The Sooners improved to 2-0 on
the season with their 33-3 victory over Kent State. Hey, don’t take being 2-0
for granted … there are more than a few preseason top 15 teams – like Texas,
Notre Dame, Baylor, LSU, Texas A&M, Florida and Oregon - who would love to
say the same. Then there is Nebraska …wow. The Sooners go to Lincoln next and
face a Cornhuskers team that just lost to Georgia State and had their head
coach fired. Talk about messing with a wounded animal.
Dillon Gabriel
I’m not gonna bull-shit you –
before he transferred to OU, I wouldn’t have known Dillon Gabriel from Roman
Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, Matt Dillon or Marshall Dillon.
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Positives – He’s been accurate, seems to possess above average
arm strength, appears to be comfortable in Lebby’s offense – and by all-accounts - has stepped up as one of the team
leaders.
- Concerns: He
seems to have a proclivity to stare down his intended target too often. Which,
to be honest, is something I’m also guilty of doing. The difference is –when I’m
staring at a bottle of bourbon, I’ve yet to have the bartender read my eyes and
jump the route for a pick-6
Shades of Gray
· No one has asked, but if they did, I would not use
Eric Gray as the starter or feature back. I would go with Major or Barnes, with
Gray being more of a 3rd down back.
Hey, my ability to second guess people who have risen to great heights
within their given profession –well, it’s a gift that needs to be shared. You’re
welcome.
Light Show – Eventually
Saturday nights 6:00 PM
kickoff meant the unveiling of the new LED stadium lights at Owen Field. It
took longer than expected, but eventually we all learned that the lights can be
used in a celebratory fashion.
After a Marvin Mims touchdown
finally gave the Sooners the lead, the banks of bright lights around the
stadium went dark like there was a power failure, then seconds later flashed
back on in strobe like fashion. The cool
moment caught many Sooner fans by surprise … and by cool moment I meant the
touchdown. Oh, the light show was pretty neat-0 too.
Another note on the LED lights – every time the lights were mentioned, all I could think about was the exorbitant cost. I steal them from my parents’ house, otherwise I’m not sure I’d be able to afford them without taking an early distribution from my retirement account. I’m surprised that the cost didn’t force them to consider doing one section of the stadium at I time – like I’m doing in my master bathroom. Btw – LED lights don’t make you look thinner, just so you know.
(Did You Know)
The Sooners are now 2-0
against teams that display their local area code on their helmets. The (915)
played a prominent role on the UTEP helmet design, while Kent St went with the
more subtle (301) in front center facemask area. For more information on this
ridiculous trend, please hang up and dial 411
Is it Golden Flash, or
Gold Flashes, or Golden Flashes or …
Regardless of moniker, if not
for the ultimate prevent defense employed by Kent State at the end of the first
half, the Sooners were in grave danger of going to the locker room losing 3-0
to some form of yellowish flicker.
Defense
The Sooners defense will face
a significant step up in competition soon, but don’t sleep on the Kent St. skill
position players. Their QB is a gamer. They also have an NFL ready receiver and
a running back that punished would be tacklers.
Love the effort of the entire
defense. There are some kinks to work
out – but that is to be expected. Early standouts are Downs, Grimes, Stutsman
and Bowman.
Oklahoma
held Kent State to less than 300 yards of total offense, 3.2 yards per carry,
and just 6.23 yards per attempt through the air. They collected 14 tackles for loss and three sacks as a unit, led by Danny
Stutsman's 12 tackles (9 solo), four tackles for loss, and a sack by
Grimes. Last year through two games the
Sooners had 17 tackles for a loss, this season they have 23-sacks
through 2-games.
… that there is nobody else
on the entire roster that is capable of returning punts besides starting wide-receiver
Marvin Mims? Other than driving the Schooner, there isn’t a more dangerous job
on the field than punt returner. Lose Mims = Lose Games.
Just The Opinion of One Mildly Interested Guy
Buddy Putty
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
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