Place is packed!!! How embarrassing for the PAC 12. I think the whole west coast should just give up football no wonder we get recruits from there the players want to play in front of actual people.
Really can't gauge the defense until Tech it would seem. But as Huard and other analysts have pointed out, the changes are already obvious. Lined up every play. Guys where they're supposed to be. And effort.
Really can't gauge the defense until Tech it would seem. But as Huard and other analysts have pointed out, the changes are already obvious. Lined up every play. Guys where they're supposed to be. And effort.
Good win Sooners, keep improving and we might make a run.
Where did Lamb go? Only one catch tonight I think.
For all the rah rah about speed defense, we sure seemed to be back on our heels on D. This against a pretty marginal offense. Tackling was bad and I was having flashbacks to 2018. This team D is truthfully inconsistent and would seem to be still the leaky bucket. Get some fire in the belly please D. You can say hey we gave up just 14, but it was a flimsy 14. A better team like Tech could push us on to that angry edge...
I'm starting to get it now. When one of our guys break a tackle, gets open and makes a catch, or makes a defender miss, it's a great play. When one of their guys breaks a tackle, gets open and makes a catch, or makes someone miss, it's because we're ****.
This will be extremely helpful for me to better understand going forward.
I think this mentality is carryover for umpteen years now. We are like oh crap here we go again
OU's defense is still not where it should be, but in watching last night's game, I saw a lot of defensive players utilized and from this it seems to me that Grinch is slowly....and steadily....building the kind of defense and depth he wants and that OU needs. Some young linebackers made some nice plays and the linemen showed glimpses of promise. Looks like the secondary is the biggest concern now.I think this mentality is carryover for umpteen years now. We are like oh crap here we go again
I'm starting to get it now. When one of our guys break a tackle, gets open and makes a catch, or makes a defender miss, it's a great play. When one of their guys breaks a tackle, gets open and makes a catch, or makes someone miss, it's because we're ****.
This will be extremely helpful for me to better understand going forward.
Hurts doesn't outrun tacklers, he just somehow runs away from them. He looked like he was playing against 13 year kids yesterday.Hurts takes what's available and sometimes gets a touch greedy (IMO) but he distributes accurate long balls for TD's to the stars and the TE's regularly. The D is slowly progressing and showing great signs of growth. We can win the semi against Bama or anyone not named Clem. We may be a year away from that level
V I think for the most part there are times that we see flashes of the old D on the field and it causes us concern. That 3rd quarter the D simply didn’t play well. Even Riley said something along the lines that they are getting better as the seemed to sustain the intensity a little while longer this time.
However against teams like Baylor, Texas, and a few other very good offenses it is going to require 60 minutes of intense D play. So far OU outside of the Houston game OU hasn’t really played a great offensive team. If you watched the Was St - Houston game you would have seen a WSU team that played a full 60 minute all out D intensity. ( Well at least 30 minutes of the time when they were on D).
It is only natural for us as fans to say “ hell tackle someone, quit getting stupid PF penalties, and don’t give up 3rd and 21 1st downs. No doubt this D is much better but it still has a ways to go to make most of us feel comfortable that this D is ready to be a shut down D.
V have you been in the shrubbery this early on the Sabbath ? Cuse scored as did some of the directionals; LSU was behind for a long time too... musicians !
OU's defense is still not where it should be, but in watching last night's game, I saw a lot of defensive players utilized and from this it seems to me that Grinch is slowly....and steadily....building the kind of defense and depth he wants and that OU needs. Some young linebackers made some nice plays and the linemen showed glimpses of promise. Looks like the secondary is the biggest concern now.
It was also nice to see two FG's made and most of the kickoffs were not returned. Siebert has spoiled us, but OU should be okay with its kicking game going forward.