3rd quarters

[joda]

Remember when our biggest problem was Winston Dimel getting too many carries? Would take yesterday.

[The Whale]

It's like the OCs forgot that Waters and Lockett graduated.  You look at our personnel, there's no way we should be throwing 35+ times a game.

[catastrophe]

Our inability to take advantage of a team daring us to pass, isn't getting the recognition it deserves. By us or by the coaches.   

Of course, but we've dealt with that before. QB reads/runs are still viable against teams that do that and the first half proved that.

I have no doubt that Dimel/Miller completely understood that TCU was daring us to pass and called it accordingly. Unfortunately we neither have the QB or WRs right now to win games that way, as has also been proven in the past two 2nd halves.

This is where I come down on it. Maybe they made the right calls objectively, but it seems to flat out ignore the personnel we have. Our WRs must make all the catches in practice, because almost any casual fan would have zero faith in those guys under pressure.

[Katpappy]

Our inability to take advantage of a team daring us to pass, isn't getting the recognition it deserves. By us or by the coaches.   

Of course, but we've dealt with that before. QB reads/runs are still viable against teams that do that and the first half proved that.

I have no doubt that Dimel/Miller completely understood that TCU was daring us to pass and called it accordingly. Unfortunately we neither have the QB or WRs right now to win games that way, as has also been proven in the past two 2nd halves.

This is where I come down on it. Maybe they made the right calls objectively, but it seems to flat out ignore the personnel we have. Our WRs must make all the catches in practice, because almost any casual fan would have zero faith in those guys under pressure.

It seems BJ doesn't handle pressure very well either.

[cfbandyman]

I generally hated how we kept running fades to the sidelines and Hubes kept throwing the ball either out of bounds or into way too tight of coverage. We must have ran that play 6-7 times and got nothing from it. I don't get it. We can pass the ball and be effective on other routes or options, just not that one.

[mocat]

we'll always have 35-17

[kso_FAN]

we'll always have 35-17

[catastrophe]

Seriously, between OSU and TCU, how did the Cats become such scoring machines in the 1st half?

It's like, let's just keep that first half offense and then switch back to whatever we were doing in the first three games.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

This is the anti-2011 when we won bunch of close games. I remember several games that year in which we were behind in the third quarter but stubbornly kept running the ball and eventually won.
So odd that whole mind set has disappeared and we are now losing close games.

2011 was fun.

[kso_FAN]

The offense has taken the heat (and with Bookie's post even more so), but I'm still surprised at how good the offense has been.

#19 nationally in points per drive and points per play.

However, the defense ranks #80 in points per drive and #81 in points per play.

I think most of us thought these numbers would be flipped this season.

[Rage Against the McKee]

The offense has taken the heat (and with Bookie's post even more so), but I'm still surprised at how good the offense has been.

#19 nationally in points per drive and points per play.

However, the defense ranks #80 in points per drive and #81 in points per play.

I think most of us thought these numbers would be flipped this season.

Bookie's post doesn't really point out a flaw in the offense so much as it does our coaching organization. If Bill doesn't have the ability to make late game decisions anymore, he shouldn't be coaching.

[catastrophe]

The offense has taken the heat (and with Bookie's post even more so), but I'm still surprised at how good the offense has been.

#19 nationally in points per drive and points per play.

However, the defense ranks #80 in points per drive and #81 in points per play.

I think most of us thought these numbers would be flipped this season.

Bookie's post doesn't really point out a flaw in the offense so much as it does our coaching organization. If Bill doesn't have the ability to make late game decisions anymore, he shouldn't be coaching.

^That (though I really hope it's not true)