re: Nussmeier post Florida loss stats

His skillset and physical abilities were never the issue. I'm more worried about his decision making. If he gets better in that category, next year could be special.

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Played very well in the first half.
Struggled in the second half when our LG went down and A&M figured out they could come right up the middle over our backup LG and poor center play.

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yeah, we had not only our backup LG, but a backup RG, plus poor center play. I think Florida had like 6 or 7 sacks, almost half of the total for the entire year. He never had a chance. Hell, there is a better chance for a QB with pressure from the outside vs just instantly right up the middle.

Bama

I will never forget that play when our great Center just let the LB come untouched right up the middle, just watched him, while blocking no one....almost like an Olay.

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I'm more worried about his decision making. If he gets better in that category, next year could be special.

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I think we saw that the last few games. He was actually throwing the ball away, or checking down, when appropriate. Hell, he even ran a few times.

His biggest problem is that he believed in his arm so much that he would try to make a throw that wasn't there, instead of just throwing it away and living for another day. That comes with experience, and it is clear he was showing signs of moving in that direction towards the end of the year. He will still learning most of the year. Hell, Lagway is considered high on the heisman odds next year, and he threw more interceptions per pass attempt than Nuss, actually twice as many per attempt. Same with Beck and Ewers....more picks per pass attempt than Nuss.

Hope Nussmier does nothing but footwork, agility and pocket drills all summer. He has to get way more explosive in his lower body...

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He absolutely must get better at throwing a deep ball.

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amazing how he got better at this once Hilton began playing.

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Struggled in the second half when our LG went down and A&M figured out they could come right up the middle over our backup LG and poor center play.

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yeah, we had not only our backup LG, but a backup RG, plus poor center play. I think Florida had like 6 or 7 sacks, almost half of the total for the entire year. He never had a chance. Hell, there is a better chance for a QB with pressure from the outside vs just instantly right up the middle.

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I will never forget that play when our great Center just let the LB come untouched right up the middle, just watched him, while blocking no one....almost like an Olay.

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vs Texas A&M, Bama, and Flrorida *When Kept Clean In Pocket

Nuss was kept clean on 65% of his dropbacks, and put up:

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58-99(58%comp)
3TD
3INT
596yds
6.02 YPA

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Overall, In these 3 games on throws 10yrds or more: 15-49 (30% comp)



Im sure this is where you blame the WR's, huh

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He honestly had a great year

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Definitely wasn't a "great year". He had a good year. Yes, oline wasn't great either but he threw some really bad picks and took too many sacks at critical times when the ball should have been thrown away.

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They held Bama to 3 points the week before.

That's called an anomaly

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True, but OU was 19th in the nation in yards allowed and Nuss' 277 was second only to Dart on yards passing vs OU. That's even with him missing time that game.

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Those were also the 3 easiest games of the season from a stretch.

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I’m far from a nuss fanboy and criticized him heavily after tamu and Florida but OU has a very very strong defense.


There is no reason to not be excited about how he ended the season.

When u can run the football (like we could not do) this will put less pressure on the passing game and if this happens he could have a heisman type year. We have to be able to run the ball and get screen passes in our game plan. Saban had screen passes and wheel routes and bama was very good at both.