The TU game went about how I expected though Tulsa scored more than I thought they would. The secondary looked terrible and lost at times. TU has a good offense but shouldn't have put up that many points. OU will lose 2-3 more games unless improvements are made. Offense looked much better against a bad TU defense. Happy to be 3-0 heading into October.

WVU will be a tough game in Norman, glad there is the bye to hopefully work on things.

If I had one bone to pick with the OU offense is that they don't have a power I run formation. It gets a little frustrating in short yardage situations and they are handing the ball off in the shotgun with 4 wide receivers and get stuffed.

The TU game went about how I expected though Tulsa scored more than I thought they would. The secondary looked terrible and lost at times. TU has a good offense but shouldn't have put up that many points. OU will lose 2-3 more games unless improvements are made. Offense looked much better against a bad TU defense. Happy to be 3-0 heading into October.

WVU will be a tough game in Norman, glad there is the bye to hopefully work on things.

I have gotten to hate bye weeks, it seems like we always start slow than that seasons normal for the first either quarter or half

The TU game went about how I expected though Tulsa scored more than I thought they would. The secondary looked terrible and lost at times. TU has a good offense but shouldn't have put up that many points. OU will lose 2-3 more games unless improvements are made. Offense looked much better against a bad TU defense. Happy to be 3-0 heading into October.


Definitely cannot make excuses for the defensive play...but the sky is not falling.

Missing Jordan Thomas was a bigger issue than anything in that it changes the way you have to call all coverages together. Jordan Thomas individually isnt' anything special, but he literally took 90% of the snaps in practice preparation for Tulsa...and then gets suspended Friday night before the game. Mbanosaur and Green are both freshman, with ZERO game experience. That's a tough spot to ask those guys to start against an offense like that.......4 hours before the start of the game. Once again..you cant make an excuses..because they are scholarship athletes that should be ready to go at all times. But because of lack of experience...it forces you to change your coverages...knowing that you've got a vulnerable spot. You've got to play off the WR, instead of playing up tight. It forces you to change your coverages over the entire field. (Just like last year...having to play soft coverage all season, because they played a safety Julian Wilson at corner all season.) Add to the fact, that your best "cover corner" is a 5'9" little guy in Sanchez...and is tasked with covering a 6'4" Big Body in Garrett...its going to be a long day. Keyarris Garrett is better than any receiver in the Big 12 not name Sterling Shepard or KD Cannon, and will more than likely be a 1st round pick next year. On one on one situations, he is going to win most battles no matter who the competition is.

And then at the end of the half, when Tulsa goes down and scores to make it 31-17...Mike Stoops decides to take his headset off, and head to the elevator to go downstairs. So, not only did he not know that Tulsa kicked an onside to get the ball back..but they didn't get a play call sent in on the last second hail mary. That's unacceptable. So minus the last 45 seconds of the 1st half....OU has Tulsa down 31-10.

I'm pretty sure most pundits figured Tulsa would score 28-35 points on Oklahoma, so the gaudy numbers don't scare me that much. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tulsa get 10-11 wins this season. And I also wouldn't be surprised to see Baylor drop 50+ on Oklahoma.

OU definitely needs to correct its problems in the defensive secondary. Too many mechanical errors (penalties) have caused an additional 5 yards to be tacked on to the start of a series of downs. Fumbles (rarity) by Perine & Mixon were turned into points for Tulsa.

Impressed with Tulsa, they may be the most underrated team in NCAA Division I.

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I suspect Tulsa and OU are not as good as we hope. Remember, Tulsa already had to go to overtime to beat Florida Atlantic. More than anything, it seems another drubbing is coming from Baylor - which would be the 4th in 5 years. Or maybe we can just out score teams? We'll see...

The answer is yes and no in the coaches poll.

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And it amazes me to see Auburn and Missouri still ranked despite the terrible showings they have both had so far this year. Why wouldn't you rank either Texas Tech or West Virginia ahead of them?

With the playoff poll now the only one that has any meaning, the AP poll is as relevant as a typewriter repair shop.

