OU 64 – Idaho State 0: Post Game Thoughts
Well that was easy. Of course when you consider the competition it should have been easy. The question is, did you get to see what you expected in this blowout? For me it's a situation where some things I wanted to see didn't show up in the game while there were some other things that surprised me. Here are a few game thoughts and as always we'd love to hear yours.
The Good
- No misfires on the offensive line. We knew that we wouldn't be able to put very much stock in the physical aspects of Oklahoma's victory but improvement in the mental stage of the game was a necessity. We saw that tonight and there is clearly still an open competition for spots on the line.
- Ryan Broyles emerged with a star performance. He caught 7 passes for 155 yards and 3 touchdowns.
- Landry Jones threw some really good passes. His throws on Ryan Broyles' first and third touchdowns were spot on. When you consider the elements of a driving rain storm the Jones' 18/32 for 286 yards and 3 scores is even more impressive.
- DeMarco Murray was fast and the rushing attack was strong. Murray cracked the century mark in rushing yards for the first time this season and averaged 8.4 yards per carry. Chris Brown averaged 5.9 yards per carry and in garbage time Jonathan Miller carried the ball 9 times for 88 yards (9.8 YPC).
The Bad
- Shut down by an Idaho State goal line stand. Regardless of who is on the field for Oklahoma's offensive line, in that situation you have to be Oklahoma and they have to be Idaho State. In OU's last three games (Idaho State, BYU, Florida) they've been shut down at the goal line
- Oklahoma doesn't appear to have a second option at receiver. Drops by Brandon Caleb, Dejuan Miller and Cameron Kenny prevented another receiver from stepping up to complement Broyles' performance.
- Landry Jones threw some really bad passes. Keeping in mind that he's a redshirt freshman making his first start but there were several times in which it appeared that he wasn't reading through his progressions and while he threw only one interception there were certainly opportunities for others.
- Missed extra point! Really? Like this team doesn't already have enough to worry about.
Still Wondering
- Where was Adron Tennell? He's clearly being punished for not stepping up last week. Tennell finally made it into the game late in the garbage time stage.
- Where was Jameel Owens? Not only was he not on the field, he wasn't even in uniform.
- Redshirt for Drew Allen? John Nimmo came in for Landry Jones late in the game. My assumption is that if we didn't see Allen in this game then we aren't going to see him at all this season.
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Thanks for the notes
A couple of questions from someone who didn’t get the PPV:
-Who started on the O Line?
-Did Tennell really not see the field until garbage time? I can only hope that this a scare tactic by Stoops
-What did our tight ends look like?
-Please tell me the didn’t try that stupid wildcat formation again that we saw twice in the BYU game.
Thanks
Some things I saw
The offensive line sucks. There were several break downs in blocking schemes, but the Idaho St just didn’t have the players to exploit it, or Jones made plays with his legs, or got the ball off anyway. A faster more athletic defense, could have made the game ugly.
Another receiver needs to step up. Broyles looks great, hands, explosiveness, but will draw double coverage in future games.
I was very impressed with Landry Jones. Big, Tall, has a good arm, good legs. In many ways I like him behind a bad O-line more then Bradford. Jones doesn’t have the touch on his passes as does Bradford (does anyone?) and did lock into Broyles a lot (which Idaho St, couldn’t stop), when he should have gone through some progressions. But over-all, Jones will be a positive.
Owen Field seemed to really hold up with all that rain.
Final thought: This team could lose 5 more games this year….or run the table. Tulsa will be a good test of the defense.
Goal Line Stand
I think Matt Clapp deserves some of the blame on the goal line stand in the first quarter. He completely whiffed on his block, I believe on third down. If our O-line is going to be shaky, then Clapp must play better.
My brother & were joking in the 2nd half about Tennell, because he thought I was tlaking about his HS friend Courtney Tennial. I know he was in there during the 2nd quarter, I know he had a couple of drops/misfires his way. I didnt think there was alot of looking at anyone besides Ryan Broyles, #24 got a few thrown his way, Matt Clapp got one. Brody got none, he atleast to be a threat of some sort to catch a pass.
The goal line stop
Was bad i agree. We should not be stopped by a team of that caliber. And dating back to the NC game and BYU this needs to be addressed.
I didn't see the game
but from what I heard on the radio it was a win. But I feel like redhawk, this offensive line sucks. On the goal line and we cannot smash it in against a DII school. last week against the o-line outweighed BYU by 30lbs. per man. Weak link.
For what it's worth
I heard on sports animal pregame that owens was disgruntled, had skipped some of the practices this week, and is talking about transfering.
by SoonerDutch on Sep 13, 2009 3:24 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

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