Jump to content

Codaxx

Full Members
  • Posts

    3823
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Codaxx

  1. 15 hours ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

    Well, the staff still chose to feature the inside run game, the ol’ Barry Odom is waiting for you to make that mistake strategy, the OL still was out their fisting itself for 3 quarters on national tv and wundercoordinator dc still planned to defend the V/S with honest boxes against a QB who reads defenses at a remedial level. 
     

    So don’t beat yourself up wishing Casey would have made the difference.  

    This. I think the biggest catalyst for the change has been Sark/Flood’s admission that this team isn’t good running inside. I believe Ark game Sark called OZ ~9% on running plays. Now it is the focus of the offense and a running game that has 750-770 rushing yards the last 2 games. I am not going to bet the running game will continue at this pace, but for the first time in a long time the Texas offense isn’t dependent on the QB for success. If that continues for Sark’s tenure it will go a long way for developing QBs 

  2. 9 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

    I texted my brother at halftime (who is a high school OL coach and so was working this morning) and told him if he got a chance, he should watch it later today because he’d appreciate it so much. I won’t make any longterm projections, because it’s just one game and they’ve ranged from mediocre to cover-your-eyes awful the 3 weeks prior. But today was the best OL performance I can recall in years-maybe since 2013, off the top of my head. 

    I think Texas has run for 750+ yards the last 2 games. I am not saying that is sustainable, but damn 

  3. 1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

    To his credit, he’s the only one of those initial articles to give the OL the credit they deserve in this one (except the very end of the last one). 

    That was easily the story of this game.

    Doesn’t sell to say the OL dominated and was the story of the day. Offense is easy when you run the ball and protect the QB. 

    • Hook 'Em 1
  4. On 9/22/2021 at 11:08 AM, Fondren & Main said:

    Make Roschon the designated wildcat QB and put both Bijan and Keilan on the field at the same time.  That can create all sorts of nightmare situations for opposing defenses.  Can you imagine the possibilities?

    That is the old Arkansas offense. McFadden was the QB. The other 2 RBs ended up in the NFL. They used to take the faster RB, forgot his name, and have him run the jet sweep, Hello Keilan. Only issue is the white RB used to block a lot and that would be Bijan’s spot

  5. 18 hours ago, Texasrocks said:

    Here's another one. This is from the first drive. A blitzer lines up right in the middle. At the snap, neither Majors nor Okafor pick him up. I think this is on Okafor - he goes for the double team and ignores a guy right in front of him.

    split.gif

    Just love when I see OT/OG double and a C/OG double in pass protection, while a LB blitzes A gap untouched, especially when the LB was kind enough to wear a neon sign on his helmet to let everyone know he was blitzing. 

  6. On 9/21/2021 at 8:18 AM, LTtxfan said:

    Scipio Tex --  2021 Texas-Rice Postmortem: Defense

    LB

    Rice attacked our linebacker's desire to drift and vacate with the little pitch power wrinkle that screams outside toss but is actually designed as an inside power run. That's good coaching identification by Rice and it led to multiple big gains. This was their longest:

    The two interior DTs get blocked. Luke is coming on a run stunt. Overshown blocks himself by drifting and never reads his blocking keys. BJ drifts to a bad spot, loses depth and sight of the ball, and doesn't really see what's happening. I don't know what Jamison is doing. Dude's backpedaling at a power run. This play really messed with our keys and I'm curious as to why. We'll see multiple forms of it again.

    DB

    Rice had three completions >10 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per completion. Not a lot to evaluate here in the passing game. Jerrin Thompson forced a fumble putting his shoulder pad right on the ball and Josh Thompson was there with a hustle fumble recovery. Up 37-0, Josh was selling out like it was a 0-0. I appreciate that. Anthony Cook is good 

     

    Thx for this @satyanash

    Shitty LB play has become the standard at Texas. "Finesse" LBs, that is Scipio's way of  saying they are good if every thing is clean in front of them. Reading OL keys and occasionally taking on a block is something that is apparently optional. It is so frustrating. 

