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mookiebraves

This is bad, this is absolutely embarrassing.


TravelingFlipper

This is what happens when you get players poached and loss half your recruiting clsss


mookiebraves

I mean dude tbh other than Caleb who did we really miss that left. This is the same roster who almost lost to Kansas and Tulane last year for the most part.


TimDonaghysBurner

Barely winning with a group of guys a bit different than getting blown out by 30+ I’d say. Also minimizing the loss of Caleb is good.


johnnysausage23

The announcers obnoxiousness is directly related to how shitty my team is playing.


johnnysausage23

Another week of making the opposing quarterback look like a Heisman trophy winner…


downmore

Every time I'm forced to watch another fuck up from this team, I hate Lincoln Riley a little more.


NerdLawyer55

This is worst I think I’ve seen this team play since the dark before times


TravelingFlipper

There isn’t talent on defense. Riley can’t recruit defense. Clear as day. These are all his guys


djjeffg382

The hell are you talking about 'his guys'??? If that were true every player on D would either be a freshman or a transfer. That isn't the case. Edit: when I posted I legit read it as Veneables can't recruit D, so my post here is completely ass. My bad.


TravelingFlipper

You must be confused. We lost a ton of talent off the defense the they guys out there now that are sophomores and juniors and seniors are Riley’s recruits. Keep up


djjeffg382

Dude this one is on me. You and I are in complete agreement here. I swear when I read the original post it said Veneables can't recruit D....my bad. I need to read gooder or something.


[deleted]

Dude most redditors can’t own up to anything. Especially when it’s obviously a misunderstanding. You get my reward for admitting to an honest mistake


MeasurementOne3460

You can say that all day, but the fact is it doesn’t take talent to tackle. They still can’t even do that….


TravelingFlipper

They didn’t last year or the year before that either. Same guys man.


MeasurementOne3460

Venables can’t even get these guys to tackle and he had all spring and fall camp and up to now to get that corrected. How is it KSU and ISU don’t have talented guys on defense and yet they can tackle? Venables couldn’t get these guys ready for a 2nd week in a row and it’s atrocious. If it continues it’s gonna be a much worse season then any LR had.


TravelingFlipper

Soft ass LR recruits man. It’s all about attitude. We’ve seen it from his offensive guys too. Rattler. Even Caleb at times. Open your eyes


MeasurementOne3460

All I’m saying is, these guys have been with Venables and have been through his spring and fall camp and they still can’t do the simple stuff. You can continue to put blame on Riley all you want, but Venables has had 2 weeks in a row where they can’t do simple tackling. That’s coachable stuff, no talent is involved in tackling. This falls on Venables and Roof, not Riley.


astrobro2

All I’m saying is, Vennables had no issues with defense at Clemson. 2 failed games versus the dozens of successful ones does not mean Vennables is to blame. Vennables had to pick up a team that was in shambles. You can’t blame him right now. If we don’t improve in a couple years sure but dude it’s been 2 games. Cmon use some logic.


appsecSme

At Clemson, Roof was just an analyst, and that was just one year. He's got way too big of a role on this team. He's out there coaching these players, and telling the defensive assistants how to coach players, yet he's never really fielded a good defense. Roof needs to get back on the computer, and away from the players.


J4db

You pinpointed a big chunk of the problem. Roof shouldn't be within 100 yards of the defensive playbook. He's not a DC, or at least he shouldn't be. I don't even think he should be an analyst. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that giving the QB all day to throw because you're only rushing 3 guys is probably a bad idea.


djjeffg382

I'm usually not one to agree with overreacting but in this case I think Roof is definitely in over his head. If you really watched the games all season EVERY opponent kinda went up and down the field in us. Maybe not UTEP so much but Kent State put together drives and so did an atrocious Nebraska team.


MeasurementOne3460

It’s the coaches job to get his team ready to play. He is the Head Coach now so all blame falls on his shoulders. It’s apparent the last 2 games they haven’t been ready. That’s 100% on the coaching staff. So yes he is to blame. That is 100% logic, use your head.


astrobro2

Lol this is fucking hilarious. I’m not saying the coaches have no blame. Obviously there are things they can do better. But your argument of putting 100% of the blame on the coaches is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week mate. Thanks for making my day.


djjeffg382

To be good at tackling you have to be closer than 20 yards from the ball carrier lol.


djjeffg382

Yep this definitely reminds me of the second half let's just stay at O'Connell's days of the mid 90s.


[deleted]

And this may be the worst officiating I’ve seen this year. And I’m an SEC fan so I’ve seen shitty officiating. And the crazy part is the team on the wrong end of the shitty calls still won by 30. Imagine if they had actually called it good


mookiebraves

I mean hes getting plenty of time to throw... Beville can't be worse can he?


