Vents/Rants

[LeisureFrog]

2/3

And no, 1/3 adults left.

 

[East Coast]

I wish Briles would look up the old 1970s Steelers playbook. I bet we would be more successful running quick traps inside than these slow-developing runs on the perimeter. Who is the FB this year? Getting a lead blocker in there might help, too.

I understand why we threw it all over the place last night, but I wish we would trash the screen passes. They just aren't effective at all, especially the short throws to Cook out of the backfield.

We haven't had a FB since 2011. Very rarely we use a bigger RB (like DJ) or a TE in place of a true FB, but it's far more likely we just use 2 or even 3 TE's when we want to load up.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

UCF has a student RB, even 2 others that are very good. TCU has nada in the RB room apparently. How does this happen?

TCU supposed to be having all these good recruiting classes, competitive supposedly in the transfer portal, yet they don't have 1 RB they can count ob in crunch time to move the chairs, EST the clock. This is a Coaching issue IMO!

That was THE question in the Spring.
Dykes and Briles made the conscious decision that our RB room was great as is.
We had almost -0- experience in Cook (13 carries), 2 freshmen, a permanently injured Sanders, & Battle who has never done anything.
Incredibly DUMB!
Resultantly, we didn’t go after a single RB in the portal, and there were over 50 available. After it was too late, they jumped in and were able to land Johnson.
This RB situation is 100% on Dykes/Briles.

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

The reason we can’t run the ball is because our IOL can’t run block. The injury to Cade Bennett was devastating, Deery was moved to guard and Brockermeyer became the new starting C.
This game was so close, we actually would have won if Strickland could have just stood still to avoid the false start when we were inside their 1 yd line with 9:00 left in the 4th.
TCU only has 7 rotatable OLs, we are going to lose some games. Briles decided to go with our strengths. Good pass blocking, a stable of WRs, and a QB that throws for 70% completions at over 8 yds. per attempt. This did not result in TCU losing the game. UCF only had the ball for 6 more plays than TCU. Our defense was literally punch drunk from defending 55 rushing plays, which are far more physically demanding on DL/LBs than passes.
The fact is TCU could not effectively stop the UCF run game. UCF has a very athletic 310 lb avg OL with 10 man rotations and a stable of backs with a beast in Harvey. They use these to rush the entire width of the field, so you can’t just load the box to stop it. Even if you do, Jefferson makes you pay with 60% passing at a longer 10.5 yd avg per pass; then he runs allowing him to use the extra blocker. UCF plays true Smashmouth offense and they do it very well.
Luckily, they are the premier rushing team in CFB. There is no team on our schedule
that can come anywhere close to 55 rushes per game at over 5.5 yds per rush.
TCU is a far better team than last year, and we are a few OLs and one big powerful RB (like Harvey) away from being a top level B12 team

Except our average rush per play was 3.4 yards vs. ucf. Which is perfectly serviceable. To say we can't run block is not true.

 

[Benny]

When they did the video on Frogs in the pros this past Sunday, why did they not show Turpin's punt return for a touchdown? Does the omission have anything to do with him being dismissed from the team? Or was it it a very bad oversight?

 

[82 Frog Fever]

Except our average rush per play was 3.4 yards vs. ucf. Which is perfectly serviceable. To say we can't run block is not true.

This is where 3.4 ypc gets you. It gets you ranked outside the top 100, and 5 wins or less.
At 3.4 ypc any little mistake, like maybe a false start by Strickland on the goal line of this game with 9:00 to go, kills your drive, forces field goals, and loses the game.

 

[Limey Frog]

We rushed for 3.4 yards a carry. Completely serviceable. Rush the damn ball.

Yeah, by the end we probably were getting enough yards to have made it work. Certainly we should have gone for it on the goal line even after the penalty. Six yard on two plays. Worst case scenario you're defending a three point lead and they're on their own goal line to start

 

[Limey Frog]

This is where 3.4 ypc gets you. It gets you ranked outside the top 100, and 5 wins or less.
At 3.4 ypc any little mistake, like maybe a false start by Strickland on the goal line of this game with 9:00 to go, kills your drive, forces field goals, and loses the game.

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Championship teams don't rush for less than 90 yards per game.

 

[FrogByBirth]

That’s what Dykes and tape finders don’t like understand. This 3 yard runs add up and turn to 1st down runs late in the game as the d gets gassed. A 3 to 4 yard run on first down keeps a defense honest as the game goes on.

Yeah. Our D was gassed from UCF pounding our asses for 4 qtrs!!!

 

[FloridaFrog76129]

That was THE question in the Spring.
Dykes and Briles made the conscious decision that our RB room was great as is.
We had almost -0- experience in Cook (13 carries), 2 freshmen, a permanently injured Sanders, & Battle who has never done anything.
Incredibly DUMB!
Resultantly, we didn’t go after a single RB in the portal, and there were over 50 available. After it was too late, they jumped in and were able to land Johnson.
This RB situation is 100% on Dykes/Briles.

No listen, buddy..:you’ve got it all wrong…don’t focus on wins-losses or how the team looked…look at how many yards Briles put up!!

(Sarcasm…)

 

[82 Frog Fever]

Championship teams don't rush for less than 90 yards per game.

