Open Post | Tuesday, October 15th
Posted on: October 15, 2019
Red River Shootout | Post Game Thoughts
– JY
This should have been a game that Oklahoma ran away with early. Self inflicted wounds killed the Sooners early on with Jalen Hurts fumbling, and forcing a throw back across the field for an interception. Simply put, if the Sooners don’t turn over the football there it’s somewhere between 48-20 or 40-20 as I type this.
The Sooners dominated this football game all day long, but Texas just wouldn’t go away. Ehlinger was sacked 9 times in a performance that should put the nay-sayers to bed when it comes to Oklahoma’s defense. The Sooners were aggressive, physical, and dictated the tempo all day long.
I scared my wife and man-cub a few times yelling at the TV. For the life of me I will never understand why Lincoln Riley at times seems to abandon the run. With Swenson and Ealy back in the mix, and the original five starting offensive linemen playing the whole game, Texas displayed no ability to shut down the Sooners run game.
Make no mistake, the run game is what makes this offense go. Since Riley has been either the offensive coordinator or the head coach for Oklahoma, the Sooners are undefeated when they run the football more times than they pass it. Midway through the 3rd quarter, the Sooners had run it 24 times and passed it 26.
Much like my parents who regained their sanity and moved back north of the Red River shortly after I was born, Riley also regained his sanity and started running the ball again late in the 3rd quarter. Oklahoma finished the game with 34 rushing attempts for 8.0 yards a pop vs 28 passes.
Jalen Hurts, despite the two turnovers, played a hell of a game. 16 of 28 for 235 yards and 3 TD’s, and 16 carries for 121 yards and a score. Even with that performance, I don’t think there was another player who played as well as Cee Dee Lamb.
Lamb gets my grown ass man award this week. I can’t wait to do some Trench Warfare videos and break down his third score. He completely made that play, coming back to snag a well placed ball by Hurts, break 3 tackles and tiptoe down the sideline for the score. Today was a day that the Oklahoma receiver just outclassed the Texas secondary, and in my mind put himself in the 1st round of the NFL Draft.
Another guy who made some noise for NFL scouts today was Kenneth Murray. While Lamb gets my grown ass man award, Murray is a close second. The heart and soul of that Sooner defense was sideline to sideline today, leading a defensive effort, that we haven’t seen from the Sooners probably since the Sugar Bowl against Alabama.
Alex Grinch, the new Sooners defensive coordinator had his guys ready to play. Schematically he had them better prepared than I’ve seen in a really really long time. Going into the game, the horizontal pass game for the horns, and the zone read were the two bread and butter plays the Sooners had to stop. He continually attacked, sending Bookie to jump the swing passes and shut them down before they ever started.
The Sooners held the longhorns to 310 yards today, and in spite of Roschon Johnson’s 57 yard run, the longhorns still only averaged 2.8 yards per carry. For a couple of “Okay” or “average” players like Neville Gallimore and Ronnie Perkins, according to horns left tackle Sam Cosmi, that’s pretty damn salty.
You can’t say enough about how Grinch and co. schemed to stop the longhorns today. LSU time and time and time again, twisted and stunted to give Texas problems earlie this year. Grinch did that as well and had a ton of success. While the o line for the longhorns was solid picking up blitzes, they couldn’t pick up a twist to save their lives.
Up front offensively, I thought Swenson, Hayes, Humphrey, Robinson & Ealy played their best game. While the horns were busy givin up 9 sacks, the Sooners o line gave Hurts time all day long. Also, they showed up and showed out when they needed to late in the third quarter opening up lanes for Stevenson and Kennedy Brooks who quietly averaged 6.2 and 10.5 yards per carry respectively.
My biggest concern going into this game was who was going to play up front for the Sooners, and I can’t tell you how relieved I was to see Swenson and Ealy in the huddle to start the game.
You gotta believe that the Sooners are at least in the top four this week with Georgia losing. Also, keep in mind that LSU has been hanging their hats on the win they had over Texas in Austin, but surrendered 409 yards and 4 TD’s to Ehlinger and co. through the air. Gotta wonder if the Sooners don’t jump the Tigers after beating the same opponent more thoroughly.
At any rate, if the Sooners take care of business from here on out, they’re in the playoffs. I seriously doubt if the Sooners see the Longhorns again, they don’t run away with it. That is if Riley remembers to run the damn ball, and the Sooners eliminate turnovers.
