Monday Thoughts

Wellsy wellsy, OU came through in a big way Saturday night. That was a really nice win on the road in a pretty tough atmosphere. It's too early to know what FSU will be like through the year, but their D seemed tough enough that they should win a lot of games. Losing Manuel (not sure how long) would hurt them though.

Lonnie predictably looked very pedestrian in this game. Yeah, everyone is on their knees in front of him for the 4th quarter touchdown pass, but honestly it was a terrible throw. All night he under-threw receivers, missed guys, and generally didn't play that well. Credit to their D some, but we've seen this dance with him before. Stills bailed him out more than once with unbelievable catches, and that TD was all him, but it should've been uncontested walking in the endzone as open as he was.

Speaking of Fuckin' Shitbag, what a night! He just might have "emerged" a bit. If I were an opposing defensive coordinator, I certainly wouldn't be comfortable doubling Broyles all night and leaving Stills one on one anymore, he proved he's very dangerous on the other side and can make some seriously tough catches in traffic.

Finally, the most encouraging thing about that win was the defense. I can't even remember the last time we won a game because of our defense. Yes, they've had good runs and have played well for the most part every year. But, that game was different. Apart from the one horrible play on 3rd and 28, I started getting the feeling that no matter what the offense did we were in good shape. I haven't felt that way since maybe 2001? Which, if this defense is like any of our defenses from the past 6 or 7 seasons, it's only going to get better as the season goes on. That could be scary if it holds up. Yes, there were breakdowns and despite a good game from Wort, he still makes some major mistakes, but we looked damn good Saturday.

Next up is Mizzou, and I expect that our guys are looking forward to the opportunity to pay them back for last season's loss in Columbia. I hope the D is ready again because it's another good offense (and defense really) from a Missouri team that I think is better than their early record. Glad this one is at home.