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[CJ Vogel]

3 Stars of the Game vs. Tennessee

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For the second straight week, it is all defense.

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Star #1 – Colin Simmons

No explanation needed. The most impressive single game performance I have ever seen.

 

Star #2 – Maraad Watson

Watson has exceeded expectations this year and was a force on the interior Saturday vs. Tennessee.  Five pressures, a sack and four hurries on the quarterback, that is phenomenal stuff from the defensive lineman.

 

Star #3 – Lance Jackson

How about nine total pressures from Jackson. We talk often about who will balance out the opposite side of the defensive line from Colin Simmons, well Jackson did exactly that. Good luck defending both guys if that is the performance Texas is getting from each.

 

Honorable Mentions:

Jelani McDonald – Several big tackles, very good in run support and the game-sealing batted pass on the final play of the game.

Hero Kanu – As consistent and reliable as anyone on the defense. Four pressures, a sack and two hurries as well. Dominant from Kanu.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

If OL can be star 1 for tOSU, I’m giving star 1 to the DL. Simmons was crazy good  but that was the entire line wrecking shop all game. 

[CJ Vogel]

7 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

If OL can be star 1 for tOSU, I’m giving star 1 to the DL. Simmons was crazy good  but that was the entire line wrecking shop all game. 

No doubt. Entire unit was phenomenal.

How about 42 pressures on the day.

[HookemChappy]

13 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

No doubt. Entire unit was phenomenal.

How about 42 pressures on the day.

How about all that talk about how good Tenn RB game was leading up to Saturday? We shut them down along with the scrambling QB.

[Red Five]

Five dudes on defense sounds about right.

[John F.]

DL so dominant Biles doesn’t get an HM with 13 tackles

[CJ Vogel]

24 minutes ago, HookemChappy said:

How about all that talk about how good Tenn RB game was leading up to Saturday? We shut them down along with the scrambling QB.

The Texas defensive front absolutely whooped Tennessee. Dominated in every aspect of the football game and that's why four of the five mentioned above are on the DL/EDGE

[CJ Vogel]

10 minutes ago, John F. said:

DL so dominant Biles doesn’t get an HM with 13 tackles

I felt bad omitting him, but speaks to the DL dominance.

[Drew Saenz]

Colin Simmons does not deserve to be heralded after his antics. Lost a lot of fans.

[Clifton]

Great stuff CJ. Just an entire clinic by your front 7. 

[Clifton]

6 minutes ago, Drew Saenz said:

Colin Simmons does not deserve to be heralded after his antics. Lost a lot of fans.

I don't think the CJ Vogel award will be mentioned on ESPN. (Although it should be.)

[TTown]

Somebody needs to talk to Simmons .I  Iike him great game. But doubling down here. Bad look. Maybe somebody needs to tell him BJ played at Texas. Smh

[Hookem72]

7 minutes ago, Drew Saenz said:

Colin Simmons does not deserve to be heralded after his antics. Lost a lot of fans.

I think it is hard to understand the talk that goes on in the trenches.  Sometimes the raw emotion takes over and unfortunately it did as the young man’s blood got up.  
 

Did Simmons commit a crime, get arrested, assault a female?  No.  Did he embarrass himself and the team yes, but he deserves a pass for all the other good he does.  

[Here for the Wins]

20 minutes ago, Hookem72 said:

I think it is hard to understand the talk that goes on in the trenches.  Sometimes the raw emotion takes over and unfortunately it did as the young man’s blood got up.  
 

Did Simmons commit a crime, get arrested, assault a female?  No.  Did he embarrass himself and the team yes, but he deserves a pass for all the other good he does.  

That was a premeditated celebration.

On the football field, he committed a crime and did it knowingly.

He played great, but that penalty discounts the positives from the preceding 3 plays.  In the stadiumTennessee had no juice at that point.  It provided them an opportunity to grow their confidence, it took an offensive possession from us and changed momentum.

