Insisting on the Run Game
Posted on: September 13, 2015
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We’ll have more complete notes up regarding the OU vs. Tennessee game in the next day or so but I wanted to make a quick note about OU’s run game last night.
Last night OU ran the ball 48 times. OU threw the ball 39 times. A Leach disciple ran the ball more than he threw it.
On numerous occasions in the past I’ve watched OU’s offense stifled and they would abandon the run game at the first sign of resistance. Lincoln Riley didn’t. It paid dividends at the end of the game. The common saying is that running the ball is like body blows, they show up late in the fight. If any of you saw Erislandy Lara fight Canelo Alvarez, you saw an elite boxer with great speed and fluidity in Lara lose (debatably) a fight because Alvarez stuck with the plan to go to the body and it pay dividends late.
For those of you who read my keys to the game on Friday, one in particular turned out to be critical:
Stay balanced. If you assume first down is a run down and third down is a pass down then the offensive balance is in the hands of 2nd down. If OU is able to pass all over the Vols then by all means, let it fly. But Tennessee is going to come out with a lot of energy looking to suffocate the run game early. In a game that most predict will be tight, the body blows in the first half and giving the offensive line a chance to find a run blocking rhythm will be critical in the second half. OU can’t do what OU has done many times in the past in their spread sets which is to abandon the run at the first sign of resistance.
Tennessee showed us what we already know, good defensive fronts and man coverage can suffocate the traditional air-raid offenses…tackle well in space, stop the run with the front (keeping safeties back), pressure the quarterback, play a lot of man coverage (forcing a lot of tight throws and making the wide receivers work hard to get open) and take away the underneath stuff.
The way a team like Baylor has countered this is by staying committing to the run game and developing a deep precision attack. OU doesn’t have the deep attack developed yet and if they want to take the next step in the Big 12, they’ll need to (3 points through 3 quarters won’t do it in the Big 12). But what they do have is a offensive coordinator who gets it.
Riley knew that for the team to have a chance they’d have to find a way to run the ball. You can’t let a team play two high on you all day (Tennessee did a lot until late in the game). And you need those body blows to help the run game come open but also to slow down the pass rush as the game wears on…which is exactly what happened.
On OU’s final score in regulation, they ran the ball 8 times out of 13 total plays! They held the ball for 5 mins and 26 secs! OU SEC’d Tennessee.
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This game = Instant classic!
‘Twas a great 4th quarter and OT. Loved the way they fought and stayed in it. Defense save them for sure but what pure guts ou had at the end. It was awesome. Anyone know which recruits were at the game?
Welcome back Sooner Magic!! It’s been a while. BOOMER!!
Kindly disagree about Sooner Magic – this was all about Sooner Heart. They took punches and never quit. There was no magic on those Q4 drives – they imposed their will on the opponent. No trick plays necessary, no individual act of heroism, just plain team toughness. Well done Sooners!
When Coach Switzer and Little Joe call it Sooner Magic… it’s Sooner Magic… but it was great to see the heart and determination of this team. Get the feeling last year’s team would have gotten beat by 30 or more.
I’m gonna say that Baker extending one of the most critical plays of the game, and getting a holding penalty called on Tenn as a result, was one of several examples, along with the pass interference in the end zone, that showed equal parts of Sooner Heart and Sooner Magic. And Sooner Magic, for sure, is the combination of whatever it takes to come away with an amazing gutsy come from behind win. IMHO
Hey Plaw: Please don’t digress from the holy concept known as “Sooner Magic”. This wholly unique trait of OU Football has been alive for over 40 years … it is untouchable and cannot be duplicated nor can it be diminished. Even though the team’s rankings were high, the game was a game of legend. This game in Knoxville was totally reminiscent of the Nebraska games, The Kick in the Horseshoe, the crazy Bedlam games, the 2000 A&M game, etc. where Sooner Magic was on full display. Those teams had unshakeable confidence in their abilities and the players truly enjoyed their time as a Sooner. Their dedication to the game created Sooner Magic. There is only one OU, and there is likewise only one Sooner Magic. I like your term Sooner Heart, but that “heart” is a necessary ingredient of Sooner Magic .. much like Sooner Patience, Sooner Confidence, Sooner Pride, etc., are all needed. You’re not wrong, but I’m sorry, it was not “all about Sooner Heart” … there is so much more than heart that was on display yesterday … it was uniquely Sooner Football and it was uniquely Sooner Magic.
You sir have passed the test regarding your understanding of Sooner Magic. A+
I forgot about Sooner Faith and Sooner Spirit … gotta add those to the recipe for Sooner Magic.
You are 1000% correct. This was how Switzer won a lot of big games. And don’t forget the mental toughness on part of the team to hang in the game for so long. Mental toughness has been absent for YEARS. This could jumpstart a really big season!
The definition of “Sooner Magic” was Lil Joe’s return.
https://youtu.be/AocfL-BkJhQ
Just a bit reminiscent of Shep’s leap into the endzone.
You don’t need to school me in Sooner Magic – I’ve watched or listened to every Sooner game since 1970. I grew up with Fairbanks and Switzerland. That said, last night was all heart – no magic necessary. I reserve Sooner Magic for games that we aren’t expected to win and a magical play sprinkles that winning dust on the Sooners. I’m just so proud that this team kept its head up in a hostile environment and didn’t fold like a cheap suit. This team is showed some character that will serve them well as they march toward their season goals.
i just noticed there was no SOONER!!!! to your prompt.
Good points. But criticism is appropriate too. Bowling Green passed on the Vols at will. Our offense stammered and sputtered for nearly 3 quarters. I had no idea what the game plan was. Were we knocked out of it in the first quarter?
I’d run the ball too if my Qb had as much trouble completing a pass as Baker had in the first half.
The defense made this win possible. After a poor first 20 minutes they got it together to shut down Tennessee.
Story of the game – Grit and determination of the players, not coaching.
He threw several catchable passes they just weren’t caught for whatever reason and one turned into a pick. I don’t remember his other int but the good thing about his picks is they didn’t end up ran back for 6.
This^^^ then throw in the numorus penalties, bad starting position. It was a mudder type of game.
Seriously. During the first three quarters, literally everything went Tenn’s way. Drops, penalties, non calls. I think Tenn only had a single penalty in the first half, while there was that instant whistle on the Tenn fumble that Parker ran back. For a while there, I was having flashbacks of Oregon.
I agree. Neal didn’t help Mayfield at all early in the game. He had some big drops, as did Westbrook. Still don’t know why we couldn’t and didn’t expoit that freshman UT linebacker that had them penalties holding Andrews a few times. That was a gigantic mismatch and we kept taking Andrews out of the game.
At times, Tennessee had good coverage on our WRs. Baker also missed opportunities to throw to open guys. He was a little antsy in the beginning, leaving the pocket too early.
Baker is pretty decent at running the ball, which I had wondered about, months ago. However, there was a decent pocket for him to step up into several times and he didn’t, scampered away instead.
I do agree that our receiving game has to come online soon (better vertical game, please!). When it does, and the OLine also comes together, OU’s offense will be tough to handle.
Sure he missed some throws. But he ran for his life a lot of the night. Neal’s drops killed our momentum early in the game. For a senior imo those drops are inexcusable. Still don’t know how they overturned his catch on the sideline though. I would like to see maybe a formation where its an i-formation with mixon and perine, and perine is the fb. We could hand it to either guy.
