The truth about our defense

[LittleWingSooner]

Taken from another board since I can't be original. LOL

#1 OSU
Youngstown DII
Akron DII
Washington 62
Northwestern 31
Purdue 35
Kent 78
Mich state 32
Penn state 57
Wisconsin 45
Illinois 35
Michigan 72

#2 USC
Idaho 90
Nebraska 13
Wash state 29
Washington 62
Stanford 107
Airizona 64
Notre dame 119
Oregon 12
Oregon state 81
Cal 56
AZ state 49

#3 LSU
Miss state 112
Vtech 97
Mid tenn 96
South caro 77
Tulane 60
Florida 14
Kentucky 27
Auburn 102
Alabama 75
La tech 82
ole miss 93
Ark 18

#4 Vtech
East caro 72
LSU 24
ohio 74
William/Mary DII
North Caro 106
Clemson 47
Duke 117
BC 25
G tech 67
FSU 83
Miami 110
Virginia 100

#5 Clemson
FSU 83
LA Monroe 66
Furman DII
NC state 98
Gtech 67
Duke 117
central mich 22
Maryland 88
Duke 117
Wake 99
BC 25

#18 SOONERS
North texas 44
Miami 110
Utah state 116
Tulas 1
CO 73
Texas 14
MIZZ 5
Iowa state 103
Baylor 87
A&M 54
Tech 2
Pukes 8
And we play Mizzou again.

NO team has played an offense ranked in the top ten.We played 4!

I bet if you looked up just top pass offenses OU's played several teams ranked higher than anyone else has played. The fact is that OU's schedule this year was loaded with good offenses and we did really well against those offenses. We have a good defense. Not a great one, but a really good defense and it'll only get better by next year.

[KHS Sooner]

Good look at it.

Spek :D

[Jeopardude]

You and your stats are bunk. The I way I'd run the D would be much better than Vanables' doomed ways :rolleyes: .

[MextheBulldog]

You and your stats are bunk. The I way I'd run the D would be much better than Vanables' doomed ways :rolleyes: .

Please enlighten us...

[soonerinabilene]

Nick, wtf man. Are you actually being optimistic? Did anyone see Scanners?

[85sooners]

nice

[fadada1]

DAMN YOU, LOGIC!!!!!! DAMN YOU!!!!

[LittleWingSooner]

Nick, wtf man. Are you actually being optimistic? Did anyone see Scanners?

I've never been optimistic or pessimistic. It's more realistic. Our defense isn't great this year. Not great like in 2000, or 2001, or 2003 great. It's more like 2002 or 2004 good. We have some solid players and it's still a young defense.

In the games we lost this year or that were close our offense was the bigger problem.

Colorado our offense was never really consistent all game. They had 1 drive of 2 plays and a couple of drives on short field. Our defense basically scored 17 of those points if I remember right. We had one drive going about 80 yards on 2 plays. A long pass to Finley and a long run by Patrick.

Texas was close because Texas made some good stops our offense and defense didn't really play all that bad. Our offense could have been a bit better. But getting over 400 yards is pretty good. Defense really locked down after they figured out how to defend the TE. McCoy had his best game of the year though. This may be the only game where you can lay blame to the defense a little. But they were a big reason we won the game also.

Iowa State was Bradford's worst game as a QB. They did nothing on offense most of the game. They scored their only points off a turnover.

Texas Tech we lose our QB early on and we gave them the ball near midfield 3 straight times. In the 2nd half Tech got the ball at the OU 34 and the OU 5 after turnovers. Tech scored 7 points that half. That tells you how good our defense was that game. The offense put our defense in terrible spots and we still should have won that game anyway. If Bradford plays and is healthy, we win the game comfortably. No doubt about it.

[Ever]

Impressive. I'll give Vanables a good deal more credit then.

[A D Peterson28]

Venables just needs to say that magic incantation to stop the slants and passes across the middle while protecting the deep ball. I don't know what those words are, but I'm not the coach--though it will hurt without English. Bradford will take care of business on O with AP, Kelly and the rest of the crew.

BTW, how sweet would it be for our first offensive play to be a fake screen (the screen we've done all season), then hit Gresham for about 15 yards, or Kelly for TD?

A D Peterson28
-No, I'm not him. Just a fan of the Prince (AD) and the Maestro (Stoops). If you're a winning football coach in OK, you have more power than the governor--you can practically order around the National Guard!

[WildHorse]

I wish every 3rd or 4th pass was to one of the tight ends. Move the chains and keep the clock moving.

[LittleWingSooner]

I will say one thing about our D this weekend. Without Auston it'll be tough. He was a huge part of confusing Daniel. The guy is a great pass rusher and a great end. He may already be the best all around end in the country. He's also solid in pass coverage. His speed makes him so hard to play against.

It sounds like he'll be out or he won't be 100% if he plays. So it'll be tough without him.

[goingoneight]

I thought initially he was out until bowl time, but Stoops said in the presser that Auston practices just fine and is gameday decision.

Methinks it's like last year's BIG 12 CCG. AD was cleared the week prior for Bed-dumb, but Stoops didn't want to risk AD's health, nor his team's mojo and had AD sit out. Theteam responded well, just as they did in Columbia and College Station, they rallied behind their QB and worked with what they had to become conference champs.

Auston is no AD, but he is like having a Dan Cody kind of guy in the lineup. He definitely makes a difference when he's on his game. He was Colt McCoy, Chase Daniel and Stephen McGee's worst nightmare.

[okienole3]

OK, I will be the one who says it. Is it possible that the reason some of these teams have high ranked offenses is because they racked up yards against our defense?

[SoonerKnight]

OK, I will be the one who says it. Is it possible that the reason some of these teams have high ranked offenses is because they racked up yards against our defense?


Like who? Texas Tech? :rolleyes:

[SoonerBBall]

OK, I will be the one who says it. Is it possible that the reason some of these teams have high ranked offenses is because they racked up yards against our defense?

Yes. It takes exactly one game to give you a rating that high.

Oh yeah, unless you take statistics into account.

[LittleWingSooner]

We have held most of those teams to under their average. The only team to get over their average for the OU game was Baylor.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I think other than a few poor plays and a few missed tackles our defense is great...not 2000 great, but pretty damn good against the offenses we've faced this year.

[NYC Poke]

FWIW, our offense had been looking pretty impressive consistently until we ran into OU. I didn't expect to win our game against you, but I did expect to see more scoring on our part.

Stoops seems like he's on a mission since the TT loss. A motivated Stoops is a dangerous opponent.

[cvsooner]

Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner!

Also, this maligned Sooner defense has scored five touchdowns this season, which I believe ties the record for most by an OU defense.

One of the keys against Mizou will be solid tackling. I mean, it's always a factor, but especially against this opponent. The defense that has the better game will mean the difference in this game. That and special teams.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Well, if we're talking about short bus special, the OU is doomed facing those ****tards.