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Official “Props to OSU” thread
Posted by ChrisApplewhite on October 25th, 2008 under Football
I was not expecting them to be that good. I figured the entire Big 12 was overrated because the good teams all played each other at the end, but OSU brought it. We brought some of it on ourselves, but we’d still win by 20 against 8 other teams in the conference.
So props to OSU. They earned the most important thing a football team, nay, a human can have. My respect.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 15 hours, 3 minutes ago
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Scipio Tex said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Their defense gave up a lot of yards but punished our guys pretty badly and on offense they pantsed Will Muschamp for three full quarters.
Very good football team. Would want no part of them in a rematch at their place.
DrkBgrk said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
they looked closer to deserving their 6 rank than i expected. i’ve had fun tempering my own expectations after the ou game by asserting that all big 12 games (that matter) are 60/40 propositions, and texas will need luck more than anything else to come through it all. missouri didn’t look they deserved 40%, osu looked like they deserved more.
t1climb said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
They are for real. And bad Greg Davis reared his ugly head more than a few times today.
Here’s a question. How soon before a team decides they are going to start jumping that slant route we throw on almost every 3rd down? How many more times can we go to that well?
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Before I forget — reverse props to Mike “Cale” Gundy and his utter inability to function late in games.
Scipio Tex said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
What was that? The guy was an evil genius for three quarters and then he makes two key calls late that just don’t add up.
Facebook User said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
There are jockeys on ESPN.
bob said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
good thing we went to a different well on that sideline pass to Shipley on the last 3rd and 11. good thing the wr screen fake held them for a step.
Parlin Hall said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Every MNC team gets there by winning one they didn’t play well enough to win.
This may have been that game.
Colt 45 said:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Thank you OSU for teaching Colt that he’s not superman. Superman is having suicidal tendencies in Tennessee.
Callkevin said:
October 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Fascinating game. On the sincere positive side, it should provide plenty of teaching points, and a bit more humility/focus going into Lubbock. It’s clear that Gundy is in our defensive coordinator’s heads–but Greg Davis owns him, somehow, in the 4th.
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I think as the season wears on we’re going to view this victory more positively. This is not typical OSU.
Either that or I will spend the next 6 days talking myself into the Cowboys right before they go on a three game losing streak. We’ll see.
lawdog13 said:
October 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
We’ve now surived one with our B game. That’s a big step.
OSU tried everything within its power to take Shipley away and he still catches fifteen balls. We took a step back finding our third receiver, particularly in the second half. In fact, you could almost hear the wind go out of the crowd and Colt when Malcolm Williams dropped the ball that hit him squarely in the mitts in the third quarter.
With Chykie out, Muschamp had a Hobson’s choice. Do you get beat slowly by Hunter and Pettigrew or do you get beat over the top by Bryant? The problem was magnified by bad fundamental play on the part of the linebackers (how long does it take NortBob to learn not to run underneath blocks?), Blake Gideon (chose pursuit angles like a six year old playing billiards), and Deon “Hit Man” Beasley. That said, OSU’s skill people match up with anyone’s in the country and their D is significantly better than OU’s (post Ryan Reyonolds). I think the Cowboys bend OU over in Backwater.
A healthy Chykie would have given Muschamp more options today. Have no clue why Aaron William is not seeing the field more. We badly need some good luck on the injury front this week.
Horn_of_Plenty said:
October 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I do believe that OSU has a better defensive line than OU. They really clogged the line of scrimmage, and had great pursuit outside.
Colt was mortal, but we would have been absolutely screwed without him.
I don’t understand the issue on kickoffs. I wonder if we have the ability to fix it. Obviously, it could have cost us the game.
What a TE. Wow
Unlike others of you, I do think that holding them to 24 is decent, particularly when you consider the field position they had.
I hope this team is not too tired, and that Muschamp has been working all year to bust this pure spread at Tech.
Props to OSU, they are for real.
