soonerboy_odanorth
11/7/2010, 09:14 AM
All Hail AggieGirl2005!
You nailed it. And it's pretty clear your team last night was 2 touchdowns better than us, not the other way around. And regarding line play in particular, your team does have a better assortment of talent right now.
Congrats on your win last night!
I'll play devil's advocate here, since you asked.
Your d-line is hurting pretty badly from injuries, and you're plugging the hole with smaller guys. Macon, DE, for example is only 250 lbs and they've moved him to DT. That's either going to let our RB Cyrus Gray (who imo is better than Christine Michael, who's out with a broken tibia) have a better day than he usually would or let Tannehill have more time in the pocket. This is just Tannehill's second start but he's been playing in this atmosphere for 3 years as a WR so he's not as easily rattled as a second-start would normally be. Plus he knows the routes and offensive scheme like the back of his hand. Your pass D isn't stellar at 83rd, so as long as Tannehill doesn't implode (and our o-line holds up - big IF there, see the Mizzou game), he might have a good day. I think you guys will either blitz more or have your DBs cheat up to make up for the thin D-line, and so our RB Jeff Fuller may be able to take advantage.
Your QB as you know is ridiculously awesome (2nd in FBS in y/g and that's after facing 2 of the top 10 pass Ds!) but he's a little jumpy when there's pressure. I think the unpredictability of our 3-4 defense along with those monsters Von Miller and Damontre Moore may be particularly effective against him. Dunno though. Our pass D isn't great at 101st, but we've faced three of the top 10 passing offenses, so it's going to follow that we'll have more yards thrown against us. He's still going to have another stellar day, I'm sure. I think Broyles is going to shred our backfield but we held Blackmon to significantly fewer yards below his average so who knows. Not so sure about your RBs as we have a pretty good rush D, 8th nationally.
Anyways, you guys are much better than us, but being on the road and the way our particular teams happen to match up esp with your injuries, I think it looks to be closer than you guys would expect. If the game were in your house, or if your d-line wasn't so thin, the line would be much, much different.
Good luck - but not too much luck! I think it could be a good game if you guys don't blow us out in the first 5 minutes. As long as we survive that first bit, I think we're good.
EDIT: I meant to say WR, Jeff Fuller, not RB.
You nailed it. And it's pretty clear your team last night was 2 touchdowns better than us, not the other way around. And regarding line play in particular, your team does have a better assortment of talent right now.
Congrats on your win last night!
I'll play devil's advocate here, since you asked.
Your d-line is hurting pretty badly from injuries, and you're plugging the hole with smaller guys. Macon, DE, for example is only 250 lbs and they've moved him to DT. That's either going to let our RB Cyrus Gray (who imo is better than Christine Michael, who's out with a broken tibia) have a better day than he usually would or let Tannehill have more time in the pocket. This is just Tannehill's second start but he's been playing in this atmosphere for 3 years as a WR so he's not as easily rattled as a second-start would normally be. Plus he knows the routes and offensive scheme like the back of his hand. Your pass D isn't stellar at 83rd, so as long as Tannehill doesn't implode (and our o-line holds up - big IF there, see the Mizzou game), he might have a good day. I think you guys will either blitz more or have your DBs cheat up to make up for the thin D-line, and so our RB Jeff Fuller may be able to take advantage.
Your QB as you know is ridiculously awesome (2nd in FBS in y/g and that's after facing 2 of the top 10 pass Ds!) but he's a little jumpy when there's pressure. I think the unpredictability of our 3-4 defense along with those monsters Von Miller and Damontre Moore may be particularly effective against him. Dunno though. Our pass D isn't great at 101st, but we've faced three of the top 10 passing offenses, so it's going to follow that we'll have more yards thrown against us. He's still going to have another stellar day, I'm sure. I think Broyles is going to shred our backfield but we held Blackmon to significantly fewer yards below his average so who knows. Not so sure about your RBs as we have a pretty good rush D, 8th nationally.
Anyways, you guys are much better than us, but being on the road and the way our particular teams happen to match up esp with your injuries, I think it looks to be closer than you guys would expect. If the game were in your house, or if your d-line wasn't so thin, the line would be much, much different.
Good luck - but not too much luck! I think it could be a good game if you guys don't blow us out in the first 5 minutes. As long as we survive that first bit, I think we're good.
EDIT: I meant to say WR, Jeff Fuller, not RB.