You don't realize how bad our talent really is and how thin our depth really is. We've got guys on that OL that can't play at USM, only have two WRs, TEs can't block or do much of anything well. We've got a deep RB room and that's about it, and it's thinner now too. QB isn't great either. Unless Lebby moves to a completely different scheme, we don't have the players to consistently run his offense.
Theres a lot of other reasons upsets happen. It’s not usually because of some brilliant coaching strategy or play calls. If it were they wouldn’t be upsets because the underdog would win a lot more games.
No, I realize the problem exactly.
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He's not going to just drop his scheme in what's effectively year one for him so you can forget that. Even Mullen, as great as he was at adjusting an offense, never truly got away from his scheme either. Lebby will live or die building the talent. His offense was fine last week before the injuries.
Right. It’s going to take a while for Lebby to build up his knowledge and experience base to catch up with mine. It’s hard for me to watch him struggle without just calling him up and telling him what to do. But after all, he has to learn.*
Those two things happened on the same drive. How are you turning that one drive into 14 points?
In Lebby's defense, he put a TE in there to help the LT and the dang LT kept blocking in the direction of the TE, leaving a gaping hole to get beat inside. It seems like because we had late transfers, we didn't get any other o-linemen reps at all. It's not an ability issue at LT, it's a between the ears issue. As far as RT, Luke Work is a guard and tried his damnest. He's just not quick enough at tackle, but he's a pretty good guard.
There's a noun version of the word scheme and a verb version of the word scheme. I wasn't referring to the noun. I was referring to the verb. Maybe if I had said "gameplan" that would've helped.
Exactly. Especially when the guy is getting paid over a half million dollars for this year, yes utilize him more. Especially in games like last night. Quicker hitting read option stuff with play action off it. Help our out marched o-line out. Make the defense have to defend something else. Why pay the guy that much not to help out? At least have him planned into the scheme to change the pace and play call ability. Keep the defense on their heels
He tried to give KT a possession at the goal line (and it probably would’ve worked), but our dubmass OL couldn’t stay still and got a false start.
I posted it in a different thread; with sacks removed, we ran the ball 24 times and threw it 15. We didn’t “move away” from the run, TAMU’s defense shut it down. Combine that with our craptastic pass blocking allowing our QB to get hit in 1.5 seconds and that’s the result we get.
The fake punt against TN was an amazing situational call. Unfortunately, our OL ruined that one too.
100% if we want that 5th and 6th win, we need a QB who can put pressure on the D with legs. A QB who has a small about of escapability.
That was the fear after first 4. I didn't feel like our line was good enough to block long enough to get those deep throws. We got maybe two last night. One we caught the other just too long. The others were tipped or sacks.
That's it. We were running fine and stopped to throw bombs when we couldn't block to do it.
Yes there must be balance. However, Taylor can chunk it too. I haven't seen enough to know how accurate he is. But Shapen is still the best answer for now. We play fine as long as we actually have d1 tackles playing. Right now we don't. It also helps if Lebby doesn't call three straight pass plays. I also disagree with bringing in Taylor at the goal line. We don't do that we don't get.m the penalty and I believe we score if we give fluff or booth a shot. Or even a shovel pass or something. Bringing in another qb at goal is predictable and comes with penalties a lot
Tell us you haven’t looked at the stats without saying you haven’t looked at the stats.
What's not factual about what I said about the game last night after the first quarter?
We didn’t ”stop running to throw bombs”. Final stats (excluding sacks): 24 runs, 15 passes. We kept trying to run the ball, but TAMU adjusted and stopped it. Our OL was as effective as a screen door on a submarine in pass blocking.
1d - 1 yard run
There used to be a user on this site with the name “Runupthemiddle3xpunt”. That was pretty much it.
It's Lebby's, but it seems clear to me he made improvements from last year. We just couldn't afford injuries and we had them. I'm not sure the line should be this bad; definitely some lack of talent but also seems like they just are bad at execution also. But it's hard to execute when your are badly out talented.
Well, he's had one recruiting class to try to fix the worst roster in P5. I'd say it's everyone's fault but his. Leach died, so I won't drag 85 out, Keenum 17'd the hire, Cohen refused to touch football NIL, so lots of problems. We're two years behind in NIL fund raising and this year is basically year 1 for Lebby.
Year 1, my аss. He was hired like 2 days after the Egg Bowl in 2023. That’s two recruiting classes, plus the practically unlimited transfer portal era.
He didn't get to recruit that class outside of the portal guys really and if you don't believe this is year one, you're going to keep being disappointed because that's exactly what it is on the field for Lebby.
Someone on the other side did this, so credit to them but here you go. Lots of missed opportunities:
