6 reasons I wish I&#8217;d posted my NU preview

I didn’t, because Scipio beat me to it and his was just fine, save the uncalled for crack at us Suh Believers. But since my entire sense of self worth is derived from being correct on the internet, here are a few things I had written that we can now look back upon, and laugh.

Or cry, your call.

Zach Lee is just awful. He’s an INT waiting to happen. Unlike Jerrod Johnson, who is very accurate, a lack of pressure against Lee will still turn into punts and INTs because he’s wild with the ball. Our secondary is exactly the kind of group that will kill them, and I expect to see it.

When he threw more than 10 yards downfield it was essentially random where the ball would come down. Since we all saw the game, I’ll just offer up Lee’s stat line without further comment:

6/19 for 39 yds, 0 TD 3 INT

Helu does have good vision, however, and will find creases. We are a solid gap control defense, and I don’t expect anything to come of it, but they be able to find some first downs here and there. It’s important not to panic and gamble in stopping the run, and since Muschamp never does that anyway, we should be good.

It turned out that this was important because we couldn’t stop giving them the ball at our own 40. One or two grind-it-out first downs turned into at least 9 of the 12 Husker points. We did not gamble, and ultimately did not give up anything, but those few first downs here and there almost did us against a team that gained 106 yards all day.

Is where it gets interesting. Their dynamic is a lot like ours was last year — let’s cover and not make mistakes and let the DL do the heavy lifting. The difference, of course, is that their DL is one guy.

Ndamukong Suh should win the Heisman. He is the best player and affects each game more thoroughly than anybody else in the country.

What you didn’t see yesterday was the Jets vs. Sharks dance fight I staged in the parking lot regarding the candidacy of Mr. Suh. Three people died. It really escalated quickly.

I fell on the “he should win it” side before this game and believe even more in my position now. People will focus on his numbers against us (28 tackles, 7 TFL, 12 sacks), but should not forget that because he dominated so thoroughly on his own, NU never had to put more than 6 guys in the box, and often had only 5. That means that every pass we ran was against heavy, aggressive coverage.

He bounced off of our guys like they didn’t have arms. He contained Colt’s scrambling. He allowed their coverage freedom to completely swarm everything we tried to do. Colt threw for 180 and 3 INTs. Nobody who watched that game should be confused who the better player was. And you know what else? We’re not the first team he’s done this against. He’s done it over and over again for two straight years, only nobody notices because they can’t score.

He is less a defensive tackle and more an enormous linebacker. His speed and agility are awe inspiring. Not only can he push through a double team, but he can run down a lateral play from behind. Yes, we do have an extremely strong center and guard combo, and never run laterally, but I am still worried.

He is also perfectly capable of dropping into a short coverage, but I am willing to risk a knockdown in return for him not coming after Colt. The worse thing and offense can have is a QB is isn’t as fast as he thinks he is and holds onto the ball too long. I guarantee at least one big hit on McCoy early on when he underestimates Suh.

As it turns out, that big hit never came. But about a dozen small ones did. Suh did swallow up our running game, but more than that took away our best offensive weapon — Colt running around after our play inevitable fails. Part of this is on Colt. He’s simply had too much training for his bad habits to change now.

The rest of the defense is a classic do-your-job unit. The other DL aren’t spectacular (although they benefit from playing next to a beast), the LBs aren’t overly fast or powerful, and the secondary isn’t filled with shutdown players, but they all know what to do — and more importantly they all do it.

Most of their INTs come from bounced passes knocked away by the primary cover guy into the hands of a nearby defender — and there is always a nearby defender. They don’t give you anything through errors or bad calls.

I may have understimated Phillip Dillard. There was a swing pass in the 3rd quarter (I think?) that he stuffed where he looked like he was shot out of a cannon. But so much of football speed is knowing where to go, and he was at a dead sprint before the ball even left McCoy’s hands.

They, like every pattern matching team with access to game film, knew everything we were going to do. I was at the game and watching closely, and I would estimate, seriously, that 90% of our pass routes were unable to get open. At least. We probably got one open player per drive. The NU defense played perfect football, and Suh drove the bus as usual. They even got a tip INT to open the game, something they make a living off of.

At any rate, their defense is exactly what we thought they were. Our lack of discipline, creativity, self-awareness, and talent up front nearly led us to a defeat against a team that gained 106 yards all day. And here is the good news: Alabama plays the same style of defense that OU and NU do, except they can score. Have a nice month!

The final score will be 13-12 on a late field goal we get only because of a horse collar penalty. The penultimate play will fool NU into thinking the game ended when it was obvious to everyone else that there was still time on the clock. I will get home at 2:45 and not be able to sleep for the next two hours because of how singularly focused I become on hating Greg Davis.

OK, I didn’t really type that.

In order to score we’ll have to rely heavily on Jordan Shipley, like usual. They don’t have speed enough to shut him out like OU does, and Shipley is smart enough to get open against a lot of the pattern reading stuff they do. We’ll need him to be the chain mover because our run game is going to be terrible.

He was the only one who did anything all day, aside from Malcolm Williams. I have no idea what we are going to do without him next year. I don’t think we’ll miss Colt as much as everyone will expect, but we will miss Shipley to the point where we might have 3 losses if Davis comes back.

He is precise and disciplined, unlike almost anyone else on the team. He’s reliable. Quan was too, and look how much we underestimated his loss (even me, who warned about the hole he left). This is a legit worry if nothing else on the offense changes, because our offensive coaches deserve a big fat F for this year. This is where I leave behind my aborted preview and veer into crazy person mode:

- The overwhelming sentiment in my section was hopelessness. A couple guys did the “FUCK GREG DAVIS” thing, but mostly, everyone kind of looked around, desperate for answers. “What else can we try?,” they would ask. We’ll I’ll tell you. Nothing. I know what I would’ve tried. I know what Mike Leach tried. I know what ISU tried. But we’re not the ones in charge.

We have a specific, limited arsenal, and if it doesn’t work we will not change. We’ll stick with the same head-against-the-wall game plan that we showed up with. The answer to a better offense last night was, well, get a better coach. You have to run specific stuff against pattern matching, and we simply don’t have any in our playbook. Our run game is poorly designed, easily beaten and destroyed by any two bit DT who is paying attention. You saw what happens against a good DT.

The answer isn’t to run more or less, to pass more or less, or to try any one specific thing that we do.

(there is one exception. When a defense basically sits it’s guys 7-10 yards from the line of scrimmage and has them wait for your WRs to run to them and stop, they are set up for double moves. They were so aggressive and confident in our continual rinky-dinkiness that we could’ve tried at least 5 hitch-and-go’s. We tried one, it was wide open, and Kirkendoll dropped the freaking ball. We never tried it again. Instead we tried the stuff that had already proven not to work, because that’s what they decided to do on Tuesday.)

The answer is that we need a whole new offense. We still run plays that pattern matching is designed to stop, like we don’t understand the concept at all. We run 5 wide plays where all WRs break at the same time, so if the one that McCoy is watching isn’t open, there is no second option. Combine that with predictability, and you’re screwed. It doesn’t matter when we run, because all of our designs are flawed. The actual order that the plays come out doesn’t matter.

- I have a secret theory that Colt is dumb. At least on the field. He kind of makes up for it because a lot of his gambits work, but his decision making is downright mystifying at times. A lot of this has to do with the fact that he thinks he can get out of any quandry, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. He’ll take sacks on the edge of field goal range. He’ll hold onto the ball for 7 seconds on an 8 second game clock. His casual attitude towards ball security is crippling against good teams. He is terrible against sight-reading blitz pickups, almost always choosing to try to make the guy miss instead.

The more and more I watch him, the more and more I’m convinced he’s an average player with one or two incredible gifts that keep him going. This is not an insult, per se, any more than it is to say that Tom Brady isn’t very good aside form his accuracy and vision. What I am saying is that he has strengths that, if stopped or limited, will allow his weaknesses to come spilling out like a ScipioTex spit take at a Kathy Griffin concert.

He has a winner’s legacy, and I certainly don’t dislike him, or think he’s a bad player. I so think he’s a schemeable player who will often take as much away from his team as he brings to it. A lot of this is that we just don’t teach that kind of football that moves chains against the likes of NU or OU. A lot of it is that our WRs aren’t very good outside of a couple of them, and we don’t always use them right. Part of it is that our OL is bad. But Colt plays a role as well. 2009 has shed a lot of light on exactly what Colt is, and exactly what he isn’t.

- Sergio Kindle played the worst game of his life against A&M. He wasn’t just invisible, he was an active detriment to the team. To say he rebounded yesterday would be shortchanging him. He dominated. I feel safe calling him our MVP last night. Not only was he a destroyer against the run, he kept on Zac Lee’s ass all night and kept him from ever getting comfortable. He came up huge.

- I think the transformation of Fozzy Whitaker into an east/west back is complete. Congratulate yourselves, David and McWhorter, you’ve ruined another one! Let’s all take really good mental video of Tre Newton now, so we can remember why he showed promise at one time.

- Can you really be called down if you never have the ball? Is simply touching a kickoff with a knee on the ground enough? They should’ve let that play go then reviewed it later. Calling it down was extremely irresponsible.

- And finally, DoubleZeroGate. Look, I like NU fans. They were a good bunch. But come on, you can’t get mad. I looked at the clock as soon as McCoy’s pass sailed out of bounds and it read :02. The game was not over, and you can’t be sore about it. Plus, if the Big 12 was really concerned about the BCS, the smart move would be to cheat for NU. No other Big 12 team has a shot at the BCS now, so we’ll get half the payout.

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Big 12, Big XII Championship, College Football, Greg Davis, Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska Cornhuskers, NU, Texas Longhorns

96 Responses

t1climb1 said:

December 6th, 2009 at 11:48 am

I agree about doublezerogate. I’m stunned at some of the outrage. This isn’t some subjective pass interference call like Miami/OSU a few years ago. This is a matter of did “x” happen or not? Is there time on the clock when the ball hits out of bounds or not.

CA, could you do us a favor and expand upon pattern matching as it pertains to our offense? Perhaps you could break out your dots in another post. I would like to see a breakdown because I’m that masochistic I guess.
RichUT said:

December 6th, 2009 at 11:53 am

Your take on Colt is spot fucking on. I have been saying the same kind of things all year, but have been shouted down by a pack of zealots.

He is what he is and gives us a chance to win most games, but he’s got some fairly large holes in his game that stand out against great defenses. Not sure what kind of pro he will really be.
rickvigorous said:

December 6th, 2009 at 11:58 am

Thoughts about last nights game: Fuck it dude. Bring on the Alabama Mudhole Post!
Bill Boxley said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

What you say about Colt is right on.

And we have no idea what is coming at us next year.
Mister Mike said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

You’re right about the clock thing CA. As much as it pains me to say it, there was in fact, :01 left on the clock. Us Huskers are just hurting because we had our heart ripped out (again) by the freakin’ Longhorns. It’s encouraging to see that another team in this conference has just as many offensive woes as we do, and they’re almost the same ones (OC, OL coach, and WR’s) It’s just that you guys have more talent and are able to cover the deficiencies way better than we can/do.

Oh and could you do us a favor? Could you please go up to Mack Brown and crack him firmly across the jaw? If I have to hear him say “Nebraska’s back” one more fucking time, I’ll fly down to Austin and do it myself.
ransomstoddard said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

Your take on the offense is dead-on. Nicely done. I still say something was wrong with Colt last nite. He looked dazed and exhausted before the game even started.

Did anyone else think the entire team looked uptight and nervous? And played that way?
Staubach said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

* “- I have a secret theory that Colt is dumb. At least on the field.”

I have the same double secret theory, for the reasons you listed above. Let’s not tell anybody or we’ll catch hell for it..

* “We run 5 wide plays where all WRs break at the same time, so if the one that McCoy is watching isn’t open, there is no second option.”