It was a great win today, and I’m happy with a 1 point win any week any time. The Sooners made a couple of statements today about having a defense and being a complete team. They also had some adversity and could have definitely let this one slip away, but they didn’t.
I can’t wait to see what this does for recruiting and how seeing a dominant performance defensively plays into that. I’ll see you guys in trench warfare and watch out for those videos! Boomer!
Red River Showdown | Looking Back at Featured Matchups
– Charlie S
Now that the game has come and gone and OU came away with a 34-27 victory, I was thinking about what we saw unfold on the field this weekend.
First of all, the score does not indicate the way the game played out on the field. The Sooners dominated the play on the field from start to finish.
Two costly turnovers kept the game close in the first half and there was a period of time in the second half where the play calling of Lincoln Riley went sideways. The series where they got the ball at the 50 and ran four consecutive pass plays with a 10 point lead was really befuddling, to say the least, particularly because of the success they had been having on the ground. However, that will be another topic for another day.
As for the matchups that K and I wrote about this week, the Sooners basically dominated them,
K wrote about the centers versus nose guards being a key to the game.
Turns out he was correct. Coming into the game, the Texas offensive line had given up 10 sacks through their first 5 games. The Sooners recorded nine sacks on Saturday and Neville Gallimore was a huge part of the reason why.
Gallimore was credited with four tackles, two sacks and two other tackles for loss. The Sooners backup nose guard, Marquis Overton, was also credited with a sack. But Gallimore was more than his sacks as he controlled the line of scrimmage for the better part of the game while he was in there and he began to draw regular double teams as the game dragged on. Huge win for OU at that matchup. Pretty much a TKO according to the judges (me).
As for the other side of the ball, Oklahoma Center Creed Humphrey was charged with taking care of Texas Nose Guard Keondre Coburn. Coburn recorded four tackles, but none of them came behind the line of scrimmage. I do give him a ton of credit for a hustle play where he actually tracked down Hurts about twenty yards downfield and if he hadn’t made that tackle, Hurts probably would have scored.
As it was, after watching the game live, I did not notice Creed needing much assistance with the big fella and therefore the Sooners were able to keep their game plan in place and their quarterback upright. Sooners allowed no sacks on the day, so Creed gets a unanimous decision from the judges there.
In the One on Ones for this week, the first matchup I was interested in was Bookie versus Devin Duvernay.
The specific aspect of that matchup I was focusing on was the horizontal passing game. I felt as though Bookie would have a chance to force a turnover or two as well as disrupt the execution. While there were no turnovers forced, Bookie absolutely threw Sam Ehlinger off his game by not only containing the horizontal passing game but at times completely taking it away.
Early in the game, you could see how well prepared the Sooners were in regard to facing the Texas offense. In the first series, Texas tried to get Duvernay going and both times Bookie was right there nearly before the passes were completed. Once they were completed, the rest of the Sooners swarmed.
In the ‘One on One’ piece I wrote: “If Bookie is comfortable and playing freely, he could be in a position to cause some turnovers or at the very least make Ehlinger come off Duvernay which could lead to pressure getting to him or making him go through his progressions a bit longer. Either way, if Bookie can slow down the horizontal passing game, the Sooners will benefit.”
In the second half, the first series I believe, the Longhorns were setting up to run the quick pass to Duvernay but Bookie was so quick to read it, Sam Ehlinger actually had to come off the call and start going through his progressions which gave the Sooners just enough time to come away with the sack. Again, the judges score that one a unanimous decision in favor of OU.
The second ‘One on One’ I wrote about was Sooners receiver Charleston Rambo vs Texas defensive back, Anthony Cook.
I assumed Texas would be doubling up on CeeDee Lamb. Turns out I was right and they should have as Lamb went off with 10 receptions for 171 yards and three touchdowns.
However, this one still went in OU’s favor as Rambo hauled in three passes for 23 yards and he was the only Sooner receiver, other than Lamb, to have multiple receptions on the day. While Rambo was not a huge factor in the game, he did make his presence known. I could call this one a draw or give Rambo the split decision, but it really wouldn’t matter as Lamb went off and did his thing and apparently didn’t need the Sooners to have a strong option two here.