  7. On 9/21/2021 at 7:59 AM, LTtxfan said:

    Thx for this @satyanash 

    (Scipio Tex) 2021 Texas-Rice Postmortem: Offense

    RB

    Three different Longhorn runners broke 60+ yard runs and four different Texas runners scored. It's hard not to be excited about this running back room.

    Bijan: 13-128-3
    RoJo: 3-112-1
    Robinson: 5-83-1
    Brooks: 9-63-1
    Watson: 8-33-0

    I don't need to extoll the virtues of Bijan, but on review he made some Rice linebackers and safeties whiff in tight quarters that I simply didn't see watching live. Incredible agility and vision. Obviously, his power and contact balance remain his most underappreciated attributes. I freaking love the RoCat.

    Out of 13 personnel, no less (3 tight ends, somewhere Joe Gibbs is smiling). If anyone ever asks you what football speed looks like, this is a decent clip to share:

    Robinson understands the best way to get vertical quickly is to crease it and not bounce. Jonathon Brooks doesn't test well. He's not that big. But he's good at football. Great eval.

    He runs like Marcus Allen. Just smooth, slippery, and seems to paralyze tacklers with his long strides. Gabe Watson ran hard and tough and is as elusive as a Galapagos tortoise with lumbago.

     

    Love the concept and design on the RoCat. Dont love Bijan channeling his inner fullback and playing lead blocker taking on a LB in the hole vs Rice. RRS, sure. Rice, not so much

  8. On 9/20/2021 at 6:36 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

    Scipio Defense:
     

    A shutout is always welcome. Rice playing their 3rd string QB for most of the game may have contributed slightly to that fact. Not to mention an Owl offense that wanted to run the ball with power sets trailing 44-0 at halftime. That will throw a wrench into any run-based ball control offensive game plan.

    While the Owls exhibited absolutely zero ability to throw the ball down the field (19-24-128 yards), they did actually run it effectively (the top 3 Owl runners were 19-117 at 6.2 ypc with two 23+ yards runs), only abandoning the running game due to game script. Texas wasn't light in the box either. That's moderately concerning and I'll talk about why below at the positional level.

    Overall, I thought Texas played pretty hard. Getting tons of reps for the entire roster is always a positive. It was interesting to see some of the new faces that the coaches brought in early (Barryn Sorrell) in order to get a sense of how they'd perform in game action.

    Great job by the Longhorn special teams on Saturday and they're getting the lead in this write up.

    Special Teams

    Jeff Banks must have identified that Rice's right-footed kicker was drifting a little too much and that their outside offset protector weren't very physical. Solution? Line up a very physical dude like Ray Thornton on the edge with Keilan on his outside hip and have Ray mesmerize and destroy the Rice outside protector (notice that the Rice guy flanking him inside has no one to block) while Robinson sprints in on the soft corner and takes the ball off of the punter's foot. That's how you draw it up. Safety.


    Dicker had 5 touchbacks on 5 kickoffs and Texas punt returners averaged 11.3 yards per return. Texas never punted.

    Defense

    DL

    Moro Ojomo played good ball. Great effort. Particularly against the run. I thought this was Sweat's best game this year so far. More active, lower pads, better hand placement. Injured the 2nd Rice QB with a hard tackle. Jacoby Jones had a nice tackle for loss and mixed it up in the running game. Ovie had a sack on a T/E stunt when the QB flushed into his hands and got a tipped ball later, and he was better against the run after a F level performance against Arkansas. Ovie wasn't in favor of the Cold War. Hates containment strategies.

    Barryn Sorrell looks the part and I'd like to know more. Alfred Collins got more run. We'll see on Alfred.

    Byron Murphy had a nice sack in the late 3rd quarter when he walked back a Rice OL right into the QB. Textbook by #90.