I also have a not so secret theory that Greg Davis is a fucking retarded caveman. This is the kind of shit that your older brother should have addressed when you first started drawing up plays as a ten year old: “Hey dumbass, how can the QB read his progressions when all of your receivers break at the same time?” This question would be followed with an “ear boxing” and a greater understanding of offensive football.
Name (required) said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Colt will not be a good pro because he doesn’t have a big arm. Name me one good pro QB in the last 20 years who could not throw it 60 yards in the air. [crickets]
parlin said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

“I don’t think we’ll miss Colt as much as everyone will expect, but we will miss Shipley”

Agreed–His extra year of eligibility was the secret engine of this season. It would be interesting to run the numbers on Colt’s quarterback rating, and the team’s 3rd-down percentages, without Shipley’s contributions.

Excellent post, by the way.
NFL DC's Mindset said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

“Colt will not be a good pro because he doesn’t have a big arm”

If you can’t throw outside the numbers or beat me deep, I’ll shrink the field, sit on your hot routes and release the hounds up front. I will suffocate an offense with a weak armed QB..
texoz said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

I’m not worried about next year. I’ve heard we’re going to work on our running game.
ColoradoAg said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

I’m glad the referees reviewed the clock situation and made the right call. I can’t help but wonder what would happen if the situation was reversed though. Let’s say Zac Lee throws the ball out of bounds (provided he has the arm strength to get it to a sideline) and the clock reads 0:00. The largely Longhorn Cowboys Stadium goes batshit insane in party mode. Longhorn bench empties in celebration of a Big 12 title. The referees quickly run off the field in unison because of the chaos and declaring the game over. No review. A pathetic apology is then issued by the conference on Monday – this is the Big 12 after all. Conspiracy? Of course, but one wonders. Again, glad the proper call was made.
NY Horn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

I feel bad for Colt because we put the kind of weight on his shoulders that only a player like Vince Young can carry.
Bob in Houston said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

I’ve been wanting to post for weeks that watching OU with Landry Jones this year is how I think Texas with Garrett Gilbert is going to look next year. Good D, cobbled-together O line, no great back. Unless Gilbert’s a really quick learner and establishes tremendous rapport with the receivers, points will be hard to come by. They won’t be Nebraska-hard to come by, but it should be close.

With Colt in ’06, they had enough around him to win 10 games, barely. Next year, thanks to another weak ooc schedule, eight maybe?
NY Horn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Also, I think this win was very, very good for us. We’re the same team whether we win by a point or we get lucky and blow them out because they play like shit. However, I don’t think even Mack and Greg can fail to see what happened yesterday. They have to know, in their heart of hearts, that if they don’t do something we will lose, and lose badly, in our next game.

The problem is neither of them have a clue of what to do to fix it. Maybe Davis can enlist some outside help?
Bob in Houston said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

“I’m glad the referees reviewed the clock situation and made the right call. I can’t help but wonder what would happen if the situation was reversed though.”

A friend of mine said the same thing and I believe they would have done the correct thing. But if you’re implying it was all about Texas winning, how did Nebraska get any breaks from the officials at all? The fourth-down spot wouldn’t have been overturned — that was three points. And Texas wouldn’t have started from the one on the muff.

If you want Texas to win (and the conference gets a few more bucks if they don’t), you don’t wait until the final seconds to throw it, do you?

Not really banging on the point you made, but after all we saw in the SEC this year, I thought the B12 officials were at least equal-opportunity bad, and that’s assuming that the PI call that everybody was moaning about that helped Texas really wasn’t holding in disguise.
Bob in Houston said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

However, I don’t think even Mack and Greg can fail to see what happened yesterday. They have to know, in their heart of hearts, that if they don’t do something we will lose, and lose badly, in our next game.

What irritates me about this is the idea that they have to look over the brink of the cliff, and see pebbles fall into the chasm, before they wonder if maybe they ought to do something differently. It’s time for another “horse almost escaped” post-OU-style adjustment, I would say.
HenryJames said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Told you to post it.

Jackass.
SpiralOut said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Obviously Colt made some mistakes last night, but can you REALLY blame him? Suh literally put him in a choke hold and body slammed him at one point in the game. The kid was running for his life all night and had absolutely nobody to throw to.

Colt has played amazing considering that he’s had to overcome three things which only one of would probably kill any other QB:

1. A god awful, weeping vagina ridden O-line

2. Receivers which constantly screw up

and most importantly

3. An utterly incompetent offensive coordinator that is easier to scheme for than a 2A wishbone high school squad
G.A. Moore said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

“3. An utterly incompetent offensive coordinator that is easier to scheme for than a 2A wishbone high school squad”

Compare Greg Davis to me again and I’ll kick your ass…
WWGDD said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

“It would be interesting to run the numbers on Colt’s quarterback rating, and the team’s 3rd-down percentages, without Shipley’s contributions.”

Parlin, you just gave Huckleberry a boner.
dcuthorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

Excellent analysis. Its depressing when Herbstreet and the drunkard turn to the always reliable “its as if the Neb is in the UT huddle.”

So why does GD have what is perceived to be a good reputation among the college and pro coaching ranks? I recall during the Simms recruiting saga that Phil S. had a very favorable opinion of GD.

MB is not dumb. He understands job security better than most coaches. Yes, he can be stubborn…but why does he continue to cling to irrelevant stats against sub-par teams when defending GD?
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

“So why does GD have what is perceived to be a good reputation among the college and pro coaching ranks? I recall during the Simms recruiting saga that Phil S. had a very favorable opinion of GD.”

I don’t think he does. He’s still here after a decade, during which time Art Briles went from high coach to head coach at Baylor, Kevin Sumlin went from WR coach at A&M to head coach at Houston, and USC spit out mediocre OCs into a number of high profile jobs.

As far as I can recall, Davis has only been mentioned once for a head job, at Indiana, despite publicly admitting a desire to give head coaching another shot. There have probably been 200 new hires since he came here. Do that math on that.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Sorry that I didn’t spellcheck this. A lot of it was hammered out while I was frothing at the mouth.
parlin said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

“Look, I like NU fans. They were a good bunch. But come on, you can’t get made.”

