Kent State

 After an off week, filled with some truly terrible news, our Sooners return to the field this week to take on a 1-3 Kent State team. The awful news, of course, is that John Mateer had to have surgery on a broken throwing hand last week that appears will keep him off the field for at least a month. He is unquestionably our most indispensable player on the entire team. The good news, if there is any, is that he misses a bye week last week and an effective bye week this week against Kent State. Beyond that, things get dicey. I know nothing about Kent State but I'm fairly confident that the abortion of a QB that is Michael Hawkins can at least lead us to victory in that one. There is a lot to digest regarding Mateer's availability down the road, but we'll save that for the next week. As it is, not much to say here other than let's TCB, hopefully avoid further injury and get ready for Red River.

Offense

Hawkins was pretty terrible last year, just really overmatched basically at all times. The OC's were dreadful, sure, but he really didn't look capable of leading a team to victory vs a big time opponent. As such, I'm staying away from him and all WRs this week. I think the ground game "gets right" this week and pounds this one into submission. I like Tory Blaylock again. Dude is a stud.

Defense

I won't mince words, it's Kip Lewis this week. He flies all over the field and is generally just a badass. I like him to rack up tackles this week and maybe even force a turnover (remember those?). 

Score

The spread is something absurd like 49.5. I don't see the offense scoring anywhere near that amount so I think it'll be a tough cover. I like the Sooners to take this one 38-6. 

Boomer to the Motherfuckin' Sooner