[alabama24]

Call me crazy

Don't mind if I do.

[NotAJerry]

Sly, how is what we saw yesterday "gimmickry"? Offensively, the Horns let a RB rush for 207 yards!! Geno Smith was his normal self. The WVU defense isn't great, but appears to be improving. I assume you were referring to the offense, though, and I don't see "gimmickry"?

Careful, you're in danger of sounding like an old hag!

First off, I'm a well-documented Old Hag. Second, I gave credit to the Mountaineers.

If you look back I was referring to Dana's act. I have been around his offenses for about a decade including his recent stint at UH. And yes, his offense is built on gimmickry. That has nothing to do with Saturday's game. Gimmickry can be effective until defenses adjust.

Except Saturday wasn't so much gimmickry as it was power running right down the throats of a defense that was supposed to stop WVU from moving the ball at will.

[Purple Haize]

Call me crazy

Don't mind if I do. :I am laughing out loud. I typed "LOL" but that is for teenage girls who text. So please know that I am laughing. Out loud.:

[Sly Fox]

I'm certainly not going to defend the mis-tackles of the Horns. It was embarrassing.

[Purple Haize]

I'm certainly not going to defend the mis-tackles of the Horns. It was embarrassing.

#longhornsfcsready.

[JK37]

I still don't understand how Holgorsen's offensive schemes are founded in gimmickry. He puts the ball into the hands of speedy athletes in space. Is it gimmickry, you think, because it's imbalanced?

[TDDance234]

His offenses may be "gimmicky" and the Air Raid will eventually fade, but Geno Smith is playing out of his mind right now. WVU goes as far as he takes them, and right now, it's looking like it's going to be far.

[Sly Fox]

He is a Mumme/Leach disciple. Gimmickry should not always be considered a crack. It is a skill of assessing a short-term opportunity to exploit. Eventually defenses adjust and you have to come up with something new. When Dana was here in Houston, he was all kinds of crazy gimmicks with Kolb. That's why the Baylor/WVU matchup was so crazy with two linked coaches working the same angles.

[alabama24]

#longhornsfcsready.

Good one. Good one.

[bluedevilflame]

ND vs Bama National Title game, you heard it here first.

Bama repeats

[jbock13]

West Virginia Mountaineers- National Champions.

[flamehunter]

West Virginia Mountaineers- National Champions of Sofa Incineration.

FIFY

[Purple Haize]

#longhornsfcsready.

Good one. Good one.

Ty. Ty. Ty

[Bigsouthking]

There isn't anything gimmicky about their offense, it's just not traditional running football....

It's space the field get the athletes in open space and let them make plays.... It's someone being smart and different... It wins a ton of games and at some point will win it all!

You have to be a little different if you can't always sign the biggest fastest players.. It's called coaching!

[jack_sparrow81]

Someone needs to post the past two years' results when Oregon has gone against SEC teams. They had the same speed teams that put up video game numbers until they played Auburn and LSU

[NotAJerry]

Someone needs to post the past two years' results when Oregon has gone against SEC teams. They had the same speed teams that put up video game numbers until they played Auburn and LSU

They had no defense those seasons. They've taken a leap forward on that front, but still probably not enough to win it all this season.

[lynchburgwildcats]

The reason Oregon type of offenses won't work against the better SEC teams is the same reason they don't work in the NFL. They rely on athletically over matching the other side of the ball. Once they play a squad that has comparable athletes on defense, it's over. The scheme is one dimensional.

That is the truth.

[Purple Haize]

I'm glad to see WVU is spotting their opponent 2 TD's. that way there will be no excuses when they lose to WVU

[NotAJerry]

You take a 14-0 lead on WVU and follow with THAT kickoff? Did Leach sneak back to Lubbock without anyone knowing about it?

[Purple Haize]

You take a 14-0 lead on WVU and follow with THAT kickoff? Did Leach sneak back to Lubbock without anyone knowing about it?

Leach would have gone straight on side kick

[jmdickens]

there will be a comeback but it is 35-7 TTU at the moment...

[Purple Haize]

there will be a comeback but it is 35-7 TTU at the moment...

We have Em right where we want em

[jmdickens]

there will be a comeback but it is 35-7 TTU at the moment...

We have Em right where we want em

Geno 6 TD's second half? That would be Heisman winner if so.

[jbock13]

shhhhhh Haize don't tell the world the secrets of the Mountaineers!!!!

[Purple Haize]

I meant next year.......