Game Week Thread Game week thread, Week 6, Red River Shootout

Codaxx · October 8

34 minutes ago, NoName said:

How good Arch has been in every adjusted metric across the board is why I'm so confident going into this game.

Arch is GOOD but he's not better than Ewers in this offense today.

The Sark offense is going to throttle those Okie fucks on Saturday.

I like adjusted stats, but sometimes they seem to miss the mark. Arch was great vs MSU, but he didnt do much more than Toledo or Florida did.

MSU's pass defense the last 3 weeks. QBs have completed 86.2% of their attempts at 10.2 per attempt. This is next level bad.

Date	Opponent	Surface	Result	Att	Comp	Pct.	Yards	Yards/Att	TD	Int	Rating

09/14/24	Toledo	Grass	L 17-41	28	23	82.1	285	10.2	3	0	203.00
09/21/24	Florida	Grass	L 28-45	28	26	92.9	277	9.9	3	0	211.32
09/28/24	@ 1 Texas	Turf	L 13-35	31	26	83.9	325	10.5	2	0	193.23

ztejas · October 8

1 hour ago, TexasGolf said:

I was there...30 years ago...damn I feel old.

Tex Pete · October 8

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

This year will be my 40th OU game. You want old? I'll show you old.

Graduation year in your username checks out.

Red Five · October 8

I counted mine up this morning. This will be my 26th Texas OU game. I’m 13-12.

gmr548 · October 8

Checking in at 4-8 here. 4-9 if you count the 2018 Big 12 championship game.

It's not a voodoo thing I just started at UT in 2010.

Pimphand · October 8

Paaawwwlll picked Texas

BigHorn'13 · October 8

2 hours ago, Lat22 said:

He never mentions that it's upside down. I don't know that first hand, but I guarantee you it is.

Which just means that it's right side up when he looks at it. What a dumbass lol

Edited October 8 by BigHorn'13
ou sucks

Constant · October 8

6 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Checking in at 4-8 here. 4-9 if you count the 2018 Big 12 championship game.

It's not a voodoo thing I just started at UT in 2010.

Hopefully you’re going on Saturday.

freyguy · October 8

3 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

My first ever ou game. Was a freshman. Came from a high school with a shiiiittty football program and relied on the Oilers for any amount of football hope/joy.

My god, every single longhorn fan was your best friend the rest of that day.

hookem2010 · October 8

11 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Checking in at 4-8 here. 4-9 if you count the 2018 Big 12 championship game.

It's not a voodoo thing I just started at UT in 2010.

It is a voodoo thing. I just had to come back to Austin 3 years ago to end your curse. Things were looking great when I left in 2010.

gmr548 · October 8

9 minutes ago, Constant said:

Hopefully you’re going on Saturday.

1 minute ago, hookem2010 said:

It is a voodoo thing. I just had to come back to Austin 3 years ago to end your curse. Things were looking great when I left in 2010.

Maybe you are the vodoo and I am but a NPC.

Skipper · October 8

9-16-1 here. Time to get a streak going the other direction. We're due.

Forecast looks brutal for Saturday. Glad I made the decision to go west side with shittier seats than east side where I usually sit once I saw the 2:30 kick.

closetojumping · October 8

Spoilered below is a great breakdown of where OU sits nationally and within the SEC in myriad stats, some advanced and some standard (from Sooners Illustrated). The net-net is that OU sucks, and here they suck in about every way measurable. They have solid sack and TO numbers, but even those are buoyed by either outlier performances or really terrible teams. If the turnover margin is -2 or better for Texas, this is likely a spread cover trending towards blowout.

I think I'm going to do a mudhole since this thread and others are starting to show some true pussyrubbing from the community. As such, I'll tie some of this in and give other thoughts around things like the invincibility of Hawkins and how much meth Venables smokes before witnessing at his local Church of Christ or coaching on Saturdays. Anyways, enjoy, and I didn't convert to plain text since the bold formatting helps and, if you don't like that, keep that shit to yourself:

Spoiler

Oklahoma is fresh off its first off week of the season, and now it's time for the biggest game to date.

That's right. It's Red River Rivalry week, as Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Texas (5-0, 1-0) are set to square off in the Cotton Bowl for their annual rivalry game. Both teams are coming off a bye week, so the Sooners and Longhorns will both have had an extra week to recover, regroup and plan for Saturday's showdown in Dallas, which is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC.

Oklahoma heads into the game with its best defense in years but an offense that ranks toward the bottom of the SEC and in the bottom tier of FBS teams in several statistical categories. The Sooners hope the offense can start trending in the right direction coming out of the bye, as Michael Hawkins Jr. settles in as the team's starting quarterback after a promising first start at Auburn a week ago and a tenacious second-half showing against Tennessee's defense in the SEC opener.

The Sooners will need to get their offense up to par heading into the teeth of their SEC slate, which begins with Saturday's matchup against the Longhorns. In this week's edition of Statistically Speaking, we check in on how Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC and nationally in various statistical categories coming off the bye week…

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

RUSHING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 219.4 yards per game (1^st in Big 12, 10^th)

2023: 182.2 (7^th in Big 12, 34^th)

After Temple: 220.0 (5^th, 38^th)

After Houston: 147.5 (12^th, 79^th)

After Tulane: 159.0 (11^th, 67^th)

After Tennessee: 128.3 (15^th, 101^st)

After Auburn: 128.6 (16^th, 103^rd)

After 1^st bye: 128.6 (16^th, 100^th)

PASSING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 254.6 yards per game (5^th in Big 12, 41^st)

2023: 324.8 (1^st in Big 12, 6^th)

After Temple: 158.0 (13^th, 106^th)

After Houston: 166.0 (12^th, 109^th)

After Tulane: 166.3 (13^th, 114^th)

After Tennessee: 171.3 (14^th, 111^th)

After Auburn: 169.2 (15^th, 114^th)

After 1^st bye: 169.2 (16^th, 118^th)

PASSING EFFICIENCY OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 147.95 (3^rd in Big 12, 30^th)

2023: 167.53 (1^st in Big 12, 6^th)

After Temple: 156.8 (11^th, 58^th)

After Houston: 137.19 (12^th, 72^nd)

After Tulane: 129.69 (13^th, 90^th)

After Tennessee: 122.35 (15^th, 103^rd)

After Auburn: 126.05 (15^th, 96^th)

After 1^st bye: 126.05 (15^th, 100^th)

TOTAL OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 474.0 yards per game (1^st in Big 12, 13^th)

2023: 507.0 (1^st in Big 12, 3^rd)

After Temple: 378.0 (11^th, 82^nd)

After Houston: 313.5 (14^th, 108^th)

After Tulane: 325.3 (14^th, 108^th)

After Tennessee: 299.5 (16^th, 119^th)

After Auburn: 297.8 (16^th, 122^nd)

After 1^st bye: 297.8 (16^th, 121^st)

SCORING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 32.8 points per game (5^th in Big 12, 31^st)

2023: 41.7 (1^st in Big 12, 4^th)

After Temple: 51.0 (8^th, 22^nd)

After Houston: 33.5 (11^th, 57^th)

After Tulane: 33.7 (9^th, 49^th)

After Tennessee: 29.0 (15^th, 103^rd)

After Auburn: 28.6 (14^th, 73^rd)

After 1^st bye: 28.6 (13^th, 69^th)

SACKS ALLOWED (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 31; 2.38 per game (9^th in Big 12, 80^th)

2023: 20; 1.54 per game (6^th in Big 12, 35^th)

After Temple: 3; 3.00 per game (14^th, 103^rd)

