Some of the worst scheming and coaching I have seen in a long time...

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The players played their hearts out. IMO, this game is entirely on the coaching staff. They once again got out-coached and out-schemed by the visitor's bench. Sure, we didn't execute on offense well in the second half, but we made NO half-time adjustments while OU made significant ones.

And then, on the offensive side of the ball that was some of the worst-play calling and decision making I have seen in awhile. We ONCE AGAIN, played "not to lose" instead of "to win." The same thing happened in the Florida game. What happened to 2013 Georgia game Butch? We were pulling out all the tricks for that game and calling one hell of a game. If this is how Butch is going to coach games the rest of his tenure here as we get more talent then I'm not so sure he is cut out (NOTE: this is not me saying fire him so don't pull that one. I'm saying he better adjust back to his old self or it's going to be a long next few years.)

I know we are "still young" and all of the "experts" picked us to lose, but how can you moral victory purists sit there and tell me that what happened is understandable or acceptable? We were up 17-0 and two touchdowns in the 4th!!! We didn't score the last 42 minutes of the game against a sub-par OU defense!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I'm amazed people keep struggling to understand the fact that we dominated the first half but got bent over in the second half is even more of an indictment of our coaching than if we'd been dominated from start to finish. We had the personnel to push them around. Once OU adjusted we had nothing. Our coaches literally brought nothing to the table.
 
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jenkins76 said:
I'm amazed people keep struggling to understand the fact that we dominated the first half but got bent over in the second half is even more of an indictment of our coaching than if we'd been dominated from start to finish. We had the personnel to push them around. Once OU adjusted we had nothing. Our coaches literally brought nothing to the table.
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They chocked

They **** the bed

They pissed their pants
 
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jenkins76 said:
I'm amazed people keep struggling to understand the fact that we dominated the first half but got bent over in the second half is even more of an indictment of our coaching than if we'd been dominated from start to finish. We had the personnel to push them around. Once OU adjusted we had nothing. Our coaches literally brought nothing to the table.
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And it's alarming Richt and others have done this to Tennessee
 
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2 score lead in a defensive struggle will make every OC pull in the reigns some when the OL can't protect and the QB has already put the ball on the ground.

IMO playing conservative was the correct play. Missing the FG, the bogus PI, and the negative yard play on the fumble when we were in FG range all were strange plays that caused that conservative thinking to fail.

But opening up the offense very likely would have led to Dobbs putting the ball on the ground more and that easily could have given up a big play.
 
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BruinVol said:
2 score lead in a defensive struggle will make every OC pull in the reigns some when the OL can't protect and the QB has already put the ball on the ground.

IMO playing conservative was the correct play. Missing the FG, the bogus PI, and the negative yard play on the fumble when we were in FG range all were strange plays that caused that conservative thinking to fail.

But opening up the offense very likely would have led to Dobbs putting the ball on the ground more and that easily could have given up a big play.
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If you are scared to open up the offense for fear that your QB will turn the ball over, then you have the wrong QB under center. You have to trust him and cannot play scared. Sure, I will bite on the fact that MAYBE playing conservative for a few drives after going up 17-0 was understandable. But in the 2nd half when you have been stalled and haven't moved the ball hardly at all for 30 minutes of game time, you have to open back up which Butch NEVER did. I don't remember us hardly ever throwing the ball down field, and Kamara only got a few touches. We have an electric WR corp, and we barely threw the ball.
 
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BruinVol said:
2 score lead in a defensive struggle will make every OC pull in the reigns some when the OL can't protect and the QB has already put the ball on the ground.

IMO playing conservative was the correct play. Missing the FG, the bogus PI, and the negative yard play on the fumble when we were in FG range all were strange plays that caused that conservative thinking to fail.

