Ends up our offense isn't very good. Averaging a full 120+ yards less than Kyler Murray's led offense. While everyone will point to various schematic things, I think it goes back to the simple "Jimmy and Joes"....and development of those Jimmy and Joes. and it also appears that Eric Gray, Wanya Morris, and Congel aren't the saviors of the offense. Who could've predicted that our offense would struggle though?
The warning signs were there. The offensive coaches have absolutely struck out from the '18 class on. Are there some guys with some promise? Sure, Mims and Mario seem good at times. But the rest....are JAGs. Even the veterans (Swenson, Hayes, Robinson, Hall, Willis, etc.) are JAGs. We have a talent development problem on offense right now, and very few (not all) wanted to admit it during the offseason. We lost 3 4-5* WRs this offseason, and plenty of people (especially mods) acted as though "no big deal, you really gonna complain about the offense". Well....ends up concerns were merited. We've yet to even come close to getting a WR in the '22 class, and for the entire "well look at the '23 WRs!!!!" crowd, that doesn't do a darn bit of good for us in '22, where we will still be trotting out a roomfull of JAGs.
We have 0 playmaking at RB, WR, and the OL can't run block against unranked Tulane, WC, Nebraska, and WVU. And our QB.....has regressed. Missing wide open guys, not working past his first read, somehow getting slower.
Now about the crowd. I didn't like the student section chanting that they want Caleb. Don't get me wrong, I was saying it too. But I wasn't chanting it and I actually didn't hear it while at the game. In terms of the booing, it was deserved. I only heard loud booing in unison twice. Once on a second 3 and out in a row (booing Rattler). The second was when it was like 2nd and 18 and we throw a screen pass to Woods for minimal gain. That booing I participated in and it was directed at Riley.
Speaking of booing, is there anything worse than the virtue signaling fans on twitter who are condemning the booing, saying "they support _________ player, blah blah blah"? Inevitably those fans didn't spend their time and $ to actually attend the game. Fandom is transactional. You do good, I support you, buy your gear, cheer for you, attend your games and lose my voice at every single one of them. You suck (offensively) vs. Tulane, Western Carolina, Nebraska, and now West Virginia all in a row....yea you're probably gonna catch some boo birds....still gonna show up and cheer, but yea you may have to deal with some boos...oh the HORROR!!! You aren't my children, I don't love you unconditionally. It's transactional.
And for as bad as us boo birds were, guess what? We stayed the entire game. Loud as hell while the defense was on the field.
As far as the positives. Love the defense. DTY making plays, Whitter looking good coming out of the doghouse. Roberson doing work. Winfrey as a DT on pace for 12.5 sacks. A defensive tackle. That's nuts.
Also, yea I saw the remnance of a fight in the Southwest corner of the EZ. Wife pointed it out to me and by the time I saw, there was a 8 man dog pile near the visitor tunnel, by the cheer leaders. Security, dudes in suits, and male cheerleaders breaking up a fight that had apparently fell out of the gate by the SW corner, and into the boom stick rolling camera things. 30 something year old skinny dude got worked over by some in shape 50 year old dude. Police ended up taking another guy out too.
All in all, the gameday was very entertaining. Sucks watching the offense suck, but the D is fun to watch, and the crowd has been as loud the last 2 games as I can remember in a long time. Still need to do Boomer Sooner more than once a game though.
The warning signs were there. The offensive coaches have absolutely struck out from the '18 class on. Are there some guys with some promise? Sure, Mims and Mario seem good at times. But the rest....are JAGs. Even the veterans (Swenson, Hayes, Robinson, Hall, Willis, etc.) are JAGs. We have a talent development problem on offense right now, and very few (not all) wanted to admit it during the offseason. We lost 3 4-5* WRs this offseason, and plenty of people (especially mods) acted as though "no big deal, you really gonna complain about the offense". Well....ends up concerns were merited. We've yet to even come close to getting a WR in the '22 class, and for the entire "well look at the '23 WRs!!!!" crowd, that doesn't do a darn bit of good for us in '22, where we will still be trotting out a roomfull of JAGs.
We have 0 playmaking at RB, WR, and the OL can't run block against unranked Tulane, WC, Nebraska, and WVU. And our QB.....has regressed. Missing wide open guys, not working past his first read, somehow getting slower.
Now about the crowd. I didn't like the student section chanting that they want Caleb. Don't get me wrong, I was saying it too. But I wasn't chanting it and I actually didn't hear it while at the game. In terms of the booing, it was deserved. I only heard loud booing in unison twice. Once on a second 3 and out in a row (booing Rattler). The second was when it was like 2nd and 18 and we throw a screen pass to Woods for minimal gain. That booing I participated in and it was directed at Riley.
Speaking of booing, is there anything worse than the virtue signaling fans on twitter who are condemning the booing, saying "they support _________ player, blah blah blah"? Inevitably those fans didn't spend their time and $ to actually attend the game. Fandom is transactional. You do good, I support you, buy your gear, cheer for you, attend your games and lose my voice at every single one of them. You suck (offensively) vs. Tulane, Western Carolina, Nebraska, and now West Virginia all in a row....yea you're probably gonna catch some boo birds....still gonna show up and cheer, but yea you may have to deal with some boos...oh the HORROR!!! You aren't my children, I don't love you unconditionally. It's transactional.
And for as bad as us boo birds were, guess what? We stayed the entire game. Loud as hell while the defense was on the field.
As far as the positives. Love the defense. DTY making plays, Whitter looking good coming out of the doghouse. Roberson doing work. Winfrey as a DT on pace for 12.5 sacks. A defensive tackle. That's nuts.
Also, yea I saw the remnance of a fight in the Southwest corner of the EZ. Wife pointed it out to me and by the time I saw, there was a 8 man dog pile near the visitor tunnel, by the cheer leaders. Security, dudes in suits, and male cheerleaders breaking up a fight that had apparently fell out of the gate by the SW corner, and into the boom stick rolling camera things. 30 something year old skinny dude got worked over by some in shape 50 year old dude. Police ended up taking another guy out too.
All in all, the gameday was very entertaining. Sucks watching the offense suck, but the D is fun to watch, and the crowd has been as loud the last 2 games as I can remember in a long time. Still need to do Boomer Sooner more than once a game though.
