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[Sirhornsalot]

From an LSU mod

 

[Sirhornsalot]

From CTJ, an analysis of OU's football schedule for next season.

Illinois State - shitty FCS scrimmage that will teach nothing to all of us. OU is one of the great frontrunning programs of the 2000s. It's almost uncanny how quickly OU, irrespective of genuine team quality, can sprint out to a 3-0/4-0 record with massive blowouts of really shitty teams before running into a brick wall. Sometimes they've been good enough to run through the wall, such as 2000-2010 era, mostly, and then other times, like 2022 and 2024, nope. (OU 1-0)

Michigan - Michigan will likely be playing the Fresno St transfer at QB for this game. He's nothing special. Doubt Underwood will be ready. Michigan lost 2 of their best OLs, Loveland, Mullings and Edwards on offense. They've done a poor job recruiting and developing at WR and their new TE is not Loveland. OU's defense is good enough to hold this unit to 20 or less. Can OU score 21 or more at home? I think so, largely because the losses on Michigan's defense - Grant/Graham/Stewart/Johnson + 3 other starters in the secondary are a lot in both quantity and quality. (OU 2-0)

@Temple - Temple is a dumpster fire with a new coach. Fun road game for masochists. I've been to most of the major cities in the US and plenty of others in other western countries. I despise Philly the most. That is the most miserable pack of losers I've ever encountered. Seems like people are just permanently pissed off there. Also, Comcast can blow me. (OU 3-0)

Auburn - The Jackson Arnold Bowl of Vengeance. I think Arnold will be better playing for Freeze's offense because I think Freeze is a better OC. Also, Auburn has a stud WR unit and returns their entire OL. Auburn loses a bunch on defense, but that's addition by subtraction. They've brought in talent and some of it has to be developing, right? I like Auburn on the road. (OU 3-1)

BYE

Kent State - Another joke of an opponent in the non-con and little more than a glorified scrimmage. (OU 4-1)

Texas (neutral) - Texas' floor is above OU's ceiling right now in terms of talent on roster. The recruiting advantage gap is really fucking wide at this point. Not only that, this Texas regime is clearly developing their talent with a high hit rate. It's a brutal rivalry. I'm not predicting a blowout, but I do think Texas is too competent and talented to lose in this one. (OU 4-2)

@South Carolina - Sellers is going to be a Heisman favorite. If he can stay healthy, he's going to be really good. Unfortunately for SCar, the rest of the offense lost a lot of guys and doesn't possess a ton of supporting and returning talent. Defensively, things go from bad to worse for SCar. They return Simpson and some transfers who've done little elsewhere but have a recruiting pedigree like GBD. They lose multiple early round picks and 9 of 11 starters. SCar is extremely overrated in the preseason early rankings, usually around 10. This is because they have a sensational player on each side of the ball, and those guys are household names for CFB fans. I like OU in this match-up because they'll limit Sellers with spies and OU's OL maturity will be able to handle a rebuilt front 7 from SCar. The SC front was the strength of the team last year. I doubt SC is even ranked by the time this game is played. (OU 5-2)

Ole Miss - Ole Miss is my pick for this season's version of FSU 2024. They lose basically everyone on both sides of the ball, including many early round picks. They're trying to replace all of that talent with transfers and youth. I expect them to be the butt of numerous jokes, particularly because everybody wants to get their shot in on Kiffin, and I will be laughing along with everyone else. It is at this mark that OU supporters and talking heads like Dari Nowkhah and Dusty Dvoracek start feeling their oats in the media and hyping OU up as a "team nobody wants to play". (OU 6-2).

