Report Card: Poor grades all around as Oklahoma loses to Kansas
Oklahoma took their first loss of the season on Saturday, falling to the Kansas Jayhawks on a rainy and disgusting day in Lawrence. From the first play from scrimmage, it appeared Oklahoma would be in for a fight. And sure enough, that’s precisely what happened.
Oklahoma fell victim to another slow start on both sides of the ball. The Sooners were never able to get their passing game going. Due to the weather conditions, they relied heavily on their offensive line and running backs to generate offense.
The sooners will try and figure things out as they get set to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys in what will be the last Bedlam for quite some time.
OU played a rough game on all fronts. Some things were encouraging, but a lot of the performance put forth was not good enough. We broke it down by position group below.
Saturday was a tough day at the office for Dillon Gabriel. He threw the ball just 19 times. For comparison, Jason Bean threw it 32 times.
Aside from the baffling lack of opportunities for Gabriel to have a real, meaningful impact on the game, Gabriel was a little erratic to start the game. His first two throws were an incomplete pass that was way off target, and the next was a late decision that resulted in Kansas cornerback Mello Dotson taking the pass the other way for a pick-six.
Gabriel used his feet as much as he could, even willing himself into the endzone late as Oklahoma fought their way back into the game.
For a guy putting up a Heisman finalist-caliber season, it was strange not to see him have more opportunities to win the game for the Sooners, especially late in the fourth quarter.
The weather conditions were less than ideal, but it felt like, at the very least, Oklahoma would’ve attempted to use their quick passing game more. Ultimately, that’s a conversation for his offensive coordinator and head coach to answer to.
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