All in all, the matchups we featured all went the Sooner’s way as did the game. Gallimore, Creed, and Bookie all played integral parts in this year’s Red River Showdown.
Recruit Reactions | Red River Showdown
– Charlie S
Been checking in with 2020 and 2021 recruits and commits following the Red River Showdown…here is a taste of what they are saying:
2020 OU LB Commit Brynden Walker: “It’s so much fun watching the defense play. This Grinch defense with Odom, McNeil and the other coaches is special. Definitely excited to be part of it!”
2021 ATH AJ Green: “It was impressive for the defense to have as many stops as they did! There’s always room for improvement and they will get to the point where it’ll be hard to gain three yards on them!”
2020 DB Jahquez Robinson: “Defense was playing fast and good…just like Coach Grinch said”
202o JUCO DL Dre Butler: “I’ve seen the highlights, I watched them. Looked strong.”
2020 DL Alfred Collins: “It was very impressive!”
2020 OU Safety Commit Bryson Washington: “We came to play and our defense knew what we had to do this game so we came to execute!”
2020 OU JUCO DL Commit Perrion Winfrey: “I can’t wait to be a part of that ferocious defense! Coach Grinch and his system is the reason I committed. I knew what they were about to become and it’s only up from here!”
2021 DE Landyn Watson (LSU Commit): Big improvement from last year, just the speed of the defense!”
2020 OU LB Commit Edgerrin Cooper: “It was crazy man, I loved it”
2020 JUCO DL Mosiah Nasili-Kite: “Impressive game! Stacked DL and stacked offense with Hurts and Lamb! Definitely something I’d love to be a part of if the opportunity were to come”
2020 OU WR Commit DJ Graham: “Oh man you know I watched the game! I was utterly surprised, Coach Grinch’s influence really spewed out that game”
2020 OU ATH Commit Michael Henderson: “OU defense is becoming elite. A real national championship contender now.”
SEC Territory Defensive Linemen Visiting Sooners
– Super K
2020 4-star DE, Reggie Grimes (Brentwood, TN) tells me he plans on taking an official visit to OU this upcoming weekend for the West Virginia game.
Grimes is the son of former Alabama defensive lineman, Reggie Grimes Sr.
We have heard that Grimes Jr, the top prospect in the state of Tennessee, is high on the Sooners. In fact, a source out in Tennessee told me the following about Grimes…
“The buzz is that OU is quietly making some headway…”. Source added, “He’s a little raw but a freak of a natural athlete. Can stand up at OLB, put his hand in the dirt or play tight end. If Bama has a spot for him then he will go there. He’s a legacy and wants to be there”.
However, we have been told that Bama doesn’t appear to have a spot for him right now.
The issue is Grimes is around 6’4 240 so Bama may see him more as an OLB which is what he plays and they’re full at that spot. But I’ve been told Grimes has a great frame and because Grinch covets speed and quickness over weight, Grimes could be a perfect fit as a DE in Grinch’s scheme.
I’m told he has passed OU’s initial evaluations in terms of talent with flying colors. And, I’m told the staff likes Grimes’ attitude which as you know is a big part of Grinch’s evaluation.
This could turn out to be a perfect match for both sides.
Monday Press Conference | West Virginia
– Charlie S
Riley on defense: Improvement has been between the ears of our players and the mentality that we play with. It’s something that doesn’t happen overnight. Culture.
Riley on Sermon: “He played the second-most snaps of any running backs but it was just kind of the way it went. The times he was in there the ball just didn’t find him. He’s healthy.
Riley on VVU: Defense is impressive. Haven’t given up 400 yards many times.
Riley on coach Manning: As much as any group, that group needed an overhaul. They have done a good job responding
Riley on turnovers: Confident if they continue to cause havoc, turnovers will come. Definitely have to improve on that.
Riley on Sacks: Sacks had a huge input on game. Almost like a turnover. Getting as many sacks as we did was well above what you would expect.
Riley on defensive front pressure: It’s been a good combination, Some old guys, some young guys…combined with a new scheme it lets them play very aggressively. Our players and recruits have enjoyed it.
Riley on Hurts turnovers: Did a good job keeping it togeterh. His poise was outstanding. Gave away a couple opportunities. Played extremely well the second half.
Riley on Hurts turnovers part two: Different situations. The one at Kansas he just didn’t see the guy. The other day he tried to make too much happen. He’s pretty conscientious about taking care of the ball. Doesn’t feel its a big issue.
