There were only three games in the Big 12 this week, but all of them were pretty significant and a couple of them had lines that I thought were pretty silly heading into the week. Oklahoma and Baylor both -11 was a bit much and sure enough, neither covered although both pulled out some wins. … [Read more…]
Oklahoma was abjectly terrible on defense in 2017. I recently had a fun debate with Allen Kenney and Rufus Alexander over what went wrong and why but there wasn’t any debate over whether the defense played at an acceptable level. The 2015 Oklahoma defense was one of the better units they’ve had of late, which … [Read more…]
My chronicling of the Sooner defense over the offseason was fairly detailed as it seemed to me likely that Lincoln Riley would figure out how to build another top offense around Baker Mayfield and a loaded OL, but the defense was very much in question. The spring game showed a team that was very young … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I talked about their return to the 4-3 Under defense which they showed in the spring. As I noted there, the biggest key to a successful transition is the play of 3-technique Neville Gallimore. They don’t have a ton behind him since they’ve been recruiting 3-4 DEs for a few … [Read more…]