1. Opposing teams passing yards...you have to remember that they HAVE to pass against us to keep up, so it inflates the stat. I posted the stats last week, but here is the update including bammer. We are 129th in passing yards allowed, but only 62nd in pass efficiency defense, which is a much truer measure. So as bad as the optics are in our pass D, we are really average and not terrible. I know a lot of fans have a hard time with that, but the numbers don't lie.
2. As for the scheming, having read extensively on our D the last week leading up to the bammer game, it seems that Banks has decided to (a) stop the run and (b) stop the long pass. We seem geared to keep everything in front of us, not allow much of a rush game, prevent the long pass and force short passes. The great majority of completions by bammer were short yesterday. It's not great, but it has repeatedly been "good enough" this season.
3. Don't underestimate Bryce. I counted at least 4 times yesterday that our DBs had textbook perfect coverage and he just somehow threw it into the window. I just shook my head. He is the Heisman winner, he's going to put up some numbers. (Texas did limit him more than us, but I think their pressure was more effective).
4. This is unquestionably one of the greatest coaching jobs of all time. Still a ways to go in the season, but to date it has to be on the short list for greatest of all time.
One thing I noticed about Heupel...when he was OC at Missouri in 2016-17, he took an offense that was 127th/128 in the country in 2015, improved them to 48th in 2016 and then 14th in 2017. That was a remarkable turnaround also. Not something I paid much attention to till now, but, offensively at least, we have one of the greatest minds in the game.