I thought this was an accurate taunt, Mafia-wise.
The worst I ever had was still good said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

“Davis has only been mentioned once for a head job, at Indiana”

If I were Greg I’d fly up to Indy and get my head job, then fly back here and resume game planning. You know, teaching guys who run 4.3 40′s to run three yard stop routes and whatnot…
Groundhog Day said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

It’s about time someone finally described what Colt actually is. Good college player who had a fantastic year last year due to two precise playmakers. He tries to do too much and when he does he makes mistakes (fumbles, ints, and sacks that shouldn’t be taken).

I really enjoyed our empty backfield sets last night on offense. Not that NU respected our running game but we didn’t even attempt to leave a back in for blocking when Suh was ass raping us all evening.

Our Oline play and scheme continues to be laughable and I’m sorry to say this is on MB. We can only blame Nunez and Macwhorter for so long.

Any good D knows exactly what spot we are going to and jumps routes, bumps receivers off of routes, etc. One hitch and go which was successful in theory.

The last minute and half made les miles look like a genius. The three stooges (Brown, Davis, and McCoy) thankfully don’t have to answer for their complete ineptness nor do they have to face the prospect of livng with perhaps the biggest blunder in sports history. Mismanagement of the clock cost us a chance at the National Title last year and directly led to our loss at Tech and it very well could have cost us last night. This is the responsibility of the head man in charge.

For those of you who don’t think MB has a hand in the offense should read the quotes about the end of the game. He and Davis are in constant communication regarding the offense.

Special Teams coverage continues to be a problem and has yet to be solved.
bigdukesix said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

He was the only one who did anything all day, aside from Malcolm Williams. I have no idea what we are going to do without him next year. I don’t think we’ll miss Colt as much as everyone will expect, but we will miss Shipley to the point where we might have 3 losses if Davis comes back.

I am scared of how bad our WRs could be next year like I am scared of clowns and Great White Sharks. Outside of Williams, that’s an ugly, ugly group.
Paul Bunyan Applewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

“I think the transformation of Fozzy Whitaker into an east/west back is complete. Congratulate yourselves, David and McWhorter, you’ve ruined another one!”

Why is it that, on this site, not one of you will place any blame on the running backs coach? Are you so caught up in the legend/myth of “The Major” that you think he can do no wrong? Does he not help recruit these kids? Does he not run drills with them daily? Does he not help scheme Texas’ running attack? Or are you people naive enough to think that he’s some lone genius being held back by the evil Davis and McWhorter? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of either coach, but to think that Applewhite could just step in and take this offense to the next level is ludicrous. He’s never once shown anything that would lead me to believe he’s ready to take the reigns of a big time college offense. Honestly, explain to me why he escapes your wrath.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Because it happened repeatedly well before Major ever got here.
Paul Bunyan Applewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

“Because it happened repeatedly well before Major ever got here.”

I guess. So why hasn’t the great Major Applewhite helped fix it? Could it be that he’s not really up to the task? I would argue that the running game has gotten worse since he’s come on board. All I’m asking is, why not even a single mention of his responsibility to the Texas run game? Ever?
Bob in Houston said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

And, as Earl Campbell can tell you, a back can’t do much without a decent O line.
blackscholes said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

ChrisApplewhite – Amazingly Davis was a finalist for the Duke job last go around, although it was never publicized.
Bob in Houston said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

PBA: I would say that the RB coach has more to do directly with how the backs run. If they, for example, fumble repeatedly, like Jamaal Charles did, you can tie that to the RB coach. But that got fixed over time.

If the RBs are going where they are supposed to go, and blocking acceptably in passing situations, then the RB coach is doing his job. Running into walls because the line can’t move anybody? IMO, that’s not the back’s fault.
ballrific said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

“For those of you who don’t think MB has a hand in the offense should read the quotes about the end of the game. He and Davis are in constant communication regarding the offense.”

I would hope every fan knows this by now. Mack has always had a jeff fisher mentality when it comes to offense. Keep it close and play good d/special teams. Problem is special teams sucks ass, our kicker can’t get it into the endzone, and Mack is leaning on coach boom way to much.

Seriously, how does Muschamp look at GD with a straight face? I would think he’s glaring up at his fat ass in the box every series.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pm

“So why hasn’t the great Major Applewhite helped fix it?”

Well, theoretically, the zone scheme is designed to erase defensive penetration, so you can coach the RBs to find a crease and blast through it. Our version almost invites penetration, so there is nothing to do but bounce it out. Football isn’t a thinker’s game, it’s a learned habit game, and eventually that expectation just sinks into you. The way you fix it is to not suck up front.

“I would argue that the running game has gotten worse since he’s come on board.”

He came in after Vince left, and after we graduated 4 NFL linemen. Of course it got worse.

“All I’m asking is, why not even a single mention of his responsibility to the Texas run game?”

OK, here is your mention. Major Applewhite deserves probably 2% of the blame for the run game. I did see a sack where Newton missed his block in pass protection, so there is that as well.

Still, complaining about Major is like complaining about a flat tire on a car with it’s hood on fire.
WWGDD said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Ballrific, don’t expect Muschamp to pay any attention to GD. He hails from the SEC. He doesn’t know any better. He just gets his job done. Very bad assedly too. I really really hate GD.
Toadvine said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

I am standing by my theory that Goodwin is going to be an excellent receiver before he leaves Austin. I hopes he starts being a good one next year. If Goodwin improves (and those assholes get him the ball), then he and Malcolm Williams will give us two very good receivers. Everyone else — well, shit.

The absense of Quan is the different between this year’s offense and last year’s offense. That’s it really. That’s how amazing a football player Quan Cosby is. We will miss Shipleyt next year, but not as much as we miss Quan this year. Not only for obvious reasons, but because Quan liked to hurt people blocking at the second level, which turns 4 yard routes into 15-20 yard routes. We have no one even close in that respect this year.

