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Defense was a shambles — you tell me why Mike Stoops is still defensive coordinator

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Enough is enough. How much longer is the Sooner team going to be defined by poor defensive secondary play?

And this year we can’t blame it on Zack Sanchez.

This is all on Mike Stoops.

Even on the spectacular second quarter 21-yard TD catch by Ohio State’s Noah Brown, which was in fact well covered by wide receiver-converted-to-defensive back Miciah Quick, the Sooners had seven defenders in coverage of only three Buckeye receivers.  With Quick alone against Brown, that meant six defenders were covering the two receivers J.T. Barrett did NOT throw to.

That TD with 4 seconds left in the second quarter gave Ohio State a 35-17 halftime lead. Game over.

Brown caught five passes for the Buckeyes. Four were for touchdowns.

“(We’re) not coached well enough and not athletic enough or skilled enough to put ourselves in position (to defend on pass plays),” Coach Bob Stoops said.

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Sooners facing better players in game against Buckeyes, Worry Meter at 95%

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Mission accomplished against ULM. 59-17 against an outmanned opponent.

On the face of it, it would seem the Sooners got some stuff worked out. Baker threw to several different receivers, he didn’t force the ball downfield. The running backs found the holes that the O-line opened for them. Riley called a much more balanced game.

The defense pitched a shutout in the first half, and most starters sat the second half. And we cleaned up the stupid penalties.

But in the end, we really don’t know. We can just hope that the problems that surfaced in the season opener against Houston have been fixed, because a similar offense comes to town on Saturday, but with much better players.

Ohio St. has a better Greg Ward Jr., and a better Duke Catalon and a better Steven Dunbar. Ohio St. will also have better depth at every position than Houston had. And unfortunately Ohio St., up and down the roster, will have better players than Oklahoma. It’s just a fact.

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Beat OSU! (My oh my, Pete, how you’ve changed)

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Dear Soonerguys,

I am personally grateful for the change in the football game schedule this year.  The stress of anticipating the big in-state rivalry at the end of the season has always made my head ache and my stomach churn.

This way, we get the big game out of the way early. Plus we have the added advantage of coming off a big win and they’re still whining about their late game loss last week.

To their credit, I’ve noticed our rivals have finally revised their mascot drastically.

Sorry to bring up mascots again, but it seems important this time of the year.  After all, Halloween is just around the corner according to Wal-Mart.  “Pistol Pete” has always been the ugliest mascot in the history of mascots (followed closely by the Wichita State “Shocker” and the guys that paint themselves blue at Dallas Cowboy games).

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