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Oklahoma Insider ADMITS Something I did NOT Expect before Sooners vs Texas Longhorns! | Red River · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to SEC Football Addiction. Red River
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  Speaker 1: on to talk about Sooners and Longhorns.
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  Speaker 2: Jay, how's it going, man?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm just hoping everybody has fun. Is that no,
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  Speaker 3: but we've hit that point, man. We've hit that rock
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  Speaker 3: bottom spot of just hoping everybody has fun. No, I'm good.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's post bye week for both teams. And
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna be honest. I'm not feeling all that great
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  Speaker 3: about this game, but at the same time, this game
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  Speaker 3: always turns out some weird stuff. So let's see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: So that, that is a good place to start because
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  Speaker 1: you can't, I don't think we could do just a
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  Speaker 1: game preview with this.
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  Speaker 2: Like we could at other times, other seasons, other big games.
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  Speaker 1: You do have to talk about the, the big picture
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  Speaker 1: goings on at Oklahoma and there in Norman. Is that,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, every, you know, the coaching staff, the team
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  Speaker 1: is going to tell you like, Hey, we're locked in.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to go out and we're going to take
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  Speaker 1: care of business and do all the right things. the
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  Speaker 1: fan sentiment. And then maybe more importantly, like, is this
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  Speaker 1: game important for like Venables tenure? Like if this got
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  Speaker 1: really ugly, could like the, he get turned up on
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  Speaker 1: him enough to where people would be like, all right, man,
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  Speaker 1: this is not working here. Or just how do you
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  Speaker 1: assess just what this game means? Big picture for the
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  Speaker 1: program for rent, uh, specifically like the fan mood of
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  Speaker 1: trying to be bought in on this staff and regime.
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  Speaker 2: Like, What are your thoughts around all of that stuff,
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  Speaker 2: big picture, before we get to the actual game?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, when it comes to BV and having
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  Speaker 3: the defense, the defense has been good. Like the defense
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  Speaker 3: and all the advanced metrics is the top five defense
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  Speaker 3: in the country, which is very depressing to have when
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  Speaker 3: your offense doesn't want to give you that chance to
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  Speaker 3: be able to do it, be able to be great.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that the heat will turn on for him,
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  Speaker 3: but I don't think it's a realistic thought that anybody's
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  Speaker 3: going to consider getting rid of him, mainly because his
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  Speaker 3: defenses are really good. And I've always said that once
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  Speaker 3: his defense starts slipping out of the top 20 in
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  Speaker 3: any given season, then I've got my questions about him
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  Speaker 3: as a coach. But he's still got those dudes up.
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  Speaker 3: They are number five in the country in pass defense,
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  Speaker 3: which is kind of insane if you really think about it.
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  Speaker 3: And they're one of the top 10 teams in total defense.
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  Speaker 3: And that's just the raw numbers. But then you go advanced,
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  Speaker 3: they're like top five, four and three in a lot
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  Speaker 3: of spots, mainly because they do a really good job
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  Speaker 3: of making it hard for everybody else. The problem is,
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  Speaker 3: is the offense is making it really hard on the
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  Speaker 3: defense too. And so for BV in this game, he
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  Speaker 3: has lost three of four games in Red River. Sark
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  Speaker 3: has owned him for the most part. And three of
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  Speaker 3: the four has been like blowouts. So it's been bad
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  Speaker 3: for two of the three losses are blowout. So it
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  Speaker 3: looks bad for BV. He needs to have a bounce
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  Speaker 3: back year. Obviously, this year looks like he's very shaky
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  Speaker 3: because his quarterback doesn't know how to throw the ball
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  Speaker 3: very well anymore. He forgot how to play football. And
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  Speaker 3: so for Sooner Nation, as well as myself, I don't,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people are really like, all right, I'm
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  Speaker 3: still with BV because the defense is just nasty. I
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  Speaker 3: just wish we had more of an offense like we
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  Speaker 3: used to have. And of course I would like that
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  Speaker 3: as well, but that ain't something that just pop up
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  Speaker 3: in the SEC very often. Usually teams with really good
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  Speaker 3: offenses also have really bad defenses. So the balance isn't
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  Speaker 3: there like we would like, but I would like to
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  Speaker 3: win more games 25 to 10 or 30 to 10
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  Speaker 3: and get some points on the board. But it looks
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  Speaker 3: like it's going to be just like last season where
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be like 20 to 15 and 24
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  Speaker 3: to nine type situations. So BV really needs to win
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  Speaker 3: this game. You can't go down three times in a
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  Speaker 3: row to Texas.
