• The KillerFrogs

It’s one thing to look bad, it’s another to be just embarrassing…

Yeah it’s been a disappointing season before this game but there was still reason for optimism- Vegas type rankings had us around the 25 best team or so and had gotten a little unlucky (lost both close games and four TO in the other loss)- there was reason to think we were better than our record. But this game puts it to rest. This is just not a good team. Dykes has some decisions to make.
 

Traveling Frog

Active Member
Echos my sentiments exactly.

This is the 3rd time we've played a team with less talent than we have and utilizes a run first offense with a QB who is a run first QB and has a hard time throwing the ball downfield.

So what do we do defensively? We defend them as if we are facing Dan Marino with Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, and Randy Moss at Wide Receiver and Tony Gonzalez at Tight End. With 3 down linemen, guys far off the ball and dropping in coverage and no one left to play contain if the ball is run outside the tackles. Another poster put it best - this defense doesn't attack, it waits. WVU and ISU had QBs that couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat throwing the ball and yet still somehow let them carve us up on the ground and Kansas State is doing what ISU/WVU did to us on steroids.

Offensively its just a mess. Briles is so focused on running tempo that we screw up the fundamentals. Kansas State wasn't going to let Hoover sit back like he did against BYU and brought pressure non stop and not once did we take advantage of the aggressiveness by running a screen, draw, shovel pass or any play that is designed to beat a blitz. Bailey is the only one who seems to care.

This is looking like another Gene Chizik/Ed Oregeron situation, they took the previous coach's players and rode generational/NFL talent to a title. But at least those 2 won the title game.
This is the perfect analysis of all.
 

bmoney214

OUCH!!!
At least the Frogs were setting records at the Natl Championship Game.
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