Recent content by WichitaSooner

No one is demanding a punishing running game. We want a competent one. We are barely in the top 100 despite having the advantage of playing with the lead in all out games, playing three completely overmatched teams, and having a highly paid portal back and multiple highly ranked high school...

Sam Godwin went last year and was one of the worst starters in the league, so I wouldn’t expect the media day choices to be a sign of impending greatness.

He said you shouldn’t have to rely primarily on the QB for your run game.

Agree. He seems to fit in the “if he can put it all together” category of players. Guys like that can turn into studs, or constantly leave people wondering why they can’t unlock their potential. I think WT is right to point out that his shooting is the key. A lot of athletic dudes don’t end up...

Pack, Davis, and Reid are the three going to media days. Which may not mean anything, but worth noting.

You might be right but that would be a difficult way to live in the SEC. I agree with people who say we don’t have to be a great running team. But right now we are one of the worst in the country, and that’s a recipe for disaster.

3 YPC is about the equivalent of a basketball team making 50 percent of its FTs. I don’t think some of you realize what is considered a good YPC number in college football.

How has it gotten the job done? They have won because of defense (primarily) and Mateer (secondarily). They’ve played two real teams and the running backs are averaging 32 yards per game and 2 YPC. That would be like saying the defense got the job done when they won despite giving up a million...

I think the bigger concern is that the issue isn't that we aren't taking bad teams seriously -- I think we legitimately aren't good enough to run the ball well against even bad teams. You're probably right that the focus was greater for Michigan and Auburn than for the three cupcakes, but I...

Michigan is 18 and Auburn 38 in total defense. They are 23 and 25 respectively in scoring defense. I think our offense was solid against Michigan, but with a 3.5 YPC average (only 3 YPC from our backs), I don't think it was anything to be overly excited about. We are going to play good defenses...

We played the starters. All five started Saturday. We sat two defensive starters who could have played, because it was Kent State. That tells me that the offensive linemen are all legitimately healthy, so injuries are no excuse for that performance. The other issue with the run game is the...

I know you will cite advanced metrics, but you can't possibly have watched us through five games and think we are a good offense. What do we do well? We can't run. At all. Against any level of opponent. We produce almost no explosive plays in the passing game. Mateer has been good but isn't...

Hopefully we see the special teams of the past three weeks, rather than the Michigan game. That is one way to take pressure off the offense. The defense creating more turnovers would also help. Both these teams have looked so bad on offense that a non-offensive TD could swing the game.

And in today's Rothstein list of under the radar guys (or something along those lines), he includes Wague. I imagine for a lot of these things, it is based on who the coach happens to mention in a particular interview. Maybe Lusk talked to a coach on a day that Rogers practiced well, and...

I question if you actually read my comment since I expressly said they will criticize after the fact, but spend months leading into every season talking about how many talented playmakers our offense has. The reality is that we haven’t had any true playmakers at the skill positions in years...