Official Game Thread: Oklahoma vs BYU

[Sooner Eclipse]

How is it that BYU has a brand new OL and loses a couple of those guys to injury and they are destroying the blitz left and right, while we look like we never seen a blitz and have no idea how to stop it.

Because typically their replacements are guys that are 2+ years older than the typical oline starter because of the mission thing.

This is why I wasn't buying the "we're gonna kill'em" hype.

[My Opinion Matters]

BYU has us right where the want us--3rd and long.

[OULenexaman]

this board will crash soon....

[Cajun]

Dfense stepping up

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

nice defensive effort!!!!!!

[OULenexaman]

This defense looks pathetic.

I think they are showing heart in adversity.....give em a break dude

[misplaced_sooner]

D got the job done there. way to go boys!

[misplaced_sooner]

Damm penalties!

[TMcGee86]

This is getting ridiculous.

How many holds is that? 5?

[JLB]

Told yah,it was gonna be a long game.

[JLB]

Texas is going to kill us with a line like this.

[My Opinion Matters]

And...another missed blitz pickup.

[StoopTroup]

Reporter needs to shut her pie hole.

[OKC-SLC]

This holding bull**** has to stop.

This O-line is awful.

[nmsoonergirl]

Why the heck doesn't our defense look better than this?

[TMcGee86]

this is WVU all over again. Them hitting us knocking us back, basically wanting it more.

Shades of 05. Make the championship game and think we just roll out and play for another one.

[tigepilot]

I wonder what the record is for holding penalties in one game?

[OKC-SLC]

they are rushing 4-5, and there is ALWAYS an unmolested guy in the backfield.

[OULenexaman]

our D needs to carry this game now....they are in the limelight now.....

[JLB]

Im going to get negged for this one but just stating the obvious.Ive always loved the Sooners.But this years squad is overrated.The D is not that good.The O line needs a season together to be good.Players are missing assignments.Did these guys even practice this year.

[StoopTroup]

You gotta take the good with the bad if your gonna be a Sooner.

Buck up Campers.

[RedRooster]

we need to pull our heads out and start playing

[ouflak]

Too bad about the offensive penalties.

[SoonerDood]

dang

[StoopTroup]

Im going to get negged for this one but just stating the obvious.Ive always loved the Sooners.But this years squad is overrated.The D is not that good.The O line needs a season together to be good.Players are missing assignments.Did these guys even practice this year.

Same thing could be said about every team I've watched so far this year.

[OULenexaman]

I could care less about a Jerry Jones interview......blow me!!!!

[TMcGee86]

good to see Lewis back in there mixing it up.

[Cam]

Good to see Travis Lewis back in the game.

[pac10SUX]

Time for us to pull our head out of our pac10 ref's.

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

It's not over yet!

[TMcGee86]

Same thing could be said about every team I've watched so far this year.

This.

[StoopTroup]

I could care less about a Jerry Jones interview......blow us!!!!

Fixed.

[misplaced_sooner]

Ds making me eat my earlier comments.

[Sooner Eclipse]

Little bit of downhill football here....

[JLB]

maybe Ill come to eat my words,but im just depressed about Sam,thats all.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

embarasing....

[TMcGee86]

unbelievable.

that raise up **** is stupid. We are killing ourselves.

[TMcGee86]

Why even run the hard count if we aren't going to snap it?

Chris Brown running all over them and we get stupid on third down.

FML.

[OULenexaman]

crap....it's run run run now.....mix it up...come on D

[SoonerDood]

I hate that too, Todd. Didn't that end up costing us against some team last year?

[GrapevineSooner]

Well, I'd better not hear a bad word about our defense.

They've stepped it up when we desperately needed it.

[TMcGee86]

I freaking love Gerald McCoy.

LOVE!

[StoopTroup]

embarasing....

You do realize this was a trap game.

Anything less than a blow out was gonna be embarrassing.

Suck it up Sooner.

[4everasooner]

we were not prepaired

[StoopTroup]

That INT wasn't embarrassing.

WTG DEFENSE ! ! !

[pac10SUX]

Time to turn it around!!! Boomer!!

