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OKLAHOMA –19.5 game
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OKLAHOMA –11 1st Half
Revenge, Revenge, Revenge. Those that know Bob Stoops knows when he has a chip on his shoulder or has been embarrassed by a team he will seek payback with a vengeance. For those that don’t know the story when Texas was looking to replace Mackovic, Stoops lobbied for the position pretty hard while he was DC at Florida. Darrell Royal basically told him he was too young and wasn’t good enough material to coach at Texas. Well, we all have seen for the last 5 years the drive and passion he has in kicking the Longhorns butts all over the field. You can also look at the A&M game last year, as Stoops seeked to revenge a loss from the year before, 77-0 was the final outcome.
Now we have KSU, who seemingly ended OU season by supposedly coming up with the blueprint plan to defeat the Sooners that was eventually used by LSU as well in the Sugar Bowl. Its payback time, and with a struggling KSU squad I expect this game to be a complete blowout.
Statistically speaking this has been the worst KSU defense in 13 years in scoring defense. And they haven’t even played Texas or OU yet. Giving up around 30 points a game and ranking 85th in the country.
Some other glaring statistics stick out when looking at the Cats. Teams have just as many punts (21), as they so touchdowns. 7 of those touchdowns have started inside the red zone due to turnovers or poor special teams coverage. 11 turnovers have resulted in 45 points for the opposition. Out of 62 possessions by the opponent, they have scored 37% of the time.
Now they face a Sooner offense that ranks 17th nationally in scoring, 8th in rushing, 16th in pass efficiency, and 14th overall. The Sooners now have Adrian Peterson at RB, a threat they didn’t have in last years title game.
Everyone was talking about Darren Sproels before the season started and a run for the Heisman trophy. I knew he wasn’t going to have near the success as in years past due to the absence of QB Ell Roberson. Just like Cedric Benson didn’t "arrive" on the national scene until running QB Vince Young took over, these running QBs make life a little easier for the RBs. Teams couldn’t just key on Sproels in the run game with the threat of Roberson back there last year. Now with Meier at QB teams are keying in on Sproels and successfully taking him out of the offense. Sproels also has 6 turnovers so far this season.
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OKLAHOMA –11 1st Half
Revenge, Revenge, Revenge. Those that know Bob Stoops knows when he has a chip on his shoulder or has been embarrassed by a team he will seek payback with a vengeance. For those that don’t know the story when Texas was looking to replace Mackovic, Stoops lobbied for the position pretty hard while he was DC at Florida. Darrell Royal basically told him he was too young and wasn’t good enough material to coach at Texas. Well, we all have seen for the last 5 years the drive and passion he has in kicking the Longhorns butts all over the field. You can also look at the A&M game last year, as Stoops seeked to revenge a loss from the year before, 77-0 was the final outcome.
Now we have KSU, who seemingly ended OU season by supposedly coming up with the blueprint plan to defeat the Sooners that was eventually used by LSU as well in the Sugar Bowl. Its payback time, and with a struggling KSU squad I expect this game to be a complete blowout.
Statistically speaking this has been the worst KSU defense in 13 years in scoring defense. And they haven’t even played Texas or OU yet. Giving up around 30 points a game and ranking 85th in the country.
Some other glaring statistics stick out when looking at the Cats. Teams have just as many punts (21), as they so touchdowns. 7 of those touchdowns have started inside the red zone due to turnovers or poor special teams coverage. 11 turnovers have resulted in 45 points for the opposition. Out of 62 possessions by the opponent, they have scored 37% of the time.
Now they face a Sooner offense that ranks 17th nationally in scoring, 8th in rushing, 16th in pass efficiency, and 14th overall. The Sooners now have Adrian Peterson at RB, a threat they didn’t have in last years title game.
Everyone was talking about Darren Sproels before the season started and a run for the Heisman trophy. I knew he wasn’t going to have near the success as in years past due to the absence of QB Ell Roberson. Just like Cedric Benson didn’t "arrive" on the national scene until running QB Vince Young took over, these running QBs make life a little easier for the RBs. Teams couldn’t just key on Sproels in the run game with the threat of Roberson back there last year. Now with Meier at QB teams are keying in on Sproels and successfully taking him out of the offense. Sproels also has 6 turnovers so far this season.