Is the OU game the most difficult game on our schedule?

#51
#51
I still think OU would beat Bama if they played right now. Thus OU is the better team currently, also OU is at Norman which is going to make it extra tough. UGA is the huge question mark, they look like a National Title contender but UGA always looks awesome one game then chokes away games that they should win on paper.
 
#52
#52
Bama has not looked nearly as good as Oklahoma and that game is at home. UGA and Oklahoma are the ones that with the highest degree of difficulty. The familiarity with playing UGA I think makes OU easily the most difficult game.
 
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gonzagafan62 said:
Wait the Pac 12 is lightyears .. ahem, LIGHTYEARS ahead of the other conferences? I don't think so.

UCLA barely beat Virginia and Memphis

Arizona almost lost to UTSA

Oregon was struggling with a Big Ten team until the 4th quarter

Stanford and USCw looked very sloppy (Stanford couldn't beat a pathetic USCw defense) and USC has so many injuries you can't count them and was lucky to survive Stanford.

Lightyears? I think not. Don't get me started on the rest of them. ITs a good conference, but its not number one. Two, maybe? One (lightyears?)

Heh, please.
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Just being devil's advocate here, as I really don't agree the PAC 12 is light years ahead, more like they are pretty close to the top (which I know we agree there), but:

Alabama struggled with West Virginia
LSU was getting beat by Wisconsin (A big ten team) who was running a non QB at the position
Vandy got blown out by Temple
Ole Miss was in a dog fight with Boise St.

To answer the original question: I do think OU is one of the tougher games along with Alabama and Georgia. Florida could be up there too, if their offense actually has a pulse this year. OU is good, their ability to win out and be in the playoffs is only limited to Stoops' choke factor late in the year.
 
#54
#54
@Georgia > @Oklahoma > Alabama

I think we have a better chance of beating Alabama in Neyland than going on the road and beating OU. Also, right now Georgia is the best team in the country. No way playing Bama at home is more difficult than going to Athens
 
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golfballs said:
@Georgia > @Oklahoma > Alabama

I think we have a better chance of beating Alabama in Neyland than going on the road and beating OU. Also, right now Georgia is the best team in the country. No way playing Bama at home is more difficult than going to Athens
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Gurley is averaging 13 yards per carry. Is that good? Chubb is at 17 yards per carry.
 
#56
#56
Oklahoma could beat Bama this year. They beat a real good Bama team last year. I'd put this game as 2nd hardest behind UGA away. Then Bama 3rd
 
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OrangeYankee said:
Just being devil's advocate here, as I really don't agree the PAC 12 is light years ahead, more like they are pretty close to the top (which I know we agree there), but:

Alabama struggled with West Virginia
LSU was getting beat by Wisconsin (A big ten team) who was running a non QB at the position
Vandy got blown out by Temple
Ole Miss was in a dog fight with Boise St.

To answer the original question: I do think OU is one of the tougher games along with Alabama and Georgia. Florida could be up there too, if their offense actually has a pulse this year. OU is good, their ability to win out and be in the playoffs is only limited to Stoops' choke factor late in the year.
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Just for the record, I never pay attention to HOW a top team wins their first game of the season, but that they DO win. In the cases you listed above, teams had 9 months to prepare for the teams they were playing. WVU didn't come off of a game and only have a week to prepare for Bama. Same with Wisconsin, Boise and Temple. They spent at least 6 months planning and preparing to try to upset their first opponent of 2014.

OU gave WVU a great blueprint for how to beat Bama, and they utilized it well enough to almost win.

I still have Georgia as my #1 team in the country after the whipping they put on Clemson. I believe they are the real deal as long as they limit their injuries. So here's my order of difficulty I see for UT:

1. Georgia (Like I said, for now they are the real deal)
2. Oklahoma (Up tempo spread offense is a weekly thing in the Big 12. Just another game.)
3. Alabama (the spread causes them nightmares)

Flame away :)
 
#58
#58
No reason to flame as I completely agree with you. If you notice, the person I quoted was doing the same thing about the PAC12, and I was just showing him that the SEC looked nearly identical on paper using that argument.

I agree with your top 3 but I'd put Oregon in that discussion as well (for now)

** That is for the whole country not just who Tennessee faces
 
#59
#59
It pains me to say it but I think by the end of the season FL and UGA could be a coin toss for toughest. I'd probably put OK at the bottom or tied with Bama.
 
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DD4ME said:
It pains me to say it but I think by the end of the season FL and UGA could be a coin toss for toughest. I'd probably put OK at the bottom or tied with Bama.
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:stop: OU at the BOTTOM?? Are you :crazy:??

There's only 2 teams on your schedule that could match up well with OU, Bama and Georgia, so how is OU at the bottom?? Even FCS teams beat Florida.
 
#62
#62
This game will be tough because of our young players-- 1/3 of the team hasn't flown and they haven't played on the road, either. Probably would have been easier to have played the first away game in a closer venue with more orange in the stands.
 
#63
#63
Toughest game on the schedule by far based on:
--When it is being played (still a lot of inexperience)
--Where it is being played (88-5 at home in Stoops era)
--First road game for about 1/2 of the team
--OU's DL vs UT"s OL and OU's OL vs UT's DL are bad matchups
--OU is #3 or #4 team in the nation
--OU is a deep, experienced team which has won a lot of games, UT is not.

Better days are coming but this probably won't be one of them.
 
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VaSoonerFan said:
:stop: OU at the BOTTOM?? Are you :crazy:??

There's only 2 teams on your schedule that could match up well with OU, Bama and Georgia, so how is OU at the bottom?? Even FCS teams beat Florida.
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I think he was saying they'd be at the bottom of that four team grouping of UGA, FL, Alabama and OU.
 
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Boca Vol said:
I think OU is an important game from a national perspective. UT doesn't have to win, but people will take notice if UT can hang around in this game.

From here on out, every game is tough. The only let up until late Nov is UTC. You can take last year's UGA game and throw it out the window. The match-ups are completely different.
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Yep...the OU game has a lot to do with the attitude of the players going forward. Getting blown out isn't an option...if we want to take big strides forward.
 
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