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Dave: Losses getting hard to stomach

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Well the offense and the defense had let us down several times this season, so I guess it was the special team’s turn.

Two missed field goals, both inside 35 yards and one inside 20 yards. Hard to believe that Michael Hunnicutt would have missed one of those, let alone both. Throw in a blocked extra point (not his fault) and you leave seven easy points on the field.

More than enough to turn a one-point loss into a hard fought win. And this isn’t even mentioning Knight’s terrible decision on the pick six. Four plays. Effectively handing Kansas State 14 points and the win. You gift wrap Bill Snyder 14 points and you’re done. Don’t care who you are.

Now I say this loss was on the special teams, but in reality everyone had a hand in it. The aforementioned Knight pick six at the goal line. And don’t pin that one all on Knight. What the hell kind of play call was that in the shadow of your own goal line?

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OU looked terrible, but we have to move on – Wildcats are solid

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That was probably the most disappointing win over Texas I can remember.

I think I have given up on this offense being anything but mediocre. If the coaching staff is not going to run Knight, that is all this offense will be is mediocre.

Knight has big trouble with accuracy and cannot read the defense as a drop back pocket passer. He actually improves on these issues when he rolls out. But they won’t even let him do that. So this is about as good as the offense is going to get.

We have to hope the offensive line can impose it’s will in the run game against eight and nine in the box. Tall order, but that is what we have to hang our hat on.

But the Sooners won the game and that is all that matters each week. You can look terrible on both sides of the ball as long as you win. And did we look terrible.

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Texas game a good salve for our Frog-inflicted wounds

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The OU guy who scheduled TCU the week before the Red River Rivalry was a genius.

After all, if TCU were to upset Oklahoma — which they did on Saturday — there probably was going to be no better a salve for those wounds than beating Texas in the Cotton Bowl the following week.

Sure, you may be thinking that an Oklahoma win this week over Texas is not a foregone conclusion. Well, it never is. Weird things happen in the Red River Rivalry. Sometimes the best team doesn’t win. See last year, for example.

Yet, I am quite sure the Sooners will beat Texas on Saturday. It will be easier to maneuver the concession lines at Fair Park than for Texas — which is 104th nationally in passing and 92nd in rushing — to move the ball gainst Oklahoma.

But, what is perhaps more troubling than thinking of the long lines for corn dogs at Fair Park, is the prospect that Oklahoma’s team is still good enough to get into the college football playoffs this year — and with further Top 10 losses expected that is very much a possibility –but the coaching may not be good enough.

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