If Gabe Lynn is HALF the player he was hyped to be by the recruiting services, then he should be able to fill the void as a redshirt freshman. The size, speed, position instincts, ball skills, and tackling skills are all there – no reason he can’t be a dominant player in his second year on campus. Throw in Hurst and a cast of safeties that reads “Carter, Nelson, Proctor”, and the Sooners’ secondary is still loaded.

The pessimism towards the offense completely discounts the ability of 18-22 year old kids to IMPROVE. Every player lining up on offense, be it linemen or skill guys, was a highly touted recruit and has an abundance of talent. To think that this season’s “baptism by fire”, plus a spring & summer of working together with the firstt team won’t yield DRAMATIC improvement is careless at best, clueless at worst. The writer of this blog has been covering college football long enough to know better than to be so “matter of fact” rigid in his assessment of this team’s potential.

And to everyone talkin about Landry – take it easy on him! Do you remember what Sam looked like when he was actually on the field? We had the worst offensive line of the Bob Stoops era on the field this year! Demarco and Chris couldn’t even run the ball against weak defenses and considering their talent, I’m much more willing to believe that’s on the O-line. For all the long-time college football fans – how many times have you seen a poor offensive line make very good quarterbacks look horrible? Sometimes Landry had all the time he wanted but he was usually under too much pressure to consistently feel comfortable. He can make all the throws and he needs our support. People talking bad about him as much as they do only hurts our team!