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Had Enough

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  1. They went 68 yards. If we punt into the end zone, they may well go a whole 12 yards more. It didn’t set them up in scoring position. And we ultimately lost because we didn’t score enough. I am not debating he had some crappy throws. But go back and watch that Jeremiah Smith 16 yard gain. His longest of the day. That’s the shit I’m talking about. Not a WR running away from you because if that’s supposed to be at 10 yards and somebody’s is running 7, it screws with the QB. That is less of an issue with a stationary target. There’s absolutely several instances with Wingo in which it feels a little off. It also stands to reason that if he’s cautious with Arch running, then he is cautious in the pass game because he’s playing in fear.
  2. Moore, Wisner, Baxter, Arch, Campbell, Hutson, Neto, Goosby have all been here 3 or 4 years. Sark has been here 5 years now. There’s no excuse to not be running whatever you want to be doing. You aren’t even getting more than 3 years out of the best of the best anyway. And if people think that this offense is completely different than last year or that the second unit ran something different than the first unit, that’s asinine or piss poor coaching. And you can absolutely coach the play making out of guys. Based on the A&M, Kentucky, UGA x 2, OSU x 2, it is a reasonable question.
  3. I’m assuming you’ve watched football. I’m assuming you’ve seen some no huddle to change game flow. He knows the defense is showing up. The biggest risk to the defense is an offense that doesn’t produce. Turnovers themselves aren’t always the issue. There are things a coach can do to get you in the flow of the game. Arch had all of 5 incompletions at the half. 5. That is not many. There are easy QB throws. I’m talking those in which there’s not much thinking. We ran two screens. They both worked. The second may have been latter half of the 4th quarter. It even took awhile to get Arch involved in the run game and apparently there was some reference to the fact that he gets more into the game after that. As a sonofabitch that played the fucking position at some level, I get that.
  4. I understand that, but OSU guys submarined the Oline due to our predictability. Hill whiffed on his tackle. Defensively, we failed to execute. Offensively that play was dead in the water. This notion that you’ll beat strong defenses in situations when they have numbers is a weakness of Sarks. Teams don’t really do it to us so why should we expect it either. Some play action, getting on the edge could introduce some hesitation.
  5. You realize that they had a deep handoff on 4th and goal. We didn’t. If we flip that, maybe we do win. I’m on board with winning it all, but Sark needs to be less of a dumbass. Come out gunning and quit playing scared.
  6. Quite a bit of criticism for Klubnik in last years opener.
  7. This is legit question. On the final 4th down, he and Endries almost ran into each other on the mesh. The play before, yes, it was a poor throw, but there’s a reason to question. Looked as though he left his feet, but it’s also a bit odd it ended up behind him. Others questioned the throw on the 5. Yep, poor throw but not a ton of sellout either. And think back to Golden missing in the Cotton Bowl. No impact other than drawing PI.
  8. The differences in rosters were negligible. Ohio State lost a couple last year. They basically made 1/2 more plays than us in each of the two matchups.
  9. You seem like the type that might not believe it if Baker was standing right in front of you and told you himself.
  10. But this a dumbass assumption. Same as those assuming we win it all last year with a different QB.
  11. You answered no questions. I am aware it’s no juggernaut. The question is - should it be?
  12. I need you to do a little math for me. Just how many Texas teams have had a 1st round WR, a 5th round TE, a 5th round RB, a 1st round LT, a draftable RT and LG? For Texas, yes, that is loaded. Bonus question. In the past two years, other than Livingston, who has scored TDs versus Ohio State? Go back and watch that Wingo throw on the OSU 7 or so. All Wingo had to do was run 4 yards and post up. That crosser inside the 10 isn’t the easiest. I’m not saying he should miss it, but it’s damn more difficult than hitting it quick. Trying to hit that window with a moving target in a condensed field does have some complexities.
  13. Obviously I remember. And believe I agreed at the time. No one is on all the time so you need certain play calls to make life easy. The screen game can be that to an extent, but we didn’t try it much today.
  14. The data shows that he was not elite at the intermediate stuff. He was excellent one season when he had the fastest combo of WRs ever that created significant separation. So we start from there. It’s likely we win with Ewers, but who here is comfortable saying we efficiently score inside the 10? That’s part of the equation. It is not apparent that we missed wide open deep shots so that efficiency may come into play. There is the potential that opening game timing makes life more difficult too. A tad anyway. The 3rd down miss to Wingo on the last drive. Wingo needs to catch that. There may be an element to not throttling it down. We’ve all heard it said the most improvement occurs between weeks 1 and 2. Timing is likely part of that. You also can take a cue from Joe Burrow who played this preseason in an attempt to start stronger. Why do you think that is? I was curious last year and still am about what’s drilled into the QBs regarding being cautious as that can be turned into a negative.
  15. Sark needs to re-evaluate. @Thatguy had a legit point last year. And that 16-yard Jeremiah Smith completion highlights it. Yes, moving targets enable run after catch. They also offer opportunities for quick decision, easier throws. We need more post up options in this offense. Sark did a poor job with his screen game. There are options to take the thinking out of the QB. When the offense struggles, there are options to get 5+ on 1st down that make the game easier. Our drives in which we ran the reverse to Wingo and screen to Endries had success. Surprise.
  16. By and large in 2023, outside of Bama, Williams was pretty heavily rotational which means he basically had to prepare as a starter. He went down in the early second half of OU with 22 snaps. He was probably working roughly half time there. His reps have not been garbage time. The positive for he and Baxter is that they got the taste of it then were able to sit back and observe. Potentially a little better insight than not getting the game time feel.
  17. To hell with all those that disparage Sam. Signed a non-Westlake fan PS. I’ll never forget that 3rd grade spelling bee ass kicking at Eanes ISD. I still don’t know how to spell “colloquial” much less what knows it means. But third grade me sure knows to spell “I quit.”
  18. I’m curious about opinions on “the law of averages.”
  19. Michigan is not a good comp, but that Arkansas game isn’t either. Michigans WRs are a 1 as group compared to a 10 for OSU. You swap WRs and that’s bigger than swapping QBs.
  20. https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/jake-majors-waived-wrist-injury/ This article indicates Majors had and maybe has a future with the Bucs if he hadn’t gotten injured or upon return to health.
  21. I saw the following were cut. Not certain if they were signed to practice squads. Lil Jordan Collin Johnson DShawn Jamison Keondre Coburn
  22. I do not believe you are trying to mislead, but the OSU collective is misleading on the Oline experience discussion in comparison to Texas experience. I understand Jackson became LT after the prior starting LT went down. Jackson was still a 3 year starter, which made that transition easier. I won’t belabor the point anymore. None of this matters come kickoff. You certainly have enough good players to win again.
  23. This is the post I referenced. Unless the information is flat out wrong by a long shot, Jackson and Fryar played all the snaps at Tackle in the playoffs but 9 each in the Tennessee game. And unless it’s wrong again, you don’t have anyone starting this year that logged any snaps at Tackle for the Ohio State last year. Ohio State certainly has a 4th guy that played and started a handful of games. And I suppose Daniels did start a few games at Minnesota. So perhaps I’m misreading your intention. But I’ve read a number of Ohio State commentary posts on their OLine so forgive me. In any event, I don’t see that 4 guys ever started together and certainly not in the same spots projected this year. When Montgomery started last year, he was in place of one of the other projected starters this year as best I can tell. We aren’t counting Hutson or Goosby as returning guys even though they similar resumes.
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