He came up big a few times too but I hear you. Very inconsistent. Sterling seems to be the only consistent receiver we have. Other than the backs. I thought Sterling and Perine’s catches in the end zone were just awesome displays of concentration. Hand to the face bang bang plays and they both looked it in and made great catches.
Andrews missed block after block – that is why he was taken out. He wanted to be an outside receiver, but most of OUr wideouts have blocked better than he has. He is a great potential weapon, so I really, really hope he improves his blocking.
I noticed that at time of the play. It was early in the game and his miss of a block got Shep lit up. I think that he just needs some extra practice time with spacial recognition.
His other pick was a mis-communication with receiver. He threw where he thought the guy was gonna be.
The other interception came when one of the receivers turned the wrong way and Mayfield through to the spot as planned. Just the wrong guy there waiting for it. So that was a bit on the WR too. I thought Baker may have been a little amped up when he through that to Westbrook. Thus the bullet that slipped through his hands.
I disagree. Yes the players won this game. But I saw a DC and an OC that were willing to make changes and to eventually force their will on the opposing team. Your right the passing game was off. So, our OC chose to run the heck out of the ball and in the end it paid off big time. Once Baker was able to find space in the 4th quarter he was then able to throw the ball. I love the fact that in the first game we passed the ball like crazy and in this game we ran the ball. Teams are going to have a hard time planning for this O.
This.
Vols were missing their #2 DB and their secondary coach vs BGSU. Bowling green got to play an easier version than we saw, and also a one about 10% as fired up.
Give credit to the vols defense, they played a heck of a game.
The offensive line wasn’t blocking many people early, and neither were the backs. It’s hard to have success with the other team controls the LOS.
Had some drops, and Baker overshot some open receivers.
oh we definitely didnt play that well offensively the 1st 3 quarters, but a lot of that was because the vols did their part.
Good thing our defense won their battles at the LoS for the majority of the night.
the vols were missing a couple of critical defensive players late in this game as well, which probably helped things a bit….
Certainly didnt hurt. Luck of the draw in football. We lost anderson, he just didnt have the impact on us, that someone like maggitt has for them.
and the other dude who had his bell rung as well. I have no idea if we were able to take advantage of it, but it had to help. And, yes, it is definitely the luck of the draw. We had our share of things to overcome as well.
Are you serious? Baker had a 52 yd completion called back- had wide open receivers drop passes and was harassed all night. He made up for any deficiencies by having eyes in the back of his head and eluding the pass rush to keep us in the game.
Coaching was fine. Defense was very good.
You apparently have an axe to grind. Let it go and enjoy the win.
Beg to differ. I believe that BGSU’s success can be attributed to UT going vanilla in preparation for us, not because they were better. UT came into yesterday’s game with different schemes, different blitzes and a wholly different attitude. We overcame a lot, to include our own miscues.
trolls are gonna troll. agendas are gonna show themselves. this does not surprise me coming from you
i can’t agree with poor coaching, after 8 minutes it was 17-0. After 4 quarters Tennessee still had 17 points to show. That’s good coaching & play calling on the D.
I’m as delighted we won as any of you, but an honest evaluation of the overall performance raises questions. Good teams don’t have trouble getting going against Akron. Sure Tennessee is better, which meant it took even longer.
My point about coaching isn’t directed at adjustments made during the game. Rather it’s a concern about being ready to play at kickoff. A poor first possession is to be expected, but not poor first 5 or more possessions or more.
I agree that the O Line is new and young, up against a good defensive unit. But the game plan should have been designed to minimize the exposure. I didn’t see that being the case. On defense, the first 15 minutes, they looked about as bad, then looked tired. Bob always talks about the importance of preparation, we didn’t look prepared and the Vols exploited it. I’m sure that affected our confidence level. When we got it going in the 4th, we rolled as our confidence grew and theirs collapsed.
That was my critique. I don’t think it was an unreasonable assessment.
I may be underestimating Tennessee, but I don’t think their offense is that good. They have very good athletes who can play, but we will face better Qb’s in the Big 12.
They have to start better. Not sure why it took 3.5 quarters to figure out how to move the ball. That said, they stuck with it and that’s something I haven’t seen an OU team do in a couple seasons.
Read what K said again. You pound the rock and you eventually wear them down.
OU scored a TD on each of their last 4 possessions. It wasn’t that they changed the play calling (they did try different plays), as much as they wore down the Tenn defense.
I know that but at the same time it shouldn’t come down to the last 4 possessions (2 in overtime) to put points up.
But it did and OU had the mental toughness to win a game where they were out played for over half the game. Credit Mike Stoops for this win
Mike is the unsung hero of the game. Really made some great calls late.
In the history of football great teams or good teams sometimes struggle on offense. When I was a kid Steelers and Raiders played games 7-6, 13-10. If OU only scores 25 points and the other team 14 I ‘m good. A win is a win now with a 4 team playoff.
I’m not complaining about the win, and the game was maybe one of the most exciting games I’ve watched. I’m just saying the offense being stagnant that long isn’t going to cut it in most games and we can’t rely on comebacks of that nature every week. Things really need to be sorted out but you’re right, a win is a win.
It shouldn’t but it does. When it does, OU needs to stand up and punch Drago right in the mouth.
Rocky IV was on recently. I’m running out of metaphors.
My metaphor game isn’t on point right now, I have nothing. )-:
We shouldn’t have to do that though. This offense is suppose to be producing like the Baylor and TT offenses have been this year. That is what it is designed to do. Maybe we don’t have the players yet. Maybe we just aren’t running it well. I don’t know. But we didn’t bring in Riley to run an offense that wears the opponent down late to score 17 points in regulation. That won’t cut it most nights.
I really think it’s youth and nerves. On our first drive (before the INT), we were moving pretty quickly down the field. But Baker was a little on edge and put too much behind the pass to Westbrook. After that, the crowd really got into it and inexperience showed. But if we played that game at home? OU wins by 30.
OU does not win that game by 30 in Norman.
We’ll see if it’s nerves against Tulsa. No reason for the offense to not come out on fire against them.
This is the second game in the new offense. That combined with new faces on the oline means you can’t expect perfection at this point against a top 25 team in a hostile environment. It will take time to settle in. The good news is we won the hardest challenge until the last month of our schedule. We have time to get better.
I think we just played the best team on our schedule
Great Defense.
But I have been reading here about the great bunch of receivers, I guess
only one showed up.
I’m honestly not worried about the offense. The oline has been a lot worse than I thought they would be but they will continue to get better each and every week. This offense can scheme to help the oline but you can’t have penalties and drops and poor oline play. I would like to see the bigger, more physical receivers out there, in a quick passing game against press man they can simply box out the dbs with their bigger body. Just having Andrews out there led to 2 holding penalties that were huge! OU will come home, clean up some things against Tulsa and during the bye week and come out in great shape to do some serious damage against the big12.
Agree. Not going to single any one guy out, we all watched. Just some guys that are struggling. Seems it was always something, a dropped pass, a tipped ball, a procedure penalty, a hold…it only takes one. And the idea that you don’t have to run the ball, I have to disagree with and apparently so does Coach LR. The 1st game receivers blocking was crucial. Yesterday we saw when receivers miss their blocks.
