JTrain
All-Conference
I think we are lucky to get out alive in this one. I'm happy with the win, but I didn't agree with the roughing the passer penalty that kept us alive on 3rd and long. I hate to play devil's advocate, but I think if that call went against us in that situation we would be furious. That led to three points that we may or may not have gotten without the call. Also, although it was a good call, the facemask on the jailbreak screen on 3rd and 15 completely saved a drive that led to a touchdown.
Our defensive line did not play well. Yes, Kansas had a solid gameplan on offense to neutralize the line, but even on straightforward drop-back passes, our line was not getting much if any penetration. I could not believe we let them run so consistently against us on their first touchdown drive. Run after run after run after run and we weren't stiffening up. I also think our defensive coaches did not adjust well during this game. Their second touchdown drive was the same type of passing plays over and over and over, and we weren't adjusting. We weren't blitzing. We were just sitting there in man coverage and getting killed by the crossing route all the way down the field. Where was the blitz adjustment? Reesing wasn't handling the heavy blitzes very well. And yet we stuck with the four man rush almost every play and let them pick us apart. As much as I like our DBs and how much they've progressed, they can't lock down big time receivers like Kansas has every single play. Seems like Bo and Carl were content playing bend-but-don't-break all the way down the field. The problem is, on both TD drives, they forgot to not break.
Offensively we probably had our best game against BCS competition to date. Niles Paul had a huge performance; I was happy for him. Helu looks pretty close to his old self. Zac Lee had easily his best performance. Our pass blocking was improved and that was huge for building Lee's confidence. I thought Watson called a very smart game for the most part. We actually used McNeill. We took some deep shots. Mixed up the running plays. Solid job on offense all the way around.
On to KSU. They are down after the shellacking they took today, and I think we have a good chance to beat them. We're going to have to commit to stopping the run, which we had trouble with for most of the game today. I wonder if we see more 4-3 against KSU. Aside from Dillard, our LBs haven't gotten much experience this season. Should be interesting.
:snacks: :corndance
Our defensive line did not play well. Yes, Kansas had a solid gameplan on offense to neutralize the line, but even on straightforward drop-back passes, our line was not getting much if any penetration. I could not believe we let them run so consistently against us on their first touchdown drive. Run after run after run after run and we weren't stiffening up. I also think our defensive coaches did not adjust well during this game. Their second touchdown drive was the same type of passing plays over and over and over, and we weren't adjusting. We weren't blitzing. We were just sitting there in man coverage and getting killed by the crossing route all the way down the field. Where was the blitz adjustment? Reesing wasn't handling the heavy blitzes very well. And yet we stuck with the four man rush almost every play and let them pick us apart. As much as I like our DBs and how much they've progressed, they can't lock down big time receivers like Kansas has every single play. Seems like Bo and Carl were content playing bend-but-don't-break all the way down the field. The problem is, on both TD drives, they forgot to not break.
Offensively we probably had our best game against BCS competition to date. Niles Paul had a huge performance; I was happy for him. Helu looks pretty close to his old self. Zac Lee had easily his best performance. Our pass blocking was improved and that was huge for building Lee's confidence. I thought Watson called a very smart game for the most part. We actually used McNeill. We took some deep shots. Mixed up the running plays. Solid job on offense all the way around.
On to KSU. They are down after the shellacking they took today, and I think we have a good chance to beat them. We're going to have to commit to stopping the run, which we had trouble with for most of the game today. I wonder if we see more 4-3 against KSU. Aside from Dillard, our LBs haven't gotten much experience this season. Should be interesting.
:snacks: :corndance
