Official Houston game thread
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The play calling was fine. Skipper missed some throws, there were a couple of egregious drops. He didn’t really put the ball in danger. Honestly I thought the whole things was managed great by Monty. There were 4-5 times he snuck President out there after a time out for an injury or a called time out or whatever. Houston never recognized it. The time it didn’t work was when we went from our own 1 to their 1 on the 20 play drive and we got called for holding on 2nd down and Monty left President in the game.
For me the biggest play of the game was the 3rd and 8 with about 3 left to play and UH used their first timeout. President keeps it on a QB sweep and picks up the first down. Just an absolute huge play for us.
Atleast you don't have Gmoney stalking every word you say, dude is starting to creep me out a little bit.
If u think I'm stalking u then you need to talk to aTUfan.
I was just following up on Gold's pointing out of your inadequacies. If you were analyzing it instead of trying to make excuses for it, you might see that a number of your posts are you talking to yourself.
I was just following up on Gold's pointing out of your inadequacies. If you were analyzing it instead of trying to make excuses for it, you might see that a number of your posts are you talking to yourself.
Like I'm the only one? Lol That's what a good majority of the games threads are. Instead of being a keyboard warrior, why don't you just talk about the game. If you look at some of your posts, it sure seems like you enjoy belittling people like me or TUGrad06. Its cool though, have a good
night
And you are still being a keyboard warrior, congrats, I made some comments about the game of things that happen, and then you act like it offends you or something. Get over it
All in jest 06....we all get frustrated at times. TU has struggles reloading its talent base.
and with U Conn next TU has a shot at a 2 game winning streak and a 3rd win that many of us thought was the ceiling. I think we are going to rue the 2 FG losses to Toledo and UNM at year-end.
I like Wilkerson's game coming in (kid from Skiatook). He looks like Tarrion Adams a lot but possibly a step faster. Runs behind his pads.
WR we should be set. There are some speedsters coming in along with the crop we have on campus now including RS. Johnson, Stokes, Stewart all return as well.
It will be interesting to see how they use Reed Martin. Speculation is as a defensive player but I think there is enough of a skill set to use him like Christian MCCaffrey (minus McCaffrey's speed).
Brooks- this kid is our version of Barry Sanders. He is a lot faster than I anticipated or remembered from watching him play in HS. He's a kid that at times didn't look great on film because the OL simply didn't hold blocks as long. Monty's guys did a great job of projecting what he can do with a great OL in front of him.
Brooks put on a lot of muscle weight during the spring and summer. That has helped him tons. I don't remember him having nearly that much weight as a senior in high school. He is built so low to the ground, its hard to get a hand on him. His thighs circumference is amazing. Fans are going to see a lot of him in the future because of that power he has built in his running.
One more thing...President needs some snaps as a WR. I think he can be a game changer there as well. Plus it lets him have more touches and good things happen when he is carrying the ball.
TU has two QB's that are specialists in what they do. President is the running QB. Skipper is the throwing arm. At least he is better then President. Coaching staff finally seemed to realize what they had (in QB's) and started using the two in more appropriate circumstances in the second half. They need to keep that up. Also President needs more play sets customized for his running ability. His running ability in a Navy or New Mexico style offense would almost be unstoppable. More Sweeps, Wild, Wishbone, Option whatever. Coaches need to get it done.
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Interesting that you say that because the first time I saw him run I instantly thought “Barry Sanders”. He doesn’t have as much development in his legs as Sanders did but the height is similar and his field vision and quickness to the hole are eerily similar.
Yeah Brooks is a freak. Plus he runs the ball like an a-hole. Perfect combination.
Someone described Brooks' thighs as mini tree trunks and that he was a lot stronger coming in than he looks. I'm hoping a full year in the conditioning program adds 10-15 lbs of muscle to help him hold up under a full season workload that he is most assuredly going to get the next 3 years.
The 20 yard run where he carried the pile for 12 yards was my favorite play of the game. I've never seen a crowd get so excited...and have never seen players get so excited and fired up over an effort.
I am starting to think that Brooks may need to be the short yardage back. I think Al Groh mentioned it during the broadcast that he has extremely good balance and runs lower than the DL can get and scrape out that yard if he can get to the narrowest of holes.
I don't think number one back is a concept that means much in Monty's offense. He seems to like splitting between two guys. One will get more touches but they'll both get a lot.
Funny thing is the running game really took off last year when Brewer got hurt and Flanders got the start and majority of carries the next week. It really got them both on a roll. I attribute that to Flanders’ style in attacking the hole and running behind his pads. Brewer tends to be a little more patient and sometimes that pays off and sometimes that does not.
I think the subtle difference in styles really throws some defenses off and I think that point goes under appreciated at times.
Any of the former OL on the board...did who the back in the game was alter the way you blocked any?