After Houston: 6; 3.00 per game (15^th, 109^th)

After Tulane: 9; 3.00 per game (14^th, 114^th)

After Tennessee: 12; 3.00 per game (14^th, 116^th)

After Auburn: 14; 2.80 per game (13^th, 112^th)

After 1^st bye: 14; 2.80 per game (13^th, 110^th)

THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.5% (4^th in Big 12, 49^th)

2023: 49.2% (2^nd in Big 12, 7^th)

After Temple: 8.3% (16^th, 132^nd)

After Houston: 19.2% (16^th, 131^st)

After Tulane: 31.0% (14^th, 109^th)

After Tennessee: 28.1% (16^th, 124^th)

After Auburn: 26.9% (16^th, 127^th)

After 1^st bye: 26.9% (16^th, 129^th)

RED-ZONE OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 84.0% (7^th in Big 12, 66^th)

2023: 89.6% (2^nd in Big 12, 26^th)

After Temple: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Houston: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Tulane: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Tennessee: 94.1% (5^th, 26^th)

After Auburn: 94.7% (2^nd, 14^th)

After 1^st bye: 94.7% (5^th, 20^th)

RUSHING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 187.5 yards per game (9^th in Big 12, 105^th)

2023: 138.6 (3^rd in Big 12, 42^nd)

After Temple: 69.0 (8^th, 37^th)

After Houston: 63.5 (6^th, 13^th)

After Tulane: 77.7 (6^th, 22^nd)

After Tennessee: 96.0 (7^th, 27^th)

After Auburn: 105.6 (7^th, 30^th)

After 1^st bye: 105.6 (4^th, 27^th)

PASSING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 273.5 yards per game (10^th in Big 12, 117^th)

2023: 250.8 (10^th in Big 12, 109^th)

After Temple: 125.0 (6^th, 40^th)

After Houston: 194.0 (11^th, 67^th)

After Tulane: 187.0 (10^th, 58^th)

After Tennessee: 188.8 (8^th, 51^st)

After Auburn: 218.6 (12^th, 78^th)

After 1^st bye: 218.6 (12^th, 75^th)

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 128.20 (5^th in Big 12, 58^th)

2023: 118.62 (1^st in Big 12, 17^th)

After Temple: 75.0 (4^th, 12^th)

After Houston: 124.32 (13^th, 77^th)

After Tulane: 116.31 (10^th, 54^th)

After Tennessee: 123.94 (12^th, 61^st)

After Auburn: 136.63 (13^th, 91^st)

After 1^st bye: 136.63 (12^th, 91^st)

TOTAL DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 461.0 yards per game (9^th in Big 12, 121^st)

2023: 389.4 (6^th in Big 12, 77^th)

After Temple: 197.0 (8^th, 25^th)

After Houston: 257.5 (10^th, 35^th)

After Tulane: 264.7 (8^th, 27^th)

After Tennessee: 284.8 (9^th, 28^th)

After Auburn: 324.2 (10^th, 48^th)

After 1^st bye: 324.2 (10^th, 42^nd)

SCORING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 30.0 points per game (8^th in Big 12, 98^th)

2023: 23.5 (4^th in Big 12, 46^th)

After Temple: 3.0 (7^th, 14^th)

After Houston: 7.5 (6^th, 15^th)

After Tulane: 11.3 (7^th, 23^rd)

After Tennessee: 14.8 (8^th, 26^th)

After Auburn: 16.0 (8^th, 26^th)

After 1^st bye: 16.0 (6^th, 19^th)

SACKS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 28; 2.15 per game (3^rd in Big 12, 63^rd)

2023: 24; 1.85 per game (10^th in Big 12, 86^th)

After Temple: 6; 6.00 per game (1^st, 6^th)

After Houston: 8; 4.00 per game (2^nd, 8^th)

After Tulane: 11; 3.67 per game (2^nd, 10^th)

After Tennessee: 14; 3.50 per game (1^st, 7^th)

After Auburn: 18; 3.60 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

After 1^st bye: 18; 3.60 per game (2^nd, 5^th)

THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.9% (7^th in Big 12, 87^th)

2023: 31.1% (3^rd in Big 12, 14^th)

After Temple: 30.8% (8^th, 51^st)

After Houston: 28.6% (7^th, 36^th)

After Tulane: 30.2% (7^th, 36^th)

After Tennessee: 30.6% (7^th, 27^th)

After Auburn: 30.3% (8^th, 22^nd)

After 1^st bye: 30.3% (6^th, 17^th)

RED-ZONE DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 86.2% (7^th in Big 12, 88^th)

2023: 81.0% (5^th in Big 12, 43^rd)

After Temple: 100% (14^th, 76^th)

After Houston: 100% (15^th, 86^th)

After Tulane: 100% (14^th, 101^st)

After Tennessee: 100% (16^th, 110^th)

After Auburn: 80% (9^th, 50^th)

After 1^st bye: 80% (6^th, 45^th)

NET PUNTING (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 43.08 net yards per punt (1^st in Big 12, 5^th)

2023: 39.60 (7^th in Big 12, 44^th)

After Temple: 43.80 (7^th, 34^th)

After Houston: 43.15 (10^th, 25^th)

After Tulane: 41.61 (9^th, 35^th)

After Tennessee: 43.72 (6^th, 13^th)

After Auburn: 43.97 (6^th, 12^th)

After 1^st bye: 43.97 (6^th, 11^th)

KICK RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 19.79 yards per return (6^th in Big 12, 71^st)

2023: 21.05 (7^th in Big 12, 50^th)

After Temple: 0.00 (N.A, N/A)

After Houston: 10.00 (12^th, 119^th)

After Tulane: 15.50 (13^th, 106^th)

After Tennessee: 15.50 (14^th, 108^th)

After Auburn: 17.33 (15^th, 101^st)

After 1^st bye: 17.33 (15^th, 103^rd)

KICK RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 24.94 yards allowed per return (10^th in Big 12, 122^nd)

2023: 18.00 (2^nd in Big 12, 37^th)

After Temple: 18.33 (10^th, 72^nd)

After Houston: 18.50 (11^th, 71^st)

After Tulane: 18.50 (11^th, 71^st)

After Tennessee: 14.80 (4^th, 21^st)

After Auburn: 16.83 (8^th, 37^th)

After 1^st bye: 16.83 (7^th, 34^th)

PUNT RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 14.08 yards per return (1^st in Big 12, 12^th)

2023: 6.52 (10^th in Big 12, 95^th)

After Temple: 13.00 (7^th, 30^th)

After Houston: 8.75 (10^th, 57^th)

After Tulane: 11.80 (5^th, 39^th)

After Tennessee: 8.90 (11^th, 67^th)

After Auburn: 8.09 (11^th, 74^th)

After 1^st bye: 8.09 (11^th, 73^rd)

PUNT RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 2.83 yards allowed per return (3^rd in Big 12, 10^th)

2023: 4.69 (5^th in Big 12, 25^th)

After Temple: minus-5.00 (1^st, 2^nd)

After Houston: minus-3.75 (1^st, 4^th)

After Tulane: minus-3.00 (1^st, 3rd)

After Tennessee: minus-0.43 (2^nd, 6^th)

After Auburn: 1.00 (6^th, 13^th)

After 1^st bye: 1.00 (5^th, 11^th)

TURNOVER MARGIN (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: plus-6; 0.46 per game (2^nd in Big 12, 24^th)

2023: plus-6; 0.46 per game (3^rd in Big 12, 23^rd)

After Temple: plus-6; 6.0 per game (1^st, 1^st)

After Houston: plus-7; 3.5 per game (1^st, 1^st)

After Tulane: plus-8; 2.67 per game (1^st, 2^nd)

After Tennessee: plus-7; 1.75 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

After Auburn: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1^st, 6^th)

After 1^st bye: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 50.15 (9^th in Big 12, 53^rd)

2023: 58.46 (14^th in Big 12, 97^th)

After Temple: 62.00 (13^th, 93^rd)

After Houston: 64.50 (12^th, 95^th)

After Tulane: 58.00 (7^th, 77^th)

After Tennessee: 51.50 (4^th, 60^th)

After Auburn: 56.80 (6^th, 76^th)

After 1^st bye: 56.80 (7^th, 75^th)

Also, one of the film nerds should contribute to the community and show some clips from the Auburn game identifying how Hawkins is currently a one-read-and-go guy, because that's what he is. I wonder how different the Texas defensive approach in this game is going to be compared to the Bama game last year? Young mobile QB not used to reading defenses, OL that can be managed towards domination, no truly scary skill position threats, etc. Feels like some similarities are there for UT.