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  Speaker 1: The Georgia game, which is certainly the toughest game that
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma has played this year.
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  Speaker 2: The best offense that they've played.
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  Speaker 1: I certainly don't think Texas has the same kind of offense.
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  Speaker 1: They're a little clunky right now, but when you look
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  Speaker 1: at what Oklahoma has done, they forced a punt. Then
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  Speaker 1: they gave up an 80 yard drive. Then they gave
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  Speaker 1: up a 54 yard drive, kind of a small short field, right?
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  Speaker 1: Like that wasn't, that wasn't a super long field. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: you had three turnovers in a row. After those three turnovers, you,
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  Speaker 1: gave Georgia another short field. I'd say the defense was
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  Speaker 1: responsible for a touchdown and a half, you know, maybe
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown in three quarters. Cause you, you did give
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  Speaker 1: Georgia a short field, but at the same time it
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  Speaker 1: was 54 yards. Like they did have to cross midfield.
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  Speaker 1: So the defense isn't completely off the hook there, though.
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  Speaker 1: It was a short field, 14 points to Georgia in the,
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  Speaker 1: in the first half. And then the second half defense
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  Speaker 1: was better, gave up a total of 13 points. Now
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  Speaker 1: the game was, very well decided by that point. So
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to give Oklahoma like all of the
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  Speaker 1: credit in the world, but you know, just to even Georgia, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Just to, you know, a game that was decided, but
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  Speaker 1: a defense that did not break and the dam didn't
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  Speaker 1: open up to where it was an onslaught any worse
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  Speaker 1: than it already was.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're talking to 28 point loss. Um, I
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  Speaker 2: think the defense played well enough in that game.
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  Speaker 1: If you take away the short fields, the turnovers, the
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  Speaker 1: return for a touchdown, the 11 yard drive, like all
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  Speaker 1: those things, you, you probably played well enough to have
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  Speaker 1: the game be competitive. I do think Texas offense is
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  Speaker 1: not as good as Georgia's right. They got the bi-week
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  Speaker 1: just like Oklahoma did, but they still have talent. And
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  Speaker 1: I would almost argue that they probably need to play
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  Speaker 1: even better because they Texas's defense is better than Georgia's
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  Speaker 1: in my estimation.
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  Speaker 2: We'll, we'll see on that.
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  Speaker 1: But I, uh, I think this is one where you're
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  Speaker 1: putting a lot on the defense again and asking them
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  Speaker 1: to be really, really good.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that.
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  Speaker 3: It does. It's over time. You get exhausted of having
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  Speaker 3: to bail out the opposite side of the ball. Like
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  Speaker 3: you said, physically and mentally, physically and mentally. Exactly. Like
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  Speaker 3: think about it. If, if John material doesn't throw the
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  Speaker 3: ball backwards and they return it for a touchdown, well,
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  Speaker 3: The score's 14-7. You know the defense is hyped at
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  Speaker 3: that point. They're like, yeah, let's go. Let's get out there.
