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They have Landry returning, but unless things change with the suspended players they have one scholarship WR returning. Then figure Landry being distracted (he gets married July 6). If I recall correctly their DL is chock full of guys that have yet to live up their potential. And then the return of Mike Stoops. How do they fair in their first year back under him.

Last, I still am not convinced they have solved all their internal issues.

I think it's wide open

If OU suffers any adversity, don't be surprised to see a collapse similar to our 2010. Major internal issues, if only the NCAA would just poke around Norman, they might uncover some stuff that would destroy their program...

I see OU at 9-3 with losses to us, WVU, and TCU or OSU

While KSU may not have a whole lot of major flaws, I see them having no major qualities IMO. Last year was an anomaly in terms of winning just about every close game, I wouldn't bank on that happening this year. Got to love Klein though

I haven't seen anything about Saunders and after a cursory look through Google News, I found more nothing. We'll see. Your defense is what I foresee being the biggest problem for yall. WR could be good but it's all potential that needs to be realized pretty much immediately.

Somebody jumped the gun on Saunders. Had everybody all giddy. The only issue I see on defense is LB depth. Everything else should be good to go. As for the WRs, you are correct. We have lots of potential which means they havent done anything yet. Shephard has been the hit of the summer and Neal has been impressive, just not as consistent. Now, the ante will go up even more the second week in July when Gardner and Bestor get in. Two big, fast WRs. Gardner is said to be a one and done type of player.

I like our chances this year though btown. With our depth at RB and OL, we will be a tough unit to handle on offense. With Mike Stoops at the helm, we will be tough to handle on defense too.

The team everybody needs to look out for is Kansas....just kidding.

While you have a lot of potential coming in, the fact is Landry struggled getting the ball in the end zone with skilled receivers Franks, Reynolds and Stills and you have zero experience returning at TE.

It pains me to say this but I think the conference is OU's to lose. They have an experinced QB who has over 12k yards passing and 93 touchdowns. That is pretty damned impressive, even for a Sooner. A lot has been made about their problems at WR but they have some studs on the way who definitely look the part (Meteyor for example). Landry has many faults and OU will NOT win the big one (surprise surprise, lol) but I do not see them finsihing anything less than #1 in the conference. Their D, especially their secondary, is questionable as is their running game. That being said they're still going to be tough to beat.

KSU is a well coached machine but will not have the horses to close the deal. Klein will likely be in a wheelchair by October and at some point Mack has to beat the Kats, right? I look for the better passing teams to expose them and since our game is so late in the season I think we get the better of them, finally.

TEXAS has too many question marks for me to pick us to win it all. Will our run game get stuffed by the better front 7's again? Will Ash audible at the line and has he learned to look off coverage? Will our oline be an asset or a liability? Can our recievers not named Shipley catch the ball? Out of the 1/2 dozen kickers we have on the roster which one can replace Tucker? I think we are a 2-3 loss team this year.

I think the EER's will be good but this is a team that got whipped by Syracuse and L'Ville last year. The weekly grind of playing big boy football will take it's toll and the lack of QUALITY depth should be a concern.

Are any of TCU's players not out on bond?

OSU has been very good lately. This year they have a new QB who isn't middle aged so I think they will dip a bit from last seasons run. 3 losses for the Pokes imo but still a very god season all things considered.

He had those stats when he threw 1 TD and 6 picks to close out 2011.

Ou loses to tcu, WVU, Tech and maybe Texas.

WVU wins the Big 12

That is why I mentioned them having issues, Landry Included. They're definitely not going to be world-beaters this year. I look at the Big12 and I do not see a nationally dominant team that is likely to win the big one. I see a few teams that could jump up and take the conference, but if a gun was to my head and I had to pick a team to win the conference, I would pick OU (now I'm off to puke!).

Im not saying that at all. History shows us that their is a learning curve from high school to college practice and then from practice to game. I expect that to take place with the freshmen, but to a lesser extent with the JUCOs.

Now, was Jones not converting because of dropped balls or missed WRs or what? I mean, if youre only saying look at the stats, thats fine, cant dispute. But, he was able to drive us down the field, in spite of the WRs, so he is capable. IMO, we will be fine, but I also understand it could go the other way. Bell being brought in happened before Broyles went down. He was used more to help the running game on the goalline and in short yardage, not to supplement Jones. Thats a fact.

As long as the TEs can block, I am cool with it. Maybe they will suck, who knows. I know our staff usually does a great job of getting our kids ready more often than not, so I will trust them here.

So, IMO, the only questions we have are WR and LB depth. After that, its solid. Youre my rival though, so I dont expect to get much credit from you. Thats cool.

While it worked, which defenses did you use it against?
Baylor
A&M
KSU
OSU (used it once with less than three minutes left in the game)
Iowa

Common denominator: undersized defenses
It really was not very effective. Yes it scored touchdowns but anyone can throw a big DE in there and push forward.

I hope yall bring that gimmick down to Dallas because Moore and Edmond will stand him up and knock the daylights out of him

No one has been able to figure it out. Edmond will have to get through Millard and/or Rip first.

OU is the team in the conference with the fewest question marks. This could be a down year for the Big 12 because even the top tier teams have a lot of question marks. The defense should be improved because Mike finally has players playing in their natural positions. And, it can't get much worse than last year. OU has two of the top JUCO WRs in the country coming in and if Saunders gets cleared then that'll put a lot of those concerns to rest. Metoyer is ridiculous. OU will have the best OL in the conference by a lot which should help Jones and the run game. Still though, a lot of question marks.