So what's the excuse for his other 2 starts?

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Nov 19, 2023
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Hardest thing to stomach about yesterday

Blueto

11/19/23 12:25pm

I really think having 7 of 11 of your O starters be portal guys did not help

Zip

11/19/23 12:28pm

Well, you gotta do something when you don't have the talent on your roster to compete in the conference. They're

foofcoug

11/19/23 12:31pm

I agree

Zip

11/19/23 12:36pm

They should have a lot more continuity on offense next year

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 12:45pm

Right. Less undesirable than having seven starters whom portal guys could beat.

All-American

11/19/23 12:55pm

Why no talent? Didn’t Kalani and Arod know Big12 was happening for 2 years?

TexDaddy

11/19/23 1:05pm

Good question

foofcoug

11/19/23 1:11pm

A lot of the big recruits we got as a result of the Big 12 are coming off of

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 2:29pm

Transfer portal is our friend the next few years.

truecougster

11/19/23 3:38pm

If the coaches can evaluate talent — this year they whiffed on some transfers

acougfan

11/19/23 4:09pm

True - but I like the corners from Weber, Bagnah, Vongpachong, Cravens maybe,

truecougster

11/19/23 4:15pm

On OL they whiffed

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 4:22pm

QB was a whiff as well

acougfan

11/19/23 4:32pm

I disagree

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 5:03pm

I’m not familiar with who else was out there, but Slovis isn’t a fit for our

russkiejedi

11/19/23 6:00pm

DJ Uiagalelei was in the portal

acougfan

11/19/23 6:05pm

Tough to say he made a bad choice for this year.

russkiejedi

11/19/23 6:10pm

He was injured nearly all season. Who knows what Slovis’s ceiling was.

Cougarbib

11/19/23 7:13pm

His ceiling certainly wasn't running an RPO-heavy offense like ARod has run

russkiejedi

11/19/23 7:16pm

U don’t know whether Slovis was injured then. He is not the best guy for RPO -

Cougarbib

11/19/23 7:21pm

RE: U don’t know whether Slovis was injured then. He is not the best guy

russkiejedi

11/19/23 7:32pm

Massive indictment against our offensive coordinator

RUNBYU1

11/19/23 9:27pm

How about Slovis vs Cincy or Arkansas? Don't cherry pick data

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 7:49pm

Nothing saying he couldn't have a decent game against the right kind of

russkiejedi

11/19/23 7:54pm

Retzlaff helped them run better no doubt

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 8:01pm

They could have? What have you seen this year that suggests they would have?

russkiejedi

11/19/23 8:08pm

I've seen a putrid run blocking OL that made it much harder to run the ball well

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 9:44pm

But then, all of a sudden, that same OL blocked for the same RB and he got 180

russkiejedi

11/19/23 9:47pm

There are at least 3 reasons. Robbins is healthy for the 1st time this season.

Cougarbib

11/20/23 1:21am

Etienne didn’t play iirc

puntersarepeople

11/20/23 8:42am

If not, then they obviously coached up a better replacement and or got someone

Cougarbib

11/20/23 8:48am

Maile was healthy this week. Also played vs ISU

puntersarepeople

11/20/23 10:58am

U having a hard time following? If Etienne did not play - someone replaced him!

Cougarbib

11/20/23 12:53pm

Well - b4 the game started the Okie fan in front of me said run D and FG kicking

Cougarbib

11/19/23 8:01pm

Well, we couldn't even muster 100 yards rushing against some mediocre defenses.

russkiejedi

11/19/23 8:07pm

Was anyone stupid enough to claim level of competition was the only thing

Cougarbib

11/20/23 1:23am

No, but one person was willing to chalk a 10x improvement in the run game up to:

russkiejedi

11/20/23 7:21am

No. It was one of several keys. Robbins was playing with broken and cracked

Cougarbib

11/20/23 8:56am

And who was saying it was just one thing? I think one thing was key, for sure.

russkiejedi

11/20/23 11:05am

I did not see anyone pretending the QB change had nothing to do with it. We

Cougarbib

11/20/23 12:55pm

Slovis has been telling us what his ceiling is for three years now.

All-American

11/19/23 7:18pm

A great OC should be able to adapt an offense to fit the skills of his talent

RUNBYU1

11/19/23 9:28pm

Or else know their limitations and only recruit guys that can run a system they

russkiejedi

11/19/23 9:34pm

Agree about part of O line transfer whifs…

truecougster

11/19/23 5:10pm

Maile was okay. But thats kinda it

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 5:22pm

Right…but my point is he was good enough o come in and start from game one

truecougster

11/19/23 5:56pm

Yes & wondering how previous week with different cleats could have been differen

sah22

11/19/23 12:29pm

Agreed. Not a fan that the coaches take half of November off.

Longseason

11/19/23 12:31pm

Or October of 2022 or all of 2017. It's a pattern of collapses not just an

Forzaitalia

11/19/23 12:33pm

Yep. Where has this effort been for the past month?

RockyBalboa

11/19/23 12:35pm

It’s actually kind of interesting if you look at what Kalani said about ISU

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 12:47pm

Yep. Kalani.

Idacoug

11/19/23 12:55pm

I think Retzlaff’s running ability is the difference. It’s opened up the offense

ColonelMustard

11/19/23 1:10pm

So what's the excuse for his other 2 starts?

fredgarvin

11/19/23 1:32pm

I agree, which is why I think Arod isn't a good coordinator- He pushed hard for

acougfan

11/19/23 2:14pm

A-Rod is a Moron for not adapting the offense to Slovis strengths and weaknesses

RUNBYU1

11/19/23 2:56pm

Maybe

I'mBatman

11/19/23 1:20pm

This is what happens with bad coaching. Roller coaster ride.

RUNBYU1

11/19/23 2:55pm

Agree. It’s the blowouts that hurt.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

11/19/23 3:50pm

It begs the question...why did BYU show up against Oklahoma and not the previous

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

11/19/23 8:43pm

Against WVU it looked like they no showed but against ISU they had a mental

puntersarepeople

11/19/23 9:50pm

Aiden Robbins is finally healthy. Caleb Etienne finally got comfortable

Cougarbib

11/20/23 1:27am

This really can’t be higher than the 2nd hardest thing to stomach. The pick 12

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