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RUboston

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GS can only dream of an upset over the no. 6 team In the country. The last time GS beat a ranked team was October 18, 2009, when Rutgers beat No. 23 USF. Seventeen years.

OK State hires the North Texas coach from the AAC and he brings his QB and they beat the no. 6 team in the country in their second game.
 
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RUShea

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GS can only dream of an upset over the no. 6 team In the country. The last time GS beat a ranked team was October 18, 2009, when Rutgers beat No. 23 USF. Seventeen years.

OK State hires the North Texas coach from the AAC and he brings his QB and they beat the no. 6 team in the country in their second game.
But Schiano is the only person who knows Rutgers and can succeed here. No one else can do it.
 

koleszar

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Beats Oregon today. 1-11 last year, 0-9 in the Big 12. Shows you what the right coach and QB can do in a hurry.
I have no idea how you find 92 new players out of 105 in one year. But this guy has won everywhere he's been and has an innovative offense he developed at Incarnate Word brought to WSU then N. Texas.
 

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Nice bounce back from their loss last week to Tulsa. Mestemaker with 300+ yds passing 100+ yds rushing. I didn't expect the rushing part, didn't know that was in their bag of tricks lol.

 
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LotusAggressor_rivals

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Oklahoma State turned over almost their whole roster, hired a new coach, and they go and beat a team that was a favorite to win a National Championship. The contrast is stunning.
 
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Knight Shift

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coaching matters but what does that say about Lanning and Day?
Lanning's seat may get hot.

Day should be safe, but Ohio State is in the category of psychotic schools that do not suffer even the smallest of errors. Was really surprised with Day's management of time outs and failure to kick a field goal last night. Maybe he got a text from Rutgers HC telling him to "go for it" and took his advice? 😜

But to a larger point, they are bad examples to compare to Schiano. They are leaps and bounds and many mountains above him.
 

Jtung230

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I’m a fan of GS. Mostly due to Flood and Ash. I do think it’s time to move on. His offensive philosophy is just too ancient and all the stars have to align for us to be good. When you see an upset, it’s always due to a dynamic QB. GS loves the pro style QBs but we can’t protect them.
 

LotusAggressor_rivals

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coaching matters but what does that say about Lanning and Day?
Lanning promoting Mehringer to OC might say something. His offense was @SS at RU and it's @SS at Oregon so far, and they HAVE talent. Day has 2 former NFL coordinators on his staff. Matt Patricia was lights out as a DC last year. He did what people thought Belichick was going to do defensively at UNC. The jury is out on the Arthur Smith OC hire. He resurrected Ryan Tannehill in Tennessee, but was a dud in Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
 

LotusAggressor_rivals

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I’m a fan of GS. Mostly due to Flood and Ash. I do think it’s time to move on. His offensive philosophy is just too ancient and all the stars have to align for us to be good. When you see an upset, it’s always due to a dynamic QB. GS loves the pro style QBs but we can’t protect them.
The other issue with Schiano is poor QB coaching.
 
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winfield102

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Ohio St had some really well designed plays. I was impressed. They had a chance to put up 30 against a VERY good Texas defense.

Sayin missed an easy throw for a TD to #3 (ended in FG) and they missed a FG in the 4th.

Maybe Lanning should spend less time with the GameDay crew.
 

Knight Shift

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Lanning promoting Mehringer to OC might say something. His offense was @SS at RU and it's @SS at Oregon so far, and they HAVE talent. Day has 2 former NFL coordinators on his staff. Matt Patricia was lights out as a DC last year. He did what people thought Belichick was going to do defensively at UNC. The jury is out on the Arthur Smith OC hire. He resurrected Ryan Tannehill in Tennessee, but was a dud in Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
Maybe Mehringer needs Jay Niemann as DC by his side? Or Chris Ash?

All kidding aside, it's not fair to judge Mehringer for his performance at Rutgers. He was too young and too inexperienced to get thrown into that role.

And you left out Lanning promoting the co-DC to DC. Gave up 556 yards and 39 points to OK State.

Kudos to OK State for kicking 4 field goals in their victory. "Take the points, leave the mesh play."
 

mdk02

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Oklahoma St. got a $165 donation to athletics from T Boone Pickens about 20 years ago. I think they're better set up for NIL than Rutgers
 

Jtung230

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Maybe Mehringer needs Jay Niemann as DC by his side? Or Chris Ash?

