vols vs sooners question

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Guys OU will be really tough at home. As you can see, I have to watch the Sooners every week because my wife is an Okie and has corrupted my eldest also. I will be in Norman for the game and that will be the culmination of a tense week at my house. All I can say is Go Big Orange!
 

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I think we win by 7-10 pts. First big road win for CBJ. OU has always been my 2nd college team so not just a homer prediction. I really believe this is the game our OL answers a lot of questions
 
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utvolpj said:
could we win? Sure. I put them on the same level as a UGA or USCjr

it will likely be the only time you will get to see UT play at OU. If you have family there it's a no brainer IMO
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This. Win or lose it would be a great experience to watch Tennessee play in Norman.
 
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I only half the chance to watch them play twice this yr and one of the gms is where they got throttled by TX. They look like a pretty good year but if we can get some consetant play at QB I think we will be able to compete with them. GO VOLS!
 
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This is a major rebuilding year for the Sooners (we were expecting an 8-4ish year) and instead we backed into a BCS bowl. We graduate 6 players that really matter (top 2 WRs is the real concern). We are more even with LSU than GA or SC right now. Next year, if we figure out which of the three headed monster at QB really deserves most of the snaps, we will be in the 4-team BCS playoff. I'm concerned about the Bama game because we are starting a lot of young linemen on both sides right now, and I think they might kill us by just running between the tackles over and over. I think we lose the Sugar Bowl about 31-14.

I have adopted the Vols as my second team, and have watched every game both teams played this year. I also watched Butch take his 2009 Cincy team and nearly upset us in Ohio, so he's familiar with what he's getting. But realistically, this game shouldn't be close. It won't look like this years Oregon game for UT but more like the Mizzou game. Something like 35-6, Oklahoma. Unless there's a big OU mistake, UT probably should not get in the end zone, and OU will have the ball for over 38 minutes is my guess.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is a major rebuilding year for the Sooners (we were expecting an 8-4ish year) and instead we backed into a BCS bowl. We graduate 6 players that really matter (top 2 WRs is the real concern). We are more even with LSU than GA or SC right now. Next year, if we figure out which of the three headed monster at QB really deserves most of the snaps, we will be in the 4-team BCS playoff. I'm concerned about the Bama game because we are starting a lot of young linemen on both sides right now, and I think they might kill us by just running between the tackles over and over. I think we lose the Sugar Bowl about 31-14.

I have adopted the Vols as my second team, and have watched every game both teams played this year. I also watched Butch take his 2009 Cincy team and nearly upset us in Ohio, so he's familiar with what he's getting. But realistically, this game shouldn't be close. It won't look like this years Oregon game for UT but more like the Mizzou game. Something like 35-6, Oklahoma. Unless there's a big OU mistake, UT probably should not get in the end zone, and OU will have the ball for over 38 minutes is my guess.
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Aren't you guys losing your #1 and #2 RBs on top of the starting TE and WRs? JMO but a team reloading like that shouldn't expect to realistically be in the Playoffs next year. Defense may be really good but too many question marks with both teams for me to say OU has, say, a 20 point advantage. Tennessee's strength will be in pass defense is exactly where you want your strength lie when you are facing an inexperienced offense. Beyond that, Tennessee gets a huge jump in the races with the addition of the (I know it's often talked) 14 early enrolees. The Run D could actually be decent next year for Tennessee, too, especially if AJ Johnson stays - which is very likely.

tl;dr I think it will be a decent match-up. I'm definitely driving to go see it.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is a major rebuilding year for the Sooners (we were expecting an 8-4ish year) and instead we backed into a BCS bowl. We graduate 6 players that really matter (top 2 WRs is the real concern). We are more even with LSU than GA or SC right now. Next year, if we figure out which of the three headed monster at QB really deserves most of the snaps, we will be in the 4-team BCS playoff. I'm concerned about the Bama game because we are starting a lot of young linemen on both sides right now, and I think they might kill us by just running between the tackles over and over. I think we lose the Sugar Bowl about 31-14.

I have adopted the Vols as my second team, and have watched every game both teams played this year. I also watched Butch take his 2009 Cincy team and nearly upset us in Ohio, so he's familiar with what he's getting. But realistically, this game shouldn't be close. It won't look like this years Oregon game for UT but more like the Mizzou game. Something like 35-6, Oklahoma. Unless there's a big OU mistake, UT probably should not get in the end zone, and OU will have the ball for over 38 minutes is my guess.
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38 mins of possession! What a homer. I think you have been listening to big game Bob for too long if this how you expect things to turn out. Don't be dumb.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Aren't you guys losing your #1 and #2 RBs on top of the starting TE and WRs? JMO but a team reloading like that shouldn't expect to realistically be in the Playoffs next year. Defense may be really good but too many question marks with both teams for me to say OU has, say, a 20 point advantage. Tennessee's strength will be in pass defense is exactly where you want your strength lie when you are facing an inexperienced offense. Beyond that, Tennessee gets a huge jump in the races with the addition of the (I know it's often talked) 14 early enrolees. The Run D could actually be decent next year for Tennessee, too, especially if AJ Johnson stays - which is very likely.

