First, the good: Eli Bowen was finally sent out on the field and he just made play after play after play. He should play every defensive snap! The defense has played better but they were stingy in the red zone. Tatum fumbled but man did he look good on the rushing attempt.

Reality: The oline is bad and if they were going to morph into good, it should have happened by now. The WR's (when the camera showed them downfield) just don't get open much. This offense may not get to the 400 yard mark in any game all season. This offense is bad. Hawkins has a lot to learn and with this line it will be very difficult. Oh, and the TE's don't block.

The defense is stout but they have way too many missed tackles. RMT was a big disappointment. Needed him to ball out and he didn't. I just don't think this team has the needed mean streak in them to reach the next level.

Coaching: I've continued to give BB a pass on the oline. But it's time he's held accountable. His line is soft. No fight in them. They still appear to be unathletic. Yes, they've moved all over the place because of injuries. However, even freshmen should perform better than what we've seen. Hard to teach a QB to stand in the pocket when the oline allows it to collapse so quickly and easily. I was a big supporter for the Littrell hire. But I've questioned him a lot the last couple of games. However, I don't know how you can realistically judge him with no WR's and horrible oline play. Just not much to work with there. One certain flaw is not utilizing Tatum more. He could be a great one. I also have been a strong supporter of BV. But he has allowed this team and coaches to be too undisciplined. I saw mistake after mistake but the only one punished was Tatum and that was after 1 carry that was their best run of the day. This is an undisciplined team but I guess Tatum was held accountable as he didn't play another meaningful snap. JJF has done a terrible job with the TE's. Their blocking is atrocious.

Even bigger dose of reality, it will be hard to get to 7 wins and the SEC has no terrifying teams this year so texas might be able to run the table. And why don't I mute the announcers anytime when texas is playing?!

Myself, Parker, Brandon and Bryan are in Auburn and will have you all fully covered with coverage.

Game time is 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

Check back here for live updates.

Anyone have any score predictions?

(Pregame reading: Things to watch, Cookin' With Grill Boy, Jacobe Johnson 'eager' to move to WR)

Well, that was crazy. A landscape-shifting Saturday in the world of college football meant a landscape-shifting day for our Survivor Pool. So much of what we thought we knew is now out the window. Despite zero undefeated teams facing a top-24 opponent, somehow, seven of them managed to lose. Our survivors came away smelling better than one might expect, but there was carnage nonetheless.

A fond farewell, and better luck next year to:

Rolled by the Tide (2) - @Fort Mill Sooner , @kelleyschubert
Jammed by JMU (4) - @BuddyJ7 , @shobbs007 , @soons n dc , @TPAV1
Vexed by the Vols (1) = @Soonermagic33
Forgot We Were Doing This (4) - @HunterPhillips , @kcsooner8360 , @Mismax5211 , @TexSooner817

Here's a recap of where that leaves us after 6 weeks of play:

• 12 undefeated FBS teams remain
• Of 214 original competitors, only 119 remain
• Of the 119, 33 are presently in a tie for first place, having used only 2 currently undefeated teams
• Penn State (75) and Indiana (65) have been the most heavily used teams among our remaining survivors
• BYU (1) and Liberty (3) have been the least heavily used among our remaining survivors

Post your Week 7 selections in the thread below. Boomer Sooner, Texas Sucks!

Thoughts?

I like BV but I don’t see how you can get Blown the **** out by Texas two out of the past 3 years and not have massive changes within the Program. Losing to Texas is not acceptable by any means but getting Blown out twice is a catastrophe.

I’ve said it before where are the Playmakers??? Injuries yeah continuity ok but the scheme that’s my biggest question? Didn’t expect lightning in a bottle but there’s issues. The answer simple OC who can adapt better to personnel available. Defense is a lot better needed now it’s the offense! Spend the resources wisely playmakers everywhere NOW.

Because the score could be 44-3 or something.

Wouldn’t surprise me if they were to make sure they save their good plays for a good team.

Good thing they were all there to see this ass whooping and bad play calling.

What if at OU, we decide to no longer hire coordinators that have been fired as head coaches from other schools? How about bringing in people that are moving up in career rather than catching them on the way down? Quit being the University of 2nd chances?

This is easy. He’s transferring after the season and the decision to not burn a year of eligibility and his redshirt is in.

We are going lose some really really good offensive recruits after this. I get the injuries. I get the o line isn’t great or even good. But this is Oklahoma, and you must answer the bell as a coach or someone else will.

I’m ready to fire SL this is terrible

Is so incredibly small with this offense. From an execution standpoint, Hawk just doesn’t see the field well enough to find open receivers. He doesn’t have pocket awareness or presence to know when he has time versus when he needs to bail. Not his fault or even necessarily unexpected, but that’s the reality. The run game has had its moments, but the bad moments are so, so ugly. Ran what looked to be read option with two untouched defenders off the edge that almost killed Sawchuck. Run the delayed counter and Sexton literally doesn’t touch a soul on the pull.

From a play calling standpoint, I’m still scratching my head. 3rd and 3 and we run outside zone out of a 2 back set against a loaded box. We’ve run sprint out nearly every pass play with zero success. 3rd and long as we call the most predictable tunnel screen in the world. I know SL is limited with a frosh QB, no WRs, and a below average OL, but it’s just hopeless watching them right now.

Not to mention multiple false starts, missed FG, bad special teams.

Maybe there is some Sooner magic on deck, but boy, this is could get ugly

Here is OU’s offensive leaders in first half:
Passing: Hawkins 6/10 51yds fumble
Rushing: Hawkins 12 car 19yds
Receiving: Kearney 1 rec 15yds

This ain’t Auburn. Neither is Missouri, S. Car, Ole Miss, Alabama, LSU.

The only other team this team beats is Maine. I’d also bet they don’t pass for over 200yds or rush for over 150yds.
Final score something like 30-10
Defense scores
Special teams scores on a muffed punt.

We are all going to have to face it. These ain’t the good ole days. We were blessed with Stoops and even Riley(I said it). Defense is really good now and can be great but, OU has nobody to recruit great offense players or to play all great games.

This team goes 5-8 barring any kind of miracle 6-7.

And the only way they’re going to do anything about it is if people stop giving them money.

We have a TF qb with 5 of his leading WR’s out. 1st rd talent DB out also.. let’s not scream about firing everybody the whole game. We need some Sooner Magic today and BOOMER SOONER BABY!!! LFG

Listening to this man announce the game is actually torture. Nobody is wanting Arnold back on the field.

40 yards worth!

never get a decent broadcast of the game in the cotton bowl. fyi- looks like siriusxm will broadcast the game. i’m gonna give it a try. on my iphone.

sc getting a lot of pressure on Milroe. Is this bama not being as good on the line or sc having a good defensive front?

Official line at 17. God I hope we win.

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Can we get Lane Johnson or Trent Williams , heck Gabe knows his stuff. Also Jason Witten at TE. Coach he's been at campus a lot.

Porter Moser has been on a heater with recruits recently. Does this loosen the leash for him by a lot even if the Sooners underperform this year?

Therefore, winning on the ground is critical.

The team who wins the rushing battle is 15-2 in the last 17 matchups.