Talkin' OU/Missouri Football With Rock M Nation
by ccmachine on Oct 20, 2010 10:55 AM CDT
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PrintJust in case you hadn't noticed, the Sooners have a pretty big game this weekend in Columbia against the 6-0 and 18th ranked Missouri Tigers. Among the challenges presented by the Tigers is that they have the top scoring defense in the Big 12. Here to help us understand their perspective is RPT from SBN's Missouri blog Rock M Nation.
CC Machine: The Tigers are tops in the Big 12 in scoring defense. How do you see them attacking Oklahoma's offense?
RMN: Defensive coordinator Dave Steckel has said he's been running similar schemes this year, but from a layman's perspective, Missouri seems to be bringing a lot more heat than usual. Rather than sitting in the soft zone they've favored for so many years, Steckel has put a tremendous amount of faith in his defensive backs to be left alone in man coverage. So far, they've rewarded that faith. That's not to say that Ryan Broyles doesn't break free on Saturday night, but through six games, corners Carl Gettis, Kevin Rutland and Kip Edwards have exceeded almost everyone's expectations. It's also been helpful that the front four has been incredibly productive on its own without the help of the blitz on many occasions. Even with Aldon Smith out with injury, Mizzou flat out abused an admittedly sketchy Texas A&M offensive line last week for seven sacks.
CC Machine: What's you gut telling you about defensive end Aldon Smith, playing or not?
RMN: My gut says he'll play, but to be fair, Aldon's told us at media day for the last three weeks that he was going to be play each week. This time, though, I think Pinkel lets him. I'll set my odds at 80 percent.
CC Machine: Blaine Gabbert and the Missouri passing attack have been getting a lot of mention here in Oklahoma as the centerpiece of the Tiger offense but tell us about the rushing attack.
RMN: It's a bit of an enigma at this point. Since Derrick Washington's permanent suspension, Missouri has gone four-deep at the tailback-by-committee with DeVion Moore, Kendial Lawrence, Henry Josey and Marcus Murphy. Josey is the big-play threat out of the bunch, Moore is the steady threat, Lawrence is the shifty runner, and Murphy is developing his vision but has good straight-line speed. The running game feasted on bad teams and has been rather average against others. Mizzou's shotgun zone rushing attack is heavily predicated on teams overpursuing to open up lanes, so if Oklahoma stays home in their gaps, Mizzou could be in trouble on the ground. Plus, the Tigers' modus operandi since 2009 has been to shy away from the run if it doesn't work early, and becoming one-dimensional against a Venables defense is a scary thought.
CC Machine: After the Big 12 Championship games of 2007-08 how much of a revenge factor is involved with this weekend?
RMN: A complete non-factor. The Big 12 revenge factor is a narrative created and embraced by fans and media, so I'm sure fans are bloodthirsty for some modicum of "revenge." For the players, though, this is largely a new team from the ones you saw in San Antonio and Kansas City. They don't want this win because of previous losses. They want this win because of what it would do for them this season.
CC Machine: This is the biggest game in Columbia since...
RMN: Missouri/Nebraska 2007. Now, Nebraska ended up being historically putrid in 2007, but here's how it breaks down: Missouri was playing decent football and was still undefeated through the first few weeks. A "big name" team comes to town for a nationally-televised night game as Mizzou's national litmus test. You'll hear a lot of Missouri fans refer reverentially to that night as Faurot Field's shining moment. Missouri fans have always wanted to recapture that night and that atmosphere, and Saturday might be the first legitimate shot at doing so (though I'd be incredibly surprised if the score is the same...)
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Quick addendum on my end:
Pinkel told a radio host today that Smith is expected to play.
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The 18th ranked Tigers?
They’re 11 in the BCS…
"But we all know that games aren't played on paper...they are played by little men inside our TV sets." --Kenny Mayne
by dishingoutdimes on Oct 20, 2010 1:11 PM CDT reply actions
The bull crap standings
Hate em.
But we have owned mizz pretty much every game in the last 4-5, so why will it be different now. They havent played ANYONE
by AllenOU on Oct 20, 2010 1:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd take Missouri seriously...
…but then again I thought Nebraska would romp all over Texas.
Last 4-5 yrs are largely irrelevant.
