TCU Snowflakes: The Offense

The offense scored 45 points and had two trips inside the 2 where they didn’t get any.

I don’t think the issue was the OCs couldn’t figure out TCU’s defense.

Uh there were multiple plays where WRs flat beat the TCU defense for big plays. Speed was not the issue. 

TEs and RBs frequently missed an assignment.  It wasn’t speed.

Others have already responded to you, but what? Did we watch different games? We absolutely lit them up on offense, especially in the second half.  And our WRs were pretty consistently burning them deep.  The OCs aren't responsible for JJ throwing two pretty horrible pick sixes.  Hopefully he learns from that, because those were one of the several things that cost us this game.  Even if he only throws one pick six we win. 

That being said, the OCs are responsible for the dumb trick play to start the game, and handing it off to Mullings when they needed a foot for a TD (although this could also have been Harbaugh's decision).

I said it all season. Their is no creativity in this scheme. Its run up the middle twice then throw to wrs that are blanketed. Theirs no quick passes, screens, or even run routes. 

You're right. Weiss should go.

You could be right. I blamed the Coordinator and Schea for not keeping the ball on the read options. But now it is new Coordinator and qb and same results.

You have it backwards.  Michigan became formidable the same time Wiess arrived.  Look at it.

Even more baffling is how they went to the QB run at the end of Q3 and then forgot about it the rest of the way. Yeah, I get that once we were down two scores again you have to pass it (except for the second to last drive apparently, lol), but those two punts between our final TDs were horrible

one bad hit or fall and there goes your season.
it's a high-risk, variable reward strategy that you want to minimize and use just enough to affect the defense and get first downs when you absolutely need them.

ding ding ding.

Last year, we didn't have the ceiling to win in the playoffs, but we consistently did not make mistakes.  This year, we didn't have the consistency, but man JJ made a lot of costly mistakes.  Even so, his higher ceiling almost made up for it.

Maybe at times but also had a ton of costly mistakes and poor throws. He was okay but not a champion level QB. It’s okay. It is what it is.

Sorry, you can't call throwing two pick 6's playing his ass off. . He played well after playing badly

Incredible even while gifting the defense two TDs? Sorry, but no. It would be one thing if those picks were fluky tip balls or something, but they were horrific passes straight to the defenders.  I remain optimistic that another year will improve his decision-making (and hopefully accuracy).

Into a brick wall for 2?  How about zero or negative yards.  I saw WAY too many tackles for loss.  TCU shot the gaps with smart LB play and we had no answer for it even though we had a month to prepare.  That was single handedly the biggest disappointment today.

It's so tough, though, right? All year people talk about how we pound you down with the run, and it starts to pay off in the fourth quarter. Look at the OSU game. How quickly should we abandon our game plan completely, and concede that their defense against the run is superior to our running game?

(I'm not saying we shouldn't have. But it's not like it's an easy call).