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Game Thread #1 Texas at #2/#3 tOSU, Sat. Aug. 30th, 12pm ET, FOX

Very impressed with Sayin and the staff's handling of him. They called a gameplan that required him to be good but not late stage Dwayne Haskins good. He had the discipline and self-awareness to stay within that plan. He'll have an off game this year for sure, but I think he's absolutely the guy to get us back the CFP and to be a serious contender to win it.
 
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Well after I’ve sobered up some. My thoughts.

1. The defense was outrageously good. We saw pressure, odd man fronts, and just good ball all the way around. That was better than last years matchup to be honest. Once again the defenses ability to bow up at the goal line is something else.

2. Overall clean game by the team. Very little penalty and mistakes.

3. You can tell the program is used to winning games like this now. Big games when it matters? They’ll be there. Good to see.

4. Sayin needs better help than he got today holy hell. How many drops were there? Shoot even Tate tried to drop that touchdown. Maybe the Texas defense will prove that good though?

Overall you can’t complain about a win over the #1 team. That said, I didn’t realize until moments ago that the offense really didn’t do anything all game. That’s a concern. There’s too much talent on offense to be that limited but you have to hope the reason for that was the close game.

We’ll find out soon enough if the offense was due to the style of the game or are there issues there? Who knows.

Watching live though it always felt like the offense was moving well which is odd because the statistics say otherwise.
 
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Well after I’ve sobered up some. My thoughts.

1. The defense was outrageously good. We saw pressure, odd man fronts, and just good ball all the way around. That was better than last years matchup to be honest. Once again the defenses ability to bow up at the goal line is something else.

2. Overall clean game by the team. Very little penalty and mistakes.

3. You can tell the program is used to winning games like this now. Big games when it matters? They’ll be there. Good to see.

4. Sayin needs better help than he got today holy hell. How many drops were there? Shoot even Tate tried to drop that touchdown. Maybe the Texas defense will prove that good though?

Overall you can’t complain about a win over the #1 team. That said, I didn’t realize until moments ago that the offense really didn’t do anything all game. That’s a concern. There’s too much talent on offense to be that limited but you have to hope the reason for that was the close game.

We’ll find out soon enough if the offense was due to the style of the game or are there issues there? Who knows.

Watching live though it always felt like the offense was moving well which is odd because the statistics say otherwise.
Again though what a team win by the guys. The last point is more a curiosity. Something to keep an eye on for sure but it worked this game.

Donaldson btw really played well.
 
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I'm not panicking about the run game yet. Texas likely has a legit elite Dline we won't face anything close for awhile.

What I do not like though is the stubborn continuing to try to run right up the middle when it's clearly only getting 1-2 yards every time. Gotta get more creative and mix it up with different types of runs.

Getting pinned deep a good amount of time kind of limited the passing game even more in what was already going to be a conservative game plan. They'll trust Sayin more as the season goes on.
 
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