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Upon Rewatching the OL

- Tarquin is going to have a tough time dealing with any edge rusher who plays with speed.

- Nwaiwu needs to stay right where he is at. I like his play and he’s got some nasty to him.

- Hatchett doesn’t have the athleticism to stay in front of the more athletic interior players. Some of the slowest feet I’ve seen at OU by a center.

- Sexton has some juice to him but would love to see him finish stronger sometimes. That being said, he’s got the athletic talent needed to dawg out at that spot.

- Brown wasn’t incredibly bad when he got down hill but between him and tarquin trying to bookend the OL in the SEC.. 😬

Bill Bedenbaugh vs. Emmet Jones

For all those people that get on Bedenbaugh, how can you not get on Emmet Jones? People say BB hasn’t been recruiting well lately. IMO, this year has been great. That he lives on transfers. My question is where are EJ’s guys? We are desperate for anybody right now and none of his 4 guys sniff the field besides 81 who has shown nothing.

At least BB has skins on the wall.

I'm questioning EJ's evaluation skills already. Our WR's are burks(transfer) and anderson(not his recruit). We need guys that can stretch the field and none of his guys have done anything against lower level teams.

Boiled down: lazy hiring = no running back

( I have said this many times before but here you go)
Because we don't have a running back who is athletic and physical - just one would be a start - we can't run the ball. This allows defenses to play a soft zone and limit big plays. This is also why no one is open. Of course, some will blame the offensive line and JA, but we couldn't run it last year either. We have a talent gap at running back and our coach who supposed to be a great recruiter, is not, and just breaks the rules. Cale Gundy gave us future pro backs, but Demarco is giving us backs who couldn't start anywhere else. This is the worst running back room in history. We need to quit hiring former players as our coaches and hire the best coaches in the country. Lazy hiring is hurting our team.

Early Baker vs Jackson

I wish I could go back and look at the comments BEFORE the last quarter and a half of the Tennessee game that made Baker become BFM. I have no idea how the comments went, but I've been here since 2001 and I think there were probably some huge detractors about him. I'm not saying Arnold will be Mayfield; I'm just curious how the two periods of time compare regarding message board content.
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The morning after

Rewatching the game right now and ....... it's pretty bad. The offense top to bottom just doesn't have it, they don't have anything going for them right now. QB, RB, WR, OL, none of these units are worth anything right now. The only guy that's showed up so far is Burks.

Arnold- missed throws and got anxious in the pocket. He scrambled when it was unnecessary.
OL- pass blocking was better but still a work in progress. I thought Bates did a better job than Hatchett. But it's the same story the last few years and it's gotten gradually worse but the OL can't run block to start the year. They simply aren't creating enough space to run.
WR- They need someone to step up besides Burks and to get healthy.
RB- Barnes and Sawchuk disappoint yet again. Barnes just runs into the OL backs for no reason. I wish Hicks and Tatum would get more reps just to see what they can do since Barnes and Sawchuk aren't producing.

The playcalling overall has been boring and plain. It's either RPO or play action pass. I also don't get putting Ragins out there with Thompson and Burks, get a bigger body receiver in there to have some diversity. Most of all, OU needs to get better on 3rd down. Let's see if the coaches and players can figure it out. Hard to be optimistic and positive about the offense right now.

Just noticed this about Arnold

Right now he's only seeing one side of the field. Jackson would've avoided a sack and pressure multiple times if he would simply move left in the pocket. He missed Burks last week for a possible touchdown up the left hash and for an easy first down last night. The worst one was during the offside penalty in the 4th, Jackson just threw it up and it was intercepted but he had Thompson for an EASY touchdown. The CB stood up thinking the play was gonna be called dead and Thompson had him beat BAD.
Arnold has got to start seeing the left side of the field or else he's going to to make it too easy for defenses.
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