Friday, October 21, 2005
Baylor drops Nebraska game, 23-14
It's been nearly a week since this game and I still don't want to talk about it. This is a game that was very winnable and for a number of reasons it just never came together.
The defense was great again. They forced FGs when they could have given up touchdowns. They played hard even in the face of refs that wouldn't let them play good defense. They never gave up. It's just too bad the offense failed them.
I've heard people talk about how the lines failed us in this game, and I'm not going to say that the performance couldn't have been better along the lines, but look at what happened. The defense held NU to 23 points with the offense managing just 1 drive of longer than 6 plays and 23 yards. ONE DRIVE! They were on the field in difficult situations due to poor punts, poor coverage on the punts and too much time on the field.
People also want to rip on Morriss for putting Parks in. They saw, "Bell had just led us on a touchdown drive, give him another chance." Bell didn't lead us on a touchdown drive. Bell threw up a jump ball and Trent Shelton made a circus catch and then an incredibly tough run for 40-50 yards for the touchdown. The "drive" lasted 4 plays.
Bell again completed passes at a high percentage, but he gave up big sacks at the worst possible time. Examples:
2nd quarter - He gives up a sack on 3rd and 4, from the Baylor 13. A ten-yard sack that leaves Sepulveda having to quick kick the ball and it results in a poor punt that is returned to the Baylor 9 yard line. Nebraska scores a touchdown 3 plays later.
Bell had just thrown the ball up for Zeigler, who made an incredible catch on the jump ball to get a first down. On the following play, Bell gives up a 10 yard sack on first down. Baylor goes from the Nebraska 42 to the Baylor 48.
3rd quarter - He gives up a sack after passing to Whitaker for a loss of 4. The sack is a loss of 5 yards. Baylor goes from getting the ball at the 21 to punting from the 13 yard line. Nebraska gets the ball at their 39 yard line. (This was the drive following the TD "drive"; 3 plays, -8 yards)
These are the types of sacks that just kill drives and puts the defense in difficult positions.
That's all I can muster right now. I'll write up a little preview of the Baylor - Oklahoma game and throw that out. I'm just not feeling the blog-writing right now. ¶ 10/21/2005
It's been nearly a week since this game and I still don't want to talk about it. This is a game that was very winnable and for a number of reasons it just never came together.
The defense was great again. They forced FGs when they could have given up touchdowns. They played hard even in the face of refs that wouldn't let them play good defense. They never gave up. It's just too bad the offense failed them.
I've heard people talk about how the lines failed us in this game, and I'm not going to say that the performance couldn't have been better along the lines, but look at what happened. The defense held NU to 23 points with the offense managing just 1 drive of longer than 6 plays and 23 yards. ONE DRIVE! They were on the field in difficult situations due to poor punts, poor coverage on the punts and too much time on the field.
People also want to rip on Morriss for putting Parks in. They saw, "Bell had just led us on a touchdown drive, give him another chance." Bell didn't lead us on a touchdown drive. Bell threw up a jump ball and Trent Shelton made a circus catch and then an incredibly tough run for 40-50 yards for the touchdown. The "drive" lasted 4 plays.
Bell again completed passes at a high percentage, but he gave up big sacks at the worst possible time. Examples:
2nd quarter - He gives up a sack on 3rd and 4, from the Baylor 13. A ten-yard sack that leaves Sepulveda having to quick kick the ball and it results in a poor punt that is returned to the Baylor 9 yard line. Nebraska scores a touchdown 3 plays later.
Bell had just thrown the ball up for Zeigler, who made an incredible catch on the jump ball to get a first down. On the following play, Bell gives up a 10 yard sack on first down. Baylor goes from the Nebraska 42 to the Baylor 48.
3rd quarter - He gives up a sack after passing to Whitaker for a loss of 4. The sack is a loss of 5 yards. Baylor goes from getting the ball at the 21 to punting from the 13 yard line. Nebraska gets the ball at their 39 yard line. (This was the drive following the TD "drive"; 3 plays, -8 yards)
These are the types of sacks that just kill drives and puts the defense in difficult positions.
That's all I can muster right now. I'll write up a little preview of the Baylor - Oklahoma game and throw that out. I'm just not feeling the blog-writing right now. ¶ 10/21/2005
