Sooners did better than Marty Robbins
As usual, Barry Switzer was right. Barry tweeted that he keeps getting the question, “Am I going to El Paso?” Barry’s reply: Hell no. My friend, Marty Robbins, got his [butt] shot last time he was out there. Against UTEP,…
Jones’ improvement kept Sooners from losing
At last year’s end I suggested Landry Jones should go pro because he couldn’t improve any more at the college level.
I was wrong. Had Jones not improved his mobility and ability to handle the pass rush during the off season the Sooners would have lost late Saturday night/Sunday morning in El Paso. Instead the Sooners won 24-7.
A good example of Jones’ improvement was the 68-yard pass play to Kenny Stills that got the Sooners on the board in the first half.
The O-line, which is obviously impacted by the loss of Ben Habern and Tyler Evans even more than we had thought, let a tenacious Miners pass rush chase Jones out of the pocket.
Jones actually got flushed, instead of crushed, drifting to his left and looking to his right.
Jones saw Kenny Stills near the opposite sideline.