re: OU vs UGA - Misconceptions

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But this is the 10th verse of the same song we hear every time we play an SEC school

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I keep reading OU fans comparing this game to Auburn last year. Do they know that Auburn had NO quarterback to speak of last year?

There really aren't a whole lot of "relevant" games of OU vs the SEC to compare to. Those early 00's bama teams were trash. UT of late has been trash. AU last year had no QB whatsoever and had just spiraled at the end of the year getting beat by us and bama after being in the top 10.

The only 2 games that might even have SOME relevance are 08 UF and 14 bama. Don't really care about eht aTm regular season matchups because having 1 week to prep opposed to a month makes a big difference.

-The 08 OU offense was statistically one of if not THE best offenses of all times. It was pretty much like this year's but had more firepower at certain positions (gresham at TE, Murray at RB, high NFL draft picks across the line). Bradford was at the time the most efficient QB in NCAA history (since broken by...yep, mayfield). That team ran into a motivated UF team in the NCG and their all-world offense was held to 14 points. Probably like 40 points below their average.

-The 13 bama game surprised a lot of people I think. Unlike 08 UF playing with everythign on the line (and very much like 16 auburn that didn't really have much to play for), this bama team looked like it would keep rolling before getting gutpunched by AU in the iron bowl. Not only did they suffer the worst ending ever, but it kept them from even winning the west so no SEC title for bama this year either. Similar to the 08 sugar bowl against utah, I quesiton how motivated bama really was here. Despite all that..OU flat out owned the game. They torched bama's defense for 45 in a game that trevor knight could and would never hope to replicate, but they also did allow over 30 points as well.


I feel like this game will be a mix of those 2. Motivation damn sure isn't an issue like it was with bama. We are also kidding ourselves if we expect to hold them to 14. I could easily see them scoring in the high 20s/low 30s, but I can also see us scoring in the high 30s as well.

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This has been a fallacy that has been going around for awhile now.

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I mean, even if someone thought they read that somewhere, how could they POSSIBLY believe it? They really think that of all our skill position players that a 6'4" OLB is faster than all but 1 of them? I mean cmon people

well, the players are wrong. I don't care what a HS water boy hand-timed someone running when they were in 11th grade. If you lined up every RB/WR/S/CB (and LB) on the team and had them sprint, I am just about CERTAIN that lorenzo would not cross the line 2nd. I just simply don't believe it.

Eric Stokes and Mecole would absolutely smoke Lorenzo in a race. And that's leaving out a lot of other guys in between that would also beat him. Doesn't mean that Lorenzo isn't a freak of nature, but he isn't the second fastest on the team.

I watched him get held on a play, almost sack the QB and then make a tackle 20 yards down field on the WR that caught a pass... dude is fast. That’s for sure.

Can someone explain to me the logic of running the clock to limit the possessions of a good offense, while it also limits our own? I struggle to see the benefit.

It keeps rhythm offenses out of a rhythm and oftentimes that can lead to a QB trying to compensate by attempting to do too much. Also, if a team's best weapon is it's offense, it can't hurt you if it's sitting on the sideline while you grind down the clock.

If you're able to grind down the clock on offense, it means you're able to sustain drives which, more often than not, leads to points.

It's been stated a few times in this thread but you look at the OU schedule this year and they just haven't faced a physical rushing attack like Georgia's. They love to use tOSU as an example but that's essentially saying that JT Barrett is running all over the field trucking defenders. JT Barrett doesn't truck defenders.

How many times have we seen Sony just lay fricking brutal arse hits on defenders this season? The guy just lowers his head and knocks 2nd level defenders on their asses. Chubb, with his tree trunk legs, is a tough motherfricker to bring down for even sound, physical tacklers. Their LBs and DBs are going to be fricked if that OU defensive front allows our rushers to reach the second level. They will be concussed, hurt, scared, and tired as shite by the start of the 4th quarter.

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Can someone explain to me the logic of running the clock to limit the possessions of a good offense, while it also limits our own? I struggle to see the benefit.

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You got to think of the style of Spread that they run as "basketball on grass" especially a fast break style of offense that is very hurry up. They want to run the field quickly and score quickly. They want to get in a rhythm and keep the defense on their heels the entire time.

You slow them down and disrupt the rhythm and there is more than one way to do that. Kirby did a good job of slowing down Auburn in the SECCG with substitutions. Auburn wanted to sugar huddle and no huddle to keep the fast pace.

The other way to skin the cat is time of possession with your own offense. Grind out the clock with long TD drives keeping a high pace offense off the field for as long as possible.