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Dave: Sooner Magic turns out ‘Fool’s Gold’

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I unfortunately may have found a downside to “Sooner Magic”. And I think the downside is that
sometimes it may provide a false sense of security.

I’m sure after the Auburn game a lot of people ,including myself, felt better about our chances moving forward. We had just gone into our first SEC road game with a true freshman at quarterback and won. Everything is going to be fine!

But when you look closer at that contest, Auburn beat us in almost every statistical category except the scoreboard. Almost 200 more total yards, 15 more first downs, and over 10 more minutes in time of possession. Ifthe Tigers just kept running the ball in the fourth quarter, they most likely win.

But one mistake from the Auburn quarterback and the Sooners come out on top. And again, we start feeling good about our season. But Auburn is not a good team. They are now 2-4 on the year with three home losses.

The Sooner offense could not sustain drives. The defense gave up almost 500 yards of total offense. And after two weeks of feeling good about ourselves, we found out that “Sooner Magic” can sometimes be “Fool’s Gold”.

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Dave: Even with help returning, expect a tight game against Vols

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Looking back on Saturday afternoon, one of the hottest in the stands I can remember, there was
improvement with the offense. Of course, there is still room for a lot more improvement.

The rushing game produced a respectable 182 yards. The concern with that is almost 100 of those yards came from Jackson Arnold. I know that a quarterback run game can be a useful weapon. But if we must continue to rely on Arnold to do the bulk of the rushing, he is going to get his head knocked off one day.

They have to find ways to get the running backs room to roam to help the passing game, which is still
somewhat anemic when compared to recent years.

After three outings, Arnold has yet to crack 200 yards passing in a game. Fingers crossed; help is on the way.

From everything coming out of the Palace on the Prairie this week, I would be surprised if Nic Anderson doesn’t suit up for the big game Saturday night. In fact, he is listed as probable in this week’s injury

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Dave: Injuries raise questions about O-line play but defense is dominating

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One would think a 51-3 drubbing would not be cause for any source of worry about the victorious team, no matter who the opponent. 

But a big concern for Oklahoma going into the season reared its ugly head last Friday night on Owen Field.  While the Sooners did indeed dismantle Temple to the tune of 51-3, the offensive line left more questions than answers. 

To be fair, Oklahoma was missing starting tackle Jake Taylor due to injury, and starting center Branson Hickman left with injury after just 10 snaps.  Depth was also an issue as guard Troy Everett was a no go with injury as well. 

So maybe we should not expect many answers until this unit heals and is able to work together at full strength.  But injuries are part of the game.  Next man up so to speak. 

So, it was disappointing to see the offensive line look so inconsistent.  I know that might sound overly critical when OU still rushed for 220 yards and averaged 6.1 yards a carry.  But the Sooners were also 1 for 12 on 3rd down conversion attempts, they lost the time of possession battle, and Arnold only threw for 140 yards and was sacked 3 times.  

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