If you were to listen to some of the callers on local sports radio here in
The defense is bad. Special teams are bad. Both will probably get trounced when they play Tech and OSU. I don't expect anyone to get the ax during the season. If Bob Stoops doesn't make some changes in his coaching staff at season's end, what gives?? Bob Stoops is the one who took this job and said there were not going to be any excuses. He didn't know how talented they were, but his staff would put in the right place, have them wrap up and tackle, and have the players in good condition, etc. Does anyone believe the special teams and defense are being coached and put in the right place to be successful?? Maybe I am wrong, but I don't believe this is the player's fault. – jimtraber.com
I’m not going to be an apologist for Brent Venables and the
Yes, I’m kidding about that and yes I was extremely frustrated when OU gave up 45 points to
I'm going to hate myself for giving this comparison, but OU's defense got lit up for 45 points vs. Texas--in Dallas--while Poke State's D gave up 28 points (only 7 in the 2nd half) vs. Texas IN AUSTIN. Now, are you going to tell me OSU has, overall, better athletes on defense than OU? And even if we agree that the athletes for both squads are equal, why the scoring disparity? What's the component that caused OU to have more points scored against its D?
And yes, offenses in today's game have gone nuclear, but, as evidenced by
, high-powered offenses can be slowed down in big games. And effective defenses don't get torched for 28 points in one half by a team that couldn't score more than 13 the week before. – jimtraber.com Poke State
Of course both of these quotes were taken from jimtraber.com and if you’ve never allowed yourself the opportunity to visit that site you should. If you thought you had a bleak outlook on life some of the posters there will make you feel like a ray of sunshine. There’s so much negativity and criticism there that even the host himself wants to shut it down. At this point I’m not real concerned with comparing OU with OSU and I won’t be until they play each other. I’m more concerned with
Brent Venables has been a part of a coaching staff that won Big 12 championships in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and a national championship in 2000. Let’s go ahead and fire him though because his defense gave up 35 points to
I don’t have the answers to
There are eight other teams in the conference giving up more points than
Here’s what I do know though. Four Big 12 schools are ranked in the Top 10 and
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