Sooner defense will have to rise to the occasion against Mountaineers
I sure do miss defense in college football. Seems like everywhere you look, in any league, offenses are just having their way.
So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when Tulsa racked up over 600 yards of offense and scored 38 points against the Sooners Saturday before last. Running the Baylor offense, the Hurricane picked apart the Oklahoma secondary.
Didn’t help that true freshman P.J. Mbanasor was thrown to the wolves at corner when Jordan Thomas was suspended for the game due to violation of team rules. But that can’t be an excuse. The secondary was just terrible.
But they aren’t alone. Look around college football. Gone are the 17-10 defensive battles of the past. You had better score 40 plus if you want to win in this the new age of the spread offense that is sweeping the college football landscape. It’s not just the Big 12 anymore. It’s everywhere. Big 10, Pac 12, even the SEC are all now lighting up the scoreboards. And I don’t think it’s going to change anytime soon.
The rules give the offense the advantage and that is the way the powers that be want it. High scoring fast tempo games are great for TV ratings. And television money runs the whole college football world.