[possumfat]

D

[OULenexaman]

yea baby!!!!....here comes the DDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nh

[JLB]

Nice run

[StoopTroup]

MATT CLAPP WITH A BLOCK!

[4everasooner]

throw the ball

[JLB]

I smell a TD.

[SoonersBIG7]

Murray=The Answer

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

that was a hell of an INT! now lets covert this into 6!

[GrapevineSooner]

throw the ball

Why, when a steady dose of Brown followed by Demarco is killing BYU's defense right now?

[pac10SUX]

Murray=The Answer

YES

[StoopTroup]

I smell a TD.

Now yOUr Talkin'

BOOMER ! ! !

[Cam]

we were not prepared

Fixed, and how do you figure?

BYU isn't exactly Idaho State.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

Well, I'd better not hear a bad word about our defense.

They've stepped it up when we desperately needed it.

amen!!!

[JLB]

penalties and missed blocks killed us tonight.We are so close to being great.

[dwschoon]

Murray=The Answer

Just hold onto the ball please.

[OULenexaman]

Fixed.

thanks....good fix....:D :D

[4everasooner]

now we know what the loss of gresh. means. if he's not out they can't blitz and we dont lose bradford. period

[OULenexaman]

so how do you D haters feel now????

[SoonersBIG7]

Its a sloppy first game it will take a while for all the units to click

[StoopTroup]

GET THE W ! ! !

[GrapevineSooner]

For all the pollyanas, losing Gresham for this game was about the worst thing that could have happened going in. Had Sam had his security blanket, you can bet your *** BYU wouldn't be employing so many delayed blitzes.

The O-line will get better as the season goes along.

[JLB]

Hell yes

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

chris brown...he likes to run it run it

[JLB]

I cant beleive they dont pass it

[footballfanatic]

You gotta take the good with the bad if your gonna be a Sooner.

Buck up Campers.

It's just that's there's so much bad to take with the good.

[GrapevineSooner]

A play action here on first down would be nice.

[Cam]

Bout time we got the benefit from a flag.

[Cam]

Go for it on 4th.

[OULenexaman]

WHAT IS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GrapevineSooner]

SIMPLY INEXCUSABLE!!!

[Sooner Eclipse]

This is a gimp fight

[StormySooner-IN]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[StoopTroup]

That's just inexperience there.

CRAP!

[SoonersBIG7]

this is ridiculous

[JLB]

oh my god shades of the play calling against Florida.Cant even get it into the endzone.This is embarrasing.

[SoonerDood]

same situation as last year....and still can't punch it in

[ouflak]

Hmmm....

[OKC-SLC]

pathetic. one of the coaches should have called a timeout. or they could get the plays decided upon before 7 seconds are left on the play clock

[SoonersBIG7]

That is about the fifth time this quarter i have been like finally we got it going...yet another let down...

[JLB]

We pay those coaches well.And to sit here and watch them pull this **** makes me sick.Oh my god.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

are you serious!!!! that is the dumbest penalty i have ever seen!!!!! was no one looking at the play? no coaches to call timeout? what the hell!! 7 tries and we cant get the ball in from 3 yards! this is embarrassing

[OULenexaman]

FOR GODS SAKE....DONT LOOK BACK 40 YDS FOR A PLAY CALL!!!!!!!!! CALL A PLAY AND SNAP THE DAMN BALL!!!!!!

[JLB]

We pay those coaches well.And to sit here and watch them pull this **** makes me sick.Oh my god.

[StoopTroup]

Good.

[Bosley]

Was anyone else making a "timeout" signal and yelling at your watching destination like I was while the clock was ticking down?

[StoopTroup]

Josh will work with Landry. Thing is...he hasn't made any turnovers to speak of. Close on a handoff but we covered.

I like him.

[nmsoonergirl]

Landry's fine. He's the least of our problems right now.

We're still up. BOOMER!

[OKC-SLC]

gameball to the linebackers so far. two picks, lots of sure tackles.

[possumfat]

bring back the Wishbone on the goal line

[JLB]

Well I was wrong about one thing,our D and linebackers are keeping us alive in this game.Hats off D.

