I didn’t think OU had a chance, but given the way Michigan lost to Ohio State on Saturday there appears to be a path for OU to be Final Four bound for the third time in four years.
Here’s the first thing, I’m not sure anybody in college football is all that good defensively. I mean, Michigan was supposed to be the best defensive team in the land and they were just torched by an Ohio State offense which is good, but not as good as OU’s offense.
And who has Alabama really beaten? What’s their best win? The SEC West minus Bama was dogshit this season. LSU just lost their third game. Auburn lost five games and Malzahn might get fired. A&M even with Jimbo Fisher lost four games. Arkansas is horrific. Both Mississippi schools aren’t much. So…really what has Alabama done? Not all that much. Who’s the best QB they’ve faced?
Yeah, if OU beats Texas… I think they’re in the Final Four.
The committee wants good games. They want TV ratings. They’ll remember last year’s epic national semi-final with Georgia beating OU in overtime. They’ll want the best player in the nation in Kyler Murray in their tournament. The football world has been talking Patrick Mahomes more than any other player this season. Second on that list would be what Kyler Murray has done this football season before becoming an Oakland A. Mahomes was previously drafted by the NY Yankees. What great duel storylines this football season. Have you noticed a theme here? That being, minus what Drew Brees is doing this season the next three most talked about QBs this season are Mahomes, Mayfield, and Murray. That’s why five star defensive players stay in the SEC. That’s why.
Does OU have a defense issue? They do. But I’m pretty sure any team which plays in the Big 12 is going to have an issue on the defensive side of the ball because five star defensive high school players in the South who want to play in the NFL don’t risk their NFL draft stock by playing in the Big 12. That’s why OU should have joined the SEC when they had the chance, but that’s another story.
Google which states per population per capita produce the most NFL players and it goes…Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Just imagine this OU offense paired with a defense with a couple of SEC five stars anchoring their defense. It would be scary.
I don’t think OU can win the national championship, but I do think they now have more than a punchers chance of getting to the Final Four thanks to what Ohio State showed the committee this past Saturday. That being, there aren’t any great defenses out there except maybe Alabama and they haven’t played anyone to date. Not even Purdue. Know what I mean?