Football question

[WichitaSooner]

We are hamstrung by the lack of playmakers on offense. I'd look for Kanak more. Carter can get open, as can Sategna. Need to figure out to mask the running game with short passes. Hard to throw deep when max protect may not keep a rush of five out of the backfield. It's a double-edged sword. One thing's for certain: we NEVER need to hurry. Milk that clock. Complementary football from here on out.

And use the IGNORE list, people! It has made my posting experience here much more enjoyable.

I'm a Mets fan, and some of OU's issues on offense remind me of the Mets this season. Their best offensive players were, for the most part, bad defensively. Their best defensive players were bad hitters.

A guy like Kanak can get open more than the other TEs, but his blocking makes it hard for him to play a lot against SEC teams. We have some receivers who can probably block ok, but they can't get open, and vice versa.

Gibson not being what he was said to be hurts. With his size, he could have really helped this offense if he could get open. And it was surprising that Lewis didn't play Saturday since the talk leading up to the game was that he would play a role. He isn't great, but he at least worked the middle of the field well before Hawkins threw the hospital ball.

 

[Boom Soon]

Must’ve missed it. Bump it and I’ll respond.

I called out the crappy defense myself if you saw that

Alrighty I will.

 

[Boom Soon]

The coaches do need to find a way to generate some points and yards from the offense. As we see the first 8 games, turnovers aren’t something you can rely on every week, let alone 17 points scored or directly set up by the D. Our offensive skill talent is subpar, but a good plan and scheme should still be able to get you more than what we are getting. Find a way two or three times a game to get someone wide open like most teams do. And at least make the defense think there is a chance you’ll try to thrown downfield. We obviously can’t put together a long drive, so a big play would be grand!

The fear is, these victories just reinforce BV’s conservative tendencies with the offense.. Teams take on the persona of the head coach and I don’t think he’s telling the offense to go and try and score. This offense is pretty much the same as last year. Maybe marginally better.

This Missouri game is scary, imo. They aren’t passing much even if the starter is back. I doubt they turn the ball over more than once (if that). Their defense may very well completely shut down OU’s offense. I could see Missouri turning this game into a grind and only one of the two teams is really dedicated to running the football. I could see Missouri winning 13-6 or something like that. Hope I’m wrong, but the offense is what it is. They’re not just going to magically turn things around.

 

[opsooner]

The offense produced 6 points, at most, of their own accord. Not sure how anyone can be happy with that. I absolutely agree that we should play to our defense -- we shouldn't play fast and take a ton of crazy chances. But if we think we can win consistently by putting up under 300 yards of offense and never scoring without help from the defense or special teams, that is unrealistic. And remember -- even with that vanilla approach, Mateer threw what should have been an easy pick six Saturday. Luck is part of the sport so I won't complain that Bama dropped it, but my point is, you shouldn't get SO conservative on offense that your entire philosophy is, don't screw up, and hope the defense scores.

I am not a football Xs and Os guy, but it does seem like you could at least run a couple deep routes to at least make the defense respect that.

If X isn't healthy, that is a big concern. Blaylock has tailed off, and behind him, I have no idea who we have. Barnes isn't good, but would he consider giving up his redshirt now that there is a lot on the line? Tatum hasn't played all season and would scare me to death if he has to step on the field now. That position could get scary quickly if X can't go or is severely limited.

We agree they need to do everything they can to get better. I also agree that X is the guy now that fits with our current O line. We would be in further trouble without him. Yes, if we think we can protect well enough to get Sategna deep by all means. But I also think an incompletion is a big step back for this offense. A holding penalty is worse. And turnover is, of course, much worse.

We were 3 of 13 on 3rd down against Bama. Not good but against a good D. But we are in much better shape when we have option of run/pass on 3rd down.

We’ll see how it goes. We play 2 more good defenses. I don’t think we are going to be able to make any amazing changes and need to just study and look for opponent weaknesses more than changing what we are doing. Also, eradicate our stupid penalties. It’s interesting because Texas and us have similar issues.

Yes, play not only to our defense but also to our special teams.

 

[BoulderSooner]

We agree they need to do everything they can to get better. I also agree that X is the guy now that fits with our current O line. We would be in further trouble without him. Yes, if we think we can protect well enough to get Sategna deep by all means. But I also think an incompletion is a big step back for this offense. A holding penalty is worse. And turnover is, of course, much worse.

We were 3 of 13 on 3rd down against Bama. Not good but against a good D. But we are in much better shape when we have option of run/pass on 3rd down.

We’ll see how it goes. We play 2 more good defenses. I don’t think we are going to be able to make any amazing changes and need to just study and look for opponent weaknesses more than changing what we are doing. Also, eradicate our stupid penalties. It’s interesting because Texas and us have similar issues.

Yes, play not only to our defense but also to our special teams.

i think Blaylock is pretty dinged up as well

 

[WichitaSooner]

We agree they need to do everything they can to get better. I also agree that X is the guy now that fits with our current O line. We would be in further trouble without him. Yes, if we think we can protect well enough to get Sategna deep by all means. But I also think an incompletion is a big step back for this offense. A holding penalty is worse. And turnover is, of course, much worse.

We were 3 of 13 on 3rd down against Bama. Not good but against a good D. But we are in much better shape when we have option of run/pass on 3rd down.

We’ll see how it goes. We play 2 more good defenses. I don’t think we are going to be able to make any amazing changes and need to just study and look for opponent weaknesses more than changing what we are doing. Also, eradicate our stupid penalties. It’s interesting because Texas and us have similar issues.

Yes, play not only to our defense but also to our special teams.

We did a better job with penalties this week. Would have loved to not get that false start before our final third down but all in all it was a better day. And it was also nice to see a close game where Brent didn't waste timeouts. If memory serves, we had our full allotment of timeouts late in each half. That's a big improvement over the previous couple games.