ccmike9
9/5/2010, 01:09 AM
WEEK 1 – Utah State Aggies AT The University of Oklahoma Sooners
Ok, here it is.
Let’s start with some stats first:
Utah St Oklahoma
1st Downs 21 OU - 23
3rd down efficiency 7-19 OU 5-17
4th down efficiency 0-0 2-OU 2
Total Yards 421 OU - 422
Passing 341 OU - 217
Comp-Att 17-37 OU - 17-36
Yards per pass 20.1 1 OU 2.8
Rushing 80 OU - 205
Rushing Attempts 38 OU - 45
Yards per rush 2.1 OU - 4.6
Penalties 6-48 OU 7-70
Turnovers 4 OU - 2
Fumbles lost 1 - OU 0
Interceptions thrown 3 OU - 2
Possession 28:44 OU - 31:16
Now that you have that to chew on, let’s get on with it.
THE ‘CAP
I awoke at Noon, prepped and ready for what I expected to be the best day of my week. I chilled around my apartment, and made one of my roommates drive to Boyd and Devries for the Soonerfans.com Tailgate. It being my first time, I walked up sheepishly and took my place in the crowd watching football. Luckily, I met a few really nice posters, and enjoyed some wonderful potato salad (compliments to the chef) while I was there. Thank you all for making gameday that much better!
I showed up at the stadium at 5. As always, the student section, where I sat, was full of sorority girls and drunk guys. Oh well! I settled in and enjoyed the heat until the game started.
1st Quarter
It was great to see DeMarco on the return team again. The game started, and the Sooners rocked and rolled on the first drive. “So far, so good,” I thought. After a punt, we scored again!
OU 14 USU 0
2nd Quarter
Another Sooner Td! Then, USU scored their first points, a FG. “Okay, no more shutout, that’s fine,” I mumbled. Then, the unthinkable: another USU Score. This was the score at half.
OU 21 USU 10
3rd Quarter
I couldn’t pay attention for a while because the people behind me were fighting about who stole whose’ seat and who liked cake the most and blahblahblah. But I definitely (stood) on the edge of my seat when USU scored another TD. After this we scored 10 more points and they threatened again. Despite some defensive successes at the beginning of the half, we let up another TD to make the score
OU 31 USU 24.
4th Quarter
No score, luckily. We held them, they held us, and we ran out the clock inside their red zone. I walked back to my apartment, sat down, and wrote this thing. Hopefully, next week will go better. But, it is nice to start the season with a 1 next to our name!
RATINGS
Now for the meat of the Recap; my player and team ratings.
Here is an explanation of my rankings
Team Ratings (OFF, DEF, SPT)
95-100 MNC Contender
90-94 AP Top 10
80-89 AP Top 25
70-79 Conference Top 3 (Big 12, Big 10, SEC)
60-69 Conference Top 3 (Everyone else)
40-59 Conference Middle
00-39 Bottomdwellers
Player Ratings:
96-100 Heisman Contender
91-95 Position Award Finalist
85-90 All - America 1st team
80-84 All – America 2nd team
75-80 Conference 1st Team (Big 12, Big 10, SEC)
70-74 Conference 1st Team (Everyone else)
65-70 Conference 2nd team (B12, B10, SEC)
60-64 Conference 2nd team (EE)
50-59 Division 1 Starter (B12, B10, SEC)
40-49 Division 1 Starter (Everyone else)
35-40 D1 Back-up
25-34 D2 Starter
00-24 Don’t play football anymore, please
OFFENSE (Team)
Pathetic. That’s what I think. Listen, we had some great plays, we had some terrible ones, but we rarely had good ones. A title contender isn’t built on plays that are either 15 yards or 2. It has to have good plays mixed with great ones. Let’s hope we can raise up our bad plays to good ones, and even elevate our great plays to the commonplace. The line was better than last year, but not great. Once again, either Landry had no time or her had minutes. It needs to be mended, not fixed. Luckily.
Skill players: Help out your stars! DeMarco and Broyles are world-class, but everyone else played mediocre.
Score: 65
DEFENSE (Team)
Wow. A tale of two units, as it were. The Line was fine, I thought. Obviously, we missed McCoy, but the youngsters were alright and our ends were pretty darn good. 80 rush yards ain’t too bad. Linebackers were average, at best. They did their job but nothing more. They seemed to drift on the rush and hold too close to the line on the pass. I attribute this to Borel’s running, but this is no real excuse.
Now, for the secondary. If I were a teacher and they were my class, they’d all be in detention. Except Procter and Carter, but hell, if we didn’t have them, we’d basically have been playing first graders. No one looked at the ball, no one made attempts at swats, and they missed tackles like crazy. Poor doesn’t even come close.
