Mothra said:
Gotcha.
I think the complaining on the board is just a release of sorts and don't put much stock into the rants. It's of course understandable why everyone is unhappy. I just haven't gotten to the point where I no longer care whether we are good and am just content spending my time and money watching and attending games when the product on the field is terrible. Maybe that makes me a fair weather fan but I feel like I'm too busy to sit through unenjoyable drubbings. I did that from 99 to 03 and have other things to do. I guess Briles spoiled me.
I think Briles spoiled all of us. We are used to scoring quick & often and that does not happen much anymore. We have had a few quick strikes, thankfully, but not enough and we have not had enough scoring at all. On top of that, the defense has made some good stops, but not enough (obviously). At least special teams seems to have improved and I think we generally have fewer penalties as before. I'm trying to find the silver lining!
I have no problems with "trust the process" but I do have a problem with overemphasizing the run to the point of it being predictable. I remember some frustrating times under Briles in which we just ran it up the middle over and over again, often with the same player (Rice last year comes to mind). At some point it becomes predictable and the other team shuts it down effectively. Also, Briles would do that when we had a comfortable lead and he wanted to run out the clock. In 2017, we're doing this when behind by 2-3 scores as if winning the game is not the objective. That is most frustrating.
We need more quick strikes to make the game more competitive. After all, the offense needs practice with pass plays as well.
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You've been optimistic about Rhule. Curious on your thoughts after today's game and whether you see us winning a game going forward.
Man, I don't know. Today we played a really good team. One highly motivated and wasn't going to overlook us as it was their homecoming. We never play well in Stillwater.
I just keep coming back to the fact that 29 out of the 44 on our 2-deep are freshmen/sophomores. We are thin all over. The talent is largely inexperienced. And the veterans we DO have are either playing through injuries or coming back from them.
But 29 of the 44 haven't had more than 18 months on a big-time training program.
At this point, I want as many guys as is smart to get experience and learn the right way. I've written this season off. If we beat Kansas or catch ISU napping, that'd go a long way.
What was the score of the game 2 years ago?
Good point. Two years ago we dominated them in their own stadium. They were playing catch up throughout the game, even resorting to an onside kick, giving us a great field position and setting us up for another TD. We won by 11 IIRC, we did the same thing at home the last two times. Clearly, Briles was not trying to run up the score because we easily could have done to them 3 years in a row what they did to us yesterday.
