Boomer Sooner

The Sooners put it together in the second half, and beat Tulsa 37-0.

The defense had a great performance, but that was expected.

The offense still had a lot of the same problems that plagued it last year: too many dropped passes, several ill-advised throws, turnovers in the red zone.

However, Kevin Wilson's work with the offensive line showed, as the Sooners ran the ball better than they ever have under Bob Stoops. That's a definite positive, and the other things can be corrected. Whether they actually get corrected will determine if the Sooners are overrated.

Switching gears to the Texans (whose game was on at the same time): On a scary note, for some reason Dom Capers still had David Carr in the game in the second quarter, and his knee was injured. Thankfully, it's apparently just a bruise and they are not at all worried about ligament damage. I have no idea why he played past the first quarter, with 3 of the projected starting offensive linemen out with injuries. Dom Capers got lucky tonight.

[Posted at 22:35 CST on 08/30/02] [Link]