StuckinBama
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OU fan breaks down the, hopeful, upcoming matchup. Go Vols!
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Go Vols!
As discussed in an above threat: I like what you say and agree, but dislike the likelihood of it being correct.OU's offense is built on precision and timing. Teams that can disrupt the timing can have success
1. Do we have a good enough DL to disrupt? Still think the answer is No here.
2. How will COVID impact game? Without scoring practice and a truncated fall session, this may really impact precision and timing. That should help us.
3. Will fans be there? TBD
Bottom Line - I think this will be a fairly sloppy game but we wont have enough offense to quite keep up. Thinking 31-20 OU. We're getting closer to big boys but not quite there yet.
Someone has to explain to me the expectations surrounding the defense
Iād put the likelyhood or holding OU to below 28 to be very low. This is probably OUs best all-around team since 2017 and they have Grinch instead of Stoops (major upgrade). OU has scored 30 points or more in 59/67 games since Riley arrived.I think JP's D will be there to contain OU enough, not totally stop them but keep them around 21 points. The Q in my opinion will be, will our O be able to generate TD's from the red zone vs FG tries. If TO's are equal & it's a normal game no pick 6's & no kick returns for TD it will come down to whether our Offense had matured enough to be consistent thru the totality of the game. and finish.
Iād put the likelyhood or holding OU to below 28 to be very low. This is probably OUs best all-around team since 2017 and they have Grinch instead of Stoops (major upgrade). OU has scored 30 points or more in 59/67 games since Riley arrived.
OU was in the first year of the Grinch installed one gap scheme playing with players recruited to another scheme. We had 5 starters out vs LSU with little to no depth. Having said this, had we been at full strength we would have still lost but by a score similar to Clemson. LSU was a generational team.Well I agree with you to a point but you are playing in a offense orientated conference and you played Houston & UCLA South Dakota OOC all no respectable D's.
You played LSU the score was 49 to 14 at the half and they coasted the second half you scored 7 in the 3rd & 4th quarter, lost 63 to 28 garbage time points IMO.
UT will have one of the top 4 D's in the SEC next year, different animal. I will say if our QB situation is doing a lot of 4 & outs you will be right the D will wear down the 2nd half and the score will go up. That's what I'm talking about the maturation of our O is the deciding factor and how good our QB is and how good OU's new QB is early in the season. Still a lot of if and & buts this time of season.
Beating OU would be very good for the program. The 2020 Vol offense MUST move the ball and score points much better against the better teams than they did last year. In a shoot out vs OU we lose big. Time for Chaney to earn that big check.
We have been down so far for so long we celebrate beating Vandy. Still a long long way from being competitive in the conference. Hanging our hopes on a freshman QB that has not had a practice yet is not wise.
Pumpers flame away.
I donāt think we lost our best DB imo but thatās just preference
I agree. āOnce we get consistentlyā is big thoBryce has been our best DB since his freshman season imo, even though Warrior had a big turnaround.
Vol fans give this OU team way too much respect because they are OU. OU wouldn't have made the SEC Championship had they been in our conference last year.
They don't have a transfer savior QB to save them this season. Rattler is another JG...
Their defense won't be able to stop our offense once we get consistency running and throwing from the QB spot.
Our defense will cause Lincoln Riley all kinds of problems, just like the LSU Semifinal Playoff game.