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After a couple of years of an offensive drought, Saturday felt like consuming water by way of a firehose.
Oklahoma State blew previous Murray State 59-0 on Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. I’ve already shared 10 ideas within the fast fallout of the sport, however after going again and rewatching it, listed here are three extra issues I seen.
1. OSU Showed Some Fun Formations on Its Second Drive
The spotlight of Oklahoma State’s second drive from Saturday evening is (and ought to be) Wyatt Young’s one-handed seize in the long run zone, however earlier than it bought to that time, the Cowboys flashed some enjoyable formations which may give opposing defensive coordinators one thing to consider.
The first got here on the second play of the drive when the Cowboys hurried to the road and had Wyatt Young line up at working again and Justin Bowick at tight finish (sorry for the potato-quality image):
Drew Mestemaker tossed to Young, who performed quarterback in highschool, and Young ran for a achieve of 8 yards.
Formations had been pretty normal problem till the seventh play of the drive, when Caleb Hawkins lined up at quarterback, taking the snap and faking a toss to Mestemaker earlier than plowing ahead for an 8-yard achieve.
At the least, these formations are one thing opposing groups could have to remember. At essentially the most, OSU may pull some wild trick play out of it.
2. I Think This Was My Favorite Mestemaker Throw
My Mestemaker dot of the day goes to be a ball he threw to Miles Coleman late within the first quarter.
Throwing from his personal 16-yard line, Mestemaker hit Coleman 29 yards down subject, dropping it in a bucket amongst three Racer defenders.
It ended up being a achieve of 34, serving to arrange the Cowboys’ third landing of the day.
A detailed second favourite throw would possibly’ve been when Mestemaker hit the breaks within the pocket to keep away from the push earlier than flat-footing a ball in a bucket 30 yards down the sector to Bowick.
It’s a stage of arm expertise Oklahoma State hasn’t had in fairly a while (possibly ever?).
3. Morris Was Pumped About William Mason, Here’s Why
Perhaps the longest-lasting place battle of the OSU soccer season is RB2. And by the sounds of it, that battle gained one other contestant Saturday evening if something.
“I thought William Mason did a phenomenal job when he came in,” Morris mentioned. “… I’ll tell you, to be true, William Mason might’ve pushed for a little bit more playing time today just because the way that he played when he did get his reps. William has been phenomenal in special teams for us, plays almost all of them. Has been locked in and continues to grow as a player. So, yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if after watching that tape if we give No. 22 a couple more chances.”
Depending on how in-deep you might be with OSU soccer, you is likely to be questioning, who’s William Mason? And what was it that he did to earn such a glowing assessment from his head coach postgame? Let’s dive in.
First of all, Mason is a 5-foot-11, 226-pound senior who transferred to OSU from UCO this offseason. He performed in 30 video games with the Bronchos, the place he took 280 carries and turned them into 1,627 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Mason performed simply eight offensive snaps on Saturday, however in that stretch he carried 5 instances for 48 yards (9.2 yards per carry).
He had one carry that went for lower than 9 yards, being a lack of one by which he was met by a couple of guys within the gap. Take that away, and he averaged 11.8 yards a rush.
Mason is the man who arrange KD Jones’ landing, working for 32 yards on that drive earlier than Jones subbed in and paid it off. Then Jones did most of his work on the subsequent collection.