Definitely cannot make excuses for the defensive play...but the sky is not falling.

Missing Jordan Thomas was a bigger issue than anything in that it changes the way you have to call all coverages together. Jordan Thomas individually isnt' anything special, but he literally took 90% of the snaps in practice preparation for Tulsa...and then gets suspended Friday night before the game. Mbanosaur and Green are both freshman, with ZERO game experience. That's a tough spot to ask those guys to start against an offense like that.......4 hours before the start of the game. Once again..you cant make an excuses..because they are scholarship athletes that should be ready to go at all times. But because of lack of experience...it forces you to change your coverages...knowing that you've got a vulnerable spot. You've got to play off the WR, instead of playing up tight. It forces you to change your coverages over the entire field. (Just like last year...having to play soft coverage all season, because they played a safety Julian Wilson at corner all season.) Add to the fact, that your best "cover corner" is a 5'9" little guy in Sanchez...and is tasked with covering a 6'4" Big Body in Garrett...its going to be a long day. Keyarris Garrett is better than any receiver in the Big 12 not name Sterling Shepard or KD Cannon, and will more than likely be a 1st round pick next year. On one on one situations, he is going to win most battles no matter who the competition is.

And then at the end of the half, when Tulsa goes down and scores to make it 31-17...Mike Stoops decides to take his headset off, and head to the elevator to go downstairs. So, not only did he not know that Tulsa kicked an onside to get the ball back..but they didn't get a play call sent in on the last second hail mary. That's unacceptable. So minus the last 45 seconds of the 1st half....OU has Tulsa down 31-10.

I'm pretty sure most pundits figured Tulsa would score 28-35 points on Oklahoma, so the gaudy numbers don't scare me that much. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tulsa get 10-11 wins this season. And I also wouldn't be surprised to see Baylor drop 50+ on Oklahoma.
The "line " was 32 points. I don't believe anybody predicted OU to score 60-67.

The "line " was 32 points. I don't believe anybody predicted OU to score 60-67.

Everyone in my betting circles also thought that was the easiest wager of the season so far. Even told my brother in law to mortgage the house, and bet it all on Tulsa. 8 of the Daily Jokelahoman writers had it pegged at an average score of 41-21. It was unrealistic to think Oklahoma was more than 3 TDs better than Tulsa.

With the playoff poll now the only one that has any meaning, the AP poll is as relevant as a typewriter repair shop.

Whether it is relevant isn't the issue. No polls or rankings are relevant right now but they still get a lot of discussion.

Everyone in my betting circles also thought that was the easiest wager of the season so far. Even told my brother in law to mortgage the house, and bet it all on Tulsa. 8 of the Daily Jokelahoman writers had it pegged at an average score of 41-21. It was unrealistic to think Oklahoma was more than 3 TDs better than Tulsa. Love the insights, keep 'em coming. Great calls, next time give us some calls ahead of time so we can all leverage our mortgages into easy riches. I'm not joking, I want to bet on OU for my kid's college fund.

Love the insights, keep 'em coming. Great calls, next time give us some calls ahead of time so we can all leverage our mortgages into easy riches. I'm not joking, I want to bet on OU for my kid's college fund.

I wouldn't recommend betting on sports, or gambling at all really.....unless you have a considerable amount of disposable income. And if your children are over the age of 5...and you haven't already fully established their college fund...you probably don't need to be gambling either. However, if you are a huge fan of sports...and love to wager on said events...and know going into that you could win a few thousand $$$ each week, or lose a few thousand $$$ each week without it effecting your families finances in anyway...than have at it. It makes viewing all sports more enjoyable. Other than that....I enjoyed the effort in your well thought out response.

So the OU fans and local merchants get effed again with another 11 start time for WVU. If OU is always going to defer to the wishes of the league brokered TV contract than as a fan I will embrace this mindset and just stay home and watch it on TV. It seems the Boren administration has no problem with this so please don't call out the fans when they are leaving at halftime. If OU won't accommodate the fans with some 6 pm start times early in the season or some 2:30 why should the fans accommodate the University by purchasing what they sell. It would be nice to see the fans protest this with fans wearing black t shirts or some other symbolic protest.

