First thing that needs to be said, that game was over before it kicked. It was extra over at 27-10. It was a glorified scrimmage.
That was Bobo’s best game in the last 2 years. I get it was against Miss state but that was a clinic. A few vent myths were busted. 6 of the first 8 snaps Frazier played were throws. Netted about 150 on those plays too.
Used 5 and 16 to create matchups wanted. The 3rd down calls were money overall. Hunting matchups. Put so much on film for teams to account for moving forward. Loved the keep going to the well on the plays they didn’t adjust. Once they did he had counters off of them. Throw to Delp on the hand off to Carson was slick. As was the bomb to Arian. Clear that a ton of self scouting was done on that side because we busted tendencies all day. I hate that Branson got hurt but forcing to either throw it more and or use Frazier more is going to be a boom overall. I love that 22 gutted it out but our potential for explosives cratered with him in the game.
The picks were sloppy but not a lot to be upset about overall. Carson is finding his groove and moxy. Losing Colbie means we lose the back shoulder fade to the end zone as a component of our offense. That’s a wonderful development. Colbie’s route tree was slant, stop, go and he created controlled variables for DC’s that made us way easier to defend. How do we replace him? Luckie got the iso matchup early. They used design later to a 3rd down to Humphrey. We are better off with the longer rotation, more 5,7, and 16. Them coming on is creating the space Bell, Lovett, Arian need. None of those 3 are ever going to win when the coverage is rolled to them. But we have enough guys to account for and tangible results on film that they can no longer be schemed for either. Thus their effectiveness will go up greatly.
Defensively we are young and the motor runs hot and cold. On the first big completion Harris got lost. They shifted pre snap and he backed up, he just lost him in space. On the 3rd down that scored later in that drive, Everette had to turn and chase when he jumped up field and he is supposed to have underneath leverage and Malaki is supposed to be over the top of him. It’s robber, single vertical route, 24 looks at the run and hasn’t noticed where 1 nor 2(both his reads are yet), the ball was in the end zone before he realized it was a pass. Just an absolutely awful play by a 3rd year starter. That’s why he has played more star, DJ and KJ have comfortably out played him at safety. He is better in coverage than Aguero inside. Takes away his guessing when you just give him 1 guy to defend. I think that moves is permanent.
On the drive after halftime when it was 3rd and long we had 4 DL, 2ILB’s and Chris Cole playing star, 4-3 personnel tinkering and getting PT for guys. He gets the tacky PI. Chaz eviscerates their OL a few plays later and gets the helmet. They run some heavier looking personnel with 2 TE’s to the same side, 1 inline and 1 H back. We lined up in a 5-1-5 essentially. 3 down lineman and 2OLB’s in a base look, single LB, star widened out opposite side, 4 DB’s the traditional way. This is a purely run stopping look and when a team is on a hash literally impossible for us to defend the hook curl to the wide side. So Lebby subtly shifted the TE to Everette’s side and he HAS to widen out. But he flooded that side with 2 guys, so by the time the ball is complete Everette has absolutely done his job and has 0 responsibility to the guy that caught it but the vent sees a 6 yard separation, completion, tackle by 6 and assume he messed up. No, design and knowing our rules. Kirby and Co tinkering. Literally impossible to defend that play given how we were lined up.
Later that drive on the TD run Jarrett is in for about 5 snaps in a row and gassed. He actually had played well up until that point but he took that 1 off and got turned and hands on nobody. Jalon was gassed or taking a blow and got blocked. Brinson is playing 7 tech end(more tinkering), and gets too far upfield and sealed. Jackson gets blocked, Malaki takes a terrible angle and it’s 6. Aguero chased the fake bubble and Julio loves to get entangled with corners so he doesn’t have to come off a block and tackle anyone.
Point I’m making is that we held a scrimmage with new stuff and the kids didn’t respond well. The corner opposite of 6 is the liability until further notice. Julio just isn’t physical and unless the call is press man Harris struggles like crazy with WHO to cover. Good news nobody is just getting abused. If you want to fault 6 for the first TD peep the design. At the snap of the ball the guy that turned up was blocking and had lined up on the opposite side presnap. The kid that caught it is an NFL guy 1 day. The things that plagued us vs Auburn in the run game were completely cleaned up with the first group running the actual defense. They had 1 drive outside of that that took 2 busts to score on. Everyone needs to breathe just a bit.
I hate giving up 31 points, I hate they breached 300 yards of offense. But it’s not the D going backwards, it’s the staff tinkering, it’s not the DB’s playing “pac 2 defense” albeit Donte may not be back. It’s the constant desire to evolve and tinker not working out. That’s why it’s done vs Miss state. None of what they hit us with are things Texas or anyone else on the schedule can build upon either. In crunch time that’s not what we do. It wasn’t anything like what happened at bama either.
The Kirby “shove” was a nothing burger. He was ready to kill Schu and thought that was 1 of ours. You can get mad about a shove if you’d like but I don’t think anyone on the Miss state side was offended.
Literally anything could happen Saturday night from a blowout to a nail biter. If we play clean, they’re going to have a hell of a time beating us. They haven’t played anyone on the same planet as us and we out depth them by a mile. The 1 scenario that won’t happen is they blow us out. It’s the ole can your top 5 -7 guys beat our top 1-50 matchup. They’re top heavy and the gap between their non stars and starters is much wider than ours.
