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In a season to forget, the pressure this week is on Texas

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As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse, we can’t even rely on our Sooners to brighten the landscape this year. 

Too young, too inexperienced, too…something. 

First loss to Iowa St. in Ames, in 60 years.  First back to back losses since 1999.  I guess if you were going to pick a year to stink while you rebuild, 2020 would be the year.

Saturday night’s game highlighted another glaring issue with the defense, as if another one was needed. 

Our defensive backs are significantly shorter than the wide receivers and tight ends that they are going up against.  So they can have great coverage, but if they are constantly just being out jumped by their opponent, it won’t matter. 

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In 2020 it’s ‘rebuild’ — not ‘reload’ — for Sooners

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Every year I believe the hype. The defense is going to be better. Even approaching elite status. It’s the speed D! It’s just so speedy! And you know, they are pretty fast.

But that really doesn’t do you any good when you don’t know where you’re going.

Several busted coverages in the second half led to the Wildcats being able to erase a 21 point deficit and upset the Sooners who came into the game as a 27 point favorite.

I guess we really should have seen this coming. The defense is replacing the interior line due to Neville Gallimore graduating and Jalen Redmond opting out for the season because of the pandemic. They were also without their best pass rush in Ronnie Perkins due to suspension.

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Rattler looks the part…but should we be playing football at all?

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What a long and strange journey it has been to reach the beginning of an abbreviated season of Sooner Football.

The schedule has lost two of the bigger games of the year in Tennessee and Army. And the remaining games are not guaranteed to be played.

Several teams across the country, including in the Big 12, have had to reschedule and even cancel games due to the current pandemic. I was surprised that they went ahead and planned to play any season at all this year.

The Pac 12 and Big 10 had cancelled their fall seasons with an eye toward maybe playing in the spring. (Although the Big 10 has since changed course and is now set to start October 24 th .) I assumed that the rest of the Power 5 would follow. But I guess they decided there was too much money involved.

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