Pain.
Tough one to lose at home. Especially to get beat the way we did. We got our ass kicked.
Baylor’s players were better tonight on both sides of the ball. They also had a better plan that they executed at a much higher level.
Morton was not sharp at all early. Jittery. Throwing behind people. Throwing it up for grabs into triple coverage. I did think he settled in. He’s a freshman in his third start — it’s not all going to be sunshine and rainbows. But he’s still probably the QB that gives us the best chance of winning. He’s also still on track to be really, really good. This was the third start of his career. That’s something I’m going to tell myself a lot when reflecting on his performance tonight.
I don’t think Shough is healthy, playable, “right”… whatever you want to call it. His first throw was a wounded duck. A completely healthy Shough — the one that started the season for us — plays before the game was totally out of hand. The problem is Shough is likely to never get “right” at Tech. He’s compromised right now. Has missed the whole season to this point. And another QB on our team gives us the best chance to win.
Wilburn got whipped the first few series. And it jacked our drives up, but I thought he kind of settled in.
3.75 yards per play in the first half. Just 25 plays (I didn’t count the long run by Tahj to end the half since Baylor was dropping 8). That’s f*cking terrible.
Baylor ran 52 plays in the first half. 5 yards per snap. Did whatever they wanted in that half and most of the game. They would’ve scored even more points if they weren’t clocking it in the second half.
Baylor is still running the shotgun toss for 10 yards a pop. We had no answer. They had more guys blocking on the edge than we had out there to set that edge, and the guys we had out there were smaller than the guys they had blocking. That’s a really bad combination.
Two really, really good catches by Baylor WRs in the first half. The kind of plays that win games. It wasn’t bad coverage, either. They made tough catches on the football. Meanwhile, Loic dropped a ball that hit him in the face in the end zone. And Sparkman had one wrestled away from him, also in the end zone. They made plays on 50/50 balls — we didn’t.
Horrendous PI call before the half. It was a 4-point swing that didn’t really matter because of how much better Baylor was tonight.
That was the offense we saw against UH and NC State. The things we talked about back then to explain it, those things remain true — a hit-and-miss traditional run game, an OL that cannot hold its own, erratic QB play, and our WRs being non-factors.
Part of me wonders if the success we had on the ground in the second half was a result of Baylor softening up their defense, keeping things in front, and protecting their multi-possession lead. We couldn’t run the ball in the first half. But it wasn’t for a lack of effort by Tahj and SaRodorick. Those guys run really hard.
Baylor averaged about 10 yards a snap on runs on 3rd and 7 or more. Extremely frustrating. They also ran a screen in this spot for a big first down to start the 4th quarter.
Shapen was good today. He was many, many multipliers better than our QBs. He also had an easier job when you consider their effective run game, their OL, and their WRs making plays.
Joey’s gargantuan set of balls still gives us a chance. Not many coaches go for it on 4th & 7 from the 8-yard-line in the spot that we did.
Baylor Cupp had a good game. Limited snaps but he makes an impact.
Feel bad for Donovan. Our MO of going tempo backfired there. Was it necessary? No. Could it have worked for a big play? Yeah. It should’ve worked the first time when Loic dropped a TD. But it backfired big time in a huge moment in the game. And Donovan apparently still does that thing where he throws it directly to the other team. He can’t be trusted to throw the football right now.
Extremely disappointing performance by the defense. Baylor’s offense is good, no question. They’ve been good all year. But we never really stopped them. The worst part was the moments when it was obvious that they were running it (or throwing it on a few big 3rd downs) and we still couldn’t stop them.
Well… got a big game next week. Big opportunity to Jack up TCU’s season and a big opportunity to get ours back on track. I’ll be there if I can find a ticket.
Tough one to lose at home. Especially to get beat the way we did. We got our ass kicked.
Baylor’s players were better tonight on both sides of the ball. They also had a better plan that they executed at a much higher level.
Morton was not sharp at all early. Jittery. Throwing behind people. Throwing it up for grabs into triple coverage. I did think he settled in. He’s a freshman in his third start — it’s not all going to be sunshine and rainbows. But he’s still probably the QB that gives us the best chance of winning. He’s also still on track to be really, really good. This was the third start of his career. That’s something I’m going to tell myself a lot when reflecting on his performance tonight.
I don’t think Shough is healthy, playable, “right”… whatever you want to call it. His first throw was a wounded duck. A completely healthy Shough — the one that started the season for us — plays before the game was totally out of hand. The problem is Shough is likely to never get “right” at Tech. He’s compromised right now. Has missed the whole season to this point. And another QB on our team gives us the best chance to win.
Wilburn got whipped the first few series. And it jacked our drives up, but I thought he kind of settled in.
3.75 yards per play in the first half. Just 25 plays (I didn’t count the long run by Tahj to end the half since Baylor was dropping 8). That’s f*cking terrible.
Baylor ran 52 plays in the first half. 5 yards per snap. Did whatever they wanted in that half and most of the game. They would’ve scored even more points if they weren’t clocking it in the second half.
Baylor is still running the shotgun toss for 10 yards a pop. We had no answer. They had more guys blocking on the edge than we had out there to set that edge, and the guys we had out there were smaller than the guys they had blocking. That’s a really bad combination.
Two really, really good catches by Baylor WRs in the first half. The kind of plays that win games. It wasn’t bad coverage, either. They made tough catches on the football. Meanwhile, Loic dropped a ball that hit him in the face in the end zone. And Sparkman had one wrestled away from him, also in the end zone. They made plays on 50/50 balls — we didn’t.
Horrendous PI call before the half. It was a 4-point swing that didn’t really matter because of how much better Baylor was tonight.
That was the offense we saw against UH and NC State. The things we talked about back then to explain it, those things remain true — a hit-and-miss traditional run game, an OL that cannot hold its own, erratic QB play, and our WRs being non-factors.
Part of me wonders if the success we had on the ground in the second half was a result of Baylor softening up their defense, keeping things in front, and protecting their multi-possession lead. We couldn’t run the ball in the first half. But it wasn’t for a lack of effort by Tahj and SaRodorick. Those guys run really hard.
Baylor averaged about 10 yards a snap on runs on 3rd and 7 or more. Extremely frustrating. They also ran a screen in this spot for a big first down to start the 4th quarter.
Shapen was good today. He was many, many multipliers better than our QBs. He also had an easier job when you consider their effective run game, their OL, and their WRs making plays.
Joey’s gargantuan set of balls still gives us a chance. Not many coaches go for it on 4th & 7 from the 8-yard-line in the spot that we did.
Baylor Cupp had a good game. Limited snaps but he makes an impact.
Feel bad for Donovan. Our MO of going tempo backfired there. Was it necessary? No. Could it have worked for a big play? Yeah. It should’ve worked the first time when Loic dropped a TD. But it backfired big time in a huge moment in the game. And Donovan apparently still does that thing where he throws it directly to the other team. He can’t be trusted to throw the football right now.
Extremely disappointing performance by the defense. Baylor’s offense is good, no question. They’ve been good all year. But we never really stopped them. The worst part was the moments when it was obvious that they were running it (or throwing it on a few big 3rd downs) and we still couldn’t stop them.
Well… got a big game next week. Big opportunity to Jack up TCU’s season and a big opportunity to get ours back on track. I’ll be there if I can find a ticket.
