Tulane

This Saturday our Sooners host the Green Wave of Tulane University. Let us all hope it is a much better performance than the shitshow bs Houston last week. As this game was on SEC Network I was not able to watch it. But, everything I read after the game was over seemed as though the final score was an accurate depiction of how shitty the Sooners played. Some fun numbers: OU punted 8 times, Arnold was sacked 3 times, he threw an interception and only managed 176 passing yards on the day. If we’re playing Georgia, that seems reasonable (if disappointing) but against Houston it’s just terrible. I’m not sure how much of the blame also lies at Arnold’s feet but the OLine has been absolutely dreadful the first two games. 7 sacks vs 2 wildly inferior defenses. Yes, conference play is going to be rough. On the optimistic side of things, the defense seemed to play well. I can’t remember the last time the defense bailed the offense out, but again, this was against a really bad Houston team that got pasted by UNLV in the opening week. 

Tulane, sadly, looks to be a much tougher opponent (it’s all relative). They played very well against a K-State team that (at least according to the current rankings) is similar in quality to our Sooners. Tulane damn near beat us a couple of years ago in what should’ve been a Sooners blowout. Unless our guys really clean up the offensive line play and Arnold steps up, this could be an early upset. 

Offense

It’s really hard to get excited about anyone with the way the O line has played. I have no confidence in a running back behind them and it’s hard to see a big game from our QB as well. But I will go with a WR in Deion Burks and hope that he can sustain drives and get behind the defense once or twice as well. 

Defense

It’s Stutsman here. It’s just too hard not to pick him. He had 15 tackles last week. He’s an animal, he’s everywhere and he’s our best player on either side of the ball. What I lack in creativity is made up for by the fact that I’m right nearly every week. 

Score

Looking back at the numbers for the first two games, Arnold has simply not been good. His QBR was 40 vs Temple and 37.5 vs Houston. That’s pretty dreadful. He’s not had more than 200 yards in a game and his completion percentage is currently 63% vs two of the worst teams we’ll play all year. I just don’t see how we score a bunch with that. I think tulane plays us very tough and I will stick with our Sooners at home 24-20. 

Boomer to the Motherfuckin Sooner