The pressure builds as OU-Texas approaches
Published: 9/30/2010 10:56 PM
Last Modified: 9/30/2010 10:56 PM
There's waaay too much potentially great football this weekend for you to be popping online every hour. But just in case you need a break in the action, I'll be tweeting all weekend from Dallas. If nothing else, I'll tell you what they're attempting to fry at the state fair this year. My money is on cantaloupe.
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Back to the potentially great football, let's see what's stewing in the OU-Texas pressure cooker…
Bob Stoops
"After losing hundreds of hours of sleep and some dark hair to boot during (his) early-decade nightmare, Mack Brown finds himself one win away from evening his series against Stoops at 6-6," points out Cedric Golden of the Austin American-Statesman. "Now the pressure is on the dude with the white visor."
The OU offensive line
Back to the Statesman, this time to columnist Kirk Bohls: "Consider that in the Longhorns' four victories starting in 2005 – save 2007 – the Sooners have run for a total of 233 yards. They've also scored just two touchdowns on the ground and last season were held to a record minus-16 yards rushing. (Adrian) Peterson was limited to just 38 yards in 2006.
"Hard to win doing that."
DeMarco Murray
Rick Gosselin, the NFL writer for the Dallas Morning News had this to type this week: "Heading into the fall, DeMarco Murray was the top-rated running back in the 2011 NFL draft… He has Peterson size and (Joe) Washington-type versatility."
A player that gifted ought to make a dent in the biggest game of the season, wouldn't you agree?
Tom Wort
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram labeled the freshman middle linebacker "the scapegoat for many Oklahoma fans after what some considered a second consecutive spotty performance in the victory at Cincinnati."
Wort absolutely can't afford a third.
Ryan Broyles
Hasn't had a chance to truly impact this game, due to a broken shoulder blade last year and OU's array of playmakers in 2008.
Saturday, he's up against what the Morning News calls "the best cover guys in college football." It might be 1-on-4, but Broyles still must find a way to help Landry Jones move the offense.
Garrett Gilbert
Comparing what Jones must contend with Saturday, the Morning News' Chuck Carleton claims Gilbert "has the easier chore… Oklahoma's defense is certainly not as bad as its 97th national ranking. But it's not nearly as good as last year's group that bedeviled Colt McCoy. Gilbert has a chance to start fulfilling some of the expectations that followed him from Lake Travis to UT."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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