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It would be interesting to see a passing chart that breaks them up into left, middle, right and shows number of passes attempted 0-10, 10-20, and 20+ yards. I think we know it would show most in the 0-10 range, but there were definitely a few down field that I remember. The throw to Smith, where he pulled up and the ball sailed over his head and was intercepted comes to mind. There was also a ball that Goree let go through his fingers that got intercepted. Harris had one ball that resulted in an interference call and another that looked like it should have/could have been interference, but wasn't called. Those are the deeper ones that come to mind. Most of the others seemed to be underneath.

It is really not that out of balance earlier in the game. It is pretty much that out execution sucked. 1st Q - 13 run, 5 pass 2nd Q - 10 run, 14 pass 3rd Q - 8 run, 7 pass 4th Q - 5 run, 11 pass Total 36 run, 37 pass** ** numbers include runs/passes where there was a penalty that was accepted and resulted in no play, but it shows what was called. It also counts plays where QB was sacked as a run play, when technically we were attempting a pass. In the end, it shows that we maintained decent balance throughout, but our execution sucked pretty bad and turnovers killed a couple of drives. One thing is clear, we cannot impose our will in the run game (couldn't last year and didn't on Saturday). If we punch in the ball on the 1st series, maybe it would have changed things a bit, but when we ran 3 straight times and had to kick the FG, you could just feel the air go out of the ball and it gave smoo some needed confidence to respond.

The struggles on offense were well documented last season. Based on this last week's performance it does not appear much has changed. At what point do you have to consider making changes, whether that be with coaching, game plan, or personnel if your offense continues to struggle? At some point don't you have to make some sort of change just to keep from losing the team and the fan base?

Could we start getting the band director to lead off the weekly press conference and discuss the plan for the upcoming half time show?

Maybe he didn't want to find a D1 QB the last couple of years?

Sadly, game week is now over and our smoo guests need to move on to make way for the onslaught of Rice fan(s) this coming week. After all, we can't start missing you until you leave. Same time next year.

North Texas SMU Down RUN PASS Total Down RUN PASS Total OVERALL.......... 31 36 67 OVERALL.......... 50 27 77 1ST DOWN......... 15 13 28 1ST DOWN......... 25 10 35 Obviously the final score slants most people's opinions pretty heavily, but UNT was much more balanced in terms of play selection overall as well as on 1st down.

I'm not exactly sure what the hell he is doing, but it made me chuckle when I saw it.

We need to get better at putting 'you better not suck' clauses in our contracts

I thought Bean was our MLB? I thought he seemed to hold his own in the middle, but definitely was a step slow when asked to get outside. He had a huge play on forcing the Davis fumble at the goal line. I agree that none of our LBs were a match for Davis.

I think Mac could make a great figure head as our head coach. He just needs to completely step away from the offense, and for that matter defense and special teams. Focus on recruiting and hiring great coordinators. If he is not willing to do this, then he should do the right thing and think about retiring or taking a leave of absence.

Harold? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ

My bad. I will try to change thread title

I believe we only had one drive that was not ended with a turnover and went 3 and out

You are talking about what could have or should have been, I am stating what was. All we had to do was play smoo even in the 4th and we would have been singing a different song today. We didn't, and we aren't. That's the way football go.

Yes. While not pretty or entertaining to watch (at least offensively), we were leading the game 'on the road' in the 4th quarter.

Our new WRs were non existent. Goree caught one short ball and then immediately proceeded to fumble. Also, toward the end of the game, McNulty is scrambling for his life, throws a pass about 25 yards downfield and the ball passes through Goree's hands into the waiting hands of the defender for an interception. These two plays will not look good in the film room and may impact his opportunities in the future based on how this staff hates negative plays. Not sure if I recall Thompson even being targeted. If these two are as good as advertised, they should be getting open a lot more often and having more of an impact on the game.

I went up to him and asked RV specifically about the banner. He said he thought it was great. My wife and I had a great time. Enjoyed the ride down, enjoyed the tailgating scene, uncomfortably enjoyed the 1st 3 quarters of extremely conservative offensive play calling that had us in the lead. Did not enjoy the turnovers in the 4th quarter and the final score.

So Carlos, when we had the ball at the 10 yard line in the 2nd quarter and on 3rd down you turned in and McNulty threw it out, who was that on? Instead of a TD, we settled for a FG.

@cerebus...a little help here?

Someone got an A in Photoshop.

Merge/buy TWU already and let's get this thing over 50k. Every corporate raider knows that mergers and acquisitions is the way to big growth.

We have some awful trends in terms of openers, road, series, playing an opponent that has already played, etc... but the banner is going to break the jinx. GMG!