Three quick points for Oklahoma to escape from the Kansas disaster

2021-11-08 09:56:48 By : Mr. Arthur Sun

Well, of course it was a football game.

In Saturday's game against Kansas, the Sooners entered the fourth quarter at Lawrence, trailing the Jayhawks 17-14 on rough defense and unstable offense.

Enter Caleb "Superman" Williams.

Williams once again used his excellent organizational ability to get the team the points they needed to get rid of the Kansas team's counterattack from beginning to end.

His 3 total touchdowns, 2 passes and 1 rush are all in great need to help the Sooners remain unbeaten and continue the longest winning streak in the country.

Here are three quick points of the game:

Keller Williams showed his youth in the first half of the game and really forced some balls off the field when he didn't need it.

In looking for Jadon Haselwood's deep interception and the fourth shot before halftime, the first shot was easier to pitch. However, Williams unnecessarily looks for the big show.

After his performance in the past two games, it is difficult to argue with his success rate, but he needs to learn to accept that defense brings him more. That will come in time.

However, although he did make some freshman mistakes, he still showed his weird talent and supreme leadership in the second half.

He made explosives and was smarter, pitching in the second half of the game, including brilliantly penetrating the needle into Jeremiah Hall at the end of the third quarter to score.

Then, he immediately activated his defense on the sidelines to get a big stop-they did it with a quick three-pointer.

Then, after a big forced error, he ran back with an incredible 40-yard touchdown to extend the lead.

His performance in the first half was poor, but he responded.

All of a sudden it proved that he was indeed a human being, and that he was just a real freshman, but very special.

For Williams, this is a time of growth, which will enable him to move forward better.

In addition, the football IQ of receiving the ball from Kennedy Brooks and pushing forward is absurd-it is an unprecedented football game for any player, let alone someone starting a second time. 

Perhaps the biggest question mark in this game is simple: Will the Sooners start the game vigorously and ready to play a football game?

The answer is no, and it goes further than the beginning.

Kansas started the game nearly 10 minutes by car, and they passed the ball from Oklahoma's throat all the way to the end zone. If that's a wake-up call for Sooners to move forward, it's still bad, but at least it's seen before.

But it didn't stop there—not at all—because the problem has always been on both sides of the ball, throughout the first half and the third and fourth quarters.

Without icing it, Oklahoma has no incentive to start this game and piece together a truly embarrassing performance that can't be defended.

It's even hard to find something that can be compared with this, because what Sooners put forward on Saturday was unprecedented, and it was shockingly bad.

They found a way to complete the game required for the task, but the game in the first 40 minutes or so of the game really couldn't be defended.

Allowing Kansas State to reduce the lead to a ball possession in less than six minutes in the late game is... ooh. 

Look, this is terrible. Especially bad.

But, in the final analysis, it has nothing to do with Oklahoma becoming or possibly becoming a football team this year.

In the past two weeks alone, the Sooners have achieved impressive victories against better teams and will have more opportunities to prove themselves.

Therefore, although this is an embarrassing game and OU will receive enough heat for it, it should not overreact when using a wider lens.

The key part is "when using a wider lens".

As a game, yes, every harsh remark made by the fans on the performance of this team is deserved.

However, for the state of the plan to move forward, this does not mean that the team did not show to the extent of falling behind in the fourth quarter in the game against Kansas.

There is an important difference that is very important. 

Josh has been working with SI Sooners since June 2021, and the previous year with Sooners Wire through USA TODAY Sports. He is also a high school sports broadcaster for the Oklahoma State Sports Network.