>> WELCOME TO THE SHOW. A BIG SATURDAY HERE FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. OKLAHOMA AND TCU AT 11:00. THE BIG TIME IS COMING UP AS FAR AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE BIG 12. >> THESE ARE TWO EVEN MATCHUPS TODAY. OKLAHOMA STATE HAS NOT PLAYED YET IN THE BIG 12. >> WE ARE ALSO LIVE IN FORT WORTH. A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR OKLAHOMA COMING OFF THE LOSS. LAST NIGHT, YOU CALLED A MUST WHEN FOR THE SOONERS. >> ITS A BIG GAME AND A BIG OPPORTUNITY. >> OKLAHOMA TCU AT 11:00. OKLAHOMA IS A FAVORITE FOR A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN ONE TOUCHDOWN. WE WILL BE LIVE OUT THERE IN FORT WORTH IN JUST A SECOND. OKLAHOMA IS COMING OFF OF A LOSS. A BIG OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT. >> HE’S GOT IT, RUNS LEFT AND HE’S INTO THE LEFT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. KANSAS STATE HAS UPSET THE SOONERS AGAIN. >> IT’S ONE OF THOSE MATCHUPS THAT THEY JUST CAN’T QUITE FIGURE OUT. MARTINEZ WAS SPECTACULAR. DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS THE FIFTH TIME SINCE 2006 THAT OKLAHOMA HAS LOST THE BIG 12 OPENER? THE PREVIOUS FOUR TIMES THEY WENT ON TO WIN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. MAYBE THEY JUST HAVE THE MOST TALENT AND THEY HAVE THE BEST TEAM, BUT THAT’S QUITE A STREAK. >> IN 2020 THEY LOST THE FIRST TWO GAMES AND STILL CAME BACK TO WIN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONS SHIP. OU HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD IN THE BIG 12. THE SOONERS HAVE BEEN DOMINANT IN THIS LEAGUE AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THE REST OF THE WAY. THE LOSS TO KANSAS STATE IS HARD TO EXPLAIN. SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. >> 2006, 2007, 2012, THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT IS FOR DIFFERENT QUARTERBACKS THAT DID THAT. THE QUESTION NOW IS CAN DILLON GABRIEL BE THAT GUY THAT CAN GET OKLAHOMA OVER THE HUMP AND BACK INTO A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE THE BIG 12 FAVORITE AGAIN? >> HE MISSED SOME PLAYS IN THE GAME LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. PLAYS THAT OTHERS HAVE MADE, BUT THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE DRAFT. HE DID WELL ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME. THIS LOSS TO ME WAS ON THE DEFENSE AND THE INTENSITY ON THAT SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. YOU WILL HAVE TO GET USED TO DILLON GABRIEL MAKING EVERY PLAY THAT’S AVAILABLE TO HIM. >> THE DEFENSE, HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU OF THE DEFENSE? THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE OVERHAUL AND IT’S EARLY IN BRENT’S TENURE, BUT STRUGGLED BIG-TIME. >> PRINT IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE SAID WE ARE ON OUR HEELS, WE HAD AN OFF DAY AND I DON’T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD PAIR OF QUARTERBACKS. CHANDLER MORRIS IS BACK AFTER AN INJURY. THEY ARE RECEIVER, HAVE DIFFERENT RECEIVING CREW THAT IS VERSATILE. YOU CAN TELL THAT THE CULTURE HAS CHANGED, BUT IT DOESN’T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO DILLON GABRIEL. YOU MENTIONED THE WHO’S WHO NAMES. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES IN OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL WHERE THEY GET IN A BAD SPOT AND THEY GO PLEASE RESCUE US FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST WEEK, DILLON GABRIEL WASN’T ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU’RE RIGHT, HE PLAYED IT GOOD ENOUGH. YOU CAN BE IN A BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL WITH A GUY LIKE DILLON GABRIEL 11 TOUCHDOWNS NO INTERCEPTIONS THUS FAR THIS SEASON. >> THE OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAMES LINCOLN RILEY WAS A LEAD AT SCRIPTING THOSE AND OKLAHOMA HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS ON THAT. I THINK JEFF LEBBY IS GOOD AS AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. GABRIEL IS GOOD ENOUGH. I THINK MEMS IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE OTHERS OUT OF THE BALL. IF GABRIEL CAN HIT ONE OR TWO OF THOSE BALLS THAT HE’S MISSED IT OPENS UP QUITE A BIT. >> YOU’RE RIGHT, I LOOK AT DILLON GABRIEL