It’s all fun and games until you get into the NC against LSU.
- Thread starter TXSUX
- Start date
It was just LSU's year. Burrow is really good. At least we don't have to worry about our 47 game win streak
I guess it’s good when the #1 plays like #1. Was hoping for a better grinder. Burrow is the real deal for sure. To eclipse Lawrence’s performance in such a fashion is pure beast mode. Randy Moss’s kid was no slouch and it was a complete team taking care of business.
Lsu is what ou could have been under Mayfield and Murray with a defense.
I don't know, the offenses they Quarterbacked didn't exactly tear it up in the playoffs. Big 12 yeah but against good competition not so much.
They didn't exactly help out the defense in any of the 4 playoff losses.
Until Riley can do it in the post season I am not a believer anymore.
True.
OU's improvement on defense from the horrific 2018 season proved to be fool's gold again in the post season. Less than stellar competition in the Big 12 made Grinch's defensive number better than the year before, but LSU showed OU to be unfit for playoff play with its average-at-best defense.
Grinch was a good hire, but he clearly has a lot of work to do. His 2020 defensive haul reveals he could be off to a good start to his uphill task.
Huh? Bake's offense scored 48 vs Georgia and Kyler's offense scored 34 vs Bama after getting down 21-0 in the 1st quarter. If OU had LSU's defense, they would have had two National Championships right there, or at least gone to the NC.
I agree 100%. In 2017 and 2018 OU had the best offense or at least one of the best offenses in the country. One of the biggest differences between those two years and last fall was the play of our offensive line.
It pains to see us regress in CFB Playoffs. Against GA actually held a lead until bonehead coaching crept in and flattened our tires. Against Bama fell behind but Kyler’s determination and pure athletic skill almost brought us back...then there was the Peach Bowl. Complete failure. If you are a top of the pile team, you don’t regress. Your coaching sure does not flop. LSU remained consistent with very few hiccups. Burrow had a bunch of Mayfield in him. We have a long way to go. Our street cred is about as low as it can be for a 12-2 team.
I think I would consider 48 Pts against Georgia "tearing it up".
But, that's just me.
__________________________________
From 1949-2019 no fan could ever predict if some D-1-A 'program' was going to produce a monster 'team' that was/is totally unbeatable. Nebraska 1971 is a perfect example. LSU 2019 is simply another.
OU may have a tremendous future team with great offense/defense. A sure national title team. Then out of nowhere a program akin to Penn St. produces their best team in school history. OU's great team loses.
Bottom line is that is the way it works. We have probably lost more national title opportunities than any program in history. We're always very good but can never control when another program is going to have their top 1-5 best teams ever.
Great to see you posting.
Nebraska wasn't unbeatable if we don't lose three fumbles..
Thar '71 Nebraska team was no where near as good as the Husker teams with Tommy Frazier in the mid '90's.
Frazier hardly played in one of their NC seasons, because he was hurt all year. That '71 team was voted the best in the century by multiple places that do such things. Nobody scored more than one td against their first defense, except OU. Alabama was undefeated in the SEC, and got torched in the NC game 40-6, with the Huskers playing backups in the 4th.
That '71 team was a great team, but barely greater than OU. We both beat the number three team in country by four touchdowns.
The 1971 Nebraska team was one punt return, which was aided by a non-call for a block in the back on Wylie, better than OU.
Or the 31 game winning streak from 1948-1950.....OU lost to Santa Clara 20-17 in the 1948 opener and didn't lose again until the 1951 Sugar Bowl to Kentucky, 13-7, after the 1950 season.
And often overlooked is Switxer's record his during first 3 years in which he suffered his first loss at OU in his 31st game to Kansas 23-3. Only a 7-7 tie in his first year (1973) against USC was the lone blemish.
IIRC there was more than one block in the back on the Rogers punt return. Some things you can't unsee and stay with you forever.
I used Frazier as a reference point. He was not the whole team. I saw that '71 NU team. I also saw NU in the Fiesta Bowl vs Tennessee in the '90's. There's a world of difference in size, speed, & skill in a 25-30 time span. The Miami teams of the mid '80's would have torched that '71 NU team.
After watching LSU manhandle Clemson most of the night, I would not say we regressed. It's clear that OU's lack of depth hurt them and not having some of your starters on D due to suspension, injury, and targetting, they could not stop LSU's offense. The same LSU offense that could have easily scored 56 against Clemson, if not for a dropped pass going into the endzone and kneeling to end the game. Clemson has A LOT of depth and we all saw how losing just one player at MLB took the sting out of their defense.
Ran into a friend who is a BIG Clemson fan. She was disappointed in the loss, but then said the game could have been much closer had their safety not dropped an INT at midfield right after they scored to make it 28-25 midway through the 3Q. She went on to say that had they scored and gone up 32-28, they would have had the momentum to win the game.
I agreed the game could have been closer had this occurred. However, Clemson had not stopped Burrow after 1Q, Clemson had about 90 yards in the entire second half, LSU dropped an INT in the 4Q and they could have scored at the end of the game, but took a knee inside the Clemson five yard line on second and goal.
Regardless, LSU wins this game no matter what Clemson did or did not do. It was just LSU's turn for a miracle season.
I agreed the game could have been closer had this occurred. However, Clemson had not stopped Burrow after 1Q, Clemson had about 90 yards in the entire second half, LSU dropped an INT in the 4Q and they could have scored at the end of the game, but took a knee inside the Clemson five yard line on second and goal.
Regardless, LSU wins this game no matter what Clemson did or did not do. It was just LSU's turn for a miracle season.
Similar threads