But opening up the offense very likely would have led to Dobbs putting the ball on the ground more and that easily could have given up a big play.
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Conservative play calling isn't what bothered me so much as the clock management. Why in HELL are we running hurry up in the 4th quarter with a 2 touchdown lead??? We were snapping the ball sometimes with 20 seconds left on the play clock! Let that damn clock run and MAKE the opposing offense do something with as little time as possible and give your already gassed defense more time to rest! Don't freaking HELP your opponent's cause by constantly getting quick 3 and outs! It's OK to punt and play field position but why the hell would you do it by GIVING Oklahoma more time to work? Jesus any halfway decent MADDEN player knows that.
 
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Maybe Debord decided to also reroute the crowd flow on the north side after the game.. Which was a major cluster! Nice job campus police
 
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DeBord should go back into retirement. With less experience, we had a better pass attack last year than we showed yesterday. Pass plays were too slow developing. Once OU made their half time adjustments, we had no answer. If Butch isn't careful, his OC hire will be his undoing.
 
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We have a junior at QB. If Bajakian and DeBord haven't been able to develop him to the point where we can't attempt a few pass plays at home, they clearly aren't guys that should have been on staff.
 
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And gutless coaching like taking a knee with thirty odd seconds left with good field position end of fourth q.
 
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VersaceButch said:
If you are scared to open up the offense for fear that your QB will turn the ball over, then you have the wrong QB under center. You have to trust him and cannot play scared. .
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Dobbs does seem to be a little loose with the ball in the pocket but the main problem isn't with him it's with an OL that allows rushers to come free regularly

No doubt in my mind the fumble just before half spoked the staff .
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Conservative play calling isn't what bothered me so much as the clock management. Why in HELL are we running hurry up in the 4th quarter with a 2 touchdown lead??? We were snapping the ball sometimes with 20 seconds left on the play clock! Let that damn clock run and MAKE the opposing offense do something with as little time as possible and give your already gassed defense more time to rest! Don't freaking HELP your opponent's cause by constantly getting quick 3 and outs! It's OK to punt and play field position but why the hell would you do it by GIVING Oklahoma more time to work? Jesus any halfway decent MADDEN player knows that.
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I totally agree.We had a 3 and out in the 4th that only took 1.33 off the clock and I noticed we were snapping it with 20 plus seconds to go every play.
 
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They brought a lot of people in the second half and we could not deal with it--not enough blockers, not good blocking, no plays to counter their pressing defense. I don't mind conservative play calling if a conservative play gets you five yards on first down instead of losing 5 yards. We needed plays that could get 5 yards consistently--including a short passing game-- and we did not have them or execute them. And it would have been nice if we could have gotten a receiver open in man coverage and made them pay for their pressing defense--but we couldn't do that either. We couldn't do anything.
 
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7maxims said:
And gutless coaching like taking a knee with thirty odd seconds left with good field position end of fourth q.
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If we were at the 45 or beyond I could agree with you.. But where they were at.. a turnover will lose the game and you would be here complaining why wouldn't he take a knee and play for OT.. Double edge sword
 
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Volz4lif3 said:
If we were at the 45 or beyond I could agree with you.. But where they were at.. a turnover will lose the game and you would be here complaining why wouldn't he take a knee and play for OT.. Double edge sword
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Yes but OU had every bit of momentum going into OT, and just needed to get in fg range.
 
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tn4elvis said:
I totally agree.We had a 3 and out in the 4th that only took 1.33 off the clock and I noticed we were snapping it with 20 plus seconds to go every play.
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That along with conservative play calling doesn't even make sense. If you're going to hurry up the snap at least call a play that's going to get you the yardage needed. It was like they were in a hurry to get the defense back on the field.
 
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Time management...if you don't give them enough time, they can't win. I've read complaints on the crowd noise on offense. If we had huddled (for 5 seconds!!) the crowd would have had a chance to calm down. I love the no huddle offense, but there is a time and place for it.
 
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I watched that metrosexual BJ get more upset at our fans for cheering too loud when we were on offense than he did with blown calls and missed assignments.

That says it all.
 
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