As far as the Okie State game, I didn’t just leave out the most important details, I left out all the details.

A lot of picks are the result bad hands and routes – if you’re going to compare QBs using the INT stat, you’d have to account for this for every QB. AT doesn’t give me that kind of resources. Several of Chase’s 2007 picks were the result of bad hands and routes. Shit happens. It all evens out in the end.

If you get pressure with 3 guys, then the O line has issues. I would hope as a coordinator that when only 3 guys rush, 5 should be able to handle that number.

And it’s convenient for you to leave out the most important details of the Ok State game..
1. First interception was 100% Danario Alexander’s fault. bounced off his fucking helmet. (ps. that accounted for 7 of his picks, bouncing off recievers hands or face)
2. 2nd interception was 95% Jared Perry’s fault for running the wrong route, and making his cut opposite of where he was supposed to be… that only came out weeks later in the paper.
3. 3rd interception was a terrible pass… so bad, that it hit the ground and should have been called incomplete.

Other than that… he compelted 80% of his passes for 400 yards.

it’s a common misconception that he played bad in the game.

And BTW… the reason he went downhill is because of our piece of shit O-Coordinator… Ok State figured out how to pressure our line by rushing only 3 or 4 lineman… that means we had 5 receivers going out, covered by 8 or 9 defenders… makes it almost impossible NOT to throw some picks. And we, of course, neglected the running game.

Great speed does not neutralize the spread. It neutralizes less than elite talent. Doesn’t matter what offense if on the other side.

I was using conference schedule stats. This year we played OSU, OU, and UT. Last year it was TT and OU twice. Not sure it was much tougher last year.

I just didn’t see much to make me think the O-line was any different from a year ago.

I think the yards per carry and tackles for loss has a lot more to do with Washington not losing yards the way Temple did on seemingly half his runs. I would also suggest the schedule was much tougher last year.

That’s an unfair criticism of the spread. The spread actually gives a team with lesser talent a fighting chance. A “defense with a lot of talent and speed” relative to its opponent will stop any type of offense – throw in good coaching and the offense will struggle. The spread has, if anything, leveled the playing field. Defenses will catch up, but probably not for another three to five years.

I also think our offensive line was just as good, if not better, in ‘08. The yards/carry skyrocketed in conference play from 3.88 to 4.92. Over a yard more! That’s good line play, in addition to a better running back.

Also, Mizzou allowed fewer sacks in conference play in ‘08 – 1.44/game – than in ‘07 – 1.67/game. Tackles for loss allowed – ‘08 it was 5.33/game, ‘07 it was 6.83 (second worst in conference).

Plenty of teams got pressure on Chase in ‘07 – he was just much better at dealing with it then.