ShotgunDawg
09-03-2013, 09:13 AM
Good conversation on 247 this morning:
Listening to Todd Blackledge being interviewed on Mike and Mike and he just said something that makes sense about our offensive problems.
"In college football, here is my philosophy. If you don't have a guy who can stand in the pocket and absorb the rush and be pin point accurate all day, like a Teddy Bridgewater, you better have a mobile quarterback, dual threat guy, because the defenses in college football today are too good and too fast, and if you have a so-so accurate passer that can't move, you got no chance of winning. So for me, in college football, the way to go is, if you don't have an NFL level quarterback, you better have a dual threat guy that can at least threaten the defense when a play breaks down."
There you go folks. Just another way of calling a spade a spade
Also:
You know, one thing that has been overlooked in this whole discussion over the last few days is that Mike Gundy, who is one of the greatest offensive minds in the country, couldn't move the ball with a pocket passer. OK State had to take their "Tyler" out of the game and insert their "Dak" to get things moving.
This just isn't our staff folks, unless you are Bama or LSU, pocket passers don't work. Ok State has been one of the best offenses in college football for the past decade and they couldn't figure it out.
The only difference in that game was that OK State made an adjustment away from the pocket offense to the a dual threat offense. Only difference.
Listening to Todd Blackledge being interviewed on Mike and Mike and he just said something that makes sense about our offensive problems.
"In college football, here is my philosophy. If you don't have a guy who can stand in the pocket and absorb the rush and be pin point accurate all day, like a Teddy Bridgewater, you better have a mobile quarterback, dual threat guy, because the defenses in college football today are too good and too fast, and if you have a so-so accurate passer that can't move, you got no chance of winning. So for me, in college football, the way to go is, if you don't have an NFL level quarterback, you better have a dual threat guy that can at least threaten the defense when a play breaks down."
There you go folks. Just another way of calling a spade a spade
Also:
You know, one thing that has been overlooked in this whole discussion over the last few days is that Mike Gundy, who is one of the greatest offensive minds in the country, couldn't move the ball with a pocket passer. OK State had to take their "Tyler" out of the game and insert their "Dak" to get things moving.
This just isn't our staff folks, unless you are Bama or LSU, pocket passers don't work. Ok State has been one of the best offenses in college football for the past decade and they couldn't figure it out.
The only difference in that game was that OK State made an adjustment away from the pocket offense to the a dual threat offense. Only difference.