Tavin Richardson

[Rhavic]

Don't be confusing the stuff you saw from Dawson last year with the Air Raid offense. What we will be running this year has much more kinship with the Air Raid than that ineffective mess put on the field by Dawson.

Except Gran's offense isn't an Air Raid offense.

I've read all the rave reviews on Young, would Stoops redshirt Young if he thinks we'll be okay without him, barring injuries? With a year of maturity and work in the weight room, he would be a hoss next year.

No. Young is in the competition for the 3rd offensive tackle overall. Won't redshirt. For as good as he's been though, the starting offensive tackles have reportedly been really good.

The Oline was horrid last year. It has been a weakness for decades. No poster is unreasonable for stating the obvious with this unit.

Let's let them prove it against teams in other jerseys before shunning someone's opinion. We have heard spring time accolades for years.

I am concerned about the oline, dline, lbers, and qb as of today. I am optimistic that barker and a lber or two will shine.

There's concern, and then there's an unreasonable refusal to believe that our players have improved. He displays an unreasonable refusal to believe that our players have improved, that's when it becomes griping, and he'll get responses like that.

Also, I don't recall Stoops saying anything that was wildly off the wall. He said the defensive backs were really good, and they were. He said the wide receivers were better, and they were, even in Dawson's poor excuse of an offense. He did say he felt that Towles was better, but he ended up being a lot worse, but can we attribute that to Towles actually regressing in terms of skill, or did it have to do with Dawson's playcalling (which Stoops actually criticized publicly multiple times).

Hard for a QB to have better stats when most of the plays are runs and deep passes, while also being told to stay in the pocket by all means. Add that on top of being asked to hold the ball for 4-5 seconds, and the QB's would consistently feel heat in the pocket. That's not just the case for our QB's, but if you ask any QB in the country to hold the ball for 4-5 seconds in the pocket, and they're going to come under a lot of pressure and be sacked plenty of times. Regardless of the line in front of them, that's just far too long, and noting that, it should be no surprise that the QB and o-line failed under Dawson.

 

[brianpoe]

Except Gran's offense isn't an Air Raid offense.




No. Young is in the competition for the 3rd offensive tackle overall. Won't redshirt. For as good as he's been though, the starting offensive tackles have reportedly been really good.




There's concern, and then there's an unreasonable refusal to believe that our players have improved. He displays an unreasonable refusal to believe that our players have improved, that's when it becomes griping, and he'll get responses like that.

Also, I don't recall Stoops saying anything that was wildly off the wall. He said the defensive backs were really good, and they were. He said the wide receivers were better, and they were, even in Dawson's poor excuse of an offense. He did say he felt that Towles was better, but he ended up being a lot worse, but can we attribute that to Towles actually regressing in terms of skill, or did it have to do with Dawson's playcalling (which Stoops actually criticized publicly multiple times).

Hard for a QB to have better stats when most of the plays are runs and deep passes, while also being told to stay in the pocket by all means. Add that on top of being asked to hold the ball for 4-5 seconds, and the QB's would consistently feel heat in the pocket. That's not just the case for our QB's, but if you ask any QB in the country to hold the ball for 4-5 seconds in the pocket, and they're going to come under a lot of pressure and be sacked plenty of times. Regardless of the line in front of them, that's just far too long, and noting that, it should be no surprise that the QB and o-line failed under Dawson.

We agree as usual.

Just saying, we have yet to see the Oline be a strength. It killed us vs Florida and many other crucial times.

I'm not getting my hopes up too high until I see the unit play. It has always been our achilles heel (along with Dline) but also the hardest positions to recruit outside of QB.

 

[Rhavic]

We agree as usual.

Just saying, we have yet to see the Oline be a strength. It killed us vs Florida and many other crucial times.

I'm not getting my hopes up too high until I see the unit play. It has always been our achilles heel (along with Dline) but also the hardest positions to recruit outside of QB.

Ah, I'm much more excited about them than in previous years. They've gotten more praise than any other unit on the team (including the defensive backs, and the running backs, and the wide receivers), and have improved wildly since spring by all accounts (and the line seemed much better in spring than they were at the end of last year, imo).

Factor in the fact that we have offensive coordinators that are seemingly polar opposites of Shannon Dawson, and they know that the QB has to be quick, and I really feel that our offensive line will have a significantly better showing.

Not speaking directly at your with this next comment, brian, but just speaking in general:

Say what you want about Stoops, but he's not blown smoke to us at any point in his time here, and he's kept it real. He's always been very reserved in who he praises and when he praises them, but he's been much more exuberant this fall.

 

[sluggercatfan]

We agree as usual.

Just saying, we have yet to see the Oline be a strength. It killed us vs Florida and many other crucial times.

I'm not getting my hopes up too high until I see the unit play. It has always been our achilles heel (along with Dline) but also the hardest positions to recruit outside of QB.

Does #70 have a false start yet:football::football::scream:[winking][roll]:smiley::sunglasses:just funning:joy:

 

[Beatle Bum]

Badet said Richardson was pushing him every day, but Badet was clear that the vets are in the #1 seats right now.

 

[RV]

Except Gran's offense isn't an Air Raid offense.

Didn't mean to imply that Gran's offense WAS an Air Raid offense. My point was that whatever that thing was that Dawson showed us definitely WASN'T an Air Raid offense.