Oklahoma vs Texas Tech
(7-1, 4-1) (7-1, 4-1)
The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 38-30 last Saturday in a nail biter! After almost a two hour delay, weather did not seem to effect either team. Tech continued to sling the ball all over the field, and the Sooners attempted to do the same. All jokes aside, Oklahoma actually had a pretty good game through the air. As for the defense, there wasn't much of it for either team. The highlight of the season thus far for the Sooners has been special teams. However, the special teams had a horrible outing last Saturday. Let's take a look at each:
OFFENSE: A+
The offense looked the best it has since the Notre Dame game earlier this season. Blake Bell looked calm and collected and delivered some beautiful passes. Jalen Saunders seemed to catch everything that came his way Saturday. Lacoltan Bester becomes the first Sooner to catch, receive, and throw for a touchdown in the same season since 1961. This kid has a very bright future here at Oklahoma. Though the offense did get a win this week, they also received a loss. Fullback Trey Millard tore his ACL and will miss the remainder of the season. His presence will be missed in much more areas than just at fullback. Millard brings great experience and leadership to this team. This is a awful and sad loss for the program in general. No doubt in my mind he will recover and have a very successful career in the NFL.
The Oklahoma defense played pretty well last week, despite giving up almost 400 yards passing through the air. Though we did struggle to stop the pass, we came up with a pair of interceptions. The rush defense was fantastic as opposed to the way it has been the past two weeks. The Sooners defense definitely came out ready to play, and proved to be one of the best in the Big 12. It will be interesting to see how well they can play next week against the number one offense in the Nation.
Special Teams: D-
Special Teams has been one of the Sooners stronger sides during this 2013 season. However, this was not the case last Saturday. Oklahoma had one field goal blocked and was never successful at covering punts. The blocked field goal was simply a missed block by Trey Millard off of the left end that gave the defensive player a clear shot at the ball. A fake return was the cause of the horrible coverage by the Sooners punt team. As we get deeper into the season it is very important that the Sooners pick it back up of the Special Teams.
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