Snyder’s face lit up when asked about the peculiar game at his weekly news conference on Tuesday, and gushed over Army’s statistics. The Black Knights held the ball for a whopping 44 minutes, 41 seconds, ran the ball 78 times for 339 yards, limited Oklahoma’s vaunted offense to 355 yards on 40 plays and nearly won in regulation.
“It was just interesting watching the ballgame,” Snyder said. “Army had 40 minutes of possession time and Oklahoma had 40 snaps. Outside of that game I think they average somewhere between 85 and 90 snaps. It just limited their opportunities to put points on the board.”
“The key element is can you maintain possession of the ball for that long?” Snyder said. “They had the ball for as long as they did, because they were getting first downs. It’s interesting when you watch the game, because their gains are one yard, three yards, four yards, five yards, two yards. However many snaps they took, I would guess 95 percent of them, were five yards or less gains, but they were so consistent about it.”
“I have looked at (their game) a couple times,” Barnes said. “They really did just pound the rock on those guys. They ran the clock and kept OU off the field. That’s why it was such a low-scoring game. We are going to try and take a similar approach ... Army came out and punched them in the mouth and played really physical against them. That’s something we need to do, too.”
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“It was just interesting watching the ballgame,” Snyder said. “Army had 40 minutes of possession time and Oklahoma had 40 snaps. Outside of that game I think they average somewhere between 85 and 90 snaps. It just limited their opportunities to put points on the board.”
“The key element is can you maintain possession of the ball for that long?” Snyder said. “They had the ball for as long as they did, because they were getting first downs. It’s interesting when you watch the game, because their gains are one yard, three yards, four yards, five yards, two yards. However many snaps they took, I would guess 95 percent of them, were five yards or less gains, but they were so consistent about it.”
“I have looked at (their game) a couple times,” Barnes said. “They really did just pound the rock on those guys. They ran the clock and kept OU off the field. That’s why it was such a low-scoring game. We are going to try and take a similar approach ... Army came out and punched them in the mouth and played really physical against them. That’s something we need to do, too.”
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