Post Ou Thoughts

[AustinHorn24]

Post game thoughts:
We played hard to the end of the game and were within 7 points at the end of the game.
In the first half of the game our offense played the worst half of football they will play all year. 83 yards, 4 sacks, 3 points. Our offense will not have a worse combined half of football the rest of the season. Just wont.
We have seen and played OU’s offensive and defensive plan for us. They may add some wrinkles, but we have seen it.
Our players did not react and were surprised in the pregame fracas and it got in their head. This will slowly burn in our players psyche.
The OU fans in our area (Hans Mueller) were not hyped over the win and did not want a rematch.
Barring injuries and turn overs in a championship rematch, we beat OU by 7.

OU won't be missing both of their starting tackles in the rematch game, if there is one.

Oklahoma lost the turnover battle -2 and STILL won.

This "ifs and buts" game goes both ways.

 

[Statalyzer]

We tied the game in the third quarter, 10-10 (how bad could the defense really be, at that score?). Then, we scored at the end of the 3rd to be down 20-17 going into the fourth quarter. We scored in mid-4th Q to make it 27-20, needing a stop. We mainly can't cover and tackle Lamb. He's a first-round NFL player, by my observation. They add a TD, so do we, final 34-27

So, the game was actually as close as the score, because the score was the same as the score?

 

[Austin_Bill]

We need us a bad *** stud center like Mike Babb!! Stud guards that can play center or tackle and studs who can play tackle or guard!! Frankly speaking next years oline looks worse than this one!

Our center is a senior and a good leader. He is not a dominate blocker and got his *** kicked last week, but he is still the best center we've had in over 10 years. We will miss Shackleford next year. I actually think we will likely move Kerstetter to C because we just don't have one we can trust.

Why doesn't he come out and admit he and his staff F'ed this game up ? The players talked smack and gave OU a reason to kick our butts unlike last October.

I'm sorry, this is just a stupid post, Why doesn't Herman just quit and let someone else coach the team?

That's not true. Texas almost always outrecruits Oklahoma no matter how many times they beat us.

During 2000-2004 when we lost 5 in a row we still greatly outrecruited the Sooners in every one of those years.

When it comes to talent, Texas and blowu are virtually the same talent wise. To believe otherwise is fantasy.

College refs are generally bad. But I don't honestly believe there is this big conspiracy. Not like the refs get more money. The calls that piss me off the most are the targeting on Sam that doesn't even get reviewed. Refs, protect our players please.

I do. I saw enough of the B12 Championship game and this game to realize that the Refs are giving every advantage possible to getting blowu into the playoffs.

You do realize the powers that be assign refs to games, don't you ? As a ref you don't get paid if you aren't assigned. If you want to be assigned you have to play by the powers' rule. I believe in the conspiracy from seeing way too many calls or no-calls that favor the front-runners in the $EC and as of late the Big12 as well. When was the last time you saw a front-runner get screwed over by the refs in the $EC or Big 12 ? True Texas got screwed last year in several games, but we were not a front-runner for the play-offs. IF Texas gets another shot at OU, just watch what happens with the calls. They won't be so blatant that the wife and dog will see, but they will be there until the game is in hand. It doesn't have to be a whole heck of a lot to sway a game. Games are won or lost on just a hand full of plays, so it only takes a few flags or no-flags on holding or PI, etc...to turn a game for a team.

The sooner we are out of this conference the better. I'm sick of having to face both blowu and the refs every time we play them.

And BJ Foster is one of my favorite players. But he was hurt and had no business being in the field.

After the game I was most pissed at our coaches for letting him play. If our coaches don't respect the health of our players, why should the Refs or the other team.

OU won't be missing both of their starting tackles in the rematch game, if there is one.

Oklahoma lost the turnover battle -2 and STILL won.

This "ifs and buts" game goes both ways.

blowu wasn't missing their starting tackles last week, that was a BS ploy by Riley to keep our coaches guessing. It's one of those "Art of War" things. Pretend you are weak where you are strong, and pretend you are strong where you are weak.

 

[Austin_Bill]

Of all the things about the loss last week that pissed me off

1. playing Foster is by far the worst decision we made. As I said above, if we don't respect the health of our players why should we expect the Big 12 refs or the opposing teams do so. He had no reason being out there.

2. We talked so much crap to come out and lay and egg like we did. We made them look way better than they are.

3. Blocking. we looked like we have never done it before. 9 sacks is just crazy.

4. Refs - we need to understand and accept that when we face these guys, we are going to not only be playing against them, but also the refs. This is the world we live in, and we just have to make them call the game level or put the whole big 12 on notice that we will leave and destroy your conference. I don't expect special treatment, I expect a unbiased official crew.

 

[nashhorn]

After the game I was most pissed at our coaches for letting him play.

Same, well that and the loss.