And one of the big things with this offense has always been it starts finding a rhythm after first downs. Last night they couldn’t buy a first down early on because of the penalties and tips and drops like you said.
Exactly. Neither Riley nor the team could any sort of rhythm going until they settled in and began making some 1st downs. 4 3 n outs and a 5 play ‘drive’ and a 6 play drive plus an Int before the FG for the 1st half.
Drive chart: http://www.soonersports.com/ViewContent.dbml?CONTENT_ID=1416063&DB_OEM_ID=31000#GAME.DRV
Are offense will be just fine , they played a great D in their house , this game is such a confidence booster for this team
Do you think we see more plays out of the pistol going forward? Seems its easier to run out of that formation
Lets Perine come downhill
Exactly. And OL wouldn’t have to hold blocks as long
Yep. He needs momentum to power through tacklers
Exactly. Been saying that for a year.
What I saw from the OL was a team struggling to play at game speed but slowly they caught up. If they continue to improve the sky is the limit. Baylors O is good but their D isn’t. B12 title is possible if and a big IF the OL gels and Mayfield isn’t running for his life, even on plays he doesn’t need to because he expects to need to.
Agree. UT’s speed was greater than Akron’s. I just didn’t think it would take 3 Qtrs. But, hey, the 4th Qtr was simply magical.
Any reason Samia lost playing time?
Well, I think he struggled quite a bit and that is likely the reason they went with St John more.
Samia is gonna have growing pains. Tulsa will be a good game for him to try to gain some rhythm.
Sure seemed like everyone was slamming St. John for his performance or lack of it in the first game, but it wouldn’t surprise me if experience played a big factor in this setting.
I think it’s a lot easier to stay balanced when neither your run game nor pass game are working (us thru about three quarters).
I’d caution that on the final scoring drive in regulation, some of those runs were QB’s scrambles (I think), and a lot of those plays were run from within the 5-7 yard line, which lends to running in any offense.
There will be games were we run it more, games we throw it more, and games that appear balanced. Trying to guess before each game what we are going to do, or what we are going to need to do, is silly, IMO. Because there likely won’t be any rhyme or reason to it.
Field position had a lot to do with the ratio of run to pass in this game. You nailed it on the red zone a sect and then the flip side is we spent most of the game backed up with terrible field position. Going to see more runs there bc of risk.
The crowd and the setting definitely appeared to be a factor for most of the game. Proud of the way the guys fought through it, but it sure seemed like it was making things difficult at times.
In defense of the O-Line .. sort-of
in almost 50 years of watching football I don’t remember ever seeing a line or team make that many mistakes , have that little in the way of production , for that long ; without getting down on themselves ,,, falling apart .. or just giving up .. not even close !
Here’s to a bunch of mostly green young guys and they’re coaches , who never , ever say die !
Boomer !
3 of the 5 OL that played in the game were seniors or redshirt seniors. 🙂
I get Brown making mistakes. The others should be beyond that in terms of the false starts, dumb holds, and simply whiffing on blocks. I know even good OL get beat on occasion, so I’m not talking about those plays. But from the C position to the right, we should be better than we are.
Which really shows how the depth issue has dogged OU. Ty is really the lone full time starter. Nila has always shared starts. No proven upperclassmen ready to step in when OU loses their OTs to the nfl. Perilously thin in experienced guys still.
Speaking of RT, did Samia see the field at all? Thought he was maybe a bit of a better run blocker than St. John.
Goonies!
Great name for the O-Line
Sooner!!!
The best thing to happy to this team is not having MS on the field, brow beating the players when they come off the field. The coaches we have down there use every opportunity as a teaching tool, not for a butt chewing session for all the world to see. It’s paying dividends already, players are not loosing their focus or hanging their heads. They get ready for the next chance to do it better. Also, Baker Mayfield has a quality very few Qb’s have, he simply moves on to the next play, not looking back thinking coulda, shoulda, woulda.
I bet Mike’s happier too. I’m sure he’s not real proud of the times he’s lost it. It’s an emotional game. And he cares, it’s not always healthy though. So this was a brilliant move for his and the teams sake. Plus, adjustments worked for the most part.
I am gratified with the Sooner win.
There is much for the coaches and players to work on in a close, tough game than there is a blowout. I expect the players, all of them on both sides of the ball, will continue to improve with good coaching and from experience.
What we do know for certain is this team believes they will win and won’t quit.
Yeah Baby Yeah!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2HBdRCroks
The defense played outstanding. Game balls for all. On offense we absolutely have to develop the long ball to keep the secondary from crowding the short yardage stuff. Baker and the outside receivers need to develop the timing for the 40 & 4 balls. That will open up the field dramatically. These next few games are the ones to develop this skill before the gauntlet of November.
Agree, but differently. Establishing the run, causing the opposing team to bring down another safety, will open up the longer routes (or vertical passing game). We’ve got to get Samaje and Joe running all over.
Sure. Many ways to set up the long ball. But I think it is key to have that threat however we get there.
I agree with you. But we have to remember this line is young and you saw a lot of maturation last night with them. I’m going to say this now, this oline will be the best unit in the Big 12 maybe in the country by the end of the season. That is how confident I am with Coach B.
West Virginia on October 3rd is the date we need to be ready for.
Before we get down on this offense as some seem to be doing. Let’s realize that six starters on offense last night were starting their first road game in a Sooner uniform. They were all starting only their second game in this new offense. They aren’t yet what they are going to be.
Given all that, we won the game and we have yet to lose anyone off the two deep due to injury. You could see improvement happening through the game. It’s going to get better.
It will be interesting to see how the offense develops from this point forward. Meaning that we ran the ball a lot better in the 4th qtr as the defense wore down and showed to be our team strength (no pun intended). Will the inside power run game be emphasized early on in games, or will we still come out throwing in 5 wide sets? Will we be more ground and pound (or current strength) to set up Air Raid, or will we still try the air route first and ground second? I think LR’s offense is at a cross roads of sort.
I think this offense is designed to always be at a cross roads. It’s meant to be flexible. I don’t think we will ever see a fixed way of doing things it will depend on the players we have and the situation we find ourselves in.
I agree. That is how Baylor has done it the last few seasons. Every player has to be a Swiss Army knife type and not serviceable in only one style or the other.
Yeah I think they’ve done a great job recruiting “football players” over trying to get that prototypical WR or OT. They’ve got kids who can just flat play football. Coleman is beast.
Speaking of Baylor … isn’t it interesting that Bryce Petty went so low in the draft ‘cuz his NFL IQ was too low??
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-nfl-has-a-quarterback-crisis-1441819454
That is some crazy info. Yiu would think the modern day Qb would be above average in intelligence and just dang quick in processing and absorbing information.
I’m wondering if Mariota’s initial success is attributable to what you’re saying? It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the Oregon system had all the tools an NFL-QB prospect would need going to the next level.
We face Baylor’s former OC next week against Tulsa- it’ll be a test and tune-up of sorts guaranteed.
I agree. This will be a pass defense stress test. That coach is pretty familiar with OUs defensive schemes so he will have a plan of attack.
Woud love to see Alex Ross get a few touches somehow. Wheel routes, sweeps, even a a handoff from a deep I back set. Hate seeing all that speed sitting on the bench.