So the OU fans and local merchants get effed again with another 11 start time for WVU. If OU is always going to defer to the wishes of the league brokered TV contract than as a fan I will embrace this mindset and just stay home and watch it on TV. It seems the Boren administration has no problem with this so please don't call out the fans when they are leaving at halftime. If OU won't accommodate the fans with some 6 pm start times early in the season or some 2:30 why should the fans accommodate the University by purchasing what they sell.

I'm no mathematician, but I believe that's 7 out of the last 9 conference home games that have started at 11 AM. And, I don't believe in "black magic," or "Lucky rabbits feet," but I firmly believe that it is a competitive advantage to have a home game at night, in a "ruckus" atmosphere. An 11 AM start, pretty much neutralizes any "home field crazy fan" advantage. It sucks to say the least. It takes away from the "tailgating" experience, and overall Gameday atmosphere all together. It really is that much more challenging to get 6 ways of sideways drunk at 9 AM, to get ready for the ballgame. It can be done...but its difficult.

Everyone in my betting circles also thought that was the easiest wager of the season so far. Even told my brother in law to mortgage the house, and bet it all on Tulsa. 8 of the Daily Jokelahoman writers had it pegged at an average score of 41-21. It was unrealistic to think Oklahoma was more than 3 TDs better than Tulsa.

That's not unrealistic at all. OU was up 3 TDs like 10 minutes into the game. TU had to go to overtime to beat Florida Atlantic. If TU hadn't scored a meaningless late TD then it would have been 3 TDs. It wouldn't have been surprising at all to see OU win by 5 TDs.

^Exactly. Every game is easy after the final whistle blows. I will say that the sharp money did come on on Tulsa for the most part, but the bulk of public money was on OU. O/U was 71.5 and line moved around 31.5 to 32.5 depending on the house. This was not a highly/commonly touted game. For example Miss, N.D, Texas were pretty highly touted and all happened to cover. But there were other touted games that didn't come thru like Purdue. Before the games are played the lines are all pretty tight!

That's not unrealistic at all. OU was up 3 TDs like 10 minutes into the game. TU had to go to overtime to beat Florida Atlantic. If TU hadn't scored a meaningless late TD then it would have been 3 TDs. It wouldn't have been surprising at all to see OU win by 5 TDs.


I guess we'll agree to disagree. Oklahoma's lack of press coverage, against a spread team basically running Briles offense was a bad afternoon waiting to happen. Different teams create different matchup problems for opponants. Tulsa's strength played into Oklahomas biggest weakness. I felt like OU could play well...and still only win by 21. Call it like you want..but the odds makers are WAYY OFF a lot of the times in the first 2 or 3 weeks of the season. With the OU/TU game not being one of National importance...it didn't bring in enough betting interest to tip the scales the other way. For me..the 31 points, was the easiest (most obvious) play I've seen in almost three years. (I would typically Never bet on the Sooners....to win, lose or cover.) The only other spread that was this obvious to me in the past few seasons was TCU -10 against OSU last season.

Mike Stoops will have to figure out very soon how to deal with these attacks; or we'll be in a game day offensive track meet every time we come up against a formidable opponent.

West Virginia will be a test against the run. Tulsa had a lot of success against our defense; yet their strength wasn't their ground attack game. In fact their ground game was suppose to be their weakness.

Mike Stoops will have to figure out very soon how to deal with these attacks; or we'll be in a game day offensive track meet every time we come up against a formidable opponent.

West Virginia will be a test against the run. Tulsa had a lot of success against our defense; yet their strength wasn't their ground attack game. In fact their ground game was suppose to be their weakness.

I agree with this. For the Sooner defense to give up 600+ against Tulsa's offense (Baylor-lite) is just a preview of what we'll see against the Bears. I would normally feel confident that the DC would have things figured out by then, but I am absolutely flummoxed at some of Mike's calls against Tulsa. What does his brother think about some of those coverage calls? Bob was a defensive genius, you have to wonder. I am not confident that we'll see big changes based on how Mike Stoops seems at his worst when trying to make calls on the fly against up-tempo offenses. His strength is in developing players, no question. But, if he can't do any better than what he's showed from last year to this point - expect another Baylor blowout. Unless, Baker & company can outscore them (which is not out of the question). The point being - they shouldn't have to.

