So listening to Lebby talk about Iowa State’s defense and how they are playing above their level because of their buy in to their system and their effort and it got me thinking. Do we have a bunch of quitters along the D Line?

Before K-State we were basically saying the same thing about our defense after Nebraska. Reggie Grimes was playing his best ball motivated by his grandmother and the line seemed be be doing well. So well in fact it was covering up our deficiencies at LB and safety.

Fast forward fo the mental mistakes vs KState and we lost a game we should could have won. We go into TCU and the defensive line was non existent giving Duggan all the time in the world to make easy pitch and throw catches. The same play TCU hit us on for the deep pass was the same one Kent State had open 2x but the difference being against Kent State we flushed the qb and he didn’t see it. Called it out 2x with the wife in the stands when it happened.

So my question is, what happened to the line and that motor? Did we get punched in the mouth and just quit? It’s the same #23, #28, #2 and #23 on the field behind the D Line that we pick on as the first 3 wins. The same guys from last year. So did we quit in effort? In buy-in? OL blocking in the conference can’t be that amazing can it? Im so confused where the DLine went.

And on we go with our seventh year of the Sooner Survivor Series - the annual Big 12 Survivor Pool.

The rules are simple:

---(READ THIS ONE CAREFULLY, AGAIN) as there are only 10 Big 12 teams we always spend the end of the year filling out the regular season schedule. Well, to keep me from hating my life while filling out 500+ winners (until my BELOVED upset comes in) we’re going to do it in reverse. The first four weeks will be picking ONE winner from three hand picked games around college football. You don’t need to pick the winner of each, you simply pick the winner of ONE of the three games. If you’re right, you advance, if you’re wrong, your season ends early.

---Starting in week five, you’ll pick one Big 12 team each week that you think will win that week's game. If your team wins, you advance to the next week. When a team you picked loses, you are eliminated from the competition. Remember you ARE NOT picking against the spread, these are straight up win/lose scenarios.

---Once we've started the Big 12 segment and you've picked a Big 12 school, you cannot pick them again the rest of the season. This means you have to pick carefully and assess for things like bye weeks, matchups, etc.

---There are no byes for participants. In other words, you have to pick a team every single week. You have to watch later in the season to make sure you have a team to pick every week, because if you get into a situation where every team you have left is on a bye week and can't pick a team, you'll unfortunately be eliminated.

---Also, you MUST have your picks in before the first game on the docket (it will always be the first game listed below).

--- If anyone (or multiple people) can make it all the way through 14 weeks without losing, we'll use the bowl weeks as tie-breakers.

If anyone has any other questions, please feel free to write them below!

And now, here are the options for Week Three.

PRIZES:

1st Place: Free Year of SoonerScoop.com (50$ Gift Card to your choice of Amazon, Best Buy, etc.)
2nd Place: Free Six Months of SoonerScoop.com and your Scoop Shirt of Choice
3rd Place: Free Three Months of SoonerScoop.com and your Scoop Shirt of Choice
4th and 5th: Two Free Months of SoonerScoop.com

Oct. 22

Kansas @ Baylor (11:00a)
West Virginia @ Texas Tech (2:00p)
Texas @ Oklahoma State (2:30p)
Kansas State @ TCU (7:00p)

