that we have the toughest schedule in the country, this ought to settle it.

BYU had a pretty good power run game going, which may really be a bad thing for us. I don’t know how tough their defense really is though because I am not sure how much help OU’s offensive line gave them. BYU better not drop their game against Tulane.

should start off with an Asterisk that Sam Bradford Oklahomas star qb did miss the second half, albiet BYU fought punch for punch when he did play, you cant down play a heisman qb not being in the huddle come 4th qt.
so here goes.

Offense first-
They look balanced, strong mixture of run and pass.
QB- Max Hall very good stats, but against a big 12 defense take it how you want, he looked just above average, capable qb, but not elite. Very accurate but arm strength not all that impressive, and mobility is average, could run if play breaks down, but against a speedy defense, dont expect him to get far.

Running backs-they are big, this was brought up in BYU’s offensive break down, they definitely look like they could churn out some yards (scary), but thing is they are not superstars, and being so big, they are not homerun threats predictions for them would be like in the 60-70 yard range.

offensive line- big and powerful, pretty scary being they are playing with mostly second teamers, but tackle Reynolds predicted to miss time with a broken hand is in, he looked powerful at times, then at times hand looked like it affected him.
albiet a big offensive line, they dont look atheltic and appears they will suffer with speed (obvious plus for us)

wr/te- their te (pitta) is all hes cracked up to be, very reliable, and pretty good athleticism, they lined him up wide a couple times in the slot. now the wr’s on the other hand look nothing more than dependable, more “possession” types than burners from what it looked like, biggest thing i can compare the receivers too is if they we’re at fsu…they wouldn’t start.

next post defense.

um from what it seemed like…not all that athletic truthfully.
they have a little size here and there, but looked undersized at times also.
major thing i noticed they didn’t seem overwhelmingly athletic, definitely looked like our speed and vetern o-line could gash big plays off them, and another thing not a good group of tacklers, looks like they rely on “group tackling”, so if one of them gets caught in the open with bert or taiwan look for a big play to happen.

linebackers seem plain to me, they looked dependable “get the job done” types but not overely athelitc and or impressive, if they get caught having to gaurd a slot reciever of ours, they will get torched.

d-line-looked servicable, not “monstars” (space jam reference lol) in size but they do flash atheticism with their smaller size, but looks like they would get slashed by a good o-line (which hey, we have)

secondary- once again “servicable” can make plays that should be made but looks like they would get beat by athletes that are better, example is they are a group that will make the play that is wide open (lame duck int, under cutting sloppy routes) but will get beat by speed and superior talent, thing that comes to mind about them is the “bend but dont break” type, but like i said looks like speed would eat them up.

thats really all i got from just amerturish first hand opinion, if i could compare them to a team i would compare then to a little bit and i mean little bit more athletic Winsconsin, except qb is better, rb’s have a lil more “wiggle”, but wr’s average, and defense will get gashed by speed.

im not predicting a win just yet, lets see how they play against their next opponent (Tulane?) but this could be a shoot-out 42-35 type game.
i give odds for us 75%, if our defense can just come up with a couple turnovers we should be in for a W.

Their blitz packages were very effective. I know OU’s oline is young but they were completely confused on zone blitzes. Oline guys were caught guarding no one while line backers were getting free unhindered shots at the QB. I am very glad FSU will have time to go over this film. You guys may not be buying it but I am officially more worried about this game. True their offense wasn’t astounding, but the OU defense isn’t exactly the worst of the big 12. In fact 2008 they were number 3 in overall defense in the Big 12 (granted that was 68th in the nation but still…). And Max Hall got it done on a long drive when his team needed him. Just saying, FSU will have to play a very sound game (oline for the love of juju beads, pick up the dang blitzes!!!) to pull out a win in Provo.