Absolutely. If we grow our OL to get to a quality rotatable depth of 9+, and find or grow a RB like Harvey, maybe we will become a team that can run for 200 a game and have a CCG opportunity next year. It was never likely to happen this year.
I’m sure we’ll run more often than we did against UCF, but overall we have an ineffective rushing offense that can only serve as a compliment or change of pace to our very effective passing game. There is very little we can do in ‘24 to make a major positive impact on our running game.
But if we must pass, I dont know why KB insists on tempo. We have a 70% passing accuracy, use it to run clock between plays.
The hurry up offense just makes you lose in a hurry.

 

[GiantFrog]

The things that Dykes says in post-games press conferences are not what you want to hear. His coaching ability is questionable. He inherited a team that GP put together with a senior group that had already developed into NFL talent across many positions. Now that he has to manage HIS players and staff, where he has failed miserably in regards to the coordinators (D-coordinators especially) , it hasn't gone so well. The clock is already ticking on this guy. I don't care that it's only year 3. You can't be this bad after a national championship appearance and expect to keep your job after a string of bad performances. Winning a playoff game was great, but you just can't rest on those laurels. You have to update your resume and he's not doing it in a good way.

At year three, might not be much left on his contract to make the seat warm, but expect this to get turned around. 1 game.

 

[Limey Frog]

I dont know why KB insists on tempo. We have a 70% passing accuracy, use it to run clock between plays.
The hurry up offense just makes you lose in a hurry.

That's Briles ball. I believe the logic is that if the other team knows when you're going to snap it you lose a major advantage in your passing game, and that if you're in rhythm you need to keep moving because success rate is more valuable than the clock time you don't use. I mean those empty yards in losing efforts don't just throw for themselves; you've really got hustle if you want to be the only top ten total offense in yards per game to finish 6-6.

I think the philosophy is complete rubbish. If you're defending a lead in the second half against a good team that can run the ball well you kill every second you can. UCF went ahead with .35 to play. Is Briles going to say there weren't thirty five seconds we could have burned before snapping the ball in the second half? Even on the two three and outs I bet we had a combined thirty five seconds we could have used prior to snapping the ball then throwing an incompletion behind the sticks.

 

[westoverhillbilly]

After 3 games including one against a semi high school opponent, our not having a running back take one for a run with separation from defenders spells trouble. Blame it on the line, the running backs or the coaches, whatever, but it's the mark of a lack of talent! I was very unimpressed with everyone in the rb room last year not named Emani and am even more so this year.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

The not so important:

*Fire the person in charge of the game experience. That embarrassing display put on between the 3rd and 4th Qtr has to go. Those stupid inflatable idiots running around and the mc superfrog. Very cringeworthy.

It was even worse last night with the idiots wearing the inflatable pink Flamingos.

What happened to the LT video about it being the fourth quarter and being our time?

 

[bmoney214]

We lost because they turned Hypnotoad against us!!!!

 

[NewFrogFan]

The reason we can’t run the ball is because our IOL can’t run block. The injury to Cade Bennett was devastating, Deery was moved to guard and Brockermeyer became the new starting C.
This game was so close, we actually would have won if Strickland could have just stood still to avoid the false start when we were inside their 1 yd line with 9:00 left in the 4th.
TCU only has 7 rotatable OLs, we are going to lose some games. Briles decided to go with our strengths. Good pass blocking, a stable of WRs, and a QB that throws for 70% completions at over 8 yds. per attempt. This did not result in TCU losing the game. UCF only had the ball for 6 more plays than TCU. Our defense was literally punch drunk from defending 55 rushing plays, which are far more physically demanding on DL/LBs than passes.
The fact is TCU could not effectively stop the UCF run game. UCF has a very athletic 310 lb avg OL with 10 man rotations and a stable of backs with a beast in Harvey. They use these to rush the entire width of the field, so you can’t just load the box to stop it. Even if you do, Jefferson makes you pay with 60% passing at a longer 10.5 yd avg per pass; then he runs allowing him to use the extra blocker. UCF plays true Smashmouth offense and they do it very well.
Luckily, they are the premier rushing team in CFB. There is no team on our schedule
that can come anywhere close to 55 rushes per game at over 5.5 yds per rush.
TCU is a far better team than last year, and we are a few OLs and one big powerful RB (like Harvey) away from being a top level B12 team

Except, a large portion of this roster may turn over after this year. I do not notice many younger players getting in.

 

[The Lurker]

The sooner TCU wakes up and moves on from Dykes, the better.

7-8 over his last 15, with two of the wins being against D2 schools.

The program has become soft, losing is acceptable. The defense has been a disaster since he stepped on campus. He looks completely lost on the sideline.

The guy is a career .500 coach who has never won a conference title. 2022 was a complete outlier, he did that with an extremly talented team and foundation laid by his predecessor. He has reverted to the norm, what he has always been.

 

[vicarfrog]

That's the type offense that wears out your defense.

Uh oh, that sounds like GP.

But in all seriousness, there is something to that.

 

[vicarfrog]

Grades
Passing Game A
Running Game F
Special Teams A
Defense C-

A question for anyone who knows X’s and O’s. Malzahn put on a masterclass in running well to set up the pass. Is it possible that we could pass well to set up the run? Could we utilize our passing strength to lay the groundwork for running the ball?

P.S. I like these grades. Our goal this year minimally is to turn the “F” into a “D.”