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Second year in SEC pivotal for Sooners’ coach

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Oklahoma football in the SEC…take two. 

Season one was for lack of a better term, awful.  It resulted in the second losing season in the past three years for the Sooners.  And that would also be the second losing season out of three total for head coach Brent Venables. 

Fourth time is the charm?   Brent had better hope it is.  With the amount of money involved in college football these days, championships are expected at a program like Oklahoma.

To be fair, Venables was dealt a lousy hand when he took over.  Maybe worse than we were led to believe.  During his press conference this week, Brent made comments that highlighted how bad it really was.  No culture.  A bunch of individuals out for themselves rather than a team.  A recruiting system in shambles that ignored positional needs. 

And maybe most concerning of all, multiple failed drug tests. 

Being someone who takes the high road, he stopped short of saying who was to blame for all this.  But of course, we all know who it was.  (Hey USC…how is that working out for ya?  Hope you’re getting your money’s worth. Because you sure opened the check book for that one.)

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Dave: No fluke in Sooners’ beat down of ‘Bama

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I think the best thing about Oklahoma’s stunning victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide, was the fact
there was nothing at all about it that could be called a “fluke”.

Oklahoma dominated Alabama all night.

And they did it once again with a patchwork offensive line and still missing their top five wide receivers.

They held the Tide out of the end zone for the first time since 2011. They rushed for 257 yards against
their vaunted defense. And they held Bama almost 200 yards below their average offensive production,
including only 70 yards of rushing on the night.

OU also racked up almost 400 yards offense to go along with 3 forced turnovers by our defense. It was a masterful game plan by the Sooners on both sides of the ball. Run the ball to win the time of possession game and contain Jalen Milroe.

The much-maligned Oklahoma offensive line blew the Tide off the field play after play. It was a sight to behold.

Jackson Arnold had his best game of the year and may have been the toughest player on the field. Time after time he held the ball and ran it into the heart of the defense. Always gaining at least three or four yards and several times getting much more. He ended the night as the leading overall rusher between both teams with 131 yards.

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Dave: Criticism of QB play misplaced

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Oklahoma went to Columbia, MO a few weeks ago and played well enough to win…for 58 minutes. And
this time it was actually the defense that folded in crunch time allowing the Tigers to escape with a win
on their homefield.

I realize it was the defense that gave the Sooners the lead on a scoop and score, but then with only two minutes left they allowed Missouri to drive the field and tie the game.

After that Jackson Arnold of course made a colossal blunder fumbling the ball allowing Missouri their own scoop and score to take the lead and eventually win the game.

A lot of people are piling on Arnold for that awful play saying that caused us to lose the game. But again, I am laying the blame at the feet of the defense. The defense is supposed to be the strength of this team.

We know the offense has been hampered by injuries to the wide receivers and inexperience in the offensive line all year. Both OU starting quarterbacks have had to run for their lives most of the season. You can’t tell me that they wouldn’t have performed much better this year with a healthy stable of wide receivers and a more experienced O-line.

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