OU Football - Spencer Rattler, Caleb Williams, OU Defense

Rattler can stay and back up Williams, or he can go be the guy somewhere else for a year. Barring injury, Williams appears to be the certain future, I'm not sure why they'd unring the bell, and send Rattler back out there.

In Rattler's defense, he followed three studs, but I never got the sensation he was quite what the hype set him out to be. My guess, he does what Hurts did, which is clearly not a bad move. 

As for defense...? They were flat against Kansas across the board, defense and offense. (not sure why they were giving so much cushion against KU) But, I've not really been impressed with the linebackers overall. There are issues elsewhere, but the backers' play is frustrating to watch at times. I expect guys at that level to make a read and explode. There have been multiple times I've seen those guys barely move on the snap, then half heartedly chase the play. There's one back man, fill. I'd rather have a guy that tends to over pursue, than one who under pursues any day. May be guilty of being too hard on those guys, but again, at that level, I want a sideline to sideline juggernaut, who doesn't slow down as soon as he thinks he's out of the play. Can't remember who was playing, but I saw an offensive lineman chase down, and make a touchdown saving tackle on, a DB after a pic earlier this year. I want 11 guys on defense like that. 

It's the worse watching them never wrap up and tackle. Everyone wants to make the highlight hit but won't just make the tackle. Last week's game was rough for many reasons but with an 11AM kickoff that had to suck for those guys, OU had everything to lose and KU had LITERALLY nothing to lose. 

Hopefully this week against Texas Tech things will look much better.

They are. I remember, in the early 2000s, Ohio State squeaked by in several games, and won the Championship on, what I thought were terrible, pass interference calls.