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OSU really got screwed on that no interception call that would have ended the game, and that throw is EXACTLY why Blake can't hold the starting job down.
OU has been getting out-recruited lately and it shows, especially when the coaching staff can't figure out which way they want to go on offense. Run, pass, option, what?
Why Thompson started the 2nd half I'll never know. Not sure what's going on down in Norman these days.
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Originally posted by WuDrWu View PostOSU really got screwed on that no interception call that would have ended the game, and that throw is EXACTLY why Blake can't hold the starting job down.
OU has been getting out-recruited lately and it shows, especially when the coaching staff can't figure out which way they want to go on offense. Run, pass, option, what?
Why Thompson started the 2nd half I'll never know. Not sure what's going on down in Norman these days.
Yes, I'm kind of a stat guy and stats don't tell the whole story. That said, Knight's best asset is running the ball (I thought they went to Knight over Bell because he was more of a "passing QB"). Knight's 4 main games: LA-Monroe, West Virginia, Iowa St, and K St (1 quality team). Bell played against tougher competition overall, yet had better passing stats and rating across the board. http://espn.go.com/college-football/...lahoma-sooners
Still, Stoops, started Henderson in the second half, taking him out twice on 3rd downs for Bell. Very strange.
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Hey, I don't support the benching of Bell. In my opinion, he should have never been benched to start the season. That's what, again imho, started this entire mess. The problem was Blake had a bad spring and a terrible summer. As with FAR too many freshmen, the allure of a talented Knight won over the known quantity. Big mistake I thought at the time, and still do.
They should have given the keys to Bell to start the season, and barring injury, never taken him out. He has all the tools, even if he struggles with consistency (no doubt he does) and reads (he definitely does). If they wanted to have Knight-Dozer package, fine, it worked the last 2 years, but this nonsense of taking 1 out and changing the entire offensive scheme 3 or 4 (or more) times this year has been a waste of what was a pretty decent defensive club until injuries exposed their lack of depth.
Most here know I have been a fan of the OU football program since I was born. I have family ties to the athletic program and have attended games since birth. I have often been embarrassed by the way the program has been run, but that's hardly a unique experience in big time D1 athletics. That being said, no way does this team deserve a BCS bid.
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@WuDrWu: we should hang out. My parents were both OU alums as well as countless other relatives.
Although I completely disagree with your assessment of the potential interception. If that's an interception then Bell's prior pass to the end zone should have been a touchdown. Two feet down, control of the ball, and THEN someone hit him. If that is not a touchdown then the later play was not an interception. But on decision making, yeah, Bell needs to have the keys to the offense and continue to get better.You miss 100% of the shots you don't take....
.....but, statistically speaking, you miss 99% of the shots you do take.
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