Colt is a very limited player. He never calls out blitzes or changes protection schemes. Which puts everything on GD’s back. That’s a problem. Colt never looks off his first option, is very indecisive, gets rattled by blitzes, can’t play when he’s rattled, and can’t throw a deep ball. He also tends to look only at Shipley when he’s in trouble. Good college quarterback. He will not play in the NFL, at least not for long.
bigdukesix said:

December 6th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

Meh.
bigdukesix said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

I disagree. We’ll miss Shipley much more next year, not only because he was a better WR than Cosby, but because we at least had Shipley and Williams this year to make up for Cosby’s loss. The cupboard is much emptier next year. At least that’s how it appears right now. Williams is great but still struggles with consistency. Goodwin is a ways away.
dedfischer said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

I was surprised at how many 3-4 snaps Muschamp played in this game. That shit was pretty salty with Kindle and E. Acho playing standup LBs on the perimeter. Randall on the nose and Houston/S. Acho playing DE. Nice look with a lot of coverage options. He may roll that look out more against Bama.
Sasha is a Longhorn Dog said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Re: the receivers

I still think losing Collins this year really hurt us. I think Colt had really developed the trust needed with him before the season started. But, we will have him next year, all things being well.

Lets hope he can relieve some of that pressure next year.
The General said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

I have a secret theory that Colt is dumb.

Colt’s quarterback coach is Greg Davis. Can we really expect more from him?
mashtun said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

Thank you for being willing to criticize Colt. It’s been my growing suspicion this year that he is in part responsible for the offensive woes, even as he has mostly been cast as the victim of a bad line.

Hearing his quotes about and his excuses for periods of poor play has led me to believe that he is far too aware of his mystique and sometimes more protective of his reputation and completion percentage than he is willing to take chances. Thus, I’m not always sure that the sack is only the line’s fault. Sometimes it seems as if Colt is unwilling to throw to a receiver unless the receiver is 5 yards in the clear. He seemed unwilling to take low-percentage chances downfield.

And his admission that he was pressing early in the season, his repeated insisting that certain plays “were not my fault,” and his general tightness and unwillingness to stand in the pocket and check down make me think that he doesn’t have the greatest head for the position.

No doubt, he’s a winner. And perhaps with a halfway decent scheme and line, he would prove me wrong. He certainly played better when allowed to run and when he started throwing downfield. But why he tightened up again under the spotlight, I don’t know. He certainly doesn’t seem to thrive in the high pressure games.
Blueshorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

I love Colt as a kid and his career surpasses my wildest dreams. With that said, I was convinced as I watched the final play that he didn’t have a clue how little time was left on the clock. That one second remained after that clusterfuck was pure luck.

My hatred of Greg Davis scares me. McWhorter needs to retire or be fired, as well. I can’t wait for Muschamp to take over. All of which means it’s time for Mack to pass the torch. That performance on offense was bullshit.
dedfischer said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

Kirkendoll is a fucking liability. Put Goodwin in the game. He’s at least playing contact football.
Toadvine said:

December 6th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

ded –

Many of us have said this all year. All Goodwin has done when on the field is block and make plays. It took 6 games to start throwing to Malcolm Williams and sit Chiles. It may be next year before Goodwin plays in front of Kirkendoll. And it’s too damn bad, because whether or not Godwin always runs the right routes he is an electric athlete who plays hard.
dedfischer said:

December 6th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

I will loan Greg Davis the WR hitch screen with the ball in Goodwin’s hands and Shipley/Buckner/Williams doing the blocking from Leach’s playbook. We’re running this shit all over people with Alexander Torres and Brik Brinker.
sizzlechest said:

December 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Chris Applewhite –

You put forth an analogy 3 or 4 years ago about who drives the offense. It was something to the effect of GD has his hands on the steering wheel, but he’s sitting in Mack’s lap. Given how we are so consistently de-pants against Top 20 defenses, do you not think that our QBs are severely impacted by the dissonance created when Mack jerks the wheel or taps on the brakes unexpectedly?

Not defending GD here, but just like we can’t blame the players for failing to find success when the margins for success are so thin, is GD by extension impacted by this as well? Perhaps not consciously or deliberately, but just really more mindfucked into doing stupid shit because of his relationship with Mack.

This type of relationship has affected our QBs over the years, from Simms to VY to Colt. It’s like having parents that fight all the time in front of you and then you hear them busting the bed springs at night. Our QBs are the eldest child in this sense. Quite a mindfuck.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

You know how Mack used to always absorb the blame after we’d get crushed by OU? or how he did it this year after we struggled with their defense? I’m ready to take him up on it. I put the blame fully on him.

He’s the one who is insistent on wanting to control clock with the run game, even after we’ve proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there are immensely better ways for us to move the ball. He’s the one who stopped developing in the 80s and genuinely can’t see the flaws in Davis. Mack always prattles on about what a good job Davis does. I don’t think it’s coach speak. I think he believes it.

The same way I appreciate the talent Rick Barnes brings in, I won’t be heartbroken if he moves on because he and Davis seem to share philosophies on offense and developing skills within a system. Mack is the same way. I love the guy. He’s done great things here. I grew up in a time when finishing in the top 25 after the Sun Bowl win was a fantastic finish, so going 12-1 is still a thrill to me. I don’t want either guy to leave, but if they do . . . so what?

He wants the blame, and I’ll give it to him. I don’t blame Chris Hall for sucking, I blame McWhorter for starting him, Davis for his inability to use him, and Mack for having a huge fucking blind spot to all of it.

The dueling banjos nature of the offense is just another symptom of the larger illness. Neither guy knows how to do what they want to do and what we get is weekly tinkering, band-aids, “the players didn’t execute,” and a rotating cast of skill players who get the blame when it all starts at the top.

