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

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Gizmo said:
giving up, what 130 ground yards? Luckily Arch was bad, because there were some passes there that just got missed. I think the defense was more lucky than good at times. Got the job done when needed, but plenty of room to see improvement. We pressured the kid maybe 3 times all game?
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They played mostly a base vanilla D. Maybe they kept it at that by design when it was clear early that our secondary was locked in and Arch wasn't making throws.
 
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Overall not what I expected, but OSU dictated the game and didn’t have to open up much. I like the way they got Smith the ball. Texas keyed on and stifled the run, but Donaldson got tough yards and I think the OL did well while being outnumbered. Few, if any plays where the RB wasn’t able to at least get back to LOS.

Plenty to improve on, but Sayin looked much sharper than Manning and he’ll be able to sling it when needed. Very excited to see the improvement through the season.
 
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Takeaways from the game:

Defense played a good not great game. Got lucky a couple times with Manning making shit throws

Not a lot of pressure on Manning (Maybe 3 or 4 times)

Sayin was impressive when he had the chances to throw and composed

Play calling was conservative asf

Struggled to run the ball

Donaldson might be better than Peoples

Overall good first win against what is supposed to be an elite team. Hoping to see a couple of ass kickings the next two weeks.
 
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