basel90
5/18/2009, 11:15 AM
Fellow Sooners
sorry to have to bring this up late , as i am stationed overseas and we had to order the game on DVD to watch the game with florida. I need to share some thoughts on this game which i think could have easily been won by OU if certain things happened,
Would like your view on the following observations:
Offensive playcalling was awful especially in the fourth quarter. Even in the first half , i thought we should have used Grisham or the TE position more .
But when i talk about the fourth quarter , i mean we are down a touchdown or more with time expiring and we are throwing sideways aimllessly .
Offense was too slow all game long . Playcalling took ages and this gave Florida lots of time to set up . I have no explanation for this as the resulting offensive plays that took ages were bad calls anyway.
We had average receivers , and that showed in drops and interceptions . it is unfortunate that with this type of offense the WR is just average after all these years of running this pro passing offense . I just cant believe these are the best receivers OU was able to field.
Sam should have changed plays especially when things were not working , and i guess he will be given this chance with more experience this year.
Our pass defense was average but better than rush defense.
Again , OU did not seem prepared as Florida was and granted this is almost a home game for Florida . Seems our luck is this way with National Title games played at a team's home field or close to home field ( Miami in the 80s and USC, LSU and Florida in this decade) ,, few commentators forget to mention this fact.
Fealt bad for Stoops and the players as they really could have won this with some better play calling which i am convinced was ponderous and lacking imagination and strategy . Seems the OC was trying the worng calls on 80% of the calls.
Go soooners.. let us win it all this year
sorry to have to bring this up late , as i am stationed overseas and we had to order the game on DVD to watch the game with florida. I need to share some thoughts on this game which i think could have easily been won by OU if certain things happened,
Would like your view on the following observations:
Offensive playcalling was awful especially in the fourth quarter. Even in the first half , i thought we should have used Grisham or the TE position more .
But when i talk about the fourth quarter , i mean we are down a touchdown or more with time expiring and we are throwing sideways aimllessly .
Offense was too slow all game long . Playcalling took ages and this gave Florida lots of time to set up . I have no explanation for this as the resulting offensive plays that took ages were bad calls anyway.
We had average receivers , and that showed in drops and interceptions . it is unfortunate that with this type of offense the WR is just average after all these years of running this pro passing offense . I just cant believe these are the best receivers OU was able to field.
Sam should have changed plays especially when things were not working , and i guess he will be given this chance with more experience this year.
Our pass defense was average but better than rush defense.
Again , OU did not seem prepared as Florida was and granted this is almost a home game for Florida . Seems our luck is this way with National Title games played at a team's home field or close to home field ( Miami in the 80s and USC, LSU and Florida in this decade) ,, few commentators forget to mention this fact.
Fealt bad for Stoops and the players as they really could have won this with some better play calling which i am convinced was ponderous and lacking imagination and strategy . Seems the OC was trying the worng calls on 80% of the calls.
Go soooners.. let us win it all this year