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Well, OU vs UT is typically played on my birthday weekend so woke up another year older today with a few more gray hairs after watching yesterday’s game.

To elaborate for the board on my twitter post, I’ve heard a lot of “the shots were there and Hawkins didn’t take them. That’s on him.”

The answer to that is yes, and also no. It is the coach’s job to identify the inability to execute deep throws, especially after a bye week, and create a plan, provide the coaching points that ensures execution.

There was very little counter to Texas’ adjustments and some of the things that did work did not continue to be pressed until Texas could stop them.

Scoring 3 points in the Cotton Bowl is absolutely inexcusable.

This performance also makes me feel less crazy about my evaluation on Jackson Arnold. He is a talented player and it is possible that there are just things being misidentified and improperly coached in order to ensure success.

More to come on the podcast

Was under the impression he was going to get a ton of play today???? Bad info?

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Our coaches have gone insane

Switzer did with the Wishbone back in the day. We were used to running it, then we switched to the i formation. It was a disaster.

Fast Forward to 2024, we are in THE SEC, we have lost some talent, players, and our coaching is on par with John Blake having Joe D trout out some fools gold.

This experiment is over, BV doesn't replace these clowns, he's finished @ Oklahoma. We have to can SL, JJF and DeMarco at least, their horrible

WE HAVE TO GO GET A PASSING OC, that knows Defenses

BV asked for three years, and this is what he delivered. I understand Hawkins is a freshman, I understand the Oline is pathetic, I understand the WRs are backups, but three points? Totally unacceptable. Houston, Tulane etc. could have scored more than three points. I realize this won't be popular but he needs to go back to JA. He can move through the progressions faster and possibly see things better than Hawkins at this point. And the talent level compared to Texas, especially on offense is glaring. Texas is huge, fast. Excellent WRs. They were more physical than OU. That RB repeatedly ran through Stutsman, McKenzie and Kip. My guess is Littrell is gone after this season and JA transfers. What a waste of recruiting a QB. I don't see anything that leads me to believe things will improve fast. They has two weeks to prepare for Texas and yesterday is what was served up. OU might go 5-7 this season. Although the defense is better than it has been, overall the team has regressed under BV.

So idk if anyone has noticed but we do not “scheme” anyone open ever. i’m sitting here watching texas do that exact thing w all this motion and stuff to get the defense off balance and get people open. but then we go out and it kinda seems like we just line up and run at them. does anyone w more knowledge of play concepts/calls etc … have an opinion??


My second question is after making lebby the highest paid OC in the country for two years a QB coach/Great player caller to perfectly match BV… but then he leaves and for some reason when he leaves we don’t go back out and hire again like we’ve already done successfully … instead we hire two guys that don’t even replace what lebby was here to do?? (coach QBs) so ig what i’m asking is what changed?

Are we expecting anybody back this coming week? I thought I heard Farooq was aiming for a south Carolina return

Either all the insiders were lied to, or the Offensive staff wasted a weeks worth of practice working on sh*t they weren’t going to use. Knowing Littrell, it was probably the latter.

Momentum is huge!!
Biggest play of the game was when Stutsman allowed the Texas WR that hustled his as off to recover that fumble !!!
But, with the OL and the constant run Hawkins it was bad. I was pissed and wanted JA for downfield throws and believe he deserved a shot. Only because Hawkins was taking too many hits and the season is long!!
Arm talking not wrapping up defensive football when the game was tight!!
Gosh damn I’m disgusted!!!!

I won't be the first to say this, but I do want to unequivocally position myself along the lines of: our offense needs to show balance, depth, creativity and the ability to build upon and plan Saturday..or else.

I've just seen too many games where teams with inequitable talent have played well...and even dominated teams/defenses with a major advantage on the other side of the ball. Vandy and Boise immediately come to mind (although that kid at RB may be the best rb I've seen in 5 or so years).

The oline is healthy..as healthy as can be. The wrs are not a shock anymore. The pups have played a ton and should not be afraid of the moment. We've identified our qb of the future AND he's a true dual qb, which means we can dictate coverage and force defenses to respond to us.