@Tennessee - I think Iamaleava is overrated, and bizarrely so. He'll have new guys at TB, WR, and TE, along with breaking in several new OLs, too. I expect the Tenn offense to pretty much suck, even though Heupel is a good offensive mind. Their defense lost it's strength, the front 4. They bring most of the back 7 back. I think this will be low scoring and I think Tenn at home is too much. Rock fight. (OU 6-3)

BYE

@Alabama - Suddenly everyone is selling Bama. They're going to be damned good, especially on offense. If Simpson can handle the starting QB spot, he's set up well around him. Bama returns a stud WR corps led by Williams, Jam Miller at TB, most of the OL, and Cuevas at TE. Daboer knows how to put an offense together. The defense is shakier, losing numerous draft picks. They secondary looks weak and they're not producing DLs the way they were. Talent-wise, the Bama floor is above the OU ceiling. (OU 6-4)

MIssouri - Mizzou is in total rebuild mode at the offensive skill spots. Maybe Pribula is the balls, but he's an unknown as a passer as yet. Defensively, Missouri brings back a bunch of guys named Bob. They're not rebuilding, but they're not scaring anyone either. (OU 7-4)

@LSU - LSU's offensive skill positions are mostly loaded. Their TE spot is weak, but Durham, Nussmeier, Barion Brown, Nic Anderson, the other Anderson, etc., are substantial. The OL, which underperformed expectations last year, is a rebuild. Losing numerous draft picks from an OL will yield some pain, as I suspect we'll also be finding out. Not good against an OU defensive front that will be well above average. The defense gets some transfers that didn't live up to expectations elsewhere, plus Harold Perkins. Perkins will no doubt go off against Arkansas and then do mostly jack shit the rest of the season while he's lauded as a gamechanger. Death Valley, probably at night, is going to suck for the okies. (OU 7-5)

Bowl - Venables and crew figure out a way to beat some also-ran G6 team in a bowl game only addicts tune in to watch. (OU 8-5)

I don't think the schedule is nearly as brutal as advertised, but I'm not calling it weak. I just think that 3 of the OOC games are jokes; that Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri are seriously overrared heading into 2025. Michigan, Texas, Bama and LSU will all be good to great, for sure.

*Impact of the second portal is completely unknowable for all teams right now, therefore my outlook could be completely different come May.

 

[General Hooker]

From CTJ, an analysis of OU's football schedule for next season.

Illinois State - shitty FCS scrimmage that will teach nothing to all of us. OU is one of the great frontrunning programs of the 2000s. It's almost uncanny how quickly OU, irrespective of genuine team quality, can sprint out to a 3-0/4-0 record with massive blowouts of really shitty teams before running into a brick wall. Sometimes they've been good enough to run through the wall, such as 2000-2010 era, mostly, and then other times, like 2022 and 2024, nope. (OU 1-0)

Michigan - Michigan will likely be playing the Fresno St transfer at QB for this game. He's nothing special. Doubt Underwood will be ready. Michigan lost 2 of their best OLs, Loveland, Mullings and Edwards on offense. They've done a poor job recruiting and developing at WR and their new TE is not Loveland. OU's defense is good enough to hold this unit to 20 or less. Can OU score 21 or more at home? I think so, largely because the losses on Michigan's defense - Grant/Graham/Stewart/Johnson + 3 other starters in the secondary are a lot in both quantity and quality. (OU 2-0)

@Temple - Temple is a dumpster fire with a new coach. Fun road game for masochists. I've been to most of the major cities in the US and plenty of others in other western countries. I despise Philly the most. That is the most miserable pack of losers I've ever encountered. Seems like people are just permanently pissed off there. Also, Comcast can blow me. (OU 3-0)

Auburn - The Jackson Arnold Bowl of Vengeance. I think Arnold will be better playing for Freeze's offense because I think Freeze is a better OC. Also, Auburn has a stud WR unit and returns their entire OL. Auburn loses a bunch on defense, but that's addition by subtraction. They've brought in talent and some of it has to be developing, right? I like Auburn on the road. (OU 3-1)

BYE

Kent State - Another joke of an opponent in the non-con and little more than a glorified scrimmage. (OU 4-1)

Texas (neutral) - Texas' floor is above OU's ceiling right now in terms of talent on roster. The recruiting advantage gap is really fucking wide at this point. Not only that, this Texas regime is clearly developing their talent with a high hit rate. It's a brutal rivalry. I'm not predicting a blowout, but I do think Texas is too competent and talented to lose in this one. (OU 4-2)