Edited October 8 by closetojumping

ClubWhatever · October 8

Looks like if they weren't turning teams over Venables would be on the verge of being fired.

Recommended game plan: very conservative, play for field position, take points at any opportunity. 24 points probably wins the game.

hookemATL · October 8

7 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

very conservative

closetojumping · October 8

Some injury related stuff from SI covering Venables this week as well:

-Anthony won't be back for weeks. He had another scope done to "clean some stuff up". They tried to rush him back and it cost him and them.

-Farooq and Burks won't be playing this week unless they pretty much force them to do so. "We'll see how those two do in a few days."

-Farooq gets out of a walking boot this week. This is after surgery after the Temple game. What they don't tell you is that Farooq was recommended surgery after a similar injury in the spring, but due to pressure from the staff, he passed on it. The reinjury in the Temple game shouldn't be a surprise.

-Burks' injury has not been disclosed formally. It's believed to be a "soft tissue injury in the lower body". If you believe that, did he pull a groin, calf, quad or hammy? It could easily be an ankle or knee thing, IMO. Burks isn't ready to go but they're pushing him to play this weekend.

-They pushed Anderson back before he was ready, then he suffered further injury.

Notice a trend? Remember any of this from the past? Notice who is running the program and who is running the S&C?

Anyway, I assume we'll see some truth tomorrow night since the SEC requires it of them.

Doc Daneeka · October 8

As usual, protect the ball. Here, an incompletion or throwaway is better than a risky throw in almost every situation. Go after them. Make them have to pass. Put the pressure on them to come up with points. Don’t try so hard to be safe you leave them with striking distance with a punt return and a busted coverage. Something like Michigan, but with more points.

Magus Ossis · October 8

4 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

As usual, protect the ball. Here, an incompletion or throwaway is better than a risky throw in almost every situation. Go after them. Make them have to pass. Put the pressure on them to come up with points. Don’t try so hard to be safe you leave them with striking distance with a punt return and a busted coverage. Something like Michigan, but with more points.

Yes. Quinn showed us that he gets this now, I think.

BERT · October 8

17 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Looks like if they weren't turning teams over Venables would be on the verge of being fired.

Recommended game plan: very conservative, play for field position, take points at any opportunity. 24 points probably wins the game.

No thanks, Mack.

Hank_Hill · October 8

19 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Looks like if they weren't turning teams over Venables would be on the verge of being fired.

Recommended game plan: very conservative, play for field position, take points at any opportunity. 24 points probably wins the game.

Doc Daneeka · October 8

1 minute ago, Magus Ossis said:

Yes. Quinn showed us that he gets this now, I think.

Agreed. Frankly, every second these crimson cocksuckers aren’t down by at least two TDs, they probably feel good about the game. You don’t have to be reckless to do it, but pull their fucking hearts out early and then just keep kicking the corpse until the clock runs out.

ztejas · October 8

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

Checking in at 4-8 here. 4-9 if you count the 2018 Big 12 championship game.

It's not a voodoo thing I just started at UT in 2010.

11-18-1 since I came into this world.

12-5 against aggy.

Hagbard Celine · October 8

23 hours ago, South Austin said:

And no pics, so I'll GTFO.

this is entirely in your control to do what's right and necessary

or you could just post her insta in the squirrel and we will make do

My display name · October 8

4 hours ago, TexasGolf said:

I was there...30 years ago...damn I feel old.

Same!

Hagbard Celine · October 8

22 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

We cannot turn the fucking ball over like last game.

/lock thread

Josef Pwag · October 8

My first Texas/ou game. I was drunk enough to anesthetize an elephant.

thepop · October 8

Protect the ball & fewer penalties. My biggest fear is we have a ton of holding calls like we did against Mississippi State.

Fondren & Main · October 8

37 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

Agreed. Frankly, every second these crimson cocksuckers aren’t down by at least two TDs, they probably feel good about the game. You don’t have to be reckless to do it, but pull their fucking hearts out early and then just keep kicking the corpse until the clock runs out.

Something akin to this would suffice. This is the level of cruelty OU deserves. We owe them a couple of black Saturdays still.

Doc Daneeka · October 8

6 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Something akin to this would suffice. This is the level of cruelty OU deserves. We owe them a couple of black Saturdays still.

Mitch Cumsteen · October 8

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Also, one of the film nerds should contribute to the community and show some clips from the Auburn game identifying how Hawkins is currently a one-read-and-go guy,

PM Ian Boyd.

And for those of me on dark mode, I'm pasting your stats sans formatting:

Spoiler

Oklahoma is fresh off its first off week of the season, and now it's time for the biggest game to date.

That's right. It's Red River Rivalry week, as Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Texas (5-0, 1-0) are set to square off in the Cotton Bowl for their annual rivalry game. Both teams are coming off a bye week, so the Sooners and Longhorns will both have had an extra week to recover, regroup and plan for Saturday's showdown in Dallas, which is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC.

Oklahoma heads into the game with its best defense in years but an offense that ranks toward the bottom of the SEC and in the bottom tier of FBS teams in several statistical categories. The Sooners hope the offense can start trending in the right direction coming out of the bye, as Michael Hawkins Jr. settles in as the team's starting quarterback after a promising first start at Auburn a week ago and a tenacious second-half showing against Tennessee's defense in the SEC opener.

The Sooners will need to get their offense up to par heading into the teeth of their SEC slate, which begins with Saturday's matchup against the Longhorns. In this week's edition of Statistically Speaking, we check in on how Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC and nationally in various statistical categories coming off the bye week…

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
RUSHING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 219.4 yards per game (1st in Big 12, 10th)

2023: 182.2 (7th in Big 12, 34th)

After Temple: 220.0 (5th, 38th)

After Houston: 147.5 (12th, 79th)

After Tulane: 159.0 (11th, 67th)

After Tennessee: 128.3 (15th, 101st)

After Auburn: 128.6 (16th, 103rd)

After 1st bye: 128.6 (16th, 100th)

PASSING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 254.6 yards per game (5th in Big 12, 41st)

2023: 324.8 (1st in Big 12, 6th)

After Temple: 158.0 (13th, 106th)

After Houston: 166.0 (12th, 109th)

After Tulane: 166.3 (13th, 114th)

After Tennessee: 171.3 (14th, 111th)

After Auburn: 169.2 (15th, 114th)

After 1st bye: 169.2 (16th, 118th)

PASSING EFFICIENCY OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 147.95 (3rd in Big 12, 30th)

