A day after a disastrous defensive performance in a 48-45 loss to Texas, Mike Stoops is out as defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to The Oklahoman on Sunday.
Stoops was let go after his defense surrendered 501 yards and 27 first downs to the Longhorns as well as the most points scored by Texas in the long rivalry's history.
Stoops is expected to be replaced by either Ruffin McNeill or Bob Diaco. ...
Texas has some talent and it's the best team OU has played up to this point plus it's a rivalry game. Rivalry games all is fair and previous games, records, or whatever before goes out the window.
Post by Freighttrain on Oct 9, 2018 12:26:47 GMT -6
Agree about the talent at Texas, and the rivalry part. Still no excuse for the defense’s performance. Mike always had problems when his defense faced a mobile QB. Always...
So did Bob. We all know Bob, Mike, and Brent were the defensive guys. Bob always said he hired Leach because he was so hard to defend. Leach and spread changed the big XII from run first to pass happy and with all the skill kids then scoring became priority. Truth be told Alabama has a hard time shutting down a good spread "O". Mobile QBs hurt everyone not just OU. Why Baker and Kyler are so successful. You can't have one without the other. Ex. If the defense stops them and Offense scores within 2 minutes then D has to play again. Think about how many snaps OU defense plays if OU scores an average of 2 minutes per possession. Army and Navy options are tough on everyone. Mike maybe the DC but whoever coaches C and S needs to be re-evaluated as well. I know Mike is the fall guy but O against Texas struggled as well.
Lastly, Big XII and Pac 12 maybe left out of playoff. SEC will get 2 again, Clemson, and Big 10 champ!
I keep forgetting about them. ND! Great point. They should win out and keep all their $$$! I am not saying Texas QB is Murray or Mayfield but he's mobile enough to give defenses fits. He's more of a power guy too. Almost a dad gum FB. Nice to have on short yardage situations. Let's just hope the situation gets better at OU.
1.3M to 1.8M is what its going to take to get a guy to come to the big XII IMO. Whomever he is he's going to give up some yardage and points. You can blame all this on Bob and Mike L. for changing the league. That's just a joke!