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  1. I think it went Coleman, SOMEONE ,Alo, Jennings last year, but I could be wrong.
  2. Two of the players who were supposed to provide power this year have disappointed, one relatively, one completely. Jennings hit ~ 30 homers last year and has 5 this year. She is still clutch and has a > 400 average overall, but the power isn't there. Sanders also hit about 30 homers last year, and she been just plain bad. I think more strikeouts than hits, and only 220 overall. She's sitting a lot. That said, OU still leads the nation in team batting average (390) on base % (480), slugging (715), and runs per game (9). But last year they were scoring 10 a game. Jayda Coleman is putting together a player of the year case with a 500 batting average, 640 on base, 8 HR, 12/12 stolen bases, and outstanding defense.
  3. Back in the day, middle school was well known to be more dangerous than high school because most of the REALLY dangerous kids had been dismissed or left before high school.
  4. Very informed. Some added context: Offense note 2021 --> 2022 OU's offensive in fancy stats took a big step back from top 5 to top 20 - 25. Points per game fell "only" 7 because OU had so many more drives per game. Offense, running game: Lebby will feel more comfortable running Gabriel, who's an asset running the ball. The threat of the QB run game will mitigate the loss of Brayden Willis, who was a true asset as a blocker. The RB position will be as good as last year running the ball. The OL showed surprising proficiency run blocking vs a good Florida St front 7. Offense, passing game: Gabriel is himself. Above average deep ball, avoids the middle of the field. It's unusal to see big jump in QB this late in his career. RB have to get better in pass protection, and we don't know if they can catch. WR needs at least one more transfer and/or one of the newcomers over the last couple of years to pop (5 new last year + 3 this year). OL was a disaster in pass pro vs FSU. Rouse will improve that, but it's a safe assumption that OU's OL pass protection will be worse with the loss of Anton Harrison (bigger loss than Mims?). Defense note 2021 --> 2022 OU's defense gave up 4 ppg more last year but efficiency stayed about the same because they faced so many more drives. This is despite OU losing many of their best defensive players from the 2021 team (entire DL, best LB, best DB). Defense, running game: OU's DL was pushed around last year. Portal adds Lacy and Sears may at least hold point of attack better. Venable's LBs have a history of superlative play that wasn't shown last year. Improvement here will be expected. Safety play should also be better. Defense, passing game: OU couldn't rush the QB. That SHOULD change with several options at DE/Edge added in recruiting/portal (top high school Edge, McCullough, Bothroyd, Ford). LBs in zone seemed to develop a sense of playing receivers rather than areas of grass as the season progressed. DB play gradually improved as the year went on. At least there were few flat out busts in the latter half of the year. DB recruiting class was outstanding.
  5. Both were OU targets. The Sooners got Andrel Anthony from Michigan, who's a great get, but probably need to get at least one more WR from the portal.
  6. I appreciate @Sawbonz measured take and @Spankytoes situation. Because of the high community prevalence of the infection, the proper way to think of decision to get the vaccine is: __ get vaccine __ get infection without vaccine Rates of cardiac/vascular disease from infection withOUT vaccine are FAR higher than from the vaccine for the general population. This has been shown repeatedly. The rates of myocarditis from the vaccine are higher in adolescent and young men but are still less than rates of cardiac disease after infection. Of course there are other benefits from getting the vaccine. Yes, I'm an expert in this field who's oh so tired of talking about this. Ok no more from me about this.
  7. I've read your posts on here, and I'm sad for your situation. But your conclusions about your own situation require some context. PM me please.
  8. Yeah, we're on the same page. John Birch Society begat Goldwater. Long game.
  9. 1981 was when Reagan took office. The revanchist impulses of the Republican party were just taking off. This is a long game.
  10. McCarthy's tedious speaking style is enough to vote him out.
  11. Not that I doubt her response, but did you do this personally?
  12. OU should "push hard" for a permanent WR coach first. They've got L'Damain Washington stuck with the interim tag still. Mims seems like a really good guy overall. Will be missed on several fronts.
  13. The mgoblog guys have long loved Anthony's upside. He had limited opportunity due to Michigan's many WR options and may have bad hands. But he's got good size, excellent speed, and good route running. OU offered already also.
  14. Played out as a rerun of the Tulane - OU game in Sep 2021 until the last Tulane drive (Green Wave turned it over on downs at midfield). Riley kept Mike Stoops after the defensive meltdown in the CFP semi-final Rose Bowl game so we'll see what he does here with Grinch. Stoops was a competent strategist but had terrible people skills so he didn't recruit well or communicate with players. Grinch seems to be well-liked by his players, but his under-performing units with obvious developmental failures make it hard for him to recruit to talent. His strategies make people who know defensive football cringe. The defensive staff has at least one good coach, Shaun Nua. He has produced as a recruiter and developer. The rest of the staff is expendable.
  15. You're correct! Thank you. Bates committed well before Cozart.
  16. You're more on the right track than you know. I think OU's first commit in the class has decommited for the last 4 years. 2020 Drew Sanders 2021 Brock Vandagriff 2022 Luther Burden 2023 Ashton Cozart
  17. My take: Pluses: QB, developmental OL (but not 2023, a year where OU will have to have 4 new starting OL), RB numbers, Edge, LB, DB Deficiencies: High pedigree RB (a position where it frequently translates), HUGE deficit in WR numbers (will need to get from portal and so far haven't), interior DL (a position which was filled with JAGs last year and it showed in poor defensive run efficiency) There was some reporting where 14 of 25 were high school team captains and 13 of 25 are early entry. This is supposed to be taken to mean that the class has high character and will be ready to contribute early. Of course, we'll see.
  18. New definition of 12(th) - Man: picture with a bunch of 12th place finishers and dudes: 12, 12, dude, 12,12,12,dude, 12,12,12, 1, dude Holy shit! What even is this? Serious question. Any random collection of college-aged women has to be better than this.
  19. In his four high school recruiting classes at OU, Riley took 39 offensive players and 47 defensive players (numbers below). He was certainly willing to throw numbers towards building a better defense. He also was willing to slow his offensive to protect his defense. I propose an alternative explanation for Riley's unbalanced success. His offensive success attracts better offensive players who create more great offenses, a virtuous cycle. His defensive coaching hires have sucked at recruiting and developing players so it creates a vicious cycle. Riley could still care about defense but just have the wrong defensive coaches. offense defense 2018 10 13 2019 11 13 2020 12 11 2021 6 10 Doesn't include portal players. But as readers here know, there were fewer back then and databases are incomplete.
  20. I viewed it as a Freudian slip. "Miss" is referring to his girlfriend who is going to OU to play soccer.
  21. Bedenbaugh's OLs have generally improved throughout the season. The 2019 OU OL was good, but it wasn't better by the end of the year. 2000 and 2021 were flat out mediocre beginning to end. The 2022 Sooner OL did get better throughout the year. Problem is, OU's losing 4 out of 5 starters from that line. 2023 is going to be a pivotal year for Bednebaugh. It looks like he's getting back to his preferred style of recruiting TEs and letting S&C bulk them up into OL. Hopefully, it starts to pay dividends next year.
  22. The most obvious sign this is a fake is that OU can't raise 2m for the ENTIRE TEAM, let alone a single safety recruit.
  23. You're telling me you didn't read the skepticism that several OU fans here had about Lebby. @kilroydos, as I remember, and I were definitively against it, and I remember @Constant being lukewarm. I can't remember @ChiTownDoc 's position.
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