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  Speaker 3: And then they're going to turn up the heat to
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  Speaker 3: make it even more challenging for Gunnar Stockton and Mike
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  Speaker 3: Bubbo to really get that offense flowing the way they
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  Speaker 3: want it. Georgia wasn't running the ball like they normally
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  Speaker 3: do all against Oklahoma. Gunnar had his moments of passing,
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  Speaker 3: which you're going to do that. When you play a
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  Speaker 3: good offense, they're going to get some plays. Last season,
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  Speaker 3: Oklahoma against Texas, it was 3-3 at the half because
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  Speaker 3: neither offense could get the ball going. And the big
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  Speaker 3: problem that Oklahoma had was going into the third quarter.
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  Speaker 3: Your quarterback has thrown three interceptions, basically took away two
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  Speaker 3: touchdown opportunities in a field goal by being reckless. Well,
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  Speaker 3: if you get those, you could possibly have been up
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  Speaker 3: 17-3 at the half because your defense was out there
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  Speaker 3: playing lights-out football. How different is that game when you're
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  Speaker 3: up 17-3 rather than going in the half 3-3 and realizing, yeah, guys,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to have to bail this team out for
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  Speaker 3: real because your quarterback's coming back 12 days from thumb surgery?
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  Speaker 3: I feel like that's similar with Georgia. So in this game,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we watched the Tennessee defense and how many
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  Speaker 3: problems they gave Texas in that game. The game was 20-17.
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  Speaker 3: Tennessee had a chance to win. and they couldn't close it.
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  Speaker 3: Oklahoma's defense, to me, is better than Tennessee's. It's a
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  Speaker 3: step up. So we're going to have to see if
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  Speaker 3: Sarkeesian really dials up all the trick plays and the
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  Speaker 3: misdirection to really get this defense thrown off and try
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  Speaker 3: to take advantage of it. Granted. Oklahoma also has some
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  Speaker 3: youth back there in the secondary. Now, they should return
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the players that they've been struggling with,
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  Speaker 3: like Cole Sullivan should be back this week. At linebacker,
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  Speaker 3: one big piece of their linebacker room, Owen Heineke, who
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  Speaker 3: came out of the Georgia game. Hopefully he's back and
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  Speaker 3: ready to go. David Stone should be a lot better
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  Speaker 3: this week compared to where he was against Georgia. He
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  Speaker 3: was still pretty impactful, even with a hurt knee. Oklahoma,
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  Speaker 3: if they can make sure that their key players are
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  Speaker 3: out there playing and running around with their hair on fire,
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  Speaker 3: this game is going to probably end up being a
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  Speaker 3: really close 9-6 game once again.
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  Speaker 1: The thing that I worry about for Oklahoma is kind
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  Speaker 1: of what you just said and what I alluded to earlier.
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  Speaker 1: in that Georgia game where I don't think it happened,
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  Speaker 1: but I could see it happening where the defense just
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  Speaker 1: gets completely worn down. We saw that in that Tennessee game.
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  Speaker 1: And I will say, I think Oklahoma's defense is better
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  Speaker 1: than Tennessee's. I think Tennessee's is top three or four
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  Speaker 1: in the conference. Like it's really good.
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  Speaker 3: It's a really good defense.
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  Speaker 1: And I think they, Jim Knowles has worked wonders there already.
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  Speaker 1: So I think you saw that late in that game.
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  Speaker 1: Now Tennessee's offense was just pathetic. Like it was so bad.
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  Speaker 1: They needed the punt return touchdown, which maybe that's good news. Like,
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  Speaker 1: Maybe Sitanga can take one back and get you in
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  Speaker 1: really good field position or get into the end zone
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  Speaker 1: for you because Texas has been susceptible to that. But
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  Speaker 1: their offense just could not do anything. Their defense kept
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  Speaker 1: getting stop after stop after stop after stop. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: Texas just leaned on them enough in that final drive
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  Speaker 1: to run the ball down their throat.
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  Speaker 2: I can see a similar.
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  Speaker 1: Situation happening with Oklahoma this weekend. And the question for
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  Speaker 1: me is almost not even, and I don't mean to
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  Speaker 1: be so negative about it, but it's almost not even
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  Speaker 1: a situation of if it happens, it's when it happens.