[nmsoonergirl]

gameball to the linebackers so far. two picks, lots of sure tackles.

You are right. Thanks for pointing this out. I need to settle down about the D.

[OKC-SLC]

we suck azz on third and long with Venables. We always have, we always will.

[My Opinion Matters]

Converting every damn 3rd down. Unbelievable.

[Jack T.]

we suck azz on third and long with Venables. We always have, we always will.

This man speaks the truth. Listen to him.

[OKC-SLC]

third and long, just where they want us.

[wishbonesooner]

It ain't easy bein' a Sooner. Jeez.

[My Opinion Matters]

We're f*cked.

[wishbonesooner]

Can we stop a team when we have to?

[OKC-SLC]

reynolds wasn't set before that snap.

[My Opinion Matters]

No, obviously.

[StoopTroup]

Always?

51% on 3rd last year and Sam won the Heisman.

Offense ranked 3rd nationally...

Yeah we sucked.

[wishbonesooner]

Why do we always look like the Keystone Cops when a team plays us close?

[Cam]

Fuggin hell. Might well be a long season.

[My Opinion Matters]

Always?

51% on 3rd last year and Sam won the Heisman.

Offense ranked 3rd nationally...

Yeah we sucked.

What's this have to do with Venables' defense?

[OUDizzle]

I feel like LeGarrette Blount just punched me in the nuts.

[TMcGee86]

This is the Fiesta bowl all over again. They want it more than we do, they are better coached, better prepared, more hungry, and making us look slow, confused, weak, and foolish.

They are doing things that we should be doing.

[footballfanatic]

Any update on Bradford?

[4everasooner]

game over boys

[My Opinion Matters]

This is the Fiesta bowl all over again. They want it more than we do, they are better coached, better prepared, more hungry, and making us look slow, confused, weak, and foolish.

They are doing things that we should be doing.

New o-line. New TE. New QB. New receivers. Same D-coordinator=recipe for disaster.

[Jack T.]

3rd and goal. . .bet they score.

[OKC-SLC]

I'm beginning to think we shouldn't schedule mid majors who play us like it's their biggest game in a generation for the opening game of the season.

[My Opinion Matters]

Ballgame.

[StoopTroup]

What's this have to do with Venables' defense?

Thought you were talking Offense.

[TMcGee86]

wide ****ing open.

funny how we can't seem to do that.

[OULenexaman]

you gotta be kidddin me......

[Cam]

Wow, wide fuggin open. Killin me.

[ouflak]

Oh well.

[wishbonesooner]

Damn. Damn Damn Defense let us down big time

[misplaced_sooner]

Once again, the D blows an assignment and lets a receiver get behind them...

[Leroy Lizard]

I think the other teams take penalties to put themselves in third-and-long.

[OKC-SLC]

Seriously.

When is Venables due for criticism? When is it not non-PC to criticize the guy? Why is it each year there's a new excuse? It's young players, or it's injuries--it's always something. What's the excuse this season? Why are there constantly people wide open in key situations? Key third downs? Key two point conversions? Why?

[My Opinion Matters]

Season's over before it even started.

[OULenexaman]

why cant we score a TD earlier.....a friggin field goal?? why are we looking back at the bench for a play call????????? this is 2009

[ouflak]

We'll just have to focus better on offense and hope things work out now.

[misplaced_sooner]

oh my god shades of the play calling against Florida.Cant even get it into the endzone.This is embarrasing.

x2

[StoopTroup]

Season's over before it even started.

Games not over and you've given up on the Season?

Sounds kinda aggie to me.

[TMcGee86]

This is just sad.

[wishbonesooner]

I hate baggin' on Venables, but damn, I've seen this little dog and pony show too many times.

[Bosley]

Send in Mahoney!

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

sometimes it is really hard being a sooner fan.....after being the most dominant offense last year, i anticipated a little drop off...but mostly everyone had had playing time. our defense is great, as long as the play doesnt get to the safeties and corners.

i know we are without bradford and gresham, but outside of the d-line and linebackers, murray and brown, we look really bad.

i'll always be a soonerfan, i always have, but this is just silly dumb

[TMcGee86]

Well, on the bright side hopefully we can snag an easy bowl match up and end our bowl losing streak this year.

