I think that this is pretty good analysis on the second rewatch of the game. Some things that stood out to me:
The presence of our young guys coming into the spotlight... most notably you have Shawn, who seemingly cannot seem to find himself a stage too bright to shine in. I cannot say enough about how impressed I am with him. His ability to throw the deep ball is absolutely incredible. Watching him throw down field compared to Kenny last year is night and day (Besides the pass to Reagor in the Alamo bowl and the pass to reagor against KU last year on the roll out). Just cant say enough about shawn. There was a play in particular early on that had me awake last night. The pocket collapsed, and he shot off like a rocket for a first down. As he ran past this group of 5 star kids he smoked in high school, i thought to myself man we are blessed. Having this kid for the next 2.75 years will be unbelievable. I think with time he will learn to use his legs more... but this is on the coaching staff as well.
Noah Daniels was another star from Saturday. If you rewatch the film you can see that Haskins was going right at 24 all 1Q long. I watched yesterday but if i remember correctly he got targeted 4 times on the first drive. He actually got pulled after an incompletion... i guess gary didnt like the way he played the comeback route. If Mack from OSU had any hands, Lewis would have given up about 120 yards and a TD in the first half ALONE. Noah came in and dominated. Excited for his progression... if we remember he ran a sub 4.4 in high school. Kid can fly, and he is 6 feet tall. These are the dividends we see coming to fruition from our recent recruiting classes.
Wallow- unbelievable game
Innis- a star was born. go watch what he did on the first drive if you havent already.
I thought 26 looked solid. Next year, he will slide right in and be a great safety for us. again with the height, vern is around 6'2.
Disappointments:
Jet not getting the ball all game long. We did the same thing last year in Stillwater. He ran the pill 26 times for 160 yards. Can anyone guess how many carries he got the week after? 9 times. Granted Hicks was coming back... but i was hoping with the turn of the new year we would be more consistent with our RB gives. Just frustrating to see this kid succeed like this and not get the attention he deserves because of the inconsistent number of carries he gets on a regular basis.
Pass rush has been an ongoing disappointment for me- getting better though. Ross was a horrible, horrible loss. We missed him pushing pockets on Saturday.
Can we eliminate the shovel pass and short side option? we have enough speed to run around the entire defense, these things are easy and predictable nowadays. That was such a horrible play call when Shawn threw the ball into Dre'Mont Jones' hands. We had ran it twice already. Sigh
Find summers a spot or put him on the bench. this back and forth rico evans, summers substitutions have to stop. It is hurting us.
