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Rewatched the 1st half

The biggest thing I see plaguing this team is an absolute lack of complementary football. When the offense is humming the defense is a sieve. When the defense bows up and gets off the field the offense can’t get anything going. This, coupled with the turnovers, led to our ultimate downfall. We could just never collectively gain any momentum as a squad and you could feel it in the stadium.
Also… the 2nd pick was a horrible missed PI call IMO.
This team is going to make a huge leap next year as we get our young guys up to speed. You can see the athletic potential in guys like Gentry, RSJ and Kanak that our current crop just flat lacks. With Bowman leading the charge into next year and the leader being the best player I do feel like we can see a significant jump in 2023. As the pod indicated, the purpose of the rest of the season is now to win out, hold the recruiting class together and continue to search for potential difference makers in the front 7.

But that’s why I love tomorrow ..

Man ... what a time to be an OU fan. We are in a down time right now, and that’s just where we have found ourselves, it’s more than apparent. That years and years of TBOW recruiting and culture have truly rotten the insides of this program.

This was never a year 1 fix, and yes I’m with you it ****ing sucks and we are horrible. It’s not fun, but take solace in the fact that we got JFA and the D recruits with fresh minds NOT TBOW corroded minds ...


this off szn will make or break the BV era imo, he is going to be tasked with finding who is rotten and who he can preserve and try and develop properly, one short off szn after TBOW left was never going to be a true culling like this one upcoming. We need a damn bloodletting and to recruit recruit recruit ...


that’s legit our only hope at a respectable szn next year. And I have faith it will come ...


Maybe that’s me being pie in the sky minded, but I just don’t see no way BV does not understand the true assignment this off szn. WE NEED ****ING PLAYERS ... and he will bring them in..



IN BV WE TRUST .. that’s all I got

AND WE AINT GIVING IN DAMMIT

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REPORT CARD: Baylor

OFFENSE:

QB: Dillon Gabriel - 58 - When he actually completed passes, he was good but the three picks (though one was just bad luck) were deadly.
RB: Eric Gray - 88 - Continues to be the key man in Oklahoma's offense.
WR: Drake Stoops - 82 - Just kept moving the ball and had some outstanding blocks.
WR: Marvin Mims - 87 - A solid bounce back game but it feels like Oklahoma needed to target him more.
WR: Jalil Farooq - 80 - I just don't think you can get him the ball enough and they aren't anywhere near 'enough'.
TE: Brayden Willis- 82 - Great blocking but again, I just don't understand some of the decisions in getting him the ball.
OT: Anton Harrison - 83 - Wasn't as dominant as I've seen him but still found a lot of success running left.
OG: McKade Mettauer - 74 - Looked better in the run game but still not good enough.
C: Andrew Raym - 68 - That penalty may have ended up the difference in this game, just a brutal moment but largely was solid.
OG: Chris Murray - 77 - Can't say he caught my eye a lot either way but had a few nice pulls.
OT: Wanya Morris - 73 - Still got shoved around too much.

Offensive Average: 77.5 (852)


DEFENSE:


DE: Reggie Grimes - 50 - I don't know what Oklahoma does, I just can't figure how they are THIS bad on the edge.
NT: Isaiah Coe - 65 - Had some good moments, penalty was bad but looked a bit of bad luck as he was just trying to get away from the block.
DT: Jalen Redmond - 72 - Sack seemed like a turning point but as with his whole career the bright spots are too far between.
DE: Ethan Downs - 55 - Running him as a spy late in the game makes me wonder if this staff is sure on how to best use him.
LB: Danny Stutsman - 78 - I actually thought he had some very strong moments but need to watch more closely.
LB: David Ugwoegbu - 60 - Run fill to his side seemed like a problem for a good chunk of the day but again, need to rewatch.
CH: DaShaun White - 50 - After a great game it felt like he and the safeties just did little in the run game when they were REALLY needed.
CB: Woodi Washington - 65 - Rarely challenged but when he was, he didn't do much.
CB: Jaden Davis - 62 - Went out early but was just ok while he was there.
S: Justin Broiles - 68 - Had some big moments but again, the Sooners in run defense just weren't good enough.
S: Keyshawn Lawrence - 75 - Lawrence went out and was one of the few who looked up to meeting Baylor's physicality.

