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?

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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!

Sorry, that must have been a ghost post ?

Oline has no fight in them. Defense doesn't wrap up. Little effort from half the defense the last 3 minutes of the half. Missing a makeable FG to start the game after a turnover. Eli Bowen doesn't play until texas has made our DB's look silly. "Leader" Billy Bowman missing tackles giving up chunk yards. AA Stutsman missing tackles again. Tatum doesn't touch the ball until inside the 2 minute warning. First play of the drive following a TV timeout and we still don't have our defense out on the field and set.

I never would have believed BV would allow such undisciplined play. Stubbornness keeping them from playing the best players. Yes, it was a fumble. But just watch the one carry by Tatum and you can see he is so much better than our other RB's. And Eli Bowen is our best CB but he doesn't start. He comes in and makes play after play. I'm sure Walker plays his best but he is out of position and misses tackles. He's lucky they underthrew the double pass late in the half or it would have been another TD. I'm hoping for a big 2nd half for our Sooners but the way they finished the 1st half was embarrassing.

Please, no more slow starting run plays in the backfield! And how about an audible when you see a blitz coming into the play instead of running right into it.

Why, when we are in the middle of a beatdown by Texas, do young players like Danny Okoye, Kalen Hicks, Eugene Brooks, EPL, Reggie Powers, and a bunch of others not given some significant run? Some of these guys have not seen the field all year in spite of the fact that they can play in 4 games without losing their redshirt. It’s called player development. I don’t get it - can somebody help?

Seth shouldn’t be in the bus back to Oklahoma, he’s an embarrassment to the team and state.

Holy shit could it be any worse?? I felt I was watching the 49-0 game… what in the hell was that

It all starts with the oline. They suck. You can't call plays when you can't run the ball and you don't have time to pass.

…I see an opportunity to commit to OU and come right in for PT. Unfortunately, if I’m a high level WR or RB recruit, I’m seriously questioning if OU has the coaching and developmental staff to provide me opportunities to excel…

Just some information that I don't know if some of you saw it in my mailbag yesterday, but multiple sources told me that Jacobe Johnson has been practicing on both sides of the ball for the last three weeks, with one source stating, "He has packages for offense and has looked really good. He's a natural and it has come back really quickly for him," one source said. "He can play and likely will play both sides during the game on Saturday and is still one of (OU) best special teams guys, too."

Now, as I said in the mailbag, I will believe the both sides deal when I see it. However, I do think you see JJ on offense today. He got considerably more reps in pregame at WR than he did with Auburn.

Just throwing that out there so that you all know that two-way playing for JJ is on the table today. Again, not saying it will 100% happen, even with both sources being very good that told me that. But I still will believe it when I see it.

You leave me no choice.

No excuses.
Fire Seth Littrell and JJ Finley mid season.
BV has to make a statement.
This has less to do with injuries and more to do with coaching incompetency.

Hawkins is going to be good but he was a wide eye freshman. We could have run the wildcat offense with the same results. Personally, I was waiting for Jackson to come in for a new look. OC needs to be changed. Defense can't hold out with all the 1 minute drives by our offense. With a better offense, this would have been a tight game in my opinion. That's all but hopefully better next week.

It’s time to clean house.

Been OU fan since I was a Kid in the 80's This is by far the worst OU offense I've ever seen. I don't care about injuries. You are telling me OU is only 5 deep WR
Seth has zero answers. Patrick Fletcher at Qb had more success