How! College football coach is the greatest job in the world. Jeez.

are the things I just do not understand. So many head down and diving at air, hit in backfield but somehow its a 3/4 yard gain.

Any pile moves 5/6 yards down the field, nobody can grab feet? We don't the ability to stop the runner from advancing when we have them out numbered?

Not that anything crazy would be going on over there right now.

Championship??

The defense lacks playmakers at every level, but the DL being so bad at everything makes it all look even worse.

The DL hasn’t touched a QB since the third game without help of a blitz. How is that possible? Not one DL can beat their man one time in 6 games?

The last play - biggest play of the game after a timeout and the entire DL just gets washed 7 yards to the side.

Hey Dillon, Hey Dillon, is this gonna be a Monday post game pod?

Bedlam should be lovely. At this rate, I’m expecting ESPN+, with Ryan Leaf commentating. I embrace these times. 🤨

I’ve read all the posts about our defense. Couple of issues I’m sure you all know and have seen so far. We have players recruited for a Grinch system trying to execute a Venables system.. Going to take a couple of years to get players suited for Brent’s system. if you listened to Teddy on the radio, you can tell how frustrated he is.

Our manhood. We are going to see next week how we respond getting hit in the mouth every play.

on ignore. Recommend y’all do the same. I am irrationally angry rn. Apologies, Fam.

now back to this bottle of Joseph Magnus Cigar blend.

That’s all you can say. We outgained them by 200 yards and the ball bounced the wrong way and that happens. I’m still confident we win out

If he doesn’t go down we win. We have no depth.

I have a little hope in maybe beating OSU but its taken tons of injuries by the cowboys to find that little ray of hope and Tech looks like that will be 50/50 at best.

Mayonnaise.

'Cause he might be headed for a twangy Duke' s Mayo bath after our bowl game!

The roster needs:
- about 5 of the young guys to step forward,
- 5 ready-to-play guys to pop out of the portal,
- a few brand new guys to be ready to contribute, and
- 10-15 current guys to call it a career at OU and move on

We're not hopelessly far off.

Am I going insane why every other play are we hearing these little kids say “Dillion ... hey Dillion Gabriel” .....


what a dog shit level of commentating too

Feel free to flame away, just some thoughts on OU’s current situation in what truly is a strip down to the foundation rebuild:

1. BV is the right guy to have in charge. His vision on recruiting, valuing and trying to get the most of his players, and prior track record still makes me think he was the right man for what this program needed.
2. On point one, he has had to take some very painful lumps about how to be a HC. Hiring Roof was a mistake, having them drink out of a firehose early on which led to burnout, and stuff like timeout mismanagement and the fourth down stuff today. Unfortunately with the roster he has there has been no margin for error
3. We have nobody on Defense right now other than Bowman (too soon on the frosh) that is actually good enough to play elite college football. It’s going to take a couple years to get to where we need to be on that side of the ball. BV did it at Clemson, I feel like he can do it at Oklahoma
4. If it’s Year 3 and we don’t see a true trajectory towards actually taking the step to title contender it’s fair to turn up the heat on him. It will be hard to stomach for a fanbase of a school with like 5 truly bad seasons since WWII, but this program was built on a house of cards.
5. Stuff like SOUL and other player engagement is imperative for team unity and not getting ransacked in the portal. If you think it’s stupid, you have the same viewpoint as TBOW. Viewing the players as cogs in the machine and not actual human beings.

Totally understand if TLDR, but it will get better even though it sucks right now

Both have completely new coaches. TCU hasn’t had better recruiting classes. Why is Sonny Dykes able to be so much more successful in year 1?

If we want them to pull better players, why speak so much trash? It’s fine to be disappointed but have some self control.

Why did they rule the punt we downed on the 2 a touchback? Did they say anything on the broadcast? There was no explanation in stadium. Can’t believe we didn’t challenge that (if we could’ve). That felt like a key moment.

