Missouri Game Post-Mordem Report

I know that those signs were hurtful and not in any way respectful. I seriously doubt that you would see signs like that at a Nebraska home game. I could only “reason” that MU has been pushed around for most of their existence so I feel that the spotlight was on them last night and they went berzerk. You know, there is a lot to be said of “acting like you’ve been here before”.

Jason…exactly my point.  We are the laughing stock of the Big 12 right now.

Can someone explain to me why we threw the ball on third and two twice in the first half?  Am I missing something here?  Do we really have no confidence in getting two yards on, possibly, two running plays?  Has Callahan ever considered…I don’t know, misdirection?  Seems to work pretty well against us, maybe we should consider trying to fool our opponents occasionally (teams are still running the dreaded “end-around” every game).  Are you telling me that we have an eight pound playbook and not one counter play in there?

And I’m not even going to touch on the defense, other than…three man front?  All game?  Worked so well at the beginning…Daniel looked scared…right.  The only thing Daniel had to be worried about, is how he’ll look on TV along with the words “Heisman hopeful”.  My guess is, pretty good as long as they show his Nebraska game highlights.  I have nothing to stay positive about anymore.  Time and time again we see no passion and no intensity from a team that obviously doesn’t believe in what they are doing…and these players know when something is not working, yet they are asked to continue with little to no adjustments.  No wonder they give up!  I would give up to if I knew something wasn’t going to work and I was told to do it over and over…and over.  I thought the only time you were supposed to do things repeatedly was WHEN IT WAS WORKING!!!

HOW CAN I STAY POSITIVE WHEN THE ONLY TIME NEBRASKA IS SHOWN ON ONE OF THOSE TV NETWORK ADVERTISEMENTS OF FOOTBALL TEAMS IS WHEN THEY SHOW ONE OF THEIR OPPONENTS MAKING A HUGE PLAY AGAINST THEM?

Wake and Ball State stood as ominous warnings of the Huskers weaknesses as the Big 12 schedule approached.  What warnings does this Mizzou game have for us as we look at the rest of the Big 12 schedule?  I don’t want to be negative either, but besides what I hope for, the reality is we have 6 very tough games in front of us and so far we have seen little signs of improvement (in our running game and d).

Few of us buy into the inferior talent excuse anymore…and that leaves us with poor schemes, emotion/motivation, lack of fundamentals (ie, tackling), confidence, and lack of teamwork.  Where else can we pin these problems on, but to the coaching staff? 

I don’t know how many more embarasements Husker nation will have to indure this year, but the other question is how many more are we going to tolerate?

And one last thought…the icing on the cake if you will.  Husker football is about intensity, emotion, hard work, pride, and tradition.  We can accepts losses, but not a team that does not display these traits. And not a coaching staff that doesn’t instill these traits. 

When you get right down to it, Nebraska should be 2-4 right now.  They did not deserve to win against Ball State or Wake F.

If some of you found the signs offensive, tough.  Everyone likes to see the big man fall and boy has he fallen.  NU has not been the power house team since the Coach “O” days.  Failing to get it done in the big games time and time again.  This loss last night marks 3 times in a row at Columbia that the Huskers have been dominated by the Tigers.

Not since 1958 has Nebraska FAILED to score a touchdown on their opponents.  The term blackshirt is a joke anymore.  If anything the true blackshirts were the guys across the ball from NU last night.

While NU should squeak (yes I said it) out a few more victories this season.  I look for them losing to a couple of Kansas teams as well.  I hope for their pride’s sake (NU’s) that they don’t finish next to last in the North.

I don’t know where to start. I guess first that Missouri has been in the spotlight before and they have been a fairly successful winning team through many seasons. Also, for many years Nebraska was the one team that we couldn’t seem to beat.  It looks like the monkey is off our backs on that one. This is SWEET!!!

The hit that you speak about by Pig Brown is being overdramatized. The ball was sailing over the Nebraska receivers head and it sure looked like Pig jumped trying to catch the ball forgetting or possibly not knowing exactly where the Nebraska player was that he collided with. It did not look like an intentional head shot by any means.

Missouri actually scored 48 points but the refs screwed up and only allowed 41. Chase Coffman’s catch with a foot in bounds at the side of the end zone was definitely a touchdown but somehow the refs ruled it incomplete.

