Football question

[WichitaSooner]

the same auburn team that should have beat UGA ...

I’m never sure what that means, “should have beaten” so-and-so. The game is 60 minutes, they keep track of who scores more, and Georgia won by double digits. If you’re talking about the controversial call on the goal line, then I’d just note that the blown call in the OU game was far more egregious than that. The goal line call was a judgment call. Those get missed frequently. The call against us was a basic rule interpretation that they botched.

 

[BoulderSooner]

The call against us was a basic rule interpretation that they botched.

i don't think they got the call against OU wrong ..

 

[hoopsaustin]

i don't think they got the call against OU wrong ..

The pass interference i think is what hes talking about.

The substitution thing is BS bc we did absolutely nothing wrong

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I’m never sure what that means, “should have beaten” so-and-so. The game is 60 minutes, they keep track of who scores more, and Georgia won by double digits. If you’re talking about the controversial call on the goal line, then I’d just note that the blown call in the OU game was far more egregious than that. The goal line call was a judgment call. Those get missed frequently. The call against us was a basic rule interpretation that they botched.

The call against OU was not wrong.
I know you think this is a biased take but it isn't.

 

[Eielson]

Obviously, he did some good things since we went to three straight playoffs. He had five of the 32 starting QBs in the NFL at the start of the season. Not sure anyone else can make a claim like that in a given year. That said, the reason many people think that he won because of Bob's players was because each of his five OU teams got slightly worse. In all honesty, that's pretty hard to do...but he did it. His first team was the only one with a legit shot of winning the Natty. That fell by the wayside when he chose an OT field goal to tie instead of trusting a Heisman winning QB and three future 1000 yard NFL receivers to pick up ONE yard...and those defenses he put out...YIKES!

Yeah, it's pretty hard to defend a guy whose teams got worse every single year. Especially when they carry on tradition at their next job. Riley has all the same issues at USC, so it's hard to see why anybody is watching him going 8-5 and 7-6 in an inferior conference and wishing we still had that.

Nobody praises Larry Coker or Frank Solich, and Coker actually won a national championship.

As far as QBs and offense in general, Riley did a pretty good job. No complaints whatsoever about his time as an OC, though if BV wasn't the superior playcaller, we would have beaten Clemson. Before he ever stepped foot on campus, Bob had already landed Baker and Kyler, which is what led to his reputation as a QB whisperer. He could handpick his QB after that, though that's started to die down as evidenced by his portal rejections the last couple years.

That final year, it was clear we'd fallen off dramatically. We started the season with an NFL QB (Rattler), yet each of the following games came down to the final possession:

Tulane (2-10)
Nebraska (3-9)
WVU (6-7)

And then were getting destroyed by a 5-7 Texas team. Caleb stepped in and saved the day/season.

Mock the Auburn and SC wins all you want, but they would have easily beaten all four of those teams with losing records that Riley struggled with. You know it's bad when a top 5 QB isn't enough to easily beat teams that go 2-10 ans 3-9.

We are absolutely better now than when Riley took over, which is an extremely low bar.