[wishbonesooner]

If there is such a thing as Sooner Magic we need it now boys

[Bosley]

I hate baggin' on Venables, but damn, I've seen this little dog and pony show too many times.

They've scored two touchdowns man. They're a good team. Chill.

[My Opinion Matters]

Games not over and you've given up on the Season?

Sounds kinda aggie to me.

Are you watching the same game as everyone else?

[My Opinion Matters]

We're throwing the ball...why?

[soonermagic14]

Seriously.

When is Venables due for criticism? When is it not non-PC to criticize the guy? Why is it each year there's a new excuse? It's young players, or it's injuries--it's always something. What's the excuse this season? Why are there constantly people wide open in key situations? Key third downs? Key two point conversions? Why?

I agree......makes me sick- in for a long season. makes you wonder why he doesnt have a head job yet

[Snrborn]

I can't stand Landry's Fustache. Doesn't have the game to back it up....

[StoopTroup]

1st and ten on 3rd down. Huh...we suck. :rolleyes:

[TMcGee86]

gag. when we are open we throw it in the turf, and we we get it there they drop it.

I take back every thought that ever crossed the back recesses of my mind regarding anyone on last years team being overrated, esp the WR's and OL, and Nic.

[StoopTroup]

Are you watching the same game as everyone else?

Yep.

We need a FG for the win.

[Jack T.]

Don't score too quickly!!!

[bearfan08]

just need to add go sooners I ****ing hate the MWC. Sucks for Bradford I hate when crap like that has a chance to affect the outcome of the game.

[My Opinion Matters]

I can't stand Landry's Fustache. Doesn't have the game to back it up....

Easy. The kid's a redshirt freshman that was just thrown into a bad situation. He's played admirably.

[wishbonesooner]

How would you like bein' Landry right now? He looks cool so far....

[StoopTroup]

GO SOONERS ! ! !

[OULenexaman]

we have life....a field goal wins it......I'm in cardiac arrest at the moment....

[TMcGee86]

Mark my words, even if we win, ND overtakes us in the rankings.

[misplaced_sooner]

Landry looking poised! Pull this out!

BOOMER!

[Snrborn]

I'm just sayin his facial hair is embarrasing.....

[delhalew]

I'm 'bout to have a freakin' stroke.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

to say that i am dissappointed is an understatement. but, if we pull this out, i'll be the happiest man on the planet

[StoopTroup]

SOONER MAGIC TIME !

[wishbonesooner]

Well hell.

[soonermagic14]

I just threw up again

[My Opinion Matters]

We have two 1,000 yard-rushers...but we're asking our RS Frosh back-up QB to win the game for us...

Ok.

[TMcGee86]

lovely. false start.

just insane.

[OKC-SLC]

This game is on the O-line. The false starts and the failure to pick up pressure on the QB.

Bob was right--this O-line is no doubt the weakness of the team.

[wishbonesooner]

I'm old and this is taking time off my life.

[bearfan08]

how good is ya'lls kicker?

[TMcGee86]

I am seriously, SERIOUSLY, underwhelmed with our wide receivers.

[StoopTroup]

LET'S GO SOONERS ! ! !

[Sooner02]

nm

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

well, do you go for it or try the fg?

[SoonerKnight]

:mad:

[wishbonesooner]

Are you freaking kidding me?

[My Opinion Matters]

54-yard FG? Yikes.

[StoopTroup]

Sam looks like he's gonna throw up

[My Opinion Matters]

Like I said, season over.

[Snrborn]

Wow....I guess we have a lot of faith in Way.


GD

[OULenexaman]

no sooner magic....today...

[StoopTroup]

Ball Game.

Rough start. See ya in Norman if you got it in ya.

[ouflak]

Too bad. Just going to have to fight through this season and hope we get some of our guys healthy again.

