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CU at Texas Tech 11/9 @ 2pm MT on FOX
- Thread starter The Alabaster Yak
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Right, and the balls were caught past the LOS. They were close, but past the LOS.
For some reason I keep thinking about 2001 when CU went to Ames and kicked ISU’s teeth in. There was no doubt they were the better team then and a legit top-15 team. That’s what yesterday reminded me of.
2016 felt like time was running out. Guys were getting hurt and there was no depth. This is as close as we’ve come to 2001.
PS - It was pure ecstasy watching us tee off on Morton for the last quater-plus with just four linemen. We’re f***ing back. Let’s go!
2016 felt like time was running out. Guys were getting hurt and there was no depth. This is as close as we’ve come to 2001.
PS - It was pure ecstasy watching us tee off on Morton for the last quater-plus with just four linemen. We’re f***ing back. Let’s go!
CarlB
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A couple of thoughts:
1) Real credit to CU for not letting the game get away from them early. A lot of times, a late-season road game becomes a house of horrors when the home team gets off to a fast start.
2) CU needs to clean up the stupid penalties. In particular, there is NO excuse for getting a taunting penalty at this stage of the season. That crap cannot fly on a team with championship aspirations, and lack of discipline is my biggest concern with Deion’s program right now.
3) The 12-team playoff has made CFB wildly entertaining this November. Can’t wait for next Saturday!
1) Real credit to CU for not letting the game get away from them early. A lot of times, a late-season road game becomes a house of horrors when the home team gets off to a fast start.
2) CU needs to clean up the stupid penalties. In particular, there is NO excuse for getting a taunting penalty at this stage of the season. That crap cannot fly on a team with championship aspirations, and lack of discipline is my biggest concern with Deion’s program right now.
3) The 12-team playoff has made CFB wildly entertaining this November. Can’t wait for next Saturday!
Refs clearly weren’t paying attention to the blue line. I mean, it’s right there on the field. How can they miss it?
Receivers were crossing the field and well past the line, and pretty sure HCPrime and the coaches irate on the sidelines, even complaining about it after the game, as well as the commentators, and coach Barnett, know what the rule is.
Supplement: watching the Well-Off sideline coverage of the game, players were using the fact that TT was resorting to illegal picks as motivation around the beginning of the 2nd Q. Livingston and the players adjusted really well.
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FLounda
Think Positive and life will be Positive.
You act like you’re still on that side
Ringer
Well-Known Member
Bucky gave that guy a little shove at the end of the video.
Clemson D looks legit to me. BYU is tough as nails and well coached. No stars though. Boise State is one dimensional and might play in the worst conference in D1
So DOOM?
I saw this on a podcast this morning (not sure if it is valid) but Horn's injury was due to a tortilla, slipped on it. Again I didn't see it, but if true, if a player is injured because of debris thrown on the field, the home team needs to be penalized. It is a ridiculous thing to do, throw food onto the playing field.
Im not sure I'm buying that.
Watched the WOM game highlights and Jimmy was jumping around at the end of the game. Didn’t appear to be an injury to the legs
Lard is slippery!
You’re telling me!
Adrenaline can do that to you, especially if your leg is numb.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it was a banana peel.
Ringer
Well-Known Member
Jimmy looked happy and healthy in the locker room after the victory (see the very end of Well off Media's game post, which is excellent, by the way).
Username kind of checks out.
That would be wrong. Very wrong. As would making a quesadilla with corn tortillas.
Migas. I counter you migas. And honestly taquitos, too.
The fact is that both are useful for different purposes. It’s like football. It is impossible to argue whether offense or defense is more valuable. You just need both.
Enchiladas, tostadas, huevos rancheros
No, sure, no.
#confused
*fewer
Also relevant because Carde Smith retweeted it.
GRM
I'm a ****ty troll
As each series progressed, CU figured it out in how to counter the short routes, zone was it, however CU started getting pressure from all sorts of different places and they largely stopped any run game, at least their premier back. Also, I'd think that Prime/CU coaches were working the refs to a degree on the pic plays, and the refs maybe caught on warning TT's coach/staff that they would look for it. Agree one of the early ones should have been flagged, however I do not see this a ton in CFB.
I coached many seasons of youth hockey, and occasionally we would come across a team (like 1 team out of 20) running pic's off face-offs. It was as simple as our coaches picking it up, having a stoppage, altering the ref and they would turn around after dropping the puck. It was not something they would normally look for in games. They would either make the interference call or warn the opposing coach that they were looking for it, and it stops.
