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OU vs UTEP – the opening game wish list

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A day away from kickoff in El Paso and we’re wondering just how the 2012 season will begin.

Best cases scenario is the Sooners winning by about….oh…..70. But, that won’t happen.

Worst case scenario is losing. That won’t happen either; so, it’s more like a final score of 14 to 3 that would be the realistic worst case.

But, since no one really remembers opening games (except when your Heisman trophy winning QB’s college career is ended), the better question is what specifically does an Oklahoma fan hope to see on Saturday night?

Here is our top five wish list (in order of desire):

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We shall see if Mike Stoops brings change

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We’re just a week away from the opening kickoff and many fans are talking about the return of former defensive coordinator Mike Stoops to the Sooner sidelines.

It is a hopeful discussion. It comes after several years of defensive failures in key games during the term of coordinator Brent Venables.

We can debate whether Venables was the problem. Or we can dispense with that exercise and just assume he was and welcome the new sheriff in town who promises to clean up the Black Bart gang of busted coverage, missed tackles and anemic pass rushing.

After all, I cannot count how many “Venables, get off the field!” screams have been heard in recent years from my dear friends who sit behind me at the stadium.

That retort was fired off every time a defensive back decided that the spiraling object overhead must have been a jet from Tinker AFB instead of the football about to land in the hands of an opposing receiver streaking for the end zone.

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