[OUinFLA]

oh, I see, we dont want to put the pressure on our red shirt freshman qb, instead we got to put it on our freshman ko specialist to kick a 99 yard field goal.
well, I guess Im not much of a coach.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

well, it was a tough season.

[Jack T.]

Well. Can't fault the kicker.

OLine? Sure. DC? Sure. Kicker? No.

[StoopTroup]

Like I said, season over.

That's such bull****.

Definitely aggie ****.

[Snrborn]

Our coaching staff needs to take a loooong look in the mirror. We get out coached way too often.

[TMcGee86]

**** it.

With sam and gresh we win, we can still snag a good BCS game and hopefully end our pathetic streak of suckitude.

[wishbonesooner]

I feel sick

[StoopTroup]

We had the same thing happen against TCU in Norman and we didn't have Sam possibly coming back.

Hang in there Sooners!

[proud gonzo]

****.

[OKC-SLC]

The O line had countless holds, countless false starts (including a critical one to force a longer FG), and the inability to punch it in with 6 or 7 tries inside the 5. This game is over if we score a TD there and not a FG.

[soonermagic14]

3rd down stops ...... even sam was in the game our offense looked bad. the o line sucks. gonna be a long year. why does this feel like a bowl game?

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

well, if youre gonna lose..lose early

[OUbasketball4life]

damn coaching staff....doesn't get a back up quarterback ready to perform for just in case purposes....O-line sucked...(cough cough cory brandon) I'm so frustrated i'm bout to drink it off

[TMcGee86]

16 play 8 min drive dooms our season.

Defense looked lost all day. They have a make shift OL and they outplayed our guys like they were NFL players and we were JV high schoolers.


We are yet again a punchline and proof that nonBCS schools are legit.

Every Non BCS AD should be calling us trying to schedule us.

[StoopTroup]

I would have given Landry the shot as either way you possibly have a head case.

[General Applewhite]

You guys are wrong about the coaching staff. Having an o-line with this few starts is always bad news. There is no substitution for experience.

[Snrborn]

We are so much better than this.

[mehip]

I love this team but I am so damn sick of seeing the same pattern of the D not being able to get off the field on 3rd down.

[soonerfaninfla]

i am tired of saying this year after year, but OU cannot defend the pass, its a damn shame, the same problem never gets fixed

[StoopTroup]

16 play 8 min drive dooms our season.

Defense looked lost all day. They have a make shift OL and they outplayed our guys like they were NFL players and we were JV high schoolers.


We are yet again a punchline and proof that nonBCS schools are legit.

Every Non BCS AD should be calling us trying to schedule us.

We had them whooped. Losing Sam was the difference. It didn't allow us to post a "W" and make the adjustments that Bob and Company typically make.

Again...losing isn't always a death sentence.

[oulucas]

Well. Can't fault the kicker.

OLine? Sure. DC? Sure. Kicker? No.

Are you F'ing kidding me? You want to throw Venables under the bus? That defense is the only reason we were even IN this game. You fair weather idiots can go the F home. I don't post here often for this very reason.

Anyone who talks S**t on the defense after that performance can blow me. Yeah, go ahead an ban me. F'ing fair weather fans.

[Animal Mother]

You're only as good as your second team and your coaches.

[TMcGee86]

You guys are wrong about the coaching staff. Having an o-line with this few starts is always bad news. There is no substitution for experience.

BYU somehow managed it. And that was against "the greatest Dline" in college football.


We were out coached and underprepared. It's becoming a broken record.

[OULenexaman]

wonderful...1st and goal from the 5 and the QB has to look backwards about 40 yards for a play call.....so we only get 3....that is retarded!!!!! COMPLETELY RETARDED!!!!!! It's EMBARRRASIN!!!!!

[UTsucks]

I smell the Holiday Bowl :pop:

[kingsby]

at least we won't get stomped in a bcs game this year !!

Time to evaluate how good our coaching staff is ... out coached again.

Big Game Bob - $4M / year. Give me a break stop the insanity

[StoopTroup]

at least we won't get stomped in a bcs game this year !!

Time to evaluate how good our coaching staff is ... out coached again.

Big Game Bob - $4M / year. Give me a break stop the insanity

You don't know that either.