tl;dr I think it will be a decent match-up. I'm definitely driving to go see it.
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Yeah, but we have Alabama-like freaks at the 3rd-5th RB positions this year, our TEs just block and catch 5 yard outs anyway (and we generally don't even use one except in short yardage or red zone formations, other than one weird run formation) and we always play 5-7 WRs in a game, so that's in some ways a non issue...the next two studs, whoever they are, are already on the field a lot now. This won't be an inexperienced offense, the question is Bell versus the speed burners at QB. If OU doesn't win by 28 it'll be because of the QB. The UT pass defense won't help much because we line up in a really wide spread and run the ball a lot of the time, and when we do pass, we try to isolate a WR versus an opposing LB. So unless AJ or the next WLB suddenly get really fast, OU will average 5-6 yds per carry and/or 15 per completion. Like I said, it won't look like Oregon, but the minor reload on offense doesn't matter in the BigXII like it does in the SEC because teams like OU and Baylor sub on offense like Kansas and NC do in basketball.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
Yeah, but we have Alabama-like freaks at the 3rd-5th RB positions this year, our TEs just block and catch 5 yard outs anyway (and we generally don't even use one except in short yardage or red zone formations, other than one weird run formation) and we always play 5-7 WRs in a game, so that's in some ways a non issue...the next two studs, whoever they are, are already on the field a lot now. This won't be an inexperienced offense, the question is Bell versus the speed burners at QB. If OU doesn't win by 28 it'll be because of the QB. The UT pass defense won't help much because we line up in a really wide spread and run the ball a lot of the time, and when we do pass, we try to isolate a WR versus an opposing LB. So unless AJ or the next WLB suddenly get really fast, OU will average 5-6 yds per carry and/or 15 per completion. Like I said, it won't look like Oregon, but the minor reload on offense doesn't matter in the BigXII like it does in the SEC because teams like OU and Baylor sub on offense like Kansas and NC do in basketball.
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Reasonable, informative post. Kinda disagree with your last statement. The best SEC teams are the deepest and most talented in the country and rotate a lot of players, especially in the DL, to keep players fresh. For example, with the exception of QB, virtually every 2nd and in some cases 3rd string player for Alabama and LSU was as good as the starter. UT used to be this way.... it's been awhile.
 
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UTjonez said:
38 mins of possession! What a homer. I think you have been listening to big game Bob for too long if this how you expect things to turn out. Don't be dumb.
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Ok, I'll make it 35 minutes if that'll offend your tender sensibilities less. That's within +/- 46 seconds of how long we had the ball in our victories vs Okla State, Texas Tech, and Kansas State this year. All teams that run Butch Jones style offenses, and all teams that would have rubbed Team 117s nose in the dirt this year.
 
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KBVol said:
Reasonable, informative post. Kinda disagree with your last statement. The best SEC teams are the deepest and most talented in the country and rotate a lot of players, especially in the DL, to keep players fresh. For example, with the exception of QB, virtually every 2nd and in some cases 3rd string player for Alabama and LSU was as good as the starter. UT used to be this way.... it's been awhile.
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I don't disagree with that part - what I was trying to say is, on average, big 12 teams use a lot more WRs and RBs in a game than sec teams do. Alabama is of course an exception, largely because they can afford to do so because they have large leads a lot. In the SEC teams go 2 deep at those positions as a general strategy. In the big 12, several teams go 5-6 deep there per game by design.
 
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I got some family in Oklahoma, a lot of the feeling among there fans they wished Stoops had took our job last year, they think of him like most thought of Fulmer, always that one that you should win, I got thinking about don't every team always lose 1 or 2 that they think they would win.
 
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I went to an OU game this year and was not impressed with their talent. Their QB will not be a strength next year.
 
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OrangeBlood4life said:
Are they gonna be loaded next year or rebuilding ?how do they measure up against the vols? Ihave family in Norman and just wondering if yall think it could be a game we could win? Dont wanna make the long drive to watch us get blown out
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According to Rivals, they run a Pro-set. Our D generally does better against that than they do against a spread, but it will mostly depend on how our new lines develop. We will need to control the line, or at least be about equal to have a chance.
 
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I'm really interested in the Bama OU matchup. We're not close to Bama talent wise but I want to see how close the sooners are. I hope that there is a lot more Rocky Top being sang than sooner boomer.
 
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24/7vol said:
I'm really interested in the Bama OU matchup. We're not close to Bama talent wise but I want to see how close the sooners are. I hope that there is a lot more Rocky Top being sang than sooner boomer.
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I can assure you.... there will be more RockyTop sung than there will be Sooner Boomer....
 
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This will be another chance for cbj to earn his money.. We r nowhere near ou level talent so it doesn't matter who they put on the field..


However VN will have us winning by 40 by June this year..lol

This game could get ugly if our off doesn't improve dramatically by the start of the season.

Ou is my 3rd most hated team so I hate to admit we will get blown out.
 
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Vol865 said:
They're decent. I know a few OU fans and the consensus among them is Blake Bell is garbage. Not sure what they consider garbage though.
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Our defense made 1 man's garbage (Florida '13) look like All-American treasures.
 
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OrangeBlood4life said:
Are they gonna be loaded next year or rebuilding ?how do they measure up against the vols? Ihave family in Norman and just wondering if yall think it could be a game we could win? Dont wanna make the long drive to watch us get blown out
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Their coach has been running is mouth lately about the S.E.C. I expect them to lose to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl but beat us early next season.

Of course, he will have an excuse when they lose. The ref's beat us, etc. etc.
 
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