Isn’t Brooks the fastest of the backs?
Last I read he was
Yes. As an offense should be. Today, KC played Houston, a tough team to run against they came out throwing.
Good take. I am hoping Riley learned a lesson Saturday night about getting the ball into the hands of all his assets, not just his receivers.
O-line really grew up in the 4th. Really need someone besides Shep to beat their coverage with some consistency. AD Miller did and got the PI call, I’m sure we’ll see more of him now.
BS has never lost less than 4 games in a season with at new OL. We all knew that coming in. None of this should be a surprise. If anything should be a surprise, it should be that we won at Neyland.
This is an exciting and fun time for OU football, but we need to be realistic about what we have and what we can do.
The good news is, we have a real chance to win the next 7 and go into the final 3 at 9-0 and with a more experienced line. It will take a lot of work by the team…all the team…and probably a little luck to get to 9-0, but I think we can do it.
While I agree. I think it sounds as if most of us have accepted the fact that the OU 2000-2004 and 07-08 Stoops teams aren’t coming back We expected and were expected to compete for a national title. I have high expectations and do not like the 05, 13, 14 seasons. I don’t know why Baylor has won 3 of four from us. I am optimistic about 2015, but the Oline is not up to par IMHO. I’m hoping we can start fast and all the guys improve, but I don’t recall this much of a struggle. 09? Perhaps.
2013 vs Baylor – defense ran out of juice after the first half because the offense couldn’t get anything going
2014 vs Baylor – we hit Baylor with a hard one two punch in the mouth to open the game and then they hit us right back. Only difference was, instead of fighting back like they did after we slammed them in the face, we got stunned and were too afraid to drop our guard and go back to throwing punches. We just laid back on the ropes hoping to survive the fight. So glad we didn’t do that last night against Tennessee!
Hopefully, Shep against to play against Baylor for a full game this time. For all intents and purposes, Shep didn’t play against Baylor in the 2013 and 2014 seasons and that was a huge blow to the Sooners. The Sooner offense was far more an issue against Baylor than the defense was the past two seasons. That will be proven this season.
I couldn’t agree with you more regarding the defense and would also like to see Shep get a chance to play 4 quarters against Baylor. I think the type of fight we saw against Tennessee and our team being ready to shut Baylor up will go a long way to beating them in their house this year.
We all knew what?! So he’s only had two seasons in the last 14,since 2000, where he’s rebuilding the O-line?
I’m excited the Defense is back. Adjustments were made at halftime and a solid home team was shut down. The defensive coordinator, the position coaches and the defenders should all get a game ball. They kept the Sooners in the game until “the flood gates could open.”
While true, 2005, Oklahoma was dealing with a redshirt freshman QB in Bomar and a freshmen receiving corps (Kelly, Iggy and Johnson and the lone experienced receiver, Travis Wilson was injured early in the season). In 2006, due to the injury of Sam Bradford, Oklahoma was starting yet another redshirt freshman QB in Landry Jones and once again, dealing with a largely inexperienced receiving corps outside of sophomore Ryan Broyles having one year under his belt.
This season is far different in that Baker Mayfield has far more experience than Bomar or Jones did and while the receiving corps is a work in progress, Shep alone makes it better than the 2005 group and overall depth is better than it was in 2009.
It’s still a grave concern though if Shep goes down like he did last season.
I agree we shouldn’t get down on them, but obviously our OL is the weak link. We need to be creative to mask that weakness. We are a bit soft in the middle, and weak at the point of attack.
I don’t think we will improve that to the point of it not being a liability.
We’re through two games now and have struggle mightily on offense. Not saying we need to bash them, but we should be prepared for a rough road ahead in Big 12 play.
Don’t discount the veracity and power of simply finding a way to win. Some teams beat you with overwhelming power but others beat you because they figure out how. I really like Mayfield, and I’m convinced he’s what we need to get to #8. I mean geezus, he …. just … has … so … much … FUN!! I believe our team is of the “we’ll figure out how to win” variety, and I absolutely love it. I have not been this stoked about an OU team since 2000 … it’s wonderful!!
Ha, no sense me raining on your parade. I hope you’re right.
me too dude, me too.
Thanks for the unnecessary lecture
C’mon now. We don’t need the negativity here. No one is making you read/participate.
His comment has been deleted.
I flagged it. Is that an acceptable thing to do? First time I’ve done it, just wanted to see what would happen.
You deleted a simple legitimate comment for no good reason. We don’t need some self-appointed master to lecture us or insult us. What he is doing is extremely offensive. And yet you let it go. My response was civil and understated. FYI, these are the kinds of guys that have driven people off other boards. They’ve destroyed those forums, so now they move on to you. FYI, many of these people never attended OU and get their jollies being bullies on your board. You support name-calling and personal attacks against me by Maverick and BoomerSooner. BoomerSooner has been particularly vitriolic and sends me vicious emails. They are the ones who are out of bounds. You yourself wince at the tiniest criticism, yet I have supported you in the past and have tried to soothe your oversensitive nature to the whiney criticism of these people. If you let these trolls shape you, then you’ll become as pathetic as they are. Criticism is a normal part of life. Most of these people who “dislike negativity” are the most negative people on this board. I have supported OU football since way before any of you were born and do not appreciate this treatment. I have enjoyed your posts and what you bring to the table, but what you have now done is unsupportable. FYI, I am one of the few people here who uses a real name. I stand behind it.
Trolls gonna troll.
Emails? Save it douchebag. You and I both know that’s not true. You can take you and your hurt feewings and amscray. If you look up piece of s$#@ in a dictionary(book of meanings of words), you will find you
useless douche is still useless…and douche. beat it scumbag. no need for you or anyone like you here. hopefully others see your post history before you block it
I have seen it, he’s a malcontent.
I think this gripe back in July might look a little less correct – and not just the spelling errors.
BOB’S OU TEAMS HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING QUITTERS IN BIG GAMES AFTER THEY GET BEHIND– A HUGE EMBARASSMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALLIEVIATED BY MORE OKLAHOMA KIDS ON THE ROSTER.
And the yelling and his first comment….
/malcontent
Exactly. This was our hurdle game. Two games into the season with so many newbies and a new offense is not nearly enough time to have the offense tweaked. There is a very high ceiling for this offense! I’m jazzed.
Bob I totally agree. We all can see that the Oline has to improve the most of all. They did play very well 4th qtr on but we need to them to grow up fast. But with all the newcomers you could see nerves for sure. Imagine your first true road game being infront of what was a great active and loud crowd of 102k. Wow
The only other thing I want to be a complainer about is Andrews and why he didn’t play more. Everyone he was in field good things happened but I know there is a reason why they didn’t play him as much but would have loved to see him more.
same ol’ usual reason. If you miss key blocks and/or get somebody blown up, you’re not gonna see the field much.
I did notice he’s still got some work to do when it comes to blocking on the line, which isn’t surprising considering he was a WR in high school. Will take Andrews some time to figure it out, but once he does (most likely close to the end of the season) look out because he will be a beast!!!
Bob I agree. But when can we say they’ve gotten it? Tulsa will be better than Akron I think. But still that is not a test. WVU? I say one game at a time we did enough to win, that’s all that matters each game. 12-0.