Sooner Survivor Series 2022

@512SoonerGUY – UNC, UTSA, CUSE, TAMU – UT, OSU, OU

@Amase47 – UNC, UTSA, WASH, WVU – KSU, OSU, UT

@Aslanpx0 – UNC, UTSA WASH, WVU – UT, KSU, OU

@BobStoopsBurner – UNC, TTU, CUSE, TAMU – KSU, OSU, OU

@BoomerCase – UNC, UTSA, CUSE, TCU – KSU, OSU

@BoomerMatt – UNC, TTU, LSU, WVU – KU, TCU, UT

@chasejamy – UNC, TTU, LSU, TAMU – UT, OSU, OU

@hensleys0 – UNC, BYU, LSU, TAMU, UT, OSU, OU

@JLawrance – UNC, TTU, WASH, WVU – KU, KSU, OU

@jvancuren – UNC, UTSA, WASH, TCU – UT, OSU, OU

@nwsoonerfan – UNC, BYU, LSU, TAMU – KU, OSU, UT

@okcsooner2008 – UNC, TTU, LSU, TAMU – UT, OSU, OU

@rds57 – UNC, BYU, WASH, WVU – UT, OSU, OU

@RedHillsSooner – UNC, TTU, CUSE, WVU – UT, OSU, OU

@SonOfTodd – UNC, TTU, LSU, WVU – UT, OSU, TCU

@Sooner N Austin – UNC, UTSA, LSU, WVU – UT, OSU, OU

@soonrs25 – UNC, UTSA, WASH, WVU – KU, OSU, OU

@T_diddle – UNC, BYU, CUSE, TCU – UT, OSU, OU

@texarksooner – UNC, UTSA, LSU, WVU – KSU, OSU, UT

@whatawin – UNC, TTU, LSU, TCU – UT, TCU, OU

@Wilann – UNC, UTSA, WASH, TAMU – UT, TCU, WVU

@Josh_M lays down the law at 10pm last night to never be heard from again . No boneman since friday . Hope they're not in Okmulgee

It sounds like OU players are gonna be Mondays and that's it from now on. We were expected to get Gabriel tonight but didn't. I don't think it was anything fishy, just something came up to where DG couldn't make it.

- Brayden Willis
- Theo Wease
- DaShaun White
- Eric Gray
- Robert Spears-Jennings
- Woodi Washington
- R Mason Thomas

I spent the majority of the time with White, Gray and Washington. I had a couple of storylines for each to answer. They did. I'm pleased. I don't think anyone was with Wease, as it was Brayden, Theo and DaShaun all at once.

Just noticed that the picture of JA on the Home Page with the story about him being "locked in" has Lebby and Hall standing in the background. In the pic, they can be seen looking at Lebby's phone and discussing whatever they may be looking at (and possibly chuckling if you look long/hard enough ). Let's all use this thread as conjecture about what they might be looking at on the phone!!

My guess is Lebby just ran across the the Scoop thread about JA taking a look at and potentially visiting Domer and having a good laugh at that OP's expense!!

Damn man. Dude just dropped. Has to be a tear in his knee for him to drop like that. He has been playing very well up until that.

Best of the best from Lebby and Roof.

14 Texas penalties. 0 OSU penalties.

I don’t feel sorry for them, but Big 12 officiating is laughable.

@SoA_7 @TheOne85 @gabbo34 GITFT

Max Verstappen has locked up the WDC after his win in Japan.

This week F1 is in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas.

F1 Race Schedule:

FRIDAY
FP1 - 200P
FP 2 - 500P

SATURDAY
FP 3 - 200P
QUALI - 500P

SUNDAY
RACE - 1230P

This will be 2 visits in a row to Florida State. Love to see it. Texas fans will be sick if they lose him
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I have a lot of respect for the way he has improved this season. He runs hard and makes good cuts. Very pleasant surprise this year. More of appreciation post than anything.

Having been a Nats fan for the past few years while living in DC, I really didn't understand all the attention (and money) Harper was getting. He's never been an exceptional hitter except for his MVP season which he may never again replicate.

He's currently 0-3 with two strikeouts and 1 BB.

Definitely, not worth the $25 million average for 13 years he's getting paid. I can name 15 maybe 20 guys easily I would take over him.

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It's at the very end... he will have his Texas beatdown video on Wednesday...

Sec 103 Row P seat 22, last seat on the row. ***AISLE SEAT***

Little brother putting it on the horns? 😂

This ranking is based on performance, locations, and a modified strength of schedule. The only modification of the SOS is a deduction for play non-FBS programs.

Was just looking at a couple of recent NFL mocks for 2023, and Clemson LB at #6, DL Murphy #8, and DL Breese #16.
(3) defensive players in the first round is tough. Also was surprised seeing Texas Tech linebacker at #5