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<blockquote data-quote="bobhertzel'ssweatpants" data-source="post: 129361979" data-attributes="member: 1056714">This is the most talented &amp; deepest defense that we've had since Dana took over. However, the defense hasn't been tested yet. Georgia Southern is 1 dimensional, Liberty is an FCS school &amp; Maryland's QBs are just awful. We'll find out what they are truly made of on Saturday as they finally will face a really good offense. We are hopeful that we finally have a solid defense, but until we actually play offenses with a pulse we won't know for sure. And that all starts on Saturday.Agree with your statement about the trenches. Last year Oklahoma just manhandled our O &amp; D lines. Stryker was in our backfield all day before Trickett could even get the snap. And in the 2nd half, Perrine was at our 2nd level running free into the secondary pretty much every play &amp; when we did try to tackle him, he punished our defenders. We were completely worn down on both sides of the ball by the end of the game last season.I'm hopeful that we have better depth on defense this season so that we're not spent half way through the 3rd quarter this year as Perrine gave me nightmares for weeks after last year's game. Our offensive line scares me. Up until Saturday we were struggling to get any push in the running game. We finally got the running game going on Saturday, but our pass blocking was atrocious as Howard was getting chased out of the pocket quite a bit. And talent wise, Oklahoma is much better than MD up front on the defensive line so that's going to be a big challenge for our big uglies.Should be a good game. Looking forward to it. We owe you all. OU &amp; KSU are the only teams we haven't beaten yet since joining the Big 12.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobhertzel'ssweatpants, post: 129361979, member: 1056714"] This is the most talented & deepest defense that we've had since Dana took over. However, the defense hasn't been tested yet. Georgia Southern is 1 dimensional, Liberty is an FCS school & Maryland's QBs are just awful. We'll find out what they are truly made of on Saturday as they finally will face a really good offense. We are hopeful that we finally have a solid defense, but until we actually play offenses with a pulse we won't know for sure. And that all starts on Saturday. Agree with your statement about the trenches. Last year Oklahoma just manhandled our O & D lines. Stryker was in our backfield all day before Trickett could even get the snap. And in the 2nd half, Perrine was at our 2nd level running free into the secondary pretty much every play & when we did try to tackle him, he punished our defenders. We were completely worn down on both sides of the ball by the end of the game last season. I'm hopeful that we have better depth on defense this season so that we're not spent half way through the 3rd quarter this year as Perrine gave me nightmares for weeks after last year's game. Our offensive line scares me. Up until Saturday we were struggling to get any push in the running game. We finally got the running game going on Saturday, but our pass blocking was atrocious as Howard was getting chased out of the pocket quite a bit. And talent wise, Oklahoma is much better than MD up front on the defensive line so that's going to be a big challenge for our big uglies. Should be a good game. Looking forward to it. We owe you all. OU & KSU are the only teams we haven't beaten yet since joining the Big 12. [/QUOTE]

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