I agree with this. For the Sooner defense to give up 600+ against Tulsa's offense (Baylor-lite) is just a preview of what we'll see against the Bears. I would normally feel confident that the DC would have things figured out by then, but I am absolutely flummoxed at some of Mike's calls against Tulsa. What does his brother think about some of those coverage calls? Bob was a defensive genius, you have to wonder. I am not confident that we'll see big changes based on how Mike Stoops seems at his worst when trying to make calls on the fly against up-tempo offenses. His strength is in developing players, no question. But, if he can't do any better than what he's showed from last year to this point - expect another Baylor blowout. Unless, Baker & company can outscore them (which is not out of the question). The point being - they shouldn't have to.

Agree or disagree, this blog makes the case that Mike actually tried several different things, but none of them worked: https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/how-the-young-defensive-back-fared-ou-vs-tulsa THe author seems to think OU's problems are fixable, but I'm skeptical. We looked exactly like we did last season .That blog tends to be overly optimistic in my opinion, but hopefully they're right.

The key to having any success at all against a Baylor/TU offense is great corner play and losing Jordan Thomas was a blow. Not saying it would have cured all ills but as Stoops said he got 75% of the reps all week and all thru pre-season camp and then he pulls a goofball move and gets suspended. Last year against Baylor the play at this position (Julian Wilson - who was both out of position and injured) was horrendous. I'm skeptical too but have to keep in mind that Petty, for example threw for 550 last year against MSU in the Cotton Bowl. It's a hard offense to stop. Good luck Mike!:)

Ty Darlington's (OU Center) absence did affect the timing & blocking of the offense. Hope he can be back at full strength for the game against West Virginia.

Just maybe Maryland 2-1 with loss to Bowling Green (48-27), who loss to OU opponent Tennessee 59-30 can give us a strategic gauge in preparation for the Mountaineers if there are any weaknesses in WV's game.

Last season, Julian Wilson's defense was like having a 1-inch hole in your boat with a pack of chewing gum to be used as a patch. The more you messed with the hole the wider it got.

Thank God Tennessee and Tulsa are behind us. As for the OU defense (weak); they have got to grow up quick or we'll have problems especially against West Virginia, Texas (Cotton Bowl) & @Kansas State.

The positives for the Sooners has to be strength & conditioning; along with the play of QB Baker Mayfield who has a more peripheral eye and more consistency with the pass & run option than Trevor Knight. Hope we're at full strength against the Mountaineers in Norman on Saturday, October 3.

Last season, Julian Wilson's defense was like having a 1-inch hole in your boat with a pack of chewing gum to be used as a patch. The more you messed with the hole the wider it got.

Thank God Tennessee and Tulsa are behind us. As for the OU defense (weak); they have got to grow up quick or we'll have problems especially against West Virginia, Texas (Cotton Bowl) & @Kansas State.

The positives for the Sooners has to be strength & conditioning; along with the play of QB Baker Mayfield who has a more peripheral eye and more consistency with the pass & run option than Trevor Knight. Hope we're at full strength against the Mountaineers in Norman on Saturday, October 3.

OU had a very difficult time navigating the Trevor Knight situation. He is a leader, a good guy - he's just a quality person head to toe. But the staff wanted Mayfield to be eligible last year. Baker is a player, a playmaker, an athletic presence, and has an intangible mental toughness that Knight just doesn't possess. People are different. Knight's a great guy, but there was never really any question who was going to lead this team this year.

There are problems on the schedule if the defense doesn't step it up, or the offense has an off night. but Baylor is circled on the calendar for obvious reasons. That's a BIG problem. Anything can happen. But right now, I see Mayfield on the way to a record breaking season, a well-tuned offense by Texas, and the biggest hurdle being (again) Baylor. We'll see.

