OUInsider - Owen Field

We will be very "up" for this game. Coaches and players will be focused during this game.
The ND players and coaches will be lost with what we come up with during this game. They can't cover all of our great receivers and won't be able to stop our RBs, especially in the 2nd half. Our D will be the best they have faced and our footprints will be on every ND O linemen's back.
I know you can't tell but I'm pretty pumped and confident we'll win this one!

you have never played a up tempo like OU runs. Your D will be sucking air, amound other things, after the 2nd quarter.

I know, I know, you think you can keep up with the jones's. Just wait , you'll see.

they are way more physical (ala kstate but better talent) on both lines vs anyone weve played and have the best lb in the country. they will not be intimidated and i think itll be a hard fought game. hope we get the W.

ND is a great institution and will be a physical challenge. They have a very good defense. Now, I think we have the potential to dominate on defense; we have a lot of speed on D.

I love having level headed pregame chats with opposing teams. It's a great way to meet new people and there's nothing better than talking sports. Any chance you'll be making it to Norman?

To answer the question, I'm kinda the opposite of most. If OU jumps out early then look out it snowballs very fast. If its a close dog fight then I'll be skeptical and nervous, only because we really don't have many of those. The no huddle does wear out defenses, and our quick throws all but eliminate the pass rush. I hope this doesn't bite me in the butt but the ND offense, outside of Eifert doesn't worry me much. ND will break a few runs here and there but our bend but don't break defense has been exceptional this year. I think its like the KSU game, ND must get turnovers and maybe even a defensive score to win the game. That's just my opinion.

Thanks for the feedback. I think our defense is better than expected and that's kept us in a lot of games. It's also given coach Kelly the chance to develop Golson a little more slowly. We seem to have a totally different mindset this year of controlling the clock, staying patient on offense, and trusting the D. It's led to some frustration because we expected Kelly to bring his spread offsense from Cincinatti.

Our best rushing outputs came against some weaker defenseive lines, but the Stanford output from the running game was an encouraqging sign. Eifert has had a down year because he's the focus of the D, and that's allowed some other WRs to shine, but there doesn't seem to be a rythym yet in the passing game and that worries me.

We haven't done a lot of QB read and I have to wonder if Kelly is saving something for the OU game. Golson is able to extend plays and throws well on the run. He's getting more comfortable running, but just had 3 fumbles against Stanford so it'll be interesting to see how he bounces back this week.

I'm sure are many conversations to come in the next week. Here's to a good game .

thxs.........liggins was cat quick at nose guard. If my memory is correct, in the 1966 ou, tex game there was a play where the tx center snapped the ball and liggins was so quick he leapt over the center and destroyed the play before it got started. First win over tx in years.

Better kick the Jayhawk butt first

I'm looking forward to this game as well. It's kinda funny all these teams we played this year say how ND hasn't faced anything like them yet. Now I read it on here. We seem to be doing ok against teams we 'haven't seen yet'. You guys have a high octane offense, but I have lots of confidence in our D. They won't be tired. Been conditioned very well. Our offense is what worries me. Having a hard time getting it going consistantly. 1 promising thing is that QB Everett Golson seems to play well at night and on the road. If that holds true I like our chances in Norman, and at USC. Good luck fellas.

Here are the rankings in scoring offense/defense of the teams Notre Dame faced.

Navy 107/40
Purdue 45/71
Mich St 102/14
Mich 37/23
Miami 62/93
Stanford 60/35

OU's offense is ranked 9th in scoring, 28 slots higher than the best offense ND has played.

And we rank 20th in scoring defense. Had our offense not allowed three turnovers-for-TDs, we'd be 7th (I know, I know -- ifs and buts).

Another 21 of the points we've allowed have come in the final five minutes of games in which we had big leads, after we'd pulled our starters. Take those away, and we're 2nd in the nation in scoring defense, just ahead of ND. Also, our defense has faced three teams in the top 16 in scoring offense. The best offense ND's faced ranks 37th.

I don't rally care for rose petals,but the bbq and beer sounds good.

I really don't understand how all these people keep saying they (MSU, UM, Miami and now Oklahoma) are going to score on our D all game, but so far, not a single TD has been scored. I know your offense is really good, but a great defense can shut down an offense more times than an offense goes crazy on a great defense. Should be a great game, and definitely a measuring stick for our team.

Not sure if you are saying 250 pounds or 250 linebacker. If you are trying to say Manti Te'o is going to look like a fool covering a 4.3 receiver crossing the middle... I feel sorry for any of your receivers that come across the middle. Manti has always been good, but this year he seems to be playing on a different level.

Those are the 102nd, 37th and 62nd-ranked offenses you're grouping us with. In Norman, you'll be facing the 9th-best offense in the country (we'll probably be ranked higher than that, actually, after Saturday's games) in only your second road game of the season.