Score: (Front 7: 75, Secondary: 40) 60.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Thank you, Tress Way. I can’t really complain about the punting or coverage teams; however, I can totally complain about the kicking. First off, I like your story, Paddy, but you gotta do better. A crappy PAT and a Knuckling field goal won’t win me over. Our returns were average, although Kenney’s was pretty good!
Score: 60 (75 without the kicking)
PLAYER RATINGS
QB LANDRY JONES (17/36 217 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT)
Landry, Landry, Landry. Dude. You made some good throws, you made some bad ones, but you didn’t play like Landry Jones. Last year, you were the gunslinger without a conscience. You were confident. It seems to me that you’ve lost the confidence. This is evident in the underthrows and the sacks. You weren’t ready to take the team on your shoulders. I can’t think of another way to say this: get ready. Now. We need you, as a QB, as a leader, and as a mustache.
Score: 50
RB DEMARCO MURRAY(35 att, 217 Yds, 2 TD)
It’s really nice to see him back to (kinda) normal. I think ti hard to place him into a mold as a RB. He isn’t a just speed back, he isn’t a “balanced” back, and he is not just a power back, either. I think, on the other hand, that he can be both a power and speed back based on the situation. He showed up big time, and boy did we need it. His long runs were wonderful, and his short yards were gritty. The moment of the night for me was his reaching out for the first down. His effort was extraordinary on that play.
Score: 93
O-LINE(I know, not a player, but still)
They were good, they were bad. They were alert, they were distracted. They started quick, they started TOO quick. It really was an interesting thing to watch. Like I said earlier, Landry either had hours or milliseconds in the backfield. In terms of run- blocking, I thought that they held a hole, but only for a short time. DeMarco seemed to do much better on straight handoffs as opposed to counters, stutter steps, or the dreaded full-extension handoff. He had some holes, and if the handoff was quick enough, he got there. Overall, I think they’ll be ok. Tonight was a nice experience game for all of them.
Score: 58
WR RYAN BROYLES (9 Rec., 142 Yds, 2 TD)
I love you. I really do. I don’t think I really need to say much more.
Score: 92
WR KENNY STILLS (3, 34)
Well, we saw you. Here’s the thing: I think you tried too hard. It seemed like every time a ball got thrown in front of you, as it is supposed to be, you stopped and dove for it. I feel, and I may be wrong, that in trying to prove yourself, you think you need to be spectacular. The truth is, we already have a spectacular receiver. Just try to be good, the rest will fall into place. But, you made some good catches and ran pretty good routes.
Score: 60
WR CAMERON KENNEY (2, 20)
He played okay. He was neither good nor bad, but his return was pretty good. He certainly showed the athleticism that people were talking about with that hurdle.
Score: 58
DT (Both of them)
Listen, we don’t expect you to be GK. But, we need a little more of a presence. It seemed like they were both trying to be that guy that shreds the blocks and gets through. What we really need is for our DT to make it really tough to run down the middle.
Score: 70
DE’s
Good job. With a less mobile QB, we would have been fine. I’m not worried.
Score: 83
TRAVIS LEWIS
You were you. You were commanding the defense and you tackled well. I really can’t say much more.
Score: 80
TOM WORT
Where were you? You were pretty much absent. You were slow and didn’t hit well. That’s all.
Score: 50
RONNELL LEWIS
You “hammer”ed a few people, and you flew to the ball when you were in. But, when were you in? It seemed like Jefferson had much much more playing time than Lewis. Now, I understand that it is required of a LB to be mobile against a spread offense with a mobile QB, but I wish that Lewis could have seen more time.
Score: 61
TONY JEFFERSON (Thanks Widescreen)
I was curious how you would play. I admit, I didn't know much about you, but I was impressed. Jefferson seemed to be one of the fastest players around the edge and he covered well when he had to. Overall, a solid performance.
Score: 73
JAMELL FLEMING
This is going to be harsh. I mean it. I was thoroughly disgusted by his performances for most of the game. I think he got beat on all but like two of the times he got thrown to. He missed the ball, had his back to the ball, or flat out screwed up his route-following. He was the weakest link in a chain made out of paper links. I attribute much of our demise to his performance, and our next player, as well.
Score: 34
JONATHAN NELSON
I liked you. Last year, you were one of my favorite under-the-radar players. But you showed that you aren’t ready for the big time. You made many of the mistakes that Fleming made, so I won’t repeat them.
Score: 34
DEMONTRE HURST
The shining light. Hurst made a few great plays, and many solid ones. I think we have a good one here.
Score: 75
SAFETIES
I won’t say much; you guys, I thought, were as good as always.
Score: 74.5
TRESS WAY
Thanks to him, the Aggies had pretty bad field position much of the night. I need not say more than to say this: watch the 85 yard punt and you will get a feel for his performance.
Score: 80
OVERALL
The overall ratings are as such:
Team: 62
Players: 66
Hope you enjoyed the Recap, I’ll try to do one each game!