You guys have a good team. Are you going to win the national championship this year? Probably not! You can’t do that every year. If you always did so there would be no fun in watching college football. Give Missouri a little credit here. This team is very good! The defense showed that it can stop a good offense and hold them out of the end zone for an entire game. We Missouri fans were very worried about our defense and they have shown us that they are getting better as the season goes on. You have a good offense and we have a good defense.

As for the comments about our fans and the trick play we ran. Don’t be a poor sport. Your fans can be just as nasty as any in college football. I’ve seen it. The salt in the wound thing was funny and your fans are just as likely to have come up with that at one of your games.  The trick play was GREAT. Pinkel obviously respects your teams ability to come back in a quick way and I’m sure he wanted to put every point he could on the board to make sure the Tigers could seal the victory.  If it was 72-0 and he ran that play I would agree that it was piling on the points but this was not the case.

I hope the best for your team. If they win the rest of their games that would be awesome. It would make this one even sweeter for us.

What’s frightening to me is that most of you seem to believe that staying positive is some kind of fix for a program that has gone totally wrong and out of control.  I am not the type of fan that quotes stats and uses my knowledge of footbal to justify bad behavior.  Did anyone see the interview in the third quarter with the radio annoucer who played for Nebraska in Coach O’s last championship season.  What did he say?  They (the Cornhuskers) don’t seem to have team spirit, team confidence and/or team committment.  Tell me all the technical reasons we lost the game and then tell me even if technically we played deacesent, we would have still lost. Football is a team sport and if your team cannot play together confidently and execute with committment then you will still lose.

  This programs stinks at the head first!  Starting with Mr. Pederson who obiviosly has some pictures out there in Casllahan’s back pocket he doesn’t want the public to know about.

  Tell me again why we just renewed Callahan’s contract when we fired a good coach in an 8-3 season. 

  Why are we not calling for Callahan’s head on a platter?

  A coaches first job is too bring several people together to play with committmnet and confidence as a team.  Has Callahan not failed in that endeavor for Oh how long, 4 years?

steve underwood,

Good win, enjoy your 15 minutes in the spotlight.

Gosh, next week vs the Sooners—too bad for ya’ll….

You know ze, thats a real despicable kind of thing to write to someone who’s being a gracious victor.  You’re the worst kind of fan.

And are you gonna GUARANTEE that Sooner victory?  Sheesh…

Funny post.  Want some cheese with that whine?

Now I’m no Missouri fan here, but goodness sakes this was a really sorry excuse for an analysis of NE’s loss.

I agree, Nebraska is pretty weak this year in no small part to their lousy defense.  Still, whining about the coach “running up the score” seems a bit silly when you look at the scores Nebraska has enjoyed against opponents for so many years. It’s quite obvious that Nebraska fans are still trying to find their way on how to be a “good” loser.

If you really want to be objective and fair,Brent is 100% right. I can remember Nebraska beating Minnesota 63-0, IN THE FIRST HALF! Look, it’s the same at Oklahoma, it’s fun and games when you win big and easy to clap for the losing team when they are leaving the field after your team TOTALLY demoralizes them. Then we consider ourselves “CLASSY” fans. We are so thoughtful and considerate of their feelings, don’t you know. No, I think all rtionale goes out the door when YOU are on the opposite end of a good butkicking. Now it’s not so fun. Brad was right, OU took a long hiatus from college football and we took our lumps, no doubt. These things take time to repair and the first step,obviously, is to identify the problem and then fix it. Cut your losses if needed but wait to do it after the season, for the kids sake, if nothing else.

As a die hard husker fan, I can make the following observations about the game.

1. Mizzu looked great

2. Our coaches looked lost

3. It looked like his foot was inbounds.

4. The Salt-Wound sign was FUNNY!

5. It’s gonna be a long season

Anyone remember when Callahan first came to Nebraska and promised championships? Even under Solich Nebraska still won games. I was living in CA when Callahan was coach at Oakland and everyone hated him there—and that was the year they went to the SuperBowl. The guy needs to go.

On a side note, it’s great to see MO become a great football program the last few years. The Big 12 needs programs like this especially in the North division. If we ever get a new coach I imagine we will have some great matchups.

I want heart out of nebraska.  I want spirit.  I want a sense of purpose… remember that sign…“I play for Nebraska”  I want that to be what it is all about.  Where is that Brandon Ringoni Balls out play!?!  I didn’t feel it last night.

I am a life long huskers fan…while i am not that old I never turn off a game until last night…in the third quarter I turned it off.  I couldn’t handle the lack of HEART.  So I turned it off.  I want SOME TEAM SPIRIT. 

