Gameday Thread: The Iron Skillet, Episode 100

[Frog-in-law1995]

Hey, even the best army in the world got defeated at Gettysburg.

Huh?

 

[Big Frog II]

Stopping the run use to be our forte.

 

[TxFrog1999]

Post game from Coach P, doesn’t seem to be as upset about the game as he was about Coach Kill getting hit by and SMU player during the 50 yard scuffle and the lack of class by SMU.

 

[Chongo94]

Post game from Coach P, doesn’t seem to be as upset about the game as he was about Coach Kill getting hit by and SMU player during the 50 yard scuffle and the lack of class by SMU.

Typical. Sigh.

 

[Virginia Frog]

Post game from Coach P, doesn’t seem to be as upset about the game as he was about Coach Kill getting hit by and SMU player during the 50 yard scuffle and the lack of class by SMU.

GP is a loyal guy and no doubt he is disgusted by the SMU behavior.

BUT...

This game was atrocious. It is the clearest example to date that his DEFENSE, his forte, is the WORST part of recent TCU squads. I don't know if getting him a mirror will make any difference.

 

[Paint It Purple]

It's ironic. He has great stats, but I feel like we don't use him enough - especially at critical times.

Like on 4th and 1 when we got stuffed and #6 was even on the field?

 

[Eight]

Post game from Coach P, doesn’t seem to be as upset about the game as he was about Coach Kill getting hit by and SMU player during the 50 yard scuffle and the lack of class by SMU.

why would he, the players have stopped listening to him, the powers that be are afraid of him, and the fan base will slowly erode away leaving him more time for his music career

 

[Strat Frog]

It’s just one game, but on the other hand, we do seem to be stuck in mediocrity for the past few years. Maybe even a steady decline.

 

[mc1502]

It’s just one game, but on the other hand, we do seem to be stuck in mediocrity for the past few years. Maybe even a steady decline.

Maybe???

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

TCU in the SMU matchup is now a bit akin to the Longhorns in the TCU matchup, and it doesn’t feel good. We will hope that characterization somehow continues next week, as insurmountable as that mountain appears in the immediacy. If we had to pick, we would take a conference win over the Horns instead of the non-conference over the Mustangs. This was really only Game 2 for the home team.

We don’t know why the Frogs did not appear mentally engaged for SMU but Gary had warned us that they may not be focused. TCU IS SMU’s biggest rival—SMU’s play reflected that, and the Frogs....

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

And the Frogs should have worn the WHITE helmets... but I still blame the New Orleans Saints!

 

[Big Frog II]

Defense better get much improved soon. You have Texas and Oklahoma coming up soon. It could be a disaster.

 

[DeuceBoogieNights]

why is Kill still here he has done nothing for this team

He's Gary's friend. Only reason why any of them are here.

 

[FrogCoach84]

We don’t know why the Frogs did not appear mentally engaged for SMU but Gary had warned us that they may not be focused. Frogs ARE SMU’s biggest rival—they played like it, and Frogs....

That’s a Gary problem…and also it was BS of him to say that. He’s always got a built in excuse.

He’s too insecure to hire anything but yes men and he’s such a egomaniac that when it comes to taking responsibility for failure instead of stepping up and doing what a HC should do…he does things like send his OC to the post game presser.

 

[tcufootballjh98]

From ESPN recap:

The Horned Frogs have built their reputation on defense in 21 seasons under coach Gary Patterson. It's rare that they allow more than 400 yards to multiple non-conference opponents, but it's happened twice this year. SMU had 595 after California rolled up 442 two weeks ago.

 

[smufrogger]

no doubt, they need to stop running the option because he looks like he has no idea what he is doing when he gets to the edge. he won't make the defender commit to him and he won't pitch when the back is in position for a big play

second half he looked like he was starting to panic and rush things. all the positives of the first half got washed away and a good part of that to me is putting the load of the offense on him instead of the run game

His lack of executing thr option is mind boggling. He just doesn’t get better

 

[Eight]

His lack of executing thr option is mind boggling. He just doesn’t get better

the play where they ran it towards the tcu sideline and he fumbled was so bad because the pitch is there to evans for a big play if he simply will make the defender come to him.

heck, pitch it to zach and force that guy to tackle evans in the open field, but don't hold the ball for the pursuit to catch you from the backside

reminds me of the stories about when dkr tried to get bill bradley to be the horns qb in the early wishbone

 

[Chongo94]

I feel like the option handoff stuff isn’t necessarily a Max issue. I’ve always thought all of our qbs the last 6 years don’t know when to keep it or give it up on those plays and our execution just looks so disjointed, which seems to point to yet another coaching issue, sigh.

 

[bwnorx]

I have no doubt that every team we ever had in the mountain west would steamroll this team

 

[Strat Frog]

Again, it’s just one game, but with the conference realignment situation, it could really be timely and helpful for us to have a great season, not a game like this today.