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O-line has best game of year, needed even more against Ol’ Miss

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Big bounce back win on the road against South Carolina last Saturday after the Red River debacle.  Even bigger was the run game that finally came to play, in what seemingly feels like the first time this year. 

Tory Blalock emerged as RB 1 for the Sooners with over a hundred yards and a touchdown against the Gamecocks.  Averaging 5 yards a carry is a great game against anyone, much less an SEC defense on the road. 

The offensive line had its best performance of the season.  And by doing so they took pressure off Mateer, allowing Oklahoma to control the line of scrimmage and Blaylock to work his magic. 

I’m sure the Sooners went into this game knowing they had to start running the ball more effectively, as it’s pretty obvious Mateer isn’t 100% no matter what anyone says.  They need to keep as much off his shoulders and hand as possible as he continues to fully heal.

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Dave: Run game key to Texas loss, OU’s success in remaining games

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Extremely disappointed in the outcome of the game against texas.

Going in, I thought it could go either way because texas has a lot of talent, and their two loses only made them more dangerous as they would be desperate. I thought it would probably come down to
who had the ball last.

Instead, the Sooner offense turned in their worst showing of the year and wasted another strong performance by the defense. They have now not touched the endzone against the longhorns in two full games. Let that sink in.

Whether it’s fair or not, the head coaching job at Oklahoma is in large part judged on h

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Dave: texas….man, I hate those bastards

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The Sooners dispatched Kent St. last Saturday afternoon with relative ease by the score of 44-0. Second string quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. stepping in for John Mateer played well. Just not great.

There were several positives. He threw for a touchdown and ran for another with no turnovers.

But there were some negatives. At times he held the ball longer than he should have, allowing pressure to get to him and forcing the scramble. Which isn’t always bad as he has the wheels to break off big runs.

This of course was his first action of the season, and he was probably still getting used to his receivers. He ended up going 14 of 24 passing, which isn’t terrible, but again, not great.

I had hoped the offense was going to have more success against a very bad team in Kent St. It might be weird to say that as they put up 44 points. But seven of those were from a defensive scoop and score. And remember, Florida State and Texas Tech each scored over 60 points against the Golden Flashes this year.

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