That was Bobo’s best game in the last 2 years. I get it was against Miss state but that was a clinic. A few vent myths were busted. 6 of the first 8 snaps Frazier played were throws. Netted about 150 on those plays too.
Used 5 and 16 to create matchups wanted. The 3rd down calls were money overall. Hunting matchups. Put so much on film for teams to account for moving forward. Loved the keep going to the well on the plays they didn’t adjust. Once they did he had counters off of them. Throw to Delp on the hand off to Carson was slick. As was the bomb to Arian. Clear that a ton of self scouting was done on that side because we busted tendencies all day. I hate that Branson got hurt but forcing to either throw it more and or use Frazier more is going to be a boom overall. I love that 22 gutted it out but our potential for explosives cratered with him in the game.
The picks were sloppy but not a lot to be upset about overall. Carson is finding his groove and moxy. Losing Colbie means we lose the back shoulder fade to the end zone as a component of our offense. That’s a wonderful development. Colbie’s route tree was slant, stop, go and he created controlled variables for DC’s that made us way easier to defend. How do we replace him? Luckie got the iso matchup early. They used design later to a 3rd down to Humphrey. We are better off with the longer rotation, more 5,7, and 16. Them coming on is creating the space Bell, Lovett, Arian need. None of those 3 are ever going to win when the coverage is rolled to them. But we have enough guys to account for and tangible results on film that they can no longer be schemed for either. Thus their effectiveness will go up greatly.
Defensively we are young and the motor runs hot and cold. On the first big completion Harris got lost. They shifted pre snap and he backed up, he just lost him in space. On the 3rd down that scored later in that drive, Everette had to turn and chase when he jumped up field and he is supposed to have underneath leverage and Malaki is supposed to be over the top of him. It’s robber, single vertical route, 24 looks at the run and hasn’t noticed where 1 nor 2(both his reads are yet), the ball was in the end zone before he realized it was a pass. Just an absolutely awful play by a 3rd year starter. That’s why he has played more star, DJ and KJ have comfortably out played him at safety. He is better in coverage than Aguero inside. Takes away his guessing when you just give him 1 guy to defend. I think that moves is permanent.
On the drive after halftime when it was 3rd and long we had 4 DL, 2ILB’s and Chris Cole playing star, 4-3 personnel tinkering and getting PT for guys. He gets the tacky PI. Chaz eviscerates their OL a few plays later and gets the helmet. They run some heavier looking personnel with 2 TE’s to the same side, 1 inline and 1 H back. We lined up in a 5-1-5 essentially. 3 down lineman and 2OLB’s in a base look, single LB, star widened out opposite side, 4 DB’s the traditional way. This is a purely run stopping look and when a team is on a hash literally impossible for us to defend the hook curl to the wide side. So Lebby subtly shifted the TE to Everette’s side and he HAS to widen out. But he flooded that side with 2 guys, so by the time the ball is complete Everette has absolutely done his job and has 0 responsibility to the guy that caught it but the vent sees a 6 yard separation, completion, tackle by 6 and assume he messed up. No, design and knowing our rules. Kirby and Co tinkering. Literally impossible to defend that play given how we were lined up.
Later that drive on the TD run Jarrett is in for about 5 snaps in a row and gassed. He actually had played well up until that point but he took that 1 off and got turned and hands on nobody. Jalon was gassed or taking a blow and got blocked. Brinson is playing 7 tech end(more tinkering), and gets too far upfield and sealed. Jackson gets blocked, Malaki takes a terrible angle and it’s 6. Aguero chased the fake bubble and Julio loves to get entangled with corners so he doesn’t have to come off a block and tackle anyone.
Point I’m making is that we held a scrimmage with new stuff and the kids didn’t respond well. The corner opposite of 6 is the liability until further notice. Julio just isn’t physical and unless the call is press man Harris struggles like crazy with WHO to cover. Good news nobody is just getting abused. If you want to fault 6 for the first TD peep the design. At the snap of the ball the guy that turned up was blocking and had lined up on the opposite side presnap. The kid that caught it is an NFL guy 1 day. The things that plagued us vs Auburn in the run game were completely cleaned up with the first group running the actual defense. They had 1 drive outside of that that took 2 busts to score on. Everyone needs to breathe just a bit.
I hate giving up 31 points, I hate they breached 300 yards of offense. But it’s not the D going backwards, it’s the staff tinkering, it’s not the DB’s playing “pac 2 defense” albeit Donte may not be back. It’s the constant desire to evolve and tinker not working out. That’s why it’s done vs Miss state. None of what they hit us with are things Texas or anyone else on the schedule can build upon either. In crunch time that’s not what we do. It wasn’t anything like what happened at bama either.
The Kirby “shove” was a nothing burger. He was ready to kill Schu and thought that was 1 of ours. You can get mad about a shove if you’d like but I don’t think anyone on the Miss state side was offended.
Literally anything could happen Saturday night from a blowout to a nail biter. If we play clean, they’re going to have a hell of a time beating us. They haven’t played anyone on the same planet as us and we out depth them by a mile. The 1 scenario that won’t happen is they blow us out. It’s the ole can your top 5 -7 guys beat our top 1-50 matchup. They’re top heavy and the gap between their non stars and starters is much wider than ours.
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