Norm H. talks SMU football

[PonyKai]

. And they're pretty much going to clean our clocks on Oct. 3 at Amon Carter. It's going to happen.

No, it probably will. The only thing certain is passing on and the government taking your money. Everything else is up for grabs.

[The PonyGrad]

And yet TCU can recruit that and pretty much impose its will on whoever it plays. And they're pretty much going to clean our clocks on Oct. 3 at Amon Carter. It's going to happen.

And yet TCU uses that style to win CUSA and Mountain West championships, knock off Texas Tech, Oklahoma and play Texas into the fourth quarter. I think TCU's approach to football is far better than ours.

What's really insulting is how good our offensive line is at pass blocking and how poor the line is run blocking. Very sad that a pretty decent unit suffers in that department.

Just put on the purple and be done with it. That you crap over to the Frog board.

[2112]

gomer patton..get yo rotary phone...hit up doctor debbie..

[Alaric]

Give me a punter and a defense along with a consistent running game and I'm going to win a helluva lot more than I lose. You win week in and week out with brute force. It's that simple.

My opinion of the way the game should be played.

Come on man, talent's the biggest differentiator (though coaching does matter, Stallion) here. Give us TCU's talent with our RNS and give them our talent with their offense and we'd kill them. A gimmic offense is great for us, we need a system, just like Texas Tech does on a bigger stage.

BTW, if you haven't watched TCU play in the last 10 years, they've got a pretty tricked offense for an offense that runs a lot...

[George S. Patton]

It's a given that talent to fit your system will win the day. I just happen to prefer the way TCU does things with its style of football. Their offense is a little different from conventional but they are committed to running the football.

And it really looks like Andy Dalton really has command of things.

My idea of football is control the clock and play field position and let my defense shut down the opposition with a great pass rush. Teams like that will put away a 27-13 lead in the fourth quarter because that style has the ability to close the deal. The run sets up the pass and that's the way it should be.

This tricked up business the current head coach is running doesn't control the clock and put the death grip on the game. The WSU game proved that if you have a solid and committed running game, we could have likely finished that thing off. But when you sling it around and mix in a running play, you get what you get with the fourth quarter implosion.

In regards to Tech, I'll grant you that they have had no better era in football than what Leach has given them. But Leach's commitment to the running game has changed over the last couple of years where he has better RBs. That makes the Taylor Potts and Graham Harrells look better and execute.

Sorry, I'm just not a fan where throwing the ball all over the place comes first.

But remember, I'm a season ticket holder, so I'm coming to all of the home games.

[Stallion]

I personally don't think the Run and Shoot is the best offense to win Championships either-has it won any championships? The spread is much more versitile. And you can run the ball much better in the spread. I love the Guz Mazaltan/Tulsa offense especially when they divide the run/pass evenly (and they aren't playing OU). One interesting thing will be to focus on TCU's 3-3-5 Defense and how that works against the Run and Shoot. You'd think it would cause additional confusion for a Run and Shoot QB but I guess we face extra DBs all the time anyway.

[George S. Patton]

What frosts me is that my philsophy of football runs differently than the current head coaches philosophy. But that makes me a complainer? Whatever you say, guys.

I wouldn't call you guys sunshiners. I would call you guys militant sunshiners.

[Stallion]

Football started going downhill when teams stopped getting into the Huddle. Ruined the proper ebb and flow of the game.

[George S. Patton]

Next thing you know is when a team operates out of a huddle on a national TV broadcast, the announcers will say, Team X is going with the throwback approach to the game.

[White Helmet]

I think they ruined football when they stopped playing both ways.

[The PonyGrad]

We lost because of 2 picks for ints and the following turnovers. It was not the system.

We are much better than last year and we will be better next year. What is all this whining about??

[smitty329]

Consistenly throwing the ball down field in the fourth quarter with a lead - regardless of what type of offense your run - does not make good sense. The risk of a turnover due to a disconnect between QB and receiver, tipped ball, errant throw, whatever - is too great. Stick with screens, draws, inside pitches, sweeps, etc and stay in bounds. These have low % for turnover and burn the clock. Even if we don't get first downs, we punt and play for field position. When you are down in the forth quarter, the clock is as significant a concern as the oppositions defense and special teams. We did not appear to use that to our advantage against WS.

[Dooby]

It wasn't the play call that was the coaching error, it was the inability to reign the QB in that was the coaching error. Jones told the QB to go out and run the offense. You got to reign your young QB in in that situation and tell him that while running the offense is what you are telling you to do, the situation calls for a very conservative throw or throw it away, which is not what BLM did. BLM did what he was told to do in practice, which was if you get one on one on that play you throw it deep. He did what he was told. However, in the little Coach-QB powwow before this particular play, the coach should have said just get the bleeping 1st down or throw it away. Add to that the fact that the QB apparently didn't make a very good throw.

They both F'd up.

[jtstang]

For PK:

[San Antonio Mustang]

And yet TCU can recruit that and pretty much impose its will on whoever it plays. And they're pretty much going to clean our clocks on Oct. 3 at Amon Carter. It's going to happen.

And yet TCU uses that style to win CUSA and Mountain West championships, knock off Texas Tech, Oklahoma and play Texas into the fourth quarter. I think TCU's approach to football is far better than ours.

What's really insulting is how good our offensive line is at pass blocking and how poor the line is run blocking. Very sad that a pretty decent unit suffers in that department.

Perhaps you don't remember or weren't around but from 61 to the death penalty we were the strong DFW team, not TCU. They have had a good run of coaches who have built upon their success. With good coaches wining begets wining because your recruiting quality athletes. And if they do "clean our clocks" this year it will not be because of the differences in the coaches or the schemes. It will be the difference in the talent on the field.