[wishbonesooner]

I'm no fair weather fan my friend, and I don't believe I will blow you. You tell me when was the last time our D made a stop with the game on the line? Seriously. How many times in the last 5 or 6 years have we seen exactly what we saw tonight?

[Crucifax Autumn]

Doomsayers killed the game...

We're gonna win out and win big. I have to give it to the bYU team and fans, but we WILL win out and we will be in A BCS game if not THE BCS game. Losing early teaches us and also lets the voters forget...like last year,

**** it...we lost. And I don't blame injuries. We just blew it early and blew it late.

[kingsby]

all you folks who stick up for Venables just stop it.

Did you at any time feel like our defense was going to shut them down. It was just a matter of time before the punched it in.

We have not had a good defense in a long time. No one fears our defense, no one fears our coaches. Our defense has not made a game winning stop since Roy Williams in the Cotton Bowl

OU is becoming a team that makes other programs.

We put Boise State on the Map and we have put BYU back on the stage.

I bet you a dollar we also put Miami back on the stage, after we lose to them in a few weeks

[mehip]

Are you F'ing kidding me? You want to throw Venables under the bus? That defense is the only reason we were even IN this game. You fair weather idiots can go the F home. I don't post here often for this very reason.

Anyone who talks S**t on the defense after that performance can blow me. Yeah, go ahead an ban me. F'ing fair weather fans.

Why the hell can't we get off the field on 3rd downs against good competition who are not coached by former OU coordinators when it counts? Is our talent just deficient or is it the scheme? I'm no coach but how many more years before we see a change in how we approach 3rd and 5?

[redhawk49]

Dayum! Im starting to enjoy all of this new leg room on the wagon!

[sooner13f]

Are you F'ing kidding me? You want to throw Venables under the bus? That defense is the only reason we were even IN this game. You fair weather idiots can go the F home. I don't post here often for this very reason.

Anyone who talks S**t on the defense after that performance can blow me. Yeah, go ahead an ban me. F'ing fair weather fans.

I agree 100% except with maybe the way you said it.

If I known BYU was going to be held to soo few points I would of bet my paycheck on a win.

Ohhhh college football year after year will break your heart.

[soonerfaninfla]

its time for changes, dont know what, but they need to be made

[Crucifax Autumn]

and yeah...Venables shoulda made better calls, but at least this year he made **** calls early. That's a good sign.

[soonermagic14]

BYU somehow managed it. And that was against "the greatest Dline" in college football.


We were out coached and underprepared. It's becoming a broken record.

exactly

[Crimson Blonde]

worst 3.5 hours of my life, including being in labor.... The only thing that would have made it worse is if i would have paid the $300 bucks for a hotel room in arlington tonight.....

disgusting. sloppy. from the play calling all the way down. the o line can't block, can't stop the d from getting to the qb, and yet, we persist with the brilliant wilson "run up the middle". really?!

the one i feel sorry for is bradford. i hate to say it, but kid should have taken the money and run. i don't see these guys getting it together any time soon. that o line was just about the worst i've ever seen.

silver lining? i was a little sad, as i've just got a new kindle and was really enjoying spending my saturdays catching up on reading. i was thinking that now that football season was here i'd loose that reading day. looks like i can now rejoice, because if THIS is what stoops is going to give us, i'd rather get lost in a good book, rather than a horrific train wreck on the field!

[East Coast Bias]

I don't normally blast the coaches, but this is all on them. The team wasn't ready and the play-calling was bad at the critical time. Think about how we started with the wildcat-even calhoun running the ball. Obviously the coaches thought we were better than we are. Murray fumbles, we don't go to him anymore until late in the game. Hats off to Tress Way and Landry they gave it everything. Getting beat by teams with less skill and talent points to poor coaching, effort by the players was there.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Silver lning...

We lost early. We will improve. We'll have good nd experienced backups. Sam will come back next year. Sam will lead us to an MNC with an experienced backup.

BYU is good and will help out SOS. We WILL win out and we WILL make the MNC game.