2023: 167.53 (1st in Big 12, 6th)

After Temple: 156.8 (11th, 58th)

After Houston: 137.19 (12th, 72nd)

After Tulane: 129.69 (13th, 90th)

After Tennessee: 122.35 (15th, 103rd)

After Auburn: 126.05 (15th, 96th)

After 1st bye: 126.05 (15th, 100th)

TOTAL OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 474.0 yards per game (1st in Big 12, 13th)

2023: 507.0 (1st in Big 12, 3rd)

After Temple: 378.0 (11th, 82nd)

After Houston: 313.5 (14th, 108th)

After Tulane: 325.3 (14th, 108th)

After Tennessee: 299.5 (16th, 119th)

After Auburn: 297.8 (16th, 122nd)

After 1st bye: 297.8 (16th, 121st)

SCORING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 32.8 points per game (5th in Big 12, 31st)

2023: 41.7 (1st in Big 12, 4th)

After Temple: 51.0 (8th, 22nd)

After Houston: 33.5 (11th, 57th)

After Tulane: 33.7 (9th, 49th)

After Tennessee: 29.0 (15th, 103rd)

After Auburn: 28.6 (14th, 73rd)

After 1st bye: 28.6 (13th, 69th)

SACKS ALLOWED (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 31; 2.38 per game (9th in Big 12, 80th)

2023: 20; 1.54 per game (6th in Big 12, 35th)

After Temple: 3; 3.00 per game (14th, 103rd)

After Houston: 6; 3.00 per game (15th, 109th)

After Tulane: 9; 3.00 per game (14th, 114th)

After Tennessee: 12; 3.00 per game (14th, 116th)

After Auburn: 14; 2.80 per game (13th, 112th)

After 1st bye: 14; 2.80 per game (13th, 110th)

THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.5% (4th in Big 12, 49th)

2023: 49.2% (2nd in Big 12, 7th)

After Temple: 8.3% (16th, 132nd)

After Houston: 19.2% (16th, 131st)

After Tulane: 31.0% (14th, 109th)

After Tennessee: 28.1% (16th, 124th)

After Auburn: 26.9% (16th, 127th)

After 1st bye: 26.9% (16th, 129th)

RED-ZONE OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 84.0% (7th in Big 12, 66th)

2023: 89.6% (2nd in Big 12, 26th)

After Temple: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Houston: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Tulane: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Tennessee: 94.1% (5th, 26th)

After Auburn: 94.7% (2nd, 14th)

After 1st bye: 94.7% (5th, 20th)

RUSHING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 187.5 yards per game (9th in Big 12, 105th)

2023: 138.6 (3rd in Big 12, 42nd)

After Temple: 69.0 (8th, 37th)

After Houston: 63.5 (6th, 13th)

After Tulane: 77.7 (6th, 22nd)

After Tennessee: 96.0 (7th, 27th)

After Auburn: 105.6 (7th, 30th)

After 1st bye: 105.6 (4th, 27th)

PASSING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 273.5 yards per game (10th in Big 12, 117th)

2023: 250.8 (10th in Big 12, 109th)

After Temple: 125.0 (6th, 40th)

After Houston: 194.0 (11th, 67th)

After Tulane: 187.0 (10th, 58th)

After Tennessee: 188.8 (8th, 51st)

After Auburn: 218.6 (12th, 78th)

After 1st bye: 218.6 (12th, 75th)

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 128.20 (5th in Big 12, 58th)

2023: 118.62 (1st in Big 12, 17th)

After Temple: 75.0 (4th, 12th)

After Houston: 124.32 (13th, 77th)

After Tulane: 116.31 (10th, 54th)

After Tennessee: 123.94 (12th, 61st)

After Auburn: 136.63 (13th, 91st)

After 1st bye: 136.63 (12th, 91st)

TOTAL DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 461.0 yards per game (9th in Big 12, 121st)

2023: 389.4 (6th in Big 12, 77th)

After Temple: 197.0 (8th, 25th)

After Houston: 257.5 (10th, 35th)

After Tulane: 264.7 (8th, 27th)

After Tennessee: 284.8 (9th, 28th)

After Auburn: 324.2 (10th, 48th)

After 1st bye: 324.2 (10th, 42nd)

SCORING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 30.0 points per game (8th in Big 12, 98th)

2023: 23.5 (4th in Big 12, 46th)

After Temple: 3.0 (7th, 14th)

After Houston: 7.5 (6th, 15th)

After Tulane: 11.3 (7th, 23rd)

After Tennessee: 14.8 (8th, 26th)

After Auburn: 16.0 (8th, 26th)

After 1st bye: 16.0 (6th, 19th)

SACKS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 28; 2.15 per game (3rd in Big 12, 63rd)

2023: 24; 1.85 per game (10th in Big 12, 86th)

After Temple: 6; 6.00 per game (1st, 6th)

After Houston: 8; 4.00 per game (2nd, 8th)

After Tulane: 11; 3.67 per game (2nd, 10th)

After Tennessee: 14; 3.50 per game (1st, 7th)

After Auburn: 18; 3.60 per game (1st, 3rd)

After 1st bye: 18; 3.60 per game (2nd, 5th)

THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.9% (7th in Big 12, 87th)

2023: 31.1% (3rd in Big 12, 14th)

After Temple: 30.8% (8th, 51st)

After Houston: 28.6% (7th, 36th)

After Tulane: 30.2% (7th, 36th)

After Tennessee: 30.6% (7th, 27th)

After Auburn: 30.3% (8th, 22nd)

After 1st bye: 30.3% (6th, 17th)

RED-ZONE DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 86.2% (7th in Big 12, 88th)

2023: 81.0% (5th in Big 12, 43rd)

After Temple: 100% (14th, 76th)

After Houston: 100% (15th, 86th)

After Tulane: 100% (14th, 101st)

After Tennessee: 100% (16th, 110th)

After Auburn: 80% (9th, 50th)

After 1st bye: 80% (6th, 45th)

NET PUNTING (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 43.08 net yards per punt (1st in Big 12, 5th)

2023: 39.60 (7th in Big 12, 44th)

After Temple: 43.80 (7th, 34th)

After Houston: 43.15 (10th, 25th)

After Tulane: 41.61 (9th, 35th)

After Tennessee: 43.72 (6th, 13th)

After Auburn: 43.97 (6th, 12th)

After 1st bye: 43.97 (6th, 11th)

KICK RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 19.79 yards per return (6th in Big 12, 71st)

2023: 21.05 (7th in Big 12, 50th)

After Temple: 0.00 (N.A, N/A)

After Houston: 10.00 (12th, 119th)

After Tulane: 15.50 (13th, 106th)

After Tennessee: 15.50 (14th, 108th)

After Auburn: 17.33 (15th, 101st)

After 1st bye: 17.33 (15th, 103rd)

KICK RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 24.94 yards allowed per return (10th in Big 12, 122nd)

2023: 18.00 (2nd in Big 12, 37th)

After Temple: 18.33 (10th, 72nd)

After Houston: 18.50 (11th, 71st)

After Tulane: 18.50 (11th, 71st)

After Tennessee: 14.80 (4th, 21st)

After Auburn: 16.83 (8th, 37th)

After 1st bye: 16.83 (7th, 34th)

PUNT RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 14.08 yards per return (1st in Big 12, 12th)

2023: 6.52 (10th in Big 12, 95th)

After Temple: 13.00 (7th, 30th)

After Houston: 8.75 (10th, 57th)

After Tulane: 11.80 (5th, 39th)

After Tennessee: 8.90 (11th, 67th)

