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Reading the threads on Sam, the OL and Stoops’ firing got me thinking about the style of offense and culture that Tom Herman is instilling at Texas and the recent trends in Big XII defenses. The top offenses in the conference have largely been spread passing attacks for years now and the defenses have clearly adapted to the offensive style. Most defenses now feature base Nickel with multiple fronts featuring quick (and usually undersized) edge rushers to add to the pass rush. Many of them are nominally LBs (usually SAM) but are the same size a run stopping SS used to be. TCU’s Wallow (215 lbs) is fairly typical of this trend as was OU’s Striker a few years back. The most extreme example is the Mountaineers’ Jovanni Stewart playing “SAM Linebacker” at 5’8” 191.
Until I started looking into this the quicker defenses were obvious but I had no idea how extreme the trend had become. And it’s hardly confined to the second level of the defense. The down linemen tend to be smaller and quicker for pass rushing purposes as well. Everybody has a 300 lb space eater playing the nose but the fronts have gotten lighter, in many cases by shifting to a 3-3-5 with what are effectively a small LB and a DB playing the edge when they present a 5 man front. Even teams that play 4 DL are using lighter players. TCU goes 240-260-302-235 across their line.
All of this has been done to counter the spread passing game and honor the coverage responsibilities it forces on a defense. But it’s not a great design against a power running attack complemented by an above average passing game. Big XII DCs have not really had to worry about that on a regular basis for years now. KSU has used this combination for decades but hasn’t had the talent to be a top team for a long time now. ISU is moving in this direction but again they are not a team that is going to force anyone to redesign their defense yet.
That brings us to Texas. The hard-nosed attitude and power running attack are the antithesis of the offenses that most Big XII defenses are currently designed to stop. Aggressive penetration will often just open up a cutback lane or leave a gap undefended. Stunting even more so. It’s really not good for the defense when both of the primary ball carriers for Texas are as big or bigger than the guys that are trying to set the edge and contain the outside zone runs, to say nothing of the blockers they are trying to shed just to get to the runner.
At this point I don’t think the OL is good enough to dominate and abuse any defense in the conference. There are still too many mistakes and a few weaknesses. But they are definitely moving in that direction and they are certainly good enough to punish anyone who plays a light box to double or zone our WRs. And with Sam running the ball 6 defenders is a light box against our 11 personnel sets. The OL is now good enough to force teams to take major risks in coverage to stop the running game and most teams won’t be able to stop the short yardage conversions even by doing that.
As the OL improves, I expect to see opponents distorting their existing defenses more and more to stop the Texas ground game. The problem they face is not just scheme but personnel. They’ve been training and recruiting to defend quick, subtle and fast passing offenses. Now they are looking down the barrel of an old school, smash mouth running offense and they have the wrong players to stop it. In the SEC where such offenses are common, 3 man lines often average close to 300 lbs across the front. One of the 4 LBs is usually a standup DE in the 260 lb range and most of the others go 230+.
Usually it pays off to go against the crowd. I like what Tom Herman is doing with both culture and scheme. And I especially like the dilemma that it puts DCs in all across the conference.
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5 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:
They also have an SEC pass rush....
Please. In the NC game, Bama had a grand total of ONE sack against a Colt-less Texas that was regularly forced into obvious passing situations. And that was against a Texas OL that allowed our QB to be repeatedly treated like a rag doll by BOTH Suh and the stumpy, white 1-tech lined up next to him.
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Prostate Awareness Month?
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“We're gonna be frustrated when things aren't going our way,” sophomore corner Tre Brown said when asked about Bolton. “It just happens. I understand why Buzzy was frustrated. Everyone was frustrated, but we need to calm ourselves down in those situations.”
Sounds like a self-centered, entitled front-runner to me. Exactly what you'd expect from the sort of mercenaries who would choose OU because they think they're always going to win and because it's supposed to be their ticket to fame and NFL riches.
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40 minutes ago, Longhorn Fever said:
Like THAT could ever happen...
As long as we're not trying to shock the nation...