The thing is with college players, about time they “get it” they move on to the league or on to life. No need to hammer on some nineteen year old kid because he got nervous and made a mistake in front of 100+K people.
I’m going to enjoy the win and let the coaches and the players worry about the problems. I’m sure they are going to. I can’t do a thing about any of it anyway other than comment on it.
Amen brother. Sorry about the clown. Ruins a perfectly good post and conversation
If they can hear, and be successful at a hostile and “raucous sellout Neyland Stadium crowd of 102,455 — the largest gathering ever to see an Oklahoma game”, they can make it anywhere. But rumor has it they spent 32 hours yesterday afternoon reviewing their mistakes. LOL I’m still hoping Lampkin and Overton could add to the 4 man front in November. Maybe the receiving corps needs to catch tennis balls the rest of the practices this year.
This deserves a watch.
https://youtu.be/b1L4OpCXYFo
geezus dude … thank you for that video! wow … just … effin … wow.
Thought they were kidding when game ball for even the chaplain was mentioned until I watched this last night. Love Walker’s reaction, and the whole locker room, when the defenses gets called for their great play.
Gives me chills!
It was great for the young men to celebrate one another. This was on the OU postgame show (on cable TV Sunday morning, but not right after the game).
Disappointed that Soonersports hasn’t deigned to post the post game presser comments from Mike and Riley. Vols site doesn’t have those but it does have more than Soonersports, http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/091215aam.html
I think scout has the OU presser vids up. They did last night. Too lazy to link them for you.
Also, anything official on Rodney Anderson?
It’s a flesh wound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_cUTmQykc
“I’ve had worse.”
Hopefully he didn’t re injure his knee. It would be a season killer
Pretty sure it was his ankle/lower leg.
Yeah, don’t wanna speculate too much, but I’m guessing broken ankle or fibula/tibia.
It’s never good when they put the air cast on.
I could see his leg was bent so I think its lower tib/fib which if it is will require rod and surgery. Hope it’s not.
they will sometimes aircast an injury even if they only suspect a break, however minor or major, until they can get the injury fully investigated…
If he is indeed out for the season, I believe he would be eligible to get a medical RS.
Can we give it up to that Maybin kid from UT? Guy was a warrior. 21 tackles last night.
Is maybin the same one that got called for defensive holding twice late?
No, that was Jumper. Maybin had the dreads. Was all over the field.
Just rewatched the 4th Q and OT..was Sanchez’s pick one-handed? The picture isn’t quite clear enough for me to see but it definitely looks one handed.
Dear TFB, can we pretty please get a breakdown/commentary of Baker’s pocket awareness in the first two games. Seems like half the time his scrambling is unnecessary. Love the kid, but I’m not sold just yet that he’s an above average QB.
A lot of QBs break away from the pocket a little too early. BM does that. He WILL improve with coaching and experience. I just saw the same thing in an early Pro game. The QB scrambled right when he could have stepped up. A receiver broke free over the middle heading left and he had no way to get him the ball – pro level error. I too love the kid and believe Lincoln will work with him on his view of the field.
Yeah I’m not bashing him. Just an aspect of his game he hasn’t improved on much in his development. He still made some amazing plays on the move. Just not sure how long he can keep that up. Pretty sure that’s not how Riley draws it up. He shouldn’t be getting more than 5-6 carries a game imo.
I did notice a couple of “panic” pocket evacuations, but, it was a very good in-the-line-of-fire learning experience, and will only get better. Confidence should now be off the chart!
Lol, that’s what scares me! I don’t want him thinking he should run all the time cause it worked before. Stand in there, make the reads, and throw the ball. He’s like the 8th guy you would want running the ball. He shouldn’t get the 2nd most carries.
To your point, if any team is watching, he normally (90%) scrambles to his right. Teams will catch on and he won’t be able to do this. He needs to stay in there so we can have some downfield throws. Again, this is his 7th or 8th start and it was clearly the biggest stage he has played on so he grew up a lot last night.
Right. Sometimes you have to stand your ground, wait for the receiver to get separation, and make the throw right before you get hit or taken down.
I didn’t think you were bashing. The pro QB flushing early was fresh on my mind because I believe it happens a lot. Overcoming that tendency, but still being elusive takes some talent. I think Sam had it at OU and guys like Romo, Big Ben, and Russell Wilson in the pros.
I think that will get better as the line does. Some of that is he doesn’t trust them quite yet IMO.
Exactly. I think the trust will come, especially as the blocking improves. That was a HUGE challenge last night, especially for the freshman OL, but they grew up in a hurry. That’s another reason why OU’s policy of scheduling good nonconf opponents pays dividends. Think Baylor grew up as a football team playing Lamar?
We played 4 and 5 star talent
If we have an average QB with the heart and fight he just displayed, I’m OK with that. He will get better along with the rest of the offense.
He had to scramble plenty vs Tennessee because the OL was getting beaten on so many plays. I’d have to say making the largest comeback in Neyland Stadium history, in front of 102,000 fans, on the road, with every kind of adversity coming his way, to see Baker and the team perservere and close out in a strong way..I guess I’d say that’s well above average QB play in my book. I believe that if TK9 or CT were playing, we would have lost the game.
Baker’s won me over.
I agree but he also seems to have eyes in the back of his head. Yes, he jumped out of the pocket early a few times and it costs us. But I think that was more a product of expectation and running for his life half the game. Gave him a little case of happy feet. But at least he can feel the rush and react athletically. I don’t know that we’ve had that much lately. I fully expect him to get better with sticking in there and waiting for something to open up as the season goes on.
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Anyone dropped this off at volsnation yet? They were pretty salty about Striker and his “classless” postgame actions.
their whole shebang imploded last night. server destroyed. you’re welcome vols
A little SEC vaginitis. They’ll be OK.
Didn’t participate in the Game Thread last night, but took about 2 hours out of my day to read all 2,100+ comments. I have to say, I was really disappointed in several of the “self-proclaimed true Sooner fans” who are regular posters on here, who spent 3 quarters bashing Bob, wanting Mike Stoops fired, saying the only reason Mike has a job is nepotism, saying how pathetic Baker is, basically calling Riley a moron for his play calling, I could go on and on, but won’t. I found your behavior to be pathetic.
When the going gets tough, you can see who the TRUE SOONER FANS really are. SoonerSam, Sooner Ray, EastTex, to name just a few, thank you for keeping the faith and bringing some sanity to a mostly insane board last night. You guys are Sooners through and through.
Didn’t participate last night, but I disagree with the sentiment that “TRUE SOONER FANS” can’t be critical.
Some of those comments are unwarranted for sure, but you can be critical and still care very very deeply.
i get what you’re saying but critical and dumbassery are not even in the same sport much less same league. critical has something to bring to the table sometimes
Agreed.
Agree with you in general, but I have seen some other Sooner boards become way too mired in “useful” criticism, to the point that they aren’t really fan sites anymore, but just a forum for venting frustration with the team/coaches. I will no longer visit them. This board maintains a good balance with a tilt toward the positive to this point, and I hope it doesn’t go down the road that other sites have taken.
That’s why I bailed- too much negativity trolling about.
I was looking for friendlies, as EasTex would say. I gave sarcasm to a couple of the weak-minded. But mostly, I kept it with people like you, BoomerSooner, Dustin, Sooner Ray, Toats, Robert and some others.
