If we can pressure Bradford and dont turn the ball over I KNOW we can win I dont think bradford can take a hit very well he got hit by a TCU player whatever weekend they played them and got up limping. If we come in a just lay the wood to him a few times i think it will throw his game all off. As much as I hate OU i dont wanna see him get hurt cause I dont think anyone deserves possible there career destoried cause of an injury I just wanna make him hear the footsteps coming all day long. More or less I just wanna see bradford on his back all day and the Longhorns belong. Since the start of the season all you heard was Ou this and Ou that nobody even gave us a chance and I was a little scared the first game since then i have never looked back. We may not be the greatest football team this year but we are winning by what we should and getting better every week. I live in OK so i live for this game every year all my in laws are Ou fans of course they all were born in OK and i was born and lived in the greatest state of all TX and lived there most my life. I making this statement Now TX beats ou ill donate 10K to the football at years end and I beileve we have a damn good shot at doing it. Ive been excited all this week Saturday cant come fast enough.

Is a mythological creature. He is thought to have appeared in the UTEP game, but then disappeared entirely from history. Rumored traits include Devin Hester speed, Earl Campbell strength, four arms, and temporary invisibility.

It was fun to see him that one time, but I don’t think that he’s the savior of this team. They’re going to have to dig in and make something special with what they’ve got. If the Fozz shows up and makes Nic Harris explode, then great, but I’m not counting on him… I’m counting on the five members of the o-line to collectively destroy whatever linemen blowU can piece together for this game. If that happens, the rest will fall into place with or without an all-star RB.

As I noted in my fanpost, I think the emergence of legit third options for Colt will be needed. I agree with you guys that we need to spread the field, but that means we need receivers who can get open against single coverage and make a play. Chris O. can be used to create matchup problems, but unfortunately, Irby will not be there to do the same. I’m hoping for a breakout game from Kirkendoll or Williams.

Then again, if Colt runs for 200 yards and Shipley and Cosby go nuts, then we may not need that. But it’s hard to imagine Oklahoma not trying mightily to force Colt to defer to other options.

Has defensive skills (and nunchuk skills) that far surpass anyone we’ve gone up against thus far, and we won’t be able to get by with Colt breaking tackles and two WRs. I’d really like to see Buckner start running deep routes every other play, or see “the real Q package” show up. Or see Malcolm Williams do anything like what was discussed on here and other places during the summer. On that note, if Colt lines up at WR ever this game, I’m breaking into the press box.

Far beyond this season and everyone’s short-term euphoria, the final score and the tone of this game will play heavily into the recruitment of McFarland, Kennard, and…. Whatever that stud DB’s name from Alabama is.

There are really two directions this game could go based on what GD has said this week. While he’s talked about breaking tendencies, we know that his most dependable tendency is to talk about tendencies but never actually break them. Especialy not with a week to prepare.

So first, let’s assume he doesn’t break his tendencies. Ok, what are they? First and foremost – personnel and how he utilizes them. So, (a) Texas will lean heavily on Colt in the running game. Next, (b) Ogbonnaya and McGee will see the ball more than Cody (some) or Fozzy (zilch). and finally ©, Colt will look to either Quan or Ship for roughly 25 attempts. Also, against OU our tendency is to use the TE more than normal because this is the guy OU typically gives us. This year, we have to break this tendency by default.

The next tendency is playcalling and formations. So here we expect to see trips with a lone back often, a sprinkling of 2 TE sets, and some 4 or 5 WR formations. Playcalling-wise, don’t expect to see much play action, expect to see some bootlegs, a healthy dose of screens, and no deep balls. In the running game, we’ll see mostly zone reads, with some counters or traps. In other words, spread out OU with our WRs and hope that our backs can run east and west before turning it north and south.

At the end of the day, our tendencies are simple. We’re going to put 11 guys on the field and generally not try to out-smart you or out-flank you. We’re going put a helmet on a helmet and look for man-to-man coverage we can exploit in the passing game, or hope that we can get a LB in the wrong gap in the running game. If Greg does this, we better hope we get a defensive TD. (which by the way, I have a sneaking suspicion we’ll get). Still, with the lack of sure-fire talent on offense that we currently have, the only sure-fire is you can’t win with tendencies.

However, if Greg finally decides to break tendencies which ones are we best suited to break and which ones have the best combination of cost/benefit to break?

Without a versatile TE or FB, the options in the running game are severely limited. I don’t think their are any tendencies worth breaking here. The running game is just going to come down to whether we can stay fresh and open holes.

The passing game does have some tendencies we can break in our advantage. First, its adding a bit of a vertical passing game with Buckner or M. Williams. Take a shot or two early to one of these guys to force the safety to keep an eye on them. If you don’t mess with the safeties saturday, Quan and Ship will not get open. Keep looking downfield on early downs, and especially on a 3rd and short near midfield. Stoops would do it, wouldn’t he?

Second, attack the middle of the field, not the edges. Once you spread the formation you have to attack the area between LBs and safeties. Colt’s biggest weakness to me is his arm strength particularly on the out routes. Decent corners can get to his ball, and a pick on these routes usually means 6 the other way. So instead of see a healthy dose of out patterns, Colt needs to be confident and throw in some traffic over the middle. Look for Collins and Kirkendoll on the routes because of their elusiveness.
  

Nothing changes until AFTER the Red River Shootout. It took the best qb in college football history to somewhat flex their game plan against OU. Even then, it was only for one year. The year before, same old, same old. Using Finley down the middle was creative and exciting? Wow, i am surprised. Leopards dont change their spots. God, I will happily eat crow with a side of toe jam to be wrong but c’mon!. Albert Einstein wrote his quote about a Mack Brown/Greg Davis offensive game plan when he said : Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Add Mack Brown to club of Napoleon Benoparte, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Tom Green, and John Kruk!