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Other football games - Fort Bend Owl - 10-09-2021 09:47 AM
Off week for the Owls, but a pretty good weekend of other college football games to keep track of. I don't give the Longhorns much of a chance today against OU, but I will predict a bit of an upset with USM beating UTEP at home. I am also interested to see how our upcoming CUSA opponents (UTSA and UAB) do today in fairly challenging conference games for them (at Western Kentucky and home vs. FAU, respectively).
One interesting off-week stat for you to ponder on....Jake Constantine is currently 2nd in the country in passing completion percentage (46 of 60, 76.7 pct.), although I'm not sure if he's attempted enough passes in his three games to qualify for the official NCAA stats. The leader is Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina (78.3 pct).
RE: Other football games - Owl 69/70/75 - 10-09-2021 10:09 AM
(10-09-2021 09:47 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: One interesting off-week stat for you to ponder on....Jake Constantine is currently 2nd in the country in passing completion percentage (46 of 60, 76.7 pct.), although I'm not sure if he's attempted enough passes in his three games to qualify for the official NCAA stats. The leader is Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina (78.3 pct).
Constantine might be the one QB on the team who could be what "pound the rock" requires--a drop-back pocket passer. I said back when Bloomgren first came that finding big strong offensive linemen to make it work would be difficult, but that finding a quarterback who was a fit might be harder. We've gone through how many quarterbacks before Constantine?
RE: Other football games - westsidewolf1989 - 10-09-2021 11:08 AM
(10-09-2021 10:09 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(10-09-2021 09:47 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: One interesting off-week stat for you to ponder on....Jake Constantine is currently 2nd in the country in passing completion percentage (46 of 60, 76.7 pct.), although I'm not sure if he's attempted enough passes in his three games to qualify for the official NCAA stats. The leader is Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina (78.3 pct).
Constantine might be the one QB on the team who could be what "pound the rock" requires--a drop-back pocket passer. I said back when Bloomgren first came that finding big strong offensive linemen to make it work would be difficult, but that finding a quarterback who was a fit might be harder. We've gone through how many quarterbacks before Constantine?
Ignoring QBs in multiple years and ignoring RBs/WRs/specialists that attempted passes, here is everyone that's played in a game at QB - 10 of them. Green has taken snaps each of these four years and Johnson has taken snaps in 2019 and 2020.
2018
Stankavage
Green
Marshman
Tyner
Towns
2019
Stewart
Johnson
2020
Collins
2021
McCaffrey
Constantine
RE: Other football games - Fort Bend Owl - 10-09-2021 11:38 AM
Add in TJ McMahon from this year, so 11 actually.
RE: Other football games - westsidewolf1989 - 10-09-2021 12:06 PM
Texas all over OU 28-7 after Q1.
RE: Other football games - Intellectual_Brutality - 10-09-2021 12:53 PM
(10-09-2021 10:09 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(10-09-2021 09:47 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: One interesting off-week stat for you to ponder on....Jake Constantine is currently 2nd in the country in passing completion percentage (46 of 60, 76.7 pct.), although I'm not sure if he's attempted enough passes in his three games to qualify for the official NCAA stats. The leader is Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina (78.3 pct).
Constantine might be the one QB on the team who could be what "pound the rock" requires--a drop-back pocket passer. I said back when Bloomgren first came that finding big strong offensive linemen to make it work would be difficult, but that finding a quarterback who was a fit might be harder. We've gone through how many quarterbacks before Constantine?
Don't forget collins.
So I guess we've been able to find the right qb 2 years in a row.
RE: Other football games - OptimisticOwl - 10-09-2021 01:05 PM
(10-09-2021 12:06 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote: Texas all over OU 28-7 after Q1.
38-20 UT at the half
RE: Other football games - ExcitedOwl18 - 10-09-2021 01:10 PM
Luke McCaffery is at the Texas-OU game.
RE: Other football games - Barney - 10-09-2021 01:54 PM
The Longhorns may be the most explosive offense in the country this year.
RE: Other football games - westsidewolf1989 - 10-09-2021 03:06 PM
Texas chokes it away, 48-41 OU
RE: Other football games - Fort Bend Owl - 10-09-2021 03:06 PM
(10-09-2021 01:54 PM)Barney Wrote: The Longhorns may be the most explosive offense in the country this year.
Doesn't help when your defense is just average. And honestly, their OL isn't anything amazing either (and their best OL was hurt in practice this week and is now out for the season). They're getting their yards because of the RB's and Worthy at WR. Thompson has been a nice QB too.
Great game, but ultimately Worthy's turnover on a kickoff will prove to be the difference. And that shows you why it's probably best to do fair catches in a lot of kicking situations.