After Auburn: 8.09 (11th, 74th)

After 1st bye: 8.09 (11th, 73rd)

PUNT RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 2.83 yards allowed per return (3rd in Big 12, 10th)

2023: 4.69 (5th in Big 12, 25th)

After Temple: minus-5.00 (1st, 2nd)

After Houston: minus-3.75 (1st, 4th)

After Tulane: minus-3.00 (1st, 3rd)

After Tennessee: minus-0.43 (2nd, 6th)

After Auburn: 1.00 (6th, 13th)

After 1st bye: 1.00 (5th, 11th)

TURNOVER MARGIN (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: plus-6; 0.46 per game (2nd in Big 12, 24th)

2023: plus-6; 0.46 per game (3rd in Big 12, 23rd)

After Temple: plus-6; 6.0 per game (1st, 1st)

After Houston: plus-7; 3.5 per game (1st, 1st)

After Tulane: plus-8; 2.67 per game (1st, 2nd)

After Tennessee: plus-7; 1.75 per game (1st, 3rd)

After Auburn: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1st, 6th)

After 1st bye: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1st, 3rd)

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 50.15 (9th in Big 12, 53rd)

2023: 58.46 (14th in Big 12, 97th)

After Temple: 62.00 (13th, 93rd)

After Houston: 64.50 (12th, 95th)

After Tulane: 58.00 (7th, 77th)

After Tennessee: 51.50 (4th, 60th)

After Auburn: 56.80 (6th, 76th)

After 1st bye: 56.80 (7th, 75th)

alincoln · October 8

Interesting that OU is only +2 in TOs since their opener against Temple.

Since Temple they have recovered 4 fumbles and made 3 picks and have lost 2 fumbles and thrown 3 picks. So +2 fumbles over 4 games.

Meanwhile, Temple has had 9 more TOs since OU.

Codaxx · October 8

1 hour ago, Magus Ossis said:

Yes. Quinn showed us that he gets this now, I think.

Quinn has always taken care of the ball. I believe he leads Texas all-time in int-att ratio. He has attempted 769 passes and thrown 14 over his career. That is one pick per 55 attempts.

Magus Ossis · October 8

2 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Interesting that OU is only +2 in TOs since their opener against Temple.

Since Temple they have recovered 4 fumbles and made 3 picks and have lost 2 fumbles and thrown 3 picks. So +2 fumbles over 4 games.

Meanwhile, Temple has had 9 more TOs since OU.

And recovering fumbles is a less repeatable statistic, generally.

Doc Daneeka · October 8

Just now, Magus Ossis said:

And recovering fumbles is a less repeatable statistic, generally.

Especially since Texas isn’t fucking going to fumble. Right? Right?

Codaxx · October 8

6 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Interesting that OU is only +2 in TOs since their opener against Temple.

Since Temple they have recovered 4 fumbles and made 3 picks and have lost 2 fumbles and thrown 3 picks. So +2 fumbles over 4 games.

Meanwhile, Temple has had 9 more TOs since OU.

Oklahoma has been quite lucky recovering 80% of fumbles this year.

Edited October 8 by Codaxx

Gut Wagon · October 8

We'll have to play poorly to lose. Of course, that's always possible against a decent D that gets turnovers, but I don't foresee it. I do expect some weird play or sequence to happen during the game, because in this one it so often does. Call it 27-13 Texas in a workmanlike effort that hopefully leaves us healthy for UGA and beyond.

Red Five · October 8

Quinn has always taken care of the ball. I believe he leads Texas all-time in int-att ratio. He has attempted 769 passes and thrown 14 over his career. That is one pick per 55 attempts.

Yep it’s still Ewers 1, Ehlinger 2.

NTVTXN · October 8

5 hours ago, South Austin said:

I was sitting in that end zone. My first OU game.

Same, on both accounts.

IT.WAS.SO.DAMN.LOUD.

I don’t think I’ve ever screamed so loudly in my life. Actually, I’m fairly confident that I can no longer scream that loud because of this game. I honestly think I did irreparable damage to my vocal cords.

BachelorTrek · October 8

32 minutes ago, thepop said:

Protect the ball & fewer penalties. My biggest fear is we have a ton of holding calls like we did against Mississippi State.

SEC refs to keep games close by Pozderac-ing Texas?

That wouldn't surprise me from these toothless twats. They're probably still bent that we nuked their SEC-bagmen scheme from orbit. Lulz.

BachelorTrek · October 8

51 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

My first Texas/ou game. I was drunk enough to anesthetize an elephant.

Bravo, sir.

I also was quite drunk while in the stands at this game. Lulz.

mooseoutfront · October 8

59 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

My first Texas/ou game. I was drunk enough to anesthetize an elephant.

My Freshman year. First Texas/OU game as a student.

ztejas · October 8

Take care of the football, don't fumble, don't throw picks?

Hank_Hill · October 8

21 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

SEC refs to keep games close by Pozderac-ing Texas?

That wouldn't surprise me from these toothless twats. They're probably still bent that we nuked their SEC-bagmen scheme from orbit. Lulz.

I thought it was Big 12 refs that sucked? 1 game in and it’s the SEC refs that are out to get us now? Classic.

cafe society · October 8

On 10/7/2024 at 10:36 AM, Red Five said:

Trivia! Casey Thompson plays for OU. Has a former starting Texas QB ever later played against us? Or even just been on the sidelines?

Tony Adams began his career at UT as the starting QB on the 1968 freshman team, but transferred to Utah St. due to our depth chart. He started for them in a loss to us in 1972.

Hagbard Celine · October 8

6 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

psa reminder: stonie clark's tea cake company is still in business

order some today: http://www.stoniesteacakes.com/index.html

Post Oak · October 8

Good breakdown by Ikard and Lehman of how easily Sark and his swarm of receivers can fuck you up if you make a mistake.

Fuck OU

Hagbard Celine · October 8

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Anyways, enjoy, and I didn't convert to plain text since the bold formatting helps and, if you don't like that, keep that shit to yourself:

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Oklahoma is fresh off its first off week of the season, and now it's time for the biggest game to date.

That's right. It's Red River Rivalry week, as Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Texas (5-0, 1-0) are set to square off in the Cotton Bowl for their annual rivalry game. Both teams are coming off a bye week, so the Sooners and Longhorns will both have had an extra week to recover, regroup and plan for Saturday's showdown in Dallas, which is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC.

Oklahoma heads into the game with its best defense in years but an offense that ranks toward the bottom of the SEC and in the bottom tier of FBS teams in several statistical categories. The Sooners hope the offense can start trending in the right direction coming out of the bye, as Michael Hawkins Jr. settles in as the team's starting quarterback after a promising first start at Auburn a week ago and a tenacious second-half showing against Tennessee's defense in the SEC opener.

