Oklahoma State @ Texas A&M: Ryan Tannehill in Review
by CincyJoe on Sep 21, 2011 7:00 AM CDT
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PrintOklahoma State will travel to College Station this weekend to take on the Aggies of Texas A&M who are led by an ex wide receiver turned quarterback named Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill wasn't the quarterback when the Aggies came to Stillwater last year, so I thought it would be interesting to see what this kid was all about last season and hopefully decide what level of fear we should have heading in to Saturday.
Oct 23, 2010 @ Kansas
Texas A&M QB RyanTannehill came in for the Aggies on the road against Kansas and completed 12/16 passes for 155 yards and 3 touchdows. He had mostly played wide receiver up until this point and had only thrown 13 passes prior to this game. If you're curious, Brandon Weeden had 389 yards and 3 touchdowns in Lawrence about a month later.
Oct 30, 2010 vs. Texas Tech
Tannehill has a career day against the Red Raiders in College Station throwing for 449 yards, 4 TD's and 1 INT. Texas A&M's leader in career yards passing, Jerrod Johnson, watches the entire game from the sideline as the Aggies new full time QB takes center stage.
Nov 6, 2010 vs Oklahoma
Tannehill throws for 225 yards, 2 scores and 2 INT's in a 33-19 Aggie victory, but it's the "Wrecking Crew" that shines in the Aggie victory.
Nov 13, 2010 @ Baylor
Once again, Tannehill has a good but not great day with 280 yards and 1 TD. Down 16 points, the Aggies score 21 unanswered points and roll to a 42-30 win. "Wrecking Crew" gives up 30 points to Baylor. RB Cyrus Gray gets the game ball with 4 TD's.
Nov 20, 2010 vs. Nebraska
Nebraska QB Martinez gets hurt and the Aggies roll to a 9-6 victory. Tannehill completed 19 passes for 172 yards. The start of a trend?
Nov 25, 2010 @ Texas
The Aggies win again, with little help from their QB. Tannehill completed 14 passes for 128 yards and a TD in a 24-17 win over the Longhorns. Game ball once again goes to Cyrus Gray, who rushed for 223 yards and 2 long touchdowns.
So what does all of this mean?
Probably very little but it is interesting to see Tannehill's decline as the season progressed. I think that is typical in college football when you don't really have tape to watch. Even a mildly capable quarterback can look great when there is limited tape to watch. Tannehill's best game in 2010 came against Texas Tech, which just so happened to be his first start at QB.
He's had a couple of good performances so far this season, against SMU and Idaho so it should be interesting to see if he picks up where he left off last year, against a Big 12 defense.
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Mitsubishi Eclipse, but no Ferrari FXX
Certainly, last year he was serviceable, but Tannehill was not spectacular. There was a reason Tannehill started last year playing wide receiver instead of quarterback. I expect Sherman to coach his team to “don’t beat yourself.” Run the ball and force the safeties to play in the box, pass only when the defense gives one-on-one coverage, play a sound kicking game, and win with defense.
If OSU holds aTm to 3 yards per carry and doesn’t have any turnovers, OSU should win. I can’t envision the Aggies holding our Pokes to less than 31 points.
The reason Tannehill started 2010 at WR
Was b/c he was a good enough athlete that we wanted him on the field. This is someone who apent the week in practice at QB, then played WR on Saturdays, and was damn good at it.
As for your prediction of how A&M will execute thier offense, I suspect you haven’t watched us mich this year. We don’t play conservative ball control offense, that is for sure.
As for holding us to 3 ypc, you can say you would win every game if you do that. Right now, y’all are giving up 4.4 ypc, though, so we’ll see what happens.
by Beergut on Sep 22, 2011 4:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
