Gameday Thread, Sparky Edition: TCU at ASU

[cctcu]

TCU O was definitely out of it after the first qtr. No QB, no O line, no run game, and definitely no wothwhile play calling from you-know-who. Hoover is no Heismann candidate after tonight, for sure. It's gonna be Sonny's job to get them back to playing like they did the first game against NC, or 8 - 4 may not be in the picture. They've got the talent, but can the coaching staff bring it all together?

 

[Big Frog II]

With no running game Hoover is a sitting duck.

 

[Young and Horned]

I don't think their offense was better. But I DO know Leavitt made some terrific plays to keep drives extended that kept them in. The thing is he's been doing that since he's entered NCAA. If you don't have a game plan to stop it and you simply let them do that with our level of talent. That's on coaching y'all. Trust me it hurts to say that

They ran the ball. They passed the ball. They didn’t allow as many sacks. Their WR was better than ours clearly better offense. Would take their QB over Hoover any day.

 

[bmoney214]

This is all @TxFrog1999's fault for not doing pbp tonight!!!

Goodnight everyone.

 

[FroggleRock]

A lot of blame to go around tonight. Briles went from genius to dunce during halftime. Defense gave up WAY too much between the 20’s, but proud of the way they held in the redzone. But too often it still looks like our secondary is completely lost. Hoover had probably his worst game as a starter. But this is also 2 weeks in a row his receivers have let him down in what should have been momentum swinging plays. Credit to ASU for clawing back, but something broke down with this team and staff near the end of the 2nd quarter.

Also good to see the Big 12 refs in mid season form…

 

[campdavid23]

Might as well blame the equipment manager too… cleats that actually worked would have helped… we were sliding all over the field…AZ not so much

 

[fff91]

I am not technical enough to know or certainly to be able to explain it, but i said last year and still feel that our running game issues are at least half due to scheme. The air raid just doesnt enable it. Seems like basically the Sullivan Smokr Draw most plays. Kidding and I likely dont know what I am talking about but I see other modern spread RPO teams that have running games that have more design to them or at least get the back more momentum.

 

[Mean Purple]

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All those who were propping up Dykes and blasting others for pointing out record and obvious mishaps need to take a look at tonight.
But, hey, he talks good. Says the same empty [ Finebaum ] when he blows games, bit he says it well.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Should have hired Tony Elliott, my thought in 2021.

Elliott reportedly wanted the job, but TCU wanted the familiar good old boy Texan.

 

[FroggleRock]

Yep, I gaunetee they saw that and said... Kick it there!

They’re both true freshman FWIW

 

[JugbandFrog]

We should have been up 41-17 in the 4th. #7 screwed us hard. Briles finished us off with his crappy calls.

 

[Planks]

Hoover didn’t have his best game, but it’s hard to fault him too much. O line was bad, and he had no help from the running game. Plus he was missing his #1 WR.

 

[bmoney214]

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That one is 100% on the coaches. You HAVE to make sure the kid knows what to do in that situation. He hasn't been in that situation before at TCU. We have a special teams coach so do your scheissing job and coach him.

 

[FloridaFrog76129]

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This team is bad

A lot of blame to go around tonight. Briles went from genius to dunce during halftime. Defense gave up WAY too much between the 20’s, but proud of the way they held in the redzone. But too often it still looks like our secondary is completely lost. Hoover had probably his worst game as a starter. But this is also 2 weeks in a row his receivers have let him down in what should have been momentum swinging plays. Credit to ASU for clawing back, but something broke down with this team and staff near the end of the 2nd quarter.

Also good to see the Big 12 refs in mid season form…

Hoover was bad against Houston and SMU last year

 

[dawg]

Colorado
@ K State.
The Rapists
@ WVU
Iowa St
@ BYU
@ Coog High
Cincinnati.

I think we’re gonna see a lot of games like this one the rest of the way. Outside of Iowa State, there’s not too many games in which we would be clear underdogs.

 

[bc puckett]

A lot of blame to go around tonight. Briles went from genius to dunce during halftime. Defense gave up WAY too much between the 20’s, but proud of the way they held in the redzone. But too often it still looks like our secondary is completely lost. Hoover had probably his worst game as a starter. But this is also 2 weeks in a row his receivers have let him down in what should have been momentum swinging plays. Credit to ASU for clawing back, but something broke down with this team and staff near the end of the 2nd quarter.

Also good to see the Big 12 refs in mid season form…

What form are the Big 12 officials in?

 

[guardfrog]

I just saved a ton of money by switching to Geico.

and not going to a CFP game.

 

[FroggleRock]

Also, I really don’t like to bag on players individually, so I’m just gonna put this on the staff. But tonight is exactly why you dump NIL money into offensive lineman. And what did we do this off-season? We took a project player from Incarnate Word, and a guy from Abilene Christian.

 

[FroggleRock]

I like Hoover alot but he's the same QB as last year. Makes great throws but also a turnover machine.

That last INT was the first time this season it’s actually been his fault. Not gonna blame him for the fumble either. The o-line was horrific.

 

[Chongo94]

My new concern after watching us play our first quality team tonight is whether Josh can stay healthy the entire season. He’s gonna be running for his life back there the rest of the way.