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Morris will definitely run the ball more.

If our OL looks like it did in the spring game, the running game will be nonexistent except for the QB running for his life every time a pass play is called.

we are on a one game winning streak.

smusic 00 wrote:

JasonB wrote:
Sutton will be new. Gaines' involvement will be new. Davis in a better system. O-line can't be worse. Rhone defensively is new. Gentry and Lawler are new. And of course the incoming frosh.

I think we will play much better than we did last year.

That said, we could lose by more. Jones ran clock last year. Morris won't. If we do struggle offensively, the snowball starts to roll.

Either way, it will be nice to watch the kids go out there to compete, which we didn't do a whole lot of last season.

How did jones run the clock last year? We tried to throw almost every play. If anything, Morris' run offense will chew up the quarters and not give Baylor the ball every three minutes like we did last year.

When you get sacked or complete a 1 yard pass and then wait for the entire play clock to run down before running the next play, it runs clock. Baylor didn't have the number of offensive possessions they normally get in those 80 point games.

Morris will run the ball, but will also run up to the line of scrimmage to run the next play. We won't run clock, we will run the offense, and I don't think he will slow the thing down in order to save face. He will run the offense like he will want to run it over the course of the season.

Of course the counter point is that by doing that, the Baylor defense will get tired, which could allow us to sustain some drives. So, maybe in the end we will chew up enough clock to beat the spread. But unless we see two more o-linemen step up (Lasecki and Barns or Brown or Hyder), there are going to be some really, really quick three and outs at the beginning of the game.

I'm not gonna predict the final score but the football world will get introduced to Courtland Sutton who will have 100 yards and 2 TDs - the next SMU superstar.

JasonB wrote:

smusic 00 wrote:

JasonB wrote:
Sutton will be new. Gaines' involvement will be new. Davis in a better system. O-line can't be worse. Rhone defensively is new. Gentry and Lawler are new. And of course the incoming frosh.

I think we will play much better than we did last year.

That said, we could lose by more. Jones ran clock last year. Morris won't. If we do struggle offensively, the snowball starts to roll.

Either way, it will be nice to watch the kids go out there to compete, which we didn't do a whole lot of last season.

How did jones run the clock last year? We tried to throw almost every play. If anything, Morris' run offense will chew up the quarters and not give Baylor the ball every three minutes like we did last year.

When you get sacked or complete a 1 yard pass and then wait for the entire play clock to run down before running the next play, it runs clock. Baylor didn't have the number of offensive possessions they normally get in those 80 point games.

Morris will run the ball, but will also run up to the line of scrimmage to run the next play. We won't run clock, we will run the offense, and I don't think he will slow the thing down in order to save face. He will run the offense like he will want to run it over the course of the season.

Of course the counter point is that by doing that, the Baylor defense will get tired, which could allow us to sustain some drives. So, maybe in the end we will chew up enough clock to beat the spread. But unless we see two more o-linemen step up (Lasecki and Barns or Brown or Hyder), there are going to be some really, really quick three and outs at the beginning of the game.

Baylor averaged 87 plays/gm last year and ran 97 against us. We ran 65 plays, 40 of which were passing attempts, and only half were successful.

LA_Mustang wrote:I'm not gonna predict the final score but the football world will get introduced to Courtland Sutton who will have 100 yards and 2 TDs - the next SMU superstar.

And I bet Matt Davis will be our leading rusher in that game as he'll be running for his life (although maybe his NET won't be all that great).

I REALLY wish I could be rooting for an upset here, but I think we're still 2-3 years away from being competitive with them.