Observations from Mizzou vs OKSt game

by feltgod on Oct 12, 2008 10:07 AM CDT Comment 6 comments

1) Jeremy Maclin looked like he was trying to point shave or throw the game last night. I know that's a serious accusation, but if you go back and watch tape of the game you'll know what I mean. He wasn't outrunning defenders after making catches and on a few kick returns he seemed to be running right into the backs of his own teammates. He also dropped a kickoff. I remember watching the whole game thinking ... is Maclin trying to shave some points here? Strange.

2) Chase Daniel's arm strength looks well below average. He wasn't stepping into his throws last night and his passes were ripe for the pickin'.

3) We should let the grass grow long this week at DKR (ala ND vs USC from 2005) to neutralize Mizzou's speed and let this game be won by the big uglies upfront.

4) Chase Coffman's propensity to hurdle defenders on the TE screen is cute, but will end up in either an injury or a fumble soon. He has gotten a little too enamored with that move and a fast defense will take advantage of the time he loses in the air to swarm and destroy.

5) While he has been solid in his career, Mizzou's place kicker missed two big kicks last night. Hopefully we can hold them to FG attempts this coming Saturday.

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nice points...

I took some game notes as well last night.

I disagree on the arm strength though. Alot of his passes were zip-lined to the WR’s so fast the WR’s couldnt get hands on it, so they tried to body catch it. This resulted in alot of deflections which if our secondary is ready, can result in a few Int’s.

Second, when Daniel is pressured he is not accurate and he buckles like a belt. They will try ALOT of jailbreak screens with Maclin and Coffman. We need our OLB to stay home on this one and isolate number 9. Im not worried about Coffman on this play.
With that said…if a ball is thrown to Coffman…he WILL catch it. He has the best hands for a TE I have EVER seen.

The zone read exploited Mizzou with a speedy back. Maybe this will be Fozzy’s coming out party. Dont get me wrong I love OG…

Maclin is a stud. No getting around that. He plays injured about 80% of this season and yesterday was no different. His 2nd gear speed is blazin. He wasnt trying to shave points…this isn’t the NFL.

They also do have a GREAT LB core, but I think they cannot stay with the likes of Cosby or Ship crossing the middle.

All in all its gonna be a great game! TX 42- Mizz 31

by kriess on Oct 12, 2008 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Texas offensive and defensive line...

What I took away from Paper Tiger game last night…

1.Chase has a lot of trouble when he is pressured and hit hard – 3 picks and he was hit hard on a couple of them. Texas needs to get to him like they did with Bradford.
2. Texas offensive line can control the Missouri defensive line and win the game in the trenches. If the Tigers try to play their LB’s up on the line and blitz like OU did, Shipley and Quan will kill them.

I agree with the score of something like 42-31.

by texascfo on Oct 12, 2008 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Touchy Feely Chase

So the announcers went on and on about Chase calling Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow after their respective losses and Chase telling his team how he did not want to feel like that after a loss…..doesn’t sound like much of a team player.

Also, Chase just sits in the pocket. I’m thinking that he gets crushed by Orakpo at least two times.

I think that Mizzou will have the deer in the headlights look next Saturday as they will spend all week wondering if they can play with Texas.

by burntup on Oct 12, 2008 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

agree

When Chase makes a mistake he throws a temper tantrum and loses control of himself for short period of time…therefore we need to do quick strikes like we did in 2005.

In 05 we used to go deep as soon as the other team threw a pick or fumble. If we score quickly, then Daniel still has the pick fresh in his mind and will continue to not be fully in the game.

I dont think Mizzou will be wondering if they can play with us. They are quite cocky on themselves and will expect a victory.

by kriess on Oct 12, 2008 11:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Chase does act rather childish on the sidelines...

Not what you expect from the ex-Heisman frontrunner.

If you want to talk about weak arm strength, look at Todd Reesing not Chase Daniel. Reesing floats so many passes it’s incredible he doesn’t have more interceptions. Daniel has some faults but I don’t think arm strength is one of them

Has anybody else noticed that MiZZOU hasn’t beaten anybody? Last year we saw their rise from perennial average team to Big 12 power house. They lost to Oklahoma twice last year and their only key win was over Kansas who didn’t play Oklahoma or Texas. MiZZOU killed Tech last year. They beat Illinois two years in a row. In the Cotton Bowl they beat an unranked Arkansas team with a coach on his way out. They have, in my opinion, all of three nice wins in the last two seasons.

by the1austin on Oct 12, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs