Taylor is one of my favorite players on this team for certain. He’s a good interview mixing honest comments with his knowledge of the college game.
As was the case in the Michigan game my Top 4 helmet stickers went to defensive players with neither the special team or offensive players cracking my list.
That means for two successive games nary a Sooner player outside of the defense and punter has made my top four helmet sticker list. This trend cannot continue for Brent Venables’ group.
For OU’s 14-6 completely unimpressive win over Mew Mexico my stickers went in this order…. 1 Owen Heineke, 2 David Stone, 3, Taylor Wein, and 4 inside linebacker James Nesta. Owen and James at linebacker played every defensive down. MJ loved their grittiness, Michael Fasusi….not so much.
I thought all four of these guys were outstanding as they literally had to carry the Sooners’ offense over the finish-line in a home game where OU was a Vegas 22.5 point home favorite.
The Vegas line on now 29th ranked OU with their top ten defense and putrid offense is the Sooners being a 14 point road dog inside of Sanford Stadium on Saturday at 2:30 CST.
No. 2 ranked Georgia has played three bad teams while winning three routs of no consequence whatsover. The Sooners waltzed over cupcake UTEP 51-0, then lost to decent Michigan on the road in a one possession game decided by what was in essence a fourth period pick six by John Mateer. The Sooners’ defense without that pick six has given up one touchdown and 23 total points in their first three games combined.
But to beat a deadhorse to death …the Sooners lack of an offense in the last two games has the Sooners going from 8th to 29th nationally in the polls.
And you know what?
I would have to concur with the polls because if the Sooners cannot figure out their own offense to the tune of at the least averaging 21-24 points a game this college football analyst-guru swami would predict 7-5 for the Sooners being an uphill slog for certain.
To the OU fans booing and calling for this and that last weekend….please either shutup or join another fanbase. I hate this segment of OU’s fanbase almost as much I disdain the LSU fanbase. These are the types Mike Gundy was saying had trouble paying their trailer park utility bills.
Nobody to my eye is dogging it out there. Michael Fasusi needs to play left tackle and be the Michael Lewis damn Blind Side left tackle and give this O-Line a shot of something…anything.
Maybe if MJ played the Gumby SNl video for him? Maybe.
- Michael Fasusi officialy ruled out for the Georgia game while David Stone questionable with Kip Lewis probable. No Cole Sullivan again which makes Kip’s presence critical for some linebacker depth. Fasusi is by far OU’s best offensive lineman and this is not a positive omen for John Mateer unless he rolls right-side in a hurry most of the game. Fasusi hasn’t played a down since the first half of the UTEP game. MJ is playing the Gumby video.
John Mateer as I stated last week needs to elevate his game in a major significant manner and Ben Arbuckle will be history just like Seth Littrell was after the South Carolina game if he can’t figure some things out in a hurry.
Speaking of that game…good luck to Michael Hawkins versus O State this week-end in one of my top three games of the week-end. My other two games are Ole Miss at Florida and 3-0 Tulsa at pitiful Arkansas. Tulsa get 7 on the road.
Georgia is 55-2 in their last fifty-seven home games. I would give OU at best maybe a 5-10% chance of winning this game… not even really a puncher’s chance because John Mateer and the entire offense haven’t actually thrown many if any punches minus the UTEP game and that was a Murray State type of team.
This is the largest Sooner double digit underdog spread since Alabama in 2014 and Florida State in 2001. OU won both games. By 14 ;points over “Bama and 11 points over the Chris Weinke team in the national championship game. So there’s that for the puncher’s chance train of thought.
This is one of those games where I’m sure Brent Venables wants to win, but more importantly wants to see the offense improve markedly for the Texas game in two weeks.
I can’t sign off as the Love Guru Swami on this one because in all candor this OU offense doesn’t have me in a loving state of mind.
OU OFFENSE…GET BETTER.
And to the defense…start creating points off turnovers like you did at Tennessee and Alabama last season. This offense needs points from the defense and special teams. DIE HARD. Be proud and die hard trying.
Taylor Wein, buddy…you need to give Michael Fasusi a long, semi-intense let’s go look in the eye. We need you, MF. John needs you.
MJ is not playing Gumby on an OU thread. No chance of that. Gumby is weak and passive-submissive. This is the Eddie Murphy…MJ wants to see on Saturday in Athens. Sharp, electric, and with a killer instinct.
Start with that mantra and then go GET BETTER. One play, one series at a time.
Mike J