Oklahoma State 38 - Texas A&M 35, my voice is gone
by samuelbryant on Oct 1, 2010 12:25 AM CDT
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PrintWe will obviously write a bunch about this insane game tomorrow, but i real quickly wanted to put a link up to a recap, and express a few thoughts.Begin quick thoughts now:
- Well just as we predicted, Shawn Lewis and Dan Bailey are the heroes.
- Ugo Chinasa was out of his mind and will get plenty of credit for it, but an unsung great game was turned in by Broderick Brown who was relentlessly picked on by Johnson. He wasn't flawless, but Brown held his own.
- Jerrod Johnson can alternate between being a great QB, and being rattled and making poor decisions more than any QB I can recall. He is an even more extreme version of Bobby Reid.
- Also, Christine Michael has some quick feet and moves very well laterally, but he seems to go down on contact fairly easily for someone that appears to be pretty strong.
- I haven't seen his official stat line, but I'm pretty sure that Swope dude had 200 yards after the catch.
- Let's go ahead and put the "legit" label on Justin Blackmon.
- Kendall Hunter played an amazing game. Yes the rushing stats were decent (22, 101), but he also constantly picked up Von Miller on that speed rush. In the second half, the tackle on Kendall's side was just letting Von blow by him on some plays and leaving him for Kendall to pick up.
- I hope we never go for a 4th and 3 in the 1st half like that again. Take the FG and play your game.
- Nice to see so many Freshman step up. Joseph Randle's TD on that seam route was just beautiful.
- Yes, the secondary does need a lot of work.
- I am curious about the switch to the 3 man front in the 4th quarter. I also have questions about the times we had 3 tackles and Blatnick on the line in the first half when we were already having trouble applying pressure.
That enough for now. I'm off to bed and am hoping to wake up with a voice. That game may not have been perfectly executed on either side, but it was damn excited, and I yelled myself stupid.
We will obviously be putting some recap up tomorrow. For now, check out the SB Nation game recap here.
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Hunter is the best back in the conference and maybe the country. Some of those cuts were sick. He will be fun to watch in the NFL. Was very impressed by the strength of your team. Lots of broken tackles. Congrats on the win.
by miketag on Oct 1, 2010 12:46 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
BTW, Chinasa reminds me of Kellen Heard vs tu. If he played against everyone like he played against us, he would be a top 10 pick.
by miketag on Oct 1, 2010 12:47 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Good points, Miketag.
What stuck out the most to me about A&M was how much more fundamentally sound they are with tackling. There were mulitple times where I thought one of our guys was going to break free and the tackler just wouldn’t let him go (specifically the reverse in the first half that would have went for a good gain had an A&M defender not grabbed Blackmon by the foot in the backfield and never let go). DeRuyter is a hell of a coach. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way.
There you go again
Playing the battered wife role…
At the half I found myself wondering why Blackmon didn’t have a bigger impact on the game so far and well, he certainly corrected that in the 2nd half…what a freak.
Bothers me how we seemed to completely forget how to tackle right as your offense really put it all together after the break. Hope that we can be a little more consistent in the future. Great game, good luck with the rest of the season.
by dallastros_fan on Oct 1, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Stat of the game
Weeden has gone 4 halfs without a fumbled victory formation.
Always have faith in God, yourself, and the Cowboys.
-Eddie Sutton
by Cozmo23 on Oct 1, 2010 10:00 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Great. Now you talked about it and jinxed him.
by samuelbryant on Oct 1, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Even when Johnson looked like an all American his fundamentals were terrible.
He constantly threw off his back foot. I loved watching Kendall handle Von miller most of the night. Its good to know he can block guys like that. Speaking of miller, he took the entire 3rd quarter off, and most of the 4th. Did he even have a sack. And a&ms receivers are good, but I wouldn’t go as far as best in the conference. Same with their rbs. Michael had a good game, Cyrus grey was non existent. We have to get better at wrapping up tackles. I’ll take the win though b
Kendall Hunter for Heisman
by AUKingOState on Oct 1, 2010 12:56 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
okay
And a&ms receivers are good, but I wouldn’t go as far as best in the conference.
Who is better, then?
If you can’t watch that game and see that our receivers did a terrific job of making Jerrod look good multiple times, I don’t know what to tell you. Our second-stringers were scoring on you, for pete’s sake.
It was a good (but horribly sloppy) game,
and I wish y’all luck from here on out, but I have no idea why y’all care what I think of your team. Yes, your receivers are legit, there, happy? No, I don’t think y’all have the best rb tandem in the league, and consider Randall/Grey a push (neither did anything Thursday). And I think Von Miller is awesome, but he didn’t do anything Thursday. His official stat line list’s one solo tackle, no sacks, and one unforced fumble recovery. So double teamed or not, he was non existent, and didn’t exactly open things up for his buddies, since y’all had one sack, and 4 tackles for loss, where we had 4 sacks, and 8 tackles for loss. Y’all had more yards, by quite a bit, and way better time of possession, but Johnson ruined your night. Now, your more than welcome to correct me on everything I just said, but I don’t care anymore. Like I said, I wish y’all luck, hope you win every other game.
Kendall Hunter for Heisman
by AUKingOState on Oct 3, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Gray was non-existent running but
showed up in other areas unfortunately. TD and 50 yard return to be specific.
can't agree with this
Jerrod Johnson can alternate between being a great QB, and being rattled and making poor decisions more than any QB I can recall. He is an even more extreme version of Bobby Reid.
Bobby Reid was never good enough to be compared to Johnson. What Jerrod did Thursday night was keep both teams in the game; if that reminds me of anyone, it is James Brown when he played for texas in ’97.
You are waaaaaayyyy too literal. The point of the half joking bobby Reid comment was that you see the big swings in their game… which makes it difficult for fans of the teams to stay level. I used the word extreme to emphasize that he is better than bobby.
by samuelbryant on Oct 2, 2010 8:32 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I think I only saw Reid play once or twice for OSU
his career there didn’t alst long enough for me tom get a read on him
he seemed to be a remarkable physical talent, but I don’t think his mental game developed
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