Four losses. And counting. There’s no easy way to explain this season. This offensive line is terrible and no QB will be able to thrive behind it in its current state. But three points? It’s by far the least offensive output under Stoops. In fact, you have to go back to the 34-3 loss to Texas in 1998 to find a similar level of apathy. What’s worse is that it’s the same season where our friendly Sooners scored only three and six points against Missouri and Texas, respectively.
It’s a shame this defense is going to waste. It’s a national title-caliber unit. Seriously. But this offfense is just inconsistent … and, at time, terrible. I won’t even start to name the players on offense who are really holding this thing back. And it’s not Landry Jones, though he had one terrible game.
Unfortunately, the next three weeks are crucial. At 5-4, will the team hang their heads and fold up shop? Or will they fight back, try to push our record to 8-4 and receive a somewhat respectable bowl bid? 8-4 sure does sound a helluva lot better than 6-6.
As you can see, I really didn’t put a ton of thought into this POS analysis. I just want the hurting to stop. This post is the first time I’ve really thought about the game. After the drunk fest with Mattress Kitten and SugarTits on Saturday night, I barely remember the fourth quarter. And that’s probably a good thing. Now if my Denver team loses tonight, shit could get real ugly.
Update: I just looked at the game stats for the first time. OU held Nebraska to 180 yards of total offense and 1-of-14 on third down. How you lose with that kind of domination, I don’t know. Even with five interceptions, you have to find a way to score more than 10 points. Or kick field goals shorter than 35 yards.
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November 9th, 2009 @11:29 am
If the obvious pass interference had been called on NU first pick (which set up their only TD), this game could still be 3-3 and in its 63rd OT.
November 9th, 2009 @12:17 pm
Not that it mattered, but I loved how the commentators kept going back, reviewing that play and praising the Neb player for how he initiated legal contact to throw him off his route. Legal contact which included reaching out and grabbing hold of the players arm. It’s probably a good thing, because I did not want to watch even 1 overtime with our pathetic offense.
November 9th, 2009 @2:56 pm
Nebraska’s strategy to commit so many insignificant penalties so as to lull the refs into missing the big ones worked out very nicely.
Luckily the mid 90’s taught me to get over these kind of games in a matter of minutes.
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