I'm not thrilled about the offense, but here's the thing:

The biggest difference between the elite programs in the country and everybody else isn't offense; it's defense. If Bloomgren has actually been able to craft a defense that can play with, say, 80% of the teams in the country, he has done the difficult part. He now has to figure out what he is going to do about the offense, because no matter how good the defense might be, it can't be expected to carry the whole load for four quarters against competent opponents.

(09-04-2021 02:50 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Tulane loses 40-35 at OU. Fritz is a really good coach.

And he got that result after the game was moved to Norman on short notice. If the game had been in New Orleans, would Tulane have won? If OU's kicker hadn't made three field goals of 51+ yards, would Tulane have won in Norman?

Now, granted, OU is probably the worst blue blood program in the nation. OU has at least one utterly baffling result every single season, and this was close to being one of those right out of the gate. Tulane nevertheless deserves huge credit for showing up and pushing OU right to the brink.