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Dave: Sooners’ injury bug is now a monster

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Oklahoma essentially has half a college football team. An SEC defense, but a Pop Warner offense. Andthat just won’t win you many football games.

It certainly didn’t last Saturday in our first loss of the season to Josh Heupel and the Vols.

It’s either the injuries, the coaching, the players, or all the above.

Probably all the above. Why can’t we have a good defense and a good offense all at the same time?

Seems it’s either one or the other for the Sooners in recent memory. And it does not look like it will get better anytime soon.

Have you seen the latest injury report? Anderson, Anthony, Gibson, Tatum….all out or doubtful.

And that’s just scratching the surface. Our most productive wide receiver, Deion Burks is now listed as questionable. Even the kicker is out with what is believed to be an appendectomy.

All this and now we are faced with the prospect of a true freshman starting quarterback for the foreseeable future.

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Dave: Even with help returning, expect a tight game against Vols

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Looking back on Saturday afternoon, one of the hottest in the stands I can remember, there was
improvement with the offense. Of course, there is still room for a lot more improvement.

The rushing game produced a respectable 182 yards. The concern with that is almost 100 of those yards came from Jackson Arnold. I know that a quarterback run game can be a useful weapon. But if we must continue to rely on Arnold to do the bulk of the rushing, he is going to get his head knocked off one day.

They have to find ways to get the running backs room to roam to help the passing game, which is still
somewhat anemic when compared to recent years.

After three outings, Arnold has yet to crack 200 yards passing in a game. Fingers crossed; help is on the way.

From everything coming out of the Palace on the Prairie this week, I would be surprised if Nic Anderson doesn’t suit up for the big game Saturday night. In fact, he is listed as probable in this week’s injury

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Dave: Injuries abound, time to get creative

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Houston…. we have several problems.

Oklahoma came dangerously close to being the second big upset of the day when they escaped the Cougars 16-12 last Saturday night at Owen Field.

Venables made the comment at his press conference that it was probably not a good thing that he was bragging on his punter who had to take the field eight times.

But the punter and the defense won the game for the Sooners that night as the offense was a no show. And of course, that is extremely concerning.

Being a 28-point favorite and only posting 14 points, the other two points provided by the defense by way of a safety, against a bad Houston team is not good.

Some over all offensive stats after 2 games are startling: 109th nationally in passing offense, 108th nationally in total offense, and 131st in 3rd down conversion percentage, against less than stellar competition. Sounds suspiciously like rankings the Sooners defense had when “he who must not be named” was at the helm.

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