Friday, October 05, 2012

The Fifth Week


A Whole Big Nation of Week Five

Most Enjoyable
The TCU at SMU game was played despite a pretty crazy rainstorm.  As the commentators … uh, commentated … on how the weather would affect the players and the game, there was a time frame of about 90 seconds of repeated talk about “wet balls”  including “on Thursdays, TCU handles wet balls exclusively”  followed by an abrupt silence.  I’m not trying to sound immature here, but it was unintentional and awkward comedy at its finest.

Least Enjoyable
TCU won that game.

 Point of Interest
Through week five, the Big 12 is putting up some impressive statistics on Offense and Scoring Offense.  West Virginia and the passing robot Geno Smith are getting the most press, but the top scoring rankings are dominated by Big 12 Teams: 

TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank
Name
Games
Plays
Yds
Avg
TDs
Ydspgm
Wins
Losses
Ties
1
4
334
2636
7.89
29
659.00
2
2
0
2
4
327
2406
7.36
29
601.50
3
1
0
3
4
304
2394
7.88
30
598.50
4
0
0
8
4
327
2188
6.69
22
547.00
4
0
0
23
4
294
1983
6.74
26
495.75
4
0
0
25
3
217
1475
6.80
15
491.67
2
1
0

 SCORING OFFENSE
Rank
Name
Games
Points
Avg
TDs
Kxp
Oxp
Dkxp
Doxp
FG
Sf
Wins
Losses
Ties
1
4
223
55.75
29
28
0
0
0
7
0
2
2
0
2
4
217
54.25
29
28
0
0
0
5
0
3
1
0
3
4
212
53.00
30
29
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
9
4
189
47.25
26
24
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
0
11
4
175
43.75
22
22
0
0
0
7
0
4
0
0
19
4
162
40.50
21
21
0
0
0
5
0
4
0
0
28
3
112
37.33
15
13
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
0

 Putting On Big Boy Pants
In keeping, with my week of statistics, the Big 12 is looking like big boys on the offensive side not only as teams, but individuals.  Seven of the nation’s most efficient passers crack the top 25…
Passing Efficiency - Individual

Rank
Player
Pos
Cl
Gm
Patt
Pcomp
Comppct
Int
Intpct
Pyds
Ydspatt
TDs
TDpct
Rating
1
QB
SR
4
169
141
83.43
0
.00
1728
10.22
20
11.83
208.37
2
QB
SO
4
109
85
77.98
1
.92
1007
9.24
10
9.17
184.03
4
QB
SO
4
78
52
66.67
2
2.56
797
10.22
8
10.26
181.22
5
QB
JR
4
97
64
65.98
1
1.03
948
9.77
10
10.31
180.03
9
QB
SR
4
157
100
63.69
5
3.18
1585
10.10
16
10.19
175.76
13
QB
SR
4
147
105
71.43
3
2.04
1189
8.09
15
10.20
168.96
17
QB
SR
4
80
56
70.00
2
2.50
758
9.48
5
6.25
165.22

40 Acres of Week Five

Who’s a Big Boy?
Well, I’m not really sure.  I’d like to say Mike Gundy, but really, “HE’S A MAN!  HE’S 45!”  The fiasco that was Bergeron’s touchdown in the last minute of the game left the Cowboys angry.  Gundy, in the tradition of Bo Pelini  wonders why the referees haven’t made a personal appearance to explain calls to him:

“Gundy said he didn't get an explanation of the ruling on the play, although he admitted he hadn't sought one out on his own. He said he ''can't imagine that they wouldn't'' contact him to discuss the play further.”
Run DJ, Run!

DJ Monroe's 100-yard kick return for a touchdown in the 1st quarter marked the 4th 100 yard kick return TD in school history, and the third of DJ's career.  We should just do that every time.  Except this week, since that means we’d be giving the ball back to the killer WVU passing team.
Happy the Man That Catches the Ball

Two words: Jaxon Shipley

I’d Trade Magic Beans For…
Hugs.  And by hugs I mean our guys wrapping up and executing tackles, all the time, all the time.

“We had 12 missed tackles on seven plays (against Oklahoma State). Three missed tackles equaled 109 yards,’’ said Head Coach Mack Brown.  “We’ll give up 70 (points) this weekend if we don’t tackle better than we did (last week).’’
Uh, yeah, we know.  So let’s…just….not.

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