[Bosley]

its time for changes, dont know what, but they need to be made

How about not letting two all americans go down before and in the game. It's alright.

[Bosley]

So we lost, eff it.

I spent the best four years of my life on that campus and you lose one every once and a while. They were the better team. Whatever, season isn't over.

I still love me some Oklahoma. Glad to be a part of the magic win or lose.

[Crucifax Autumn]

We lost a game last year and made the MNC...

We're not done. and Sam will recover.

[Hotrod3157]

They were better then us tonight. Yes injuries probably cost us the game but we weren't lookin great before Sam went down. O-line needs time to get it together and the D needs to find a way to get teams off the field on 3rd down. Hats off to BYU for a big win for their program.

[IronHorseSooner]

The players did the best that they could, but this is reminiscent of the OSU game back in 2001. Farting around on offense, and then you knew OSU was going to punch it in. Same here. I just got on, but WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE HAVE OUR LINEMEN IN THEIR STANCES FOR SO LONG! I don't even blame the line, I blame the staff for having them down there for so long. A sign of a good staff is learning from your mistakes...THEY DIDN'T! Just like against FLA, they were in their stances too long, and weren't ready. Same here.

[Crucifax Autumn]

So we lost, eff it.

I spent the best four years of my life on that campus and you lose one every once and a while. They were the better team. Whatever, season isn't over.
We'll recver..and we'll be in the big game.

[fadada1]

defense played well enough (more than well enough) to win. every team, even the light speed defenses of the sec, are going to give up some plays. i give big props to the D in playing a very sound game against a veteran QB. too many yards through the air? yes. solid game, all in all.

offense, before the injury, was weak, weak, weak, weak, weak. you have the reigning heisman winner and you don't let him throw. they don't have to be 50 yard bombs, but you have to let him throw. period. this loss falls completely on the offensive coaches for, what appears to be, showing nothing to our future opponents. i don't even think this was an O-line concern as much as it was a O-coaching concern. apparently our coaches learned nothing in having the entire team look back to the sideline in a "critical" situation. anyone else remember einstein's definition of insanity????

kudos to byu and their players/fans. i hope i'm wrong, but i fear for this season already. i hope this is just a bad game and our guys put it behind them and go on to win out - that's what i'm counting on.

lesson learned for joe c. - never schedule a neutral field home opener again.

[OlRedMagic]

September 4, 1906 called. They want their defense back.

[wishbonesooner]

Nobody is afraid of Oklahoma anymore. I know we lost our Heisman winner and a 1st round tight end. This was a game we needed our D to step up and stop a team when the game was on the line. They do, we win. They couldn't, and that is not a new development.

[Crimson Blonde]

Nobody is afraid of Oklahoma anymore. I know we lost our Heisman winner and a 1st round tight end. This was a game we needed our D to step up and stop a team when the game was on the line. They do, we win. They couldn't, and that is not a new development.

I agree 100% wishbone! I always "forget and forgive" the D, because they, at times, do wonderful things.... However, really when you think about it, how many games have we lost, that if the D would have just made a freaking stand, we would have won?!

[StoopTroup]

Doesn't really get right down to that though...

"How many games have we lost?"

Not many.

[Crucifax Autumn]

MAybe we shoulda played East Popcock state like most of the big 12.

[Crimson Blonde]

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said just "how many" games, but how many BIG games....

It's just my opinion, but seems to me, that the D is what looses us the BIG games most times.... That, and like I've said before, Wilson's brilliant "up the middle" run tactics.... I will NEVER understand that. Now especially, this year. O line can't block for sh*t, yet, Kevin Wilson thinks the guys can run up the middle?

I'm proably just in a bitchy mood. I have that same exact feeling I have after every OU bowl game (I really feel like I've just watched a bowl game, not the season opener), because watching this game was like watching EVERY OU bowl game in the past years....

They were lost and sloppy! Didn't have a friggin clue what was going on. I don't know what the cause was. I say the players and question why a program like OU doesn't get better quality players, and am told that the ones we have are top HS recruits. So then when I say it has to be the coaching then, I'm told that the coaches can't control those things.... So who the hell is to blame here?