Good Luck Sooners!
Today I had the unfortunate luck of taking my lunch break with ESPN replay of last years OU Texas Tech Game on TV.
I was only able to see the condensed first half of that game.
Sam Bradford had suffered ANOTHER bell ringer as the result of a fumble early in the game. I wish Sam a great year. But I do think he might be prone to concusions just as a former Colorado QB had back in 2001 ( I think)
The Red Raiders then took off and proceeded to score at will. A second look at the game pointed out some things that I hope the Stoops coaching staff will learn from for this year.
First the Sooners Must let the back up QB's get more playing time during any game that the Sooners are winning with a comfortable margin. I mean playing time in the 3rd quarter and not the last 4 minutes of a game.
The other thing that caught my eye was that conditioning seemed to be lacking in the last months of the season. The OU Defense spent most of their time on the field in the first half do to Tech scoring at will and an OU offense with a QB who had only taken 15 snaps and had tossed only 2 passes prior to game 10 of the season last year. Most of the time the OU D were sucking air and had their hands on their hips trying to get more air after ever play. Also the Sooners did not hardly do any substituting of D players which as we all know added to the fatigue issue.
It is the little things that make the biggest difference with a football team when key players get hurt or injured. Adaptability is another key to winning the BIG games. Who ever comes off the bench should think and play like the game is theirs to win or loose, instead of coming in to fill in a spot.