The Sooners will need to get their offense up to par heading into the teeth of their SEC slate, which begins with Saturday's matchup against the Longhorns. In this week's edition of Statistically Speaking, we check in on how Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC and nationally in various statistical categories coming off the bye week…

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

RUSHING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 219.4 yards per game (1^st in Big 12, 10^th)

2023: 182.2 (7^th in Big 12, 34^th)

After Temple: 220.0 (5^th, 38^th)

After Houston: 147.5 (12^th, 79^th)

After Tulane: 159.0 (11^th, 67^th)

After Tennessee: 128.3 (15^th, 101^st)

After Auburn: 128.6 (16^th, 103^rd)

After 1^st bye: 128.6 (16^th, 100^th)

PASSING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 254.6 yards per game (5^th in Big 12, 41^st)

2023: 324.8 (1^st in Big 12, 6^th)

After Temple: 158.0 (13^th, 106^th)

After Houston: 166.0 (12^th, 109^th)

After Tulane: 166.3 (13^th, 114^th)

After Tennessee: 171.3 (14^th, 111^th)

After Auburn: 169.2 (15^th, 114^th)

After 1^st bye: 169.2 (16^th, 118^th)

PASSING EFFICIENCY OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 147.95 (3^rd in Big 12, 30^th)

2023: 167.53 (1^st in Big 12, 6^th)

After Temple: 156.8 (11^th, 58^th)

After Houston: 137.19 (12^th, 72^nd)

After Tulane: 129.69 (13^th, 90^th)

After Tennessee: 122.35 (15^th, 103^rd)

After Auburn: 126.05 (15^th, 96^th)

After 1^st bye: 126.05 (15^th, 100^th)

TOTAL OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 474.0 yards per game (1^st in Big 12, 13^th)

2023: 507.0 (1^st in Big 12, 3^rd)

After Temple: 378.0 (11^th, 82^nd)

After Houston: 313.5 (14^th, 108^th)

After Tulane: 325.3 (14^th, 108^th)

After Tennessee: 299.5 (16^th, 119^th)

After Auburn: 297.8 (16^th, 122^nd)

After 1^st bye: 297.8 (16^th, 121^st)

SCORING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 32.8 points per game (5^th in Big 12, 31^st)

2023: 41.7 (1^st in Big 12, 4^th)

After Temple: 51.0 (8^th, 22^nd)

After Houston: 33.5 (11^th, 57^th)

After Tulane: 33.7 (9^th, 49^th)

After Tennessee: 29.0 (15^th, 103^rd)

After Auburn: 28.6 (14^th, 73^rd)

After 1^st bye: 28.6 (13^th, 69^th)

SACKS ALLOWED (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 31; 2.38 per game (9^th in Big 12, 80^th)

2023: 20; 1.54 per game (6^th in Big 12, 35^th)

After Temple: 3; 3.00 per game (14^th, 103^rd)

After Houston: 6; 3.00 per game (15^th, 109^th)

After Tulane: 9; 3.00 per game (14^th, 114^th)

After Tennessee: 12; 3.00 per game (14^th, 116^th)

After Auburn: 14; 2.80 per game (13^th, 112^th)

After 1^st bye: 14; 2.80 per game (13^th, 110^th)

THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.5% (4^th in Big 12, 49^th)

2023: 49.2% (2^nd in Big 12, 7^th)

After Temple: 8.3% (16^th, 132^nd)

After Houston: 19.2% (16^th, 131^st)

After Tulane: 31.0% (14^th, 109^th)

After Tennessee: 28.1% (16^th, 124^th)

After Auburn: 26.9% (16^th, 127^th)

After 1^st bye: 26.9% (16^th, 129^th)

RED-ZONE OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 84.0% (7^th in Big 12, 66^th)

2023: 89.6% (2^nd in Big 12, 26^th)

After Temple: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Houston: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Tulane: 100% (1^st, 1^st)

After Tennessee: 94.1% (5^th, 26^th)

After Auburn: 94.7% (2^nd, 14^th)

After 1^st bye: 94.7% (5^th, 20^th)

RUSHING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 187.5 yards per game (9^th in Big 12, 105^th)

2023: 138.6 (3^rd in Big 12, 42^nd)

After Temple: 69.0 (8^th, 37^th)

After Houston: 63.5 (6^th, 13^th)

After Tulane: 77.7 (6^th, 22^nd)

After Tennessee: 96.0 (7^th, 27^th)

After Auburn: 105.6 (7^th, 30^th)

After 1^st bye: 105.6 (4^th, 27^th)

PASSING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 273.5 yards per game (10^th in Big 12, 117^th)

2023: 250.8 (10^th in Big 12, 109^th)

After Temple: 125.0 (6^th, 40^th)

After Houston: 194.0 (11^th, 67^th)

After Tulane: 187.0 (10^th, 58^th)

After Tennessee: 188.8 (8^th, 51^st)

After Auburn: 218.6 (12^th, 78^th)

After 1^st bye: 218.6 (12^th, 75^th)

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 128.20 (5^th in Big 12, 58^th)

2023: 118.62 (1^st in Big 12, 17^th)

After Temple: 75.0 (4^th, 12^th)

After Houston: 124.32 (13^th, 77^th)

After Tulane: 116.31 (10^th, 54^th)

After Tennessee: 123.94 (12^th, 61^st)

After Auburn: 136.63 (13^th, 91^st)

After 1^st bye: 136.63 (12^th, 91^st)

TOTAL DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 461.0 yards per game (9^th in Big 12, 121^st)

2023: 389.4 (6^th in Big 12, 77^th)

After Temple: 197.0 (8^th, 25^th)

After Houston: 257.5 (10^th, 35^th)

After Tulane: 264.7 (8^th, 27^th)

After Tennessee: 284.8 (9^th, 28^th)

After Auburn: 324.2 (10^th, 48^th)

After 1^st bye: 324.2 (10^th, 42^nd)

SCORING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 30.0 points per game (8^th in Big 12, 98^th)

2023: 23.5 (4^th in Big 12, 46^th)

After Temple: 3.0 (7^th, 14^th)

After Houston: 7.5 (6^th, 15^th)

After Tulane: 11.3 (7^th, 23^rd)

After Tennessee: 14.8 (8^th, 26^th)

After Auburn: 16.0 (8^th, 26^th)

After 1^st bye: 16.0 (6^th, 19^th)

SACKS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 28; 2.15 per game (3^rd in Big 12, 63^rd)

2023: 24; 1.85 per game (10^th in Big 12, 86^th)

After Temple: 6; 6.00 per game (1^st, 6^th)

After Houston: 8; 4.00 per game (2^nd, 8^th)

After Tulane: 11; 3.67 per game (2^nd, 10^th)

After Tennessee: 14; 3.50 per game (1^st, 7^th)

After Auburn: 18; 3.60 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

After 1^st bye: 18; 3.60 per game (2^nd, 5^th)

THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.9% (7^th in Big 12, 87^th)

2023: 31.1% (3^rd in Big 12, 14^th)

After Temple: 30.8% (8^th, 51^st)

After Houston: 28.6% (7^th, 36^th)

After Tulane: 30.2% (7^th, 36^th)

After Tennessee: 30.6% (7^th, 27^th)

After Auburn: 30.3% (8^th, 22^nd)

After 1^st bye: 30.3% (6^th, 17^th)

RED-ZONE DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 86.2% (7^th in Big 12, 88^th)

2023: 81.0% (5^th in Big 12, 43^rd)

After Temple: 100% (14^th, 76^th)

After Houston: 100% (15^th, 86^th)

After Tulane: 100% (14^th, 101^st)

After Tennessee: 100% (16^th, 110^th)

After Auburn: 80% (9^th, 50^th)

After 1^st bye: 80% (6^th, 45^th)

NET PUNTING (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 43.08 net yards per punt (1^st in Big 12, 5^th)

2023: 39.60 (7^th in Big 12, 44^th)

After Temple: 43.80 (7^th, 34^th)

After Houston: 43.15 (10^th, 25^th)

After Tulane: 41.61 (9^th, 35^th)

After Tennessee: 43.72 (6^th, 13^th)

After Auburn: 43.97 (6^th, 12^th)

After 1^st bye: 43.97 (6^th, 11^th)

KICK RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 19.79 yards per return (6^th in Big 12, 71^st)

2023: 21.05 (7^th in Big 12, 50^th)