To answer you directly in purely football terms, I still put a lot of it on Davis. His directive seems to be to control the ball, keep it simple, and we’re prefer to run first. I doubt Mack intervenes with plays and schemes and game plans to a very large degree. In order stay simple you have to have a clear plan, a mastery of everything you do and everything you’ll see done against you, and teach timing and fundamentals as relentless as the rules will allow. We don’t do anything like that. Davis seems more like the The Fonz from The Waterboy — someone with a binder of magical plays that will work without any thought put into the play to play dynamics and without any regard at all to the team we’re playing. I think he’d rather overwhelm people with a thousand different things, but the way he’s been told to operate has simply left him without the one possible tool that might make him effective. And that truly is the only scenario in which there is even a faint chance that he could be good at this job. And I do mean faint.
dedfischer said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

I do want to point out a particular play design that was amusing from my end zone seats at the game. Gracias to Vasherized for the tickets, btw. Davis has actually made some adjustments in practice to counter the speed of the Husker DL. So, what he’s done is drawn up a play with some sort of misdirection to get all the Husker DL running. The OL has been coached to let your man run laterally at the snap of the ball. The RB is then handed the ball on a delayed draw of sorts running the other direction with easy seal blocks for big/strong/immobile guys against a quick aggressive front. A sort of statue of liberty play with evidence of evolutionary thought. The net result is Tre Newton getting smashed in the face just as he gets the ball in his hands. He ran this play way more times than he should have after it failed the first 2 or 3 times. I’m not trying to pile on here, just wanting to let you know something I observed.
Fred Dickson said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

Given time by the O-line, Colt is a very good college qb and will go in the 2nd rd next year. He can use his feet and will make better decisions when coached better.

Better offensive schemes is not what the OL needs, they need better athletes at that position. They are SOFT and need a mean streak like the 2005 unit.
Fred Dickson said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Given time by the O-line, Colt is a very good college qb and will go in the 2nd rd next year. He can use his feet and will make better decisions when coached better.

Better offensive schemes is not what the OL needs, they need better athletes at that position. They are SOFT and need a mean streak like the 2005 unit.
vegashorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

I really think the best thing for this team, is for colt to lose the Heisman. If you think he is playing tight and pressing now in big games against top 20 D’s imagine him being the Heisman winner. I also don’t believe our WR’s are as bad as some have mentioned, I blame it on the scheme and play calling.
Toadvine said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

vegas -

Colt is not VY. He does not respond to doubters by wanting to prove them wrong. He is not that dude and he doesn’t play with that kind of chip on his shoulder. He’s the guy who almost quit football after the OU game because he got depressed by the bad press. Losing the Heisman plus a month of bad press will not make him play better. Since he is the de jure leader of the football team, I doubt the team will react by playing better. It’s better for him and the team if he wins the Heisman.
ransomstoddard said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

I have already heard Mack try to explain how the last minute and a half was part of his grand coaching scheme and its really embarassing to listen to. He knows we don’t believe it but he’s so full of crap and he screwed up so bad he has to say something.
vegashorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

ghost

curious to hear your thoughts on our o line, these guys are all top recruits. What the F is the problem with this unit
hornsince75 said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

“I feel bad for Colt because we put the kind of weight on his shoulders that only a player like Vince Young can carry.”

Bullfuckingshit. When you come to play for Texas, at any position, but especially at QB, you assume responsibility for that “weight”. Just the same as when you come to coach at Texas you assume that weight as well. It’s about time Mack “Clappyhands” Brown starts feeling some heat. This season was a fucking abortion on offense against any team that had 2 defensive players above average on the team. I don’t give a shit how good a friend Greg Davis is, he’s a fucking idiot that could be out-schemed by a water boy.

Mack’s a good guy, I wouldn’t for a second try to downplay what he’s done for Texas, but with the recruiting success he’s had at Texas there should be a lot more hardware in the trophy case. It’s time to give Muschamp the reigns.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Hall and Tanner sure weren’t. Ulatoski, either, am least imo.

None of them have developed physical strength like the unit before them had. We went to valuing quickness but we went to far. And Hall and Tanner aren’t even that quick.
Gene Claude said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Has anyone mentioned that Colt apparently can’t tell time?
Groundhog Day said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Vegas,

They are not top recruits. Hall was not blue chipper, Uli was a guy with potential but was not a blue chip, Tanner was the same. Huey and Hix were highly regarded, but Snow and Allen outside of this year’s freshmen were the highest ranked linemen coming out of HS and they sit the pine.

I actually think Tanner is very talented but this unit lacks strength and the scheme and coaching of the HC and OC are the reasons for failure by this unit. It doesn’t matter if its Nunez or Mcwhorter things will not change as long as we have this OC. The only time a Brown/Davis offense has been able to run on good defenses is when we had VY and their first year with Ricky when they didn’t have time to undo the fundamentals of Offensive line blocking by the previous regime.
NY Horn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

I don’t feel bad for Colt because we expect to win championships. I feel bad for him because he isn’t being put into a position to succeed with the tools he has to work with, given his skills. Like others have mentioned, only transcendent talents like Ricky or VY have been able to bear the load Davis’ scheme puts on them.

Colt had no chance of playing well in the game against Nebraska, absolutely fucking zero.
uthookem said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

How much better would this line be with Burnette and a healthy (albeit still freshman) Mason Walters? I’m pretty sure Burnette had some anger issues, so maybe that could have helped?

Well, I’m as pissed as anyone else, but just about ever other Texas team under Brown would have lost at least two games this season, so I have to give the entire team a pat on the back for that. We should be better, but we aren’t, and we haven’t needed to be based on our record.

Just like in 2005, we will need to play a very good game and get a few key mistakes from ‘Bama to win.

