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  1. Needs to be a law like Germany has with beer. Water, grain and hops. If it has anything else in it, it can't be called beer. Same thing with beans and chili.
  2. They didn't run much outside zone - at least not in the critical early phase of the game. It's a perfectly understandable mistake since the announcers mis-identified the blocking scheme a couple of times. The outside was available because the edge kept getting caved in - mostly on the side manned by the undersized and injured Hager which furthers the confusion. Gundy does know how to ID and exploit a defensive weakness. I don't see either Roach or Graham as that kind of speed bump. Watch the OL and the RB. Linemen take one big step playside then attack upfield. RB is aiming for the playside OG then makes his cut. That's classic inside zone. The inability to hold the edge just enabled OSU to bounce the play off tackle to the front side. They did run stretch twice in the decisive first 5 drives. Once at Hager for over 15 yds and once at Omenihu for negative yardage. They built enough of a lead to win but it was mostly by exploiting the absence of Boyd and Davis in the passing game than anything on the ground. Outside zone was a minor part of that winning formula.
  3. Texas needs a run stopper to shut down that 4th interior gap. Gary Johnson provided that and it looks like Mitchell is flashing the potential to do so. That frees up the other ILB to pursue the ball like an old school Will LB.
  4. In nearly all of their big runs, the OSU OL were able to get to the 2nd level and pick off multiple LBs to give a clear lane to the RB. I think Coburn demands a full double team. He's going to make it difficult for the guard to combo then hit an ILB without giving up penetration that can blow up an inside run - which is most of their ground arsenal. Even if they are successful single blocking both DEs, that only leaves one O-Lineman than can attack the LBs. Orlando has played the Buck LB off the LOS against the spread quite a bit and a 3-3 stack creates tough angles for blockers looking to seal off pursuit at the 2nd level. It's a lot harder to block the BLB there than if he gets tangled up with an OT or TE at the LOS. Also, OSU isn't a team that runs a lot of toss sweep or stretch where you need a C-gap defender from the snap. They mostly rely on inside zone concepts (esp. tite and split zone) and power/counter. I would have said dime but with the injuries to Overshown and BJ Foster I think Texas has to play Nickel with Chris Brown near the LOS where he can set the edge against the run. There isn't a 2nd DB available with that ability to blow up blocks and hammer the RB. Setting up in a cover 2 shell then rotating one safety down to the 2nd level is going to create that free hitter in the box against the run. Doing it late in the clock puts it on the QB to ID the coverage quickly, then make the right read and throw. I'd love for that extra guy to be BJ but that's not in the cards.
  5. One of the really sad thing is that LSU won't be able to get away with the BS excuse for pass protection they used in the second half. SEC refs won't protect them in conference play. They won't look as good on offense as a result and the usual mouthbreather crowd will proclaim that is shows how much better SEC defenses are. To bring this back to Okie Lite, they've played some weak opponents and their defense has looked weak at best. 6 sacks and 18 TFLs in 3 games against that level of competition isn't much. The best of those was OR St, where the Pokes produced 1 sack and gave up 4 passing TDs to a below average team. I'm not really sold on the Cowboy's offensive juggernaut narrative yet. Tulsa and McNeese are obviously lower tier. Oregon State is P5 but their defense was also poor against Hawai'i (421 yds passing). There will be a good offense in Stillwater as long as Gundy is HC there but the first few games were like looking hot by standing out in a crowd of Applewhite / VicMackey specials. The OL and running game (esp Hubbard) have been impressive except against, oddly, McNeese. Agree with the posters above that Texas needs to focus on stopping the run and force their QB to make secondary reads.
  6. True. Just the closest thing we had under the prior regime IIRC. Unfortunately the injury situation kept us from seeing what Herman could do with Conner in the one year he had him.
  7. How can there be a QB battle if Mond declares early after winning the Heisman?
  8. They play both kinds of music: country AND western...
  9. Cosmi had zero hype. He was a 260 lb low 3-star coming out of HS. Composite had him #155 in Texas and NR (outside the top 1,000 or so) nationally. I would LOVE to see what this staff could do with a Connor Williams-type elite OT prototype. Maybe in a year or two after Tyler Johnson has a chance to RS and develop.
  10. Thanks. That makes a lot of sense.
  11. Statcast has Orie in. Has she picked up her game that much to earn PT against a top level opponent?
  12. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --- Arthur C. Clarke
  13. No longer can they say "thank God for Mississippi." Louisiana just achieved poll position in the poverty grand prix. https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/number-of-insured-in-louisiana-goes-up-but-so-too-does-poverty-number
  14. Just remember that aggy tears are an annuity, if not a perpetuity.
  15. Obviously he means Duvernay induced PTSD in the secondary. Cosmi-Braun Syndrome (shell shock and awe) up front. Is the entire SEC other than Kirby Smart composed of excuse-peddling pussies?
  16. Each year since Herman arrived, one young OL has really stepped up. In year 1 it was Kerstetter as a true freshman. With that rotating MASH unit up front, I hate to think how much worse things could have been without his ability to play multiple positions. In year 2 it was RS freshman Cosmi playing at a high level. Now in year 3 we are treated to RS freshman Angilau looking really good and an experienced newcomer Braun seriously improving a previously neglected part of his game in pass pro. Virtually everyone is now redshirting and overall program health is much better. That should give the 2nd team O-Line a fair amount of live game experience against the weaker teams on the schedule. We saw a good bit of it against LA Tech. The backup OL played the 4th Q: Urquidez, Ghirmai, Okafor, Imade and Christian Jones got valuable snaps. That luxury just wasn't on the menu in years 1 and 2.
  17. Partially concealed by the fact that couches just don't burn properly with the full saturation of 100% humidity.
  18. "Bet you can't eat just one..."
  19. It mattered because their OL was ALSO gassed on the 2nd half. They needed the rest as badly as the DL for LSU. Watch how often they just fell down and dragged a pass rusher with them, pulled the grab and takedown from behind or went with the full on bear hug. All signs of immobility combined with fatigue. The worst was when Coburn had one OL bear hugging him from behind and one from the front. Looked like Ring Around the Rosie.
  20. SEC - It's Bitch Boy Football.
  21. Don't expect anyone with a brain to believe the statistical odds of over a doezen players cramping on defense, some more than once and none at all on offense. Orgeron LIED about the LA Tech coaches reaching out to him about the A/C. The guys on the other side of the supposed conversation confirm that it never happened. Neutral parties who were present report that the A/C was working. O's attempt to climb down when his lies were exposed further indicates that he wasn't telling the truth to begin with.
  22. Go back and quote me on the actual threads. Stop being a bitch and stand up for what you said right here on this one.
  23. I guess being a bitch just comes naturally for you. Nice try at dodging the issue and changing the subject. Just like you did when you got busted quoting me out of context before. We just expect that kind of BS from you now.
  24. The good name of our university is being slandered. You obviously can't understand that since LSU doesn't have a reputation that would be harmed by dragging through the mud. It might actually improve as a result.
  25. The fact that you can't tell the difference between "jokes" and reality says it all about LSU.
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