Riley on the motion in offense: It wasn’t just CeeDee…but he is a dynamic player who makes things happen.
Riley on Calcaterra: He won’t play this week. Undisclosed injury (We believe concussion)
Ruley on Austin Kendall: It’s a little strange. guy was recruited and here with us for 3 years. Feels a little strange. Seen a bit of him, he’s had some games where he has played very well. They have so many new faces, pretty impressed with what they have done. Hope he is healthy and wishes him the best.
Riley on defensive depth (Asamoah and Bonitto): They have both really grown up. This new scheme really fits them. Places a premium on athleticism. It’s about becoming more consistent and they have been doing that. They aren’t hesitant when they get their opportunities. Bright futures. Impressive here early.
Riley on Hurts and his OU DNA: You continue to learn more and more about the guys you’re going to battle with…he learned more about his teammates in that game and the different responses. There was some positives there. Not sure if it’s a right of passage…not sure you feel it more than on that weekend. He’s excited about the team and where we are headed.
Riley on 11 am start and potential Texas hangover: It will tell you a lot about who we are as a team. We will probably learn more about who we are this week as compared to any other game. If we do what we are supposed to do we will continue to improve. they will get coached hard this week. A million things to get fixed. Still a sense of urgency.
Riley on Big 12 refs at coin toss: Thought it was fine. That crew has always been excellent. They told them early they were gonna call it close. We are gonna have to get with Texas next year and schedule our warmups differently next year. Was fine with the pregame personal fouls. Took control of the game. Was pretty clean and hard-fought. Thought he did a good job.
Riley on DL: Follow the leader. Younger guys followed the lead of the older guys and jumped right in and went to it. They were led well by our older players. Good to see a lot of young guys making plays.
Riley on defense: Been a lot of good receivers on that field the past few years who were tough to tackle. Our guys are very confident and aggressive in our scheme right now. They are less hesitant. They are simply in position to make those plays. Having given a lot of players the opportunity early in the season is paying off.
Riley on defense: Very excited about the progress. No doubt about it. But we are so far away from where we think we can play. I don’t want to be a downer…we are on track, but we are not by any means there. We can’t even see ‘there’ yet.
Riley on using the defense recruiting: Gives us some credibility. We felt there would be some positive results and they can see the style and schematically how we will play so that is a positive.
Riley on motivating players: A lot has changed, simply what you can do with players now to motivate them is so much more limited. Time rule, what you can spend with them…discipline, how you can discipline them has changed. Players have changed some with social media and outside opinions. It’s finding a balance about core values, beliefs and goals…understanding there is no difference.
Riley on Robert Barnes: Robert is a potential redshirt. See how it unfolds week-to-win.
Riley On Ealy & Swenson: Doing pretty well after the game, still not 100 percent. Get them as close as we can, anticipate working them this week.
Trench Warfare | Oklahoma Vs. Texas
– JY
To start the game, Texas had a 5 man box against 6 blockers up front counting Hall at the wing. When you add Hurts & Kennedy Brooks in the backfield, Texas is counting on their 5 men up front to be so dominant that they overcome a minus three advantage. Now what none of us knew, and certainly Texas didn’t either was that BOTH Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson would start and play this whole game. With a makeshift offensive line against Kansas, the Sooners were shaky up front at best. If those guys were able to go last week in Lawrence, it was great injury management by Coach Riley and the training staff to rest them and make sure they were ready to go this week.
In my opinion, I thought that the Sooners played their best game as an offensive line against Texas Tech. That was the last time the original starting five were still together before now. Having all five of those guys up front in the right positions was huge, and one of the unsung storylines coming out of Saturday. When the longhorns show up on the 1st play of the game with a five man box it’s one of two things. Either they’re reaaaly over compensating for the lack of the secondary depth they have, or they’re daring you to run the football. In essence they’re saying we’re going to make Oklahoma’s offensive line beat us.
Riley lined up three receivers to the bottom of the screen, and sent CeeDee Lamb on a drag route to the bottom as well. This is a called draw, because I can’t believe that Marquis Hayes has eyes in the back of his head. On a called pass play, Hayes stays in and looks for work. He wouldn’t have released downfield like he did and looked for somebody to block. But what’s brilliant about the design of this play is the subtlety of the design. Riley runs everybody off deep to the right, sends Lamb across shallow to the right and completely flushes any and all Texas defenders out of the area he’s running the ball back into all along. Small little details in design is how Riley and this offense produces so many huge plays game after game.
