Football question

[WTSooner]

All I'll say on the depth chart is if you paid attention to them last year, they are pretty much worthless.

Again, you don't have to like how OU treats the depth charts, but they are pretty consistent in using them in a way that isn't all that reflective of the actual depth chart going into a game.

So let's see how it all shakes out before we make it a bigger deal than it needs to be.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

You'll need to admit you were straight up wrong in your assessment.

lol don't hold your breath

 

[daqman]

i'm going to predict 9-3. and they better look competent on both sides of the ball or i'm good with chucking brent in the dumpster and moving on.
i'm sick of watching the clown show (south carolina last year).
i have high confidence in arbuckle ( and mateer)... hence my 9 win prediction. and i think the defense will be pretty good assuming key players stay healthy.

 

[daqman]

I will lose it if Barnes is really rb1

yup....barnes better be 3rd team by week 2.

 

[daqman]

With game week here, maybe it would be worth doing a season W/L prediction? I'd set the O/U at 7.5 wins, which is (I think) where most books currently have it. Since I think that is spot on, I won't be putting any money on it this season because I don't have a strong feel.

I think I will have a much better feel after Michigan. If we win that game and look really good doing it, I may allow myself to get somewhat optimistic. But if we struggle at home against a good-but-not-great team starting a true freshman QB in his first road game, that will be a bad sign.

I think we have upgraded our offense from last year, mainly at QB, OC, and RB1 if Ott stays healthy and DeMarco doesn't mess things up. But I think our overall roster is still not nearly as stacked as some people think. I heard some of the OU pods label it a top-10 roster last week. Then you see that draft experts at ESPN and The Athletic only have one Sooner in their top 100 for next season's draft, and it makes it pretty clear that we still have a long way to go.

the 2000 team probly didn't have many top 100 draft prospects on it either..
it sounds like the o-line will be a lot better than last year....and i think mateer/ott/robinson/ are good enough to win a bunch of games.
of course a couple receivers need to step up ...

 

[WichitaSooner]

What big road games?

This will be their first road game against an SEC team in their program's history.

They generally play a pretty weak OOC schedule, thus their roster's big road games would be playing @tOSU and @Penn State twice each over a 4 season stretch.

They play at the Shoe every other year and play in a league with Penn State and Nebraska. I am confident that’s a little tougher than what Tulane is used to. Plus, there is no question Michigan has more talent than Tulane. I didn’t think it was that controversial to suggest that Michigan is a tougher test than Tulane.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Do you really expect BV to be honest to the media and the fans about injuries? You think Nick Saban was out there giving detailed, accurate injury news on his players?

You don't have to like BV and what he's done at OU, but that's an unreasonable expectation.

Then just say no comment. Don’t flat out lie. People hated how tight lipped Riley was but I’d rather a coach just say they aren’t going to talk as opposed to someone like Brent, who pretends like he gives so much access, but doesn’t give honest answers to any meaningful questions.

As for Saban, first, he didn’t have mandatory injury reports. Now that those exist, I don’t see the need to lie to the media when the whole world will find out well before the game, anyway. And second, I’ll be more than happy to let Brent say whatever he wants when he has to start using his second hand to wear all his national championship rings as a head coach

 

[WichitaSooner]

the 2000 team probly didn't have many top 100 draft prospects on it either..
it sounds like the o-line will be a lot better than last year....and i think mateer/ott/robinson/ are good enough to win a bunch of games.
of course a couple receivers need to step up ...

The 2000 team isn’t a bad analogy from that standpoint because you’re right, that wasn’t nearly our most talented roster. But … that team has a brilliant, aggressive young head coach. His coaching won us games. Now … our coaching loses us games. I truly think that all the other stuff can be true … better line, better quarterback, better (third string) running back, better OC. But I have such a low opinion of Brent as a head coach that I can’t see us getting over the hump.