I dont have a good excuse for anything to hold our offense up. We do not lack speed or talent. My only talent concern is the rb rotation and the potential waste of explosive plays. Aside from fhat..we are who we are, and my expectation is a MINIMUM a middle of the pack offense who's able to put together drives and score the football more often than not.

Seth will either be the Renaissance man or he'll prove a lot of people right. Be intetesting to see how it all plays out.

27-20 good guys
We win with defense and a better ability to extend drives on 3rd down.

Boomer

Is the fact OU now knows it needs a completely different direction on offense. Sometimes it takes something this embarrassing to get that message to the AD and coach . The search for an OC should have started after the Tennessee game. But now I think Joe will get his black book and conduct a national search for a star OC to come and save Brent and the franchise from this dumpster fire .

Time to earn your pay Joe

How many points would Brady/Mahomes have scored against Texas today if they were given our OC, O-Line, and receiver unit?

We need to fire everyone on the offensive coaching side of the ball. We can’t block, we can’t separate and there are other freshman WR’s making massive plays. I’m not asking for massive play but just plays. We can’t run the ball. We can’t block at any position especially TE. Play calling is horrendous. Had a bye week to make a good scheme and came out with the worst option plays I’ve ever seen. Everyone on the offensive side needs to go and if they don’t then I give BV 1 more year cuz if he holds onto this offensive staff then he is making his own bed to be fired.

This team desperately needs a legit portal QB in 2025. Hawkins and JA will be good in time but they are not ready. It may be BV’s last year so we will NEED a legit QB.

Notes on Eli Bowen, Michael Hawkins and Jacobe Johnson included.

So it’s being reported that over the last two weeks that Littrell installed “his” offense.
They tried to put in 50 plays. You can NOT try to do this crap in the middle of the season. Not one player knew that offense today. Just reference the play where GT pulls right and Barnes runs left.
No excuses. This should have been done in the spring. If Jackson was the qb we all thought he was, he should have been able to run it. You can’t install an offense in the middle of the season.
This stuff is what gets coaches fired and is totally on BV. I don’t get who thought it would be a good idea… maybe 15 or so plays that are bread and butter but 50?

It’s here, y’all.

The full OU Insider team is here in Dallas for coverage of the Red River Rivalry. Game starts at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

Follow along here for live updates and observations from the Cotton Bowl.

Score predictions?

you know, I got drunk as probably a lot of you did last night watching that offense but I woke up today…. Rewatched the game to its entirety and if Michael Hawkins gets the start going forward I can only be very optimistic of our future schedule.

Our defense is top 3 in the country. No debate.
With Michael Hawkins going forward i think we have a few surprising wins in our future.

We still have our issues…. O line, WRs banged up, play calling, and so on but im left with optimism going forward.

That was pretty cool

This is soooo bad.
Down 5 WR or not the play calling is atrocious.
Glad we have a defense now but uh we can't win 3-0.
Seth gotta go now.

I will preface this by saying OU absolutely should’ve held a serious national search for a new OC once Lebby left last winter. At this point I don’t think anyone is arguing otherwise.

However, I think an argument can be made that BV didn’t even retain/elevate the right internal OC from the 2023 staff….

Matt Wells was hired as the Co-OC/QB coach at K State. I’m not saying Wells would’ve been the answer….BUT….their offense is ranked in the mid 40s nationally, they’ve scored at least 30 every game except one stinker against BYU, and they seemingly have built around Johnson’s strengths at QB.

This OU team would be a top 15, 8-4 caliber team with an offense ranked in the 40s. I know it isn’t apples to oranges (Big12 vs SEC), but I do think there’s a legitimate argument we didn’t even hire the right OC from our own staff. That is….something…..

Maybe KState lays an egg here tonight and this post looks stupid, but that was another thought that crossed my mind tonight regarding just how badly this entire situation has been botched.

If OU finishes the season 5-7 which is a real possibility is BV on the hot seat going into next year ?

Need to start playing the youngsters and get them experience for next year! This year is what it is!