TCU 30, OSU 21: Horned Frogs Dominate Stats, Not Score
by Jake Bertalotto on Sep 4, 2010 8:36 PM PDT
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PrintTCU was the better team Saturday in Cowboys Stadium.
But man, I wanted to see what Ryan Katz and Oreg on State could do on that final drive.
It felt like we were all awakened right before the end of a really good dream.
Alex Linnenkohl's errant snap on the first play of Oregon State's final drive had the same effect as Darrell Catchings' fumble in the final minutes of OSU's season opening loss to Stanford three years ago: It deflated Oregon State's chances for a game tying drive.
The similarities are eerie, if you really think about it.
The Beavers weren't overly impressive on offense or defense-- TCU dominated many aspects of the game. But the Beavers did keep up on the scoreboard.
Twice, when TCU was looking to take control, the Oregon State defense came through with clutch interceptions. The first one came on TCU's opening drive as they neared the end zone. The second interception-- by Dwight Roberson-- came when TCU was threatening to take a two touchdown lead. Oregon State then drove the field to tie the game at 21-21.
TCU dominated the game on the ground, rushing for 278 yards compared to Oregon State's 73.
Not only did TCU get an average of five yards every time they ran the ball, they converted 11 of 17 third downs. The majority of those first downs came via the feet of quarterback Andy Dalton.
All things considered, it was an acceptable debut from Ryan Katz. His statistics don't jump off the page, but he did the things he needed to do. He finished the game 9-of-25 for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and demonstrated that he can throw the deep ball. He'll need to iron out a few kinks in his footwork and work on his passing progression, (hit Quizz in the flat, dude!) but this kid is going to be one heck of a quarterback in three years time.
Unfortunately, it's the botched snap that will haunt him as the Beavers return to Corvallis tonight.
James Rodgers pulled in 4 receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown. Brother Jacquizz rushed for a very difficult 75 yards on 18 carries. At halftime, Quizz had 24 yards on ten rushes.
TCU quarterback Andy Dalton and his running backs stole the show, rushing for 278 total yards. The Horned Frogs' option look gave the Beaver defense fits all game-- Ed Wesley and Matthew Tucker combined for 208 yards. Dalton picked up 64 yards on 15 carries.
The Beavers have no reason to be embarrassed like they were at Cincinnati (5 picks) or at Penn State (totally overwhelmed). There are positive things to take out of this game.
But we all wanted to see the real ending.
--Jake | (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Oh, and
From the TV pics I thought it looked like another impressive road showing for Beaver Nation!
-RVM
I'm not planning on
watching the replay of the snap, so maybe this is just me misremembering. But not only was the snap before Katz was ready, but it was way offline, which isn’t good. In the end, this team needs its defense to step up in future games.
WTY's ERA+ = 147 : - ) -- Kevin Frandsen > Brandon Wood??????
The spread (option) is our achilles heel
If we want to play in a Rose Bowl, we’ll need to figure it out.
--Jake | (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
by Jake Bertalotto on Sep 4, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s all about assignments and one on one matchups
the defensive tackles need to blow the interior of the offensive line back and get penetration to force the offense to get way wide, and allow the linebackers/safetys to make plays.
the defensive ends have to know that if the RB is on their side, they have to stay home to prevent the qb from holding on to the ball and running with it. there were a few times where Henry sold out and went after the RB and dalton got a good gain.
somebody (linebackers/safetys) has to shadow the running back, and somebody else has to shadow the qb at all times.
the corners are basically left on an island, because the defense has to sell out in stopping the running game…
the problem is that everybody has to run their assignments nearly perfectly. if anybody screws up, it screws the entire defense up. this is especially effective in college, where not every player is a good tackler or whatever (in the nfl, i find it hard to believe that it would be a successful offense, because everybody is an elite tackler/has elite speed, etc. )
watch how boise state stopped oregon last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJaRO-qBZhc
every play where oregon is stopped for negative yards, the play features the DEnds staying home, and there is a ton of penetration right up the middle, forcing the ball carriers to go backwards and then out.
somebody (linebackers/safetys) has to shadow the running back, and somebody else has to shadow the qb at all times.
Yep, and this one really confused me why they didn’t make a better overall adjustment on it all during halftime. Yes the selling out stuff didn’t help much overall I thought, but I’m more ok with that for in this case I hope that just means aggressive overplaying in the first game of the season. But the assignment stuff should have been adjusted for on those option roll outs, which to me seems to be on the coaching staff.
-RVM
it was around his head from what i remember
It wasn’t that bad of a snap. Just seemed like he didn’t know Ryan was calling an audible.
by AnotherBeaverFirstDown on Sep 4, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The good news
We proved that we could play with a Top 5 team in a hostile enviornment. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get it done. That will happen on some days, and I’m glad that it happened in a Non-Conference Game instead of a Pac-10 Game.
Our National Championship hopes are gone, but we’ve still got a Rose Bowl to look forward to. It all starts on Monday.
September 4th, 4:45 PM, ESPN
i loved the MICHAEL DOCTOR stop in the 4th quarter.
katz just needs to learn to check down to quizz. it’s no secret that the reason quizz had such a huge jump in production in the passing game last year is because canfield learned that if there was nothing there down the field, you can just throw it to quizz in the flats and let him make a play.
Great game, Beavs. I was nervous throughout, as I’ve seen numerous TCU games where we look to be controlling most aspects of the game, but somehow manage to lose as a result of one or two weird plays (Boise State). We’ll be rooting for you to beat Boise and run roughshod over the Pac 10, and thank you for giving us a great opening opponent.
Ditto!!
Beat Boise State Beavs!! Take the Pac-10 crown!
by HornedFrog1992 on Sep 5, 2010 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Same to you all!
Win out!
I liked the way your team played and is coached.
Plus if you win out it makes this one loss look oh so much better for us!
-RVM
by rvm on Sep 5, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
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