Baker is a good cautionary tale about being the #1 pick. Expect to have to wade through several HC's and OC's because the team picking you sucks and needs someone to blame, until they get to you.
At this point, I'm not sure Baker would be good on a good team. Hopefully he'll get traded to a better team and get 1 more shot. His career looks like it's going to be Sam Bradford 2.0.
The one that shocks me is how well Jalen Hurts is doing. I didn't think he'd make it in the pros with his weak arm, but from what I've read, he's playing very well.
I find it comical how much the media doesn't like him. He has his passes batted down in a game and the media rails on him whereas another QB will have the same amount and receive zero attention. Bashing Bake gets clicks I suppose as to bashing Fields.
That all sounds great, but we don't have any QBs who can throw a deep ball accurately. Once in a bluest of moons, Gabriel will hit one. I think the last one was against Nebraska or Kent State. But the fact of the matter is, he does not possess the skill set of the previous OU QBs since Baker. He doesn't regularly hit strikes down field like Baker or Kyler did. He can't even hit them with the frequency of Caleb Williams.
He late on his long throws and no team fears our long passes.
That all sounds great, but we don't have any QBs who can throw a deep ball accurately. Once in a bluest of moons, Gabriel will hit one. I think the last one was against Nebraska or Kent State. But the fact of the matter is, he does not possess the skill set of the previous OU QBs since Baker. He doesn't regularly hit strikes down field like Baker or Kyler did. He can't even hit them with the frequency of Caleb Williams.
He late on his long throws and no team fears our long passes.
We should’ve had one on Saturday but Marvin Mims was doing his best Adron Tennell impression. Not the easiest catch but should’ve been made imo.
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Well, OU managed to win 2 games while I was out of the country the past couple of weeks. Maybe it's me?
All kidding aside, I expected OU to beat Kansas without Daniels, and Iowa State with no offense whatsoever. Dekkers sucks, and the 3-3-5 is still a gimmick that no one is winning a national championship with.
I'm still very skeptical about OU's chances in the remaining games. oSu looks the most vulnerable after the way KSU dismantled them. But as overrated as Sanders is, he can still run & OU's defense can't stop a running QB, or a QB with a halfway decent arm.
Even WVU scares me now with the way they've been playing lately. Baylor's looking much better lately too. I remembered speculating OU would lose 4-5 games after losing so many players on D and losing Caleb Williams and Kennedy Brooks. As usual, I didn't trust my gut and I let myself be influenced by the hype. I revised my preseason prediction up to a 3 loss season. I knew better, but I never want to believe it will be as bad as I know it's going to be. Thats the problem with being a fan.
Definitely no easy games left. Could lose every one, but also could win every one (personally don't believe either will happen). I do believe the defense has improved to some extent and is at least not giving up so many easy plays. Bowman continuing to get healthy and playing more will help. As I posted last week, I would take a 7-5 finish with a bedlam win at this point.
This Pelosi story is getting weirder and weirder. We are definitely not getting the truth though.
The guy is an insane illegal from Canada. You'd think he could have found somebody in power in Canada to attack, and stayed out of our mess.
100% BS. If that guy violently strated striking Ole Paul, they would've shot him dead. Intruder assaulting someone and they don't get shot? Someone opens the door while the two are fighting over a hammer? SF PD getting paid
He late on his long throws and no team fears our long passes.
We should’ve had one on Saturday but Marvin Mims was doing his best Adron Tennell impression. Not the easiest catch but should’ve been made imo.
Mims had a bad day for sure, they were 0-5 on deep shots that I saw, most on 1st down that put us behind the chains. Not a huge fan of doing that 5 times in a game.
Baker is a good cautionary tale about being the #1 pick. Expect to have to wade through several HC's and OC's because the team picking you sucks and needs someone to blame, until they get to you.
Somewhere, sometime, Baker will re-emerge, and will be successful.
The guy is an insane illegal from Canada. You'd think he could have found somebody in power in Canada to attack, and stayed out of our mess.
100% BS. If that guy violently strated striking Ole Paul, they would've shot him dead. Intruder assaulting someone and they don't get shot? Someone opens the door while the two are fighting over a hammer? SF PD getting paid
What I don’t get about this story is if I brain an 80 year old with a hammer it’s curtains for that person. But not only did he not kill him, they were fighting over control of the hammer. I guess this guy had to be so high he didn’t know what he was doing.
We should’ve had one on Saturday but Marvin Mims was doing his best Adron Tennell impression. Not the easiest catch but should’ve been made imo.
Mims had a bad day for sure, they were 0-5 on deep shots that I saw, most on 1st down that put us behind the chains. Not a huge fan of doing that 5 times in a game.
I've always liked the idea of taking the deep shots occasionally on 2nd and fairly short, when the D is most likely expecting a run. Play action and see if the guy is getting open deep. If not, check down for a short gain or throw it ten rows up to avoid a sack, if nobody got open.
Welp. This recruiting class is stuck in the mud. Big time.
My biggest concern is the lack of DTs in the class. I'd personally like to see the rest of the class be DTs. We need help there badly.
I've been quite vocal about my disdain for the transfer portal. I'm beginning to think D'abo Swinney is a genius for avoiding it. Clemson sure isn't hurting without portal players.
The guy is an insane illegal from Canada. You'd think he could have found somebody in power in Canada to attack, and stayed out of our mess.
100% BS. If that guy violently strated striking Ole Paul, they would've shot him dead. Intruder assaulting someone and they don't get shot? Someone opens the door while the two are fighting over a hammer? SF PD getting paid
Plus there was no breaking and entering...he was a prostitute ...Paulie is gay..this is more election propoganda...they have a good feeling they are going to lose big so the only thing they can do is blame Trump
Welp. This recruiting class is stuck in the mud. Big time.
My biggest concern is the lack of DTs in the class. I'd personally like to see the rest of the class be DTs. We need help there badly.
I've been quite vocal about my disdain for the transfer portal. I'm beginning to think D'abo Swinney is a genius for avoiding it. Clemson sure isn't hurting without portal players.
The portal dudes OU got this season have done little to nothing to help out. Coldon has a sweet pick, but that's it. Johnson has been invisible as have the rest.
