You guys lost 3 of your 4 leading receivers from last seasons team in Wease, Stogner, and Haselwood. You're losing 2 of your offensive lineman to graduation as well. They aren't just going to install a new offense and pick up where they left off. There's going to be a little bit of regression. How much is still TBD.
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I guess if you call going from 530 yards per game to 505 and 43 points per game to 39 a game a setback. That's their numbers from 2020 to 2021. By definition that's a little drop off but nothing major. But like I also said you guys had a true freshman starting for 2/3rds of the season. Growing pains are to be expected. Overall the offense was still really good for the season. Statistically a top 15 offense.
Wease isn’t gone, he entered the portal. He was hurt all year so if he leaves his production won’t be missed, we have 5 or 6 other receivers with a lot of talent. Haselwood is a good receiver but another Riley recruit who hasn’t lived up to 5 star billing. Stogner had a crap year and hasn’t been the same since his injury and staph infection. How many of those players are following Riley? That speaks absolute volumes. I don’t think Williams transfers out either to follow Riley. Teams lose linemen every year. Bedenbaugh told Riley, thanks but no thanks, he’s staying at OU. Bennie Wylie and his soft ass CrossFit program is gone . Schmidt is back. Expect a much tougher team in October next year. Riley was recruiting players to play for Riley for the 22’ class so some of them went with him. Good for them
I admire your optimism but there's just to many unknowns there to assume this offense is going to pick up where it left off. If it does then I will be the first to come here and admit I was wrong trust me.
Offenses with lesser talent don't do well consistently, lol. There is no magic formula. There is not a coach in the world that can take a sub par group and consistently win with them. It doesn't exist. You have to have talent. You have to have a QB. You have to have OL. You have to have speedsters and/or serious matchup problems.
Riley uses H-backs and TE better than anyone I've seen in a long time. His route combinations are fantastic. The dude can design plays and call an offense with the best of them.
I'm speaking as a Longhorn fan and former coach. I'm not trying to convince you. I'm just saying this from those perspectives.
The same was said about the counter Tre until the physical defenses crashed the party and blew the pulling linemen up and in turn started blowing the plays up. Riley said as much that defenses were catching on to his schemes and the onfield results started to show it. Buh bye Riley. Compare Rileys recruiting rankings to Lebby’s to see what each had to work with. Again, Riley wasn’t pulling in top talent at ECU that didn’t happen until he came to OU. Lebby is here now what do you think the chances are that his recruiting is fixing to head in an upward trajectory? Lol
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I'm the opposite. Venables won't duplicate the success that Riley did. Put me down for that. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
HAHAHA. How about you all concentrate on winning home games against teams like Kansas, playing a full 4 Quarters before running out of gas, and having winning seasons before you start talking about wrestling control away from programs that have been far better than UT over the last decade. I know after last season y’all need optimism from anywhere you can find it but OU will not see as much drop off next year as you all think.
Who needs brakes when you run out of gas?
Riley was slipping. I think the shake up actually worked out better for OU long term than going into the SEC with Riley would’ve. Venables is a better DC than Grinch and Lebby is as good or better than Riley (and much better than Riley with his foot out the door). We’ll see what happens in the cotton bowl.
I'm sure it'll improve but for $12mil./year if I'm USC fan I'm not too happy seeing my team ranked 98th on the early recruiting ranking plus not having any OU players follow Riley? I don't know.......
Yes, it's kind of interesting to see the drop-off in production this year after the guy who actually coached the H-backs and tight ends left to go to South Carolina.
Shane Beamer - Assistant Head Coach for Offense, Tight Ends and H-Backs - Football Coaches - University of Oklahoma
• Hired at Oklahoma in January 2018 as assistant head coach for offense (coaching tight ends and H-backs) after serving the 2016 and ’17 seasons as...
Two more verbals today to move into the 2022 top ten. The sky is falling at OU.
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Y’all are gonna be great. No issues with Venables. OU fans were sad to see him go. And he’s a better HC than Riley. I’m excited for y’all’s next 5 years. 3 nattys coming up!!
No way. Texas has already been awarded the next three nattys with a quarterback who has yet to attempt a pass in college. The only thing missing is the "We're baaaaaaack!" declaration.
Zero. The same amount that Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley had when they became head coach at OU.
My gripe is with the complete disrespect of a very successful coach.
But ultimately I don't give a ****. I hope Venables is a winner. Seems like a good dude. Best of luck to that man.
Agree Riley was successful. Until this year when something was obviously off. Luckily, he recruited enough talent (CW) to get OU through the year. But D really declined. So if OU can keep CW and with Venables success on D OU should be fine. Doubt our fans will be clamoring OU to fire him next year. Especially since OU starts with Nebraska. And Horns have to play Alabama. Not that it will not make any difference in the RRS. Almost never does.
I'd love to see OU try to compete without players from Texas. They couldn't. What is sickening for Texas fans is to see good players leave the state to go play for that program. Gross.
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