Wow, I am not happy with how we played Saturday either but I am shocked at this over reaction! Our offense is not performing up to par, yet are ranked #56, our Defense is currently ranked #11. If that dosen't show marked improvement I don't know what does.
Most of the short comings of our offense I hate to say might just be a lack of playmakers. I am not saying we don't have any, they are just either under performing or are young and have not developed yet.
I have been disappointed with the development of our recieving corps for quite a while now. I see many colleges around the country able to develop young recievers that are able to make a major impact and I have always been disappointed that we haven't been able to do that.
The same could be said of our RB's with the exception of Burkhead of course. It seems like Ward, and Okafor should be ready to contribute.
The o-line is probably the biggest disappointment of all! I am not so sure that the biggest problem they face is switching from the backpedaling pass block schemes to the road grading run blocking we are all so used to seeing. It seems to take several run plays in succession to get them going.
All in all though we have a team that plays hard, and with pride. For the most part, and that is the biggest improvement I have seen. They got hit square in the mouth Saturday, and the defense didn't lay down at all. The offense on the other hand looked really fursterated.
I do like Bo and think he's the right guy. He will make the right adjustments to keep us going in the right direction. It's obvious to me that's going to take some time to get the whole team playing at a high level. They will find a way to score, but it's not going to be pretty.
Look at what a few key injuries has done to the Sooners season. That's really the same thing that's hurting us right now. Helu's dingged, Rex is out, a couple of our linemen won't play that were looking like they might be in the rotation. Spano might have been able to step in and provide a spark with more knowledge of the offense. But alas, it all adds up.
And we need to be careful with the boo's, that has always made me hang my head no matter what the fans are booing about. It's all about perception.
Keep the faith.
GBR
Most of the short comings of our offense I hate to say might just be a lack of playmakers. I am not saying we don't have any, they are just either under performing or are young and have not developed yet.
I have been disappointed with the development of our recieving corps for quite a while now. I see many colleges around the country able to develop young recievers that are able to make a major impact and I have always been disappointed that we haven't been able to do that.
The same could be said of our RB's with the exception of Burkhead of course. It seems like Ward, and Okafor should be ready to contribute.
The o-line is probably the biggest disappointment of all! I am not so sure that the biggest problem they face is switching from the backpedaling pass block schemes to the road grading run blocking we are all so used to seeing. It seems to take several run plays in succession to get them going.
All in all though we have a team that plays hard, and with pride. For the most part, and that is the biggest improvement I have seen. They got hit square in the mouth Saturday, and the defense didn't lay down at all. The offense on the other hand looked really fursterated.
I do like Bo and think he's the right guy. He will make the right adjustments to keep us going in the right direction. It's obvious to me that's going to take some time to get the whole team playing at a high level. They will find a way to score, but it's not going to be pretty.
Look at what a few key injuries has done to the Sooners season. That's really the same thing that's hurting us right now. Helu's dingged, Rex is out, a couple of our linemen won't play that were looking like they might be in the rotation. Spano might have been able to step in and provide a spark with more knowledge of the offense. But alas, it all adds up.
And we need to be careful with the boo's, that has always made me hang my head no matter what the fans are booing about. It's all about perception.
Keep the faith.
GBR
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(I used the smiley face hope'n you would take that in a joking way)