Mack Brown's 10 win season streak said:
October 25th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Gideon looked like a white, 2* player out of Leander tonight, came back down to earth. horrible angles, wow. The old Greg Davis was back tonight or maybe it was the same ol’ mack meddling but some of that conservative shit almost cost us the game. That last 4th and goal. You run it down their throats with big boy, not some cute fucking rollout with Colt..
Colt 45 said:
October 25th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Thank God Colt didn’t get a neck stinger this afternoon a la Manhattan 2006.
Bob in Houston said:
October 25th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
“That last 4th and goal. You run it down their throats with big boy, not some cute fucking rollout with Colt..”
It didn’t work on first, second, or third and goal.
Colby said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
“That last 4th and goal. You run it down their throats with big boy, not some cute fucking rollout with Colt..”
It didn’t work on first, second, or third and goal.
Exactly. Machismo has very little, if anything, to do with successful play calling. Deception is as important as execution. I dislike when Texas runs plays that even I know are coming, e.g. Roy Miller/Cody Johnson Boo-Ya Package. The finest play call was the fake screen/pass to Shipley on 3rd and 9. Completely fooled the OSU secondary.
Buzzard Lips said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Is is just me or did the refs call a good game this time? Few ticky tack fouls…. and plenty of good ones.
dedfischer said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Game on, bitches. A night game in Lubbock? I’m sure some sweet little senior citizen Texas fan will be dowsed in battery acid.
SnodumOpporinitu said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Objective #1? Accomplished.
After flying in the ionosphere, I think your team is well served by being challenged and persevering.
dedfischer said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Also, I will be contracting out some help for photoshop work of Mack “GP Slayer” Brown.
TexasFootball said:
October 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Scip—what choice did Muschamp have but to stay ugly vanilla? He was stuck with over the top safety help on Dez (Curtis Brown was the only CB to show up). Pettigrew whipped every defender we aligned on him. Staying in the 1 back formation took away any realistic stuntload because we didn’t match up well in island coverage with the personnel we had on the field. Their Oline limited our DLine penetration and took away our big play capability against the run once we tipped our hole cards with non threatening LB alignments.
The two fifty yard kickoff returns gave them two short fields that they turned into two seven’s. The frequency that Hunter was breaking tackles leads me to believe that adjustments or alignments weren’t the main problem until Muschamp fell into the same OKST formation trap that has stumped every UT DC every fucking year. When will we learn that we can’t align the OLB and CB both inside versus a boundary TE? Hell, Pettigrew was wiping out everybody we put in front of him as it was. I don’t disagree that the OKST gameplan put Muschamp into a bind that was ugly—my only question is was it his poor adjustments/calls or his only choice to limit the big plays?
Scipio Tex said:
October 25th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
TexasFootball:
You’re right. No other offense will expose us so well because no other O is so multiple in their capabilities. The thing that bothered me was the fundamental breakdown that OSU’s sensory overload had on our kids. Norton and Bobino continually ran under blocks and Gideon took terrible angle after terrible angle. Those are in-game teachable moments.
I also thought Gundy flat out caught us with substitution errors and punished us on a high percentage of the time when we attempted line games.
I’m not suggesting Muschamp had a great deck of cards to play, but I didn’t like all of his bids. Perhaps I’m being overly harsh or maybe I don’t have to pay the piper when you leave Bryant in single coverage.
KilgoreTrout said:
October 25th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
The late hit on the interception was the turning point in the game. The other key was holding them to a field goal on a drive where they were rolling.
Colt 45 said:
October 25th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I would be surprised if OSU loses another game this season.
p said:
October 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I had to go out to watch the game, so I didn’t get a chance to rewind the tape. So forgive me if I make any mistakes based on just memory.
Our defense sat back in nickel all game, and got whipped at the line of scrimmage. The front seven was having a hell of a time getting off blocks to make tackles.