So with that I offer some suggestions to BC…Nebraska had a rough time with this before and had a council of some kind I think it was called the spirit council. The council had selected players that offered their input.  That is what TO did, why not give it a try.

OU7times et al,

Sorry, but scoring 63 points in a half is not running up the score. If you call a run play and a guy breaks for a touchdown that’s too bad. What’s the kid supposed to do, stop and take a knee? When there’s time left on the clock you have to continue to play the game and if you’re that good then I feel bad for the other team but that’s tough. Running up the score is running trick plays late in the game with a huge lead or running passing plays when there’s less than a minute left. I seem to remember against Nevada we had the ball inside the ten but we took a knee to let the clock run out. That’s what a team with class should do. I don’t care how bad we get I’ll always be a Husker fan if we continue to show that kind of class.

Nebraska is irrelevant, nationally this year.

Missouri is irrelevant’s stepchild, Steve Underwood.

The clock is ticking on Mizzou’s 15 minutes of mild fame. Savor the flavor, the moments.

When it’s over this year, will Tigg’s be in the Top Ten?

Show me…..

As a distant admirer of the Nebraska Football program, I have to say that what is going on up there has a lot us around the country baffled.

Your A.D gave this clown Callahan a 5 year contract extension:  What on earth for?  Nebraska looks just awful on both sides of the ball.

I live in Georgia, and am an SEC fan.  But you wuld be amazed at the number of folks down here who love the Huskers.  But, what is happening right now is driving folks away.

Folks, let me tell you something:  Either ya’ll gonna’ get the fellas up there with the money to buy Mr. Callahon out of that rediculous contract, then get rid of your athletic director, or your program is quickly going to become Notre Dame:  A laughing stock.  As for your entire defensive coaching staff:  What exactly do they have to do in order to be shown the door?  Do it now!  This season is over; you are going 6and 6 at best!

I’m reminded of a children’s story titled ‘The Emporer has no Clothes’. Summed up, the story is about an emporer who just wants people to agree with him. Because of the shortcoming he gets fooled into believing he purchased expensive clothes, when in fact he paid a lot of money for nothing. Because he will not tolerate anyone disagreeing with him, no one will tell him that he is almost naked when he parades through town showing off the imaginary fine clothes he has bought. Finally, a small child without fear points out that the emporer has no clothes. What has Nebraska gotten for all the money, support and changes it’s made to a once proud program….? Do we really have clothes?

Yea, J MO. Waste your energy and time on what really matters here, running a trick play. Gosh, lets have it both ways, OK. If it’s the first half its fine but if YOUR team is getting the crap kicked out of them then it’s “WAAAAHHH” they scored on us late in the second half. Were they not lined up for a chip shot field goal, anyway? Now you’re pissed because they made a play that netted 7 points instead. I’m sure they didn’t want to get screwed out of another obvious touchdown. I think your feelings are hurt also (see wittle bitty bwad)that MU could score on you and did so at WILL!Your suffering from “I’m used to pushing Utah St. around” syndrom. Heh,heh. Dude tell me once again how much “class” you have as a Husker fan. I haven’t heard any MU fans on this blog rubbing salt in the wound (funny), but they sure as hell could. About all I’m hearing is “Missouri is pathetic” and other derogatory remarks. Here’s one for ya, as far as Nebraska taking a knee at the 10 yrd line? Nebraska’s offensive genius probably didn’t have a play designed for a 10 yrd gain.It just appeared to be classy. Your fans were LEAVING IN THE 3rd QUARTER.“If we can’t stomp them to death, we’re leaving” Tell me once again who has class. Which is it, do you have class or not?. Grow up, this team stinks, welcome to mediocrity, GET OVER IT!

“We’re not ready to hand the Big 12 over to the Oklahomas and the Texas’” I’m sorry Mr. Pederson, what did you say?

Or the Oklahoma State’s or the Missouri’s or the…

I am stationed in Alabama and our problems are starting to look just like Alabama’s during the Shula years except we did not have the sanction problems.  They had just given Shula a contract extension and then promptly fired him and his whole staff.  Our team is playing like an infantry company without any proper leadership.  I have seen this time and again in the military.  The only thing that really works is to find true leaders who care about the football program and understand what this team means to our state.  Steve Pederson wanted to make a huge splash back in 2003 with a big name hire and he couldn’t and settled for a coach who was out of work.  While commend Missouri for playing a good game and have no problem with any of the signs or anything else.  I hope they go on to win the Big 12 North, they deserve it.  Why would any Missouri fans waste their time on a Nebraska website? The hit by Pig Johnson brought back memories of the cheap shot on Jarvis Redwine in 1978 on the extra point.  When I get deployed to Iraq next year I will still cheer on the Huskers.  I would just like Steve Pederson to define what he thinks is mediocracy?  Stuck in Alabama.