Going back to DeDe Westbrook, Riley has loved this design. He puts his best run after the catch receiver in motion, and forces the opponent to make plays and decisions on the move while giving Lamb a head start on the guy who is covering him. You could tell he really wanted to get the ball to Lamb early and often because he’s so good. Getting him going early was a big key to the game.
I believe Texas only got two hits in against Jalen Hurts Saturday. The cliche’ goes that the game is won and lost in the trenches, and the Sooners won the matchup on the offensive line as well as the defensive line. While the Sooners recorded 9 sacks against a very difficult QB to corral, the Sooners o line didn’t let Jalen Hurts get sacked once all day.
There are so so many things to like about the direction of this defense. The best coaches are the best teachers, and under Grinch, the entire defense seems educated, confident and decisive. When you mix in the effort with all of this and the scheme, the pure athletic ability and instincts of the Sooners defenders shines through. Whether it was an option play like this one, or a swing pass, Bookie attacked it. While he didn’t make the tackle, he made this play and many others. Giving the guys freedom to attack their responsibility, frees them up to play fast. Had Ehlinger pitched this ball, then I wouldn’t have been shocked if Bookie caught it and scored. Like the old school days of the option offenses, the defense then and now under Grinch attacks the qb and the pitch man. This play is sunk before it ever starts because of the study and game plan.
A tick later, Kenneth Murray is on top of Sam. You can see how tightly Bookie’s up on his guy at the right. Grinch knew that the horizontal pass game to Duvernay and option looks like this were Texas’ bread and butter. He told the guys that we’re gonna take their primary read away, and make them overcome a broken play design by forcing the issue.
And it wasn’t just Bookie. Coach Manning had all of those DB’s ready to go. Texas loves getting to the sideline on these screen plays. Manning had the corners ready to keep contain and force the runners back inside. Now the Safeties were coming downhill in a hurry. Delarrin Turner-Yell flies down the alley and blows this play up for no gain. Keeping the outside arm free at the bottom forces the longhorns back inside to the ready arms of Yell.
Somebody who didn’t get a lot of press Saturday, but who I thought played very well was Jeremiah Hall. He was aces on plays like this as a lead blocker in space. I don’t know how they do it, but since Trey Millard, the Sooners haven’t missed on their H Back evaluations. Dmitri Flowers was a stud, and now as a Sophomore, Jeremiah Hall looks like he’s settling in to be a great player for a long time.
This was probably the only mistake that CeeDee Lamb made all afternoon. Charleston Rambo has the DB sealed down inside giving his compadre a huge alley down the sideline. He must have saw something because Lamb went inside Rambo’s block instead of getting to the boundary. This is a big play if he stays to the bottom of the screen.
It seemed like at times Riley was just a step ahead of Herman’s defensive staff. Rhamondre Stevenson is wide open, with no defenders in sight, and a lead blocker to go with it. The Sooners were ROLLIN’ early, and if they don’t have the early turnovers, it’s something like 17-0 or 21-0 and the game isn’t even close. Turnovers are the great equalizer, and as much as the Sooners focus on that defensively, you have to think that at some point, they’re gonna start flowing.
This is the interception play, and the Sooners are expecting Brayden Willis to come wide open (blue arrow). This is a relatively safe play call because if the play isn’t there, just run and get what you can and let’s kick a field goal. The defense is playing well, so let’s not take any risks if the play doesn’t pop wide open. This is just a case of Hurts trying to do too much. He forced it back across the middle and paid for it.
Just like Riley, Grinch is very good with subtle differences. He does different things out of the same looks. He makes you think that he’s going to do one thing and does another. I talk alllll the time about reading pre-snap body language. On more than one instance, the Sooners gave no indication that they were blitzing.
On this play, Pat Fields comes all the way from his free safety spot past the 1st down after the snap. The design of the blitz is sound, because everybody is blanketed. It forces Ehlinger to hold the ball and give Fields time to get there. Since he wasn’t showing early, the o linemen are already engaged and don’t see him. Neither does Ehlinger. A split second later, Fields is on top of him recording another sack for the good guys.