We had 6 in the box, and they had 6 blockers. We are lucky that we held them to what we did with those kind of numbers. For a team that runs the ball that effectively we should have 7 in the box, but we can’t cover man to man, so we were stuck! I would be interested if the GP would have changed if Chykie was healthy? Oh well….. guess that will be answered another week.
Our linebackers looked completely lost all day. I don’t know what the hell Sergio was doing! I do know that Bobino needs to quite shooting gaps. He consistently fires into a hole where the running back isn’t, leaving a big hole on the edge for the RB to trot through. I was not impressed!! The secondary, however, played fairly well for what they were up against. Gideon looked like a fish out of water though. Come to think of it, he is the only secondary player that I don’t recall breaking up a pass yet this season. Correct me if I am wrong.
Overall I think that was our down game…… I hope we don’t have another one!!
Colt 45 said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
If you think that Gideon hasn’t been playing above expectations all year, or hasn’t broken up a pass all year, you may need to review your game tapes. You’re not paying attention.
TexasFootball said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Scip—agree about the MLB’s but it’s not unexpected because one of them has gone underneath blocks or just plain ran through empty gaps for four years running. I hope the lack of seeing any aggressive ground games for the entire season hurt Blake’s decision making pursuits but I’m thinking he was overloaded with thinking instead of just playing like you said early. I definitely think Muschamp overamped Kindle’s athletic ability for this week—he didn’t fit at LB against them and hasn’t enough experience to be a full time DE. It a shame that OKST’s formations and weapons kept Muschamp from taking the MLB out of the game and using Sergio in the wild card role that features both Muschamp’s crafty skill and Kindle’s freaky sic ‘em ability. It’s still a great win for the good guys.
horncasting said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
“It didn’t work on first, second, or third and goal.”
We picked up 5 yards on those 3 plays, and everyone of them went for positive yardage. Running it again was absolutley the right thing to do.
The play that was actually called was terrible, and had a decent chance of a pick 6. No reason to put the ball in the air at that point in the game.
ousuxndallas said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Actually, we did score on the 3rd and goal at the end of the game, but they failed to review it. The ball clearly crossed the goal before he was down.
Oh well. A win is a win. And OSU will win out. Mark it down.
horncasting said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I’ll have to go back and watch it again, but at the game it sure seemed like Gideon was cleaning up a bunch of missed tackles by everyone else when OSU ran the ball.
horncasting said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Also, I’ll be Bryant was shocked as hell to see a DB that could jump with him.
p said:
October 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
“If you think that Gideon hasn’t been playing above expectations all year, or hasn’t broken up a pass all year, you may need to review your game tapes. You’re not paying attention.”
That is why I used the word “recall”.
He has 4 PBUs on the season, so I guess I just can’t recall them. I wish I had a copy of the game so I can re-watch it. It always looks different the second time around!
Mack Brown's 10 win season streak said:
October 25th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
after seeing the replay, looks like Cody got in on the 3rd down run. anyone else see that?
dasmithjones said:
October 25th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Did anyone catch what happened after the game that had Gundy pointing and his assistants angry about?
RansomStoddard said:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:40 am
So much for the Muschamp myth. Is the defense really much better than last year? It’s mind-boggling how badly our lb’s play and the horrible run-pursuit angles they take. And for our line to get completely manhandled by OSU’s line full of 2 star recruits is embarassing. Poor defense will cost us at some point.
RansomStoddard said:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Oh, according to the oklahoma paper Palmer was talking trash after the game to Robinson. Of course, it’s likely that went both ways as Robinson is quoted as saying OSU is the better team and that UT is overrated.
lawdog13 said:
October 26th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Is Steven posting as RansomStoddard?
Horn_of_Plenty said:
October 26th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Ransom: I do think the defense is better than last year, as I really don’t remember the flashes of brilliance last year. We had those flashes against OU and OSU in the 4th Q. Also, against OSU in the 1st Q. And that first half against MU was awesome. I think we have 2 good LBs (and maybe one good fish in Robinson from plano), which is not enough. And we have a bunch of young guys in the secondary. And we have no headhunter safeties like everyone else. Considering all that, and how good OSU is in offense, I like this defensive performance. We will see how many points OU gives up.
