Here’s what I’m going with.
Oklahoma’s 2021 season (the year of the Rattler–Williams controversy)
- Record: The Sooners finished 11–2 overall.
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Wyoming Game Week Thread - Saturday at some ungodly time
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BuffWarHogFrog
Just be rad
Yeah…drowning in O2!
BuffWarHogFrog
Just be rad
TCU is gonna F us up.
No, Hulu Live TV (for now…)
BuffWarHogFrog
Just be rad
TCU also has the best safety, and one of the best wide receivers, in the conference
In Uncle Neely's half time interview as Prime was coming off the field, Prime said he was disappointed they didn't get a chance to move it to midfield so Buck could have a shot at a long field goal
GoldStampede
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Sorry, but I think this post is full of overreactions. I would be shocked if ONE of those four guys becomes more than an OK backup in the NFL (though I admit I haven't watched TCU yet this year). There is a massive gap between "very good college QB" and even a mediocre NFL guy. I'd take Shedeur over any of those guys without a second thought. Yes, each of those guys is capable of beating us. But, we were within 1 TD of Georgia Tech, vs a QB that exploits us more acutely any of those you've listed (most likely), and without our offense really functioning.
Being a fan does really weird things to our perspectives. It becomes really easy to read every mistake your team makes as absolutely damning. You watch things closely and the bad patterns are magnified to terrifying scope and the random errors seem catastrophic. Conversely, I think it's easy to feel like opposing teams are really good. We see their highlights, but we rarely watch them with the attention we give the buffs, and certainly without the emotional investment. CU is not the only team to have off weeks, head-scratching coaching decisions, blown assignments, and missed opportunities. Yes, our schedule is tough-- but it's also likely we catch somebody not playing their best game at some point, too.
That's all to say what others have said: it's a week-to-week league. We looked absolutely feckless against Nebraska last year and then came back to look professional, competent, and, at times, quite dominant against the bulk of our big 12 stretch. Say whatever you want about our schedule being weak, but the attitude and vibe of the team evolved as the season went on and it was excellent for the mid-season stretch.
The game against Wyoming reminds me a bit of our win vs CSU last year. Not only were both games a convincing, if not totally dominant, win over a regional G5 opponent, the circumstances surrounding each game were also pretty similar. In both scenarios, we were coming off a disappointing loss on the road where we looked like we didn't have a plan, let alone any conviction or identity. In both scenarios, we responded by looking a lot more focused than we had at any point previously, especially on offense. Like that CSU game, it seemed the Buffs were in control the whole time, and we looked damn good on many of our offensive drives. Yet, we struggled to close it out completely, holding on to a ~17 point win when it felt like it could have easily been a ~30 point blowout-- we ****ed around/took our foot off the gas during the part of the game we should have been "closing it out."
In another parallel, we also flipped the score and style of the previous week, beating our opponent similarly to how we had just been beaten. Nebraska beat us 28-10, and I think our win vs CSU was 28-9. Houston beat us 36-20; we beat Wyoming 37-20. I'm not suggesting this is much more than an interesting coincidence, but I do think it's enough to say that the mentality that this is a "depressing" season is a little premature. The team CAN get better and gel more as the seasons go on, and we have seen it happen.
Yes, Wyoming is a team we should expect to beat without much issue, based on talent alone. But, we didn't do it on "talent alone." We had a coherent offensive gameplan. It wasn't a coaching masterclass, obviously, but it was certainly a major improvement. To me, it's not the big scoring plays that give me the most encouragement; its the fact that we moved the ball well pretty much all night. We looked like we knew what we wanted to do at pretty much all times. This was absolutely not the case vs Delaware or Houston; against GT, it seemed like we knew what we wanted to do, but couldn't do it with confidence or conviction. I will take this growth. If the momentum of improvement continues, we won't be an easy out for anyone.
It is totally possible that the wheels fall off at some point over the next couple weeks. But, it's also possible we continue to gel and move toward a 7-8 win season. This would be a successful season in my eyes- to match or come close to the previous season during what feels like a big rebuilding year would bode well for the program. There have been many CU teams that could be declared depressing and hopeless as early as September. This isn't one of them.
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Weigman was not a rushing QB and the defense got owned by him running the ball.
TBF, I don’t care about your opinion.
Owned? He had the 49 yard TD run. Outside of that he had 16 carries for 34 yards. Houston tried to replicate what GT did with Haynes King and CU largely contained him.
YouTube should have the full game
I dunno if anyone noticed but it was especially evident from some of the fna angles thag she coasted the last bit to trailer... like she didn't want to stop running Lol
83 yards rushing and two touchdowns by a non running quarterback was a massive failure by the defense.
Sure, if you ignore my post and the one run that contributed over half of his yards and a TD. Context matters.
He definitely stands out as one of the fastest players in recent memory
I had the game set to record, and yeah, no recording. Additionally, espn doesnt have it on demand, only the spanish language version. So it might be an espn problem. Its supposed to be shown again tuesday at 2:00 in the morning, and its still set to record.
Even without the pandering to fascism, the fact that hulu live is so clunky is making me want to switch to youtubetv.
Yep and he's a big dude too. Maybe not weight wise but they said he was 6'5".
So I looked into this as I for the most part agree with your statements, having said that Weigman was successful 60% of the time running the ball (1st down >50% needed yards, 2nd down > 70% needed yards, 3rd/4th down >100% needed yards).
Weigman had that one explosive run but CU didn't do a good job keeping his runs off schedule.
Replay will be on ESPN Tuesday morning at 2 am MDT. It’s listed as 2 hours so they will be skipping parts of the game I guess.