GRM
I'm a ****ty troll
A few other observations:
TT's QB came out white hot and their early play calling had the D off-balance converting a few key plays--pick or no pick. That all cooled as CU's pressure got home with TT's run game shut down--then TT had some line penalties, we got sacks/TFL, and their QB came crashing back down to earth. The defense ended up getting TT's O in much better downs and distances, their QB rattled, and then forcing FGs and next punts.
Out of the gate our our special teams (return yards, shanked punt...) and O were poor. Our offense started slow then the correct change at C, which maybe took them/SS a series or two to adjust. The cool thing was the players never panicked, listened to the coaching/each other, and rather quickly overcame that ugly 1st Q. IMO, midway through the 2nd Q TT's D appeared gassed to me--began to look a step-slower. Not just their Dline, but the back-end too--nice to have so many fast dangerous WRs. Similarly, TT's QB and Oline grew tired, confused, or rattled by the relentless D pressure. CU's talent, speed, depth and coaching really showed through. Depth was huge.
The running stats are not anything great, however CU used it well w/ short passes in the 2nd Q when we scored and brought the early skewed TOP to a much closer margin by halftime. This kept our offense on the field further tiring TT's thin defense (their top LB had like 8-10 tackles in the 1st half). The offense burning time allowed our D to freshen and make more adjustments. Effectively running and ball control is not something CUs' O is great at, however I was impressed they sort of went to it in the 2nd Q--not just RBs but SS too. IMO, the points (only 10) really invigorated the D turning the early tide of the game and then our D finally just dominating.
The sequences above demonstrated to me that this coaching staff is much better and cooperative than last year. Last year, I felt we would have kept running O tempo and the D would not have had time to make significant adjustments or get a rest. I think this staff has found the value of sometimes slowing things down.
I somewhat agree with the comments about CU not properly icing the game up 14 points, however they had short fields and tried going for daggers. TT's D was really gassed but CU flailed in hitting attempted big plays--which maybe left a bad look, where it could have been a great look. Some indicate this is TH/SS padding stats, however it could be Prime/staff smelling blood wanting a 21-28 point destructive road win putting doubters/pollsters on notice. Giving the CFB Committee a real smell/eye test will be in play. Still an impressive road win, however if this approach worked, perhaps CU gets a 4-7 spot jump in the polls exhibiting utter domination after an ugly 1st Q where they properly adjusted on the fly.
TT's QB came out white hot and their early play calling had the D off-balance converting a few key plays--pick or no pick. That all cooled as CU's pressure got home with TT's run game shut down--then TT had some line penalties, we got sacks/TFL, and their QB came crashing back down to earth. The defense ended up getting TT's O in much better downs and distances, their QB rattled, and then forcing FGs and next punts.
Out of the gate our our special teams (return yards, shanked punt...) and O were poor. Our offense started slow then the correct change at C, which maybe took them/SS a series or two to adjust. The cool thing was the players never panicked, listened to the coaching/each other, and rather quickly overcame that ugly 1st Q. IMO, midway through the 2nd Q TT's D appeared gassed to me--began to look a step-slower. Not just their Dline, but the back-end too--nice to have so many fast dangerous WRs. Similarly, TT's QB and Oline grew tired, confused, or rattled by the relentless D pressure. CU's talent, speed, depth and coaching really showed through. Depth was huge.
The running stats are not anything great, however CU used it well w/ short passes in the 2nd Q when we scored and brought the early skewed TOP to a much closer margin by halftime. This kept our offense on the field further tiring TT's thin defense (their top LB had like 8-10 tackles in the 1st half). The offense burning time allowed our D to freshen and make more adjustments. Effectively running and ball control is not something CUs' O is great at, however I was impressed they sort of went to it in the 2nd Q--not just RBs but SS too. IMO, the points (only 10) really invigorated the D turning the early tide of the game and then our D finally just dominating.
The sequences above demonstrated to me that this coaching staff is much better and cooperative than last year. Last year, I felt we would have kept running O tempo and the D would not have had time to make significant adjustments or get a rest. I think this staff has found the value of sometimes slowing things down.
I somewhat agree with the comments about CU not properly icing the game up 14 points, however they had short fields and tried going for daggers. TT's D was really gassed but CU flailed in hitting attempted big plays--which maybe left a bad look, where it could have been a great look. Some indicate this is TH/SS padding stats, however it could be Prime/staff smelling blood wanting a 21-28 point destructive road win putting doubters/pollsters on notice. Giving the CFB Committee a real smell/eye test will be in play. Still an impressive road win, however if this approach worked, perhaps CU gets a 4-7 spot jump in the polls exhibiting utter domination after an ugly 1st Q where they properly adjusted on the fly.
