Game thread for SMU

[TheColonyEagle]

Our defense is bad. But our offense has been just as bad. We're not playing a good defense. 

 

[outoftown]

Just now, keith said:

We just need to tackle him on the line of scrimmage.  Take the penalty and a slow death.

In this situation, with time close to running out, that would indeed have been the right way to go about it

[Udomann]

Hopeful for some 2nd half miracles, but just too many holes in this team still. 

Bonus: Fine is looking pretty good, so I gladly eat my words from last year. Oline is also much improved

[UNTGuy5]

Hold on..  Sutton beat us last year, we talked all week about him, and we're not double covering him?  What the F are we doing?

[NorthTexan95]

SMU right now is just manhandling us.  We've made mistakes but right now it appears SMU is just this much better than us.

Offensive, it looks like we're using a different game plan than we did those first two drives.  We also can't run the ball at all.

Defensively, we're hanging tough but can't make a stop on third and long.  We gave them the first touchdown by missing tackles on two different plays including the touchdown.   

Edited September 10, 2017 by NorthTexan95

[Ryan Munthe]

Just now, UNTGuy5 said:

Hold on..  Sutton beat us last year, we talked all week about him, and we're not double covering him?  What the F are we doing?

Yeah doesn't really make any sense to me. Bizarre gameplan.

[TheColonyEagle]

Their coaches adjusted. Ours didn't. 

[GMG_Dallas]

Can somebody explain why no timeout was called to at least attempt something deep?

[golfingomez]

1 minute ago, UNTGuy5 said:

Hold on..  Sutton beat us last year, we talked all week about him, and we're not double covering him?  What the F are we doing?

i mean... there was a time we tripled him last year... 

[El Paso Eagle]

 First have observations 

 Defense of line too small and too slow 

 Defense backs not covering  too much buffer

 Offense came out great. SMU adjusted and we didn't 

Very very poor play calling after the first couple drives

IMO Fine is not a "play creator".  Not saying he cannot move the team but he does not create opportunities 

 Cortland may have 5 to 6 touchdowns in this game 

 We came out strong but I have been overwhelmed since we went up 10-0

realistically I think most people believe we would lose this game. We came out strong and got her hopes up. We still have a long, long way to go

Edited September 10, 2017 by El Paso Eagle

[cdizzle86]

I could literally do a better job covering Sutton. 

[NorthTexan95]

2 minutes ago, UNTGuy5 said:

Hold on..  Sutton beat us last year, we talked all week about him, and we're not double covering him?  What the F are we doing?

On the last touchdown there's not real way to double team on that throw.  On the second touchdown we had two guys there but the corner just completely blew the play by misreading the ball. 

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Very very poor play calling after the first couple drives

Looks like a completely different game plan. 

[golfingomez]

Just now, cdizzle86 said:

I could literally do a better job covering Sutton. 

no

[UNTGuy5]

2 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

i mean... there was a time we tripled him last year... 

Excellent point.  

[GrandGreen]

Horrible 3rd down defense, can the defensive backfield play any worse.  

[p_phelps]

Look like absolute shit.. SL better wake them the hell up.

[Censored by Laurie]

1 minute ago, cdizzle86 said:

I could literally do a better job covering Sutton. 

is Ben Gooding throwing to him? 

[golfingomez]

Just now, Censored by Laurie said:

is Ben Gooding throwing to him? 

haha, i couldnt remember the name of the guy who said he could QB

[outoftown]

I feel like we have barely tried anything deeper than 10 yards, leading to SMU stacking the box. Also we reverted to a Canales/Coach Mac style offense after our first two drives. Why did we change? I don't know. It had been working

On defense we are actually doing a decent job for two downs. But third down are reaaaaally bad. We really need to play more make it or break it on third down (also known as giving pretty much zero cushion and blitzing the hell out of it.

We correct those two things, this game can still be won. We don't and it could end 51-10

Edited September 10, 2017 by outoftown

[El Paso Eagle]

1 minute ago, outoftown said:

I feel like we have barely tried anything deeper than 10 yards, leading to SMU stacking the box. Also we reverted to a Canales/Coach Mac style offense after our first two drives.

On defense we are actually doing a decent job for two downs. But third down are reaaaaally bad. We really need to play more make it or break it on third down (also known as giving pretty much zero cushion and blitzing the hell out of it.

We correct those two things, this game can still be won. We don't and it could end 51-10

 I know this sounds bad but I think a win is out of the question at this point. Sutton will get at least 2 to 3 more touchdowns in the second half. Only hope we can be competitive and make a good showing 

[cdizzle86]

It's only half but we gotta make adjustments 

[golfingomez]

geezus christ, the sky is falling around here. 

 

UNT isn't out of this game yet... we need to figure out a way to slow down Sutton, but outside of him, the Ponies aren't an untouchable team compared to us.

[Ryan Munthe]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

 I know this sounds bad but I think a win is out of the question at this point. Sutton will get at least 2 to 3 more touchdowns in the second half. Only hope we can be competitive and make a good showing 

Yup. She's over. 45-20 that's my prediction. UNT lost.

[El Paso Eagle]

 Looks SMU has loaded itself  up pretty well with P5 transfers 

[Varsity]

Fast start, faded finish.