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Sanders has played one whole series of football this year. I have no idea if/when he'll be back and at full strength.
Rattler tore up an FCS team that Cornholio also destroyed two years ago.
Hard to tell who will be better at this point. I know you like Rattler best because he goes to OU and was a 5 star recruit. Hang on to that for now. We might have to roll with Illingsworth who is was a 4 star recruit and is a true freshman. You might have to rephrase your question in a week or so.
Rattler tore up an FCS team that Cornholio also destroyed two years ago.
Hard to tell who will be better at this point. I know you like Rattler best because he goes to OU and was a 5 star recruit. Hang on to that for now. We might have to roll with Illingsworth who is was a 4 star recruit and is a true freshman. You might have to rephrase your question in a week or so.
Yes, i know he played one series.
Yes, Rattler indeed tore up his opponent. As expected.
Hard for you perhaps, but i know who will be better. And i'm willing to put $ on it. But none of you feel nearly confident enough to do that. That's telling. I think he's better based on what I have seen him do, not because he's an OU player. I dont think he's the best qb in the country by any means, it's not blindness by fanhood . but there's no doubt that he's better than spencer sanders. if they have to roll with their backup, osu will have a very bad season and will probably lose by a ton of points to OU. It wouldnt be much of a game.
If you had asked me that before ksu, isu and osu played, i'd have said yeah, sure cause they have wallace and hubbard. Then i saw their oline. and you also have to remember tulsa went 2-6 in the AAC last year. They stink. They should have lost by 3 touchdowns this weekend and hubbard should have gotten more than the 200 yads that im sure he'd love to average this year. If lowly tulsa can keep him relatively corralled, i wonder what an actual good team would do. we'll see! but certainly cant see them placing 3rd in the big 12 behind him.
Oh if that's his replacement, then uhhhh... cool! But it seems for osu, getting the stars aligned like they do with sanders/hubbard/wallace is rare and this is the year. They had hubbard and wallace saturday though. And you know hubbard ran through tulsa's defense like hot butter last year. so either the oline really stinks or having sanders was a massive difference.
I don't think it's an "or" only scenario of problems. I think it's both. We went into the game with a patchwork OL that required more patchwork in the second half. A patchwork OL is easier to live with when you have a strong QB behind center. Sanders keeps defenses honest with his arm and his legs. In turn, that helps open up the run game.
Looks like Hubbard averaged 4ypc on Sanders' lone drive. Not great ypc, but not bad either. I'm confident this game looks a lot different if Sanders remained healthy. Maybe 17 to 24 point win. It's crazy what a bad QB can do with an average OL vs what a great QB can do with an average OL.
Lots of ball left. Lots to learn.
Looks like Hubbard averaged 4ypc on Sanders' lone drive. Not great ypc, but not bad either. I'm confident this game looks a lot different if Sanders remained healthy. Maybe 17 to 24 point win. It's crazy what a bad QB can do with an average OL vs what a great QB can do with an average OL.
Lots of ball left. Lots to learn.
If this was a game vs kstate, a good excuse it would be. It's tulsa. We know what kind of recruiting they do. Most of those guys wouldnt even get a scholarship at osu. If the oline struggled to open it up for hubbard against all those 2 stars, I wonder how a wvu dline might operate next week. especially if they dont have to game plan for sanders.
I'd say anything less than 6 ypc is a disappointment for him. And really, he should be substantially better than a 6 ypc guy. I am sure if sanders is healthy the game is different, he's that much better than his backup. But this is practically the same tulsa team who won 2 games in the AAC last year. that's the kind of team you whip on a bad day.
I'd say anything less than 6 ypc is a disappointment for him. And really, he should be substantially better than a 6 ypc guy. I am sure if sanders is healthy the game is different, he's that much better than his backup. But this is practically the same tulsa team who won 2 games in the AAC last year. that's the kind of team you whip on a bad day.
Meh.. I remember the run game struggled vs Central Mich the year the refs blew the call at the end. Gundy tends to go vanilla potato with the offense in these early games and we could hardly run the ball. The very next game, the run game got back to business as usual.
I suspect TU was a wake up call. You can keep telling me otherwise, but we'll know more next week.
And iirc, Zach Smith was the Baylor QB who torched OU a few years back. He didn't do as well against us Saturday.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400934515
I suspect TU was a wake up call. You can keep telling me otherwise, but we'll know more next week.
And iirc, Zach Smith was the Baylor QB who torched OU a few years back. He didn't do as well against us Saturday.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400934515