Even when we had terrible defenses in year’s past they normally would get that crucial TO or stop. Don’t have any confidence in these guys

@BPrzybylo - Here we go with Baylor and the biggest game of the season. And not just because it’s the next one for Oklahoma.

Face it, by Saturday evening, we’re all going to know if 9-3 is possible for the Sooners, or if 7-5 would be something to shoot for.

Because if OU can beat Baylor, you can start believing again the team has turned the corner. KU was as must-win as it gets. Iowa State was about showing improvement, and now Baylor, in theory, is about OU starting to show the best version of itself.

For that to happen, it’s going to be up to the interior offensive line to be able to handle the beef in the middle for the Bears. If that occurs, the Sooners win this one pretty comfortably.

But that won’t be an easy task, and it feels more like the Bears will have the edge in that matchup and this is gonna be a four-quarter battle.

Let’s see the real Marvin Mims once again. After a puzzling outing in Ames, Mims returns to being who he has been for three seasons and finds the end zone. More than that, though, he stretches the field and opens up a whole bunch of options for Dillon Gabriel and Jeff Lebby.

The defense forces two more takeaways, taking advantage of the inconsistency Blake Shapen has shown throughout this season and putting the offense in good position to score.

Eric Gray is kept under 100 yards, but Gabriel and the offense find a way to win with Brayden Willis coming up big in the fourth quarter.

OU 34, Baylor 28.

@Eddie_Rado - It’s starting to feel normal. No not because it’s now Championship November. Those goals have obviously changed but it’s starting to feel normal in that Saturdays are no longer feared. My how times have changed.

We’ve heard the word physical used time and time again. You know what you’re going to get from Baylor. They have to win battles in the trenches. Last week Jeff Lebby solved the Jon Heacock dilemma. This week’s it’s Dave Aranda.

How about Oklahoma defensively? Can they stop the run consistently? Sure it’s a tough ask. How much of last weeks performance was Iowa State offensive distinction? How much was it Oklahoma actually taking steps in a positive direction.

We should start answering these questions as Oklahoma looks to finish the final four games in what ultimately would be a dream scenario. The fact we can sit here and say we now look forward to Saturdays again is a win in of itself.

Oklahoma finds a way at home. Dillon Gabriel continues his streaky play. And look for a continued progression in the turnover department.

Oklahoma 37
Baylor 31

@Josh_M - Man this is an interesting game as it's the two teams many had pegged for the Big 12 title game in the preseason that have seen their seasons work in very similar patterns, including that they are finding their feet at the same time in the season.

Where I think Oklahoma finds success?

Oklahoma can pass vertically on this team. Baylor, aside from last week against Texas Tech, has struggled to create pressure and behind that pass rush is a young secondary that has struggled at times. Particularly they've had problems on the road giving up 252-yards per game on the road as opposed to less than 200 at home.

Where I think Baylor can give Oklahoma trouble?

I'm just going to keep talking about the same things so, don't stop me if you've heard this before, the defensive line and it's ability to contain the run game.

If the Sooners can just keep Baylor's ground game within reason, I think they win this game. What I'm not sure about is whether Oklahoma can do that. I thought they were better against Iowa State but like I talked about last week the Cyclones were a straight forward scenario. Baylor is going throw more variation and try to do things to confuse Oklahoma's scheme.

The Sooners can run well laterally in this game, I believe that and in the end I just think their ability to be a bit more consistently diverse offensively is going to provide just enough room to pull away. And I want to tell you I came into this expecting to pick Baylor, I just kind of talked myself out of the pick.

Predictions:

1) Oklahoma gets a pair of interceptions from the secondary.
2) Marvin Mims goes over 150 yards.
3) Key Lawrence will be a key to the game.

Oklahoma 34
Baylor 24

The Monster needs to be fed, so instead of sitting around and waiting for players to hit the portal, I say the heck with being polite, get the bug in some specific ears and steal some players! OU is headed to the SEC, it's about time to get RUTHLESS. Either that r lose relevance.