First half thoughts
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:46 pm- The offensive line continues to make mistakes. On the drive where we got stuffed on 4th and 1, on the Zach line run for -1 yards we just chose not to block a player. Our LT slid to the second level and let the OLB run free into the hole. On the 4th down play, 63 pulls and doubles the end instead of blocking the LB who makes the play.
- Weird blocking schemes too. ON that 4th and 1 play, we dropped back and cut instead of trying to explode forward. very passive scheme for a 4th and 1 power QB run.
- Blown coverage on that deep ball Tulsa got their first TD after. Shaq looks at the QB and shades outside and leaves his man, realizes he made a mistake, can't recover. The other safety is supposed to roll over and help, but takes an awful angle in coverage.
- ON the long TD run, we got caught yet again with 4 linemen and one MLB and everyone else outside the hashes. It would have been a 10 yard gain but Yenga took an awful angle, as did 11 and took themselves out of the play.
- Matt Davis needs to be benched RIGHT NOW for two reasons. 1) He refuses to just throw the ball to Sutton. Colbert gets in the game and immediately targeted Sutton twice. Davis gives up on him way too early. That isn't because the coaches are calling different plays. At the end of the half, we had 3 plays, we should throw the ball deep to Sutton all three of those plays, no question. 2) That pick 6 INT was horrible. Yes, it should have been called back, because their LDE had illegal hands to the face of our RT, but two things. First, it was 3rd and 8 and without letting anything develop, Davis threw a 3 yard out, which is just stupid. Second, that pass was just horrible. I will be pretty disappointed if Colbert doesn't play the entire second half.
This team isn't physically good enough to make a lot of mental mistakes. Without the mental mistakes (I forgot Deion turning a 40 yard punt into a 60 yard punt), SMU would be winning this game quite handily.
- Weird blocking schemes too. ON that 4th and 1 play, we dropped back and cut instead of trying to explode forward. very passive scheme for a 4th and 1 power QB run.
- Blown coverage on that deep ball Tulsa got their first TD after. Shaq looks at the QB and shades outside and leaves his man, realizes he made a mistake, can't recover. The other safety is supposed to roll over and help, but takes an awful angle in coverage.
- ON the long TD run, we got caught yet again with 4 linemen and one MLB and everyone else outside the hashes. It would have been a 10 yard gain but Yenga took an awful angle, as did 11 and took themselves out of the play.
- Matt Davis needs to be benched RIGHT NOW for two reasons. 1) He refuses to just throw the ball to Sutton. Colbert gets in the game and immediately targeted Sutton twice. Davis gives up on him way too early. That isn't because the coaches are calling different plays. At the end of the half, we had 3 plays, we should throw the ball deep to Sutton all three of those plays, no question. 2) That pick 6 INT was horrible. Yes, it should have been called back, because their LDE had illegal hands to the face of our RT, but two things. First, it was 3rd and 8 and without letting anything develop, Davis threw a 3 yard out, which is just stupid. Second, that pass was just horrible. I will be pretty disappointed if Colbert doesn't play the entire second half.
This team isn't physically good enough to make a lot of mental mistakes. Without the mental mistakes (I forgot Deion turning a 40 yard punt into a 60 yard punt), SMU would be winning this game quite handily.