Keys to the Game: Texas Tech vs Oklahoma

its unlikely they can escape Norman unscathed. That being said I dont think the Sooners will be error free either. Too much hype too much self imposed pressure… ie play perfect we are on National Tv type jitters. Having just listened to Seth C. talk to the Crimson and Cream Machine dudes.. who were very polite in the main.. I think the Sooners fans may be a little over done on this outing. Not over confident but over satiated. The C & C machine guys were a little smug and little to quick to point out how much they liked their victory.. ooohh ahh…in 2008. Yep it was beat down. But it has nothing to do with this years fracas. I Posted this earlier but it fits in nicely with your position NM99. The brawl is really Techs front 7 versus Ou offensive line and Techs O line versus the down linemen of ou. B. Venables likes to double up on the middle routes so I don’t really expect a lot of safety blitzes and corner fires early he doesn’t want a couple of 40 yarders sprung by Torres , Ward or Zouzalic. At least until L Jones has hung 21 on the Raider defense.

A. "Tech must Rush for 100 yards. On 20 plus RB carries." Seth C. has illustrated this several times over the last 4 years both Head coaches Leach and Tuberville win when a Tech Running Back gets over 100 yards in 20 (+) touches. This is a factor which has basically faced down all game time acid tests. It was true in the 2009 Cotton Bowl, just as it was true in the 2007 upset of OU in Lubbock, proving that rushing for 100 yards – sets up the short pass and gashes, punishes, takes advantage thereof , spoils and otherwise stifles the pass rush of the opposing defense. This factor plays into the game plan of running 90- 100 plays and keeps the opponent in a scoring track meet.

B. "B. Keep Seth Doege upright. > 1 sacks allowed. Hurries, rollouts, QB scrambles yes. Sacks no." Not letting the tech QB in spread offense with mid grade linemen and mid grade wideouts get swatted , hurried, shoved or otherwise hit by 290 pound fire breathing down linemen is well documented ..a confident, unbruised signal caller wearing a Tech uniform is a formidable opponent. If you make him run for his life more than 8- 10 times in our 70 or so touches the result is a very predictable 25 percent errant throws, dropped passes and missed spots of the open guy…remember .."just throw it to the open guy".. I bet Coach N. Brown has said this too.. it’s the basic tenet of the spread attack. The Tech assault is just based on touches with open field to go straight ahead on and dare the opponent to risk all to disrupt it’s rhythm.. Tech may very well get 25 plus first downs..if Doege stay a relatively un-drubbed.

C. C. "Disable the Sooner run game for less than 150 yards. I like our chances better on a pass play than some damned reach block going for 7 yards a pop. Sigh."
The fact is our current defensive coordinator would be pulling his hair out if he had any hair. Sorry dude. The Tech defense is / are trending upward. Mostly because Leon Mackey helps Scot Smith and vice versa.. I am not sure they will show much of that against the 5th best offense in the nation ( I thinks that’s where ESPN stat’s dude placed them.) The defenders are pretty good against rushing offense in spottie performances ie the first half versus Kstate and in 2nd half against aTm. They will get gouged up in this brawl. But if the def ends crash down a few times with success and the CB’s get a couple of non calls on pass break ups then they might get OU to punt 4- 5 times this game. That’s a victory folks. These guys scored 7 straight time on KU. Lets think this Vegas point spread over for a minute its basically saying no matter what the Tech Offense does the OU folks are going to score 4.5 times (td- 1.0 & FG =.5 score) yeah 4 nad a half time more than the Raiders do.. So even if Tech somehow scores 30 OU gets 60 (+) points which is just flat unsatisfactory . So how do the Raiders get to within striking distance in the last 60 seconds of regulation? Tech’s way cool coordinator has to get a run stop every series, or force a screen and an out route for 6 vice allowing 6.5 on first down rushes by the OU running backs. Any pass play OU throws ie plays- that doesn’t go for an explosive play 20 plus yards – plays into a Tech game plan. Clock stops on missed passes, out routes for first downs clock stops, as are those on the perimeter if’n they go out of bounds, even better knock them out of bounds it is infinitely better than pressurizing the Tech offense to match score for score in a tightly constrained, hostile venue, with all American defenders flying around trying to make the boomer sooner highlight reel. If they throw and Tech has any pass rush worth anything, then it gives the team a chance. If the Tech Defense allows 200 yards rushing and you will never get within 21 points. So Go Russian Coffee pull it all out Baby.. just win the fight down front . \\ Here is hoping.

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may our prayers be answered that the seemingly impossible happens. nothing is impossible! stay positive gents

I brought up a few times on here that we have nothing to lose and we should use tons of trickery. Pull out the plays no one has seen yet. They may work.

Did you say over? Nothing’s over until we say it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hell, no! And it ain’t over now.

I also hate, hate, hate that stinking lick the OU band plays all game long.

Tech probably needs to shelve the bubble screen in this game. Against Tech, OU typically sits a safety right in the path.

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