    I'll just say it: Keondre Coburn has not been a useful player inside. I don't like watching him, but it's hard not to see the guy standing straight up hand fighting and getting driven off of the ball or stalemating with an OL and watching. I don't know what happened but his pad level is terrible, he has no technique, and he's much weaker. I would limit him to 15 snaps a game and play a lot more Sweat-Ojomo pairings.

    Vernon Broughton is still too high and doesn't bring his feet.

    LB

    Rice attacked our linebacker's desire to drift and vacate with the little pitch power wrinkle that screams outside toss but is actually designed as an inside power run. That's good coaching identification by Rice and it led to multiple big gains. This was their longest:


    The two interior DTs get blocked. Luke is coming on a run stunt. Overshown blocks himself by drifting and never reads his blocking keys. BJ drifts to a bad spot, loses depth and sight of the ball, and doesn't really see what's happening. I don't know what Jamison is doing. Dude's backpedaling at a power run. This play really messed with our keys and I'm curious as to why. We'll see multiple forms of it again.

    DB

    Rice had three completions >10 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per completion. Not a lot to evaluate here in the passing game.

    Jerrin Thompson forced a fumble putting his shoulder pad right on the ball and Josh Thompson was there with a hustle fumble recovery. Up 37-0, Josh was selling out like it was a 0-0. I appreciate that.

    Anthony Cook is good.

    Final

    I'm not trying to overplay the run shakiness, but this defense has a ways to go in its fundamentals and needs to look at rewarding the most productive DL with more snaps, even if it means shortening up the rotation. I'm very curious to see this secondary tested against Tyler Shough and a capable Tech receiver corps.

    Ovie had a sack on a T/E stunt when the QB flushed into his hands and got a tipped ball later, and he was better against the run after a F level performance against Arkansas. Ovie wasn't in favor of the Cold War. Hates containment strategies.

    Sometimes people just try too hard 

    • Like 1
  9. 21 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    Taking “Karic is better than Christian Jones at LT” and then somehow turning that into a dozen more paragraphs to say “But how could we find a way to get Karic into the lineup?” is the most Ian Boyd thing ever.

    lol yeah

    The fact that it’s an issue to insert Karic at LT because of Jones’s potential at the position is also stupid, because we’re not talking about a RS FR or something. He’s a fourth year junior that started all last year. You know what you’ve got at this point.

    The issue with Jones sliding down to guard bring an unknown is also on bad coaching decisions - they didn’t rotate him in when they had a chance in the spring and fall camp. I agree it’s probably untenable at this point but that’s on the coaches for not looking at it earlier when there’s little doubt Karic was better at OT and Okafor was whiffing in pass pro, just like they always have been.

    Ultimately it comes down to two coaching staffs looking at Christian Jones and thinking they can unlock some theoretical high ceiling for him at tackle.

    I listened to Scip talking about Karic. He is an unabashed fan. One thing that caught my attention was him saying the OL could use Karic’s attitude. Forgot the player he heard it from by the guy told him “it’s great to have an asshole line up next you. He is getting in fights. Riling up the other team. You get riled up defending him”.  Maybe it’s the post Arkansas blues, but I agree it would be nice to see some nasty injected into the OL. 

    • Hook 'Em 4
    • Like 1
  10. 1 hour ago, UncleBuck said:

    I've gone over this play a bajillion times, and though I think I can see a mix-up on the line,  I'd still say Casey had plenty of time, and the ball should have been out and not double-pumped.

    But going back to the OL part, it's hard to know sometimes. One thing I'm absolutely sure of is that Christian Jones was not manhandled. As the play develops, it becomes clear Jones intentionally comes off his man to picks up a blitzer (who looks to be blitzing run, but picks him up nonetheless). The guy blitzing comes up the gap Angilau is supposed to plug on his pull around that's helping to sell the PA. Once Jones shifts to that, Angilau continues down the line, appearing to focus on the guy Jones turned loose. Then the guy who hits Casey loops around from the right and Angilau is left with a choice. He should have probably grabbed the inside guy (who ends up hitting Casey), since his responsibility was inside to begin with. ORRRR, Jones should have never came off of his man, and let Angilau pick up the blitz, as he IS coming around. But it still doesn't solve the fella looping around from the right, and the fact is that guy is coming far too late. Ball could have been out, but also that defensive play was perfectly timed.

