Rank your concerns

[CBUS_SOONER]

Mine seem to change daily...A few weeks ago it was the special teams and offensive line. I have always been concerned with the difficult schedule. However, as of the last couple of days I have a new leader. My concerns today are as follows:

1. Linebackers - Injuries
2. Offensive Line - Inexperienced
3. Special teams - Killed us a yr ago
4. Schedule - Some tough road games
5. Receivers - Not a real concern...

[Crucifax Autumn]

1. Will I be able to see every game on the road to #8?
2. Will my beer money hold out on this glorious run?

[GottaHavePride]

#1 - Will Sam Bradford be declared ineligble halfway through the season when it is revealed that he's actually Optimus Prime in disguise?

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#743 - Everything else

[JLEW1818]

1) Texas
2) Health
3) Coaching over the bowl season break


thats it

[SoonerLB]

My list would be the same as CBUS posted. The loss of Balogun really raised my concerns about the linebacker situation, hope RR can have a good and healthy season. Specail teams have to be better, don't think they could get much worse than last year. Hope to see some receivers step up and catch those great passes Sam will be throwing. And not on the list, but something I have thought about is consistency in the kicking game.

[bstuff1979]

1. Inexperience at safety
2. Depth at linebacker
3. Run blocking (if the new o-line can't do this, the O is in big big trouble.)
4. How I'm going to pay for game and flight tickets to Pasadena

[JLEW1818]

4. How I'm going to pay for game and flight tickets to Pasadena


this

[goingoneight]

1. BYU
2. Idaho State
3. Tulsa
4. Miami
... and so on, and so on...

[htownsooner7]

(1) Offensive Line
(2) Letdowns away from home ( a lot of solid opponents away from Norman)

[CBUS_SOONER]

1. Inexperience at safety
2. Depth at linebacker
3. Run blocking (if the new o-line can't do this, the O is in big big trouble.)
4. How I'm going to pay for game and flight tickets to Pasadena

I hope i have to worry about #4

[ashley]

Texas and osu.

[BoulderSooner79]

I only worry about things I can do something about.

1) Is my TV good enough for the season or should I upgrade?

[Tailwind]

texass osu and neb

[sooner ngintunr]

MLB

[SanJoaquinSooner]

1.Losing another bowl game and officially renamed Michigan.

[CK Sooner]

Texas and osu.

Pretty confident about that game in Norman.

[JLEW1818]

me 2s

[OUAlumni1990]

Injuries

[texas bandman]

Tech in Lubbock

[ouwasp]

1. Hope the special teams rise to at least avg...(who woulda thought a Stoops team could have been so poor last yr?)
2. Road woes
3. Defensive Killer Instinct...you know: When they have to make a stop.
4. OL

[sooner ngintunr]

Pretty confident about that game in Norman.

gumby flaps like a fish outta water in nomran

[goingoneight]

MLB

Yeah... It concerns me too when they talk about ****ing baseball during the football season. :mad:

[gaylordfan1]

1) Herpes.
2) Healthy line... I think they can block if they can walk on the field.
3) Murray STAYING healthy the entire season
4) Healthy linebacker crew!

[hgarmorer]

Goal line plays

[adoniijahsooner]

1. Hope the special teams rise to at least avg...(who woulda thought a Stoops team could have been so poor last yr?)
2. Road woes3. Defensive Killer Instinct...you know: When they have to make a stop.
4. OL

Team actually scored more on the road than @ home last year.

1. Injuries
2. Injuries
3. Injuries

[EnragedOUfan]

1. The Venables defensive schemes/play calling/adaptation when it matters the most
2. Breaking the bowl game losing streak
3. Injuries, especially towards the end of the season
4. The offensive line
5. Stopping the short passing game from McCoy/Texas
6. Miami and Nebraska

[IronHorseSooner]

1. O Line gelling
2. Injuries (DM, RR, Habern, Wort, Box, Granger, English, Lepak)
3. Kicking game (new punter, inconsistent kicker, shotty KO coverage)
4. The annual "let down" game where we play below OUr potential

I think that the first, third, and fourth can all be handled by coaching and player prep. The injuries are the thing that really nobody can predict. The best you can do is what the coaches are doing now- cross training players on other positions. Having Eldridge and Good practice at center, and having multiple people rotate through at the Mike position can help mitigate impacts.

