What's the best offense you ever saw?

[PLaw]

'78 Sooners
'85 Miami
mid'90's Nebbish
'04 SUC



Once again, our philosophy on offense has been exposed against a good defense. 15 yards on the ground? are you kidding me?

[jk the sooner fan]

that Nebraska team in 95 (i think) is pretty tough to exclude from the top spot

but i think our 03 team was pretty prolific on the offensive side

[GottaHavePride]

Dude, ND couldn't stop the pass all night (until our WRs started dropping balls that were hitting them in the hands). The problem was that we tried to force the run when ND was selling out to stop it, and we killed too many drives.

That and we had two TDs taken away on questionable calls.

[GottaHavePride]

Oh, and how are you leaving out Bradford's highest-scoring offense of all time?

[TUSooner]

I don't know exactly what offense was the best I ever saw, but I'm very very very sure it could RUN THE DANG BALL. But GHP is right about yesterday, we should have admitted that we couldn't run, and stuck with the pass. Emblematic: that possession where we ran for 4, ran for zero, and then got sacked.

[MyT Oklahoma]

The 1995 Nebraska team was truly awesome.

I still prefer our 1971 Sooners as the best OU offense. Ran for 472.4 yards per game and lost one game to the defending National Champions but still scored 35 points.

[PLaw]

Dude, ND couldn't stop the pass all night (until our WRs started dropping balls that were hitting them in the hands). The problem was that we tried to force the run when ND was selling out to stop it, and we killed too many drives.

That and we had two TDs taken away on questionable calls.

Yep, no rythem to the play calling and we lost our identity.

You're either an offense that runs to set up the pass or a passing offense that throws to open up the run. We looked like a spread passing scheme going with a power run game. Those attacks have to be in sync.

Not using the TE in the passing game to get LB's out of the box is just lost on me.

ND is a good team, but it was team we should have beat. I'm growing tired of losing to teams that we should beat - even if it is a tight fit.

Bummer

[PLaw]

Oh, and how are you leaving out Bradford's highest-scoring offense of all time?

How many redzone possessions did that high scoring O get stuffed in the OB?

'71 Sooners
'75 Sooners

[jk the sooner fan]

i thought the run game with White in 03 was better than with Bradford's highest scoring circus - just a more complete (balanced) offense

just my opinion based on memory - stats may not bear that out

[SoonerObsession]

95 Nebraska

[I Am Right]

78 Sooners

[EatLeadCommie]

I'd throw 2008 Sooners in there except that we couldn't run the ball.

If we had a defense that year, we would've had number 8. Damn Venables.

[SOONER44EVER]

1975 Texas A & I Javelinas. They won the NAIA National Championship 37-0. That was their closet game of the year.

[Therealsouthsider]

'71 Sooners...Wylie, Mildren and Pruitt were something to behold

[thecrimsoncrusader]

The 1995 Nebraska team was great, but they had it easy with the likes of Colorado and Kansas St. being the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference at that time. Granted, thsoe were good Colorado and Kansas St. teams, but they're still Colorado and Kansas St. Texas also benefited from that greatly in 2005 when Nebraska and Texas Tech were the next best teams in the conference with whopping 8-4 records. I know that's not Nebraska or Texas' fault, but they weren't exactly the most accomplished teams in terms of the teams they had on their schedule.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

71 sooners.

[ELP Sooner]

83 Nebraska and 95 Nebraska

[MyT Oklahoma]

The 1995 Nebraska team was truly awesome.

I still prefer our 1971 Sooners as the best OU offense. Ran for 472.4 yards per game and lost one game to the defending National Champions but still scored 35 points.

Uh make that 31 points. I am getting old.

[Seamus]

I'd throw 2008 Sooners in there except that we couldn't run the ball.



You mean the 2008 team that had TWO 1,000-yard rushers? That team that couldn't run the ball?

Or maybe the 2008 team that collectively ran for 2,779 yards on a 4.72 ypc team average?