Missouri has beaten Illinos (now 3-3 with a win at Penn State); Illinois will win 7-8 games this year.
Missouri has also beaten (barely, I suppose) San Diego State (now 4-2, including a win over Air Force); SDSU should win 8 games, I think.
While not Ohio State or Alabama, these teams aren’t nobodies. Missouri flat out made ATM look like a high school team (other than Jeff Fuller) and demolished a Miami of Ohio team that gave Florida fits earlier this year.
Hopefully OU can remain balanced on offense, make Mizzou one-dimensional, and keep the mistakes down. If so, they’ll win. If not, Missouri will beat them. Gabbert has a quick release (in my poor man’s estimation), and their two wideouts (Moe and Kemp) are big and very good, plus they have a solid TE in Egnew and very good corners that bottled up Jeff Fuller most of the day last week apart from several miraculous catches.
by inocybe on Oct 20, 2010 2:04 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Not a huge difference here, but
Moe is a slot receiver along with Egnew as a split out tight end. On the outside you will see Kemp and Jerrell Jackson. Jackson is slowly coming back into the offense after having some surgery on his wrist. He has been playing, but definitely has not had the impact yet that Mizzou fans may have expected. He was the third leading receiver from last years squad. As a mizzou fan, I’ll be happy with a game within 10 points to OU. I would be ecstatic for anything closer or a win, but not necessarily surprised by anything larger. I do think this Mizzou team may have more grit than anything they have had in the past several years. My biggest concern would be with the running game as Mizzou has been very inconsistent.
this post is comical
Florida and Penn St. suck
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by DeionWarrick on Oct 21, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe somebody should take OU seriously, too
Certainly the media thinks that the Sooners are ripe for the picking, endlessly citing all the close calls that they’ve had this year.
But it seems to me that they are completely missing the big picture, something that’s fairly obvious to anyone who’s been following OU closely this year.
It’s worth the effort to find out just how often the Sooners have trailed this year, and for how much time. It’s also worth the effort and quite revealing to find out what the shortest time was that OU has held the lead for good in any game this year.
I think that if the national media had done their homework, their respect of this Sooner team would be significantly greater.
DISRESPECT!!1!111!ONE!!1
no, but seriously; you’re number 1 in the BCS. How much respect would be enough?
True
It’s merely trivia that OU’s only trailed for 4:03 this year, and that the shortest period of time that they’ve led “for good” in any game this year is 40 minutes and 30 seconds.
If the Sooners win out, there won’t be any questions left to answer.
the simple truth is
that the media didn’t let teams like Cincinnati, Utah St and Air Force hang with OU. OU did. And while they get credit for winning those games, those are not wins people expect from the number 1 team in the land. If people are pointing out OU’s difficulty putting some teams away, they do so because it’s been true.
a)
the “disrespect” thing is a good concept, in theory, but if you followed this blog… i think it’s more of a mizzou creation than anything else. most people here had nebraska pegged as the (probably) better team, up until this week. furthermore (and i’m assuming your a tigers fan because I haven’t seen you here before now), the series on rock m nation is just not funny at all. again, i can see why the premise could work, based on the thing about stoops making up bulletin board material… but really poorly executed, and it made me a little sad for them (you).
b) i’m not going to defend any of our games individually, because that’s admittedly a tough proposition. cincy and usu? pretty bad. but let’s put your comments in a little bit of context, yeah? mizzou has played whom, exactly? ohio state was undefeated, and thought they were pretty bad, too, until they finally played someone. and let’s be frank: you can drop as much forum knowledge on us as you please… we know. we’ve seen you do it. but somehow, it hasn’t worked out for you on the field. i just hope quentin carter doesn’t kill anyone (else) this time around.
i guess my point is, enjoy this opportunity
by evenyoudorn on Oct 20, 2010 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Carter
There are still ISU players getting hurt… 4 days later.
by OU JJ on Oct 20, 2010 10:28 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ha
well, i was actually referring to the hits on maclin and daniels from a couple years back. i had a frame on my desktop for awhile, in which maclin is pretty well doubled over in mid-air with carter fully-horizontal and driving through his gut.
but, yes. sunday was a busy day for the cyclones’ training staff. lots of rubdowns and trauma counseling.
by evenyoudorn on Oct 20, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
this
might be the one: http://www.daylife.com/photo/0f8g35HdCH2n0
ouch!
by evenyoudorn on Oct 20, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
lookit
a) To me the Mizzou disrespect thing is funny as all get out. Yes it’s cartoonishly overblown and based only on a kernel of truth, but that’s, y’know, because it’s a joke. That’s what jokes do. If you don’t like it then maybe it just isn’t your cup of tea, or maybe you just need to lighten up and get a sense of humor about yourself. It’s a handy life skill. Your call, no skin off my nose either way.
b) Let’s recap the thread so far.