Oklahoma wins it 55-48.
Meanwhile, in an even higher scoring game, Ole Miss holds off Arkansas 52-51 after the Razorbacks score on the final play of regulation, but fail on a 2-point conversion try to win it outright.
ETA - I turned off the game after the final OU TD. And I missed the XP (and so did ESPN's graphic feed for awhile). I can add just fine - both the OU-UT game and the Ole Miss-Arkansas game had 103 total points.
RE: Other football games - Fort Bend Owl - 10-09-2021 03:10 PM
The Spencer Rattler transfer watch has already begun, I'm pretty sure.
RE: Other football games - texowl2 - 10-09-2021 03:17 PM
And how is tu going to handle the SEC when they play an OU equivalent almost every week? I think the over under for average wins in conference is about 4 over the next 10 years...
RE: Other football games - Wiessman - 10-09-2021 03:49 PM
(10-09-2021 03:17 PM)texowl2 Wrote: And how is tu going to handle the SEC when they play an OU equivalent almost every week? I think the over under for average wins in conference is about 4 over the next 10 years...
Unless they figure out how to play defense, OU and Texas are both going to have big problems in the SEC.
This is what I don't understand: Why does one conference (plus Clemson) have a monopoly on defense now? Surely schools in other conferences are able to recruit good athletes to play defense. Is it coaching, or does the SEC truly have most of the best defensive talent in the country now? Or is it both?
I'm genuinely curious. I want to hear from Hambone and Owl40 in particular about this. Owl 69/70/75 too. Thanks in advance.
RE: Other football games - Wiessman - 10-09-2021 03:55 PM
Defensive quality (or lack thereof) aside, in a vacuum that OU-Texas game was massively entertaining, and in the end that is all that matters for neutral football fans.
Also, much credit to Arkansas for going for the win against Ole Miss.
RE: Other football games - texowl2 - 10-09-2021 04:04 PM
(10-09-2021 03:49 PM)Wiessman Wrote:(10-09-2021 03:17 PM)texowl2 Wrote: And how is tu going to handle the SEC when they play an OU equivalent almost every week? I think the over under for average wins in conference is about 4 over the next 10 years...
Unless they figure out how to play defense, OU and Texas are both going to have big problems in the SEC.
This is what I don't understand: Why does one conference (plus Clemson) have a monopoly on defense now? Surely schools in other conferences are able to recruit good athletes to play defense. Is it coaching, or does the SEC truly have most of the best defensive talent in the country now? Or is it both?
I'm genuinely curious. I want to hear from Hambone and Owl40 in particular about this. Owl 69/70/75 too. Thanks in advance.
not sure I would call the Miss-Ark game defense?
RE: Other football games - Wiessman - 10-09-2021 04:13 PM
(10-09-2021 04:04 PM)texowl2 Wrote: not sure I would call the Miss-Ark game defense?
I mean, in general. It is of course the better teams in the SEC that also have the consistently good defenses, but it is seeming more and more like when even the mediocre SEC teams go outside of the conference, they can stifle most of their opponents.
Really, it is inarguable at this point that the SEC dominates college football like no other conference has before, and this is largely because its top teams have elite defenses. Defense is the difference-maker at the top of the polls; this is why it has been over 20 years since OU has won a title (which is a long drought for that program). Outside of the SEC, only Clemson has been able to really choke out Alabama in the last decade, and that is because, surprise, Clemson plays defense. Heck, this season Georgia is just as loaded as Alabama and has run riot against every one of its opponents... except for Clemson.
RE: Other football games - Tomball Owl - 10-09-2021 04:33 PM
Navy and #24 SMU are tied at 21 at the half.
After high scoring 1H, teams trade FGs in 3Q. SMU wins it with TD pass in 4Q, 31-24.
RE: Other football games - Tomball Owl - 10-09-2021 06:11 PM
UTSA takes 3 plays to score on WKU. Run, RPO, 30 yd touch pass. 7-0 with 14:13 to play in 1Q.
More methodical, 14 play, 2nd drive for UTSA after holding high powered WKU offense to a FG. Joshua Cephus, Jr Receiver for UTSA, has made a couple of nice catches already. I assume he is Aaron’s brother (same HS as Aaron). 14-3 UTSA.
Looks like it will be a long day for the Owls next week if the Owl offense generates 3 and outs.
RE: Other football games - Fort Bend Owl - 10-09-2021 07:52 PM
Alabama's defense just gave up 155 yards and 17 points to Texas A&M in the 1st quarter. They trail 17-7 after 1. But their offense is driving, and there is a lot of ballgame left.