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Lack of leadership on Sooners defense is embarrassing

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At what point do we stop saying “Oh that’s just Big 12 offenses”, and start saying “Our defense just sucks!”

What occurred with the Sooner defense Saturday night in Lubbock was almost unimaginable.  The stats were mind boggling.  Over 850 yards of offense given up.  An astounding 59 points scored by Tech.  

And maybe the most damning of stats:  The Red Raiders converted 20 of 25 third down.

That was the OKLAHOMA SOONERS defense. The home of the SELMON BROTHERS and GEORGE CUMBY.  GRANVILLE LIGGINS, ROD SHOATE and JIMBO ELROD.  RICKY DIXON, TONY.CASILLIAS and THE BOZ.  TOMMIE HARRIS, DERRICK STRAIT and BRANDON EVERAGE.  TEDDY LEHMAN, GERELD MCCOY and ROY WILLIAMS.  ROCKY CALMUS, TORRANCE MARSHALL and TONY JEFFERSON.

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Sooners win 66-59 in the ugliest football game of my life — exhausting

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This was a terrible football game.

Hard to say that, considering I agree with Coach Bob Stoops that his running back Joe Mixon had a game “for the ages.”  (263 yards rushing and 114 yards receiving).

Hard to say that considering Baker Mayfield was 27 of 36 for 545 yards passing and seven touchdowns. That’s a school record.

Hard to say that considering Dede Westbrook elevated his stock to an eventual first round NFL draft pick with his 9 catch 202 yard game.

But the Sooners’ 66-59 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday night was an embarrassing nightmare for the Oklahoma defense. Tech’s QB completed 52 of 88 passes for 734 yards and five touchdowns.

The Oklahoma defense’s initial inability to slow  Tech QB Patrick Mahomes became an inability to stop Mahomes (especially on third downs — Tech converted 20 of 25) as the game developed. By the mid-third quarter the Sooners defense was gassed. Their tackling ability was flag-football caliber. Fortunately, the Tech defense was worse.

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OU vs Texas Tech: There is more to Lubbock than just football and tortillas

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The recent folklore in Lubbock is that Texas Tech students’ tradition of throwing tortillas onto the field originated after a TV broadcaster once said the only thing in Lubbock, Texas was the Tech football team and a tortilla factory.

I’m hear to say that’s bullcrap. There is also a feed lot.

Fortunately the Tech students did not create a tradition of throwing bovine excrement at opposing fans or players. But, there is still time. And considering that Bleacher Report once, appropriately, named the Red Raiders the 8th Rudest Fanbase in College Football, I would not be surprised.

I’ve seen the tortilla throwing in person. Frankly, it’s not as scary as a trip to Boulder, Colorado back in the 90s where the student section smuggled into the stadium rolls of toilet paper that they would soak in water in the stadium bathrooms, then wait a while (allowing the Mile High air to place a nice icy film on the item) and then heave the tissue bomb from the student section onto the field.

Fortunately, the Buffs were so bad back then their students were throwing these at their own players, not the visitors.

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