Dlboulder: Oh noes, people don’t take us seriously enough!
rg643: Come on, you’re ranked 1 in the nation and have struggled in some of your games!
evenyoudorn: Well, ok, we struggled, but… so did you! hahaha! Our player will hurt you!
But here’s the thing: It wasn’t the Mizzou fan claiming that we’re unappreciated by the media (we’re generally completely ignored by them to a level you just can’t compete with – see, self-deprecating humor, it is possible). It was an OU fan claiming that. And when it was reasonably pointed out that a) you’re not ignored, and b) there are legit reasons for them not seeing you as the juggernaut you would like them to, your response was: “Look elsewhere! Loud noises, loud noises!”.
Anyway, this is going to be a tough game this weekend and I’m looking forward to it. I think the tigers are actually capable of winning this one for once, but it certainly isn’t the most likely outcome. But it is what it is, and all I can do is hope for the best, you can do likewise, and one of us gets to be pretty happy on Saturday night.
i'm on board
i think you’re right that this will be a good match-up.
i also think you’re right that the running thread on the other site just isn’t my bag. it reminds me of “the dugout,” except that (again, personal preference) i find that to actually be funny.
my problem with the whole thing is that most of us here had us pegged at 3-to-5, behind nebraska… and now even travis lewis is saying the ranking is premature… but then the gag is that we demand more respect? it’s just lazy.
and i’ll not apologize for saying quentin carter is going to smear someone. it’s like saying the sun will come up on saturday.
by evenyoudorn on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
I tried reading the dugout and it left me cold. So yeah, preference :)
And the gag is that when you come from a team as perenially totally ignored as Mizzou, it’s pretty funny to see a team that is perenially in the national conversation complaining about how they are under-appreciated. Plus those bulletin board hijinx are kind of like someone giving Goliath fake press clippings claiming that David says he’s really not even that big compared to most average armies. And then Goliath reading it and going “why that Daaaavid!!1”. It’s just inherently funny.
Anyway, yeah, I’m sure Carter will be out for blood. Hopefully Ebner will rediscover his hard crunching form and return the favor :)
I'm with you dorn
I just really don’t find it that funny and I’d like to think I have a pretty decent sense of humor. It has nothing to do w/ it bagging on OU, I just don’t think it’s that funny.
"I don't like Texas. I don't like the city of Austin. And I don't like the color orange. It reminds me of puke." The Boz
how about enough respect for people to not act like a top 4 team (at least) that has beaten missouri how many years in a row, and blown them out in 2 recent big 12 championship games, is an underdog to a missouri? This has nothing to do with stoops.
+1
"I don't like Texas. I don't like the city of Austin. And I don't like the color orange. It reminds me of puke." The Boz
Well why didn’t you say so. Here, let me help you out?
The Sooners? Win a football game?? Ahhh, ha ha haaa, what a ludicrous concept. Why, you know they call themselves crimson and cream? Sounds like a frou frou cookie doesn’t it. Here, let me feed my darling manicured poodle another crimson and cream to go with his foie gras laced salmon filet a la carte! Can you imagine a team as delicate as that winning a game of football? Against players that will physically run into them? Absurd! Ho ho ho.
(there you go, victory is assured. Don’t say I never did nothing for you).
excuse me...
we’ve come to expect at least some mention of illiteracy and a reference to criminal records in any respectable derision of our program.
if you can’t at least grant us that, you can save your slurs. good day, sir!
by evenyoudorn on Oct 22, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Yawn, weapons....