Here’s Bookie again keeping that outside arm free and making the play while he didn’t make the tackle. Yell and company are flying up outside to shut down the longhorn lateral pass game.
Justin Broiles came in cold off the bench to make a huge play in space. The longhorns go right at him, and it’s their best guy in Duvernay. The game within the game is if you want to win the game, you have to win matchups like this. Their best wasn’t able to win this one and gets tackled for a one yard loss. The Sooners tackled better than I’ve seen them do in I don’t know when. They were lights out wrapping up and getting Longhorns on the ground.
On this sack for Murray, it was just pure desire on his part. The Sooners brought a level of effort and intensity that the Longhorns couldn’t match. On a little loop blitz, Shackelford, the Longhorns’ center gets a little bit on him, but Murray basically crawling on his hands and knees still wraps up Ehlinger and takes him to the turf. The work hes done with Wylie in the weight room getting stronger was apparent as he has no leverage but still makes the play against a very strong running qb.
One of the few times that Texas had a good play, Nik Bonnito just missed the tackle. If he crashes a little harder and is a little more decisive, then the play is stopped for no gain because you can see DeShaun White peeking out to the top of the line of scrimmage to take care of Ehlinger if he pulls it.
This is a play that I bet Nik wishes he had back, and it’s just one of those things where the horns finally made a play. The Sooners are counting on Bonitto making this play because they were attacking and committing so many resources to the screen on the outside. This play is a pure RPO(run-pass option), and Sam made the right read while the Sooners had a bust.
It seems like Riley uses the flea-flicker almost every game. It’s funny because he’s starting to mix up where he goes with the ball off of it. Most of the time, in a traditional look the offense tries to throw it deep for a big play and a score. Here he throws a wheel route off of it, and Lamb makes eleventy-million defenders miss and goes and scores. Still, you cannot run one of these plays if your offensive line can’t protect for a long time. It’s great protection up front, and a Sooners score.
Another little wrinkle we haven’t seen yet this year before Saturday was Lamb coming across off of the zone read look giving Texas more to worry about. Faking the jet sweep to him here pulls two longhorn defenders outside and gives Hurts a nice lane to get into.
Here’s Bookie again. His play recognition and instincts are very very good. This is a look that Texas has gone to a lot. They give Duvernay a running start and let him get some steam and make a guy miss. Bookie’s having none of that form the nickel spot.
A second later on what’s supposed to be a very simple play for Ehlinger, Bookie and the Sooners just took it away. The offensive line thinks its a pop pass, and they don’t have to protect very long….WRONG! Taking away that quick throw allows Jalen Redmond to run the hoop on Kerstetter and get home for the sack. Just in case Ehlinger takes off, Kenneth Murray along with Bonitto(top) and White(middle) are laying in wait to shut it down.
Tackling you can tell was such a big point of emphasis for the Sooners all week. A guy who seems to be getting better by leaps and bounds is Brian Asamoah. He’s so fast and comfortable in space that you can put him out there and you don’t really drop off in your coverage ability. This is a swing pass to Ingram, who’s a pretty darn good player. Not since Ontei Jones and Torrance Marshall have we seen the Sooners attack in space and tackle as well as they did. This is a great play by the Ohio native.
This is another case of a Sooners defender making the play while a teammate makes the tackle. LaRon Stokes (blue) keeps his contain responsibilities and forces Ehlinger to take a cutback right up into big Neville Gallimore who lays a big lick on him.
When it was time to put the game away, Riley went back to the run game. Brooks and Stevenson had the Sooners down within scoring range in two plays. The offensive line has the Horns all pinned down inside where Stevenson can just take off down the stripe for another long gainer.
On the snap, Trey Sermon took off to the left, forcing the linebacker to go with em. With a physical O line and strong trio of center and guards this play is really really hard to stop. The end has outside responsibility with hurts, but this is just a called QB dive. Hall seals the backside and makes it easy for Hurts to get up in there for the final score of the game. Brilliant in its’ simplicity.
To ice the game, it’s just a hat on a hat. Texas has only one timeout left at this point, and once Hurts gets this first down it’s game over. The Sooners were way more dominant in this game than the final score indicated. Even with the big win, the mentality of this team is one you have to like. You know they aren’t content and just keep talk about getting better. Halfway through the season, sitting at 6-0, you have to like where they are.
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