All kidding aside, it's not fair to judge Mehringer for his performance at Rutgers. He was too young and too inexperienced to get thrown into that role.

And you left out Lanning promoting the co-DC to DC. Gave up 556 yards and 39 points to OK State.

Kudos to OK State for kicking 4 field goals in their victory. "Take the points, leave the mesh play."
They just haven’t learned the tush push.
 
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bac2therac

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I think that should not be plural, unless we are counting rutgersal and his burner account superfan2 bringing that account to 2.
There are plenty actually and they have been defending Greggy for years. It shouldnt have taken the UMass loss to show them the charade he has been pulling
 

Knight Shift

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A team they lost to 69-3 last year.
I searched in Google "Oklahoma State" football and violence. No hits, but his video came up. Vulnerability is the new buzzword. Vulnerability is greater than violence.

 

Knight Shift

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There are plenty actually and they have been defending Greggy for years. It shouldnt have taken the UMass loss to show them the charade he has been pulling
I think you are a bit off on that, minus the UMass part. People change their minds at different stages and at different times. What matters is that there are very few left standing to support him. The "I told you so" comments don't really do anything to advance the cause, IMO.
 
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RU0917

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Lanning promoting Mehringer to OC might say something. His offense was @SS at RU and it's @SS at Oregon so far, and they HAVE talent. Day has 2 former NFL coordinators on his staff. Matt Patricia was lights out as a DC last year. He did what people thought Belichick was going to do defensively at UNC. The jury is out on the Arthur Smith OC hire. He resurrected Ryan Tannehill in Tennessee, but was a dud in Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
This was a really pivotal year for Lanning with all the talent they returned. I was curious to see how promoting both the OC and DC from within would go, and early returns are looking worse than I would have imagined possible (though in fairness to our old buddy Drew, their defense looks like the bigger issue).
 
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LotusAggressor_rivals

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I searched in Google "Oklahoma State" football and violence. No hits, but his video came up. Vulnerability is the new buzzword. Vulnerability is greater than violence.

Guess we need another buzzword. And better playcalling.
 
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RU0917

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The board pollyannas are convinced it takes 9 years to turn a program around
No one is saying this. If anything GS has near-universally lost the fanbase more quickly than I would have thought possible; UMass made some of his most ardent supporters jump ship immediately. Essentially everyone is on the same page now. It’s over.
 

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Nice bounce back from their loss last week to Tulsa. Mestemaker with 300+ yds passing 100+ yds rushing. I didn't expect the rushing part, didn't know that was in their bag of tricks lol.


That's what good coaches do, they find a tendency in the other team that helps them. Then they design a game plan to take advantage of that tendency. Joe said the same thing about us.

Unfortunately, we have a HC and OC that have no feel for the game and believe calling the same scripted plays over and over again are what works. No thought to the other team or what's happening in the game at that moment. Have a WR that is over a foot taller and 30lbs bigger than the other team's CB, that you just need to throw the ball in his vicinity for him to make the catch, do you throw to him during a big play? Nah, you run that scripted mesh play with your QB that is starting his first game. Why? Because that is what you ran in practice like 3 weeks ago and it worked one time during training camp so you put it in as one of the scripted plays.
 

LotusAggressor_rivals

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That's what good coaches do, they find a tendency in the other team that helps them. Then they design a game plan to take advantage of that tendency. Joe said the same thing about us.

Unfortunately, we have a HC and OC that have no feel for the game and believe calling the same scripted plays over and over again are what works. No thought to the other team or what's happening in the game at that moment. Have a WR that is over a foot taller and 30lbs bigger than the other team's CB, that you just need to throw the ball in his vicinity for him to make the catch, do you throw to him during a big play? Nah, you run that scripted mesh play with your QB that is starting his first game. Why? Because that is what you ran in practice like 3 weeks ago and it worked one time during training camp so you put it in as one of the scripted plays.
Sums up the RU offensive philosophy. I would add that they run that mesh play because they saw some other team run it successfully, not understanding why it works or what's needed to make it work. Duff is succeeding despite the offensive philosophy. The misuse of Raymond is just offensive malpractice.
 
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