And Boomer Sooner!
Ok, here it is.
Let’s start with some stats first:
Utah St Oklahoma
1st Downs 21 OU - 23
3rd down efficiency 7-19 OU 5-17
4th down efficiency 0-0 2-OU 2
Total Yards 421 OU - 422
Passing 341 OU - 217
Comp-Att 17-37 OU - 17-36
Yards per pass 20.1 1 OU 2.8
Rushing 80 OU - 205
Rushing Attempts 38 OU - 45
Yards per rush 2.1 OU - 4.6
Penalties 6-48 OU 7-70
Turnovers 4 OU - 2
Fumbles lost 1 - OU 0
Interceptions thrown 3 OU - 2
Possession 28:44 OU - 31:16
Now that you have that to chew on, let’s get on with it.
THE ‘CAP
I awoke at Noon, prepped and ready for what I expected to be the best day of my week. I chilled around my apartment, and made one of my roommates drive to Boyd and Devries for the Soonerfans.com Tailgate. It being my first time, I walked up sheepishly and took my place in the crowd watching football. Luckily, I met a few really nice posters, and enjoyed some wonderful potato salad (compliments to the chef) while I was there. Thank you all for making gameday that much better!
I showed up at the stadium at 5. As always, the student section, where I sat, was full of sorority girls and drunk guys. Oh well! I settled in and enjoyed the heat until the game started.
1st Quarter
It was great to see DeMarco on the return team again. The game started, and the Sooners rocked and rolled on the first drive. “So far, so good,” I thought. After a punt, we scored again!
OU 14 USU 0
2nd Quarter
Another Sooner Td! Then, USU scored their first points, a FG. “Okay, no more shutout, that’s fine,” I mumbled. Then, the unthinkable: another USU Score. This was the score at half.
OU 21 USU 10
3rd Quarter
I couldn’t pay attention for a while because the people behind me were fighting about who stole whose’ seat and who liked cake the most and blahblahblah. But I definitely (stood) on the edge of my seat when USU scored another TD. After this we scored 10 more points and they threatened again. Despite some defensive successes at the beginning of the half, we let up another TD to make the score
OU 31 USU 24.
4th Quarter
No score, luckily. We held them, they held us, and we ran out the clock inside their red zone. I walked back to my apartment, sat down, and wrote this thing. Hopefully, next week will go better. But, it is nice to start the season with a 1 next to our name!
RATINGS
Now for the meat of the Recap; my player and team ratings.
Here is an explanation of my rankings
Team Ratings (OFF, DEF, SPT)
95-100 MNC Contender
90-94 AP Top 10
80-89 AP Top 25
70-79 Conference Top 3 (Big 12, Big 10, SEC)
60-69 Conference Top 3 (Everyone else)
40-59 Conference Middle
00-39 Bottomdwellers
Player Ratings:
96-100 Heisman Contender
91-95 Position Award Finalist
85-90 All - America 1st team
80-84 All – America 2nd team
75-80 Conference 1st Team (Big 12, Big 10, SEC)
70-74 Conference 1st Team (Everyone else)
65-70 Conference 2nd team (B12, B10, SEC)
60-64 Conference 2nd team (EE)
50-59 Division 1 Starter (B12, B10, SEC)
40-49 Division 1 Starter (Everyone else)
35-40 D1 Back-up
25-34 D2 Starter
00-24 Don’t play football anymore, please
OFFENSE (Team)
Pathetic. That’s what I think. Listen, we had some great plays, we had some terrible ones, but we rarely had good ones. A title contender isn’t built on plays that are either 15 yards or 2. It has to have good plays mixed with great ones. Let’s hope we can raise up our bad plays to good ones, and even elevate our great plays to the commonplace. The line was better than last year, but not great. Once again, either Landry had no time or her had minutes. It needs to be mended, not fixed. Luckily.
Skill players: Help out your stars! DeMarco and Broyles are world-class, but everyone else played mediocre.
Score: 65
DEFENSE (Team)
Wow. A tale of two units, as it were. The Line was fine, I thought. Obviously, we missed McCoy, but the youngsters were alright and our ends were pretty darn good. 80 rush yards ain’t too bad. Linebackers were average, at best. They did their job but nothing more. They seemed to drift on the rush and hold too close to the line on the pass. I attribute this to Borel’s running, but this is no real excuse.
Now, for the secondary. If I were a teacher and they were my class, they’d all be in detention. Except Procter and Carter, but hell, if we didn’t have them, we’d basically have been playing first graders. No one looked at the ball, no one made attempts at swats, and they missed tackles like crazy. Poor doesn’t even come close.
Score: (Front 7: 75, Secondary: 40) 60.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Thank you, Tress Way. I can’t really complain about the punting or coverage teams; however, I can totally complain about the kicking. First off, I like your story, Paddy, but you gotta do better. A crappy PAT and a Knuckling field goal won’t win me over. Our returns were average, although Kenney’s was pretty good!
Score: 60 (75 without the kicking)
PLAYER RATINGS
QB LANDRY JONES (17/36 217 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT)
Landry, Landry, Landry. Dude. You made some good throws, you made some bad ones, but you didn’t play like Landry Jones. Last year, you were the gunslinger without a conscience. You were confident. It seems to me that you’ve lost the confidence. This is evident in the underthrows and the sacks. You weren’t ready to take the team on your shoulders. I can’t think of another way to say this: get ready. Now. We need you, as a QB, as a leader, and as a mustache.
Score: 50
RB DEMARCO MURRAY(35 att, 217 Yds, 2 TD)
It’s really nice to see him back to (kinda) normal. I think ti hard to place him into a mold as a RB. He isn’t a just speed back, he isn’t a “balanced” back, and he is not just a power back, either. I think, on the other hand, that he can be both a power and speed back based on the situation. He showed up big time, and boy did we need it. His long runs were wonderful, and his short yards were gritty. The moment of the night for me was his reaching out for the first down. His effort was extraordinary on that play.
Score: 93
O-LINE(I know, not a player, but still)
They were good, they were bad. They were alert, they were distracted. They started quick, they started TOO quick. It really was an interesting thing to watch. Like I said earlier, Landry either had hours or milliseconds in the backfield. In terms of run- blocking, I thought that they held a hole, but only for a short time. DeMarco seemed to do much better on straight handoffs as opposed to counters, stutter steps, or the dreaded full-extension handoff. He had some holes, and if the handoff was quick enough, he got there. Overall, I think they’ll be ok. Tonight was a nice experience game for all of them.
Score: 58
WR RYAN BROYLES (9 Rec., 142 Yds, 2 TD)
I love you. I really do. I don’t think I really need to say much more.
Score: 92
WR KENNY STILLS (3, 34)
Well, we saw you. Here’s the thing: I think you tried too hard. It seemed like every time a ball got thrown in front of you, as it is supposed to be, you stopped and dove for it. I feel, and I may be wrong, that in trying to prove yourself, you think you need to be spectacular. The truth is, we already have a spectacular receiver. Just try to be good, the rest will fall into place. But, you made some good catches and ran pretty good routes.
Score: 60
WR CAMERON KENNEY (2, 20)
He played okay. He was neither good nor bad, but his return was pretty good. He certainly showed the athleticism that people were talking about with that hurdle.
Score: 58
DT (Both of them)
Listen, we don’t expect you to be GK. But, we need a little more of a presence. It seemed like they were both trying to be that guy that shreds the blocks and gets through. What we really need is for our DT to make it really tough to run down the middle.
Score: 70
DE’s
Good job. With a less mobile QB, we would have been fine. I’m not worried.
Score: 83
TRAVIS LEWIS
You were you. You were commanding the defense and you tackled well. I really can’t say much more.
Score: 80
TOM WORT
Where were you? You were pretty much absent. You were slow and didn’t hit well. That’s all.
Score: 50
RONNELL LEWIS
You “hammer”ed a few people, and you flew to the ball when you were in. But, when were you in? It seemed like Jefferson had much much more playing time than Lewis. Now, I understand that it is required of a LB to be mobile against a spread offense with a mobile QB, but I wish that Lewis could have seen more time.
Score: 61
TONY JEFFERSON (Thanks Widescreen)
I was curious how you would play. I admit, I didn't know much about you, but I was impressed. Jefferson seemed to be one of the fastest players around the edge and he covered well when he had to. Overall, a solid performance.
Score: 73
JAMELL FLEMING
This is going to be harsh. I mean it. I was thoroughly disgusted by his performances for most of the game. I think he got beat on all but like two of the times he got thrown to. He missed the ball, had his back to the ball, or flat out screwed up his route-following. He was the weakest link in a chain made out of paper links. I attribute much of our demise to his performance, and our next player, as well.
Score: 34
JONATHAN NELSON
I liked you. Last year, you were one of my favorite under-the-radar players. But you showed that you aren’t ready for the big time. You made many of the mistakes that Fleming made, so I won’t repeat them.
Score: 34
DEMONTRE HURST
The shining light. Hurst made a few great plays, and many solid ones. I think we have a good one here.
Score: 75
SAFETIES
I won’t say much; you guys, I thought, were as good as always.
Score: 74.5
TRESS WAY
Thanks to him, the Aggies had pretty bad field position much of the night. I need not say more than to say this: watch the 85 yard punt and you will get a feel for his performance.
Score: 80
OVERALL
The overall ratings are as such:
Team: 62
Players: 66
Hope you enjoyed the Recap, I’ll try to do one each game!
And Boomer Sooner!