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Yes, even more Okahoma State thoughts!

Posted by HenryJames on October 26th, 2008 under Football

I probably felt worse during this game being up by a touchdown than I did in the past when we’d be down by 21 to Oklahoma State. It was worse this time because I knew that we were playing well. Strange feeling.

Colt McCoy continues to carry our offense. Our success only requires him to complete about 75% of his passes. No pressure, Colt. I just wish his parents had bought him a Slip ‘N Slide as a kid. We need to get him some consistent help in the running game. But OSU, like most teams we’ve played, have figured out how to stop our running game by just spilling everything to the outside and running it down in pursuit.

Chris Ogbonnaya seemed off. Watching his body language, he just didn’t look himself. Vondrell McGee looked much quicker and ran harder. I wish we’d start going with the back who has the hot hand. And I wish Fozzy was completely healed.

Nothing to say about Cosby and Shipley that hasn’t already been said. Fuck it. They’re both playing brilliantly. I hope Joe Jamail has already drafted a petition to the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility for Shipley.

Our offensive line is really good at pass blocking. Oklahoma State showed us a lot of different looks, but we responded. I thought the Cowboys should have stayed with the pressure up the middle they showed on our first drive. That pressure seems to give McCoy the most trouble.

Defensively we doubled Dez Bryant and also gave Curtis Brown deep help because it was his first start. We rarely had more than six guys in the box so the safeties were late getting over to help in the run game. It showed. We weren’t able to stop Oklahoma State running with our nickel package, and they never fell far enough behind where they needed to abandon it. Fortunately there’s no one left on the schedule with their balance.

Henry Melton probably had his best game as a Longhorn. Brian Orakpo didn’t dominate, but he still finished with six tackles including two for losses. Aaron Lewis played well against the pass. Roy Miller and Lamarr Houston both had quiet days though. Having Brandon Pettigrew at tight end was like having a sixth offensive lineman for the Cowboys. He was able to either block our DEs one on one or help the tackle get an initial push before peeling off to block a linebacker.

This was the worst game our linebackers have played this year, Rod Muckelroy included. Our MLBs spent the entire game either trying to run underneath a block or run blitzing themselves through the wrong gap. Oklahoma State was able to neutralize Sergio Kindle by giving him too much to think about. The best example of this was on the 4th and 7 screen to Bryant. When you can get Kindle to literally run in a circle, he’s not going to be that effective.

We have so much young talent in the secondary. Earl Thomas continues to make plays coming up with a forced fumble and pass break up in the end zone. Curtis Brown was exceptional in his first start going against Dez Bryant, the closest thing in the college game to Terrell Owens. Blake Gideon is limited athletically and doesn’t have the make up speed of our other defensive backs. But he’s smart and aggressive and will bounce back from a subpar game.

This defense never stops hustling though. Watch Sergio Kindle on the fumble recovery. Watch Roy Miller on 1st and 10 with 6:19 left and 3rd and 1 with 4:48 left in the 3rd quarter. The effort is always going to be there.

Three top 10 teams down, one to go. If we can beat Tech, start looking at airfare to Miami.

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  1. p said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    “This defense never stops hustling though. Watch Sergio Kindle on the fumble recovery. Watch Roy Miller on 1st and 10 with 6:19 left and 3rd and 1 with 4:48 left in the 3rd quarter. The effort is always going to be there.”

    Rak ran down Hunter 15 yards down field. When I saw who it was a smile came to my face.

    I made a comment earlier about Pettigrew. He was the reason their line was so effective. He will be paid well on Sundays. Our safeties are a little light, and filling in on run support after the back has a full head of steam is not their strong suit.

    The combination of Pettigrew’s blocking, and us sitting in nickel was killing us in the running game. They constantly had every one of our defenders accounted for, and in some cases had more hats than we did in the box. I am glad we won’t have to worry about it from here on out!!

  2. EyesOfTX said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Agree with you about Ogbonnaya – he was out of sorts all day long. Kindle looked confused much of the time as well, but is such a physical beast he still made several big plays.

    Our running game desperately needs a back who can cut the damn zone/reads back against the grain, an ability neither Chris nor Vondrell appear to possess. Fozzy was supposedly available yesterday, but never saw the field. Mystifying.

  3. dedfischer said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    “Curtis Brown was exceptional in his first start going against Dez Bryant, the closest thing in the college game to Terrell Owens.”

    He’ll get his first lesson in route running this week.

  4. CrazyJoeDavola said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Anyone who has played against Cosby and Shipley in practice has already had a first lesson in route-running, as well as several follow-ups.

    Obviously it’s going to be different in Lubbock, but to suggest he’s going to be a gentle, naive little lamb waiting for slaughter this weekend seems a bit overstated.

  5. HenryJames said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    He will be a ‘Little Cat.’

  6. TexasFootball said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    HJ—I think between the two reviews we have a solid take on the OKST game but I’m having trouble agreeing with the two takes on Jared Norton’s performance (granted both MLB’s are lumped together in both reviews). Norton did go under one block but he had A gap responsibility (Miller was in a three) on that play so it wasn’t a bad mistake, in fact over the top might have produced a cutback crease. Jared also took one over zealous angle on a Robinson scramble that definitely overstated his top end speed but he wasn’t alone with that equation. I had Jared with nine tackles including four solid open field tackles, two big hits, and one good kickoff tackle in about half of the defensive snaps. Melton, Norton, and Thomas graded extremely well with these old eyes and just wondering where I missed on Norton. Bobino, however, fully lived up to your description.

  7. RansomStoddard said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    It’s mystifying how Bobino is allowed to do anything for this team other than empty the spit buckets.

  8. horncasting said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    “Anyone who has played against Cosby and Shipley in practice has already had a first lesson in route-running, as well as several follow-ups”

    Pretty sure that was more a knock on Bryant than Curtis Brown.

  9. BiggUggly said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Always believed that Bobino has one position for which he might be suited. Blocking back! Great kid who has bled for the program.

  10. horncasting said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    “Oklahoma State was able to neutralize Sergio Kindle by giving him too much to think about. The best example of this was on the 4th and 7 screen to Bryant.”

    Funny thing about that play was the stadium announcer gave Kindle credit for the tackle on that play.

    On the fumble recovery, the way he overran the play early on looked alot like Kindle circa 2007.

    What do you think his role will be against Tech?

  11. p said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    “Funny thing about that play was the stadium announcer gave Kindle credit for the tackle on that play.

    On the fumble recovery, the way he overran the play early on looked alot like Kindle circa 2007.

    What do you think his role will be against Tech?”

    Point him in the direction of the Quarterback, and take the chain off his collar!!

  12. Facebook User said:

    October 26th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

  13. PatronSaint said:

    October 27th, 2008 at 5:32 am

    Kindle sat a lot in the second half. Is it possible that his brain is still that far behind his body? Is he dinged up at all?

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