cl_1_2008

Open your eyes, this isn't a Canales offense. He's got 3 guys in his ear telling him to run. Because of this, our offense is predictable. And stop blaming Thompson. On the pick, Delgado was supposed to run a slant, and ran the wrong route(he gets a little blame for that, but not 100%). Thompson threw 2 perfect deep balls today, but as soon as we get a lead, it's right back to running the ball and being predictable. Thompson has been bad at times this year, but today was not one of those days. Mac needs to take the cuffs off Chico, and let him work. Until that happens, this is the offense you're gonna see every week. /rant Go Mean Green!

If a slant gets picked, it's on the receiver. It's their job to not let the defender get underneath them.

UNT 38 FAU 6

Welp, this is awkward.

I didn't make it up. Coaches did. Just spreading the word.

Antoinne "The Jimmy Show" Jimmerson.

Antonio is 2. Fortenberry 3.

If you truly watched the line, you wouldn't even attempt to make this argument. He's not even in the top 3.

Watch the tape. That wasn't an opinion.

Easily our best offensive lineman.

While the OL is definitely good, it is not even close to being deep.

Kicking is all about confidence. I'm sure him getting benched will do lots of good in that regard(heavy sarcasm). And don't get it twisted, it was Mac's decision to bench him, not Riddles. The fact that you'd rather go for it on 4th and 16 than kick a field goal is so hard-headed. You took 3 chip shot field goals out of your best kickers hands. I don't care if he was 0-2. If you don't have a competent replacement, you should NEVER bench him.

Of course he doesn't.

I think McCarney does a lot more than some of y'all think. Or maybe it's just a coincidence that we went from having one of the most versatile offenses in college football, in terms of play calling, to one of the most predictable, even though the OC never changed.

I'd be worried if it was someone who actually played.

Thanks Harry. Just needed to vent.

Don't get me wrong, the offense was really good. I was just saying that I would have liked us to take some shots down-field, on 1st down. One big play could have swung this game.

There's no doubt about that.

The downfield passing game hasn't worked because the only time we do it is on 3rd down, when it's expected.

What exactly IS our FG range?

When you go into a game as a big underdog, you have to make big plays. The play-calling tonight was EXTREMELY conservative. Before that last drive, I think we only threw 1 pass on first down. If you only pass in obvious passing situations, that makes your offense very predictable, making it harder to break a big play. You complain about DT, but when the defense knows you're gonna pass, it makes his job significantly harder. Sure, a conservative game-plan will keep the game close, but it also makes it damn near impossible to win. You can't afford to make any mistakes. Unfortunately, we made several mistakes. On defense, I wasn't nearly as impressed as everyone else. The main reason the defense looked good was because the offense controlled the clock for pretty much the whole game. In the first half Kansas State had the ball 5 times. 2 3-and-outs, a long drive where we forced a fumble, a TD, and then the pick at the end of the half. The 2nd half, they had the ball 4 times. 3 TDs, and then they ran the clock out on their last possession. That's 8 full possessions(9 if you wanna count running out the clock) and 4 TDs. Our best defense tonight was our offense, period. I wasn't a fan of the defensive game-plan either. We got absolutely zero pressure on Klein the entire game. It seemed like we only sent a blitz a few times tonight, whereas in the past few games, I felt as if we were sending people nearly every play. And our corners were playing 12 yards off their receivers, basically allowing them to just play catch all night. We started great, but after that, we weren't very good. As for special teams, I think we already know how everyone feels about that. However, I'm not calling for Riddle's job or anything. To sum this all up, if you came into this game expecting to get blown out, you were probably thrilled with our performance. I, on the other hand, honestly expected to win this game. My thoughts were only reinforced after watching the first half. We flat-out dominated this game on both sides of the ball for 38 minutes, yet we were still down one(because of special teams). You just CANNOT allow that to happen if you want to pull an upset. Sure, the officiating sucked, but we still had plenty of opportunities. The coaching in all 3 phases kind of let me down today, not because we don't have great coaches(we do), but because I don't think this is a game-plan you draw up if you really think you can win(and we could have). You gotta take risks you normally wouldn't if you wanna pull upsets. That's just the way it is. But we don't play Kansas State or LSU again, so I think this is the last time you'll see a such a conservative game-plan. Now all that being said, the team we played today was 3 times as talented as anyone we'll see for the rest of the year. So through 3 games, with what I've seen, I will be upset if we lose more than 4 games, barring any additional injuries, and it wouldn't surprise me a single bit if we went 10-2. I know after the past 8 years, everyone on here is conditioned to be pessimistic. Well fellas, those days are over. Next week, we kick Troy's ass. Hop on the bandwagon or get left behind, because this team is going bowling, and you can take that to the bank. Go Mean Green!

Mean Green 28 Purple Cats 23

And we only lost to an LSU team (who happens to be far more talented than K-State) by 27. Football doesn't work that way, sorry.

Hand-to-hand combat? Give me the black guy.

The quality of opponent doesn't really correlate to injuries. I mean, just this year, we had one against LSU, and 2 against Texas Southern. I mean, I'd rather not play the LSUs of the world, but that has more to do with wins and losses than injuries.