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Topic: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic

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utee94

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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #42 on: September 17, 2021, 08:12:33 PM »
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #43 on: September 18, 2021, 04:06:06 PM »
I agree with shovel pass.  I hope you enjoyed the game as much as I did.  Now that was how OU/NU should be.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #44 on: September 18, 2021, 05:47:37 PM »
Quote from: Thumper on September 18, 2021, 04:06:06 PM
I agree with shovel pass.  I hope you enjoyed the game as much as I did.  Now that was how OU/NU should be.
Congratulations to the Huskers.  They came to play, they made a game of it, and with fewer self-inflicted mistakes they could have won it.  That's how OU-Nebraska games were in the '70s and '80s.
I had to run errands for my mother after the game.  I heard a national radio show, with CFN's Pete Fiutak on the phone, discussing how the Big Ten did Nebraska no favors with the Week 0 conference game.  Without that game, Nebraska could have been 2-0 or 3-0 going into today's game.
They certainly looked better today than they did at Illinois.
That being said, I think OU's got problems on both sides of the ball, especially on offense.  If not for the runback of the blocked Husker PAT, the score would have been 21-17--way too close for comfort.
And our play in the last 7-8 minutes of the game looked like rag-tag sandlot football, including the offensive play calling.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #45 on: September 19, 2021, 09:18:56 AM »
I didn't get to watch as originally planned, since we ended up driving all across Texas and making our Saturday into a UT-TAMU double-header.

It certainly ended up a lot closer than I expected.  Are the Huskers maybe putting together a little something?  Did the Sooners overlook them, getting ready for what's likely to be a very competitive matchup against the 'eers?

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« Reply #46 on: September 19, 2021, 10:39:13 AM »
Sooners are not as good as advertised and the Huskers played a solid game.  Sooners really miss Creed Humphrey at center.
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« Reply #47 on: September 19, 2021, 10:47:52 AM »
I will add that Adrian Martinez dropped some real dimes out there.  It was by far his best outing this year IMO.  I do believe Nebraska is going to have a good season.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #48 on: September 19, 2021, 11:48:37 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on September 19, 2021, 09:18:56 AM
I didn't get to watch as originally planned, since we ended up driving all across Texas and making our Saturday into a UT-TAMU double-header.

It certainly ended up a lot closer than I expected.  Are the Huskers maybe putting together a little something?  Did the Sooners overlook them, getting ready for what's likely to be a very competitive matchup against the 'eers?
I'm with Thumper.  The Sooners are not as good as advertised.  And we might have a QB problem.  Spencer Rattler is playing himself out of Heisman consideration.  The quietly expressed hopes to see some some packages put in for backup freshman Caleb Williams are becoming a little less quiet.
I do think that the Huskers might be better than advertised.  I hope that's the case, anyway.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2021, 12:43:37 PM »
Rattler was pretty darned effective last season.  Any reason why he might be less so, this year?
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« Reply #50 on: September 19, 2021, 12:47:01 PM »
I've speculated that he may have tweaked his throwing shoulder.  Others have said that his mechanics are bad.  It could be both, I suppose.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #51 on: September 19, 2021, 01:53:54 PM »
So that's where Connor Culp ended up.  Kid was always inconsistent.  The way that game went Big Red might've had a different game cooking at the end if not for his ongoing case of the whiffles.  
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #52 on: September 19, 2021, 10:33:46 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on September 19, 2021, 12:43:37 PM
Rattler was pretty darned effective last season.  Any reason why he might be less so, this year?

The biggest difference is that Creed Humphrey is protecting Patrick Mahomes now and doing a darn fine job.  He allowed 0 sacks last year and very few pressures.  His replacements are nowhere near as good.  Rattler is getting a lot of rush up the middle and he is having to dump off short.  As CW said, he relies too much on his arm talent and his mechanics are often sloppy.  His completion percentage is very good but YPG and YPA are way down from last year.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #53 on: September 20, 2021, 10:15:28 AM »
Rattler' definitely in a sophomore slump. Both sides of the Sooner team aren't quite what they were made out to be. On a regular day, that might come into play.

The Nebraska game and the Texas game aren't regular days. The Huskers put together their best ball in a while, and gave their fans something to build on.

For all the ballyhoo about the awesome one handed diving interception (and it was awesome, no doubt), that play actually gave the Huskers a chance to win. If he'd dropped it, the Sooners would have had possession at the 25 yard line. As it was, they had it at the 3. They ended up punting from their end zone.

Still, i guess it's tough to slap the ball down in that situation. If he'd have punched it, it may have stayed up and been caught by a receiver.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #54 on: September 20, 2021, 10:27:32 AM »
Quote from: Thumper on September 19, 2021, 10:33:46 PM
The biggest difference is that Creed Humphrey is protecting Patrick Mahomes now and doing a darn fine job.  He allowed 0 sacks last year and very few pressures.  His replacements are nowhere near as good.  Rattler is getting a lot of rush up the middle and he is having to dump off short.  As CW said, he relies too much on his arm talent and his mechanics are often sloppy.  His completion percentage is very good but YPG and YPA are way down from last year.

I guess the benefit of Texas having a completely crappy o-line over the past 15 years is that there's not any major decline year over year when someone graduates.  It's all still just crap.
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Re: OU-Nebraska: The Birth of Sooner Magic
« Reply #55 on: September 20, 2021, 02:59:04 PM »
After rewatching, some things stood out.  
When the Sooners were on offence, Nebraska was often dropping 8 into coverage and playing soft.  They were giving the underneath passes and making OU drive the field. Sad to say the 3 man rush was disruptive even though they didn't get a sack and only 4 tackles for loss. It sure looked like more. NU just dared the Sooners to rush the ball.  They were moderately successful rushing for 5.5 yards per carry and should have run the ball more.
On defense OU loaded up to stop the run and dared Martinez to pass.  They were successful against the run, NU averaged just 2.5 per carry.  They got 10 TFL, 5 sacks and 4 QB hurries  but Martinez handled it well and had one of the best days of his career.  
Nebraska also had long drives so the Sooners only had 9 possessions. Four of those were punts, one was a missed FG and one ended the half.  On the plus side, the Sooners didn't turn the ball over.
I don't think OU played badly.  NU had a good game plan and executed it and OU didn't try to take them out of it.
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