“It didn’t work on first, second, or third and goal.”
–I have to agree that we should have run again on 3rd. Trying to throw to a snack bar of a tight end is a bad idea.
This was a great win, I hope everyone enjoys it for what it is. The problem is that this win has an OSU sticker on it, and we think they still suck. Well, they don’t.
28 24….thank God.
Horn_of_Plenty said:
October 26th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Steven: Even though Ransom is often in a bad mood, he is never in bad taste.
Redfoot said:
October 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I think I might have to make the trip back to Lubbock for the upcoming game, simply because I want to throw frozen tortillas at your infants.
steven said:
October 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Horns A Plenty, give me an example of this bad taste you are talking about. I bet you won’t be able to do so, and I bet this post once again becomes deleted or altered by THE EYES on the direction of his boss man. Either list some examples or I can only assume you are another one of them lackeys that seem to follow me around where I happen to go (usually a glory hole).
EyesOfTX said:
October 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Look, stevie, no one is going to delete your posts if you just quit being such a petulant, obsessive dick. None of the Barkers have ever felt the need to moderate anyone’s posts on this site but yours. That’s in about 16 months of this site’s existence – you are the only person who has become such a god-awful pain in the ass thread killer that any of us have felt the need to make an example of. Given your personality, you most likely consider that to be quite a badge of honor, but for everyone else who actually tries to enjoy this site, your tiresome, constant whining has become simply a nuisance.
Just try to act like an adult, and you’ll be fine here. Otherwise, I’m going to continue to delete anything you post in response to anything I put up here.
Comprende’?
Scipio Tex said:
October 26th, 2008 at 10:46 am
What Eyes said.
flamingmonkeyass said:
October 26th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Ransom, considering that you’re one of the many who predicted an 8 – 4 year, why can’t you just enjoy the amazing year we’re having? No one thought we’d be where we are this year. If you don’t think the attitude that Mushchamp has brought isn’t worth his salary then you’re too crazy to helped. Oh and if you don’t think the defense is better than last year’s than either you’re forgetful or you don’t understand football.
Bob in Houston said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I must say that, ATC, my favorite play in football is a fake-to-the-back-and-throw-to-the-TE in short yardage, usually on 4th down.
I agree that the rollout they called was a crummy call, especially when they don’t have a TE they trust.
But they didn’t look they were gonna punch this in, based on second and third down. A QB sneak probably was called for, but after K-State ‘06, it should be ruled out.
If I’d known what they were going to call on fourth down, I probably would have risked the FG.
Stuck in MN said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:08 am
“If I’d known what they were going to call on fourth down, I probably would have risked the FG.”
Bob, why? Even if you had told me with 100% certainty we would not convert the 4th down, I still would have gone for it. I’d rather be up by 4 with the opponent having to go 99 yards in 30 seconds, than up by 7 and having to kick off to them with 30 seconds.
We had a similar situation against Ohio St in 2005 and going for it then was absolutely the correct call, even if Melton did not make it in.
Kafka said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am
It was a miracle that UT was able to hold OSU to 24 points. Muschamp had to dedicate 2 guys to Bryant and nearly two guys to Pettigrew (because the horns did not have anybody who matched up well with either guy).
I don’t get the idea of putting a small guy on a huge not-fast guy. It has not worked all season.
Does tech have a TE? Do they throw to him much?
The remaining 7 horn players (i.e. not defending Pettigrew or Bryant) had to defend 9 OSU players. Considering OSU has an outstanding OSU run game, that was a challenge. OSU ran for 237 yards on 37 attempts (5.9 YPC). OSU only completed 3 passes to anybody other than Pettigrew or Bryant (of course, one of those 3 passes was for a TD vs Palmer).
