Recruiting Football Talk VIII

#36,479
#36,479
drvenner said:
I mean, even our victory formation is from the shotgun. If Nico put his hands under Cooper's butt, he might get slapped for it.
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That poster was seriously arguing that with 2 shaky, back-up tackles vs a great defense our strategy on offense should be to throw the ball more than run the ball?!?! You can't even make this stuff up. Being football illiterate is an epidemic.

I imagine it's similar to what I would sound like if I watched a ballet and then started talking about the technical mistakes during the performance.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
My boss had a cookout tonight. So I just finished watching the game on recording. Our defense is ELITE. But I’m a bit concerned about the offense now. That was bad.
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Eh the field conditions were ass, we were rag-tag on the bookends of the OL and the first big road test with a young QB. I think we will look sharp at Arkansas. Also had a couple more near-big plays (one negated by a penalty) that would be another 7-10 points. OU has a really solid D.
 
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VolAroundTheWorld said:
You saw the play calling. I’m not saying just because we are in the shotgun we should pass more. We run everything out of the shotgun. They had their ears pinned back and we ran it strait into it
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And the clock ticked. We had zero turnovers doing that. They did not have plus field position which forced them to have to sustain drives just to get into scoring position. And we still picked up some first downs. Had 3 opportunities for explosive plays that were missed (1 running, 2 passing).

It seems like a fruitless discussion. You do not seem to understand any nuance to the game of football.
 
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therickbol said:
And the clock ticked. We had zero turnovers doing that. They did not have plus field position which forced them to have to sustain drives just to get into scoring position. And we still picked up some first downs. Had 3 opportunities for explosive plays that were missed (1 running, 2 passing).

It seems like a fruitless discussion. You do not seem to understand any nuance to the game of football.
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I’m nuance intolerant
 
#36,494
#36,494
Thoughts on the game:

1) It has to be said, the refs were atrocious. I know some hate to hear it, but the zebras obviously slanted the Sooners' way. Seemed like we could just look at them wrong and draw a flag. Meanwhile, I saw missed holding calls where they were grabbing our DL, I saw an uncalled facemask on Bishop, and I saw an uncalled PI on the Sooners. We got very few calls. I don't want preferential treatment, but goodness, call the game the same both ways.

2) Our defense is good. I mean really good. It makes me happy. DL and LBs are obviously the strength of our D, but our secondary doesn't suck. I'm on the verge of taking back every bad thing I've ever said about Willie Mo.

3) Our offense still has a ways to go. Nico has to protect the ball better. We need to get our OL healthy. When Campbell went out, you could see we were in trouble. It still bothers me that Elarbee has no one ready to fill the void. I see it as a failure in coaching, but I'm sure someone will get offended on his behalf over that remark. Compare our DL depth to our OL depth, and you will see a vast difference. Garner has his guys ready. Elarbee has the starters ready, but that's about it.

4) Heupel never really went for the kill. We won, and ultimately, that's all that matters, but I was hoping for more trickery and scoring. Is he saving it for Bama and Georgia? Was he taking it easy on his alma mater? There just weren't as many of the dynamic plays he has spoiled us with. But again, we won, and that's all that really matters.
 
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Weezer said:
Thoughts on the game:

1) It has to be said, the refs were atrocious. I know some hate to hear it, but the zebras obviously slanted the Sooners' way. Seemed like we could just look at them wrong and draw a flag. Meanwhile, I saw missed holding calls where they were grabbing our DL, I saw an uncalled facemask on Bishop, and I saw an uncalled PI on the Sooners. We got very few calls. I don't want preferential treatment, but goodness, call the game the same both ways.

2) Our defense is good. I mean really good. It makes me happy. DL and LBs are obviously the strength of our D, but our secondary doesn't suck. I'm on the verge of taking back every bad thing I've ever said about Willie Mo.

3) Our offense still has a ways to go. Nico has to protect the ball better. We need to get our OL healthy. When Campbell went out, you could see we were in trouble. It still bothers me that Elarbee has no one ready to fill the void. I see it as a failure in coaching, but I'm sure someone will get offended on his behalf over that remark. Compare our DL depth to our OL depth, and you will see a vast difference. Garner has his guys ready. Elarbee has the starters ready, but that's about it.

4) Heupel never really went for the kill. We won, and ultimately, that's all that matters, but I was hoping for more trickery and scoring. Is he saving it for Bama and Georgia? Was he taking it easy on his alma mater? There just weren't as many of the dynamic plays he has spoiled us with. But again, we won, and that's all that really matters.
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Well nobody could ever question your football IQ
 
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