Strangely, I "got" why Tim Albin was calling the plays he was calling. He felt his line couldn't protect and Boo couldn't chuck it downfield. But if we were going to go down once it was 20-13 and had the ball with seven minutes to go in the game, at least get picked off on a pass that had some hope to it...not a four-yard stab into the center of the field. McCrae is eight feet tall. Have Boo start lobbing up some passes on fades. Boo's arm is perfecgt for the fade pass right now.
By the end, Ohio was running what was essentially the single-wing offense. Ugh.
I can only imagine Boo's frustration to be put into this situation where you're not healthy and you have a piece of police tape protecting you from the opposing defensive line. (I give the coaching staff a passon the o-line given the weird injury and transfer circumstances that made that happen).Bates looked so wrapped up on that hand that he would have been struggling out there.
That said, on three interceptions, it wasn't arm strength but decision-making that was the culprit. Telegraphing where he was passing the ball, late throws and throws into double coverage. If you can't throw, you can't make those type of errors (see: Jake Delhomme).
Has this staff really been unable to recruit a quarterback who wasn't a transfer and had the ability to throw the ball downfield. They've to their credit assembled a fantastic group of receivers, a stout defense, really good skill people...and they didn't get a quarterback.
They chose to bring in three read-option quarterbacks. (To be fair, Boo was a passer coming in, wasn't he? Well the injury has made him a read-option quarterback.) They tend to get injured. They tend to stink in the 2-minute offense.
I don't think Tettleton has a future as OU's starting quarterback...but he has to be better than a guy who can't throw? Isn't he?
Last Edited: 9/12/2010 11:00:15 AM by Brian Smith (No, not that one)