Has mizzou been forced to cover more than 2 offensive weapons??? U gonna stop Broyles? Might ask Texas how that worked out?? You gonna stop Murray’s power?? That’s ok, Finch will make your secondary come on up. Have we covered Stills or Miller yet???? OU game with Cincy isn’t much different than the Illinois game. And don’t try to tell me your excuses about San Jose or San Diego whoever it was….
by OU JJ on Oct 20, 2010 10:27 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
teams that play Missouri frequently field 11 players
Often at least 3 of those are receivers and/or running backs.
So I guess the answer to your question is yes.
i think the spirit of the question
is whether or not you think the tigers’ defense has really proven anything. our defensive stats are totally shot, but we’ve played some non-traditional offenses and three teams who’ve been ranked. i have a sneaking suspicion your numbers would be less shiny, had you not spent the first half of the season playing against community colleges and culinary schools.
so your “eleven players” comment… you don’t think it will be an issue stopping broyles, stills, miller, murray, finch, clay, millard, and now apparently some tight ends? pretty much like playing… whoever it is you’ve been playing, right?
Sounds like you are only playing with one offensive lineman then...
so I like our chances :-)
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OH NO! DISRESPECT
Seriously though, if OU wins on Saturday then this is all quickly forgotten as trash talk. If Mizzou win then half of this thread becomes the comedy gold of hubris in action. That would be… enjoyable :)
and if OU wins
you guys won’t be back here to find out either way, will you?
it’ll be a fun game. and i’m sure that no matter who wins, the other guys’ site is going to be “the comedy gold of hubris in action.” unless i imagined all the crap talking i saw going on over there…
by evenyoudorn on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Which crap talk? I mean, sure if you go to tigerboards or somewhere you’ll see a lot of hopped up 18 year olds saying some pretty outrageously stupid things (they all want Pinkel fired, BTW too, for not using their brilliant monday morning quarterbacking). But where on RMN or other sane forums are you seeing OU trash talk?
Perfectly willing to be shown wrong (well I’d be disapointed, obvs), but I haven’t seen it.
Thats what i find annoying. You go around trash talking teams that are way better than yours because you know that when you lose nothing will come of it, but if you win you can revel in saying you called it.
Show me the mizzou trash talking. Seriously, where is it? Where are the Mizzou people saying you’re overrated or that you’re going to lose or that we’re going to kick your asses? There’ve been some who have said “well we’re not as bad as you’re painting us,” but that ain’t trash talk. Show me the smack talk.
well, if not direct “trash talk,” there’s the whole series on your guys’ page. i know it’s all in good fun, but you have to admit that’s more than the usual amount of attention/negativity directed at a team.
i mean, we expect that sort of thing out of BON and the ’pokes, but the aggression is somewhat of a surprise coming from mizzou.
plus, like it or not, and no fault of your own, but that senile news anchor who “jack smacked” us has taken up the mantle as your official spokesperson…..
by evenyoudorn on Oct 22, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I love this "who have you played" crap....
The common refrain from almost everyone is that Missouri’s defense is only good because they haven’t played anyone yet, or that Missouri is a “paper tiger” generally speaking. While Missouri hasn’t played Florida State or Texas, but the notion that Missouri has beaten a bunch of also-rans is nonsense.
Illinois is 3-3, has pushed Ohio State and beaten PennState on the road. They will probably finish with 7 or 8 wins.
McNeese State is 2-4, while they are obviously a joke, they did give LSU a three quarter test in spite of losing to Missouri by 50-0 before the 4th quarter began.
SDSU is 4-2 and is about to be 5-2, and will finish with at least 8 games. Not only have they beaten Air Force, they clobbered Utah State — which pushed a sleepy Oklahoma team — 41-7.
Colorado is 3-3 and while not great, they have beaten Georgia and Hawaii.
MiaOH is 4-3 and an average mid-major.
A&M is 3-3 and will end up being middle of Big 12 at least.
Not only is Missouri’s schedule not a joke, they have held all of these teams FAR below their season scoring averages. Will Missouri beat OU? I have no idea, more likely no than yes. But to suggest that Missouri hasn’t played anyone is just dumb.
wait just a second...
it sounds like the missouri fans feel they’ve been… dare i say… disrespected?!
by evenyoudorn on Oct 21, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
really?
georgia is horrible
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by DeionWarrick on Oct 21, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
You tuned out too early
Georgia just beat Vandy by 40pts and beat Tennessee on the road by more than three touchdowns
again
2 other teams that are pathetic. I don’t think you’re getting the point.