[Johnny Utah]

1. The Wilson offensive schemes/play calling/adaptation when in scoring position
2. Being upset by an inferior team
3. Breaking the bowl game losing streak

[KHS Sooner]

Yep

[oudivesherpa]

1. Thinking that good teams are cup cakes, (BYU, Miami, Tech) and getting upset. Many posters on this board think will beat BYU by 30 or more. I wish the attitude was BYU will be a very tough game at it will a signifcant victory when we win. We will be up for the Texas, OSU and Nebbish. What I worry about are good teams, not the great teams that have a chance for an upset.
2. Depth in the secondary. Any more injuries and we will be in serious trobuble.
3. The O line will be fine by Mid-season--but how fast they gel will be the question.
4. In January do I drive to OKC and then take a charter to Pasadena or do I just fly South West Airlines out of Houston to LA and rent a car?

[beer4me]

Injuries x100

[oupride]

Offensive Line vs texas

[IronHorseSooner]

Offensive Line vs texas

I see you point here, but as I said in another thread, they are going to have a much harder time replacing Orakpo than we will replacing OUr guys on the O-Line. He was a game-changer that made his whole defense look better than they actually were. They don't have a guy who has his motor, and is as strong and fast. He's now doing what he did to us to NFL linemen. He also allow them to be versatile, because he could play DE, OLB, and DT, if needed. For us, I could see Beal doing the same thing this year, but for the Whorns, Acho and Okafor are not going to do the same things for than D that Orakpo did. Just look at the Tech game. He was out/injured in that game, and they lost (which many in the media seem to forget). For us, when Duke went out, we brought in Simmons, and we didn't miss a beat.

[o0Dan0o]

1. BYU
2. Idaho State
3. Tulsa
4. Miami
... and so on, and so on...

+1

[soonerfan28]

We have plenty of experience at LB. My only concern is the o-line gelin', but Spud St will take care of that.

[Boomer38Sooner]

I'm not going to worry about a thing until about 5 minutes into the BYU game when I find out what kind of team we will be this year.

[OUAlumni1990]

Injuries

Wow, did I nail it or what? see post #18

[delhalew]

Injuries x100

Has anyone said injuries?:eek:

[zeptrey]

#1 - More whining and crying from OU Fans about Coach Stoops...
#2 - Injuries
#3 - O-State fans that are just now coming out of the woodwork and talking trash like they have already beat us in Norman. I am concerned because if they do trash talk, I am likely to end up in prison. And prison would suck for two obvious reasons...one being anal rape...and two would be wearing an ORANGE Jumpsuit!!!!!!!!

[Gresho Murford]

#1 - More whining and crying from OU Fans about Coach Stoops...
#2 - Injuries
#3 - O-State fans that are just now coming out of the woodwork and talking trash like they have already beat us in Norman. I am concerned because if they do trash talk, I am likely to end up in prison. And prison would suck for two obvious reasons...one being anal rape...and two would be wearing an ORANGE Jumpsuit!!!!!!!!

don't worry, a florida fan told us last year that anal rape wasn't bad if you had lube

[soonermix]

#1 do i watch to much pron?
#2 have i seen enough pron?
#3 does the posse have enough natty?
#4 has the posse seen enough pron?

[prrriiide]

1. Discipline/execution
2. OL assignments
3. Injuries
4. Middle pass coverage
5. Offensive playcalling
5.1 Using the no-huddle when it isn't clearly advantageous or is not advisable

[spatton713]

1. OL
2. QB
3. Injuries
4. Play Calling
5. Def. Secondary
6. Linebacker Depth
7. Center
8. TE
9. Texas
10. @ Miami