I'm no mathematician, but I believe that's 7 out of the last 9 conference home games that have started at 11 AM. And, I don't believe in "black magic," or "Lucky rabbits feet," but I firmly believe that it is a competitive advantage to have a home game at night, in a "ruckus" atmosphere. An 11 AM start, pretty much neutralizes any "home field crazy fan" advantage. It sucks to say the least. It takes away from the "tailgating" experience, and overall Gameday atmosphere all together. It really is that much more challenging to get 6 ways of sideways drunk at 9 AM, to get ready for the ballgame. It can be done...but its difficult.

My one reservation with getting too upset about the time broadcaster set it is OU - Tulsa is not exactly a primetime game, granted not many preseason games are. I would much rather it be an option on cable or an over the air channel (preferably with a quality replay stream) than stuck on pay per view.

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So is the game going to be on FS1? I don't see it listed for 11am. I have cox.

Edit: Dohhh!!! Just realized it's a bye week.

11 a.m. kick-off time for the Red River Rivalry.

Let's hope OU doesn't let that #10 ranking go to their heads like they did with the last Longhorn victory in 2013: Texas 36 Oklahoma (#12) 20.

11 a.m. kick-off time for the Red River Rivalry.

Let's hope OU doesn't let that #10 ranking go to their heads like they did with the last Longhorn victory in 2013: Texas 36 Oklahoma (#12) 20.

I think that game marked The Beginning Of The End of the Heupel as OC era at OU. Perhaps the worst-called, worst-gameplanned contests I've ever seen.

I surely hope we are better prepared and better focused than we were then. No 2013 repeats or 1996 reversals.

I think that game marked The Beginning Of The End of the Heupel as OC era at OU. Perhaps the worst-called, worst-gameplanned contests I've ever seen.

I surely hope we are better prepared and better focused than we were then. No 2013 repeats or 1996 reversals.

This! If I recall, going into that game, Texas had one of the worst run defenses in the Country. Even the slow white QB from BYU, ran for 200+ on them. All of it was on the zone read type plays. It was one of those games, where OU should have had 40 + rushing attempts. Seemed like a no-brainer. Instead, Heupel proceeds to have the offense throw the ball all over the GD field...(with a Tight end at QB, might I add.) One of the worst game plans of ALL TIME!!

This! If I recall, going into that game, Texas had one of the worst run defenses in the Country. Even the slow white QB from BYU, ran for 200+ on them. All of it was on the zone read type plays. It was one of those games, where OU should have had 40 + rushing attempts. Seemed like a no-brainer. Instead, Heupel proceeds to have the offense throw the ball all over the GD field...(with a Tight end at QB, might I add.) One of the worst game plans of ALL TIME!!

BYU's white QB Taysom Hill wasn't slow at all. He's a dual threat QB who ran for over 1,300 yards that season.

But, yeah, Heupel's game plan was as bad I've ever seen. How could you not run the QB at all after every QB had completely gashed them?!? It was crazy.

Texas players taking to twitter to fuss..

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A fun story by Dennis Clowers, who was in my fraternity pledge class at OU. He had about a 10 year head start on me in going to the game in Big D. My first one was in 1965,

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BYU's white QB Taysom Hill wasn't slow at all. He's a dual threat QB who ran for over 1,300 yards that season.


Ehhhh, I was trying to "embellish" how crappy the UT run defense was (especially on the edge) by over emphasizing the "stereotypical athletic prowless" of most white quarterbacks. But yes....He is very good at what he does, and was not slow in anyone's eyes. Its sad that he went down the way he did this season.

Have never seen/heard of so many Tx-OU tickets being available. All over the place. Some are even OU tickets! But tons of Texas tickets which even returned about 8,000 of their allotment BEFORE the season. I could understand it if they those decisions got made during this disaster of a season but those decisions get made long before you are down 30 in the first quarter to TCU. OU had some dark days but never failed to sell out it's 1/2 of this game.

