Good News/Bad News

This offense has been turned loose for 10 years as Leach taught his offensive on how to adjust on the fly depending on what the defense gave them.

I don’t know how many plays the offense ran in practice, but one of the things I know is that Leach believed in repetition, repetition, repetition. He believe that repeating the right things enough would lead to playing naturally without thinking. It would be instinct.

Based on the comments of the current staff, they are not turning the team loose. It is going to take time, maybe a couple of years, to learn a new method even though the plays and terminology are the same.

I think we will be O.K. because of the talent assembled, but not as potent as we could be if they were turned loose.

and I agree with Arizona Raider it is going to take time with Tubberville. These last two games, while we are 2-0 and I get that, have been two of the most boring Tech football games in the past ten years. Even in games where we won by 30 and lost by 30 Leach kept us on edge. Unless Tubberville and Co. have something up their sleeve for the game against the Whorns this week, I am not going into the game feeling my best. I still think Potts is too slow, while Sticks stuggled he really picked up the tempo. I think the problem is Tubberville is a plodder. Watching SEC football is painful. How do they even get raiting points. Our receivers are running vanilla routes. Where is the creativity that Leach gave us. I was hoping the first game was first game jitters, but again we are dropping way too many passes. With Leach if you dropped at pass, you did not play and you went into his dog hourse. Thus we did not drop many passes. The running game is not working under OC Brown. Our running backs are not set up to run off tackle. Leach used the pass to set up the run. We miss the wide splits on offense. This is not the SEC, it is the Wild Wild West. If you keep your guns strapped in your holster, your going to get killed in the Big 12. And finally, special teams is a disaster. I thought this was one area that Tubberville would fix. Our field goal kicker needed the practice. Tubberville would not even attempt field goals, that tells you how much he is worried about the kicking game. Leach did not attempt many field goals, but at least we made most of them when he was not going for it on fourth and 20. I still think we have a shot at the Whorns, because they too are trying to put a square peg in a round hole. I know we can’t bring him back, but I miss the PIRATE. To Red Raiders.

that field position played a role in Saturday’s game with regard to offensive tempo. We hade quite a few VERY short drives. Hard to have a tempo or rhythm when a drive is less than 3-4 plays.

Tech92 are you telling me that our receivers are not dropping passes, that the new and improved running game is busting at the seams, and that our field goal kicking game is in good shape. I have seen a QB named Potts who is slow to make decisions, and remember the coaches are telling him wear to throw the ball. The tempo of the game what are you talking about, Potts brings the team to the line of scrimmage and they have to wait for OC Brown to send the play in. Do you really think that the Whorns DB’s and CB’s are not going to win some of those 50/50 balls, do you really think that their line backers are going do drop passes thrown right to them. It was great to see blocked punts, but we were playing New Mexico which lost the week before 72-0, and they were so banged up, they had to go out there taped up just to play. I am not wathcing the scoreboard, I am watching Tubberviel Auburn Tech University. I support Tubbs and the team, this is just my opinion, and I think Tubbs system will just not work in the Big 12. Yes, we are 2-0, I get that, but Tubbs is boring. Go Red Raiders.

I am just saying that there is something missing with this team. By the way if you ever come to South Texas, every city seems to have a Ville in it. Tubberville thinks that Tech is Tubbervile Tech. I fear change, and I can’t help myself. I am not sure what to expect on College Game Day against the Whorns, but that is precisely where I am coming from. I do not know what to expect, and maybe that is the suprise in the little box. We have a lot to be thankful for, yes, we could be 0-2 like Virgina Tech, but I like coaches who get on their players and get the best out of them. I just do not think that in the first two weeks I have seen the best of this team. I know its only week 3, and there is a lot of football left to play. We certainly will get measured Saturday. Hope my grammer and selling have improved Tech92, I only graduated from the sixth grade. Go Red Raiders.

I mean if we go to the Big XII Championship and win by 1, are we all gonna piss and moan because we only won by one point? What about next week if we have a nail biter? I’m not saying it’s not ok to say “Whoa, that was close.” But to cry about not having the same amount of offensive yards and, “boo hoo”, we didn’t blow ‘em out by 30, and “wa, wa” they scored 14 and we only scored 21. Come on people. We’re 2-0. Get over it and let’s friggin’ go beat the heck out of the Whorns.

That’s all I am saying. Yes, I am worried. The Pirate spoiled us. If we are not going to talk about Fat Little Girlfriends, then what the heck else is there to talk about. Now we have to focus on the game itself. Tubberville does not throw his players under the buss, at least not yet. He sugar coats it, and that is what has me the most worried. Yes we are 2-0, and that’s all I can say about that right now. But that does not mean I won’t accept a one point win the Big 12 Championship game either. As a matter of fact, I would be thrilled if TECH just played in the Big 12 Championship game, nonetheless win the darn thing. I think we can whip the Whorns, but the QB is going to have to not only make better throws, but the receivers are going to have to catch the ball and get those darn YAC’s. The defense is going to need a push from up front, and they need to pressure the heck out of Gilbert. I do not think the Whorns are going to run the ball that much, I think they are trying to trick us. How about that, the Whorns are trying to trick us. I know we can do it, but I fear the unkown. Go Red Raiders.