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4 hours ago, Orange&White said:
Aren't there like three automatic ties in bowls that match SEC/Big12 teams? At some point the SEC is going to quit protecting the aggies and just slot the teams where they belong and let the chips fall. If the aggies have to go crying to the league office every December, perhaps they should have thought more about their choices.
That would certainly be true if it were just about protecting aggy. But if the real motive is to protect the inflated rep of the SECSEC then nothing will change until that plan becomes a liability.
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4 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:
I think we have learned the lesson that maybe it is a good idea to be patient with Freshman and Sophomore QBs.
Or not. Probably not.
The natural ADD of sports fans is has only been amplified by the instant feedback culture of social media. IOW I agree with probably not. At least not for long.
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11 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:
My point was simply that some people are taught from an early age to analyze every single minute detail and others just show up. Maybe Nick Saban likes to over analyze and be hypercritical because it works for him. Maybe it's how he was raised. Maybe he feels he owes his success to that. Maybe they're just wired differently than you. Maybe I was just responding to this:
must be the most miserable people in real life as I have no other explanation for those that find something to bitch about after a win let alone a W vs. OU.
It's all in the timing.
Constructive criticism can wait a few days until the victory celebration is done. To focus on the (few) flaws in the team's performance IMMEDIATELY after a big win says the poster is a glass 1% empty sort of person. They might even want everyone else to be as miserable as they are and so insist on not letting others enjoy a huge victory.
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21 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:
I heard a rumor that the new president at OU, Gallogly, responded to OU's version of BMDs getting in his ear by essentially ordering Riley to fire Stoops. This jibes with the news report I saw indicating that Gallogly was present at the meeting informing Stoops he was fired. Locker room trouble and donor/admin involvement in running the team over there sound like my kind of news. I hope it's true.
Makes sense. The football team is far more central to OU's identity than the case at the vast majority of schools. Failure on the field is cause for immediate top level involvement.
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19 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:
I did learn tonight that Mike Stoops had offered to resign and Lincoln Riley didn't accept his resignation after the game, and then today Mike learned that he had been fired, so that was kind of a strange set of circumstances.
The timing is curious, certainly from Mike Stoops' standpoint. Mid-season is rarely done, but at the same time there was such a huge uproar among the fandom. I don't know that all the players had bought in, and I think Lincoln Riley had brought that up to Mike. The rare mid-season fire, happened today."
Whether or not this is true, it smells like a schism in the fanbase. If it is true there are going to be ugly reverberations in the locker room among the staff as well.
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17 minutes ago, Zavala said:
I hope some of this is the coaching and play calling. I know mensa thinks momentum is fake, but when you are up on an opponent, you don't stop throwing to all these awesome receivers. You don't just run it up the gut and try to kill clock, you continue to try to drive down the field and score Touchdowns. The coaches keep saying it's their fault they get conservative and let the other team back into the game, well stop doing that shit. The goal of the offense isn't to score one point more than the other team, the goal of the offense is to score touchdowns.
I don't think he believes momentum is fake. But it is something that is created by the actions of the players on the field. The players can change the momentum at any time by their own choices and actions. He doesn't want them to believe it's some sort of outside force like destiny. I think he just stated it badly.
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43 minutes ago, MyWifeIsBi.....Polar said:
Dominated TCU? We must have watched a different game. The only domination was the +4 in turnovers. Every other stat was basically even.
The Frog QBs were often completely befuddled by the coverages, which is why they completed only 50% of their passes. That's pretty awful in an era with a lot of bubble screens, stop routes and swing passes. TCU couldn't even score 1 TD without blatant offensive PI.
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On 10/6/2018 at 9:45 AM, ImissWallyPryor said:
She was a VB player, amirite? My guess is her figure was slightly better than Applewhite’s chola.
Them VB girls is dangerous. One of them took down June Jones at Hawaii too. And I defy you pervs to tell me that you wouldn't have hit Lexi Sun like a retard with a drum set.
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32 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said:
Mike Stoops = Scapegoat
Firing Stoops is not the quick fix BlowU fans think or hoping it is. OU has no stars on that side of the ball and hasn’t really had one since probably Gerald McCoy 09. They lack depth and size on defense. It’s kinda absurd how easily CJ & LJH shredded them.