Saw in the Dallas Morning News yesterday (can't find the link now) as of yesterday there are still about 2.5K remaining from UT's allotment, and its largely assumed that OU fans are the ones buying them. And I was just looking on TicketCity and seats on the UT side of the Cotton Bowl are running at about a $50-$100 discount compared to the OU side. They are clearly getting desperate.

On a related note, don't know if any of you are coming down to Dallas this weekend. I live here and....man, it's just sad. The whole vibe is off. I can remember OU/Texas weekends dating back to my childhood (I grew up in the North Dallas suburbs before moving to Norman) and this by far is the most subdued. I can remember years where Texas, OU, or even both came into this game in down years, so its not unprecedented. What is, however, is how UT fans have just given up on their team on a wholesale level.

Last year at my job, all of the OU and UT alum had a catered lunch, and largely involved a lot of good natured ribbing. This year, the UT alums didn't even want to do it. We have casual Fridays and I don't even see anyone in my office with UT shirts. Instead of having our usual catered lunch, I went to eat with other coworkers. Typically you can see a few fans of either school sporting gear or bars and restaurants in my area (Addison) advertising specials and such. This year...nothing. Most stuff I saw pertained to the Rangers.

Don't get me wrong, I am going to love a good UT beat down, but this is not fun at all. Frankly, its setting up as one of those games where OU has nothing to gain and everything to lose, and nothing short of a blowout will be viewed negatively.

Hook Em Horns!!!!!

^Where is the DISLIKE button??? haha:rolleyes:

As unlikely as it seems now, OU still controls their own destiny to win the Big 12. If they win the rest of their games they can do no worse than tie for the championship and would have a win over anyone they were tied with.

I think they probably will - if they find an offensive line somewhere and figure out how to get a team off the field on 3rd down.:tongue:

OU has got to recruit some strong solid cornbread, beef & buttermilk fed linemen. The offensive line was our Achilles' heel in which Baker Mayfield didn't get the protection he needed.

As unlikely as it seems now, OU still controls their own destiny to win the Big 12. If they win the rest of their games they can do no worse than tie for the championship and would have a win over anyone they were tied with.

That might be the largest "If" in OU football history.

That might be the largest "If" in OU football history.

As in "if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle."

I said it before but the lack of a run formation is why they get stuffed the majority of the time for 1 to 2 yard gains. 4 WR, No TE, and 2 RB in the backfield is not going to get it done out of the shotgun. It will be 5 lineman on 6 or 7 dline and lb every time. That's why Texas was so successful blitzing all day. Just shows you why someone like Millard is so valuable, he can hit those holes early and create space. I was shocked as I watched no adjusting for the pressure.

Now on defense we are terrible against the pass but good against the run which makes Saturday so much more head scratching. Heard threw the battle very little yet they were able to just march down the field, esp in those crucial 4 quarter drives. Why not switch it up and have a QB spy with Striker? Just looked like overall bad preparation on both sides of the ball. That double reverse that got a 10 yard loss on the first drive set the tone for the rest of the day and the lack of adjustments was embarrassing.

It doesn't help when your O-lineman so badly telegraph pass vs run block that TV commentators call attention to it on the broadcast. Texas didn't even need to watch film on that one.

Did anyone else see the hilarious Tim Kish move during the game of waiving away his fart? I know that's blunt but it was in the background during the game telecast. My son and I were laughing hard. Well ESPN noticed too. It made the "C'mon Man" segment before MNF last night discussion that there must be some serious gas on that sideline and other similar jokes. I looked briefly but didn't see a link..:p Maybe it was an unusual signal to the players!

The Pride of Oklahoma has been awarded it's second game ball by the OU coaching staff, in recognition for their efforts at the OU-Tennessee game. Each member of the pep band who travelled to Knoxville has been given a customized game ball from Coach Stoops and Joe Castiglione.

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Man, I wish venture79 were lurking around here. The OU team charter to Manhattan was an absolute debacle last night - they were supposed to leave OKC about 2pm, but after *THREE* planes were grounded with technical problems, a fourth plane got them into Manhattan at something like 11:30 last night. No early walkthrough, no early practice, team meal screwed up. Dean Blevins was blogging/tweeting about it last night.