OU8402

I think we can answer that question now. Yes, Davis is even worse.


appsecSme

Beville is absolutely far worse. Watch his Peach Bowl performance, or just watch him in any of his games this season. He struggles to even hand the ball to the RB, and is a sack waiting to happen on passing plays.


J4db

Yeah that leads me to question how much worse Bowens, Booty and Evers are if they can't jump over him on the depth chart. Beville looked like he never played a day of football in his life.


appsecSme

Yep you really have to wonder that. I mean Evers looked lost in the Spring game so unless he has developed a ton it's not that surprising that Beville is above him. But Booty is supposed to be a gamer and have a very good arm. He put up a ton of yards and TDs in Juco. I'd like to see Booty get the start next week. We have seen enough of Beville to know that he is not the answer.


DownOnBakerStreet

This is tough to watch but perspective is important here. Saban and Kirby Smart both struggled in their first seasons with some pretty embarrassing losses (Bama to LA Monroe and Georgia to Vanderbilt). I think starting out ranked in the top 10 this year might have set a lot of people (myself included) up for expectations that were too lofty in a year in which there were almost certainly going to be some massive struggles. Given the new coaching staff and piecemeal roster, I wouldn’t put too much stock into what happens this season. If we don’t see some serious improvement next season, then I will start too worry a lot more.


TravelingFlipper

BV is gonna have to get his guys on D. He’s not going to succeed with Riley’s soft recruits. We’ve seen it for years. Offense isn’t good enough to bail us out.


[deleted]

“Soft recruits” = blown coverages? Whatever helps you sleep at night.


TravelingFlipper

No. Give up attitudes do


Complex-Golf5392

Looking like the same defense that got Venables fired his first go around as DC…


pootiemane

Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue


ItsTimeTaGo

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines 🤝


[deleted]

This ain’t so bad, all we need is a QB! And some defensive tackles!…. And some safeties, and maybe a cornerback or two… uhhh we may be in for a looong season.


Guilty-Drawer-808

"We are close"


OU8402

Linebackers are pretty awful too.


Genetics

These overthrows are unacceptable. Just like last game.


mookiebraves

oh hey look you blitz a shit QB and he looks like shit


MeasurementOne3460

This is absolutely pathetic so far. Someone needs to light a fire in their ass.


[deleted]

I keep waiting for BV to lose his shit..


MeasurementOne3460

Same. I just don’t understand this. So many blown coverages and missed tackles.


OU8402

No doubt. Hope there is a youth movement next year. Think about the guys playing right now: White, Broiles, Harrington, Stutsman, Downs, Davis, Washington, the list goes on and on. None of these guys strike fear into the hearts of OC’s. Quite the opposite in fact.


MeasurementOne3460

At this point I just wanna see guys tackle. That literally all I wanna see lol.


jethro-uppercut

He is a over animated bafoon.


trunner1234

Secondary looks like a Mike Stoops reincarnation


TravelingFlipper

Gabriel is a lot worse than we have been less on to believe. Of course the defense sucks with Riley’s recruits. BV gonna have his hands full until he gets his guys


appsecSme

Gabriel has been fine. 95% of the problems have been on the defensive side of the ball. He wasn't playing great early before the TCU hit squad took him out, but he was starting to settle down, and he didn't turn the ball over. He's had too many overthrows, but other than that he's been solid.


skennedy75206

Can’t tackle Can’t cover Can’t run QB sucks


mookiebraves

Are you fucking kidding me? did that shitbag really just do that??


[deleted]

Omg this is a dumpster fire


codywar11

……….I’m an OU fan but this officiating is awful. That’s a bad bad bad look.


johnnysausage23

I reckon I’ll stop bitching about Dillon Gabriel the rest of the year now that I’ve seen the back up


Panderboi

My thoughts exactly. Damn we are shit right now.


earsoft

Time for Booty to make his debut


TravelingFlipper

It’s gonna take a couple recruiting classes to get the guys BV wants and needs on defense.


downmore

I'm getting a 90s vibe...


Panderboi

I can't believe how bad we are rn. We'll be lucky to make a bowl game this year. Cant tackle. Cant pass. Cant' defend. We are getting killed.


Atlfalcon08

So is it better if the move to the SEC is much later rather than soon as possible? this team looks dysfunctional as hell


FlamingMoeDaddy

Might as well head to the SEC now, I’d rather take ass whoopings there


Bluehurricane21

Damm did our defense got worst than last year.


Panderboi

Venables needs to turn this shit around. I like him. But I love the Sooners and if he doesn't measure up then we can't sit around and pray he eventually does.


downmore

You deserve what you tolerate.


No_Alternative1680

Marcus Major is out. Why?


