Defense is harder to do with highlight videos from YouTube because you can't always see what's going on when the camera just follows the ball (well except for that one ridiculous touchdown), and defensive schemes are just more diverse from team to team.
- Just watching the game live, it was obvious how much improved the tackling was from Norman, that's nothing more than technique and effort... aaaand not playing some of the best athletes in college football.
- Other than Hubbard, Oklahoma State was incredibly inconsistent, and just downright bad at times, and the credit for that goes to front 7. They were ridiculously disruptive and seemed to just get better with the confidence from their success.
- With that being said, if you want to play games with the front seven, you need to trust that your secondary can get to their spots in a hurry or be physical enough to take away the easy throws. For the first time in a long time, the Tech secondary was up to that task for 3ish quarters.
This first play is basically the "3 Cloud" concept that people often discuss.Tech seems to be running some kind of Cover 4 with the 3 safeties and the corner up top. I'm not sure what Oklahoma State is doing, it seems like the lineman are running a draw play, but the skill positions are running a pass concept, either way, the pressure forces a mistake from Sanders because there were guys open near the sticks.
In this next one, Tech is running a Cover 2 Man concept, man coverage underneath with 2 safeties helping over top. Although, again, it doesn't really matter because the RDE absolutely embarrasses the LT for OSU and is immediately disrupting Sanders' ability to see the field. Guys get open, but the pressure forces Sanders to improvise and he doesn't see them, and then Brooks is there spying and giving him no daylight.
This next play just shows some really good scouting, game planning, and preparation from the defensive staff. Tech looks like they are playing Cover 2, corners in the flats and safeties splitting the deep zone. OSU tries to sneak their H back/TE out on a wheel route off of an outside run look from the backfield, and the Tech secondary recognizes it immediately. It looks like they worked it 10 times during the week, and knew exactly what to do when they saw it coming. Sanders must've hit this play a few times this year for big gains because he either just assumes it's going to be there or doesn't care because that guy is blanketed. Preparation, execution, turnover.
It seemed pretty unanimous that everyone on this board wanted a defensive coordinator who forced the issue some, and I agree, but you are going to get beat, on occasion, doing that. Here is one of those examples. It's hard to tell if they are running a Cover 2 look here, or just straight man, either way, they asked a lot of Coleman. He had to cover a lot of ground back there with Patterson sending 6 guys, including Beck (who I assume was the other safety). Sanders makes a good play, avoids the sack, and finds the open guy. It happens, I'll live with it considering what the pressure had done up to this point.
Last one, and I only included it because this was basically Patterson pulling his nuts out in front of however many people were left in Jones' Stadium at this point. HE PUTS 2 GUYS OVER THREE... in the third quarter, when things were starting to get a little hairy. If the pressure doesn't get home, OSU probably scores, and Tech is nursing a 6 point lead. However, the risk pays off, and Tech gets the turnover. I could watch Brooks bust through that line like a mad man on repeat for an unbelievable amount of hours, just beautiful.
I don't know where this defensive effort came from, after watching what happened in Norman, but what a breath of fresh air. Obviously, OU had a lot to do with how poor the defense looked, but OSU has put up some good numbers this year, and this defense did a terrific job getting after them. If they can sustain this wave of injuries, and play with the intensity they did on Saturday, I can't imagine not being in every game remaining on the schedule.
- Just watching the game live, it was obvious how much improved the tackling was from Norman, that's nothing more than technique and effort... aaaand not playing some of the best athletes in college football.
- Other than Hubbard, Oklahoma State was incredibly inconsistent, and just downright bad at times, and the credit for that goes to front 7. They were ridiculously disruptive and seemed to just get better with the confidence from their success.
- With that being said, if you want to play games with the front seven, you need to trust that your secondary can get to their spots in a hurry or be physical enough to take away the easy throws. For the first time in a long time, the Tech secondary was up to that task for 3ish quarters.
This first play is basically the "3 Cloud" concept that people often discuss.Tech seems to be running some kind of Cover 4 with the 3 safeties and the corner up top. I'm not sure what Oklahoma State is doing, it seems like the lineman are running a draw play, but the skill positions are running a pass concept, either way, the pressure forces a mistake from Sanders because there were guys open near the sticks.
In this next one, Tech is running a Cover 2 Man concept, man coverage underneath with 2 safeties helping over top. Although, again, it doesn't really matter because the RDE absolutely embarrasses the LT for OSU and is immediately disrupting Sanders' ability to see the field. Guys get open, but the pressure forces Sanders to improvise and he doesn't see them, and then Brooks is there spying and giving him no daylight.
This next play just shows some really good scouting, game planning, and preparation from the defensive staff. Tech looks like they are playing Cover 2, corners in the flats and safeties splitting the deep zone. OSU tries to sneak their H back/TE out on a wheel route off of an outside run look from the backfield, and the Tech secondary recognizes it immediately. It looks like they worked it 10 times during the week, and knew exactly what to do when they saw it coming. Sanders must've hit this play a few times this year for big gains because he either just assumes it's going to be there or doesn't care because that guy is blanketed. Preparation, execution, turnover.
It seemed pretty unanimous that everyone on this board wanted a defensive coordinator who forced the issue some, and I agree, but you are going to get beat, on occasion, doing that. Here is one of those examples. It's hard to tell if they are running a Cover 2 look here, or just straight man, either way, they asked a lot of Coleman. He had to cover a lot of ground back there with Patterson sending 6 guys, including Beck (who I assume was the other safety). Sanders makes a good play, avoids the sack, and finds the open guy. It happens, I'll live with it considering what the pressure had done up to this point.
Last one, and I only included it because this was basically Patterson pulling his nuts out in front of however many people were left in Jones' Stadium at this point. HE PUTS 2 GUYS OVER THREE... in the third quarter, when things were starting to get a little hairy. If the pressure doesn't get home, OSU probably scores, and Tech is nursing a 6 point lead. However, the risk pays off, and Tech gets the turnover. I could watch Brooks bust through that line like a mad man on repeat for an unbelievable amount of hours, just beautiful.
I don't know where this defensive effort came from, after watching what happened in Norman, but what a breath of fresh air. Obviously, OU had a lot to do with how poor the defense looked, but OSU has put up some good numbers this year, and this defense did a terrific job getting after them. If they can sustain this wave of injuries, and play with the intensity they did on Saturday, I can't imagine not being in every game remaining on the schedule.
