If our largest gain of the day was 5 yards and our shortest gain was 4 yards, I'd be thrilled. Keep handing it to Shell and Wellman. Run clock and wear-down the TT defense.
I'd love to see us pound it on the ground Saturday
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...give me a team that picks up 4 yds a play, every single down, & we can beat any team in the country....
I don't think it will work against Texas Tech.
Crawford's running will be more effective. Finding open seams on the fly is how Kansas State damaged Tech with the running game. But Tech also is susceptible to the quick passes, to the flat, over the middle, and to a lesser degree downfield. And to Skyler's scrambling (the K State QB did OK with that; NOT with QB draw, but with scrambling on a pass play).
From what I watched of my recording of the entire game, these will be the most effective tools on offense.
Gibby on defense will have one heckuva job trying to contain QB Mahones, who can flat out fire the rock without standing in the pocket, and can run with the ball (for 3 TDs against Kansas State). And he's such a tall, sturdy guy with a rocket arm so you can't just stop his passing or stop his scrambling. You have to design a defense that always has someone tackling him if he scrambles. Not an easy chore. But if anyone can figure out how, Gibby is the guy.
As always, in every game, by every team, you take what the defense gives you when you're on offense and you try to get turnovers, which are quite possible against the undisciplined Tech team, on defense.
I think those are the tactics that will have the most success for WVU against Tech. But every game takes on a life of its own, so you adjust on the fly whether you are on offense or defense or coaching.
Special teams could be a calamity for both sides, although I think Tech's KO coverage is a perfect match, to WVU's benefit, in Shelton Gibson. I expect him to take one to the house.
After the game, I'll either look stupid or smart. College football, with its unpredictability, has a habit of doing that to "experts."
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T rample Texas Tech
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
Crawford's running will be more effective. Finding open seams on the fly is how Kansas State damaged Tech with the running game. But Tech also is susceptible to the quick passes, to the flat, over the middle, and to a lesser degree downfield. And to Skyler's scrambling (the K State QB did OK with that; NOT with QB draw, but with scrambling on a pass play).
From what I watched of my recording of the entire game, these will be the most effective tools on offense.
Gibby on defense will have one heckuva job trying to contain QB Mahones, who can flat out fire the rock without standing in the pocket, and can run with the ball (for 3 TDs against Kansas State). And he's such a tall, sturdy guy with a rocket arm so you can't just stop his passing or stop his scrambling. You have to design a defense that always has someone tackling him if he scrambles. Not an easy chore. But if anyone can figure out how, Gibby is the guy.
As always, in every game, by every team, you take what the defense gives you when you're on offense and you try to get turnovers, which are quite possible against the undisciplined Tech team, on defense.
I think those are the tactics that will have the most success for WVU against Tech. But every game takes on a life of its own, so you adjust on the fly whether you are on offense or defense or coaching.
Special teams could be a calamity for both sides, although I think Tech's KO coverage is a perfect match, to WVU's benefit, in Shelton Gibson. I expect him to take one to the house.
After the game, I'll either look stupid or smart. College football, with its unpredictability, has a habit of doing that to "experts."
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T rample Texas Tech
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
