Reasons for Optimisim - Post Tulane Eddition

beej67 said:
I saw plenty of TO.



No?

Historically, we call anywhere between 4 and 15 TOs per game, if you pay attention. I haven't charted yesterday, but I bet we called 8 TOs and got over 10 yards on at least three or four of them.

You run what works. Our 2nd drive we ran almost all rocket because they didn't have the leverage to stop it, so why not keep running it?

We got some very big gains off the TO vs Tulane.
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Correct. Additionally, PJ runs a spread option offense from under center of which the 3-O is a component, not the whole offense.
 
Optimism after that? Not asking for much are you? Only thing I can see is the additional experience under fire the whole team received before going into the meat of the schedule. Hopefully lessons were learned and upon reflection we're better for it.
 
There's plenty of reasons for pessimism, gnats, but those go in a different thread. :)
 
I'm digging real deep here ... but special teams look pretty good to me other than that Butker has missed 2 FGs already this year. Last year as a true freshman, he hit 10/14. Kickers do get better, so I'm thinking it's just a small sample size.
 
77GTFan said:
Won going away, scoring the last 24 points. Made a lot of yards on toss sweeps and option pitches. Defense got a 2nd half shutout. Kickoffs into end zone. O-line was better than in Week 1.
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Realistically, Defense and ST responsible for 17 points, offense gave up 7 points to start the game for a net 14 points by the offense. Offense needs to improve drastically as we get into the meat of our schedule.
 
Bogey said:
Realistically, Defense and ST responsible for 17 points, offense gave up 7 points to start the game for a net 14 points by the offense. Offense needs to improve drastically as we get into the meat of our schedule.
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Stanford is a great example in how having the ball close to the opponents endzone does not mean the offense doesn't have to do work to get points.
 
knoxjacket said:
Our schedule is still absurdly weak.
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yet we will be underdogs in at least three of the next four conference games, and maybe in all four; playing Southern will not do any good for the potential injury situation given they run the TO

maybe the weak is you? you saw VaTech beat #8, right?
 
BuzzCzar said:
yet we will be underdogs in at least three of the next four conference games, and maybe in all four; playing Southern will not do any good for the potential injury situation given they run the TO

maybe the weak is you? you saw VaTech beat #8, right?
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I'm pretty sure they changed offenses this year with the new coach.
 
BuzzCzar said:
we ran the TO as much as we usually do
and it is not and has never been the only play we run, not ever
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No one ever said that was all that we run. Just seems like we don't run it as much as we did in the early Nesbitt years
 
Just a quick impression: I thought PJ called a nice game. Extra credit for a road win in a new stadium. Improvement by the quarterback. Putting Tulane away in the second half was a strong sign. Good game to build on for the conference slate.
 
etc79 said:
No one ever said that was all that we run. Just seems like we don't run it as much as we did in the early Nesbitt years
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because Nesbitt couldnt throw, bruh, and he could tote the rock extremely well

you play to the strengths of your personnel. plus, the DCs had not seen it as much, so it was something to take advantage of

nevertheless, we still run it nearly as often
 
I thought we ran it a lot with Nesbitt and Tevin, just that Tevin was really good at spreading the ball out so it wasn't the same feel. I think there was an interview way back when, where Johnson said that he had to call more of the plays and try to guess what the defense was going to do when he saw the QB wasn't reading well? Not that I think this is the case for JT. More so probably, like someone else said, he saw a weakness in Tulane's D and he ran the same type of things until they could prove to him they could stop it.
 
I think that's why the offense seems to run so well when Byerly is in. He knows the offense well, & he can make the proper reads. That's all you need in this offense if the QB is mobile enough & can pass, which Byerly can.

JT is the most dynamic by far, but if he struggles, we're ok.
 
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