Military Husker, That would be a definite NO GO on the mention of any future deployments, down range or other. Keep OPSEC first and foremost.

I used to destroy furniture after a Husker loss, but 10 years of Solich & Callahan have worn me out.  I flipped it over to watch what NU’s defense could have been & never went back.  I’ll still watch & root for the Huskers, but I guess I’ll pull for the Sooners as the Big 8’s (don’t recognize the SWC) representative.  And I hate that.

Steve Underwood, I don’t agree with all of your assesment of the game but I think you made some valid points.  Congrats to MO for a big win and good luck with the rest of your season!  I just want to thank Purify for his commitment to Nebraska during a very tough time in his life. I think all of us in HuskerNation would agree that puting your team first was a class move, and I cannot imagine how tough a decision that must have been….God Bless you Maurice!!!

OU7,

BTW,

I very much enjoyed watching the RRR yesterday!  I actually found myself rooting for both teams as it was such a great game.  But am happy the Sooners won in the end….

OU has some great looking athletes all around and D. Murry is the 2nd coming of Billy Simms.

I will say that Chase Daniels is probably the best QB in the nation at that spread offensive thingy, at least he was last night.  But he’s still going to get rocked by the Mighty Sooners:  GUARANTEED!

GeorgiaHusker,

Nothing personal, but what on EARTH happened to them DAWGS yesterday?!  They looked like the SEC’s version of the ‘07 Huskers and TN looked like the Huskers of ‘95.

WOW!

ZE, I don’t think Colt McCoy was at 100%. He had a phenom completion rate bt I think he still suffers from his concussion. I would say lucky for us but a concussion isn’t lucky for anyone. Look out for KU, those guys are for real.

Steveunderwood,

bull crap Pig Brown was going for the ball. He jumped, pulled his arms in and lowered his head.

We will not surrender last place to Iowa St or Baylor!

Your comment about the defense is right on!  It seems to me that as the season progresses we are stubbornly jamming square pegs into round holes by not playing to our strengths.  Its my opinion that we’re trying to be too cute on Offense and Defense. 

[On the Defense]When your d-line is the recognized weakness of your defensive squad why put it on them to win the ball game?  Thats exactly what we did with the three man front and dropping eight into coverage.  You could tell from the first snap that this was not going to work.  Especially when you have Mulitple Huskers bunched up on three recievers leaving the remaning two wide open, (Usually Rucker and Coffman) the better play would have been to load up the line and go after Chase IMO.  at least we could have hit the guy a couple times and maybe force them to keep a T-end or two around to block.  This gameplan worked last year because of Carriker and Moore.  Thats all.

[About the Offense] Every football player since Pee Wee knows how to run a simple Half back Dive or Iso play.  They are some of easiest plays in football to understand and are basic strength vs strength plays.  With our oversized offensive line why not trying running that on third and 2 instead of our insistence on running the ridiculous zone blocking plays or force ourselves out on to the perimeter and right into the speed of thier defense.  They are soft in the middle, and we would have had success there.  Also where were the deep crosses?  why do we keep running screens and underneath routes.

Callahan, Cosgrove et’al need to do some serious re-evaluating on what there game planning should be going forward.  if Keller has to run to the sideline after every play (like Joe Dailey) then I think we have a serious problem. 

OU7,

L’il Colt played a helluva game and TX was hitting harder than I’ve seen from them in a long time—like one would expect from those guys.  They need more of a running game; Charles is good but not great.

Bradford looked great again and I’m just totally envious of OU’s athletes.  They all look like thoroughbred stallions.  It’s funny that Sooner boards are as smack filled as any other.  OU Fan should be thanking their lucky stars.

It’s crazy that both NE and OU let Bo P. slip thru their fingys!  Unbelievable!

I think OU is, as of now, my default team for the the rest of the season.  Big Red is breaking my fragile heart.  We have very good players too and I want to see them perform!

p.s. please, please put a smackdown on Mizzou this week, especially ‘Pig’ Idiot.  I can’t wait for that game! :)

ou7,

Well, I don’t think KU is the real deal.  They have a decent passing game and a big back, but they don’t impress me that much.  Mizzou is better than them.