@South Carolina - Sellers is going to be a Heisman favorite. If he can stay healthy, he's going to be really good. Unfortunately for SCar, the rest of the offense lost a lot of guys and doesn't possess a ton of supporting and returning talent. Defensively, things go from bad to worse for SCar. They return Simpson and some transfers who've done little elsewhere but have a recruiting pedigree like GBD. They lose multiple early round picks and 9 of 11 starters. SCar is extremely overrated in the preseason early rankings, usually around 10. This is because they have a sensational player on each side of the ball, and those guys are household names for CFB fans. I like OU in this match-up because they'll limit Sellers with spies and OU's OL maturity will be able to handle a rebuilt front 7 from SCar. The SC front was the strength of the team last year. I doubt SC is even ranked by the time this game is played. (OU 5-2)

Ole Miss - Ole Miss is my pick for this season's version of FSU 2024. They lose basically everyone on both sides of the ball, including many early round picks. They're trying to replace all of that talent with transfers and youth. I expect them to be the butt of numerous jokes, particularly because everybody wants to get their shot in on Kiffin, and I will be laughing along with everyone else. It is at this mark that OU supporters and talking heads like Dari Nowkhah and Dusty Dvoracek start feeling their oats in the media and hyping OU up as a "team nobody wants to play". (OU 6-2).

@Tennessee - I think Iamaleava is overrated, and bizarrely so. He'll have new guys at TB, WR, and TE, along with breaking in several new OLs, too. I expect the Tenn offense to pretty much suck, even though Heupel is a good offensive mind. Their defense lost it's strength, the front 4. They bring most of the back 7 back. I think this will be low scoring and I think Tenn at home is too much. Rock fight. (OU 6-3)

BYE

@Alabama - Suddenly everyone is selling Bama. They're going to be damned good, especially on offense. If Simpson can handle the starting QB spot, he's set up well around him. Bama returns a stud WR corps led by Williams, Jam Miller at TB, most of the OL, and Cuevas at TE. Daboer knows how to put an offense together. The defense is shakier, losing numerous draft picks. They secondary looks weak and they're not producing DLs the way they were. Talent-wise, the Bama floor is above the OU ceiling. (OU 6-4)

MIssouri - Mizzou is in total rebuild mode at the offensive skill spots. Maybe Pribula is the balls, but he's an unknown as a passer as yet. Defensively, Missouri brings back a bunch of guys named Bob. They're not rebuilding, but they're not scaring anyone either. (OU 7-4)

@LSU - LSU's offensive skill positions are mostly loaded. Their TE spot is weak, but Durham, Nussmeier, Barion Brown, Nic Anderson, the other Anderson, etc., are substantial. The OL, which underperformed expectations last year, is a rebuild. Losing numerous draft picks from an OL will yield some pain, as I suspect we'll also be finding out. Not good against an OU defensive front that will be well above average. The defense gets some transfers that didn't live up to expectations elsewhere, plus Harold Perkins. Perkins will no doubt go off against Arkansas and then do mostly jack shit the rest of the season while he's lauded as a gamechanger. Death Valley, probably at night, is going to suck for the okies. (OU 7-5)

Bowl - Venables and crew figure out a way to beat some also-ran G6 team in a bowl game only addicts tune in to watch. (OU 8-5)

I don't think the schedule is nearly as brutal as advertised, but I'm not calling it weak. I just think that 3 of the OOC games are jokes; that Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri are seriously overrared heading into 2025. Michigan, Texas, Bama and LSU will all be good to great, for sure.

*Impact of the second portal is completely unknowable for all teams right now, therefore my outlook could be completely different come May.

I think 8 - 5 is best case. Perhaps they could beat Auburn to go 8-4 and 9-4. Worst Case, which I love to dwell on, ousux could lose to Meatchicken, SC, Ole Miss, and Misery in addition to Auburn, TEXAS, fake ut, Bama, and LSU. That's 3 - 9 and not bowl eligible. That would make me happy.