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  Speaker 1: If the offense does not perform, it will eventually happen.
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  Speaker 1: Like I, I would be like, I've watched a lot
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  Speaker 1: of college football. I've seen a I would be shocked
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  Speaker 1: if Oklahoma was able to go out there and hold
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  Speaker 1: Texas under 10 points this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care how good Texas is.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's like, can your offense give you a
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  Speaker 1: 17 to give you a fighting chance? Or can your
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  Speaker 1: special teams pitch in seven? Can your defense give you
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  Speaker 1: a really short field to, to put the offense in
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  Speaker 1: really good position to where it's almost like you can't
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  Speaker 1: not score. Um, so I think that's my question is,
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  Speaker 1: I think if this offense does not do anything for Oklahoma, uh,
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  Speaker 1: The defense will eventually break. The question is, is that
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  Speaker 1: in the second quarter? Is that in the fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 1: Is the defense going to break when you're already up 10?
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  Speaker 1: Because you've played so well, and then you're holding on
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  Speaker 1: for dear life. There's a path to Oklahoma winning this game.
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  Speaker 1: It's very narrow, in my opinion, but the offense has
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  Speaker 1: to do something to help this defense out, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what it comes down to.
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  Speaker 2: You're putting a lot on your defense, I think, this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: If the offense can just give them a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: coming off the bye week, having an extra week to prepare.
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  Speaker 2: Again, Texas got the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: But then you set your defense up for so much
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  Speaker 1: more success. If Oklahoma could go out and score on
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  Speaker 1: the first two drives and be up 10-3 or 10-7
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  Speaker 1: or something and just give the defense a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of confidence and momentum, it could go a long way
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  Speaker 1: towards making this a fourth-quarter game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I agree with you. And that's what we
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  Speaker 3: hope as Sooner fans is that Oklahoma goes out there and,
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  Speaker 3: actually makes it a game making enough of a game
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  Speaker 3: to where the defense doesn't fall apart before the game
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  Speaker 3: ends like fourth quarter there's a possibility but like you
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  Speaker 3: said if Oklahoma's up by a field goal or something
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  Speaker 3: that may actually turn the heat up on this defense
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  Speaker 3: to where they're more excited about the direction this game
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  Speaker 3: is going and they get that second or third win
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  Speaker 3: and young players can come in and they start to
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  Speaker 3: compete more that is what you're hoping for you're hoping
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  Speaker 3: and it's unfortunate because I mean you know being negative
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  Speaker 3: you're not wrong on this is that The Sooners are
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  Speaker 3: going to rely on this defense to be able to
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  Speaker 3: put some points on the board for them in some capacity.
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  Speaker 3: Either by creating very short fields or getting a turnover
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  Speaker 3: in an area or actually scoring a touchdown. They're going
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  Speaker 3: to have to rely on that. That is the desperation
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  Speaker 3: that Oklahoma needs. Or special teams. Satania returning a punt
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  Speaker 3: for a touchdown. Or are we punting the ball to the... Two,
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  Speaker 3: and we force a safety. Things like that, they're going
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  Speaker 3: to need all kinds of ridiculousness to get to this point.
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  Speaker 3: You're hoping that Oklahoma will find a way to just
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  Speaker 3: man up and go straight man-to-man on the field and
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  Speaker 3: run the ball past the ball and play like an
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  Speaker 3: actual football game. But unfortunately, they haven't shown that for
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  Speaker 3: you in your two P4 games. So because of that,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to have to go be more creative and
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  Speaker 3: you just got to lean on that defense, which sucks.