After Temple: 0.00 (N.A, N/A)

After Houston: 10.00 (12^th, 119^th)

After Tulane: 15.50 (13^th, 106^th)

After Tennessee: 15.50 (14^th, 108^th)

After Auburn: 17.33 (15^th, 101^st)

After 1^st bye: 17.33 (15^th, 103^rd)

KICK RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 24.94 yards allowed per return (10^th in Big 12, 122^nd)

2023: 18.00 (2^nd in Big 12, 37^th)

After Temple: 18.33 (10^th, 72^nd)

After Houston: 18.50 (11^th, 71^st)

After Tulane: 18.50 (11^th, 71^st)

After Tennessee: 14.80 (4^th, 21^st)

After Auburn: 16.83 (8^th, 37^th)

After 1^st bye: 16.83 (7^th, 34^th)

PUNT RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 14.08 yards per return (1^st in Big 12, 12^th)

2023: 6.52 (10^th in Big 12, 95^th)

After Temple: 13.00 (7^th, 30^th)

After Houston: 8.75 (10^th, 57^th)

After Tulane: 11.80 (5^th, 39^th)

After Tennessee: 8.90 (11^th, 67^th)

After Auburn: 8.09 (11^th, 74^th)

After 1^st bye: 8.09 (11^th, 73^rd)

PUNT RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 2.83 yards allowed per return (3^rd in Big 12, 10^th)

2023: 4.69 (5^th in Big 12, 25^th)

After Temple: minus-5.00 (1^st, 2^nd)

After Houston: minus-3.75 (1^st, 4^th)

After Tulane: minus-3.00 (1^st, 3rd)

After Tennessee: minus-0.43 (2^nd, 6^th)

After Auburn: 1.00 (6^th, 13^th)

After 1^st bye: 1.00 (5^th, 11^th)

TURNOVER MARGIN (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: plus-6; 0.46 per game (2^nd in Big 12, 24^th)

2023: plus-6; 0.46 per game (3^rd in Big 12, 23^rd)

After Temple: plus-6; 6.0 per game (1^st, 1^st)

After Houston: plus-7; 3.5 per game (1^st, 1^st)

After Tulane: plus-8; 2.67 per game (1^st, 2^nd)

After Tennessee: plus-7; 1.75 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

After Auburn: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1^st, 6^th)

After 1^st bye: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1^st, 3^rd)

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 50.15 (9^th in Big 12, 53^rd)

2023: 58.46 (14^th in Big 12, 97^th)

After Temple: 62.00 (13^th, 93^rd)

After Houston: 64.50 (12^th, 95^th)

After Tulane: 58.00 (7^th, 77^th)

After Tennessee: 51.50 (4^th, 60^th)

After Auburn: 56.80 (6^th, 76^th)

After 1^st bye: 56.80 (7^th, 75^th)

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Oklahoma is fresh off its first off week of the season, and now it's time for the biggest game to date.

That's right. It's Red River Rivalry week, as Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Texas (5-0, 1-0) are set to square off in the Cotton Bowl for their annual rivalry game. Both teams are coming off a bye week, so the Sooners and Longhorns will both have had an extra week to recover, regroup and plan for Saturday's showdown in Dallas, which is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC.

Oklahoma heads into the game with its best defense in years but an offense that ranks toward the bottom of the SEC and in the bottom tier of FBS teams in several statistical categories. The Sooners hope the offense can start trending in the right direction coming out of the bye, as Michael Hawkins Jr. settles in as the team's starting quarterback after a promising first start at Auburn a week ago and a tenacious second-half showing against Tennessee's defense in the SEC opener.

The Sooners will need to get their offense up to par heading into the teeth of their SEC slate, which begins with Saturday's matchup against the Longhorns. In this week's edition of Statistically Speaking, we check in on how Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC and nationally in various statistical categories coming off the bye week…

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

RUSHING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 219.4 yards per game (1st in Big 12, 10th)

2023: 182.2 (7th in Big 12, 34th)

After Temple: 220.0 (5th, 38th)

After Houston: 147.5 (12th, 79th)

After Tulane: 159.0 (11th, 67th)

After Tennessee: 128.3 (15th, 101st)

After Auburn: 128.6 (16th, 103rd)

After 1st bye: 128.6 (16th, 100th)

PASSING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 254.6 yards per game (5th in Big 12, 41st)

2023: 324.8 (1st in Big 12, 6th)

After Temple: 158.0 (13th, 106th)

After Houston: 166.0 (12th, 109th)

After Tulane: 166.3 (13th, 114th)

After Tennessee: 171.3 (14th, 111th)

After Auburn: 169.2 (15th, 114th)

After 1st bye: 169.2 (16th, 118th)

PASSING EFFICIENCY OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 147.95 (3rd in Big 12, 30th)

2023: 167.53 (1st in Big 12, 6th)

After Temple: 156.8 (11th, 58th)

After Houston: 137.19 (12th, 72nd)

After Tulane: 129.69 (13th, 90th)

After Tennessee: 122.35 (15th, 103rd)

After Auburn: 126.05 (15th, 96th)

After 1st bye: 126.05 (15th, 100th)

TOTAL OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 474.0 yards per game (1st in Big 12, 13th)

2023: 507.0 (1st in Big 12, 3rd)

After Temple: 378.0 (11th, 82nd)

After Houston: 313.5 (14th, 108th)

After Tulane: 325.3 (14th, 108th)

After Tennessee: 299.5 (16th, 119th)

After Auburn: 297.8 (16th, 122nd)

After 1st bye: 297.8 (16th, 121st)

SCORING OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 32.8 points per game (5th in Big 12, 31st)

2023: 41.7 (1st in Big 12, 4th)

After Temple: 51.0 (8th, 22nd)

After Houston: 33.5 (11th, 57th)

After Tulane: 33.7 (9th, 49th)

After Tennessee: 29.0 (15th, 103rd)

After Auburn: 28.6 (14th, 73rd)

After 1st bye: 28.6 (13th, 69th)

SACKS ALLOWED (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 31; 2.38 per game (9th in Big 12, 80th)

2023: 20; 1.54 per game (6th in Big 12, 35th)

After Temple: 3; 3.00 per game (14th, 103rd)

After Houston: 6; 3.00 per game (15th, 109th)

After Tulane: 9; 3.00 per game (14th, 114th)

After Tennessee: 12; 3.00 per game (14th, 116th)

After Auburn: 14; 2.80 per game (13th, 112th)

After 1st bye: 14; 2.80 per game (13th, 110th)

THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.5% (4th in Big 12, 49th)

2023: 49.2% (2nd in Big 12, 7th)

After Temple: 8.3% (16th, 132nd)

After Houston: 19.2% (16th, 131st)

After Tulane: 31.0% (14th, 109th)

After Tennessee: 28.1% (16th, 124th)

After Auburn: 26.9% (16th, 127th)

After 1st bye: 26.9% (16th, 129th)

RED-ZONE OFFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 84.0% (7th in Big 12, 66th)

2023: 89.6% (2nd in Big 12, 26th)

After Temple: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Houston: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Tulane: 100% (1st, 1st)

After Tennessee: 94.1% (5th, 26th)

After Auburn: 94.7% (2nd, 14th)

After 1st bye: 94.7% (5th, 20th)

RUSHING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 187.5 yards per game (9th in Big 12, 105th)

2023: 138.6 (3rd in Big 12, 42nd)

After Temple: 69.0 (8th, 37th)

After Houston: 63.5 (6th, 13th)

After Tulane: 77.7 (6th, 22nd)

