601
That's how many yards we put up yesterday. The last time we put up more than 600 yards of offense was against TCU in 2021, which, incidentally, we played for the Big 12 Championship in 2021. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, there's still a lot of season left and a lot of business left to be taken care of.
The first half was ugly. It was cold and wet. It looked like a cold and wet game. RA said that at halftime Gundy challenged the team to play "the most physical they've played all year." They responded. That whipping they put on Cincy in the third quarter was a wood shedding.
Offense: A
The first half was close. Cincy's D looked every bit the toughest run defense in the Big 12. But the left side of our offense line played like a road grader in the second half. On the long third quarter run that set up the 9 yard Ollie Gordon TD, Dalton Cooper turned his man and sealed everything off his left hip and left nothing but daylight for Ollie. My Mom could have ran through that. Coop will be playing on Sundays. Then the TD was Gordon refusing to be denied the end zone.
Bowman was 17/34 for 286 with 2 touchdowns and 1 pick, and the interception absolutely wasn't on Bowman. His efficiency rating was 134.2 which is good, not stellar, but good, especially considering the conditions. Leon Johnson III had a big night in his first start. They wanted to redshirt him, but that isn't going to happen unless we get some other people back and healthy next week.
Ollie Gordon was mentioned again on College Football Final. He didn't get a helmet sticker for a third week in a row, but they mentioned that he wasn't going to (which was almost as good as him getting one), but that he should start getting Heisman and other post-season consideration.
Defense: A
I think our game against Kansas State was our best defensive effort of the season because Kansas State is obviously a very good team. But this has to be our second best defensive effort of the season. 6 of 16 on third downs (38%), 0-2 on fourth downs. Held their QBs to a combined efficiency rating of 104.6 which is awful. Emory Jones was much more pedestrian against our first team with an efficiency rating of 86.4. Maybe he doesn't want to visit Stillwater again. They had 277 yards rushing with 63 coming on one run, which means outside of that one run they averaged 4.4 ypc. Most importantly, we only gave up 13 points, with the second touchdown coming after the game had pretty much been decided.
Special teams: B-
We missed two field goals, one a 52 yarder, which given the conditions I was pretty surprised we attempted. We also ran another kick out of the end zone to the 17 yard line, what was he thinking? We can't make those kind of mistakes.
Coaching: A
Obviously, there was a sea change in the team after halftime. If what RA said was true, and I have no reason to disbelieve it because he said it at the start of the half, that Gundy challenged the team to be more physical in the second half, then holee crap did the team respond. And changes on both sides of the ball obviously were effective in the second half as we scord 35 points and gave up basically nothing. We took a close, hard fought game and opened the flood gates and wore them out.
Now it's Bedlam.
They acted like they had won the national championship and the season was over after beating Tejas.
We know.
They know.
The whole world knows.
But the season wasn't over.
They narrowly escaped UCF by the thinnest of margins, a UCF team that still hasn't won a Big 12 game. Then they couldn't escape a Kansas team that, oh, by the way, we beat.
They clearly weren't as good as their 7-0 record.
We know.
They know.
The whole world knows.
We are tied with them atop the Big 12 standings. Tied with Kansas State, who we beat. Tied with Iowa State, who doesn't want to play us again. Tied with Tejas who plays Kansas State this week and Iowa State in two weeks.
Bedlam. A scene of uproar and confusion. The term was coined because of a wrestling match. "It's total Bedlam in here!"
I've lived all over the country. There are great rivalries all over the country. But most of them are single sport rivalries. Georgia-Auburn has meaning in football but not so much in women's soccer.
Bedlam. If we play each other in tiddly-winks the week before is Hate Week and there will be bad blood, hard fouls and 6000 people will fill the arena. It is the best all-sports rivalry in all of college sports. And to hell with them for killing it.
Beat them and we have UCF, Houston, and BYU left in front of us, a combined 3-12 in conference play.
Bedlam. Let's win. Ride with Pride! Go Pokes!
