Recent content by Eielson

"I’m more ambivalent about Mateer. For one thing, I know he was one of the highest-paid QBs in the country this season, making a reported $3 million. His performance did not come close to matching that. In his defense, he was off to a great start before his thumb injury, and could well get back...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401628410/maine-oklahoma

Well...this is bizarre. Can't hurt, though.

There have been several games Arbuckle has scripted very well early, only for Mateer to struggle down the stretch. Those first 20 minutes would have been impressive even for Baker. Absolutely beautiful offense. Those two touchdowns were executed to perfection. Then we faded, and I feared the...

I don't know how anybody is complaining about the execution in the first 20 minutes of that game when we were up 17-0.

My understanding has been that for at least 20 years, the teaching is that if the ref sees zero, they look to the ball, and if it has been snapped in the time it took to look back, it's fine. This happened all the way back in the Allen Patrick Oregon game and that was the discussion then. I...

The runs vs passes were pretty even most of the season. Got a little lopsided later in the game while playing from behind and decided 2-3 YPC wasn't going to cut it.

The only QB all year to throw for 300 yards against Alabama. It's amusing hearing people saying that Mateer, Arbuckle, and our WRs all suck. But at the same time also saying WRs were open all game. If Mateer truly sucked against Alabama, then either Arbuckle or our WRs are other worldly...

Saying that a college football player was going to drop a beautiful throw that hit him in the hands was a dumb hypothetical until it happened. In hindsight, I wish we had gone for it on 4th downs instead of dropping the punt or missing the FG. I wish we had ran the ball instead of throwing a...

In hindsight, I would rather X just catch it. I'll take my chances every time with the open guy for a touchdown. Over the course of the game/season, you come out WAY ahead. Who is to say he Mateer wouldn't trip, break his leg, or fumble?

Riley is an excellent playcaller, but Eric Gray had by far his worst season under him. Was much better under Heupel and went to a completely different level under Lebby. Riley really wanted Barnes and Tatum, so if that's a recruiting miss, then it also would have been under Riley as well. I'd...

Based on what? He came in 2020 and got excellent production from Rhamondre. In 2021, we squeezed every ounce out of Kennedy Brooks. In 2022, Eric Gray showed out of this world progression. One of the most impressive things I've seen coaching-wise at OU. In 2023, we got 6.2 YPC out of...

He definitely needs to go. He did a decent job calling plays at the end of the year considering he had both hands tied behind his back, which I think is why he was retained, but the TE room simply isn't where it needs to be, even if the production we got from a converted LB was near-miraculous...

Not happy with our RB room, but this is not even close to true.

It was for a lot of the mentioned departures (Daniels, Jones, Damonic) and Guillory as well. As it stands, we are poised to have every spot on the DL and secondary with somebody who has already started for us. LB is the only question for us, which would immediate stop being a question if Kip...