After Tennessee: 96.0 (7th, 27th)

After Auburn: 105.6 (7th, 30th)

After 1st bye: 105.6 (4th, 27th)

PASSING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 273.5 yards per game (10th in Big 12, 117th)

2023: 250.8 (10th in Big 12, 109th)

After Temple: 125.0 (6th, 40th)

After Houston: 194.0 (11th, 67th)

After Tulane: 187.0 (10th, 58th)

After Tennessee: 188.8 (8th, 51st)

After Auburn: 218.6 (12th, 78th)

After 1st bye: 218.6 (12th, 75th)

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 128.20 (5th in Big 12, 58th)

2023: 118.62 (1st in Big 12, 17th)

After Temple: 75.0 (4th, 12th)

After Houston: 124.32 (13th, 77th)

After Tulane: 116.31 (10th, 54th)

After Tennessee: 123.94 (12th, 61st)

After Auburn: 136.63 (13th, 91st)

After 1st bye: 136.63 (12th, 91st)

TOTAL DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 461.0 yards per game (9th in Big 12, 121st)

2023: 389.4 (6th in Big 12, 77th)

After Temple: 197.0 (8th, 25th)

After Houston: 257.5 (10th, 35th)

After Tulane: 264.7 (8th, 27th)

After Tennessee: 284.8 (9th, 28th)

After Auburn: 324.2 (10th, 48th)

After 1st bye: 324.2 (10th, 42nd)

SCORING DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 30.0 points per game (8th in Big 12, 98th)

2023: 23.5 (4th in Big 12, 46th)

After Temple: 3.0 (7th, 14th)

After Houston: 7.5 (6th, 15th)

After Tulane: 11.3 (7th, 23rd)

After Tennessee: 14.8 (8th, 26th)

After Auburn: 16.0 (8th, 26th)

After 1st bye: 16.0 (6th, 19th)

SACKS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 28; 2.15 per game (3rd in Big 12, 63rd)

2023: 24; 1.85 per game (10th in Big 12, 86th)

After Temple: 6; 6.00 per game (1st, 6th)

After Houston: 8; 4.00 per game (2nd, 8th)

After Tulane: 11; 3.67 per game (2nd, 10th)

After Tennessee: 14; 3.50 per game (1st, 7th)

After Auburn: 18; 3.60 per game (1st, 3rd)

After 1st bye: 18; 3.60 per game (2nd, 5th)

THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 40.9% (7th in Big 12, 87th)

2023: 31.1% (3rd in Big 12, 14th)

After Temple: 30.8% (8th, 51st)

After Houston: 28.6% (7th, 36th)

After Tulane: 30.2% (7th, 36th)

After Tennessee: 30.6% (7th, 27th)

After Auburn: 30.3% (8th, 22nd)

After 1st bye: 30.3% (6th, 17th)

RED-ZONE DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 86.2% (7th in Big 12, 88th)

2023: 81.0% (5th in Big 12, 43rd)

After Temple: 100% (14th, 76th)

After Houston: 100% (15th, 86th)

After Tulane: 100% (14th, 101st)

After Tennessee: 100% (16th, 110th)

After Auburn: 80% (9th, 50th)

After 1st bye: 80% (6th, 45th)

NET PUNTING (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 43.08 net yards per punt (1st in Big 12, 5th)

2023: 39.60 (7th in Big 12, 44th)

After Temple: 43.80 (7th, 34th)

After Houston: 43.15 (10th, 25th)

After Tulane: 41.61 (9th, 35th)

After Tennessee: 43.72 (6th, 13th)

After Auburn: 43.97 (6th, 12th)

After 1st bye: 43.97 (6th, 11th)

KICK RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 19.79 yards per return (6th in Big 12, 71st)

2023: 21.05 (7th in Big 12, 50th)

After Temple: 0.00 (N.A, N/A)

After Houston: 10.00 (12th, 119th)

After Tulane: 15.50 (13th, 106th)

After Tennessee: 15.50 (14th, 108th)

After Auburn: 17.33 (15th, 101st)

After 1st bye: 17.33 (15th, 103rd)

KICK RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 24.94 yards allowed per return (10th in Big 12, 122nd)

2023: 18.00 (2nd in Big 12, 37th)

After Temple: 18.33 (10th, 72nd)

After Houston: 18.50 (11th, 71st)

After Tulane: 18.50 (11th, 71st)

After Tennessee: 14.80 (4th, 21st)

After Auburn: 16.83 (8th, 37th)

After 1st bye: 16.83 (7th, 34th)

PUNT RETURNS (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 14.08 yards per return (1st in Big 12, 12th)

2023: 6.52 (10th in Big 12, 95th)

After Temple: 13.00 (7th, 30th)

After Houston: 8.75 (10th, 57th)

After Tulane: 11.80 (5th, 39th)

After Tennessee: 8.90 (11th, 67th)

After Auburn: 8.09 (11th, 74th)

After 1st bye: 8.09 (11th, 73rd)

PUNT RETURN DEFENSE (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 2.83 yards allowed per return (3rd in Big 12, 10th)

2023: 4.69 (5th in Big 12, 25th)

After Temple: minus-5.00 (1st, 2nd)

After Houston: minus-3.75 (1st, 4th)

After Tulane: minus-3.00 (1st, 3rd)

After Tennessee: minus-0.43 (2nd, 6th)

After Auburn: 1.00 (6th, 13th)

After 1st bye: 1.00 (5th, 11th)

TURNOVER MARGIN (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: plus-6; 0.46 per game (2nd in Big 12, 24th)

2023: plus-6; 0.46 per game (3rd in Big 12, 23rd)

After Temple: plus-6; 6.0 per game (1st, 1st)

After Houston: plus-7; 3.5 per game (1st, 1st)

After Tulane: plus-8; 2.67 per game (1st, 2nd)

After Tennessee: plus-7; 1.75 per game (1st, 3rd)

After Auburn: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1st, 6th)

After 1st bye: plus-8; 1.60 per game (1st, 3rd)

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME (SEC rank, FBS rank)

2022: 50.15 (9th in Big 12, 53rd)

2023: 58.46 (14th in Big 12, 97th)

After Temple: 62.00 (13th, 93rd)

After Houston: 64.50 (12th, 95th)

After Tulane: 58.00 (7th, 77th)

After Tennessee: 51.50 (4th, 60th)

After Auburn: 56.80 (6th, 76th)

After 1st bye: 56.80 (7th, 75th)

freyguy · October 8

we need to work on scoring about 7 TDs in the first half. Then another 4 in the 2nd half.

I want to see ou tears all over the place.

Hagbard Celine · October 8

2 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Looks like if they weren't turning teams over Venables would be on the verge of being fired.

Recommended game plan: very conservative, play for field position, take points at any opportunity. 24 points probably wins the game.

like patton in the movie during the march to bastogne, "this is where it pays off, the training and the discipline"

i want to see sark and quinn torture venables with 7/8/9 yard throws to wide open receivers matriculating down the field

walk up those safeties in to the box motherfucker, faafo

GoldAppleCorps · October 8

So what I'm seeing in those stats is that they've got a salty defense - unless you decide to throw the football.

I'm not going back and re-watching a ton of Sooner tape, but against the competition they've faced (not saying ours is a ton better), that defense is usually the result of just sending a gazillion guys through the gaps and trying to get the QB on the ground as quickly as possible. Think "7 Breckyn Hagers in the box" style. It'll cause panic and turnovers against lesser mortals.

Playing a Sark designed offense, it means the phrase "coverage bust" will be worn out by halftime.

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