That's how many yards we put up yesterday. The last time we put up more than 600 yards of offense was against TCU in 2021, which, incidentally, we played for the Big 12 Championship in 2021. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, there's still a lot of season left and a lot of business left to be taken care of.
The first half was ugly. It was cold and wet. It looked like a cold and wet game. RA said that at halftime Gundy challenged the team to play "the most physical they've played all year." They responded. That whipping they put on Cincy in the third quarter was a wood shedding.
Offense: A
The first half was close. Cincy's D looked every bit the toughest run defense in the Big 12. But the left side of our offense line played like a road grader in the second half. On the long third quarter run that set up the 9 yard Ollie Gordon TD, Dalton Cooper turned his man and sealed everything off his left hip and left nothing but daylight for Ollie. My Mom could have ran through that. Coop will be playing on Sundays. Then the TD was Gordon refusing to be denied the end zone.
Bowman was 17/34 for 286 with 2 touchdowns and 1 pick, and the interception absolutely wasn't on Bowman. His efficiency rating was 134.2 which is good, not stellar, but good, especially considering the conditions. Leon Johnson III had a big night in his first start. They wanted to redshirt him, but that isn't going to happen unless we get some other people back and healthy next week.
Ollie Gordon was mentioned again on College Football Final. He didn't get a helmet sticker for a third week in a row, but they mentioned that he wasn't going to (which was almost as good as him getting one), but that he should start getting Heisman and other post-season consideration.
Defense: A
I think our game against Kansas State was our best defensive effort of the season because Kansas State is obviously a very good team. But this has to be our second best defensive effort of the season. 6 of 16 on third downs (38%), 0-2 on fourth downs. Held their QBs to a combined efficiency rating of 104.6 which is awful. Emory Jones was much more pedestrian against our first team with an efficiency rating of 86.4. Maybe he doesn't want to visit Stillwater again. They had 277 yards rushing with 63 coming on one run, which means outside of that one run they averaged 4.4 ypc. Most importantly, we only gave up 13 points, with the second touchdown coming after the game had pretty much been decided.
Special teams: B-
We missed two field goals, one a 52 yarder, which given the conditions I was pretty surprised we attempted. We also ran another kick out of the end zone to the 17 yard line, what was he thinking? We can't make those kind of mistakes.
Coaching: A
Obviously, there was a sea change in the team after halftime. If what RA said was true, and I have no reason to disbelieve it because he said it at the start of the half, that Gundy challenged the team to be more physical in the second half, then holee crap did the team respond. And changes on both sides of the ball obviously were effective in the second half as we scord 35 points and gave up basically nothing. We took a close, hard fought game and opened the flood gates and wore them out.
Now it's Bedlam.
They acted like they had won the national championship and the season was over after beating Tejas.
We know.
They know.
The whole world knows.
But the season wasn't over.
They narrowly escaped UCF by the thinnest of margins, a UCF team that still hasn't won a Big 12 game. Then they couldn't escape a Kansas team that, oh, by the way, we beat.
They clearly weren't as good as their 7-0 record.
We know.
They know.
The whole world knows.
We are tied with them atop the Big 12 standings. Tied with Kansas State, who we beat. Tied with Iowa State, who doesn't want to play us again. Tied with Tejas who plays Kansas State this week and Iowa State in two weeks.
Bedlam. A scene of uproar and confusion. The term was coined because of a wrestling match. "It's total Bedlam in here!"
I've lived all over the country. There are great rivalries all over the country. But most of them are single sport rivalries. Georgia-Auburn has meaning in football but not so much in women's soccer.
Bedlam. If we play each other in tiddly-winks the week before is Hate Week and there will be bad blood, hard fouls and 6000 people will fill the arena. It is the best all-sports rivalry in all of college sports. And to hell with them for killing it.
Beat them and we have UCF, Houston, and BYU left in front of us, a combined 3-12 in conference play.
Bedlam. Let's win. Ride with Pride! Go Pokes!
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