Good or bad I have to be in my Football Cave until well after the game. I just can’t do in-game comments – reading or writing; good, bad, or indifferent comments. This shields me from a lot of spur-of-the-moment griping that I am sure happens during a game. Don’t blame you for being upset BoomerDave, but don’t let the trolls and Ever-negative types get you down!
I’m like you I can’t do message boards during games. I usually have my dad and my best bud over along with my three boys watching the game. Don’t have time for the message boards with all them around.
And that good sir is one of the reasons I don’t participate in game threads when the game is on. Too much alcohol, too much emotion and too little thoughtfulness.
One only has to cast thine eyes downward to be proven true, Brother.
I can’t do it (game thread discussion) when the game is on TV (i.e. not PPV) because I’m too distracted by the game!!!
That’s another reason, as well. Especially if it is a good game.
Like you are a “true sooner fan”? Mike might finally have a defense this year, but he has produced three of the worst Sooner defenses in history the past three years. And that’s a fact, even if you don’t like it. So you think you are a ‘true Sooner fan’ because you save your venom for some Sooner fans. As if God appointed you to police the ranks of Sooner fans? If the kitchen’s too hot for you, get out, stay out and shut up!
You of course are welcome to your opinion, but, yours belongs on the other board of bashers down the hall. Negativity, ugliness and haters who will complain about any performance good or bad belong on that board. You will fit right in there. I read a thread or two on there today, it was obnoxious, demeaning and contentious. It gave me indigestion, sounds like you could thrive on it. Have a blessed day.
Charles Anderson-Quickly making lots of friends! LOL
Charles Anderson, you are Exhibit A. Thanks for helping me make my case about pathetic posters.
Piece of s@$ is gonna piece I guess. Huh douchebag? Attention whores are the worst of all. Get off your back
Hey boomer. You’ve got a really nasty mouth. Ready to back it up? If so, then provide contact info and quit hiding. You’ve already demonstrated that you never finished high school. Now its time for me to take you to school. Let’s meet up.
i don’t play for that team, broseph. sorry to bust your bubble but i’m not that type. good luck in your endeavors at finding love. i’m not it
Cooler heads prevail, good response, sir.
Baker, you have to realize there are some people who are super sensitive and cannot handle ANY criticism of OU and feel that the only thing to do is blindly support whatever OU does and that will eventually fix whatever problems are there. Then there are those of us who can be objective and discuss problems and solutions even if we aren’t toeing the company line of “all is well, nothing to worry about, nothing to see here.” Then there are those who are just negative and tear the program down with every comment who I assume are more than likely oSu fans pretending to be OU fans.
I’d say boomer is in the first group, you & I are in the second group, and a certain someone whose name rhymes with “believe in fail” (lol) comprise the 3rd group. Just don’t let anyone get to you. Speak your mind because you will find at least some who agrees with you and plenty who won’t. Just ignore them.
I was a big Mike Stoops fan and was glad when he came back, but the previous 2 years were bad with last year being awful. Our D killed us. I would agree the main reason he wasn’t fired is nepotism, andhe’d have been fired anywhere else. But the D is playing much better this season. I’m far from saying the defense has arrived because we don’t know how good Tennessee is. What I can say is that regardless of what I have thought about Mike losing his mojo, I’m pleased with what I’ve seen so far and I am more optimistic about our D right now. They have played great through 2 games. I think we have a QB and great RBs and quality special teams. Do I think we’re winning the NC? No, but I think we might just be in for a good season that’ll help erase last year from memory.
So JB, are you saying don’t fire Mike Stoops & Kish? After months and months of ever post you had said fire them?
I’m a sunshine person who can see issues and have solutions but my solutions are different than yours. I believe there is a beginning, middle, & end before a decision is made. By doing this, your ability to evaluate over time makes for better decisions. Seems you don’t get to the middle much less then end in forming your decisions. If it was up to you we would still have Heuple & Norvell.
Some of the best people in business have had a couple of bad years but the bottom line is the previous 10 years they were off the chart. Does that mean they lost their mojo, no, things didn’t work. However, with time, they corrected it. This is the middle of the eval stage.
BTW, are you going to buy a ticket this year and watch your sooners?
BoomerDave, I happened to stumble upon your post. I appreciate the kind words. I try not to participate in all the garbage. I just wanted to make positive posts.
Thank you for taking the time to read all 2,100 posts. Wow! That’s commitment.
Just like you, I was disappointed in some of the remarks last night. And, just like you as well as some of TFB posters I’m fond of (I would name you all but I’m afraid I’d leave someone out; but, you know who you are) I will never give up on my Sooners.
Not that I need to explain anything to you, but my “Nepotism.” comment was meant to be sarcastic. Sorry you didn’t pick up on that. I’ll invest in one of these.
We know you’re good Dustin. You’re cool.
I am cool.
You were cool.
🙂
Cold…..:-)
I call bull on that. I don’t have a link tho. Sorry
I got one word for you mister………..Oregon
I make it a point to not post during games. Fan is short for fanatic (I think that’s right maybe I made that up whatever…) and emotions run hot.
Many shouldn’t post when emotional and those who read the posts from those who do shouldn’t take them that seriously.
Yeah, I just drank till I couldn’t physically type. Works everytime (-:
Every time I took a fireball shot, we scored.
I’m going to start doing that. I get way too competitive and short tempered.
Yeah, I personally refrain from posting when my blood is hot, that way my thoughts of “wth is the coaching staff up to” get to be answered in the fourth quarter, instead of eating crow. I will say honestly, I was confused about some of the play calling in the first half, but I never once thought someone needed fired or even cussed out. Really if that pass is caught in the first drive, instead of through the hands and picked off… I think we see a different game.
Didn’t read any of the posts but most people, myself included, probably weren’t too happy about the way the game was going. That said, complaining about the level of play or calls doesn’t make someone less of a fan. Again, I don’t know what was said exactly but I would have expected and understood a lot of complaining.
Hopefully the experience against Akron plus the experience at Tennessee equals a big jump forward when the guys step out against Tulsa. I think this should be the first week that we truly see an explosive balance from the offense (I mean I really hope so, it is Tulsa after all haha). Defense…. keep doing what you’re doing!
This may have been mentioned but I have not seen it so I’ll throw it out there-
Field position and the crowd noise dictated so much of what happened last night, we overcame a lot. It would be nice to see what our and Tenn’s average starting field position was, particularly in the 1st half.
i had mentioned it at some point last night because someone had brought it up last saturday talking about how awesome tennessee’s field position was then. 2 games with tremendous field position(your 40 or better) is crazy. another thing about our defense that makes you proud of what they did. what did somebody say? 80 some odd yards after their last score? pretty salty
Very true. Although a couple first downs would’ve helped the field position.
Picked up a couple of first downs on the firt drive, which was killed by the oskie. Huge momentum swing and got the crowd fired up.
At one point I believe they said it was 9.5 yard line.
wow. I knew it was bad
And that was probaby the best punter we’ll see all season. That guy was booming them.
