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Dave: Expect speed race with Kent State

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All in all it was a pretty successful debut for new Sooner head coach Brent Venables last Saturday.

They took care of UTEP in convincing if not spectacular fashion.

The offense was balanced and fast. Boy were they fast. Maybe too fast? The time of possession could be a little concerning.

The Sooners possessed the ball just 21 minutes and 27 seconds versus UTEP who held the ball 38 minutes and 33 seconds.

Of course it didn’t matter because Oklahoma was up 21-0 in the first quarter, averaging just over one minute and 10 seconds for each of those three touchdowns.

The Miners tried to control the ball, but could not convert those possessions into touchdowns. The OU defense was able to shut down UTEP outside of two 50 yard field goals and one touchdown by playing an effective zone the majority of the game.

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Dave: OU and ISU — the two underachievers of the Big 12

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After the Baylor game, I asked my brother and sister in a text what their thoughts were.

My brother’s reply was “We are what they thought we were.” And my sister’s was “This team has so much talent but continues to under achieve.”

I’m tempted to just end this article right here and say the Worry Meter is at 90% this week and have a good day. I think those two replies sum up Oklahoma’s season perfectly.

We as fans didn’t want to admit it, but 9-0 was fool’s gold. The signs were right there in front of us.

Close calls against several mediocre to bad teams. Teams Oklahoma were expected to bury at the start of the season.

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Dave: Huskers bring a mobile QB to town to test the Sooners D

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At the tailgate before the Western Carolina game, someone asked the group what did we expect to learn from the game that night.

My good buddy Mike said, “If we learn anything at all, it won’t be good.”

And he was absolutely right. There really is nothing to be learned from a 76-0 beat down in a really unfair contest. The only thing we could have learned would have been really bad. That might have been the worst team to visit Owen Field in the past 25 years.

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