Hook ‘em!
Fried Rice said:

December 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

I don’t buy this whole “Colt is secretly dumb” business. How many decisions does a QB make in the span of one game? Yet he is the winningest QB in football history. When the play breaks down due to GD’s schematic predictability, and it’s time for the QB to improvise, which other QB would you want on your side? Maybe he has some bad habits he needs to unlearn, maybe his immaturity shows in his being unable to admit blatant mistakes, but that’s quite a stretch to being dumb.
Toadvine said:

December 6th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Vegas –

I wish I knew the answer to that. They just seem to do pretty much everything wrong. They confuse assignments, get blown backwards, do not protect (and I mean really protect, in the ways that linemen are supposed to, as in knocking the hell out of people who chip your QB), seem slow, and frequently weak. I can’t think of anything they do well. But, like others have said on here, I don’t think these guys were a bunch of blue-chippers either. This is probably the worst O-line of the Brown era, and while some of the problems are system, most of the problems are personnel IMO.
Nordberg said:

December 6th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

This is all a lot more vicious than I would have thought, even for around here.
BatesHorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

Jeebus, I hope this gets better, because nobody here seems to be enjoying the fact we are playing for the title.
Toadvine said:

December 6th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

Got to cycle through the anger and diagnosis so I can start believing again. All part of the process gents.
BrickHorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

The absense of Quan is the different between this year’s offense and last year’s offense.

I think the bigger factor is the quality of Texas’ opponents. The Horns played nobody with an even halfway decent defense last season. This season, we’ve played a couple of excellent defensive teams and, predictably, struggled against both. Greg Davis’ offense is a cowardly bully. That’s all there is to it.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 6th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

“Jeebus, I hope this gets better, because nobody here seems to be enjoying the fact we are playing for the title.

If we win, everything is forgiven. They don’t give trophies for having the best OL.
BrickHorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

If we win, everything is forgiven. They don’t give trophies for having the best OL.

But they do give trophies for having the best OC: http://www.broylesaward.com/press-releases/texas-davis-wins-10th-annual-broyles-award
Chad said:

December 6th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

Are our OL highly recruits out of HS? Hix, Huey, T. Allen, etc., do we delvelop them at all?

Bruce Matthews must have seen a lot of things to advise his son to commit to ATM
MerHorn said:

December 6th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Bruce pretty much laughed out loud when he saw our OL practicing. New OL coach is not changing shit as far as scheme though..it will come from the top.
Chad said:

December 6th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

Hire Bruce to handle OL or to be a consultant and get his son to switch to horn.
Groundhog Day said:

December 6th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Why? So we can speak of Bruce the same way we speak of Nunez and McWhorter?
Orbea said:

December 7th, 2009 at 7:02 am

CA you are a fool for thinking you would not be heartbroken to see Rick Barnes move on.
Bob in Houston said:

December 7th, 2009 at 8:19 am

The same way I appreciate the talent Rick Barnes brings in, I won’t be heartbroken if he moves on because he and Davis seem to share philosophies on offense and developing skills within a system.

I actually was looking forward to watching the smooth-functioning Barnes O this evening, at least in comparison to Saturday night.
Huckleberry said:

December 7th, 2009 at 9:10 am

Barnes has a discernable system on offense, though.

Keep turnovers down, crash the boards.

Not sure what the hell we’re doing on offense with the football team.
goofybevo said:

December 7th, 2009 at 9:14 am

Yes, say what you like about the tenets of the Barnes Offense — at least it’s an ethos.
Mike said:

December 7th, 2009 at 9:19 am

Jesus, this was hard to read:

“The worse thing and offense can have is a QB is isn’t as fast as he thinks he is and holds onto the ball too long. I guarantee at least one big hit on McCoy early on when he underestimates Suh.”

No wonder they pulled the plug on it the first time.
BatesHorn said:

December 7th, 2009 at 9:21 am

This whole Mack want’s to run clock is b.s. If Mack was conservative, he would have quick kicked on 3rd and 15 from deep in his own territory to surprise NU and pen them deep at the start of the 4th. And he would have told Colt to run the clock down on every play once we had any sort of lead. Mack’s failures in managing the game clock go WELL beyond the last 10 seconds of the game. We probably left 3-4 minutes on the clock that shouldn’t have been there over the course of the second half.
number2 said:

December 7th, 2009 at 9:53 am

Colt McCoy is gonna go down as the greatest or 2nd greatest QB in Texas football history.

Does anybody have a memory that goes back farther than 2 days? I applaud BC’s candor on all subjects, but slinging mud at Colt is ridiculous.
Mike said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am

From ESPN:

“The Crimson Tide come in having annihilated defending national champion and top-ranked Florida in what was supposed to be an epic SEC Championship Game. The Longhorns, on the other hand, needed the Mother of all Miracles to survive the same Nebraska team that once lost 9-7 to Iowa State in what was supposed to be a Big 12 Championship blowout.”

I won’t provide a link, a common practice when one has a modicum of respect for the site referenced. Fuck ESPN. Fuck all of them. This shitstorm of hate is ridiculous.
TexasFan101 said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:08 am

13-0. We’re entering the MNC as the underdog. For the first time this year (Hi silver lining!).

Look, I hate the offense and GD as much as all of you, but take a breath. This bashing on Colt isn’t useful. He’s flawed, but he’s played his guts out for this team and us as fans. He deserves more respect than what you guys are giving him right now. This group of seniors have been great to watch, and I can’t wait to see them give their all against a much better coached Alabama team. We should be so lucky to have another round of Colt McCoy type play next year. Speaking of next year, we have one piece of the puzzle in place with Muschamp. I’m not holding my breath for the offense, but it should be interesting to watch.

Things could be worse.

Hook’em
nordberg said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:16 am

I like hearing about the “miracle” we needed. The only miracle is that instant replay exists, and was able to correct an obvious error.
Mike said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:18 am

This wasn’t just a miracle. It was the “Mother of all Miracles”, whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean.

Again, ESPN can forget about a link back.
ChrisApplewhite said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:19 am

It’s not bashing. I very explicitly outlined the reasons for which it was not a bashing.
StatsAreForLosers said:

December 7th, 2009 at 11:46 am

number2,

It is not slinging mud. Colt McCoy,as do all quarterbacks, has his limitations. The problem with Colt is that he is a one read quarterback. If that read is no good, he is done unless he tucks it and runs. Against the Nebraska defense that will/did not get it done and I bet it won’t pay the bill against a Nick Saban coached Alabama. I have always said that Colt was more of a product of the system instead of the engine that ran it.

