I'm going to make this short and sweet, usually I write articles late at night or early in the morning. I knew that I had to put something out, and I've got work to do so I'll be brief.
OU laid an egg, I thought Bradford played really well, fact of the matter is this, OU didn't convert on TWO redzone possessions with the 5-yard line, and the two picks were fluky, they both bounced of the receivers hands.
Florida played really well, but they were beatable last night. Watching Chris Brown run made me wonder what would've happened if Demarco Murray was toting the rock as he has better playmaking ability versus CB29 getting the steady 5-6 yards. Plus, OU had their 4th string middle linebacker in the game (Balogun #10) and missed D. Granger, who would've made a few more plays from DT.
I dunno, you don't miss your thoroughbreads against Baylor, you miss 'em against Florida and Texas, and it showed up in the game. No one will ever bring it up for Oklahoma from this standpoint, but its the truth. Harvin was the man, even at 95%, and I think it would've benefitted the Sooners to have Murray at the same level.
And can we please stop talking about Tim Tebow now, we get it, he's perfect, nephew of Jesus. Superman. At one point in the broadcast they went thru a laundry-list of everything that Tebow's has done, it took like 4 minutes. Look, I'm a God-fearing Christian man, me and JC have a great relationship, so I totally respect his missionary work, and everything. However, let me say this, we are playing football, and to hear the announcer say, "This is the greatest football competitor ever!" I mean jeez, come on. Tim Tebow will have a long career in the NFL and I think he'll be a decent QB. Maybe not great, but he'll be decent. Ok I'm done.
I'm going back to work, there are a lot of Gator fans in Ohio and they somehow all know me! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE GAME? WHAT ABOUT UTAH? TEXAS? USC?
-Ed.
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10 Responses to "UF 24, OU 14 - Tebow is Mr. Perfect"I can't believe you actually wrote about this; glad you did, because I certainly wasn't going to. Okay, here are my main things about the game last night:
I honestly don't think team speed was as big a factor, for the entire game, that people made it out to be. After Manuel Johnson got his head knocked off, Oklahoma was able to adjust to their speed fairly well. We just left points on the field (four straight runs inside the ten, when we are FAR from a power running team, I don't give a damn what the numbers say).
Plus, the INT at the end of the first half KILLED us. There's no earthly, logical reason that Jermain Freaking Gresham should be pass-blocking in that situation. That man is a mismatch for any defense, Florida's included. Bob Stoops and Kevin Wilson officially have left me clueless after this display of play-calling last night.
I will say today (and probably for the rest of my days) that Florida's team speed was good, but it wasn't like OU aint ever seen anything like that before. I refuse to believe it. The Gators played well, Tebow did his thing, Percy Harvin showed up, their D played well, and they deserved to win. However, we just left too many opportunities out there last night. It was a damn shame.
As someone who's alma mater lost a championship to florida two years ago, I can assure you that they aren't real Gator fans. Either they're not fans or they're hatin' because their teams couldn't hang. They just crawl out to hassel you when your team loses. They don't really care who won. Any jackass can burn down a barn. OU's football greatness goes back to the 40's. Keep yo' head up. JAG
Pretty good game. I thought OU was gonna win. Both defenses played well but Florida's was transcendent. Tebow made some huge plays. Pretty good game all around.
Just discovered your blog. It's very well done. I'll be reading from now on.
Ok.. I have to say this because it's needed. OU should've never been in this game. The Big 12 rep should've been Texas. I can't believe that everyone got caught up in the Sooner Magic. Yeah..they had a large margin of victory on some teams..but it only takes 1 point to to win the game. Their body of work didn't make them #2 in my opinion.
Texas, USC would've made a better game.
PLAYOFFS?!! PLAYOFFS? OPPS...UTAH?!!.. UTAH?!!
Ok that's my best impression of that ex-NFL coach that I won't mention. haha
Nowhere near as much scoring as I expected. However, both defenses played well. The goal line stand, the interception in the red zone and Percy Harvin's big run to set up the field goal were the difference makers. As far as Tebow is concerned, if he plans on playing QB on the next level, he'd better stay in school. If he's gonna be some Hybrid fullback/ tight end, he might as well go pro right now and get a head start at playing another position.
The simple fact is that Bob Stoops was out coached. You have Gresham who is a beast in the endzone and you don't try to throw it once inside the 5 yard line. "Big Game" Bob was coaching not to lose, but he forgot to do what they had done the entire season. Being an OSU alumni I didnt care who won the game, but I think that Stoops really got out of his game plan. Bradford played well enough and the defense played well enough to win, but Stoops coached to lose. On another note, enough with the Tim Tebowisms already. He's good, but to suggest that he "wills" his team and that he has heart more than any other player is ridiculous. Not every player pumps his fist and yells after every play. Tebow is really good, but ESPN is making this guy into some sort of deity and that, my friends, is CRAZY!
I wrote on this as well. Some commenter had it right. OU played not to lose.
I still earnestly believe that the national title is split, with the Utes goin undefeated.
Tim Tebow is the Brett Favre of college football. Patent pending.
Tebow IS perfect and he IS coming back...
Texas should have been in this game. I hate Tebow.
I have to say this....Blogger Eathan is a visionary.....I agree with you whole heartedly..... JAG I disagree with you whole heartedly... some people are gator fans that day just so the team they hate can fail miserably..... it doesn't matter it its western wyoming versus Chokelahoma or central montana state versus the Suckeyes Im rootin for the little guy to beat the two schools I hate the most.....speaking of which How bout that last second win Texas had over your suckeyes....JAG where you at bruh....I gotta tell you Quan Cosby's TD calls for a 11119!!!!!!!! 06!!!!!! Once again ohio state fails in a bowl game just like Chokelahoma.....call it being a bad sport cause Texas wasn't impressive but who cares after the cowboys embarrassed all of its fans I need something to hold on to until training camp starts.
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