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  Speaker 3: It's not like it hasn't happened before, though. We've actually
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  Speaker 3: seen this team do that. So it's not out of
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  Speaker 3: the realm of possibility. We saw them do that basically
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  Speaker 3: all last season. The defense won the games. We just
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  Speaker 3: need to find a way for the offense to at
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  Speaker 3: least try to contribute just a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, if they can and they have a lead. And
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  Speaker 1: Texas has to throw the ball a little bit more.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm Texas, I want to run this football. I
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  Speaker 1: feel very confident in that. there's been times where arch
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  Speaker 1: has been shaky. Now he's certainly been the better quarterback
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  Speaker 1: coming to this matchup, but there's been times when he's
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  Speaker 1: been shaky. And if you've got him playing from behind
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  Speaker 1: in a second quarter in a game where they are
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  Speaker 1: a 10 point favorite and he's pressing a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He's also shown to his credit.
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  Speaker 1: He can press really hard in the fourth quarter against
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  Speaker 1: Ohio state and score 20 straight points and win the game.
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  Speaker 2: Like, yeah, they can do both.
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  Speaker 1: Right. And so I do think that that puts Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: in a really good spot. I mentioned Texas running the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Their weapons at Texas, as shaky as their offense has been,
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  Speaker 1: as good as Oklahoma's defense has been, the weapons they
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  Speaker 1: have on offense, from Smothers to, you know, Wingo to Coleman,
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  Speaker 1: just all over. The guys are there. Tight end, they
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  Speaker 1: do a good job. I think that presents an interesting...
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  Speaker 1: matchup problem. And it's on Texas to execute. Like I'd say,
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  Speaker 1: Georgia has a better offense than Texas, but Texas has
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  Speaker 1: a more dynamic offense when it's clicking at the, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all the right times, which fourth quarter against Ohio state,
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  Speaker 1: it clicked other times this year.
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  Speaker 2: It hasn't.
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  Speaker 1: So that's what I'm, I'm, I'm interested to see how
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma does match up from a defensive perspective. Cause I
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  Speaker 1: do have a lot of confidence in BV in this defense,
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  Speaker 1: in the talent that's on that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: But I also understand the, And Texas got that same
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  Speaker 1: benefit of the bye week. And they got that same
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  Speaker 1: benefit of two weeks to prepare here and try and
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  Speaker 1: get Arch a little sharper. And they were better in
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  Speaker 1: the second half last year. And they are coming off
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  Speaker 1: of a win against a good Tennessee team, at least
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  Speaker 1: a good Tennessee defense, on the road in Knoxville two
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago. And so those are all kind of like interesting,
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  Speaker 1: you know, things about this game that kind of have
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  Speaker 1: my interest piqued.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, same. I'm really curious to see how– what Sarkeesian
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  Speaker 3: puts together to get everything really rolling for them. Cause
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  Speaker 3: you're right. Like arch has not been as impressive as
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  Speaker 3: you have thunk this year. The team hasn't at all.
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  Speaker 3: Like the offense. And I think that's the craziest part
• 15:11
  Speaker 3: about them is this is like the third or fourth
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: year in a row. Their defense has really carried them
• 15:16
  Speaker 3: as a team. And Sark is a offensive genius type, right? Like,
• 15:21
  Speaker 3: he's the guy that's the quarterback whisperer. It's really just
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: been their defense that's been really carrying a lot of
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: what they're doing. But again, you know, Arch got better
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: as the season progressed, but that was actually at the
• 15:29
  Speaker 3: point where they were kind of out of the running
• 15:32
  Speaker 3: of making the playoffs. You know, that was at the
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: point of three losses. So, you know, they were... but
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: they were building up on something. But those struggles they
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: had on the road against Kentucky, against Mississippi State, you're
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: just like, what the heck is going on? Why can't
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: this offense go out there and put up points? Why
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: can't this offense just go dominate? I mean, you've got
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: back-to-back number one recruits at quarterback that everyone is toting
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: as the number one pick in the next draft every
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: single year. And you're not out there putting up stuff.
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: Now they've got all of these weapons around them and
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: they're still not really having the highest success rate on
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: offense that you would have expected. That's the thing that
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: throws me off. With a guy like Sark, you would
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: have expected that he'd been one of the best. And
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: they're not. Like, it's very confusing. that his offense has
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: not been just churning the way that you would have
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: expected as good of a coach. I mean, I've watched
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: his play design. Fantastic dude when it comes to play design.
