What is ailing the Cowboy offense?

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on September 16, 2009M at 7:00 am

Something is wrong with the Oklahoma State offense.
 
Everyone can see it, but no one can explain it.
 
Maybe the short answer is that this offense just isn’t everything it was thought to be. But you know what? I don’t buy that. These guys have talent, probably as much individual talent as anyone in the country.
 
Maybe it’s time to use that talent differently. The Cowboys need to throw the ball. Do it early. Do it often.
 
Listen, I know that the prevailing attitude in football is that an offense needs to first establish the running game, then go to the passing game. And from the looks of the first two games, that’s what the Cowboys are trying to do. But you know what? It’s not working.
 
That was painfully evident against Houston. The Cougars brought in an inexperienced defensive line, highlighted by a pair of freshmen defensive ends. No doubt the Cowboys thought they could dominate the line of scrimmage and pound the ball. That didn’t happen.
 
The Cowboys scored just one touchdown in the first half. One. Against Houston. It’s one thing to score a touchdown before halftime against Georgia, but against Houston? That’s inexcusable.
 
The Cowboys need to come out and pop opponents with their passing game. If they’d have come out and hit Dez Bryant with a couple big, early plays last Saturday, it would’ve put Houston on its heels. Bryant, after all, had a huge game against the Cougars last year. They would’ve been thinking, “Oh, here we go again.”
 
Zac Robinson had a couple throws to Bryant go incomplete in the early going. But you know what I would’ve done had that happened? I’d have thrown it to him again.
 
Make defenses stop your most powerful weapon.
 
The Cowboys aren’t doing that right now, especially not early in games. They can keep trying to establish the running game first. They can continue trying to do the macho thing.
 
Or they can try to win ballgames.
 
If I were them, I’d opt for the Ws.
 

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Comments
Comment by Jan on September 16, 2009 @ 9:17 am

Excellent thoughts! This hits it on the head. We must kill the opponent with our passes! That’s our best plan.

Comment by Harley on September 16, 2009 @ 1:47 pm

Just wondering when you got your Coaching degree??? Because u have a lot of answers for never playing the game or coaching a game. You’ve got to Love the media, they have all of answers.

Comment by Jim on September 16, 2009 @ 2:34 pm

OSU’s offense is built on balance, not a pass-happy spread. If the run isn’t there, then the pass won’t be either. Jenny is talking like OSU gets top 5 recruiting classes each year but the truth is there is a good amount of talent at the skilled positions but it is an 11 man game to move the football. Try playing chess without your pawns.

Comment by Ken Sliger on September 16, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

Jenni’s assessment is fairly accurate. Houston loaded the box and OSU rather than make the smart adjustment and take the single coverage on passes DID try to Mano y Mano…didn’t work out to well. 49ers game last Sunday was a prime example of this in the NFL. The Cardinals were determined to keep Frank Gore in check (and they did) but even a less than talented QB, Shaun Hill, made enough throws to beat the defending NFC champions at their house. Jenni, don’t listen to all the blowhard (experts), write it as you see it and good luck

Comment by James Jones on September 17, 2009 @ 12:00 am

It has nothing to do with the talent that OSU has consider the fact they have three of the best players in the nation in Des Bryant, K. Hunter, Zac Robinson and a host of others. It has everything to do with a Head Coach that I have said and will continue to say is “Not ready for Prime Time”. OSU needs to seek out and use some of that money Boone Pickens gave them and hire a coach like OU or Alabama has then and only then will OSU come up from being a “almost ran team” to a prime time contender until they do that they will stay as a “Step Child” to a winning program like OU. As it stand, they are going to have a hard season if they play like they did against Houston it could be very embarassing with all that “sports illustrated” coverage.

Comment by johnny h on September 17, 2009 @ 10:20 am

who cares what jenni carlsen asks?

Comment by Randall on September 17, 2009 @ 10:01 pm

How come nobody ever mentions that Dez Bryant can’t or won’t catch the ball in traffic?

Comment by Aaron on September 18, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

Does Jenni Carlson know anything about football? And furthermore, when was the last time she wrote a POSITIVE article about OSU? Honestly, when I just hear her name I cringe. I wish she would stop writing about football. Because she obviously has no idea what she is saying. When we have the leading rusher in the Big 12 from last year, why wouldn’t we use him? This OSU team has plenty of weapons. We are three deep at running back. We have a stud quarterback. And we have Dez. There are many different options we have on offense. I think it’s just taking a little bit for everything to click.

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