Defensive Average: 63.6 (700)


SPECIAL TEAMS:


K: Zach Schmit - 74 - Was good on kickoffs and the miss, while painful for OU, wasn't really on him - a 55-yard ask is always going to be brutal to expect.
P: Michael Turk - 86 - Thought he struck the ball pretty well and the ball rolling in wasn't on him, he gave it a chance.
KR: Billy Bowman - N/A -
PR: Marvin Mims - N/A -

Special Teams Average: 80 (160)


Key Reserves:


LB: Jaren Kanak - 68 - Kanak makes some big plays but the more he's out there you can see the mistakes that are a reality.
CB: C.J. Coldon - 60 - Man, kind of like Kanak it's one step forward and two steps back at times with him. More snaps = more problems.
DB: Bily Bowman - 85 - Had the key pick and looks great in run defense more often than not. He's this team's best defender and it's not close.

Reserves Average: 71 (213)


Team Average: 71.3 (1925)

My Overall Grade: 73



Breakdown:
I just don't know what to say about this team.

Do I focus on the fact that if they avoid an awful penalty this game probably goes to over time?

Do I focus on the fact that if Oklahoma doesn't throw two (of three) costly interceptions Baylor doesn't break 30?

I'm just going to focus on the bottom line. This is a mistake-prone team that if it manages to get out of its own way can play with just about anyone in the conference. But if you spot a Baylor team that is finding it's feet four turnovers...you're going to lose the game every, single, time.

I think Oklahoma's defense had it's moments but it sure felt like they folded a bit late in the game when their team needed them the most. Offensively, again there's a lot to be pleased about but the Sooners just don't seem to be making enough explosive plays and with guys like Farooq and Mims, that's just not good enough.

Scoring Standard:

100-82: Playoff Contender
82-74: Big 12 Title Contender
74-65: Bowl Game Participant
65-0: 'I'll be hoooome for Christmas

65 page game plan

Only because I am a pod junky I was listening to TOS podcast and they mentioned Stutsmans dad said when he went to his sons room he had a binder that was for the upcoming game and it was a 65 page game plan. Anyone think this is true? And, if so is this normal across college football or is this unique to a BV defense? I’ve never played football so I have no idea. Just seems like a lot if every week they are having a new 65 page game plan. Given the widely dicussed low football IQ across this team it might explain why these players are so far out of position on so many plays.

Coaching decisions

We lost because of bad luck- when have you ever seen that many tipped passes intercepted. Having said that we still have a chance to win, but several dubious coaching decisions took that away. First we didn't use our last time out in the first half to stop the clock when we could have, and let 20-25 seconds run off, which we can never get back. If we had taken that time out, we would have had more time to get in better position for a field goal
Second- in what universe, knowing our defense, do you not go for it on 4th and four? And tack on to that terrible play call on third and 4. We don't go for it, we punt it into the end zone and after one play they are right back where they would have been had we gone for it and not made it.
Third- when you are going for it on 4th and one, and your best rb is on the sideline?
and lastly, and I acknowledge this is a stretch- did we even consider onside kick after our last score? You had to at least think we were unlikely to get the ball back, they had been killing us in the run game.

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I haven't seen it on the board yet, but Jeremiah and Brayden had Danny Stutsman on the show this week. It's a good interview. He talks a lot about BV challenging him early on about his immaturity and how the vibe this year when it comes to preparation and watching film is completely different than it was under the previous staff.

Galaxy brain take: OU’s defense was actually good yesterday!

If you just take away all the bad plays they had yesterday the defense played good! They basically only gave up 2 yards a carry (minus all the big runs they had). Basically we only gave up like 100 yards on the ground!

Also, one more thing to ponder: if you take away one of Baylor’s touchdowns we actually win the game so it was basically a win for us.

This is the kind of Mod we need over here boys! The Billy Liucci of OU football! 😂😂


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