Yes he was
The reason why I have a lot of hope for this offense is that their issues are very teachable. I can’t imagine how much better they would have looked aside from the lack of discipline and better fundamentals at the WR and O-line positions. I believe the discipline has a lot to do with immaturity. That will/should get better. WRs were dropping balls that I know they can catch. They just need to settle down. The o-line will take longer, but I don’t think I have ever not seen an o-line improve during the season (aside from injuries).
i’m with you, but boy, i’ve been disappointed for the most part in the 1st 2 weeks. i thought we’d be better on O than we’ve been.
Saw this post on another site. Found it interesting.
OU had…
– more first downs
– more rushing yds
– more passing yds
– more offensive plays
– moreTOP
– higher 3rd down conversion %
– fewer punts
– fewer penalties
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210329924
I noticed those facts in the paper this morning, really surprised me.
We held UT to 254 yards of total offense. Let that sink in. Outstanding defense.
Yes , Our defense played great , I think having mike stoops in the press box really helps also
Here you go:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=400603868
It just seemed different because of the field position in the first half.
I can’t believe Tennessee had one more penalty. Sure seemed like OU was called for everything. I guess Tennessee had more in the second half as I believe they clearly tired in the fourth quarter.
Jones did decline like 3 or 4 though
Yea, and a couple of them were a little baffling to me…
VolNation board up and running again if interested:
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-football/
Not sure I can take any more of that. I will be watching Bob’s coaches show in a few minutes though.
Understand that- there are some fans being complimentary though.
May take a look later.
I was expecting Mead to make an impact, I don’t remember seeing him on the field very much.
He wasn’t even listed as a WR option in the FanDuel league I tried to join and play- weird.
Stoops just gave an interesting stat. Aside from Tennessee’s first two plays of the 2nd half (45 yards)…they only gained 17 yards of offense from then on. WOW!!! That my friends is great defense!!
That’s amazing play from the defense, particularly in this day and age of offensive football. Awesome job defense!
Early look at Tulsa running our offense. Former Baylor OC.
https://youtu.be/FaucYNTcwbs
Looks like our safeties will be challenged. That’s a good thing.
I bet we pick them two or three times.
ot……for any interested, fed and joker are set apiece in a heavyweight fight at the moment at us open finals
Where is Mark Andrews? He looks like a nightmare matchup when he’s out there. After hearing so much about him I disappointed in his lack of play.
His blocking, or lack thereof is probably the best explanation for him not being out there. He missed a block early in the game on a screen, that almost got the receiver killed.
Yep..
Wonder what a guy has to do to get kicked out of here? Does he have to be castorboytroy? I mean they both start with c
Wow. He had a lot to say.
his mouth was moving. that’s the most i’ll give him
I’d bet if you say something like, “UT football is the besterest of all the footballs” it would get you banned.
Amazing. OU 55% run, 45% pass. Who’d thought it?
Honestly? Me. I was never of the ilk that Riley was an idiot that would ignore one of (possibly 2 of) the best back(s) in the country.
Riley stated very early on after his arrival that he would be an “idiot” not to use the great RBs on the roster. I never doubted he would.
I still crack up at a lot of posters who found out we got Riley. They were all saying, we are going to waste the best two players on this team and throw 80% which is Hal Mumme. On and on, never once did I think this was going to be the offense Riley would run. Riley stuck to his guns and won in the 12 round.
What I like about Riley is he’s always watching, looking, trying to figure out how to beat you. I have feeling that man will abandon his game plan in a heart beat if he can exploit a defense.
I love it when they show Riley on the sideline, he is watching everything on the field and you can see the wheels spinning. He knows how to run his offense to beat the defense that is on the field. I still think this was a great hire for the Sooners. You could just feel during the game, that the Sooners were close to getting what they needed and I never felt like the the team every doubted what they were trying to do. That is a huge plus for the O.
OU fails to crack the top 15. I would have put them at 14. I would also have WVU @ 24 and Wisconsin unranked. Thoughts on the Big 12 in the national polls?
i like where your heads at but i love when people underestimate bob…and mike. wv is a dadgum good football team. i’m glad we still got a couple weeks to get ready for em and i’m glad we got em at home this year
Yeah, the Mountaineers. They’re going to be tough to beat. Tougher I think than Baylor. And maybe TCU.
I was surprised the coaches had okie state moved up after having a little trouble with that junior college but don’t really mind because we need some conference members ranked to give us a bump. I just hope beating Texsa doesn’t move us down in the polls. 🙂
LOL! Yeah, beating saxeT could really hurt us, especially with ESPin. They’d really bury that story.
I kinda like it. We’re still in the rear view mirror where we seem to play at our best.
Some interesting stats:
Bob Stoops has never won less than 10 games in a year he beat an SEC team.
Bob Stoops has never won less than 10 games in a year he beat a top 25 team in September.
However keep in mind there are three kinds of liars: liars, damn liars, and statisticians.
and politicians, they are all 3
Uh, we beat UT last year and didn’t win 10 games.
Oops. How did I miss that one. My final sentence thus comes into effect.
LOL figured it was an oversight.
You may have a future in weather forecasting. 🙂
http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/thestormthat.jpg
Vegas released the opening lines on the upcoming games next Saturday, Tulsa at No. 16 Oklahoma (-34.5)
Pretty tempting considering TU is running Montgomery’s Baylor offense and racking up the yds/points.
Wouldn’t touch it.
Yeah we are team that is going to hit a certain point where suddenly all the lights come on. Then it will be a monster. It will probably happen in the middle of some game and then never shut off. The question is will it happen before we have a loss to a team good enough to exploit the current incomplete product. This is one of those games we could struggle to win or win by seventy depending on when the motor starts.
much agreed. I feel the same way about this team. The O line will get better, and things will click. It’s still a new offense, and these guys will grow into it.
Good post.
Good test for our defense to see if they can at least play with a watered down version of Baylor.
Edit: and have success stopping Tulsa.
Robert Adams
Takes some of the luster off the win. Strikers comments & Byrds gestures will be what is remembered about the Sooners, not a great come from behind win, but those thugs are a product of a boren/stoops environment. When you lower your standards to relate to a bunch of morons, you lose. Sooner Fans deserve better.
this is the type of fan i want nothing to do with. if you’ve never played a sport, never been in the heat of “battle”, never been especially good at anything including walking and chewing gum at the same time, DO NOT criticize. its unbecoming. you’re probably one of the douchers that suck at life but demand perfection of your f’ing football team. save it for someone who cares and shed some with the voluntears. the sooner players deserve better than you, RRROBERT. and bringing bob down with this and calling them thugs is a very piece of crap move. you, dale and charles need each other and sure as hell deserve each other. this is what you remind me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H-cWXr-n5I
These people think it is ok for one person to degrade athletes but is not ok for the athlete to say anything back. Because you know 20 year olds are supposed to act more mature than 30 and 40 year old fans.
seriously. a lot of people need something different to spend their free time on. if you want to run your mouth, prepare for the consequences. its pretty simple. i want striker to have a list of addresses and for there to be a tv show of him spearing every person who has a problem with him
LOL! I’d definitely watch that.
Who did what to whom, now?
It was probably James Hale in “disguise”. 🙂
OU Football show was excellent tonight.
Besides Coach Stoops the half time guests were Sanchez, Shep and Mayfield.
Some highlights Coach Stoops said Tapper did the right thing by trying to pick up the fumble and run after he caused it because it was a scoring opportunity and he had mostly friendly jerseys around him. I agree.