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: He's really good at that. He's really good at getting
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: a lot going. But, I mean, that Ohio State playoff game,
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: Ohio State game last year, I mean, they pulled it
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: off this year because Ohio State forgot how to play football,
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: but Ohio State was up for a while, and it
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: felt like they just tried to play not to lose
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: instead of go out there to win. When they just
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: let Arch go out there and play backyard football– They
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: got it going. The offense got it brewing. So for Oklahoma,
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: it's really going to be just doing like they did
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: last year. Contain Arch, keep him under pressure, make him
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: have to get rid of the ball before they really
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: want to, eliminate their ability to run these trick plays
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: that they want to and misdirections, and keep up with
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: their big guns. And I think Oklahoma has the ability
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: to do it.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Talked a lot about what worries you from the Oklahoma perspective,
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: but what about Texas worries you the most in this matchup?
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Like if you take away the fact that Oklahoma is
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: struggling in a lot of areas, what is it about
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: them specifically? Not the rivalry, not, you know, Oklahoma side,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: but what worries you in this?
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's really the defense, right? They have a
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: really strong defense and defensive line. Edge play, especially Colin Simmons.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: He's going to be all over the place. He's going
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: to be a terrorist. Rasheem Biles is always a problem
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: there at linebacker. I think their front seven, to me,
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: is going to be the biggest problem because Oklahoma struggled
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: in that area. And so they struggled in just creating
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: run lanes and stuff that they need to create. But
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: I think there is opportunities for Oklahoma to do that.
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: There is opportunities to go run straight at them because
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: they are very aggressive. So they'll over-pursue. and they'll overplay
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: their hand in some places. Oklahoma has to take advantage
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: of that. But that front seven is terrifying for me
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: because their defense is good. Texas has a very good
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: defense similar to Oklahoma. They're both up there very high
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: in success rate. I think they're both in the 34.
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: Oklahoma's at 31% success rate. Texas is at 34% success
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: rate on defense. So both defenses are doing a great
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: job of forcing everybody to do things that they don't
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: want to do to be successful. Oklahoma's going to have
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: to be prepared for them to really throw the kitchen sink.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: Most likely, Texas is going to have seven to eight
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: people in the box and say, hey, John, beat us
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: with your arm. We triple dog dare you no Sykes.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: And that's going to be the issue because if they
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: triple dog dare you like that, you've got to go
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: after them. You cannot let a triple dog dare sit there,
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: especially with no Sykes. And I think that John has
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: to find a way to get his confidence up in
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: some capacity to rise to the occasion for that. Can he? Man,
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: I don't know. But It ain't at the realm of possibility.
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: We've seen him do it before. He's just got to
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: go out there and do it again.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: Give me a score in this one, Jay. Oh, gosh.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: You wouldn't make me do this. which I think is
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: very disrespectful of you. I feel like.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: You're targeting me as a human being.
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: I got to give a score prediction for FSU Miami
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: in two weeks on about 17 different shows.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: Fair, fair, fair, fair point, fair point. Touche, touche, touche.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: All right. I'm going to maintain my Homer stance. I'm
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: going to go Oklahoma wins this game. I think I'm
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: going to say 17 to like 13 on like– Some
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: ridiculous field goal or something. I think it's going to
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: be a stupid low game. The over-under in this game
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: is like 39.5, which is hilarious.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: I like the under.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: It's very much accurate. Everybody's taking an under because nobody
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: believes in either one of these offenses, which is bananas,
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: but I digress. Give me Oklahoma 17-13.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: I appreciate you. I will not be picking that. FSU
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: next week. There is no bit of Homer left in
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: me after Mike Norvell. You still believe in your coach
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: to some degree. I'm all the way out.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Jay, I appreciate you. Go check out Unfair Sports. We
• 19:59
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• 20:06
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• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Thanks a bunch.