Would love to know if there were any behind the scenes chatter someone like Venture might have been able to relay about the situation. Apparently, after the first plane was down two hours and deemed unsafe to fly, the *replacement* plane coming out of Houston had tech problems -- as did the plane AFTER THAT ONE. Three planes that went tech, and OUdidn't make it in until something like eight hours behind schedule.

Man, at some point, I'd have loaded some busses and called it good.

Will the debacle of the OU football team's late arrival cause a distraction with KSU. This is where a coach with experience like Bill Snyder comes into play; he won't take his foot off the pedal on that bait.

Buses would have arrived Manhattan at 2 AM.

Will the debacle of the OU football team's late arrival cause a distraction with KSU. This is where a coach with experience like Bill Snyder comes into play; he won't take his foot off the pedal on that bait.

Uh, no. This reminds me of the good old days against K State, prior to Bill Snyder

Game was hard to believe. KSU ran all over TCU much of that game last week. Today - KSU with 110 total yards and 7 first downs - some of that in 4th.

And KSU was at home. Home crowd didn't hang around long though...

And KSU was at home. Home crowd didn't hang around long though...


Impressive 55-0 road win @KSU for the OU Sooners.

Emotional game for Bob Stoops. He's under the Bill Snyder coaching tree and has great respect for him. Stoops played a big part in the K-State turn-around from '91 to '95. Now, with Snyder at 76 years old, he knows he won't be coaching long.

Emotional game for Bob Stoops. He's under the Bill Snyder coaching tree and has great respect for him. Stoops played a big part in the K-State turn-around from '91 to '95. Now, with Snyder at 76 years old, he knows he won't be coaching long.

I bet this might be it for Bill.

I've never been so oddly angry while watching OU throttle a decent opponent. What a wasted opportunity OU/Texas was.

I've never been so oddly angry while watching OU throttle a decent opponent. What a wasted opportunity OU/Texas was.

You're right. OU would likely be rated close to the top 5 if they had just showed up for that game. It will be interesting to see which team show up for the rest of the games this season.

I've never been so oddly angry while watching OU throttle a decent opponent. What a wasted opportunity OU/Texas was.

Man, that characterized my reaction perfectly. Here I was, fully expecting KSU to physically challenge if not beat up OU at the line, and here was OU blowing off the ball and imposing will like I haven't seen *all season*. And I'm sitting there comparing it to what I saw *in person* in the Cotton Bowl the week before. And I'm saying, "You've got to be kidding me. You've GOT to be kidding me. How can you not show up and put out even *half* this kind of effort last week?"

If OU had come out last week with even half, heck, a THIRD as much intensity as they showed against KSU, they'd have won by 30. It's just so exasperating as to defy belief.

Now, week to week, we have no idea which OU team will show up - Jekyll or Hyde. Hyde could run the table. Jekyll could lose to Kansas.

Blood-thirsty rivalries produce the most unpredictable outcomes. Only thing that can be said about the OU-Texas game, the Sooners were totally impotent. Which team will show up for the Texas Tech game? The team that petered-out against Texas, or the one that stuck it to KSU.

Now, what in the hell happen to Kansas State; did that loss to TCU produce a once in a decade letdown?

Man, that characterized my reaction perfectly. Here I was, fully expecting KSU to physically challenge if not beat up OU at the line, and here was OU blowing off the ball and imposing will like I haven't seen *all season*.

I wouldn't go that far. OU got some good rushes on the edges and in some other spots, but even in this game, OU couldn't get one yard if they needed it in a rushing situation. They were stuffed a number of times when it was a clear rushing situation. See the two second half field goals. The key to this game was that Riley got the ball out quick.

It was definitely an encouraging game, but at the same time totally disheartening coming off the Texas game. I really won't believe in this team unless they can hang with Baylor, which I don't think they can do.

One move that could be big going forward is that Will Johnson replaced Hatari Byrd this week and looked really good. Unfortunately, Byrd just doesn't seem to have it. If Johnson can be decent that would be a boost to the secondary.