yeah i think our secondary may be able to bait Mateer into some dumb throws.

Posted on September 9, 2026 at 12:14:29 PM by DetUMICH

but definitely worried about our linebackers being out of position and him running/scrambling.

On the other side, let’s hope our OL and run game come to play. Need to establish that running game to make life easier on Bryce.

Also, I’m not saying i’m not worried about Bryce’s development, but i recall Arch having a pretty disastrous start to his first year starting (but third year on campus) and putting it together later in the year. including going 11/25 with 114 yards, 1 td, 1int against UTEP in game 3 of the season (after being mediocre at ohio state—which can be forgiven as osu was an insanely good defense that year).

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I think we match up really well with OU on defense. They aren't good enough at running to expose the linebackers, and our elite secondary should give Mateer issues.* - By Bluebuck September 9, 2026 at 12:05:35 PM
- Their OL is a mess. We need to get a turnover and a short field and run the ball well enough to win a 19-17 type game( - By y2wolv September 9, 2026 at 12:18:16 PM
  - We need to get off the field on 3rd. Depth behind pierce and Etta is non existent as of now. Hopefully Palepale emerges, I think he played ok, but didn’t play very much.* - By ameriKa September 9, 2026 at 12:48:21 PM
- yeah i think our secondary may be able to bait Mateer into some dumb throws. - By DetUMICH September 9, 2026 at 12:14:29 PM
- Mateer's running ability is a huge concern. We'll have be disciplined in our rush/contain lanes. Have to get off the field on 3rd downs. * - By django September 9, 2026 at 12:10:35 PM
  - Yea. I bet we play pretty well on 1st and 2nd, but he’s gonna be a big problem again on 3rd down. And he isn’t injured like he was the majority of last season so you can’t just ignore his passing* - By ameriKa September 9, 2026 at 12:15:04 PM
    - i don’t think he was injured during our game. but your point stands generally.* - By DetUMICH September 9, 2026 at 12:18:47 PM
      - Right, and he played pretty well against us despite the bad int. I was only saying we don’t get the courtesy of playing against him when he is one dimensional * - By ameriKa September 9, 2026 at 12:46:33 PM
- He'll toss up 4-5 hero balls on Saturday. Absolutely have to convert a couple of those into turnovers.* - By LS&Play September 9, 2026 at 12:09:56 PM

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yeah i think our secondary may be able to bait Mateer into some dumb throws.