5055567475852000, Euless (10/26/2008 7:57:24 AM)

Let's say that KSU's offense was responsible for their demise and not the OU defense. The once-proud crimson 'D' has successfully given up over 1400 yards the last three games. Surprised that Tejas didn't score 100 on us...

Nick, (10/27/2008 10:45:58 AM)

let me get this straight, you say the sooner defense has looked bad since the beginning of the second half against Texas. up to that point in the season they had given up 2, 26, 14, 10, and 17 points against admittedly inferior offenses to the ones we're facing now. however, even a lot of those points were given up on special teams and on late, meaningless TD's in blowouts. so, what would be the connection? right, the sooner defense lost its QB. what happens to the big, bad sooner offense if bradford goes down? texas had only scored 13 points against the sooner D and some of those were on pretty short fields. the heisman parade that is currently, colt mccoy, was not looking that good. the middle of the field opens up and presto, we have liftoff. give the guys a break, will ya? it takes time to make young talent into all-americans.

and you can't separate the turnovers from the defense. i admit that i was getting skeptical of the defense and i still believe they have problems, but you just can't do that. all of those turnovers were from hustle and being where they were supposed to be. the interceptions were all from pressure applied by the sooner defense. the first fumble was a good play by clayton on the strip. the other fumble was a hit on a quarterback while applying pressure. you're right, they looked really bad during that stretch of the second quarter, but you can't take away the good things they did to fit your agenda. and notice, most of the damage was done in the middle of the field by crossing up and confusing the new kid. box will learn.