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Keys to the Week: Arkansas St.

Posted by ChrisApplewhite on August 27th, 2007 under Football

Look alive ladies, it’s cotton-pickin’ football season! HenryJames! Get that jock out’chyer mouth and give it back to Scipio! You two can grab-ass after practice! We got new third string kickoff cover teams! Chooky, listen up, this means you!

It’s cow-tippin’ football season! Listen up! The grass is cut, my ass is red, and y’all need to pay attention or we’ll leave your ass in the locker room! Pussies! Listen up! It’s football season!

Normally I’d post something like this on a Wednesday or Thursday, but since there is no previous game to steal our focusness, and because I’m getting antsy like a kid on Christmas Eve, I’m throwing this up now. Head on a swivel! It’s football season!

Key #1 – Show up and don’t get hurt.

Key #2 – Don’t suck at anything. You can’t tell how good you’ll be in games like this, but you can damn sure tell how bad you’re going to be. Remember how we couldn’t run the ball on North Texas a few years ago and SHSU last year? Or how Baylor shredded us by keeping its secondary back and killing us with twists and stunts? Yeah, that means something. I’m looking for a solid, all around game here.

Key #3 – Audition at corner. Foster and Beasley will likely start, but based on last year, they won’t last. Have they improved enough to warrant the starting job? Will any of the talented freshman step up? We won’t need them until OU, but we’re looking for the two guys who suck the least right now. Could be anyone.

Key #4 – Tackling. Last year we stunk, and gave up a bunch of big plays because of bad angles or missed tackles. We need to get guys on the ground when the first defender gets there. Again, Arkansas St won’t be hard to tackle, so it’ll really stand out if we turn in a shitty performance here. We can’t hand anyone points like we did Iowa and NU.

Key #5. – How much time will the talented youngsters get? You could argue that outside of maybe 3 positions (both DTs and Muckleroy) the talent on the bench is better than what is on the field. Those kids need to play, and Rashad Bobino doesn’t. Mack’s perennial “we promise to play them more” speech came right on cue this year, so let’s see if he follows through.

Take a lap sissies! It’s football season!

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  1. Doperbo said:

    August 28th, 2007 at 7:13 am

    Apparently their front seven are tiny, averaging a couple of scally’s or so across the board. Something like 210-230. Hence, our power running game will arrive as promised this week. Batten down and get ready for the backlash from staunch GD supporters unable to put this success in any meaningful context.

    If we can’t run the ball on these guys… then I really won’t know what to say. We’re hosed.

  2. Vasherized said:

    August 28th, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Mack will talk about how they put 13 in the box and dared us to throw and it’s not smart to dare a kid from West Texas who’ll swim across a snake-infested lake at night to save a neighbor in distress.

  3. Ghost of Pitbull said:

    August 28th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    I usually hate these games because I spend the entire time focusing on every bad playcall, missed tackle, busted assignment, and boneheaded coaching move and worry about how those mistakes would have lost us the OU game. Luckily I’ll be at DKR, so I won’t be able to over-analyze until I get home.

  4. Chooky said:

    August 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    I’m looking forward to paying 5.00 for bottled water.

    If we can get HenryJames some shoes that light up when he walks (size 7?) then we might be seeing him in the secondary.

  5. DrkBgrk said:

    September 2nd, 2007 at 6:43 am

    Key 1, Orakpo
    Key 2, You can’t tell how good you’ll be in games like this, but you can damn sure tell how bad you’re going to be…
    Key 3, Is it a success if we found out who is gonna get beat 4 times a game?
    Key 4, I hope TCU’s qb doesn’t leave the linebackers in the dust so often.
    Key 5, You tell me. It sure looks like a loss on paper. It probably looked like a loss to a lot of people in person too.

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