After re-watching the game twice

emmitt01 · September 3, 2018

Here are some of my observations:

1) I said it last season after our game against them, and I was right. Without Courtland Sutton their quarterback is just average. Not having a guy who can go up and grab poorly thrown balls rally exposes that passing game.

2) With that said, a LOT of Hicks’ throws were off because we got serious penetration into their backfield. Ejiya put some wicked hits on him and he was just a step away from being hit 5-7 more times. Kudos to coach Reffett.

3) At one point in the game SMU had 23 yards...and we had 27 FIRST DOWNS. Let that sink in.

4) The running game HAS to get better. Period. They brought extra men into the box and it worked.

5) Mason, though, made them pay repeatedly by throwing to the areas that linebackers vacated.

6) Bryce English will be an impact player. He didn’t get through much in the SMU game but he swallowed up linemen and allowed the other defenders to get home.

7) Medpilot and I noted that they appeared to want to concentrate on Guyton. I only hope every team does the same! He still got two TD’s and Bussey just plain WENT OFF.

8 I hope Jordan Murray’s shoulder is ok...and that he is able to be a valuable backup the rest of the year.

9) I am still pissed they put up the 23 points against the 2nd and 3rd team defense. Everyone outside of the Mean Green nation (and some within it, strangely) will fail to give our defense the credit they deserve and think that the game was actually close. It wasn’t.

10) Our receivers did an excellent job of breaking tackles and turning shorter catches into big gains. They have clearly been working in the off-season. I just hope that we find ways to connect on some of the longer throws. We tried at least twice to hit deep balls and they were either a little overthrown or the receiver had two defenders on him. Teams like Arky, FAU, and La Tech will be better at tackling and drives could stall out if we can’t force the safeties back.

untjim1995 · September 3, 2018

Great recap, Emmitt...especially on the defense—those 23 points don’t even come close to telling the whole truth.

MeanGreenTexan · September 3, 2018

11 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

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6) Bryce English will be an impact player. He didn’t get through much in the SMU game but he swallowed up linemen and allowed the other defenders to get home.

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His presence is a huge reason why Ejiya & Garner looked so good.

Him, Taoaalo, & Young were commanding double teams all night.

MeanGreen01 · September 3, 2018

37 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

His presence is a huge reason why Ejiya & Garner looked so good.

Him, Taoaalo, & Young we’re commanding double teams all night.

Couldn’t agree more! Our dline has some mass and are plugging those holes so the LB’s are more free. D-line were incredible

NorthTexan95 · September 3, 2018

1 hour ago, emmitt01 said:

10) Our receivers did an excellent job of breaking tackles and turning shorter catches into big gains. They have clearly been working in the off-season. I just hope that we find ways to connect on some of the longer throws. We tried at least twice to hit deep balls and they were either a little overthrown or the receiver had two defenders on him. Teams like Arky, FAU, and La Tech will be better at tackling and drives could stall out if we can’t force the safeties back.

Early in the game SMU did a great job of limiting our yards after catch. It really wasn't until the later half of the second period that we started getting some space.

agw0038 · September 3, 2018

how are you rewatching the game? is it posted anywhere? is there a link?

Matt from A700 · September 3, 2018

Those last quarter scores sucked, but did we really score 32 non-garbage time points against SMU last year?

UNT 90 Grad · September 3, 2018

11 minutes ago, agw0038 said:

how are you rewatching the game? is it posted anywhere? is there a link?

https://watchstadium.com/live/141126/

Rudy · September 3, 2018

I watched some of the replay this morning. Apogee was insanely loud. The pick 6 really sounded like a sold out P5 stadium. Even the kick return for a TD at the end of the game, sounded like a packed house.

UNT 90 Grad · September 3, 2018

28 minutes ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

https://watchstadium.com/live/141126/

For those that have issues streaming, the game is being replayed on KTXD in the DFW area tomorrow night (9/4) at 7 PM. That's channel 24 on Spectrum and I believe on 47 on DirecTV.