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by DeionWarrick on Oct 21, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
the tennessee game was in athens
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by DeionWarrick on Oct 21, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I realize
That Vandy and Tennesse suck…but the wins were ass-kickings, not close…so as “bad” as Georiga may be, they are probably better than all but 50 NCAA teams
I don't
even know how this is even relevant to the ou mizzou game. I know we’re talkin about missouri’s strength of schedule but how did this get to bringing up colorado and miami of ohio being an ‘average mid major’ as quality wins? that’s ridiculous
for what it’s worth Missouri’s strength of schedule is ranked 53rd
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/strength-of-schedule-by-team
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by DeionWarrick on Oct 21, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I said
Miami OH was an average mid-major….didn’t say it was a quality win. I think Colorado was a decent win because they’ve beaten decent teams, and they were shut out by MO despite averaging more than three TDs a year.
Well...
College Football News / Fox Sports has just picked Mizzou to win 30-27. They cite our struggles away from the road (a tired argument) and our inability to close games (also a tired argument).
What they don’t realize is that over the course of the last 6 games, our youth, and the reason for our inconsistencies, have matured tremendously. Now, all the Tiger fans are welcome to come rub it in my face if we lose, but I’ll be far from surprised if we don’t “expose” a Mizzou defense and prove to the rest of the country just how great our defense is…and we’ll do it away from home and we’ll finish out a dominating performance. We have a tendency to make otherwise highly regarded quarterbacks, i.e. Christian Ponder, Garrett Gilbert (albeit overrated on many accounts), seem very normal.
Sooners win 45-12. Boom goes the dynamite!
Read the rest of this thread plus the post above. There’ve been a couple of Mizzou fans here, and we’re all pretty wary about this game. Check RockMNation if you want a bigger sample size on that. The consensus is that we have a chance but nobody is expecting the W. Hate to break it to you guys, but you’re the overdogs here, occasionally clueless media to the contrary.
it seems like oklahoma by three or five is the most common prediction. it’s always a stressful week before big conference games, anyway, but it’s ten times harder to focus on work when nobody seems to know who’s going to win.
at the very least, the attention will be great for both schools’ recruiting. and if gabbert or murray have a huge day, they’d get some heisman buzz.
by evenyoudorn on Oct 21, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah, despite the possible humiliation and agony of being on the losing end in a game like this… it’s definitely fun to have something to keep me awake the week before…
this time last week (cyclones), i was probably refreshing mlbtraderumors every thirty seconds or making excuses to walk to CVS.
by evenyoudorn on Oct 21, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
In some ways it’s easier to be on the underdog end because you have less to lose and more to gain, but the tradeoff is the impending sense of dread.
yes
the next few days will carry with them pretty persistent heartburn.
we’re all scared that, with all these freshmen, they’re going to start thinking they’ve accomplished something and have a letdown. seems like the captains are making a point of saying we haven’t done s—t yet… so let’s hope it sticks.
Whereas with Mizzou the worry is that the guys get excitable, and start trying to do too much on every play in front of the cameras, or that they panic if we fall behind, and get too overhyped. They’re not going to have a whole lot of margin of error, and it’d only take a few of the key wrong ones to get all tensed up, and things could get bad.
this is what makes a sooner fan a sooner fan
despite ranking 71st in Total Defense, having played 1 offense in the top 30 statistically, you’d be surprised if they don’t completely shut down an offense that is on par with any they’ve faced this year and several they’ve failed to shut down.
Meanwhile, despite MU having just last week pretty much shut down an offense that’s averaging 3 fewer yards and 5 fewer points per game than you, you give them no chance whatsoever to shut OU down.