KSU is an ongoing mystery.

For those that think they were running up the score….it’s NU’s job to stop them. 

Congrats to MU on a good victory, well deserved as that offense looks very good.

And whoever said NU fans only applaud the visiting team when we kick the crap out of them doesn’t follow college football and deserves to be in a room full of bouncy balls.  We applaud win OR lose.  Learn your facts before you start talking. 

Scott, you never heard me say “only” when Nebraska wins and I also included Oklahoma as doing the same. Try reading the whole post before talking crap. Your just sensitive right now. Pace yourself it’s going to get alot worse before it gets better. Do yourself a favor, get YOUR facts straight,pal.

I was going to comment on the game but will address this to Mr. Underwood instead.  Enjoy it now.  Relish the fake FG.  Sure Pig made a legitimate football play on a ball that was not catchable.  It wasn’t headhunting at all.  What goes around comes around and I can’t wait until the order is restored (whenever that may be).  We will be back and that fake FG will get it’s appropriate response.  Obviously you guys are on full tilt right now cause you keep guys like Gabbert at home due to the great program you have, oh yeah we got him.  Enjoy it.  We’ll F5 Missouri in due time. You might’ve passed Texas and Colorado to the top of teams I hate the most in the conference after this.

This downfall started with the firing of Solich. I wonder what % of fans were in favor of it? Not me. It continued with not retaining Pelini as DC. Some of the assistant coaches who were aging and didn’t recruit anymore had to go. Callahan was hired as an almost “good enough” or the “best we can find right now” coach. A season after a superbowl appearance (and a big loss) his team has a losing record. Instead of transitioning option players slowly into the WCO his infinite wisdom produced a losing season for the first time in decades. One of those losses a 70-10 blowout on national TV. This Missouri loss was actually a much worse beat down than the TT game. The defense couldn’t muster any pass rush and #4 Larry Assante got burned and was out of position on nearly every big play. Has anyone from the defense done the skull and crossbones sign after a good defensive play all year?? I hate to say this, but Missouri looked and played better at every single position. This is partially the result of not practicing the 1’s against the 1’s. I will continue to root for Nebraska and cheer them on (when they do something to cheer about), but this team….these guys…seem like imposters. What did Callahan do with the real Huskers? Sadly these are the real Huskers.

The hit by Pig on Purify was a dirty shot. When the announcers call it that way and one of the officials gave him an earfull, there is no doubt it was a cheap shot. The fake field goal was Missouri running up the score. Nebraska most recently was guilty of this against Northwestern on a trick play in 2000 with a Davison pass to Newcombe in the 4th quarter leading by 35. I as a Nebraska fan didn’t think that play was a good call at all. 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black…blindsiding defenseless fans, flipping off the crowd, throat slashes…etc ANYONE from Nebraska talking about class needs to look in the mirror.  Enjoy your time in the cellar.

Tigger ‘man,

Let’s see, Misery, no CC since, what was it, ‘68, and no CC this year and definitely not ‘08.  And it all starts this weekend for you guys.  ‘Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner…la, lala, la…..’

Come on back and tell all of us here how the Mighty Chase and ‘Pig’ are going ‘bring it’ to Sooner Nation!

My bad, Tiggers shared the Big 8 Title with Big Red in ‘69.  They won it outright in ‘60.

Nothing since then though.  Sorry, my bad….

Easy Ze, Heh,heh. I look for this game (OU-MU) to be very, very close. A coin flip really. Did you see how “jacked up” MU was flying around. That team is fast! Our defense should be better but MU scores really quick. I hope you are right, Ze, please be careful. I think MU is even better than Colorado.

JMO’sNDENIAL2,

Can you read? Did I say the Huskers or anybody associated with them are always classy? I said that’s what a team should do. Anyway, I love how you judge me based on other fans remarks. How you can presume to know whether I have class based on one post I made is beyond me. Believe it or not, I can’t remember ever doing anything disrespectful to the fans of any other team. I simply wanted to make that point because I know one of the reasons a lot of people hate the Huskers is because we would beat teams 60 to nothing back in the day. Seriously, what are you supposed to do, take three knees and then punt the ball after you established a large lead? Really, I want to know?

OU7,

Buddy, here’s how I see it.

  Mizzou had two weeks to prepare for a less than average NE.  Even Coach Unipolar can put together a good game plan under those conditions.  Plus he had time to pray to whomever his personal diety is to mitigate his inborn tendency to choke; i.e. the infamous pINKY fACTOID.

