What Knight's Running Accomplishes

[FaninAma]

It stretches the field from sideline to sideline putting pressure on the edges which forces the opposing defense to be honest and not overload the box. This in turn makes our inside running game more effective. I also liked the sprint outs with Knight that gave him the option of running or passing.

And I agree with those who wonder where this offense has been all year.

[Therealsouthsider]

.....it utilizes the offense OU is employing and justifies why he was recruited/starting....coaches are paid to know better....shame


ss

[OUmillenium]

Only do we see it after 2 losses. Disappointing.

If TK would have looked terrible trying to run all that stuff yday, I would have understood why we have not utilized that style of offensive attack all year. Instead he looks like a Heisman candidate outside of the 2 ints.

[Piware]

Sugar Bowl Trevor finally put in an appearance yesterday.

[aurorasooner]

His actual running the ball resulting in a real threat to run, kept us out of these ridiculous 3 and outs for 1 thing.
With all due respect to I-State, lets see what this team (and coaching staff) can do against a team with as good as athletes as we have and a coaching staff who doesn't have to completely "sell-out" on the defensive side of the ball before we anoint TK as the 2nd coming of Jack Mildren.
IMHO, TK shouldn't have had to run the ball as much as he did yesterday, but it did accomplish keeping the I-State defensive players from all running immediately to our obvious telegraphed point of attack and stuffing the ball carrier for little gain. This we should be able to do by design w/o exposing our QB to injury, but I don't guess we can.
Hopefully our offensive staff won't go into a shell this Saturday like they did against the last 3 quality defenses we've played (I'm glad we caught W Va before TCU blue-printed our glaring offensive weaknesses).
Our MO from the past several years is let it all hang out offensively vs lesser opponents and go into the fetal position against quality opponents (Bama being the exception).
I think w/o TK throwing those 2 picks we would come out of the gate downhill attacking Baylor with everything in the playbook, but now I just don't know.

[BigTip]

Sugar Bowl Trevor finally put in an appearance yesterday.

Trevor Knight and Day.

[Sooner91ATL]

Aurora, you said it all. Landry Jones may have rushed for 100 against that ISU defense. I think Josh puckers and outsmarts himself. "Let's see...Trevor ran well against ISU so surely Baylor is going to prepare for that and be ready with their ends staying home, and this should allow us to seal the pocket and throw for some big yardage..." or something like that. I want to see us play to TK strength against legit teams and let's see if it works. Set him loose. We can always go back to 3 and outs and overthrown deep balls if it doesn't work out.

Big Tip - brilliant.

[badger]

I hope we run that fake punt play that ISU ran, except we have a receiver wide open who can catch the ball :P

[KantoSooner]

Not so fast there, 91. You forget that, with Landry, you also have to factor in that he'd automatically drop and go into a dry-heaving fetal position whenever opposing players came closer than 3 yards. Fumbling as doing that was optional.

[rock on sooner]

Aurora, you said it all. Landry Jones may have rushed for 100 against that ISU defense. I think Josh puckers and outsmarts himself. "Let's see...Trevor ran well against ISU so surely Baylor is going to prepare for that and be ready with their ends staying home, and this should allow us to seal the pocket and throw for some big yardage..." or something like that. I want to see us play to TK strength against legit teams and let's see if it works. Set him loose. We can always go back to 3 and outs and overthrown deep balls if it doesn't work out.

Big Tip - brilliant.

I'm certainly not an OC but I'm guessing the game plan will be run inside
and run outside and play action pass and 3/5 step drop pass...all early on
to see what the "D" will give us and then go forward with it..thus quoth
Capn Obvious! On a more serious note, why don't we us the really wide
O line splits that create the huge running lanes (at least that's what happens
when our opponent does it to us)? Any coaching gurus out there have any
input....

[Sooner91ATL]

it's what the lord wanted.

[FaninAma]

Aurora, you said it all. Landry Jones may have rushed for 100 against that ISU defense. I think Josh puckers and outsmarts himself. "Let's see...Trevor ran well against ISU so surely Baylor is going to prepare for that and be ready with their ends staying home, and this should allow us to seal the pocket and throw for some big yardage..." or something like that. I want to see us play to TK strength against legit teams and let's see if it works. Set him loose. We can always go back to 3 and outs and overthrown deep balls if it doesn't work out.

Big Tip - brilliant.

Landry Jones was not a good runner but I always got the impression that the coaches explicitly told Landy to not run or scamble.

[badger]

Landry Jones was not a good runner but I always got the impression that the coaches explicitly told Landy to not run or scamble.

That was Belldoezr's job :)

[FaninAma]

Not so fast there, 91. You forget that, with Landry, you also have to factor in that he'd automatically drop and go into a dry-heaving fetal position whenever opposing players came closer than 3 yards. Fumbling as doing that was optional.

Nice. LJ was not a big fan of contact. I am sure he is quite content holding the clipboard for the Steelers.

[KantoSooner]

Yep, frustrated the hell out of me. a 6'4"/225 lb man, wearing body armor, voluntarily playing the game of football....who was deathly afraid of physical contact. I can not for the life of me understand how the Steelers thought/think this guy can ever step in for Rothlisberger.

[Tear Down This Wall]

It stretches the field from sideline to sideline putting pressure on the edges which forces the opposing defense to be honest and not overload the box. This in turn makes our inside running game more effective. I also liked the sprint outs with Knight that gave him the option of running or passing.

And I agree with those who wonder where this offense has been all year.

We only get to play Iowa State and its crappy defense once a year.

[Tear Down This Wall]

His actual running the ball resulting in a real threat to run, kept us out of these ridiculous 3 and outs for 1 thing.
With all due respect to I-State, lets see what this team (and coaching staff) can do against a team with as good as athletes as we have and a coaching staff who doesn't have to completely "sell-out" on the defensive side of the ball before we anoint TK as the 2nd coming of Jack Mildren.
IMHO, TK shouldn't have had to run the ball as much as he did yesterday, but it did accomplish keeping the I-State defensive players from all running immediately to our obvious telegraphed point of attack and stuffing the ball carrier for little gain. This we should be able to do by design w/o exposing our QB to injury, but I don't guess we can.
Hopefully our offensive staff won't go into a shell this Saturday like they did against the last 3 quality defenses we've played (I'm glad we caught W Va before TCU blue-printed our glaring offensive weaknesses).
Our MO from the past several years is let it all hang out offensively vs lesser opponents and go into the fetal position against quality opponents (Bama being the exception).
I think w/o TK throwing those 2 picks we would come out of the gate downhill attacking Baylor with everything in the playbook, but now I just don't know.

Or, lesser opponents are just that - lesser; and quality opponents are what just that - quality. Iowa State was horrible before we played them, and are still horrible.

[badger]

We only get to play Iowa State and its crappy defense once a year.

the ISU game helps the Big 12 determine the "one true champion," y'know

[Tear Down This Wall]

the ISU game helps the Big 12 determine the "one true champion," y'know

Yes. I know. Cute commercial. How does Snyder get away with not wearing K-State gear on that one, by the way?

[badger]

Drinking Ensure-laced prune-flavored Metamucil while wearing Depends, taking Viagra and other old people references blarrrrgggggh ;)