January 3rd, 2014 at 12:25 AM ^
Notice how OU had all of the receivers covered and put 6 on the line before they dropped 2. They rushed 4 not 3 and ended the game with QB pressure and a turnover. That my friends is how you take a game instead of hoping you win it with bend but don't break.
I know the Dline got it done, but OU played tight coverage and disguised it as a blitz before dropping two players. If that was Michigan it would have been DBs 10-15 yards off the line of scrimmage and rushing 3. McCarron would have picked the defense apart all the way down the field.
Please play football like that!!!!!!!
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
Agree 100%
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:26 AM ^
Does this put Sparty in the position of finishing #2 this season?
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
SO just why did Coach Montgomery leave us? Money? Philosophical differences? Coaching techniques? Just curious but congrats to the Sooners and Coach Montgomery.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:33 AM ^
He got promoted, I believe he's OU's recruiting coordinator along with being the DL coach.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
The end of the BCS era cannot come fast enough
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
How is Striker so awesome if he's only a sophomore?
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:34 AM ^
I see what you did there...
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:41 AM ^
I wonder who their D-line coach is. Maybe we can poach him.
/s
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:48 AM ^
I'm assuming there's some good sarcasm in your post.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
Did you hear Musberger say the score was more lopsided than it was? OK was up 14 for a large part of the game.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:33 AM ^
There isn't much I enjoy more than watching Saban/Alabama lose, if only because it doesn't happen very often.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:37 AM ^
Hopefully no Tide fans lose their life over this game like the Auburn game.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:36 AM ^
That was one of the finest football games I've ever watched. Great football, interesting twists, suspense until near the very end.
That's why I love college football.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:38 AM ^
Looks like it was Jerry Montgomery.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:47 AM ^
It'll be interesting to see how the dline comes along next year. His departure was pretty quiet but it might be a pretty loss in hindsight.
January 3rd, 2014 at 1:05 AM ^
Hoke needs to concentrate on being the head coach. Forget the fantasy of also being the D-Line coach. Get a real D-Line coach.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:53 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^
As much as I hate to say it, having OSU and MSU finish 2 and 3 could do wonders for the Big Ten's rep.
January 3rd, 2014 at 1:07 AM ^
The Big Ten could wind up 2-0 in BCS games, while the SEC could wind up 0-2.
The machine will explode.
January 3rd, 2014 at 3:49 AM ^
It would be interesting to watch all the SEC cronies at ESPN start backpedaling.
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
No way espn says anything bad about the SEC.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:46 AM ^
Stoops is talking on the post game about how young his team is????
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:51 AM ^
IMPOSSIBLE
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:54 AM ^
The past is past. A "best program" in college football doesn't get beaten as badly as that. The proof is in the pudding.
January 3rd, 2014 at 2:51 AM ^
So who is the best program then, just out of curiousity? Is it just whoever wins the National Championship each year?
January 3rd, 2014 at 3:47 AM ^
1) FSU
2) yes
January 3rd, 2014 at 7:39 AM ^
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:13 PM ^
Coming to this party late to point out the most depressing thing I heard during the game (I forget if it was Musburger or Herbstriet): that OU put up 45 points on Bama with three OL in new positions. The RT had never played RT before. And yet they run-blocked well enough to play-action effectively (if not to actually run much), and they kept the QB clean enough to extend plays and make awesome throw after awesome through. Sure, it helped that Bama's DBs were banged up. But still. 45 points.
I am not smart enough about football or knowledgeable enough about Bama or OU to be able to say confidently that that's all coaching. But it sure sounds like coaching had a huge hand in it. So while I agree that a real live DL coach would be great, what I dream most about is an OL coach who can take our talent and turn it into something better than the 123rd-best unit in the country at TFL.