Oklahoma State vs. Louisiana: 5 Things to Watch
by CincyJoe on Aug 30, 2011 7:00 AM CDT
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PrintMonken's Playcalling
Will the offense fire on all cylinders and score on every possession leading up to halftime? That is what I'm expecting but we'll have to watch it play out. In addition to the overall "flow" of the offense, What will the Run/Pass ratio be? What will the rushing philosophy be? How many TD's will the W2B combo have at halftime? Who stands out on offense? What is the pace?
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The Defense
Oklahoma State lost to Louisiana in the first half of last year's contest 21-17 due to a complete breakdown by the defense in the second quarter of the game. UL quarterback Chris Masson finished the game 33-of-55 for a career-high 308 yards but completed just 9 of 17 passes for 83 yards in the second half. Simply put, after a lousy second quarter the defense took control. I will look for them to pick up where they left off, and I'm honestly hoping for a shutout. More than anything, I'll be looking for some hard hits from Markelle Martin and will be watching how much we can pressure the quarterback.
#89 Ladarius Green
The UL senior led all tight ends nationally in 2010 with 79.4 yards per game and an amazing 18 yards per catch. Mel Kiper has him as a top 5 NFL tight end and he joins Justin Blackmon on the 2011 Biletnikoff Watch List. It will be interesting to see how we handle this dude. Should be fun to watch. Hopefully not too much fun for the Cajun's.
#5 Josh Stewart
Much has been said about the freshman's ability but what I Iove most about him is that he was a long time Texas A&M Recruit that made a late switch to the Cowboys. Great decision kid. I've heard people say he doesn't drop a thing. Can't wait to see that type of ability in prime time.
Weeden2Blackmon
It's been too long. Can't wait to see a beautifully thrown spiral fly through the air into the hands of the best receiver in the nation. I'm also looking forward to the JB hand motions (what do we call those?) and the insanity that will follow at BPS. It's gonna be fun*.
*Provided I am sober enough to enter BPS, If not I'll be the wobbly guy watching at Joe's.
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im going to try and drink...
as many beers as we score points. Cmon Pokes, help me become Blackout-mon!
by i poop orange on Aug 30, 2011 11:07 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I tried the old "beer for point" against the cougs last year
And only managed to sneak 4 into the Boone bowl, so by halftime I was hopelessly behind. I made quite a run though, 12 beers at halftime, but not all 12 made it to the stadium with me, I think I left about 8 in a trashcan outside, the other 4 were dropped off in the ladies room shortly before I was asked to leave.
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by AUKingOState on Aug 30, 2011 12:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
I'm most interested in the first point about the offensive flow
I’d love to see a score every possesion of the first half. Overall the defense is the bigger question, BUT even if they do shut out LaLa does that really show us anything other than they paid LaLa more respect than last year? I’ll withold judgement of the D until after the Tulsa game at least, but I do feel like we’ll have a good idea of just how “seamless” the transition to the Joey Gladstone era has been after the LaLa game.
Sorry for spoiling the drinking conversation with football (wannabe) analysis. Beer, Farts, Cheerleaders YEAH!
On a side note, I apparently don’t get the channel that will air the game and can’t be in Stillwater. Sucks to be me. Anyone else planning a watch party at an OKC bar or restaurant?
For what it's worth...
by Something Witty on Aug 30, 2011 2:45 PM CDT reply actions
Isn't it on some dumbass fox channel?
Fox’s biggest problem, in my opinion is that they have too many channels, and most people don’t get them. Hell, to get every fox channel with my cable would make me move up two tiers and add about $50 to my monthly bill.
For football analysis, I think the d will be at least 40 spots better statistically this year compared to last year. I think our young inexperienced guys are just better than the old guard that left last year.
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by AUKingOState on Aug 30, 2011 4:06 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Well if it's not in hd might as well not watch.
Or, drink til it looks had. And then you hit the floor, seemingly passed out, but still listening. That’s how I usually end up.
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by AUKingOState on Aug 30, 2011 4:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Did some research.
Going to cost me $10 a month to get the package that includes FCSC. Not in HD for me either, but $10 and my buddy’s home brew is a lot better than the bar tab I would’ve paid at Buffalo Wild Wings. Plus as a bonus my wife (while wearing Pete was here underthings) got lippy with the cable folks over some unrelated crap so they gave us the first month free. SCORE!
For what it's worth...
by Something Witty on Aug 31, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Cant wait!
To see our guys go out there and play some football! Oh and can anybody shed some light on what happened with Johnny Thomas and Michael Harrison. I read on ESPN that they are ineligible for the game…anyone know why or what happened?
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