The good, the not so good

caryhorn

caryhorn

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I was very pleased with the win. All wins are gooood.

My favorite things:

1. The first half offense that scored 28.
Colt started hot and stayed hot the first half.
Fozzy showed a gear that our other runners don't have.
(I still want to see more of Cody J. though. I just love watching him run over and through linebackers and safeties.)

2. The second half defense.
Made smart adjustments.
Pitched a shutout in the last 2 quarters.
Capitalized on turnovers.
Great special team play.

The not so good.

1. The second half offense.
Dumb turnovers, especially Colt's poor decision and poor throw that led to being intercepted in the UTEP end zone.
Colt seemed to lose his poise the rest of the way in the 3rd quarter.
To his credit, he seemed to recover in the 4th quarter, and put the game away.

2. Greg Davis' play calling gave up on the run too quickly. Our O line was dominant and could have worn UTEP down.
With our stable of backs we can throw fresh legs at defenses the whole game.

3. Did not utilize Chiles. I did not expect him to play QB while the game was in question, but this kid has got to be in the game plan. His talent needs to be on the field at least 20-25 plays.

Davis and major have got to figure out how to use this kid, and fast.
 
Our inability to run stemmed from the facts that:
A. We didn't have to run to beat the crap out of them.
B. Fozzy is still coming off of an injury, and why risk making it worse?
C. McGee still prefers running lanes with ginormous amounts of contact, rather than cutbacks.
D. Ogbonnaya is still Ogbonnaya.

I honestly think the coaches are waiting until Tanner and Fozzy are 100 percent before using the run as our first option.
 
I agree that we probably should have gone to the run more, especially in the second half. I also agree with your excitement about Fozzy - he was the best running back we had last night.

No offense to you, any other poster on this board or even John Chiles himself, but I'm getting flat out tired of hearing about him. There's been more talk about this guy than any player on our team for the past year and a half and that's a shame, considering how well so many of our other players have performed.

The most important issue our offense has to work on right now is establishing a solid and consistent running game from our running backs. If one of or a combo of Fozzy, Vondrell, Cody and Chris O can't be consistently productive against OU's defense, we will lose that game. What John Chiles does on Oct 11 will be of much less importance to the outcome.

I'd also rank the continued development of Malcolm Williams, Dan Buckner, Brandon Collins, James Kirkendoll and Blaine Irby as much more important to this team than the John Chiles package.

And of course, games are won and lost by the lines, so how the Oline continues to progress (or regress) will determine the fate of our offense.

Colt will be Colt. He's one of the top 10 QB's in the nation.

Not trying to take anything away from Chiles, because he can certainly contribute to the team and is a hell of an athlete, but is nowhere near the most important piece of the puzzle.
 
First, I blame Colt for the pick. Williams (or whoever that was) got jammed on the line, when that happens you can't still throw the fade. You have to make sure that the WR gets off cleanly, if not you don't throw the ball.

Secondly, I don't agree with the running assesment. When you have three backs that need to work out their game you run the damn ball. We need to get these guys into a good grove. I know that the WRs also need to get some reps but lets make it a little more balanced. How can the coaches really make game evalutions when the RBs get so few carries a piece?
 
Dumb turnovers, especially Colt's poor decision and poor throw that led to being intercepted in the UTEP end zone.

Have to lay some of that blame on the receiver not getting off the line..
 
Sorry for the mispeak. I meant dumb "turnover." Specifically, the int in the UTEP end zone. Yes, the receiver was a little jammed at the line, but Colt has to read that the receiver is covered. He made a very bad decision to throw the ball there.

We were only ahead by two scores then, and our team lost momentum that lasted the entire 3rh quarter.

colt is human, he will make mistakes. That was a big one though, and I hope he choses to throw the ball away in future similar situations.

Colt recovered in the 4th quarter and got his mojo back. To his credit. Yea Colt!!
 
Buckner pitty patted with the CB, tried to give a double move and a headfake on a freakin fade route, less than 15 yards from the endzone... A qb doesn't always have time to sit and watch his WR to make sure he gets off the line. Buckner had about four or five inches on the CB. All he had to do was get to the endzone and jump for the ball. Colt did what a QB does 90% of the time which is "throw the ball where the WR is supposed to be", but Buckner failed to get there by no fault of Colt. I'll chalk it up to a rookie mistake on Buck's part and move on.
 
Looked like to me that the interception was more the receivers fault. He got jammed at the line abd never got out on his route. And it looks like alll the talk about Chiles being a weapon was just that.
 
The INT was on Buckner. Colt lets go of that ball before he realizes the WR is going to be tangled up too long. If that is Shipley or Cosby, thats a TD.
 
Probably Buckner's fault. (Colt was trying to talk to him on the sideline afterward, and Buckner was just walking away.) In any event, I am most excited about Buckner. I think he's going to be the next guy at WR.
 
I fault Buckner as well - yes, he got jammed, but the problem was he was kind of trying to jam the guy back and go straight through the guy instead of attempting to get past him. Freshman playing his 2nd game ever; it happens. He'll learn.
 
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