I watched as much of this game as I could. Their offense was excruciating, King was all over the map. If he didn’t have true athletes at WR they would’ve scored half as much as they did.
That said, they do have those athletes and the single biggest mismatch I see from what we witnessed vs BCU is the dynamism on the perimeter. I just don’t know how we will contain them if King has a clean pocket for most of the game.
Their OL was the biggest shocker to me. No push and routinely letting Sam Houston through with minimal resistance. If our OL performed like that week 1 the gameday thread would’ve been a mass casualty event. I came into the season low key worried about how effective TAMU would be on the ground vs us, but through 1 game they looked effete.
As for King’s running ability, for better or worse the 2 guys we saw on Saturday were more dynamic and much more natural. I didn’t see that King was much more dynamic than TVD, they just have a lot of designed runs for him.
Totally different story on the defense. They shut everything down, they look like an NFL squad, and I’m extremely curious to see what we do against them. There wasn’t a prayer uttered on Sam Houston’s behalf that got them anywhere with the ball, speaks to their team discipline as well as their talent.
I mean look at these numbers:
Total Yards: 198
Yards per Pass: 3.3
Per Rush: 4.0
3rd down: 1/12
The two longest drives they allowed were 55 yards (so yeah, 110 of those 198 came on two drives) both ended in turnovers (INT and fumble). If those are somehow scores maybe you squint and the performance looks less dominant? But it would’ve been a trick of the light, they rolled ole Sam up and kicked him out of his own saloon.
No idea what the line will be but take the under. This game could be ugly as a sweaty coed in the Swamp.