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Why people keep bringing up Ed O? Isnt his background on the defensive side of the ball? I must be missing something why some are clamoring for him given its the offensive side we need to address

I think its time both sides move on. Guys a gamer, kept us in a lot of games but also had his fair share of gaffes in big moments. I think mario v really f'd this kid over- his mechanics/play has not improved one bit since he arrived here. His inconsistent reads/missed throws coupled with his terrible play in the red zone lead me to wanting a new qb. Perhaps we're worse off, but i for one have seen enough for 4 years already to tell me not to expect much different in a potential 5th year, a 5th year mind you coming off a pretty significant surgery to his throwing shoulder. We were going into the transfer pool regardless- glass half full, maybe we get some stronger consideration from a solid transfer knowing they dont have to beat out a 5th year starter

Well, partly due to I do crave a change of scenery at qb. 2AM great talent, but there's just something off between what this offense needs and what he's capable of from making the right read and delivering a consistent ball when it matters. Not all on him, plenty thats broken with this team, but i just dont expect anything different results wise from him that we havent seen in 4 years, not even taking into account what he's gonna be post shoulder surgery. Other part is at least we now know where he stands and he didnt drag this out. I think we were raiding the transfer market regardless but perhaps this actually increases our odds of getting a difference maker to consider us knowing they dont have to beat out a 5 year incumbent starter

You might be right, I could look like an idiot a year from now and reminiscing on what coulda been. That being said, i didn't really see a drop off at all against iowa. Still moments the offense looked great, and long stretches it looked inept AF. Not sold that smothers is the guy and that in and of itself is unsettling. Probably near impossible to find a qb better than 2am in the portal knowing theres quite a few schools more attractive than us in the market for a qb. Still more concerned about fixing the OL and extension having a run game to lean on coupled with needed ST improvements. If none of this is addressed positively it really doesnt matter who the qb is

What a relief. Guy played with a ton of heart and through a lot of BS but its time to move on to a new chapter for both sides. best of luck 2AM!

lol, dude, can you at least wait until after we find out who the coaches are to lose your s#!t over it. For f#&%s sake, some of you guys have the patience and temperament like my 3 year old, and some posters even worse. Writing off the decisions before we even know who the hires are and expressing such a level of frustration when we dont know s#!t is somehow comical, worrisome, and amusing to me all at the same time.

Probably a bit better- for the most part tho, we played the same teams outside of Ohio state (we'll get to see how iowa handles michigan this weekend). They didnt have an oklahoma non con on the schedule but we also lucked out in playing against rattler as their offense was almost as inept as ours. Still not creating enough turnovers and pushed around too easily by the minnesotas of the world for my liking.

All I've asked Santa for this year is a god damn pass rusher. We fix the sack/qb pressure equation the TOs are bound to follow closely behind

Right. Because a defense that ranked towards the middle in the country in most defensive stat categories and around 75th-80th in 3rd down efficiency just screams elite. Just because our offense was consistently inept doesn’t make the defense world beaters for playing better. Money doesn’t grow on trees and they’re already paid pretty well. Give me a defense that actually forces some turnovers and plays with aggression and you can talk pay raises

*sigh*.. the coulda been of our offense this year with wan'dale solely at wide out doing his thing with allen over the middle and touré/co on the outside.... pumped to see the kid max potential but hot damn its annoying AF that we didnt figure this out with this one

My apologies, it was a poster you quoted that said oklahoma may be slipping to the dark ages. The overarching point I was trying to make is that I feel a s#!t coaching hire for them will lead to this moreso than the impact of going to the SEC. Perhaps I should have added more context to my stance- I feel like OUs change is vastly differnet to all the others. They still get to play in Texas with UT and A&M in the SEC, Texas is still in their backyard, and now they get to play guaranteed games in fertile AF recruiting grouds in the Florida, Louisana and Georgia, amongst other talent rich states in the south. This to me, is completely different compared to what we went through where we were literally hanging on to a thread in texas recruiting by getting to play their a handful of times a year. Texas not in our backyard geographically and us moving away from those schools pretty much killed a strong foundation of our recruiting. I don't think this is going to happen with Oklahoma and I also think they have the capital/cache to go out and grab a great coach even with getting blindsided like this. And on the kool aid topic- I wish I had had more. I was deaf to the game and outcome on Friday- muted and subdued in my reaction due to the consistent let down of this progrum for years now in a game like that. I promise I will try my best to not misrepresent something you said when it should have been credited to another poster and for that I am sorry. Perhaps we can agree to disagree on the trajectory of OU, I for one, am hoping they continue to succeed at a similar level in the SEC because I think we have more in common wiht them, historically, than almost any other program in the country from a geography/success standpoint. I guess what I'm trying to say is, we're both prolly pretty agitated salty as hell husker fans clamoring for the days of even modest success. We can't let our internal dissension tear us apart any further, I f'n love you man.

What's being disputed is you equating the outcome from middling conf teams to a perennial top 5 team in the country. To you, making a conf title game with 3-4 losses qualifies as conf champ material. To me, making a conf title game with 3-4 losses qualifies as a good year that got a bit lucky due to a weak division/circumstances that fell our way. Neither one of us knows wtf the future has in store. But your proclamation that OU is about to slip into the dark days, simply because they are switching conferences and providing a crappy comparison to other progrums with literally completely opposite track records, is borderline baseless as hell. I will also add and end it with this- the likelihood of Oklahoma maintaining a 10 win clip, even in the SEC, is much more likely to occur then them slipping to a .500 progrum you seem to be claiming. thanks bud!