 

[dssl]

I think 8 - 5 is best case. Perhaps they could beat Auburn to go 8-4 and 9-4. Worst Case, which I love to dwell on, ousux could lose to Meatchicken, SC, Ole Miss, and Misery in addition to Auburn, TEXAS, fake ut, Bama, and LSU. That's 3 - 9 and not bowl eligible. That would make me happy.

The 3-9 would be awesome.

I wonder how many games they need to win for Venables to get a 5th year? I suspect less then 8 and he's gone.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

How many aggy jokes are there?

Three. All of the rest are true stories.

 

[Baron]

In women's softball 9 of the top 15 are in the SEC. With the two newcomers at 1 & 2.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

CTJ's thoughts on OU's spring football. lol


"Sooners Illustrated released the sooner spring depth chart and it does not disappoint. I will spoiler it below.

Highlights:

-Remember that Venables has his team continue to regularly beat the shit out of each other in practice well into the season. I don't even think this is rumor. It's some sort of source of pride and many of the OU insiders are shocked when they go to practices and see it. Which leads us to ...

-Two of the OL starters (left side of the line) will be missing spring training due to torn labrum surgeries. No big deal for OL, right? Ask Tommy Brockermeyer.

-Jayden Jackson, freshman AA DT, will also be missing the spring due to torn labrum surgery. No big deal for a DT either. Right.

-Barnes (RB) is missing the spring after suffering a foot injury during winter drills.

-Jayden Gibson (WR) is out for the spring after hurting his knee again in workouts. It's alleged that the ACL is torn again, but the mods haven't confirmed.

-Jared Kanak, former highly rated LB recruit who was committed to Clemson and then came over to OU as Venables allegedly begged him to stay loyal to Dabo, is still running 4th string and going to split time also working out with the TEs.

-Gentry Williams, Peyton Bowen, and Kendal Dolby are not able to practice yet with the team, after all 3 suffered injuries in the fall campaign. Notable, but nothing to blame on anyone.

-Finally, I challenge anyone interested to offer up who they'd take from this OU two-deep and place in the Texas two-deep. I'll go first - Burks (Slot WR), Everett (C), Sexton (RT), D Williams (NT), R Mason Thomas (Edge), Eli Bowen (CB). Jackson if he comes back and there are no lingering issues with his shoulder. That's 6-7 for me and only Everett and D Williams are probably starters. It's definitely more than I would take from ATM, but that's a pretty weak group of top end talent for OU compared to the last 26 years.

 

[General Hooker]

I don't see us hiring Buzz. I would be disappointed if we did. Funny thread though. Accurate cartoon.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

I don't see us hiring Buzz. I would be disappointed if we did. Funny thread though. Accurate cartoon.

I agree. And there's something wrong with his team so I don't know how attractive of a candidate he would be.

 

[BWilk55]

I don't see us hiring Buzz. I would be disappointed if we did. Funny thread though. Accurate cartoon.

Adding to the irony is that meme from King of the Hill is edited from Texas Longhorn jerseys to A&M. Forever little brother.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Another player decommits from aggy, this time flips to UNC

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 

[PTA]

 

[Baron]

Going back to tortilla flats?

 

[lshorn79]

Going back to tortilla flats?

That name brings back memories. Tortilla Flats in Austin on North Lamar in the ‘70s. Pitchers of Shiner for 75 cents on Wednesday nights!

 

[Baron]

That name brings back memories. Tortilla Flats in Austin on North Lamar in the ‘70s. Pitchers of Shiner for 75 cents on Wednesday nights!

I was thinking Lubbock and Tyler.

 

[UT1983]

If you are going to talk about old haunts in Austin, the Stallion on Lamar and their chicken fried steak.

 

[lshorn79]

If you are going to talk about old haunts in Austin, the Stallion on Lamar and their chicken fried steak.

That was usually my Sunday dinner!

 

[lshorn79]

That name brings back memories. Tortilla Flats in Austin on North Lamar in the ‘70s. Pitchers of Shiner for 75 cents on Wednesday nights!

I guess whiskey river took my mind last night. The name of the joint was Taco Flats.

 

[Baron]

If you are going to talk about old haunts in Austin, the Stallion on Lamar and their chicken fried steak.

That was across the road from the Chief drive in theater.