Their players were all rested and jacked up, especially after trouncing a bunch o’ serious cupcakes—less the Zooksters(whom they should’ve lost to).

They played a flawless game and the decades of frustration with them in relation to BR has been temporarily appeased.

Now they’re pumping out their chests like a bunch o’ proud peacocks, but….uh hmmm….

REALITY TIME:

1)OU has superior athletes across the board w/o a doubt.

  2)Stoops is a bad a$$$.

  3)The way you stop that spread thingy is to blow up the O line and harrass the QB all day, which OU undoubtedly has the defense to do.  They also shouldn’t have much problem locking down MO’s receiving corp since their dbs and lbs are faster and disciplined.

  4)MO has only one great game per year in them at best and they just fizzled that one away vs NE.

  5)Home field advantage to Sooners.

  6)Intimidation factor goes to Sooners.

  7)Oh yeah, I forgot:  Sooner O will have little problem doing whatever they want to vs MO’s D.  Even NE having a bad night moved the ball on them fairly well.

  8)Yankees are gone and BoSox are going for the pennant; IOW, the stars are aligned in your favor.

9)Sooner’s still have a chip on their shoulder and something to prove.  Misery thinks they’ve arrived already.

  10)Tiggers have Pig who’s good for at least 1-3 personal fouls(cheap shots) per game: = 45+ free yards to use as you please.

  11)A letdown is inevitable for MO, they just aren’t good or mature enough to handle their success.  They will make a number of mistakes.

  Don’t worry my friend, Tigger Nation won’t be posting on your boards next Sun., or here FTM.

OU7times,

I apologize…you didn’t say “only”.

Here in Nebraska we don’t think we’re “classy” because we applaud a losing team when they walk off of the field.  It goes way, way beyond that.  It’s how we treat the other teams fans and players when we see them on the street or sitting in a sea of red all by themselves.  It’s a way of life for a lot of people around here…not everyone…but for a lot of people it is.  NU fans and OU fans are the best in College Football, bar none. 

So please get your facts straight as well and I will do the same. 

Scott, No need to apologise. I’m sorry and for the denial comment, too. Look forward to future discussions on how to get this think upright and working again.

Scott, correction. I meant to say sorry for the “talking crap” comment. I’ll work on the facts also.

Ze, today I was listening to the sports show out of KCMO with Kevin Keetsman. He had Coach Pinkel on and had a nice interview. Now, bear with me because this does have to do with Nebraska’s race for the B-12 North title. After the interview with coach he said what I had been thinking, and that was that he thought the wrong team is favored in the OU-MU game. I have to tell you that I feel OU will lose by a touchdown or less. I just can’t put my finger on exactly why I feel that way except that OU’s play is a bit erratic right now. On paper, OU should have won by a lot more than 7 against Texas, but struggled. Don’t be suprised if MU does win straight up,in this one.

OU7,

Well, if OU doesn’t come to play, MO certainly can win—I mean, Stanford could win.

You guys played TX last week, and TX was playing to win.  TX has a better D than MO, but MO’s offense is probably better.  I still think OU will slap Daniels around though, and can’t wait to see that cocky punk on his backside in that game.  There’ll be no more Heisman hype for him after this one.

  Again, MO’s 15 seconds of fame, gonzo!

I just don’t see anything but an OU W here.

I looked at the footage from the NE/MO game and MO didn’t really stop us that much, we just couldn’t convert in the red zone on plays that were there.  MO brought more pressure in the 2nd half which was effective, but we still moved the ball fairly easily.

MO had rest and prep and played almost flawlessly, w/o TOs.  That will not happen vs OU, MO just is not that good of a team to play an A game two weeks in a row.  Plus, OU’s D is very good and can disrupt Mo’s flow better than NE did.  Reggie Smith will get a pick six.

  MO’s TEs are probably their best players, but OU can cover them.

I just don’t see MO stopping OU’s O at all and I’m getting excited about watching D. Murray shread them for some long TD runs.  It’s going to happen.  Lucky was close to that a few times.

Malcolm Kelly will also have a great game.

Barring TOs by OU, they will win by at least 2 tds.  You watch.

I think Kietz may have been leading him a little bit in that interview, but I agree with Pinkel.  I do think that OU should be the underdog in that game (at least by Vegas line standards), but I still think that OU will win close, late.  Boy, the Big XII north has really flipped everything on its head this year, haven’t they?

Sooners by 14+.....

and Oklahoma St…