 

[VYFan]

So, the game was actually as close as the score, because the score was the same as the score?

Ha!
Usually that “not as close as the score showed” applies when there is a blowout in the making—say 31 to nothing, and the team in the lead coasts in with backups and the score ends up 38-28 or something. A game that is 10-10 in the 3rd and 20-17 in the 4th is not one where OU just let up and let us have points that didn’t matter—even the last TD in my opinion.

But yes, perhaps I am arguing a tautology.

 

[Statalyzer]

Oh that's fair, this definitely isn't that situation and yeah, usually it means something like how Auburn 28, A&M 20, doesn't really reflect that A&M wasn't in a close game in the 4th quarter. Or back when we lost to UCLA 49-31 but it was 35-3 at one point.

After all, the point is to score, so scoring is probably a better measure of how close the game is than anything else. And we were in the game with OU all the way until the end. But I don't think we played in a manner that was likely to lose by 7 most of the time. Maybe there's a better way to say that than "Not as close as the score", but if you kept rewinding time to Saturday morning but ensured that both teams would play in a similar manner as in reality, I would expect most of the games to be more like 20 points than 7.

 

[ViperHorn]

An oddity is developing:

• Texas loses to LSU on 07 September
• Texas loses to ou on 12 October
• Texas loses to ou in the CCG
• Texas loses to LSU in the Sugar Bowl

Texas end up 10-4, but only loses to two teams. Texas doesn't need to be a part of this type of weird records.

 

[MajesticII]

I don't think Texas loses to LSU in a rematch, if they get one. Texas should have most everyone healthy by the bowl game. If Herman puts a good game plan together Texas should beat LSU by 10 to 17 points. Should have beaten them the first time. The only reason Texas won't beat OU in the CCG is 1) may not get there 2) refs will not allow OU to miss out on play-offs just like last year. The ESPN powers want a Tua vs Hurts matchup in the play-offs. They will not let anyone beat OU until then.

 

[AC]

Knee jerk again. Refs can’t decide who wins most games. But I do think the 2018 ccg should have been a 1-2 point game not a 12 point game. But OU would have won either way. Refs jobed us on a touchdown and gave OU a TD drive that we could/should have held to a FG. Anyway, I think we beat OU in a rematch. If the reps change the outcome of the game. We need to file a grievance with the Big12.

 

[TEXnSEATTLE]

AC,
The flaw in Herman's plan, if it is one, is that the refs will cheat like hell for OU to win the Big 12 and get to the play-offs...Its $$$$$$$ for the conference and the powers that be are all behind it. To get the refs on your side you have to be in contention for the play-offs, and OU is that team now that they beat us.

sorry, I am not buying a conspiracy theory...there are fifty cameras recording anything and everything….

 

[zuckercanyon]

I fear we will lose two more this season if injuries don't fully get healed. There'll be some teams that get hot in the second half (or have a great game against us, which teams do most of the time anyway).

 

[nashhorn]

sorry, I am not buying a conspiracy theory...there are fifty cameras recording anything and everything….

This is true but if not reviewable it does not matter. I’m telling you on camera I saw a deliberate face mask on Eagles, after and away from the play, by #4 that was somehow completely missed. It infuriated me no end. Only saw it when I watched the game on DVR, didn’t catch it live - just like ref. But I’m not being paid to watch like the ref is.

 

[TEXnSEATTLE]

This is true but if not reviewable it does not matter. I’m telling you on camera I saw a deliberate face mask on Eagles, after and away from the play, by #4 that was somehow completely missed. It infuriated me no end. Only saw it when I watched the game on DVR, didn’t catch it live - just like ref. But I’m not being paid to watch like the ref is.

This is true....we'll just have to get so good that we can score 50 points to their 49....I would settle for that!

 

[MajesticII]

Cameras don't matter..... Even reviewable plays refs can cheat. I've seen many plays get reversed that shouldn't or many get left as called when they should be reversed. Then you have those plays that are not reviewable at all..... refs can cheat like hell and there is nothing anyone can do about it. They can get away with cheating. They fine coaches and ADs when they call refs out. It doesn't take much to turn a game when teams are equal in talent, and takes very little when the team they want to win is better anyway.

 

[dukesteer]

An oddity is developing:

• Texas loses to LSU on 07 September
• Texas loses to ou on 12 October
• Texas loses to ou in the CCG
• Texas loses to LSU in the Sugar Bowl

Texas end up 10-4, but only loses to two teams. Texas doesn't need to be a part of this type of weird records.

Or, we go 1 & 1 against both LSU & OU...

 

[AustinHorn24]

Upon rewatching the game tape it's obvious OU cheated in other areas as well.

OU had 12 players on the field on at least 3 plays that the refs missed.

Also in addition to the 2 dozen holding penalties that the refs missed, OU also had 4 false start penalties that were not called in that game.

Unbelievable.