#15 OKLAHOMA 52 TULSA 38
To
be frank, it would’ve been unrealistic not to have expected some sort of
emotional letdown from the Sooners this past Saturday against Tulsa. Hell, I was still mentally exhausted from the dramatic
win over Tennessee seven days ago, and I didn’t play a down, so I can’t imagine
what a short week it must have been for those who did. Throw in the fact that the game was scheduled
to kick-off during brunch with the opponent being in-state, step-brother Tulsa,
and one might see where the Sooners might come out a little flat to start the
game.
Turns
out that Tulsa didn’t give a rat’s ass about what happened 7 days earlier in
Knoxville. They didn’t care whether the
Sooners came into the game flat, focused or fresh from a session with Dr. Phil.
Since they didn’t give a shit about going for it on fourth down…in the first
quarter……from their own side of the 50…leads me to believe, that the time of
day in which the game kicked off, probably wasn’t of real concern to them either.
No,
all that seemed to matter to the Tulsa Hurricanes and their first year head
coach Phil Montgomery, was the depths to which they could humiliate Mike Stoops
and the Oklahoma Sooners defense. The
answer came in the form of 31 first downs, 603 total yards, 38 points and a
game film that will probably give the entire Baylor coaching staff an erection
upon viewing.
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| Watching Tulsa run up over 600 yards total offense will have the Baylor coaches giddy |
OBSERVATATIONS
FROM THE ARMCHAIR
Just When You Thought It
Couldn’t Get Any Worse
I’m
not sure what was more painful: Watching Tulsa QB Dane Evans complete 429 yards
worth of slant passes and go routes…or…watching Tulsa fullback Zack Langer, who looks
like a cross between Ponch from CHiPs and Dane Zaslaw, waddled his way through
the middle of the OU defense for 161 yards.
So what your saying is….you
don’t have a clue?
“We
haven’t stretched out well with teams like this and if we stretch out with them
then they run the ball on us,” said OU Coach Mike. “We have had trouble
matching up and it is frustrating because they stretch us from
sideline-to-sideline and they have good skill guys and I thought they did an
unbelievable job against us. Tempo bothered us as we could not get our fronts
and coverage mixed together. We played a four-man front and getting our guys lined up and getting them
doing what we needed them to do was tough, because their speed was faster than
they had gone in the past. We were just lethargic and just weren’t sharp all
day. We didn’t play on edge and that is puzzling to me. Defensively you
should always be on edge and playing with passion and I didn’t see that today." - Mike Stoops
So
not only did we get bent over like a three dollar hooker…we didn’t seem to care…and
we got no idea how to keep it from happening again….so with that in mind….
“Alex…I’ll try, ‘stats
that need a comma’ for $500, please.”
If
Tulsa was able to come into Norman and run up over 600 yards of total offense
against the OU Defense…what kind of damage will the Baylor offense, which possess
twice the talent, a real running back and enough felons for 2 full seasons of
NYPD Blue, inflict on the OU defense down in Waco?
Hello? Hello?
Paging
Sooner Kick Returner, Alex Ross. Paging,
Sooner Kick Returner Alex Ross. Mr. Ross
if you would please catch a kick-off and proceed past your own 25 yard line…the
offense would appreciate it, thank you.
#6 - for - 6 x 6
Sooner QB - Baker Mayfield had an absolutely
amazing day. He completed 32 of his 38
passes (84%), for 487 yards and 4 touchdowns without a single
interceptions. He also had 95 yard and 2
touchdowns on the ground. Not since MacGyver
made a blender out of old toaster parts has someone continually escaped trouble
and then turn nothing into something like Baker Mayfield has done through
three games this year. Mayfield became
one of six players in school history to account for six touchdowns in game. (Landry
Jones (twice),
Josh Heupel (twice), Quentin Griffin, Sam
Bradford and Trevor
Knight.)
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| Record setting day for Baker Mayfield |
Samaje Perine Time
In
case you haven’t noticed….Samaje Perine is a complete stud. Perine shared reps with Mixon and Brooks this
past Saturday, which meant he had fresh legs late in the game. A fresh Samaje against a tired defense, even
with our inept offensive line…is a match-up that will help protect a lead and
kill an entire 4th quarter faster than you can say Pflugerville.
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| The Closer: Samaje Perine |
Hold on Loosely, but Don’t
Let Go
Hate
to see the fumbles by Perine and Mixon. Both times the Sooners were up 21, deep
in Tulsa territory and about to deliver what you’d like to think would be the
kill shot. But instead….Tulsa recovers
the ball, then proceeds to run 12 slant passes, a fullback waddle, a deep fade,
an on-side kick off of Frank Shannon’s shin and a Hail Mary Jump Ball….to cut
the Sooner lead to 7 going into the locker room.
Alex, let’s try ‘backup
lineman named Alex’ for $400 please.
Offensive
lineman Nila Kasitati left the game due to injury and was replaced by redshirt
freshman Alex Dalton. Kasitati was
injured on one of the many plays in which his assignment is evidently to whiff
his block, then turn around and watch as his man makes the tackle three yards
behind the line of scrimmage. As
impressive as Dalton played on Saturday, Kasitati may get all the time he needs
in which to heel.
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| Nila Kasitati |
The letter of the day is:
R
Tulsa
wide-out Keyarris Garrett had 14 catches for 189 yards on Saturday. When OU cornerback Zach Sanchez tried to play
press coverage, Keyarris Garrett beat him deep.
When Sanchez gave him a cushion, Keyarris Garrett beat him with slant
patterns. Hell, even if Sanchez had wanted
to surrender, Keyarris Garrett would’ve beat him still cause he had all the
damn r’s/
Good
time for an off week….except this time there’s no game.
It's good to be 3-0
Boomer ~
Just the
opinion of one mildly interested guy
Buddy Putty
The
Overweight Armchair Sooner
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