Where does OU go without WR Dallis Todd?
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Receivers might turn out to be a real weakness with Todd, Shepard, Humphrey, Neil, and Quick all gone. Would love to see Mead step up his game
Hoping Dede Westbrook carries a big load of the receiving yards in the upcoming season.
Happy Independence Day everyone !! Don't put an eye out with those things !
Happy Independence Day everyone !! Don't put an eye out with those things !
Freshmen Jones and Farrar.....and maybe Motley....could help. Motley could play at WR if Jordan Thomas gets only a short suspension from Stoops, and the lack of depth at WR could work in favor of Thomas's return. His return could allow DB Stanvon Taylor to move to WR as well.
Dahu Green and Adriam Miller, need to step up in a hurry.
Westbrook and Baxter must stay healthy.
Looks like Andrews and Flowers will also get more passes thrown their way.
Parrish Cobb is also an excellent receiving prospect.
Dahu Green and Adriam Miller, need to step up in a hurry.
Westbrook and Baxter must stay healthy.
Looks like Andrews and Flowers will also get more passes thrown their way.
Parrish Cobb is also an excellent receiving prospect.
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With five good receivers still intact (Westbrook, Lewis, Andrews, Mead, Baxter) and with HB Flowers as a very good receiver, OU really needs to just keep them healthy. One way to do that is to develop depth with at least two more decent receivers among freshmen Farrar and Jones, and sophomores Miller and Green. Barring any injuries, OU should be in good shape.I personally think we rotate to many receivers. I can remember way to many drops from the sub's. We don't do at DB's or LB's and could never understand why Shepard left the field last year.
Defensive Line................Okay.
Okay, yell at me..................
Keep in mind too, that OU's running game has at least 4 good running backs in Perine, Mixon, Anderson, Brooks and freshman Abdul Adams. That can add a good balance to the offense.
I'm playing devils advocate here and never question our coaching.
My point is we have played the starters at offensive line, defensive linebackers and defensive backs nearly 90% percent of the time. Why do we need a rotation among our starting wide receivers? Just leave them out there. They can't be any worn out than the defensive backs that play the whole game, most of the time back paddling. That takes more energy.
Get my point or am I off?
Dallis Todd was not a difference maker on the team, or off. Nothing changes.
I think they'll be able to find someone else who can catch nine passes.
Veritas stole my thought. I was going to say, we go in about the same direction we did with Ahmed Kabba. But he only had seven catches, I think.
veritas.........I think it was more about the potential than past production. Todd was a 4 star recruit and one of those "big" receivers, along with Mead, that we had hoped would live up to all the hype. This year doesn't appear to have a superstar at receiver, but hopefully we can have some decent depth sorta like the 2000 team.
It's important to have QUALITY depth at all positions.....that doesn't mean just having bodies to fill reserve and/or backup or mop up roles.
Football gets more violent each year due to the increase in size and speed of the athletes, therefore injuries increase like never before.....players also need to play with as little fatigue as possible. A long season demands resting players as much as possible.
Besides, OU's best teams had at least 2-3 good backup receivers....and there's no way Stoops will go with only Westbrook, Andrews, Lewis and Baxter through an entire season. No one wants to see Westbrook get hurt in the 4th quarter against Louisana-Monroe with OU up 45-10.
The same thought must have hit both of us, as I was loosely paraphrasing Stoops' comment about Kabba when asked about him leaving the program. Anyway, I think we'll survive
I personally think we rotate to many receivers. I can remember way to many drops from the sub's. We don't do at DB's or LB's and could never understand why Shepard left the field last year.
Defensive Line................Okay.
Okay, yell at me..................
KC, one of the reasons you rotate WRs more is that they are "running" routes, you can read that sprints, on almost every offensive play. WRs as well as the DBs who cover them run lots of sprints. So, it is logical that they get a breather fairly often.
That's my point Roy. Why do we rotate wide outs, but play our starting defensive backs nearly the whole game. You just said it, both positions require sprinting. I personally think the "Hogs" on both lines have it a lot harder than running up and down the field with minor contact.
One other thing, I see basketball starters sprint a heck of lot more than receivers during a game. Just re-watched the OU\ Tennessee game on replay. Shepard was in nearly every series.
Since you saw the Tennessee-OU game again, then you are aware that it was a close game that was decided in two overtimes.....that is why Shepard played in almost every offensive play. He had to, especially considering he was one of the greatest players in OU history.
From what I have seen, Stoops plays several starting defensive players late into almost every game, regardless of the score. Evidently, he prefers not to give an opponent cosmetic points in a blowout win. This year may be different due to the youth and inexperience at some key positions. The first few games will reveal a lot about OU's depth.
In 2015, OU had to play starters deep into at least 8 games because of the closeness of those games.
That is hogwash. But Bob know's that six minutes is enough time to lose a three touchdown lead. BYU did it to SMU in a bowl game in less than four minutes with much less offensive fire power than you seen in half of the games you play in these days.
You can sit in the stands or in front of your tv set and think there is no way OUr second defense could blow a 21 point lead when the fourth quarter is half over, but it can and occasionally does happen. And Bob damn well knows that. That is why he keeps the starters in.
And another factor is that, let's say that you use DL's that don't play much but keep the linebackers in, just to make it less dangerous to getting beat. But the busted assignment by a DL gets a great linebacker unprotected, and a guy that keys your defense ends up sitting for a while, long past the date. That's why Bob plays guys past the time you think it should be a safe lead.
Bob makes occasional mistakes, but very few of them. Ensuring a comfortable lead stays comfortable isn't a mistake. And sometimes, especially early in the season, he keeps the defense on the field because every year it's a new group learning to play together, and they need to have the opportunity for that continuity. Since he's arrived, he wont close to half or the conference championships. From the complaining about his actions, you'd think he had Mack Brown's record, or Gary Gibbs'.
Having watched Stoops teams, I have observed the trend of playing some starters deep into games against teams that are hopelessly beaten.
This is not a complaint or an attack of Stoops, but an objective observation. I don't require a self-proclaimed "expert" interpreting what I have observed.
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