After the game about his crappy play calling again this year in the playoffs?
Any comment from Riley...
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WWBD? Play the "our players didn't execute" card, of course.
Or the "we will be back" crap that should include "without a clue how to win a playoff game."
It just amazes me that Riley can't come up with any quick developing pass plays. LSU had plenty. Poor offensive play calling. Not calling up enough pressure on defense is just criminal.
Three weeks to prepare and this was his best game plan?? It was apparent we started the game with 3 flat tires. Then LR lack of in game adjustments gave us a fourth flat tire. Both alarming and unbelievable play calling. His genius level took a big hit. Just a piss poor offensive showing.
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Blame poor preparation, lack of game adjustments, suspensions, injuries all you want.....fact is, OU did not belong on the same field as any of the other three playoff teams.
How the failures of the past three years will impact OU's reputation is anyone's guess, but I believe that much of OU's reputation took a hit yesterday.
I don't know if Riley can take this program to a higher level.
It's one thing to make the playoffs, it's quite another to win in the playoffs. And to win at that level requires producing a defense that can overcome teams like LSU, Clemson and Ohio State. OU appears to be years away from doing so, if ever.
How the failures of the past three years will impact OU's reputation is anyone's guess, but I believe that much of OU's reputation took a hit yesterday.
I don't know if Riley can take this program to a higher level.
It's one thing to make the playoffs, it's quite another to win in the playoffs. And to win at that level requires producing a defense that can overcome teams like LSU, Clemson and Ohio State. OU appears to be years away from doing so, if ever.
Mike Leach, just not as funny. Accept it. Not saying it’s a bad thing. Everyone will have to decide that on their own.
I agree CT...
however, I felt better after I went back and looked at the defensive talent we signed a few weeks back.
I think we are transforming as a team and are headed the right way.
the talent LR gets on offense is awesome and Bedenbaugh seems to be a magician...
I’d rather experience disappointment after an 11 or 12 win season than crap we lived through in the 90’s!
It just amazes me that OU fans can watch that game, and think it's about play calling. We didn't block anybody. Doesn't matter what you call when you're getting whipped up front. I think that four of OUr five OL's got a holding penalty. Maybe all five. OUr left tackle sucked, but he wasn't alone, just worse. We had a couple of players who deserved to be on the field with LSU's defense. But it didn't matter, if we'd scored 60. LSU would have scored 75 plus.
if I was Riley I would go full on Bob Stoops in the future. If you recall the week leading up to some of our bowl games Boobie Stoops would make a preemptive “well first and foremost, we’re a family here at OU and we’re going out here to this bowl game to play hard, but at the same time we want to make sure the guys have a fun time too” kind of comment. Which as we would always determine after our bowl beat down Boobie was hedging his bet so he could kind of shrug off a humiliating loss as if he didn’t put in a hell of a lot of effort even though he did but continued to just get out coached and didn’t want to admit it.
The problem Riley has right now is that by all accounts that I’ve read they treated this as a business trip solely. Changed up bowl prep, no comments from the players so to speak and thus is what we’re left with. He’s got to feel embarrassed?
The problem Riley has right now is that by all accounts that I’ve read they treated this as a business trip solely. Changed up bowl prep, no comments from the players so to speak and thus is what we’re left with. He’s got to feel embarrassed?
Agree but will add that when you are getting beat quickly on the line, the last thing you want to call for plays are the slow developing ones (read-option, handing the ball off while the RB is running sideline to sideline instead of downhill, and 5-8 step drop backs while waiting for the WR to get open downfield).
Same thing happened against ‘Bama last year. While CeeDee made a fantastic early catch this year that led to a TD-that was the only difference. I watched our first offensive series and saw that LR learned nothing from last year when we had a shit-ton better O-line and still were getting whooped early. He seems to game plan and play call without consideration for the opponent or game situation at times.
Question becomes: does being the Head Coach and OC/play caller too much for one person? Same questions are swirling around Scott Frost at Nebraska. I imagine being exceptional are both is near impossible.
Good points Rush2112Sooner...
I would love to know the difference, in his mind (what he was thinking/calling) between the first half of Georgia and they disasters of the second half versus Georgia, the first quarter versus Bama, and that crap against LSU...
It CAN'T all be on the players...
I am definitely glad Riley is our HC and wouldn't trade him; however, his playing calling puzzles me at times. It just doesn't make sense, but I'm just a guy on a couch and don't have his game acumen. My biggest complaint was our defensive scheme. I can't believe we just rushed 3 or 4 most of the time and no blitzing. Joe had all day most of the time to throw. I mean Jesus just send everybody, play man and see what the hell happens. Couldn't have been worse than 63 points.........….
Yeah I was hoping during the game for at least an all out blitz just once. Someone on here mentioned that the players that got suspended still traveled to the game, is that true?
Belldozer1, yes, the story was the suspended kids went to the game and had to mimic LSU people on the scout team...
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