Maybe we're dropping a defensive coach? Do we really need 3 coaches between DL, ILB, OLB? Maybe they'll just on title switch Dawson to ST title wise and spend bulk of his duties there while pitching in on the LB coaching. Who knows but you'd think some kind of title change may be needed unless the below is what happens Weren't there rumors Frosty wanted Joseph as OC a few years back? I wonder if Joseph will get OC duties or they quasi split that between him and frost to make the numbers work.

Ah yes, because a handful of teams, none of which were elite or even close to elite at said time of conference moving, is a fair sample size and totally an apt comparison to a title contending, conference champ program. You sir must have gotten an A+ in statistics back in the day because your perspective and scientific reasoning is bullet proof! If any one is creating the narrative they want to believe in I think its you bud. I simply laid out facts that Oklahoma, whether you want to look at the past 3, 5, 10, 20 years, is significantly better than where any of the teams you outlined at the time they switched. Your argument would have legs if said schools were actual conference champs prior to moving, but they weren't. In fact, of those schools- we were by far the closest and yet I'd still confidently make the case that our profile in the late aughts pales in comparison to the progrum oklahoma has had and will continue to had.

My money is on Frost owning the QB coaching part. Id be shocked if he's not owning either OC or QB coach duties if the joseph rumors are true.

I agree on all that. I think they'll adjust just fine tho, will still get those texas recruits in their backyard and now have access to SEC recruits that they'll play in more often. They definitely need to adjust a bit, but some posters on here calling for oklahoma to trend towards a .500 program at best is comical.

I never said conf realignment doesnt affect progrum success. I think you comparing missouri, colorado and our profile in the 08-2010 range to Oklahoma the past few years is ignorant at best. Oklahoma= consistent top 5/top 10 in a down year, multiple playoff participant and conf champ most years. Nebraska 09= Conf title contender? I mean sure, we made it to the big 12 title game but we were 10-4, let's not pretend we even came close to walking into conf title season with 1 or 2 losses at most. Missouri has trended in the SEC to pretty much what they were in the big 12. A middling progrum that is towards the bottom most years and happened to have one year where things came together coupled with a weak division. Colorado- Was trending pretty abysmally towards the end of the big 12 run and, for the most part, has been an afterthought in CFB for a decade now. Literally none of the 3 progrums u mentioned, including us, are remotely similar to the track record Oklahoma has brought to the table in the past 5-20 years. Ah yes, because going 10-4 and playing in the weakest division at the time puts us on the same level both in the big 12 and then the big 10 puts us on Oklahoma's level. You should really take off those husker shaded lens of yours, theyre turning you blind.

No, because oklahoma in the Big12 is significantly better and more consistent compared to where we were in the big12 prior to leaving.

You guys are all overhyping this conference realignment having a direct impact on the progrums success. Literally all of the teams that have realigned were already middling to subpar programs in their old conference- its not like conference heavy weights/title contender changed conferences and saw a big dip. If anything A&M has raised their profile from a change in scenery

Man this statement is dense as hell. Common man, we trailed in like the vast majority of the games we lost. I grow tired of this whole 9 losses by single digits Bs- we were down double digits to both Purdue and Minnesota and last second scores brought it to single digits- those games were over welll in advance of the final whistle. lastly, “only Ohio state outright beat us.” Man maybe I was just too drunk from the booze I needed to consume to drink away the pain of ineptitude I was witnessing cause I recall it wasn’t only Ohio state, it was also- -Illinois capitalizing on our turnovers and inability to control time of possession -Oklahoma not allowing us to do s#!t offensively -Michigan state capitalize on our poor special teams and taking advantage of a team with no offensive identity in overtime -Michigan, coming to our house in a raucous environment, they earned that W -Purdue, once again, stifling whatever u wanna call our offense -Minnesota- for what feels like the 10th year in a row beat us by being both more physical and sound in their approach -Wisconsin- ran the ball right down our throats -Iowa- Got the W on the road by playing some pretty clean football and capitalizing on what’s given to them, something this program seems to have been lacking since Bo’s top secondary units of 09. I get it, we could have won the majority of the games had we not had some self inflicted BS, but at some point a random occurrence becomes a trend and the trend is we are inept at taking advantage of others team mistakes and we are beyond inept at playing a clean game on our side. At some point we gotta be accountable

Someone on Twitter pointed out that we had overloaded punt protection on the right side of the formation, even tho our punter is left footed, leaving the kicking side essentially unblocked…. But naw, our ST doing great we don’t need a full time coach

Honestly, not really that angry because of how consistent the ineptitude is. Really wanted frost to work, and maybe, just maybe the .05% chance the staff restructure actually works out; but I think I’ve finally arrived to the point that this whole team is being crushed by a loser culture and mentality and only wholesale changes will fix that. didn’t answer your question tho- I’d say I’d honestly forget this if and when we win the division next year. While it sucks, today’s game meant absolutely nothing. I was more pissed at the outcomes of the Minnesota and Purdue games. Bigger picture, nothing compares to 01 Colorado. And this doesn’t come close to the embarrassment of the 2012 big10 title game

Frosty forgot to tell Logan we’re wearing red today, same mistake 2AM been making for 4 years

Abandoned the run and go with a play call that couldn’t be any slower to develop as if we’re at their 30 yard line