Mayfield heaped praise on Perine for making the block that helped him score on the 4th and 1, he said it was a heads up play by Perine that he wasn’t supposed to make.
Shep and Sanchez were praised for their excellent plays to win and secure the win. A really nice moment was they showed a clip of Shep’s Dad, Derrick, scoring a TD in the ’83 game when the Sooners came back from a 20-3 deficit to Okie Lite.
I was hoping he would mention Anderson’s injury, but he didn’t. Hopefully we will find out tomorrow.
I also enjoyed that. Not surprised about no injury report…..it’s how he usually handles things. He may mention something in the presser because someone will ask.
Good show, lots of enthusiasm and energy in the air.
He shouldn’t release medical info on the players. That is skirting the line of some of the medical information regulations. Probably never been settled in court, but a good idea to avoid the potential liability. He could get their release but why bother.
Inquiries are always made as to what the status is of player injuries.
It was as you said ET, informative, fun, a great show. The only thing I would add would be the explanation of the TO late in the 4th quarter. People spent page after page of complaining about and second guessing Stoops TO as very improper clock management in the 4th on the other board. (My opinion 11 and change minutes compared to 4 minutes for UT in the 4th was brilliant) Stoops explained the TO as mearly his effort to not let the play clock run out. The seconds were getting low, Mayfield in hind sight would have gotten the play off in time, but taking the time to get everything lined up, did in fact pay dividends.
I never gave the TO a moment of thought. The Sooners were in a critical situation, that’s why teams are given TO’s in the first place. The only OU experts that I pay attention to are the coaches. 🙂
Another thing that got my attention in tonight’s show was Sanchez talking about how close and tight this team is. He said it is the closest team he has been on at OU. Glad to hear him verbalize that, it sure appears to be true in the way they respond to each other.
You’re right. I noticed that and wanted to comment how dumb it was that the TO was even a discussion. It wasn’t taken with 30 seconds left on the play clock. And from my view when watching the game, it appeared baker was checking to a run and I think Tennessee was going to sell out on the run. Every time baker changed the play late it was a run and it only worked once I think so I’m glad the TO was called.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDArO1o6PBQ
Stephen Parker will be an All American as soon as next year. He is a stud and it’s starting to show.
Also Bond is looking like he’s going to have a Monster year.
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Not that it really matters, but how much you wanna bet that UTenn would be in the top 15 if they got the W…
Also how highly would Missouri be ranked were they still in the Big 12? When ESPN funnels a lot of money into a conference. It behooves them to make sure that conference gets as much exposure and praise as it can. So, no real shock.
Jim Traber should work for espin, then I could focus my “dislike”.
where’d the “we’ll spot you 51 minutes and then we’ll start playing” or whatever it said picture go? that was priceless. was it rbear that posted it?
I had trouble getting Disqus to accept the pic but will re-post it later if it fails to show up again.
Here ya go…
First spotted this on LT, still laugh every time.
I posted this on FB to one of my friends from HS page and his Vol talk. He is a huge Vol fan, and he hasn’t spoken to me since the 4th quarter of the game. LOL
I know there are complaints for the O, line needs to get better, and receivers didn’t show up till the 4th, but our freaking D showed up…huge! We hold them scoreless (until OT), after going down 0-17. Feels good to have some bite back on that side of the ball. BOOMER SOONER!
the main reason we kept running because Tennessee kept expecting us to throw ,,,,and their blanket coverage was perfect what I’d really like to see Oklahoma do is run more out of a the I
Nice thought but I think that that would change what we do.
I disagree it creates different looks….a back like Mixon getting a lead block by Perine creates space . ..I’m not saying every play…after all we are doing the wildcat right…did u hear Marcus Dupree pregame he said OUr running backs would be unstable in the wishbone
What I mean is that it would change our blocking up front from zone to some kind of power or combo scheme. But if anybody could do it, Coach B could.
I’m cautiously optimistic that one day the RBs will be able to bust some long TDs. However, I don’t know that we’re blocking everything yet and teams are still selling out to stop the run. I like that while the stats may not be as pretty, when we needed to get 1-4 yards and ran the ball, we could get those tough yards. I think we were secretly hoping that we’d have amazing success from the start like we did in 2007 and 2008 seasons. Or, even in 1999, when we were able to put up all sorts of points but couldn’t finish games. I really like the attitude of this team though, that they’re not going to quit playing. Hopefully they can sustain that focus throughout the season and keep the faith!
Until we can punish teams for selling out for the run, they will continue. But I think as we go forward the OL will get better together and Mayfield (hopefully) won’t have to start from the eleven yard line all season long.
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Watching the game, even when we were down 17-0, I never had the feel like I have in the past. In the past, you could just watch the fight slowly drain from the Sooners. The defense would slowly start slacking off, the offense would just look to get off the field (this are just interpretations based on how they played when down), but in this game I never saw or felt this way. From early on, I never saw panic or hysteria coming from anyone in crimson and cream. I did see a lot of fight, especially on the defense. This team has something that we have been missing in the last couple of years. They have a huge heart. Now I am not anointing them national champions just yet, they need to have a lot of improvement, but I am saying that they will NOT give up and that is something we have been missing for a while.
Very true. This is a different team. They are brothers. Believe in each other. Encourage each other. Never give up.
I noticed the same thing and thought of the “Sooner Magic” of olden times. No one seemed to hang their head and everyone continued to play hard; and the payoff came in the game and will possibly pay dividends as we move forward. Belief is a huge advantage.
I thought of what you wrote about the run game while I was watching it unfold, Super K. It was definitely something that kept me off the ledge during the first half, hoping that all the run attempts would pay off down the line.
I’ve been hard on Oline and rightfully so. But in the 4th Qtr, they were able to run the ball with Perine. So I have to give up to the big boys. I was a little shocked that Dru didn’t play.
Good point. However, I’m still seeing runs into the strength of the defense with time for the QB to check to a weaker area and still run or check off the run entirely. One of the best areas of improvement with this offense is no delay of game penalties and usually lots of time left on the clock to complete the snap. The QB, whether on his own or within a system design, is not taking enough advantage of that extra time to analyze the defense and audible to adjust. It’s always a numbers game at the point of attack. If you don’t have the numbers, change to make them as good as you can without having to waste a time out and letting the defense rest…
My understanding is that the new system is designed so that QB looks to sideline to get call about whether or not to check (as opposed to QB making decision to audible himself) – similar to what we did last year except that instead of whole team looking over it’s just QB who then relays to the rest of the team.
I should have added – QB only looks to sideline to get call about whether or not to check if the original play call told him to “hold” for further evaluation.
Well, that answers that for me. Again, wished we had a system whereby the QB had more options, especially given that Mayfield appears to be the kind of guy that would, for the most part I think, make good use of that kind of flexibility…
I was hoping that wasn’t so. I wish the system allowed for the QB to operate more autonomously…
Good take. I did think the game turned when Riley started running to set up the pass, something he wasn’t doing in the first two and a half quarters. Forced Tenn. to start worrying about walking a safety down.
@SuperKBrainiac:disqus after re-watching the game I noticed Ty Darlington would swivel his head left to right right before he snapped the ball. Did anyone else notice this?Was this a signal for the O-Line to let them know he was about to snap the ball considering we were struggling with the false starts?
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