Take that embarrassment out of the equation.  It was one of the momentous plays in the game.  Purely speculative on my part, but I think we score that possession, if it’s 6, it’s probably game over at that point.  That discounts his overall game a great deal as it gave them some life when they had none.

[Clifton]

5 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said:

That was a premeditated celebration.

On the football field, he committed a crime and did it knowingly.

He played great, but that penalty discounts the positives from the preceding 3 plays.  In the stadiumTennessee had no juice at that point.  It provided them an opportunity to grow their confidence, it took an offensive possession from us and changed momentum.

Take that embarrassment out of the equation.  It was one of the momentous plays in the game.  Purely speculative on my part, but I think we score that possession, if it’s 6, it’s probably game over at that point.  That discounts his overall game a great deal as it gave them some life when they had none.

You're not wrong, but it is what it is. He made a crazy selfish decision (which I agree was premeditated) and also had a dominant football game.

Hope he learns and moves on with more dominant play and less bad decisions. 

[f1revo]

41 minutes ago, TTown said:

Somebody needs to talk to Simmons .I  Iike him great game. But doubling down here. Bad look. Maybe somebody needs to tell him BJ played at Texas. Smh

That's because there's never consequences. We are an undisciplined football program and it start with Sark. 10 penalties a game feels like has become the norm around here along with generally low IQ play.

[Tex555]

46 minutes ago, TTown said:

Somebody needs to talk to Simmons .I  Iike him great game. But doubling down here. Bad look. Maybe somebody needs to tell him BJ played at Texas. Smh

What a stupid response from Collin.  

[hookem1014]

Maybe not a star, but Gianni Spetic has been great so far. I was iffy about him coming in based on his previous stats but he’s been money. 

[JMarquette]

HM: Ian Geffrard for telling Colin not to pee on anyone again!

[Here for the Wins]

5 minutes ago, Clifton said:

You're not wrong, but it is what it is. He made a crazy selfish decision (which I agree was premeditated) and also had a dominant football game.

Hope he learns and moves on with more dominant play and less bad decisions. 

My hope is the entire team learned.  Yeah it’s over and played a role for making the game more memorable too.  The penalty is part of his performance and impact on the game.  That’s the message I hope each player gets -  one play can be very impactful on the game.

Im not asking for any repercussions although I’d hope there might be something internally.

[hookem1014]

51 minutes ago, TTown said:

Somebody needs to talk to Simmons .I  Iike him great game. But doubling down here. Bad look. Maybe somebody needs to tell him BJ played at Texas. Smh

Could you share the link to this post?

[f1revo]

1 minute ago, Here for the Wins said:

My hope is the entire team learned.  Yeah it’s over and played a role for making the game more memorable too.  The penalty is part of his performance and impact on the game.  That’s the message I hope each player gets -  one play can be very impactful on the game.

Im not asking for any repercussions although I’d hope there might be something internally.

The team didn't learn. Raleek had another celebration that could've been easily flagged later in the game. Again, there are never consequences coming from the leader of the football program, so this ish will continue. We will always be undisciplined and highly penalized under Sark.

[f1revo]

7 minutes ago, hookem1014 said:

Maybe not a star, but Gianni Spetic has been great so far. I was iffy about him coming in based on his previous stats but he’s been money. 

He's yet to miss I'm pretty sure. High pressure FGs in this game too.

[General Grant]

12 minutes ago, f1revo said:

I'm guessing you were simulating blowing him when he made his celly and apparently you're not quite done yet.

Blowing?

[MBHORNSFAN]

4 minutes ago, f1revo said:

The team didn't learn. Raleek had another celebration that could've been easily flagged later in the game. Again, there are never consequences coming from the leader of the football program, so this ish will continue. We will always be undisciplined and highly penalized under Sark.

 

You have no idea how it was handled behind the scenes. Not do you need to know...     I take it you are out on Texas football now?