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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3285143" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>I'm going to paste a quote from another OU board I read quite a bit from a guy who goes by SoonerRick46 and posts a lot there. I don't know who he is, does not seem to be directly connected to the team but apparently has contacts with the team. I like his analysis because he has a lot of insight into the game as well as the team, is well-reasoned and doesn't get caught up in the typical fan hysteria that a lot do (blame the refs, fire the coach, blah, blah, blah). The message board is Sooner Times and these are his thoughts about the KSU game. Thought some of you might enjoy...</p><p></p><p>"The more I watch of the game the more becomes obvious. I had speculated before the season started that the way to attack the "Speed D" was power running right at it. That's exactly what K St did. Notice who had the best game on the D Line? Overton.</p><p></p><p>The other huge thing that pops out is something I talked about a couple of week ago.....edge integrity. You have to set the edge on run plays and we haven't been doing a good job of that for weeks now. I said it would come back to burn us and it clearly did. They knew exactly where and how to attack us. You can clearly see their RBs cutting to the 6 and 7 holes and the guards blocking out to the edge and leaving a huge hole. It doesn't help if the D Line is shifting as the ball is snapped. It's simple physics, the D Line is already moving and their O Line just helped them to keep moving in that direction. It's much harder to hold your ground if your feet aren't set.</p><p></p><p>Add to that, K9 was shooting the wrong gap and their O Line was very efficient at cutting him off and trapping him out of position. This is exactly what Grinch was talking about in his post game interview about not "trusting". In his defense, everyone has their gap and they're expected to be in them and we haven't been in those gaps on the edges all year long.</p><p></p><p>On offense, Riley has been trying to taper the offense to Hurt's skill set which is running. Yes, he's improved as a passer, but Riley is becoming predictable with the QB draws. We need more diversity in the offense and Riley has gotten away from that in the last couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>I also didn't understand the pooch kickoff. They've done that earlier in the year as well and I questioned it then. Why run the risk of giving them such good field position? It just didn't make sense.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of blame to go around here. Hopefully, this is a wake-up call for the staff and the team."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3285143, member: 44328"] I'm going to paste a quote from another OU board I read quite a bit from a guy who goes by SoonerRick46 and posts a lot there. I don't know who he is, does not seem to be directly connected to the team but apparently has contacts with the team. I like his analysis because he has a lot of insight into the game as well as the team, is well-reasoned and doesn't get caught up in the typical fan hysteria that a lot do (blame the refs, fire the coach, blah, blah, blah). The message board is Sooner Times and these are his thoughts about the KSU game. Thought some of you might enjoy... "The more I watch of the game the more becomes obvious. I had speculated before the season started that the way to attack the "Speed D" was power running right at it. That's exactly what K St did. Notice who had the best game on the D Line? Overton. The other huge thing that pops out is something I talked about a couple of week ago.....edge integrity. You have to set the edge on run plays and we haven't been doing a good job of that for weeks now. I said it would come back to burn us and it clearly did. They knew exactly where and how to attack us. You can clearly see their RBs cutting to the 6 and 7 holes and the guards blocking out to the edge and leaving a huge hole. It doesn't help if the D Line is shifting as the ball is snapped. It's simple physics, the D Line is already moving and their O Line just helped them to keep moving in that direction. It's much harder to hold your ground if your feet aren't set. Add to that, K9 was shooting the wrong gap and their O Line was very efficient at cutting him off and trapping him out of position. This is exactly what Grinch was talking about in his post game interview about not "trusting". In his defense, everyone has their gap and they're expected to be in them and we haven't been in those gaps on the edges all year long. On offense, Riley has been trying to taper the offense to Hurt's skill set which is running. Yes, he's improved as a passer, but Riley is becoming predictable with the QB draws. We need more diversity in the offense and Riley has gotten away from that in the last couple of weeks. I also didn't understand the pooch kickoff. They've done that earlier in the year as well and I questioned it then. Why run the risk of giving them such good field position? It just didn't make sense. There is a lot of blame to go around here. Hopefully, this is a wake-up call for the staff and the team." [/QUOTE]
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