Almost anyone in America can be a productive quarterback in our system that passes the ball in the air 5 yards and relies on athletically superior skill position players to do the work.
His accuracy was not a function of greatness rather a function of necessity to run this offense. The dink and dunk lends itself to be friendly to inflated passer ratings.
Our pass game is essentially a running game in disguise. His pass rating is the rough equivalent of handing the ball off properly to the running back.

I remember being blasted on the season preview for saying that Colt was going to have a down year because he is missing the most important cog of last years offense, Quan Cosby. A sure handed chain mover.

While I was drunk and angry on Saturday night, I actually defended Greg Davis.
Maybe Greg Davis is not the problem, rather a genius in desguise. Maybe the quarterbacks are. Think about it. First he had Major. I love Major but he was very limited physically. Followed by a one eyed and blind folded quarterback with a cannon for an arm in Chris Simms. Then Chance Mock, need I say more. VY. Followed by Colt McCoy who is a one read quarterback with a weak/moderately weak arm.

That list doesn’t exactly explode with NFL talent. Maybe Greg Davis has been forced to make Lemonade out of Lemons this entire time. The one time he had a future NFL talent at QB he opened up the offense because he finally had the talent to do it.The rest of the time he does a deceptively good job of putting band aids on the glaring flaws of his QBs.

Just my take…..
Bob in Houston said:

December 7th, 2009 at 11:59 am

That list doesn’t exactly explode with NFL talent. Maybe Greg Davis has been forced to make Lemonade out of Lemons this entire time.

This assumes that Greg Davis has to have an NFL talent at QB in order to score points against a really good defense.
number2 said:

December 7th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

NFL potential is irrelevant. Stick Tom Brady in our backfield saturday night and he’s not gonna have time to go through all of his reads either.

Colt is one of the best in the college game and more than capable of delivering us another championship.
TaylorTRoom said:

December 7th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Colt did not have a good game, but he wasn’t getting any help. Who on offense, other than perhaps Shipley, had a good, mistake-free game? His accuracy and timing were off in the 1st half, but he was playing well in the 2nd half. His game-breaking throw was dropped, and then his six minute drive off our goal line ended with the ball pulled loose from the WR (it would have been 4th and 2 or 3 if Buckner holds on, so we probably try a 48 yard FG there). He was obviously out of it at the end, perhaps woozy from all the hits, but he did captain the drive, and make the throw he had to make.
Toadvine said:

December 7th, 2009 at 1:08 pm

No number2. Tom Brady would have hit those deep throws.
Homesick Alien said:

December 7th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

One play, diagrammed by the nitwits in the booth, sums up everything you need to know about Saturday night’s game and our offense in general:

Bugeater trots out 7, count them–SEVEN–DBs. They have 4 DL.

Predictably, their 4 DL commit domestic abuse on the 5 women comprising our OL, and unsurprisingly Colt can’t find an open receiver out of the 5 we have running against 7 DBs in the .75 seconds of protection his offensive linewomen give him. At the end of the play, Suh burped.

That’s pretty much us in a nutshell.
Saltshaker said:

December 7th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

It’s hard to be accurate and hone your timing if you can’t get a rhythm, Colt was on the ground 14 times in the first half, not counting the times he escaped pursuit.

The O-Line is mediocre at best and horrible against good D-lines. If Colt didn’t make it a habit of throwing on the run to Shipley, our offense would have about half the points it has this year. Even against lesser opponents.

One need not look further than the Wyoming game film to see this time and time again. Our O-line was pushed around by a team that won 4 games last year. I saw this problem coming for Oklahoma, and when I heard we were going to play Nebraska, I fully expected to lose.

With an ineffective O-line, in a defensive battle, special teams become the director of the game. Recall the OU game, Shipley’s return for a TD is why we were able to win. Not Colt.

The Texas O-line is not capable of handling Nebraska, luckily Alabama isn’t as penetrating on front, but they will not be moved. Hall will have a horrible game with the nose tackle Terrence Cody.

This is not a prediction, but just the way it will match. McCoy will not be able to run, and without a tight end to burn the middle LB QB spy, We will not be able to narrow the defense to get to the outside.

You can’t win a Championship without a run game and road graters up front. Ingram will test Muschamp’s boys more than any other runner we’ve come across. He will get yards too, once they weaken from being on the field for too long without some help from the Texas offense.

Just the way it is.

This is not to be Texas’s year, all Saban has to do is execute a rudimentary game plan, work the short field, and get field goals, and get Ingram to 100 yards rushing.

Without more special teams miracle/s, Texas will not have a chance against Alabama, but it won’t be a blow out. Expect another Nebraska game, turnovers won’t do it in this one, just like OU, just like Nebraska.
Groweprice said:

December 7th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

I think Colt’s problems are corrolated to the Heisman watch. Am I the only one who noticed this. Think of the first five games and you’d see Colt was in a fog or “sick”. Once he played out of any consideration he played better. The last two games he’s shit the bed as a Heisman hopeful. Once Ingram takes home the hardware and Colt gets a few awards then he can get back to just winning.

I also thought we should have run the no huddle a little more early on before the game sprialed into a game from the Aker’s era and needed to have Colt practice his punting skills.

With 7 DB in the game why wasn’t Cody used more to at least get a linebacker on the field? Why can’t we just pretend that we have a tight end who can block and catch? There is no film on any of our TE’s maybe they can be a secret weapon. Are they all that bad?!?!

It’s all on Mack for the clock issue and the shitty running game since he’s taken more of an interest in it since 2006.
Chad said:

December 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

Good idea about pretending that we have TE. For one month time available, train them to block, run, catch, with Cody serve as both FB and RB, use both FB and RB to catch the pass. Install offense as ’92 Cowboys, with Johnston, Novacek, and E. Smith. Come back to simple, fundamental smashmouth power running game. May be then our OL can grow a mean streak and gangsta mentality.

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