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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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Dave: Injuries raise questions about O-line play but defense is dominating

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One would think a 51-3 drubbing would not be cause for any source of worry about the victorious team, no matter who the opponent. 

But a big concern for Oklahoma going into the season reared its ugly head last Friday night on Owen Field.  While the Sooners did indeed dismantle Temple to the tune of 51-3, the offensive line left more questions than answers. 

To be fair, Oklahoma was missing starting tackle Jake Taylor due to injury, and starting center Branson Hickman left with injury after just 10 snaps.  Depth was also an issue as guard Troy Everett was a no go with injury as well. 

So maybe we should not expect many answers until this unit heals and is able to work together at full strength.  But injuries are part of the game.  Next man up so to speak. 

So, it was disappointing to see the offensive line look so inconsistent.  I know that might sound overly critical when OU still rushed for 220 yards and averaged 6.1 yards a carry.  But the Sooners were also 1 for 12 on 3rd down conversion attempts, they lost the time of possession battle, and Arnold only threw for 140 yards and was sacked 3 times.  

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Dave: SEC gets us a lot of attention

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We are again on the precipice of another glorious season of Oklahoma Football.

Only this time it’s different. A new conference. The big bad SEC. The toughest and greatest conference in all the land. Or so we’ve been told the last 20 years by ESpin.

“It just means more”…or something like that.

I get that they are promoting their brand, and ESPN is as well due to the large amounts of money they have spent on the TV rights for the conference.

But didn’t you all get sick of the constant line they were pushing? That the SEC was so much better than all the other conferences? I agreed with Bob Stoops when he said that the SEC was a top-heavy conference just like several other conferences.

They just so happened to receive a lot of attention because Alabama went on an historic streak of National Titles during that time. It’s not like Mississippi State won those titles too.

They would have said the same thing about the Big 12 if OU had won 3 or 4 titles in that span or the Big 10 had Michigan went on a hot streak.

And remember, Bob Stoops was 7-4 versus SEC teams, including 3-0 against vaunted Alabama.

This schedule is a lot to handle
I’m not saying the SEC doesn’t have access to very talented players in the southeastern part of the United States, which has very fertile recruiting grounds. But it’s not like other conferences are throwing out converted rugby players they had to find at the local YMCA. They recruit just has hard, and these days recruiting is a nationwide endeavor.

I will say that as of the past few years, the SEC has grown at the top with Georgia knocking off Alabama to become the leader of the pack, and Tennessee is coming on strong. Ole Miss and Missouri are also making waves.

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