. Quinn had more than a few times when he could camp out in the pocket.

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OU is not good. They came out with the usual 100x higher fire and passion than Texas. Texas's talent overcame it. But, Texas should have scored 50+ on these clowns. They didn't.

I'm happy Texas won, and a 31 point win against OU is always great. But, Texas doesn't have many years where they should throttle OU beyond belief like Stoops did to Texas 4 times. This was one of those years. Texas didn't do it.

Great win, but sunshine pumping is just that. Struggled early against both Miss. State and OU. Not good. Should win all the remaining games, but slow starts are unacceptable and need to be fixed.
 
If you don't get your butt stomped to the curb on occasion, you're not playing good competition.
 
Sark got a little "deer in headlights" in terms of what to do with the OL last Saturday. I'd like to think that heading into Nashville, against a team that gives up 5.62 ypp, we'll have a little bit more smooth sailing, especially Banks and Majors.

I'm concerned about the right side of the line. Between Williams' inability to not pick up penalties and the relative health of Campbell and Hutson, we haven't been great there.
 
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This one may be closer to the truth:

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I call BS on Michigan being ranked ahead of UT. We put serious butt hurt on their offensive line and their offense the whole game. And we were rotating lots of 2's and 3's throughout the game. And I will have to see it to believe that ole miss has a better O line than the Horns.
 
caryhorn said:
I call BS on Michigan being ranked ahead of UT. We put serious butt hurt on their offensive line and their offense the whole game. And we were rotating lots of 2's and 3's throughout the game. And I will have to see it to believe that ole miss has a better O line than the Horns.
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I think this might just be a function of "who gets drafted" versus actual strengths of complete units.

I don't believe Michigan's OL was poor against us. Neither of the interceptions were because of pressure. They abandoned the run when they got behind even though they had a couple of decent gains. They gave up the 1 Simmons sack and beyond Guilbeau's TFL in the flats, there was only 1 other total TFL combined by Gbenda and Hill. I think Michigan's skill positions players really are that bad.
 
While I believe that the talent and skill sets are there, any superlatives that had been bestowed on this unit prior to last Saturday need to be reassessed. The unit can be elite, but they were certainly exposed against Georgia. And frankly, they may not be tested again until November 30th at College Station.

I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t add that the quarterback and the OL must function together, and that the OL received zero support from the quarterback position last Saturday.
 
dukesteer said:
I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t add that the quarterback and the OL must function together, and that the OL received zero support from the quarterback position last Saturday.
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Couldn't agree more. On pass plays the ball MUST be out of the QB's hand within 3 seconds. Quinn has held the ball too long all season & Sat it bit him (& everybody else) in the butt.
 
I noticed someone comes in untouched a few times per game. I know we can’t always account for all rushers, but that’s the game O vs D game. Gotta figure it out.
 
Serious question, why can we not run the ball? I recollect Sark say we are a running team - ha - was he joking? I mean did we break a 100 today? It was Vanderbilt ya know.
 
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