“It’s not the same defense. The only reason the Sooners were in so many close games despite the massive regression on offense was the D, which rebounded from a relatively mediocre effort in 2008 to finish in the top 10 nationally in total, scoring, rushing and pass efficiency defense, and just outside in takeaways. The heart of that unit, all-everything defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, has moved on to early draft glory, along with five other starters (to various degrees of draft glory their own selves). Opposite the inevitable offensive improvement is the reality that it’s almost impossible to hold Texas, Nebraska and Oklahoma State to a single touchdown between them (I’m not counting the ‘Huskers’ one-yard “drive” for their only TD following an interception in Lincoln) two years in a row."

5 starters on D and their stud DL man. Don’t we know how much a stud DL man can change the dynamic of a defense (cough cough everette brown)

I can understand some element of luck in recovering a fumble… but not so much the cause. did OU not recover a drastically disproportionate amount of fumbles caused compared to the statistical averages? I’m lost… and full of questions today.