The game result was very much like a result of a chess game. If you know the game of chess there are bad move and good moves.
Lincoln bringing in williams was, no doubt, the best move of the game. That was the turning point, very similar to us bringing in thompson in the colorado game though i think we had the lead at halftime. Seems like everything williams did turned to gold.
And Sark got away from attacking the edges in the second half which allowed OK's defense to bow up. That was a bad move.
Bringing the ball out of the end zone on a kickoff is high risk low reward. Worthy's fumble was huge! (Starting at the 25 is perfectly acceptable). Other than that he had terrific game. ( his first catch was a lateral which should go for run yardage rather than pass yardage for a td. I don't think the stats reflect that).
We needed to get the ball into Bijan's hands out on the edge rather than the middle ( second half).
AND WE STILL UNDER UTILIZE K ROBINSON BECAUSE THE DEFENSE WOULD HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS BREAK AWAY SPEED ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS THE BALL ON THE OUTSIDE. THAT'S ANOTHER BAD MOVE.
I am disappointed that Sark let off the gas at the end of the first half. He squandered time that could have been used for a couple of end zone throws.
But mainly our defense lost this game. I don't know why defensive linemen (or anyone else for that matter) have to engage o-linemen dead in the middle of the body. When i played football i always attacked the edge of the blocker's body if i wanted to get around him. I would either bullrush his edge or step to one edge then quickly cross over and attack the other edge which would have his weight shifted to the first edge. I was very hard to block according to my teammates. I just didn't like playing around with blockers. That was always my mindset.
I can't stand to see a ball carrier run by our tackler while he is engaging a blocker. His job is to make the tackle not to play patty cake with the blocker.
The Sooners deserve credit for making big plays out of nothing sometimes. And they deserve credit for the win coming out of halftime down 18 points.
Well Riley had a few more better moves and a few less bad moves than Sark. That's how you win at chess or on the battlefield.
Lincoln bringing in williams was, no doubt, the best move of the game. That was the turning point, very similar to us bringing in thompson in the colorado game though i think we had the lead at halftime. Seems like everything williams did turned to gold.
And Sark got away from attacking the edges in the second half which allowed OK's defense to bow up. That was a bad move.
Bringing the ball out of the end zone on a kickoff is high risk low reward. Worthy's fumble was huge! (Starting at the 25 is perfectly acceptable). Other than that he had terrific game. ( his first catch was a lateral which should go for run yardage rather than pass yardage for a td. I don't think the stats reflect that).
We needed to get the ball into Bijan's hands out on the edge rather than the middle ( second half).
AND WE STILL UNDER UTILIZE K ROBINSON BECAUSE THE DEFENSE WOULD HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS BREAK AWAY SPEED ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS THE BALL ON THE OUTSIDE. THAT'S ANOTHER BAD MOVE.
I am disappointed that Sark let off the gas at the end of the first half. He squandered time that could have been used for a couple of end zone throws.
But mainly our defense lost this game. I don't know why defensive linemen (or anyone else for that matter) have to engage o-linemen dead in the middle of the body. When i played football i always attacked the edge of the blocker's body if i wanted to get around him. I would either bullrush his edge or step to one edge then quickly cross over and attack the other edge which would have his weight shifted to the first edge. I was very hard to block according to my teammates. I just didn't like playing around with blockers. That was always my mindset.
I can't stand to see a ball carrier run by our tackler while he is engaging a blocker. His job is to make the tackle not to play patty cake with the blocker.
The Sooners deserve credit for making big plays out of nothing sometimes. And they deserve credit for the win coming out of halftime down 18 points.
Well Riley had a few more better moves and a few less bad moves than Sark. That's how you win at chess or on the battlefield.
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