Ok, this is sorta kinda-ish trash talk. You might have me, almost, on this one :) (though really “don’t assume we suck” isn’t quite on the same level as “haha, you guys suck”).
the difference between that post and trash talk
is that I’m not saying one way or another what I think will happen. I’m just poking fun at the certain OU fans have that their defense is legendary and ours is about to be exposed given the current rankings.
our defense is a way off from being legendary, but certainly there’s a lot of talent. i can’t speak for everyone, but a big reason for optimism here is that we’re playing i think thirteen freshmen (counting both sides of the ball) and the mistakes we saw against the cincinnatis of the world are becoming fewer each week.
you probably didn’t watch a lot of our early games, but it’s never been a case of our guys being too slow or not jumping high enough or anything… it was penalties, and guys getting behind the secondary, or our first-year mlb trying to be bosworth. it’s not like the bearcats dominated us all game… we’d get ahead by 14, then give up a 50 yard pass on 3rd and 11.
i admit i don’t know anything about your defense, outside of the points/game stat, either. but your no less ill-informed than the OU fans if you base your assessment of our defense purely on what stewart mandel tells you about us.
OU gets serious talent all the time. It’s one of the depressing things about having to play you regularly… And Missouri’s team is also pretty young here (not many seniors, last year a LOT of freshmen). It’ll be really interesting to see how our D holds up against legit talent in this game. I’m cautiously optimistic, but… we’ll find out.
our biggest question mark this year on offense was the line. so, if you guys can get pressure like you have, that makes things a lot more interesting. i think step one to beating us is taking away the bubble screens… and you need texas-like talent to guard against that AND get a consistent pass rush. most teams have to pick one or the other… so my rosy prediction would be you guys sending the house, and landry dropping it right over the DEs’ heads to one of the running backs for 7, 8 yards a pop.
if you guys can run over our linemen, that’s when i’d be nervous. landry fell apart in cincy when he had to throw on the run. it was ugly.
That’s actually our strength so far. We’ve had all kinds of success getting pressure through lines, and that’ll be especially true if Aldon is really back. And so far we’ve been able to do it mostly without totally overwhelming numbers I think. If our linebackers can play your bubbles well then maybe I’m optimistic (and our LB’s are a relative strength)… But yeah, if you’re getting your bubbles made fairly automatically then this is going to be a very long afternoon for us.
what i wouldn't give to go to a huge road game and a huge home game each season,
that would be the mizzou game this year for the road game and florida state for the home game… my score prediction for this saturday 34-17 OU
going into the fourth quarter, 28 to 7
i'm thinking slugfest
like if you said 65 points would be scored, i’d take the over. i’ll stick to optimism, as well, and say we exorcise some recent ou/texas demons with a 45-35 win.
and let’s say… 8 total sacks in the game.
LOL
I’m thinking that if it turns into a slugfest OU probably wins for sure. Our offense is good, but not great, and our running game is patchy. If we’re going to win it’ll be because our D is keeping you guys close enough into check for some moderate offensive output to take it.
How’s your D line though? If you’ve got a lot of your freshmen there, then things really could get interesting :)
this is where that other (angrier) mizzou guy will chime in with some kind of rant… but i’ll be surprised if you guys run over the line. we have AWFUL run defense stats, but that’s mainly from the zone-read/mobile QB stuff we had to deal with. traditional runners haven’t had a lot of luck. we’ve had a guy out, mcgee. DT might be the thinnest position on defense, though, now that CB seems to be stabilized. the main freshman getting time i want to say is daniel noble, and he’s been good.
i haven’t seen your backs, but the runs that work on us are to the outside, where we have a LB out of his gap and a guy runs the sideline for 30 yards. if that’s what you guys do, rather than trying to go inside, there’s a chance.
I’m not the expert other people are. Here’s our stats/analyst guy’s take on OU FWIW. I do know that with us one of our early worries was that our small backs were running too much to the outside and couldn’t go between the tackles, but I think that leveled out fairly smoothly.
In any event, no we’re not going to be shredding your O line like ATm’s, there’s no way. But our line play has been surprisingly good, and Aldon is a wizard. So we’ll see on Saturday. It’s going to be interesting. Or at least, I hope so ;)
it'll be a good matchup
the o-line was a big source of stress for me, but the way we ran on texas, maybe they’ve finally clicked. landry has been pretty steady, and the only really bad bout of happy feet was the second half in cincinnati.
hopefully for us, that DE of yours needs a week to get his timing back…
by evenyoudorn on Oct 22, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
I will say this...
we’re finally healthy on the D-Line now that Adrian Taylor and Frank Alexander have healed up some (I’m not always up and up on the football positions. If I am talking about the wrong position, please don’t blast me for it!)
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