Comparisons Please

[yukonsooner]

In 2006 the first game was against UAB and the score was 24-17, the same margin of victory we had against USU. Can someone please compare the UAB team with the USU team and the 2006 Sooners with the 2010 Sooners. I not very good at figuring all this out.

[Sooner Among The Pack]

If I recall correctly, UAB had been historically better going into the 2006 opener than USU. Utah State had been bad for so long, and we beat them so soundly in 2007, that it makes the close game seem worse than it was.

For sure USU's Borel was much better than any athlete UAB had put out there.

[SoonerStormchaser]

So using that logic from 2006, does this mean the refs will hose us in Cincy?

[goingoneight]

USU appeared to be much better than UAB. Borel's an outstanding QB and his surrounding cast are hellacious fighters. I didn't see any acrobatic catches out of UAB... I really think PT's first game back and an average game from AD, combined with a similar defensive struggle for OU made for 24-17.

Make no mistake, we have some major work to do, but a cleaner game would have made all the difference against USU. There were also two bad calls (the first LJ INT was NOT an INT, it bounced off the ground under the USU DB) and the no-call helmet-to-helmet on DeJuan Miller would have both made for easy opportunities at points. NTM, we had some foolish penalties that came at horrid times (like Wort's personal foul after we sacked the QB on 3rd and long keeping USU's eventual scoring drive alive).

In short, I don't think we were all that much better game one than UAB. We were much better than we showed against USU. Albeit, we still have a lot more than just cleaning up OUr game to do.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Uab turned out to not be as good as we thought they would be because they played ou close.. Ended up winning 2 or 3 games that year I think

PT had similar stats to lj that day.. A couple of tds and a couple of picks.. AD had an ok game by his standards

I'm not sure if the even sacked
Hunt that day or not..he scrambled around enough

I think Utah state won't end up that good either but that's just me

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I will say for a guy who got moved around.. Pt had a lot more pocket presence than lj..He didn't have some of the things Landry has

[Peach Fuzz]

UAB-OU

FIRST DOWNS................... 14 14
Rushing..................... 8 5
Passing..................... 6 9
Penalty..................... 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 135 143
Rushing Attempts............ 40 29
Average Per Rush............ 3.4 4.9
Yards Gained Rushing........ 152 155
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 17 12
NET YARDS PASSING............. 169 227
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 11-17-0 14-24-2
Average Per Attempt......... 9.9 9.5
Average Per Completion...... 15.4 16.2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 304 370
Total offense plays......... 57 53
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.3 7.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-1 2-2
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 11-77 5-40
PUNTS-YARDS................... 7-310 4-160
Average Yards Per Punt...... 44.3 40.0
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 34.7 35.0
Inside 20................... 0 1
50+ Yards................... 1 0
Touchbacks.................. 0 1
Fair catch.................. 0 2
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 4-245 5-324
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 61.2 64.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 32.8 42.2
Touchbacks.................. 0 2
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 1-0-0 6-67-0
Average Per Return.......... 0.0 11.2
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-73-0 4-114-0
Average Per Return.......... 24.3 28.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 2-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 1-2-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 35:14 24:46
1st Quarter................. 6:17 8:43
2nd Quarter................. 11:13 3:47
3rd Quarter................. 10:00 5:00
4th Quarter................. 7:44 7:16
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 11 3 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 2-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-3 1-4
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 3-3
Field Goals................... 1-2 1-1

USU-OU
Utah State Oklahoma
Score 24 31
1st Downs 21 | 23
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-19
37% | 5-for-17
29%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0% | 2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 421 | 422
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 38-80 | 45-205
Average/Rush 2.1 | 4.6
Passing
Comp-Att 17-37 |17-36
Passing Yards 341 | 217
Average/Pass Play 8.5 | 5.6
Penalties-Yards 6-48 | 7-70
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 | 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 3 | 2
Time of Possession 28:44 | 31:16

Looks like we were better in pass coverage. Capitalizing on opps were not so good this year.

[prrriiide]

We were much better than we showed against USU.

YES.

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[sooneron]

I'm pretty sure Stoops and Co were caught off guard when UAB rolled out the veer!

[sooneron]

oops, wrong thread

[sooner59]

UAB = the suck
USU = BCS Title contenders

Come on, get with the program. :D

[StoopTroup]

Stoops was so off guard we lost Saturday....wait...I think we won. I better go recheck the box score again.

[yukonsooner]

Stoops was so off guard we lost Saturday....wait...I think we won. I better go recheck the box score again.


That's what I was getting at. I don't think we can judge the season by the first game.

[sooneron]

I saw people judging the season by the 1st quarter in the game thread.