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Dave: Sooner defense on the right track

Published on September 14, 2023 by Dave

I have heard too many people complain about the fact that the game against SMU last Saturday was close until the fourth quarter.

Too many people thinking that SMU was supposed to be a cream puff because they were from a lesser conference, and we were supposed to win by 50 points.

I had a discussion with another fan as the game wore on about what was happening on the field. He claimed that we didn’t care what the score was. We were holding back plays and being vanilla because we were saving everything for texas.

I told him that’s fine if it were true, but we need to get this thing won first. At the time SMU had just scored to pull within three points of the Sooners.

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Defense must improve, or Sooners are in trouble (Where are the Selmon brothers when we need them?)

Published on September 21, 2015 by admin

Two weeks ago, after the Akron game, I said that we would have to await the Tennessee game to see if Oklahoma deserved its then No. 19 ranking. I was wrong. Not because the answer from that game was in the negative but because we didn’t really get an answer.

Now, after week-three and the game with Tulsa, we still don’t know if the Sooners are capable of playing with the big dogs. At least three questions remain.

First, what is the status of the offensive line? I think it fair to say that the O-line was pretty ineffectual against the Vols until the fourth quarter when its apparent better conditioning took over. Even then, one of the premier running backs in the country (Samaje Perine) wasn’t consistently sprung free. And, it’s not clear to what extent that’s because Lincoln Riley is still trying to learn how to use a top-rung running back in his air raid offense. Additionally, Mayfield was constantly scrambling.

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Mayfield takes charge and leads Sooners to 52-38 record-setting win over TU

Published on September 19, 2015 by admin

Oklahoma’s game against Tulsa was like walking a tight rope without a net.

After TU scored 14 points in the last minute of the first half, closing the Sooners lead to seven, it seemed like the game was just a play or two away from falling into disaster.

But, then, Baker Mayfield came in and said, at least figuratively, “we got this.”

Mayfield set a school record with 572 yards. He threw four touchdown passes. He ran for two more.

And Oklahoma won 52-38, in a game where the offense bailed out the defense, which struggled defending against TU’s Baylor-esque offense. It was a returned favor from the previous week, when the defense seemed to keep Oklahoma in the game at Tennessee even when the offense sputtered.

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