BY THE NUMBERS. NO INTERCEPTIONS. DOES THAT ALSO MEAN MAYBE HE’S NOT TAKING ENOUGH CHANCES? >> I THINK NO INTERCEPTIONS IS GREAT. HAVE YARDS -- HIS YARDS PER COMPLETION WOULD TELL THAT STORY. ONE THING THAT COULD BE REALLY BAD TODAY IS TURNOVERS. TCU REALLY SCORE. IF YOU SAY OKLAHOMA NEEDS THE OFFENSE TO RESCUE IT AND THERE’S A COUPLE TURNOVERS THAN THERE’S NO RESCUE. >> WHAT YOU DON’T SEE HIS RUSHING YARDS. HE MOVES BETTER THAN I THOUGHT. I DIDN’T KNOW HE COULD RUN AS SUCCESSFULLY. >> THE RUN AT NEBRASKA IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN A FORCE FIELD. HE JUST KEPT GOING. HE SCORED. >> LET’S LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK FOR TCU. MAX DUGGAN. WHO KNOWS, WE COULD SEE HIM AT SOME POINT TODAY AND A COUPLE DIFFERENT PACKAGES. WE’VE SEEN HIM FOR TCU A LONG TIME. HE’S A PRETTY GOOD THROWER. PRETTY GOOD RUNNER. HE DOESN’T DO ANYTHING AT AN ELITE LEVEL, BUT HE IS CAPABLE ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEFENSE THE DIDN’T PLAY WELL WEEK AGO. >> MAX DUGGAN IS YOUNGER THAN CHANDLER MORRIS WHO IS LISTED AS A FRESHMAN AFTER SITTING OUT AND COVID AND OTHER THINGS. HE HAS NOT RUN THE FOOTBALL MUCH THIS YEAR, BUT HE’S DONE A GOOD JOB AGAINST OU IN THE PAST. MAX DUGGAN MIGHT TAKE OFF TODAY. ELITE DECEIVERS ARE PRETTY GOOD. ->> LET’S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE BIG 12. DILLON GABRIEL HAS PLAYED REALLY WELL. HE’S PLAYED LESS GAMES THAN SPENCER SANDERS. DILLON GABRIEL AT THE TOP, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR I KNOW YOU HAD KANSAS AND JAYLEN DANIELS CIRCLED AS ONE OF THE BIG STARTERS. >> THEY HAVE A TOUGH GAME TODAY AGAINST IOWA STATE AT HOME. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA DEFENSE. ELGIN RUCKER, WHAT DID YOU SEE ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA DEFENSE AND HOW OU MANAGED, THEY HAD A TOUGH TIME TRYING TO STOP ADRIAN MARTINEZ AND HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE GOING INTO A GAME TODAY. >> I WILL THROW THAT TO YOU. >> LAST WEEK IT WAS A SURPRISE THAT THEY PLAYED AS POORLY AS THEY DID AGAINST KANSAS STATE. THE LINEBACKERS, THERE’S NOT A WHOLE OF DEPTH AT THAT POSITION BUT HE PLAYED WELL THE FIRST THREE GAMES. THEY HAVE TO GIVE THOSE GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF REST. ALEX ROTATED PLAYERS ALL THE TIME LAST YEAR. 82 SNAPS FOR THE LINEBACKERS, THAT WAS TOO MUCH. I THINK THEY NEED TO ROTATE IN SOME PLAYERS AND NOT BE AFRAID TO LET THE YOUNGER GUYS GET IN THERE AND DO SOME THINGS ON THE FIELD. HE DOUBLED DOWN AND SAID THIS WAS A BAD WEEK FOR US. >> I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD RUSHING THE PASSER. BUT THEY WEREN’T REALLY SURE WHAT TO DO AGAINST A GUY LIKE ADRIAN MARTINEZ. YOU’RE RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THAT WITH MAX DUGGAN. HE ISN’T AS GOOD OF A RUNNER, BUT REGGIE GRIMES AND ETHAN DOWNS THE LEADERS IN THE BIG 12 FOR SACKS. ADRIAN MARTINEZ WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS AND PASSING SITUATIONS. THAT’S WHEN HE MADE THE BIG PLAYS. THIS PASSING PLATE THEY JUST GOT ALL OUT OF SORTS AND THAT’S WHEN HE GOES CRAZY. >> YOU’RE WATCHING THESE HIGHLIGHTS AND YOU HARKEN BACK TO LAST WEEK, MOST OF THE SUCCESS IN THE ZERO GAP UP THE MIDDLE WHERE OKLAHOMA IS GETTING PUSHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, THEY GET BLOCKED AND THE EDGE IS PRETTY GOOD FOR OKLAHOMA BUT THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER SPOT AND THE NOSE GUARD POSITION, THEY HAVE TO DO BETTER STANDING IN THEIR. I DON’T KNOW THAT TCU IS GOING TO RUN RIGT AT THEM TODAY. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPY IN THE QUARTERBACK IS KILLING YOU. I DON’T KNOW THAT’S ALWAYS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. BRENT SAID WE HAD A SPY BUT HE DIDN’T GET THERE. AS A TOUGH JOB. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN TO GO WHEN NOT TO GO SO IT’S A DIFFICULT POSITION TO EXECUTE. STUTZMAN IS A GOOD PLAYER, BUT ADRIAN MARTINEZ MIGHT OUTFOX HIM A LITTLE BIT. I DON’T THINK WE WILL SEE AS MUCH OF A SPY TODAY. I THINK THEY WILL GET THE QUARTERBACK WORKING IN CONVENTIONAL WAYS. STAY WITH US, ON THE OKLAHOMA FORD GAMEDAY AS WE COUNT YOU DOWN, TO KICKOFF COMING UP, OR GOING TO TALK ABOUT OKLAHOMA ABOUT -