Alright guys. I want to know everyone's honest assessment of our team after week 1.
Here's my take:
What a great feeling to see Cowboy Football again. I just have to get that out of the way first and foremost, since it's been an extremely long offseason.
Brett Smith- wow. I come away from every game I watch him play, more impressed every time. Talk about a diamond in the rough. Texas fans were JEALOUS of our QB and they have every right to be. He was the best qb on the field last night. That being said, there were times where the protection broke down (only one sack, however). When the protection broke down, he forced one bad pass and didn't get enough on his pass to mcneil. I won't whine about the McNeil pass...as I wish McNeil would have came back to the ball instead of letting it go up for grabs like that. I didn't like the forced ball deep, however. Coach DC won't be happy with that one on film today. DC has a lot more to be happy about, as should WYO fans. He made a 45yd perfect touch pass to Herron. What a way to silence 101K crowd on the road. I never felt like we were out of the game as long as Smith was in there until the 4th and 2. I think we come out as an improved team next week from our mistakes on offense. We weren't flawless. The chemistry between Smith and McNeil needs to get ironed out.
Robert Herron- I don't think any of us could have seen him torching that secondary the way he did. He really stepped up to the plate when we needed him and it's a shame he was hurt for that 4th and 2 to get it within a TD, because he was giving an elite ranked secondary fits the whole game. I hope he's ok to play next weekend so we can have him against Toledo.
Luke Ruff- All I can say is "WHAT WAS THAT?!!!" That had to be the worst game he's ever played in Cowboy Uniform. On all of those big gains, he was getting ran over after not being able to make the tackle. I know it's not fair to make comparisons, but I kept thinking...NO WAY Prosinski or Wendling misses any of those tackles. I was feeling comfortable with him at safey, but not for run stopping in any way shape or form. That was embarrassing.
Brandon Miller- I feel like he was falling before getting hit...every play. Did he take a big hit early or something? Because he looked like he was shying away from contact and went down easy.
Special Teams- Shaun Wick...stop making freshman mistakes and taking the ball our of the endzone and barely making it to the 10 instead of taking a knee and starting at the 25yd line. That probably frustrated me the most about our special teams to see that. I'll give Gleeson a pass as this was his first game.
Offensively, I'd like to see us improve while establishing more of a rushing attack. I really get weary having to rely EVERY game on Brett Smith. Someone else needs to step up and make the runs we need. Granted, they were blitzing so much.
Defensively, I'm actually not too low on our D right now. We got excellent initial push from Purcell and the boys. That was encouraging. Also, I can't be mad at them for Texas having to pull out multiple trick plays. I just can't believe that from a team that has more talent to have to resort to trick plays. You hardly ever see that. I realize they have Boise's old OC...but STILL. Kinda pathetic to see that. It worked for them, but that seemed to be the only thing to really get a nice gain on us. All they did were dumpoffs and short routes. I wish they would have let Ash throw deep more on us because Blair Burns is a LOCKDOWN defender. I can't wait to see Burns play every week. Our pass coverage is exciting. Our run defense is improved and will have a better chance to show it. I believe we were worn down at the end of the night, when they were getting all of their runs (and running over Ruff)
Other than that, what did I miss?
I want to hear your thoughts.
I hope to see our Offense improve. I have no idea
Here's my take:
What a great feeling to see Cowboy Football again. I just have to get that out of the way first and foremost, since it's been an extremely long offseason.
Brett Smith- wow. I come away from every game I watch him play, more impressed every time. Talk about a diamond in the rough. Texas fans were JEALOUS of our QB and they have every right to be. He was the best qb on the field last night. That being said, there were times where the protection broke down (only one sack, however). When the protection broke down, he forced one bad pass and didn't get enough on his pass to mcneil. I won't whine about the McNeil pass...as I wish McNeil would have came back to the ball instead of letting it go up for grabs like that. I didn't like the forced ball deep, however. Coach DC won't be happy with that one on film today. DC has a lot more to be happy about, as should WYO fans. He made a 45yd perfect touch pass to Herron. What a way to silence 101K crowd on the road. I never felt like we were out of the game as long as Smith was in there until the 4th and 2. I think we come out as an improved team next week from our mistakes on offense. We weren't flawless. The chemistry between Smith and McNeil needs to get ironed out.
Robert Herron- I don't think any of us could have seen him torching that secondary the way he did. He really stepped up to the plate when we needed him and it's a shame he was hurt for that 4th and 2 to get it within a TD, because he was giving an elite ranked secondary fits the whole game. I hope he's ok to play next weekend so we can have him against Toledo.
Luke Ruff- All I can say is "WHAT WAS THAT?!!!" That had to be the worst game he's ever played in Cowboy Uniform. On all of those big gains, he was getting ran over after not being able to make the tackle. I know it's not fair to make comparisons, but I kept thinking...NO WAY Prosinski or Wendling misses any of those tackles. I was feeling comfortable with him at safey, but not for run stopping in any way shape or form. That was embarrassing.
Brandon Miller- I feel like he was falling before getting hit...every play. Did he take a big hit early or something? Because he looked like he was shying away from contact and went down easy.
Special Teams- Shaun Wick...stop making freshman mistakes and taking the ball our of the endzone and barely making it to the 10 instead of taking a knee and starting at the 25yd line. That probably frustrated me the most about our special teams to see that. I'll give Gleeson a pass as this was his first game.
Offensively, I'd like to see us improve while establishing more of a rushing attack. I really get weary having to rely EVERY game on Brett Smith. Someone else needs to step up and make the runs we need. Granted, they were blitzing so much.
Defensively, I'm actually not too low on our D right now. We got excellent initial push from Purcell and the boys. That was encouraging. Also, I can't be mad at them for Texas having to pull out multiple trick plays. I just can't believe that from a team that has more talent to have to resort to trick plays. You hardly ever see that. I realize they have Boise's old OC...but STILL. Kinda pathetic to see that. It worked for them, but that seemed to be the only thing to really get a nice gain on us. All they did were dumpoffs and short routes. I wish they would have let Ash throw deep more on us because Blair Burns is a LOCKDOWN defender. I can't wait to see Burns play every week. Our pass coverage is exciting. Our run defense is improved and will have a better chance to show it. I believe we were worn down at the end of the night, when they were getting all of their runs (and running over Ruff)
Other than that, what did I miss?
I want to hear your thoughts.
I hope to see our Offense improve. I have no idea