    It happened, coach it and get it right.

    not to start this again. I thought the error was with Okafor and Majors. Rice looks to be running a twist being run between the interior DL. Okafor picks up the slant. DL engages Majors and loops. At this point if Okafor passes the DL slanting to Majors, he is free to pick up the looping DL. Jones is slow to pick up the blitz, but I think that was the correct call. That is the only way can see to get a hat on a hat

  11. 1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:

    I'm in the same camp.  Really expected Bo Davis to elevate the play of this "supposedly talented" DL group.

    Poor DL play is one of the biggest disappointments for me with this current team...   

    For Coburn, I am in the its on you camp. I just remember his interview talking about how the coaches wanted him to lose some weight so he can be a complete player/play longer. He came in losing 3 pounds, which for him is a bowel movement. 

    • Haha 2
  12. 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

    Thanks  @satyanash 

    Yeah, Scipio's final comments below...

    Final

    I'm not trying to overplay the run shakiness, but this defense has a ways to go in its fundamentals and needs to look at rewarding the most productive DL with more snaps, even if it means shortening up the rotation. I'm very curious to see this secondary tested against Tyler Shough and a capable Tech receiver corps.

    thanks for cutting these up. Its pretty amazing that we went into the year thinking DT was one of the strongest positions with the least volatility and now there is talk that benching a starter might be in the best interest of the team. 

  13. 15 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Jones was late to the blitzer the DE was holding contain shoved him in and it collapsed the left side of the line.  That’s why the play failed. Not because of any of the ancillary stuff you’re trying to point out. 
     

    Majors put his hat on the guy and did a good job shuffling to get there. His guy then makes a choice to go all the way around to the spot vacated by Jones. 

    We can agree to disagree. I am positive that was a twist between the interior DL and you think the guy just looped around on his own. We aren’t going to come to an agreement 

    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  14. 4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I’m telling you that you completely didn’t view correctly and blamed someone that picked up the “stunt”


    majors has hat on hat here his guy goes completely around once Jones gets forced so far inside  Okafor has a hat on a hat as well. Majors actually does a good job sliding over to get his hat on the guy 

    Literally this play got fucked because Jones everyone else did their job. No reason for this specific play for our LT to have his back to the lane the defender came across. 

    1FF96829-1C26-43A4-8F3F-F39DBFFB5702.jpeg

    977F2FC7-E04E-470B-80C6-CC9CCC933D29.png

    Look at the bottom photo. Jones is on the blitzer. Brewer is engaged. Majors and Kerstetter have nobody to block. Majors is actually turned around and facing Thompson, as is Okafor. The DL lined up in A gap is now running free toward Casey through the opposite A gap

    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  15. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    None of that matters as the pressure came from where Jones got thrown off his space. And you know how I know you’re full of shit and not watching very closely? Because you said majors didn’t block anyone when in reality Majors and Okafor actually did well picking up the twist. But once again Jones getting pushed like he did allowed 9 to work all the way around and into the play again. 
     

    the person you’re trying to blame here is Kerstetter but Kerstetter does well not vacating his space in case the linebacker on the strong side(his side) decided to blitz. 
     

     

    Once again Jones completely fucked this play from the start 

    They didn’t pick up the stunt and that is irrefutable, because the DT lined up on Majors right shoulder hit Casey. Nobody blamed Kerstetter, so maybe you need to go and read. 

    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  16. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Also Should mention that Jones was so late getting to his guy. 
     

     

    Yes, he is slow and late. The issue is 6 blockers for 5 rushers. Majors and Kerstetter are blocking air. My point was I believe Okafor and Majors needed to pick up the interior DL twist. Instead Okafor picked up 1 and Majors blocks air. If they pass that off both interior DL are blocked. If Jones passes on the blitzer, he likely plants Casey earlier. 

