Stoops has a knack for locking down his team in the big games. It was a typical approach for putting the offense on a conservative mode and let the defense win it. The problem is the defense is on the field too much and they wear down. He is a good coach but he cannot go full throttle in the spotlight.
The offense wasn't on conservative mode, IMO. Blake Bell just can't play. And Josh Heupel is in way over his head as a coordinator.
Bell and the offense has struggled mightily against "juggernauts" like Kansas, TCU, and Texas.
Bells looks like a LB trying to play QB. There's no accuracy. He doesn't read defenses. If the primary receiver doesn't beat his man and get open the play is toast. And he's slow as hell.
Heupel is just bleh as an OC. If you know you have a bad QB, lean on the running game. Heupel doesn't understand that. He thinks he still has Landry Jones back there.
Another issue I have with Heupel is that they keep trying to use Bell as a runner. He's too freaking slow and uncoordinated. The only thing he's good for is QB sneaks and even those rarely work these days. Yet there they are every week calling run plays for Bell that require him to bounce it outside. That play has not worked one time all year. Swear to God. But they'll keep calling them.
I hope they lose their remaining 3 games this year. Maybe that will facilitate change on the offensive staff. Because if Bell and Heupel are back in 2014 I may just skip a year a Sooner football. I'm done wasting 3 hours of my life watching that garbage offense. Watching OU on offense is like a combination of watching paint dry and watching your 4 year old's soccer match.
LT, correct me if I'm wrong, but Blake Bell is the worst QB we've had here in over 20 years. I can't think of any QBs who've been as bad as Bell.
Even when we had Bomar and Hybl I was fine with those guys because they actually looked like functional QBs.