It’s Game Day tomorrow in Norman and I’m quietly confident about OU chances if they stick to what got them to this game and get a little better on the offensive side of the ball. If they were alot better I’d take it, but with their defense and kicking game…I think if John Mateer and the offense can just move it up from a C- level offense to a B level offense they can make a run in these College Football Playoffs.
If OU’s offense can’t do this I would think it will be a quick exit for the Sooners.
Let’s be candid here…OU’s two most prized salary cap players on this team are John Mateer and R Mason Thomas. Those are the two dudes who were injured and had their seasonss altered as a result of injury. Both will be the healthiest they’ve been for quite some timefor this Alabama game rematch. I would expect though R Mason to be on some of snap-play restrictions given his absence from the lineup since early in the Tennessee game.
So from my perspective…every other player on the first first two teams had to pick it up, and that’s exactly what they did to earn this home game versus Alabama.
I’ve already gone over what Taylor Wein and Owen Heineke have meant to this OU football season, but I want to make on my blog I give the love to Gracen Halton and linebacker Kip Lewis as well. Because without these two guys I fear OU would have been looking 8-4 or 7-5 right in the face.
But that’s not what happened. These two guys simply gave their teammates the play by play leadership which is required at this level for a team to get it done during the goal acheieving portion of the college football season.
My Sooner heart gives it up to these guys for what they’ve accomplished since the home loss to Ole Miss. My competitive heart is in a good place right now. It might even be in a better place tomorrow night in Norman if John Mateer and the offense can bring their B game to these College Football Playoffs.
Football is football. It matters little they played each other just a month ago or so. You’re either mentally ready and hungry to go…or you’re not. That’s football, that’s life. Who wins the line of scrimmage and doesn’t turn the ball over will loom large.
May the best team win. Good luck to both teams. Both teams desrve this opportunity. They both played challenging schedules.
Mike J