Toronto Sooner
9/13/2009, 08:48 PM
My grading of performances
Anyone have any thoughts on the Sooner performance?
Here are my grades on the units and some noticeable individual players in the Idaho St game.
Units:
1) Secondary, A+ (total domination)
2) Running backs, A- (would have been A+ without the early stop – need to demonstrate a consistent power game on short yardage situations, especially near the goal line)
3) Stadium crowd, A- (excellent sticking around in the rain, would have been an A if the game was a sellout - only a Texas Tech type game crowd would get an A+)
4) QB, B+ (excellent first half, but still lots of room for improvement)
5) D-line, B (want to see more dominance, pressure, sacks, tackles for loss, pushing around lesser competition, etc.)
6) Linebackers, B (want to see more dominance, pressure, sacks, tackles for a loss, etc.)
7) Special Teams, B (you can’t miss extra points regardless of weather conditions and you can’t bring back TDs with penalties)
8) O-line, C+ to B- range (good progress)
9) Coaching, C (Where is the backup plan for Gresham? TE has been a vital position in OU’s offense for years now. Poor recruiting to not have ample high level TEs on the squad to choose from – something is wrong when the #1 TE is a walk on, IMO)
10) Tight Ends, D+ (Can anyone catch a ball? The TE score was only this high due to Brody)
11) Receivers, D (saved by Ryan Broyles)
12) Broadcasting associations, F (for not picking up the game on non-PPV avenues, thus making it almost impossible for a large number of faithful College Football and Sooner fans to view the game)
(some) noticeable Individuals:
1) Ryan Broyles, A+ (he needs to step it up like this every week)
2) Demarco Murray, A+ (he makes it look so smooth and effortless when he brings his A game)
3) Dominique Franks, A+ (great bounce back game)
4) GK, A (you da man)
5) Jonathan Miller, A (you da new man – looks to have speed, quickness, moves, breakaway capabilities and a bit of power)
6) Marcus Trice, A (you rock)
7) Demontre Hurst, A (you rock too)
8) Brian Simmons, A (played like a man possessed, loved it, loved watching him blow people out of the way for our running backs – keep it up dude!!!!)
9) Landry Jones, B+ (nice game for a first NCAA start – needs to URGENTLY work on going through his progressions)
10) Sam Bradford and Josh Heupel, B+ (great job in getting Landry Jones ready)
11) Trent Williams, B (very solid)
12) Ronnell Lewis, B (very distinguished first game – looks to have big play capabilities)
13) Tyler Evans, B- (nice first start)
14) Dejuan Miller, B (good blocking, didn’t do enough catching – he needs to elevate his game with both blocking and catching (let’s drop potential now, time for him to dominate on the field with his size and athleticism – he should be looking like a man among boys))
15) Sam Proctor, C+ (can’t let a running back carry him for 5 yards)
16) Auston English, C (needs to become more noticeable, otherwise Frank Alexander should start at that stop)
17) J. R. Washington, D+ (would like to see him stand out more, even though he only plays a very few snaps – he needs to demonstrate why he deserves more snaps)
18) Brandon Caleb, D+ (needs to be more distinguished on a consistent basis – can’t start dropping passes)
19) Cameron Kenny, D- (extremely disappointing performance, needs to become distinguished – can’t drop passes)
20) Jameel Owens, F (can’t miss practice or games, needs to demonstrate skills and work ethic in practice to earn playing time in games – team needs him to step up NOW)
Anyone have any thoughts on the Sooner performance?
Here are my grades on the units and some noticeable individual players in the Idaho St game.
Units:
1) Secondary, A+ (total domination)
2) Running backs, A- (would have been A+ without the early stop – need to demonstrate a consistent power game on short yardage situations, especially near the goal line)
3) Stadium crowd, A- (excellent sticking around in the rain, would have been an A if the game was a sellout - only a Texas Tech type game crowd would get an A+)
4) QB, B+ (excellent first half, but still lots of room for improvement)
5) D-line, B (want to see more dominance, pressure, sacks, tackles for loss, pushing around lesser competition, etc.)
6) Linebackers, B (want to see more dominance, pressure, sacks, tackles for a loss, etc.)
7) Special Teams, B (you can’t miss extra points regardless of weather conditions and you can’t bring back TDs with penalties)
8) O-line, C+ to B- range (good progress)
9) Coaching, C (Where is the backup plan for Gresham? TE has been a vital position in OU’s offense for years now. Poor recruiting to not have ample high level TEs on the squad to choose from – something is wrong when the #1 TE is a walk on, IMO)
10) Tight Ends, D+ (Can anyone catch a ball? The TE score was only this high due to Brody)
11) Receivers, D (saved by Ryan Broyles)
12) Broadcasting associations, F (for not picking up the game on non-PPV avenues, thus making it almost impossible for a large number of faithful College Football and Sooner fans to view the game)
(some) noticeable Individuals:
1) Ryan Broyles, A+ (he needs to step it up like this every week)
2) Demarco Murray, A+ (he makes it look so smooth and effortless when he brings his A game)
3) Dominique Franks, A+ (great bounce back game)
4) GK, A (you da man)
5) Jonathan Miller, A (you da new man – looks to have speed, quickness, moves, breakaway capabilities and a bit of power)
6) Marcus Trice, A (you rock)
7) Demontre Hurst, A (you rock too)
8) Brian Simmons, A (played like a man possessed, loved it, loved watching him blow people out of the way for our running backs – keep it up dude!!!!)
9) Landry Jones, B+ (nice game for a first NCAA start – needs to URGENTLY work on going through his progressions)
10) Sam Bradford and Josh Heupel, B+ (great job in getting Landry Jones ready)
11) Trent Williams, B (very solid)
12) Ronnell Lewis, B (very distinguished first game – looks to have big play capabilities)
13) Tyler Evans, B- (nice first start)
14) Dejuan Miller, B (good blocking, didn’t do enough catching – he needs to elevate his game with both blocking and catching (let’s drop potential now, time for him to dominate on the field with his size and athleticism – he should be looking like a man among boys))
15) Sam Proctor, C+ (can’t let a running back carry him for 5 yards)
16) Auston English, C (needs to become more noticeable, otherwise Frank Alexander should start at that stop)
17) J. R. Washington, D+ (would like to see him stand out more, even though he only plays a very few snaps – he needs to demonstrate why he deserves more snaps)
18) Brandon Caleb, D+ (needs to be more distinguished on a consistent basis – can’t start dropping passes)
19) Cameron Kenny, D- (extremely disappointing performance, needs to become distinguished – can’t drop passes)
20) Jameel Owens, F (can’t miss practice or games, needs to demonstrate skills and work ethic in practice to earn playing time in games – team needs him to step up NOW)