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  17. 31 minutes ago, Atticus said:

    Jones was literally shoved to the interior, but did find work afterward. Casey could have let it go sooner or checked it down to Bijan, but the protection was compromised once Jones was forcefully relocated.

    I was just asking in OL thread on this. I was guessing that the issue was between Okafor and Majors.. The interior DL runs a twist. Okafor chases the slanting DL. The other DL initiates with Major and then loops back to the offenses left side eventually hitting the QB. Jones takes the Blitzer coming where Okafor departed, leaving the DE for Junior. Not sure but that is my guess

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Fuck You 1
  18. 20 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Nope. Jones fucked it, leaving two guys unblocked when he got there. Usually you’re taught to pick up the most inside rusher, but in that scenario, it really didn’t matter. One of those guys was going to be coming free at Casey and it wasn’t Junior’s fault.
    The only other thing he could’ve done is hold both guys and hope the refs miss it. 

    I keep watching. OL sliding to the right. Major initiates with the tackle over Junior, who ends up stunting and hitting Casey. He ends up standing and blocking air. Okafor gets on his horse and gets the tackle slanting to the right. Jones picks up the Blitzer coming through where the tackle vacated. He leaves the DE for Junior. Guessing on a blackboard Okafor and Major needed to pass the stunt off, but that isnt happening because of the blitzer and Jones having to chase him down. You seem pretty good on this, seriously wondering the correct way to block this. 

    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  19. 3 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    There isn’t even pressure if Christian Jones doesn’t get completely manhandled 

    100% offensive line 

    thats 

     

    B4CF449E-F207-49FA-84F7-88B1FBA0B59C.png

    This is not an either or situation. i love that you used this. It funny that you missed the:

     Obviously the QB would ideally feel that pressure coming, I'm sure Casey was eager to prove he'll hang in to deliver the deep shots.

     

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Fuck You 1
  20. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    If our offensive line holds up that’s an easy 6 point touchdown as the receiver had 2-3 steps on the defender with no one else back. That was no fault of the QB. 

    He double clutches on the throw. Probably gets it off he just let it go immediately, but he didnt. At that point you have to eat the ball. Nobody is saying it was a clean pocket, but sometimes taking the sack is the right thing to do. He tried to make a play and didnt work out. Something he will probably learn from. 

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  21. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Because passing numbers are largely irrelevant in a game where we rushed for 400+ yards. You need to find efficiency and moving the sticks. Which Casey did. 

    Thompson had 9.1 yards per completion which is good  so who gives a shit if it’s thrown 1 yard or 5 yard as that doesn’t matter.

     

    He only had 2 carries for 7 yards which shows he’s just not taking off especially since Rice recorded no sacks  

     

    We were 7/10 on 3rd down and 2/3 on 4th which the only time we didn’t conver the 4th was late in the game with Gabe Watson at RB  

     

     

     

     

     

    Though I pretty sure if you asked Casey and Sark, they both would admit they would have liked it to be 1 sack

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Fuck You 1
  22. 10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:


    “oh it’s just a meaningless bowl game”

     

    “oh it’s because Colorado didn’t prepare for him” 

     

    “Oh it was garbage time so the defenses weren’t trying”

     

    ”oh it’s just rice”

     

    Always seems to be an excuse to discount him 

    exactly what I am talking about. 18-15 for 168 with 2 TDs and 1 int. 2 of those are jet sweeps. Those are solid. Instead of talking about the numbers, you make an irrational response throwing up quotes that I never mentioned. I could have used Acho's "When was the last time you seen a QB block for a run" comment as an example. Like that was something Texas fans havent seen Sam do a dozen times. Maybe Casey turns out great, maybe he turns out to be average, I dont know. Just saying relax and lets see........................................

    • Fuck You 3
×
×
  • Create New...