The Dude

I have to wonder if Bubba would be this hyped if he was coming out of Texas instead of Kansas. From what I've heard and seen, Jamal Turner is just as good a football player as Bubba. I wouldn't be so quick to rule him out as a QB. Also, it's nice to hear the phrase "with all these QBs..."

Beck doesn't even have to be a great OC. Just decent. If we can put a mediocre to decent offense on the field regularly, I think we can compete with anyone in the country. Just teach them boys to hang onto the ball coach!

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Ron is awesome. I don't care what fairy tales he decides to believe.

roadrat, do you think it seems Garrison knows line play?

Towel boy maybe?

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Those be fightin' words 'round these parts.

I bet we dominate Washington on 9/17/11. 45-3

You're spot on with this post. On top of what you've said, it allows the players to get the repetition they need at the college level. Repetition in practice is crucial at the college level. No one knew this better than Dr. Tom.

Yes it would matter. Everyone needs to quit acting like the Oline was our only problem on offense. In a lot of games, it was our biggest strength on that side of the ball. I must have missed those games - and don't go throwing out K-State or Missouri - where a handful of rushing plays accounted for nearly all of those stats you're about to quote. And who opened up holes for those long running plays? Bottom line, when we lined it up in the I or wildcat and ran it down hill, our Oline was down right dominant. When we had our QB and RB standing around in the back field running the zone read, not so dominant. It works against crappy Western Kentucky or Pac 10 defenses. But it doesn't work against the Texas, Oklahoma's and Auburn's of the world. This is more a problem of playcalling. Now, you're just making our point for us. Barney may do fine in a power running scheme. However, his OL and his capabilities fall flat on their face when running the zone read in the spread offense. Bo's going to run the spread. Barney Cotton is a square peg that Bo can't ram through a round hole. Cotton will handicap Beck or whoever the new OC is because of this. Er. Not really. The point was running the zone read over and over doesn't work against fast, athletic defenses. This was pretty obvious in the MNC game, which had nothing to do with Barney Cotton. You can have the best line on earth and it wouldn't matter if your QB and RB are just standing around in the backfield holding hands. Luckily Big Ten defenses aren't exactly known for their speed.

They did their jobs, exactly my point. I didn't say our Oline was great all year, they were great in some games, good in others, bad in others. Most of it had to do with shoddy play calling and game preparation in my opinion. Washington was embarrassing all across the board. People just refuse to give any credit where it's due around here. God forbid I say the Oline had a great game in the best rushing performance in school HISTORY. Good grief.

Yes it would matter. Everyone needs to quit acting like the Oline was our only problem on offense. In a lot of games, it was our biggest strength on that side of the ball. I must have missed those games - and don't go throwing out K-State or Missouri - where a handful of rushing plays accounted for nearly all of those stats you're about to quote. And who opened up holes for those long running plays? Bottom line, when we lined it up in the I or wildcat and ran it down hill, our Oline was down right dominant. When we had our QB and RB standing around in the back field running the zone read, not so dominant. It works against crappy Western Kentucky or Pac 10 defenses. But it doesn't work against the Texas, Oklahoma's and Auburn's of the world. This is more a problem of playcalling.

Yes it would matter. Everyone needs to quit acting like the Oline was our only problem on offense. In a lot of games, it was our biggest strength on that side of the ball. Which games were those? The 4 weak non-conference games? The KSU game where Martinez just flat our ran everyone? The only one I can come up with is the Mizzou game but was that OL play or crappy LB & S play on the part of Mizzou? Texas – No A&M – No OU – No Wash – No If you're not even willing to give the Oline any credit for a school record rushing performance, it's pretty obvious it's not worth having this discussion.

No. The fact of the matter is, since the Texas A&M game, Bo has been and will continue to be irrationally scrutinized.

Yes it would matter. Everyone needs to quit acting like the Oline was our only problem on offense. In a lot of games, it was our biggest strength on that side of the ball.

Dude does look like he's still in playing shape LOL.

Exactly right. I've never heard of any news source acting like the OWH. Remind me to never buy one of their papers ever again.

Actually this isn't true it's been speculated that Frost didn't come here because we didn't offer him the OC job. Beck becoming the OC has been decided along time ago possibly all the way back in 08'. Beck is a great hire and a guy who deserves a chance. If it's true Bo has enough faith in Tim that he didn't even look around for an OC, that will certainly ease my worries some. I'll still be disappointed. I was really hoping we would go out and get a legit, proven coordinator or at least a Beck/Frost combo. Look at it this way i'm not too sure there is anything about Frost's resume that says he's ready to be a OC. The only reason this board was pumped to get him is because of his past with Nebraska over a decade ago. Had he been just some WR coach for a few years at Oregon then onto Nebraska to be the OC we'd be scratching our heads. Heres something else I'd like to add at this point I don't even give a damn about the scheme. I'd love for our offense to go back to the fundamentals mainly holding onto the. We can have the best scheme in the world but when you put the ball on the ground as much as our offense has the last few years scheme is a moot point. I can't speak for everyone, but the reason I was pumped about Frost is because he was apart of a very successful offense we're tying to emulate. Plus Oregon showed they would have fought hard to keep him around no matter what. Which leads me to believe the guy can coach his @ss off. That made me more comfortable than promoting a guy from a horrid offense. Like I said Frost and Beck as Co's would have been ideal for me. It's not like Beck's resume is exactly impressive.

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Actually this isn't true it's been speculated that Frost didn't come here because we didn't offer him the OC job. Beck becoming the OC has been decided along time ago possibly all the way back in 08'. Beck is a great hire and a guy who deserves a chance. If it's true Bo has enough faith in Tim that he didn't even look around for an OC, that will certainly ease my worries some. I'll still be disappointed. I was really hoping we would go out and get a legit, proven coordinator or at least a Beck/Frost combo.

Well, he couldn't be as bad as Watson could he? If he fails it could mean Pelini's head. This was Bo's chance to go out and get a legit OC. To me it just seems like we're settling on Beck. If Beck was "the guy" we wouldn't have needed to search around. Time will tell I guess. I will be very, very disappointed if it is Beck, but I wish him the best, and hope he can turn this thing around.

Phillips just doesn't make much sense for where our offense is headed.

I think it was pretty evident after the CCG everybody wanted Watson and Gilmore gone. Watson interviewed for a couple jobs prob on the recommendation of Bo knowing he would take Gilmore with him. Now on losing the bowl game, that was just a shot in the dark and he wasnt the only saying we could lose our bowl game. He put both of those things together and made a thread out of it, big deal. I might be missing something, but what's with the animosity? Its the fact that this thread has been linked for like the third time in less than week. We get it.... you got something right. If he had a "real" source he would be lighting up this board with who the new offensive coaches are. Fair enough. I probably don't post here as much as most, and I wasn't aware of that.

I think it was pretty evident after the CCG everybody wanted Watson and Gilmore gone. Watson interviewed for a couple jobs prob on the recommendation of Bo knowing he would take Gilmore with him. Now on losing the bowl game, that was just a shot in the dark and he wasnt the only saying we could lose our bowl game. He put both of those things together and made a thread out of it, big deal. I might be missing something, but what's with the animosity?