While it wasn’t as bad as some think, DM made a lot of those yards
The offense has zero identity
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It's really frustrating seeing DM get hit in the backfield on so many carries. If the OL could just give him enough space to get to consistently get to the LB's we'd be seeing a lot of 2nd and 5's and offense would run a LOT better.
If CMC feels that our defense is better than the other teams offense, he is going to be pretty low risk on offense. It is pretty obvious that he is not driven by yards or points, he just cares about the W.
Is there some "group think" going on here?
The only problem of substance I saw today was that we couldn't put the ball in the endzone when we got inside their 40 too many times today. Settled for FG's instead (though happy he made them all!)
If we had turned most of those FG's into TD's, and the final score was more like 38 to 13, almost no one would be complaining.
Don't get me wrong, inability to score TD's is a big deal (and will need to be worked on), but the offense as a whole wasn't that bad. Had several drives that went 50+ yards.
The only problem of substance I saw today was that we couldn't put the ball in the endzone when we got inside their 40 too many times today. Settled for FG's instead (though happy he made them all!)
If we had turned most of those FG's into TD's, and the final score was more like 38 to 13, almost no one would be complaining.
Don't get me wrong, inability to score TD's is a big deal (and will need to be worked on), but the offense as a whole wasn't that bad. Had several drives that went 50+ yards.
The reality that most people don't want to accept is that CMC wants to build this team in the mold of a big ten team. I don't think its supposed to be flashy.
Winning solves everything, but we haven't shown anything remotely fancy and we show our hand during running plays like nobodies business.
I don't buy the "keep plays secret" idea for any team. Each receiver has about 8 ways they can go. Put 3 WRs on the line and that's 512 possible routes + RBs in one formation. I think that idea is based more on football tradition than fact.
Their strength is they are a ball-hawking defense and they get lots of TOs. Their weakness is leaving the underneath routes open. We did not force ourselves into their strength but did exactly what you wanted - game planned to exploit their weakness.
By all accounts it was successful.
If that is what CMC is doing, He and JP do not realize that fan support and attendance will drop back to Mac era levels.
On non game-days I usually hang out at Wal-mart to feel better about myself. Nice to get the same impact from my living room and seeing the world through some of our "fans" eyes.
You must not remember the Mac era fan support very well.
I remember a couple senior days with a big 12 north title and shot to go to the championship game on the line, and Jack Trice was only half full.
Those teams were mostly paper tigers benefiting from a weak north. Any good team still pasted us. If Campbell can keep beating the OU’s and TCU’s it won’t matter the style, people will love it. If we were 3-1 right now instead of 1-2 with a win over either Iowa or OU and all tight games no one would be terribly concerned.
Players, Formations, Plays. Time to take the next step and add a Gameplan.
It’s not what he wants that’s a problem, it’s the execution of it.
There’s a difference between a bland unproductive offense that doesn’t fit the personnel and an offense that shortens the game, keeps turnovers low, and plays field position.
Last year we averaged 29.2 points per game. In 2005 we averaged 28.2. One extra point isn’t driving the increase in fan attendance.There’s not really a correlation to scoring and attendance the past 20 seasons.
Its funny you should bring up KState.....since they hired a new Offensive Coordinator's.....Two... count'em.... two twenty year olds, according to Chris Williams....How did that workout for the Mildcat's not so great with two field goals in sixty minutes.......
Do you really expect our fans to hang around and watch Barney Cotton Ball 2.0? It was bad enough the first time. Do not want to experience a squeal.
We had a dam good defense that was wasted on an inept offense. No one (except purple kitty fans trying to relive their glory years) wants to watch a game where we are trying to run the clock out in the second quarter while praying we can hang on to a two score lead.
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