The D line and LBs had to deal with a tough run game, which really hurt their ability to pressure the QB. A balanced O really puts a lot of pressure on a D and the horns did very well to limit OSU to 24.
Ship caught 15 passes for 168 yards. That is an all time horn record. Tech will double team Ship.
The horns need another WR to take the stress off Ship and Quan and the TB. BTW, Colt threw 10 passes for 99 yards to Ogbonnaya/Vondrell at the TB position.
What about moving Ogbonnaya to the slot so that Colt has a 3rd WR to throw to (i.e. that he trusts)? Ogbonnaya catches well and would give the horns the big physical receiver they desperately need. Ogbonnaya could block well on screens, block the LB on rollouts and dump passes to the TB, and go over the middle for the tough passes.
Vondrell does a good job of catching the short TB passes and getting YAC. Colt trusts Vondrell enough to throw the short pass to him. Vondrell runs fast and can pass block. Rather than have him run those stretch zone runs, better to just throw him a quick dump pass so that he can get to the outside quicker. Vondrell would run much better if he has a definite hole to aim for.
Malcolm dropped a pass he should have caught. The big man had to do down to his knees to catch it but he should have caught it. There were actually several dropped passes on Saturday.
After a big game against Mizzou, Collins only had two catches vs OSU. Anybody know why?
Scipio Tex said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I’m with Minn. You absolutely go for it.
Kafka said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:27 am
We have to act like adults on these message boards or they degenerate into immature crap fests. Because of the anonymity of the posters, it is common on many message boards for some guys to act like total jerks.
You don’t have to be disagreeable to disagree.
Kafka said:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I would not have kicked the field goal at the end of the game because it might be blocked and returned. Definitely did not want to kick off to OSU again (unless UT just scored a TD).
Cody scored on 3rd down but got screwed by the refs. I think he would have scored again on 4th if he had the opportunity.
I was surprised that Mack chose to roll out Colt and equally surprised that OSU defended it so well.
My main problem with the rollout call is that it gave OSU a chance to force a turnover (fumble or pick) and maybe get the big return.
The run up the middle was the prudent call and, with Miller blocking, likely to succeed.
Bob in Houston said:
October 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Not saying it makes sense to kick… I was fine with going for it. But that play… aaaugh!!! I would have kicked rather than knowing what I was going to see.
That makes two times I’ve seen that thing, and the other one was virtually intercepted against OU. Bury it.
RomaVicta said:
October 26th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I was for going for it, but I don’t know why we didn’t attack the middle again.
Also, props for OSU. Scary team that is ready for prime time. They’ll be fun to watch the rest of the season.
Bob in Houston said:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Oh… one other thing. There is no question that Zac Robinson was a better QB than Bobby Reid.
Ray Finkel said:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Just got back to Oklahoma from Austin about 45 minutes ago. Let me tell you I had one hell of a time. Awesome stadium/atmosphere great game and for the most part genuinely nice UT fans. My boys and I lived it up on Sixth street after the game, the rooftop at the Blind Pig was out of control. A hell of a long walk and a scary one at night, from Sixth to the Trinity parking garage especially when you are falling down drunk. As for the game itself, on one hand I felt like my guts were ripped out but I was definitely proud of the way OSU played. I think they definitely had their chances to win the game and their were some nervous UT fans around us when OSU took over at the 10 with about 5 minutes left in the 4th. Hopefully they’ll build confidence from this not suffer from some type of hangover the rest of the season. UT’s short passing game is almost unstoppable. Jesus its almost like our corners had never seen a fucking slant route before. Shipley is still open. Anyway congrats on clearing one hurdle. Good luck with Tech next week. Also, I told you guys Pettigrew was good.
Scipio Tex said:
October 26th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Ray:
Glad you had a good time.
Pettigrew is the biggest freak in a conference of TE freaks.
OSU is damn good. A BCS bowl isn’t out of the question.
OSU is the team I’d least want to play in a rematch.