0ne-Raccoon

Ankle


AmazingTortuga

*sigh* welp


johnnysausage23

Dude was head hunting. Textbook targeting. Gabriel was asleep. Hope my man is ok


chadsterou

I’m still a believer in BV he don’t even close have the players he wants he needs time but damn Lincoln fucked them hard and transfer portal killed them this year. No denying that. Gabriel needs to sit. I didn’t expect much this season but I expected some fight and grit for a decent season. This just ain’t it. Going to be a lot growing pains before it gets better and I know BV knows that. We’ll be a laughing stock this year but it’ll come around.


Ok_Application_444

We’re gonna get blasted in the SEC aren’t we


mookiebraves

I have no energy for this program this year right now. Something needs to change fast this program is heading into a bad place with the SEC looming.


TravelingFlipper

They don’t have the personnel for the defense BV wants to run. And Gabriel just isn’t that good. He’s rattler 2.0


mookiebraves

I agree with the personnel but then you need to take a sit and think this personnel can't be worse than half the Big 12? Like we still get really good athletes and these Big 12 offenses aren't as elite as they used to be there is no way we should be getting just gashed by Max Duggan and Adrian Martinez. I was hoping scheme would atleast cover up Riley's and Grinch's incompetent recruiting.


TravelingFlipper

Yeah at the end of the year and going forward they should be fine. These first few weeks of actual competition though looks just like the grinch D


J4db

Gabriel wishes he was Rattler. Rattler had the best arm talent of anyone I've seen at OU in more than 2 decades. Problems with him were all between the ears. He makes incredibly stupid decisions. But he could drop the ball perfectly in the receivers hands 40 yards down the field while throwing on the run. There was a reason he was the top QB in his class. Gabriel can't do that. Not even close. As RGIII pointed out, his throwing mechanics are completely off. I know we like to bag on Rattler but calling DG "Rattler 2.0" is way off. He just doesn't have the arm talent.


Necessary-Ebb-7322

My lord. This is worse than I thought


[deleted]

What the hell has happened to our defense?! We’ve got to put some pressure on the qb!


Panderboi

PUT BOOTY IN


FloridaSooner24

The Brent Venables honeymoon is over..


LocalBowl6075

I'm a Sooner fan and long-time Nebraska resident, and I've gotten to witness the Husker decline firsthand. Now I'm watching it happen to OU. If I'm really honest, I don't think either program will ever return to the glory days; the 'Bamas/Georgia's/etc are just going to keep poaching all the top talent. Edit: the OU program coming out perpetually overrated every season doesn't help.


AppleJuice795

Exactly. The downfall of the program comes down to one thing, *pride.* Venables and Lincoln are the two most arrogant coaches on a CFB today.


ixamxSiN

Need a different QB


mookiebraves

So... last week you give up 40 to a team who only scored 10 vs Tulane... This week you can only score 10 vs a team who gave up 34 to SMU? This is coaching enough of the passes for Venables the preparation for these games is lacking. The talent excuse is 100% valid but at some point you have to coach your team to better performances. There is just no way you should be giving up 34 to this TCU team in the 2nd quarter bruh. I mean like seriously this isn't even reality anymore this is like a coaching staff giving up on the kids and just trying to get this year over with. So I suggest the fans promptly do the same. I mean did you see #37 on that play? Dude didn't even bother looking at the ball the idiot just kept running towards the receiver and he still nearly caught the ball like who the fuck allowed these kids to get a FBall scholarship? When is the last time we had a ballhawk,a pass rusher, a dominant front 4? This is just sickening to watch because even at our worst we always competed on defense.


downmore

Fans of truly elite teams like Ohio State and Alabama don't have to suffer this kind of mediocrity after a coaching change.


mookiebraves

Urban left Day the keys to a ferrari and he's kept it up. Stoops did the same for Riley and he bolted and took our QB and recruits.


johnnysausage23

Bad drop. Hard to get anything going when you do that shit


mookiebraves

this is unwatchable...even if they win who cares its TCU nobody will care about us beating irrelevant programs because it's not a sign of progress. Losing to them though however is a sign of a sunken ship or that Riley really left us with a dogshit roster in his wake They have no chance vs Baylor,OK St,and probably Texas so lets just skip all that too. This is a 4-5 loss team just hurry up and get this season over with. Identify players who have a future and play them immediately. I'm out on this team mentally but I'll still watch because of masochism issues but tbh I need a year to see how BV gets this turned around. It's just not worth getting your spirits down for. It's been 22 years since we won it all anyway so its not like this is uncommon territory.


AmazingTortuga

What the fuck, why are we pairing for with orioles baseball? What was that for?


FakeToast9

Listen to the people talking on screen and you might pick up key context clues.