History, un-rewritten. (http://www.cfbstats.com/2008/team/522/rushing/index.html)

[Salt City Sooner]

The 1995 Nebraska team was great, but they had it easy with the likes of Colorado and Kansas St. being the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference at that time. Granted, thsoe were good Colorado and Kansas St. teams, but they're still Colorado and Kansas St. Texas also benefited from that greatly in 2005 when Nebraska and Texas Tech were the next best teams in the conference with whopping 8-4 records. I know that's not Nebraska or Texas' fault, but they weren't exactly the most accomplished teams in terms of the teams they had on their schedule.
You mean the CU & KSU teams that finished ranked #4 & #6 in the nation? Those teams that along with KU, lost to nobody on their schedules except NU & each other?

'95 NU played 4 games against teams that finished that year ranked in the top 10. The average score of those games: 49-18.

[swardboy]

Gotta go with PLaw here: 1975 Sooners. Of course three Selmon brothers on the d-line took a lot of pressure off the O.

[TitoMorelli]

IIRC the 1975 Sooner squad suffered a rash of injuries and had trouble mounting a consistently effective offense through most of the season. Switzer started having Little Joe quick-kick on third down in order to get the team out of a hole. The team committed numerous turnovers, which resulted in a loss at home to Kansas, 23-3 (OU's first loss since 1972). Fortunately the defense came through time and again.

Could you and PLaw be thinking of the undefeated 1974 squad? Or the 1973 squad, which had the three Selmons on the roster?


The 1971 team scored 31 points on a Husker team that had held 10 of its opponents to seven or less points.

[IslandSooner]

2008 Sooners

[70sooner]

1971 Sooners with the Godfather leading the way!

[soonertodd]

71 sooners
78 sooners
83 neb
95 neb
05 horns and i know i'll get chit for this one

[kevpks]

I don't know about best but the 2010 Horns are the most entertaining offense I've ever seen. The mess they put out there had me cracking up every week.

2008 Sooners are the best I've actually seen in person.

[swardboy]

IIRC the 1975 Sooner squad suffered a rash of injuries and had trouble mounting a consistently effective offense through most of the season. Switzer started having Little Joe quick-kick on third down in order to get the team out of a hole. The team committed numerous turnovers, which resulted in a loss at home to Kansas, 23-3 (OU's first loss since 1972). Fortunately the defense came through time and again.

Could you and PLaw be thinking of the undefeated 1974 squad? Or the 1973 squad, which had the three Selmons on the roster?


The 1971 team scored 31 points on a Husker team that had held 10 of its opponents to seven or less points.

Maybe I'm thinking of the most exciting play I've ever seen: The "Go Joe" 73 yard run Washington had against Mizzou after the Kansas loss. And then he won it with a pitch and carry to the right side for two points. And fwiw, Joe's ability to make the quick-kick was one of the most potent plays itself. He could kick it end over end from the endzone on 3rd down and it would roll 70 yards..gamechanger.

[OUmillenium]

1.2003 Sooners with a healthy Jason White
2.2008 Sooners with a healthy DeMarco Murray

[aurorasooner]

I saw most or the Mildren, Pruitt, Lil' Joe home games, but that first half of the Nebraska game 4 or 5 years ago in Norman was the best that I ever saw. (almost 40 points or so in the first half). Sammy B. was on fire. Our D wasn't bad either. That game-planned pick 6 on the flat route out of their backfield was a thing of beauty. The corn didn't know whether to $%&T or go blind the whole game. Helluva game plan and perfect execution in all 3 phases. *&^ $#@! that was fun to watch.

[OUmillenium]

1987 and 1988 with a healthy CT was pretty good too. Saw him go 97 yards against KU but it got called back for holding.

[PLaw]

We couldn't run in 2008? Really? We had two 1000 yard rushers.

The 2008 offense was probably the best I have seen. If Murray doesn't get hurt, we beat Florida and nobody is whining about our program.

This^^^^

Totally agree. It seems we have gone into most of our BCS Bowl games severely hampered by injury or stupid suspensions. But, that all gets lost in the final scoreboard.

Bummer