And this is a VERY important point. Many people are making the obvious comparison of Lincoln Riley to Mike Leach. I wonder if his effect on the program might be more like that of John Mackovic. Same offensive genius rep. Same lopsided distribution of talent in favor of one side of the ball. And seemingly the same ability to undermine a tradition of playing tough defense at a program.
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2 hours ago, Texasrocks said:
Their defense didn't look poorly coordinated, they were just soft. Our receivers weren't running wide open in the secondary. They weren't doing crazy Manny Diaz stunts that left huge running lanes. They knew what was coming, they just couldn't stop it.
Their DBs were grabbing our WRs and holding on for dear life in coverage. I'm not sure how being "tougher" would improve their coverage short of outright tackling the wideouts at the LOS.
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2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:
Agreed but their record seems like they are much better than 1-11 last year.
They lost to Jerry Falwell U last year, so yeah.
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1 minute ago, Thetexashammer said:
Not a football expert like so many of you guys, so I have questions.
Baylor is 4-2. This seems wrong. Didn't they go winless last year?
How many scholarship players to they actually have?
How many rapists will be stepping onto the field and should we return the favor?
Who is the Matt Rhule guy and should we hire him to be our OC?
Why does Baylor continue to exist?
Can we clear the bench for once? Would love to see Ojomo, Coburn, Rising.
[Closetojumping]Will Sam finally throw 3 INT's?[/Closetojumping]
It helps a lot that their non-conf schedule was Abilene Christian, UTSA and Duke. If that wasn't enough, 2 of their first 3 conference games were KU and KSU.
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Baylor's lines are not very good. Their OL is particularly bad. Unless our guys in the trenches just screw the pooch, Baylor should struggle to run, stop the run and protect their QB.
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4 minutes ago, utee94 said:
Watching Johnson and Humphrey just tower over their DBs and manhandle them like a bunch of tiny little bitches was eye opening. And hilarious.
I sincerely hope it's OU we play again in the completely unnecessary and ill conceived B12 CCG, because I have zero doubt that the next time we play them, the 21-point lead will stick. And then some.
OU's defense is undersized overall and relies on quickness. The corners have adequate height but are a bit light, both 6' and 175-180 lbs. The size problem in the secondary is at SS and nickel. They're playing Broyles at "strong safety" and he's 5'10" 167 at a position that usually has quite a bit of run support responsibility. The nickel is 5'10" 175. Only FS Haughton is anywhere close to 200 lbs. One reason their secondary had trouble with the power running is that Sam and Keontay had 50 pounds or more on them.
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I didn't see a letdown from beating USC when we played TCU. One could argue that the 2nd half of the KSU game was a letdown after TCU but I'd think that would have happened early. Herman seems to be focused on the next game all the time. His 2017 Longhorns fought tooth and nail for 5 straight games from USC to Okie State. A letdown against Baylor is not high on my list of worries.
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4 minutes ago, Xian said:
Fuck. This sucks.
And im shocked they fired bobs bro mid season.
I'm shocked they fired anyone mid season. It's not like they'll be able to hire a replacement until the end of the season anyway. If the HC is that pissed with an assistant don't they usually keep it quiet until they are ready to start interviewing? Mid season firings are usually done to show that the higher ups are doing something when they are on the hot seat themselves. I don't think Riley or his AD are under any real pressure after one loss to Texas.
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24 minutes ago, tbone_ said:
I’ve thought this the whole time too. But there has to be a time limit on that though doesn’t there?
We'll know if Bob sues Lincoln for breach of contract.
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On 10/6/2018 at 7:40 PM, texasstrong12 said:
We are a much better team at home.
Certainly to be expected for a team that has started 4 freshman for much of the season.
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I don't see how LJ is anything other than highly coveted by the NFL. He's got excellent measurables and his intangibles are ridiculous. Humphrey's work ethic, physicality and ability to find the soft spot in a zone defense are all very valuable traits - even in the NFL. Sure the prototype pendulum has swung back to smaller, quicker players at the position. That doesn't mean the league is going to ignore a player of LJ's caliber.
So let's talk about the Baylor game
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I'm sure that's the first time I've seen climax and Provo used in the same sentence.