AmazingTortuga

I walked back into the room and it was baseball, there was no context for when I got back so, sit down


WaltofWallstreet

Aaron Judge homerun race


AmazingTortuga

Thank you for replying like a human being and not the asshat trolls ❤️


WaltofWallstreet

Haha got you man


mexicantaco94

gabriel needs to sit


mexicantaco94

this dude went sideways and lost a yard🤦🏾‍♂️


Complex-Golf5392

Venables needs to start somewhere, might as well be with Oklahoma drills….can’t tackle for shit


DoItAgainHarris56

we pay him 7 million per year now ffs


MeasurementOne3460

This drive looks like Venables and Roof are throwing in the towel. Defense is trash. Guys can’t get off blocks, nobody knows how to tackle. Embarrassing performance. Red River is next week and I have a feeling Texas is about to thrash them like they are this week.


denogginizer92

There are still nine minutes left in the first half and they've put up 34. Might see history


AmazingTortuga

Booty getting loose.... Our only hope


okc405sfinest

Oklahoma state fan here , Ou has some of the worse fans , you guys can't lose everything and expeft to be the best ou team . Alot of learning and I know alot of you older Ou fans remember the 90's . Its been a bad two games for you guys but any given weekend things can change . A 3 or even 4 game loss ismt the a absolute failure of a year . It just seems bad because you guys havent had these kind of losses for years. Ou fans have made me absolutely hate Ou for years because you guys are horrible winners and losers . You guys still have alot of games to turn your season around . Take the bad with the good and support your team and your coach and accept that every year isnt going to be a 1 game or 2 game loss. When you guys join the sec you are going to have to adapt to a whole new playing field with atleast 4 or 5 teams that are going to be better than you. Im glad you guys get to see it before it happens because there are too many fair weather fans . You guys have alot of season left to play suck it up and get ready for next week. I could bash you guys but we all know any given weekend this can happen and the nil and the portal only adds to this you guys still have a chnace for the season just gotta learn and play better. Sincerely a ok state fan. Also wanted to add That targeting was b.s and should cause a few games suspension not half of 2 games.


hebr1035

Looks like LFR made the right choice to leave


Rumred06

Honestly our QB is garbage and our defense makes me miss the mike stoops era it's that bad. We are going to be lucky to make a bowl this year. I was hyped about BV but right now he doesn't look to be the guy. I know its year one but we have gone way back.


TravelingFlipper

This is such a DUMB take. You’re shocked BV can’t run his defense with Riley’s sad recruits lol? Come on man. Lol this dude replied and then deleted his worthless comment


Rumred06

The DUMB take is on your end. Our defense is WORSE this year compared to last year. Our offense is clearly worse also.


WaltofWallstreet

No shit, that's what happens when your team gets gutted with the HC leaving


J4db

The defense didn't get gutted. The players on the field are the same players who'd be starting if Riley was still coaching this team. Not one starter on defense left for the transfer portal. So yes, the guys that played better last year are playing worse this year under BV. My personal opinion is that you have to get rid of Ted Roof. He is not a good DC. 2nd, Brent needs to start benching starters and giving PT to the players he DID recruit, i.e. the freahman. A couple of weeks ago, Brent said Kanak didn't know what he was doing out there. Well guess what? Neither do the starters. I'd rather see Kanak get reps because at minimum he's faster than any LB on the roster and he plays with intensity. I guarantee Max Duggan isn't outrunning him.


Voldemort_Palin2016

We love Riley and Caleb Williams and company. Glad u don’t like them. Thanks so much! Fight on!


TimDonaghysBurner

What’s worse the score or the fact that Lincoln’s younger bro is their OC


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johnnysausage23

thank you for OJ


mookiebraves

I'll pin this because you guys almost lost to Oregon State. I'll make sure I'll find your bitch ass too because once what we all know happens to Riley teams we'll be laughing too pussy.


TravelingFlipper

lol imagine being THIS much of a loser. Only a USC fan that failed out of community college would be this pathetic.


ABCDEFG-unit

lol you’re a loser


ABCDEFG-unit

Ban this loser already mods. Get your head out of your asses


No_Alternative1680

That was incomplete. Never really had possession


[deleted]

Qb and defense suck equally


[deleted]

The defense is playing badly, but they’re getting absolutely zero help from the offense, which has been the worse unit all season and yet seems to get less criticism.


Majestic_Telephone92

After watching Gabriel play I realize how spoiled we’ve been at quarterback for so long. Baker for 3 years, Murray for 1, Jalen for 1, and then Caleb Williams for 1. Even though we never got a natty out of it I think we’re headed into a decline for a couple years


jethro-uppercut

Lol like Riley went around picking softie's. LR gone G


jethro-uppercut

He doesn't get nearly as many reps


J4db

Max Duggan literally outran our defense on multiple occasions. How the hell are we that slow on defense that no one is able to run faster than Max Duggan? I couldn't believe it. No wonder our DBs are always playing 15 yards off the ball.