Football question

[stormspencer]

This OU team....my lord, it's not one or two glaring things (outside of our crap OL). This team doesn't do the little things. The continued undisciplined play in competitive games makes you feel like we will never get over the hump. I have several questions:

• Why is Arbuckle allergic to the middle of the field? Outside of the early bomb to Sategna, it seems like our only WR routes are out-routes, curls, or stop routes. Throw the ball over the middle damnit.
• And Arbuckle's infatuation with the QB run game was not needed today. I am so sick of that stupidass play.
• X is the best RB on the team because he is built to run against SEC teams. I like Blaylock as a chance of pace guy, but X needs more carries.
• Defense was very disappointing today. Kiffen pretty much schooled what I thought was an "elite" defense. Chambliss is a helluva QB as well.
• This was a coaching staff mismatch. Kiffen had a great gameplan and we were slow to make adjustments. I think you could have switched Kiffen and BV today and OU would have won.
• Mateer was never very accurate even when he was healthy. He is the best QB of the group, but he is not the answer. Nothing we can do about it this year.

As far as the big picture, it seems like a BV-led team will never be "buttoned up" to a point where we will ever feel comfortable. Seriously, I was just waiting for something to go wrong late in the game today....and like clockwork, the Sategna fumble. We are making progress as a team, though it is painful and incremental. Our margin for error is so small against the type of competition we are playing...........all it takes is one bust, one TO, or one dumb penalty and immediately we are behind the 8 ball. I don't know if we will ever get to a point where this isn't the case, but the quickest remedy to this is a continual upgrade in talent/better players.....more specifically "difference makers".

 

[Boom Soon]

This OU team....my lord, it's not one or two glaring things (outside of our crap OL). This team doesn't do the little things. The continued undisciplined play in competitive games makes you feel like we will never get over the hump. I have several questions:

• Why is Arbuckle allergic to the middle of the field? Outside of the early bomb to Sategna, it seems like our only WR routes are out-routes, curls, or stop routes. Throw the ball over the middle damnit.
• And Arbuckle's infatuation with the QB run game was not needed today. I am so sick of that stupidass play.
• X is the best RB on the team because he is built to run against SEC teams. I like Blaylock as a chance of pace guy, but X needs more carries.
• Defense was very disappointing today. Kiffen pretty much schooled what I thought was an "elite" defense. Chambliss is a helluva QB as well.
• This was a coaching staff mismatch. Kiffen had a great gameplan and we were slow to make adjustments. I think you could have switched Kiffen and BV today and OU would have won.
• Mateer was never very accurate even when he was healthy. He is the best QB of the group, but he is not the answer. Nothing we can do about it this year.

As far as the big picture, it seems like a BV-led team will never be "buttoned up" to a point where we will ever feel comfortable. Seriously, I was just waiting for something to go wrong late in the game today....and like clockwork, the Sategna fumble. We are making progress as a team, though it is painful and incremental. Our margin for error is so small against the type of competition we are playing...........all it takes is one bust, one TO, or one dumb penalty and immediately we are behind the 8 ball. I don't know if we will ever get to a point where this isn't the case, but the quickest remedy to this is a continual upgrade in talent/better players.....more specifically "difference makers".

I agree 100%. I got laughed at by certain posters on here for bringing up concerns about Mateer after the first game. He’s not the answer. Gotta bring in someone out of the transfer portal in the off season. But I doubt Brent will do that. Loyalty, blah blah blah.

I think Arbuckle does not trust Mateer’s decision making. Hence the lack of throws down the middle. I don’t think he just forgot those plays exist.

Can we stop crowning dudes the starting quarterback position in January? Let’s get some competition going.