Texas Tech 24, Oklahoma 34

Turnover, bad bad defense, and an offense that just couldn't find anything in the 2nd half. That's what happened.

Let's go by offense and defense:

• Graham played okay. I thought in the first half he was absolutely incredible. He found open receivers and was able to move the offense down the field efficiently. In the second half, I don't know if it was a little bit of extra pressure or some other coverage quirk that I haven't picked up on, that caused his ineffectiveness. Harrell has played so much better than he did earlier in the season, but Harrell has got to start making his own adjustments at half-time.
  
• The offensive line continues to play well, but it seemed like when we needed to protect Harrell the most that it simply didn't happen. I was very impressed with this unit as a whole for more than a majority of the game. They picked up the blitz, the stunts and just about everything else, but there was that one play in the 2nd half where I believe an OU linebacker came from the extreme corner, and leveled Harrell. I don't think we can blame that on the line as much as we have to credit OU's defense. Harrell was definitely more harried in the 2nd half, but it wasn't enough to cause the offensive meltdown.
• Shannon Woods played really well. When there were holes he found them and really kept the OU defense honest, when he got the ball, but 8 rushes is not enough. Leach has got to feed his running backs a little bit more. I promise, it will help the entire offense. I think that Leach really doesn't trust Woods to create like Henderson did last year. Woods takes what is available, but he just isn't as explosive.
• I thought the wide receivers played well, but there were times that I really wanted them to make plays. Hicks sat out again and I really believed that his presence would be an incredible help to this offense. Filani does not have the true speed to stretch the field against OU and we really lacked that deep threat again. Leach said last week that Harrell made some plays by making those deep passes to Filani, this week, there wasn't that deep threat and OU did a really good job of keeping everything in front of them.
• The special teams were acceptable, but we have got to make our field goals. Granted, we wouldn't have won the game, but missing field goals can kill momentum. There was no wind, just the yips. I would also like to point out that we have got to have a more explosive kick-off return duo. Morris and Woods is good, but why put Woods out there? Why not Britton and Batch. They were incredibly explosive in high school and probably have the potential to break something big.
  
• Penalties. It wasn't the number (7) that hurt us or the yardage (51), but the timing of the offensive penalties. Going from a 42 yard field goal to a 47 yard field goal. Most, if not all of the penalties were on the defensive side of the ball.

Defense:

• Crucial penalties. There seemed to be just too many pass interference penalties. These guys practice against a spread offense, I don't understand how we can be so inept at not committing penalties.
• Big plays. OU is down to their 3rd and 4th string running backs, we know that to do anything they are going to have to throw the ball. I simply do not understand how Johnson can get so wide open. I also completely don't understand how Kelly was left all alone, in single coverage (see any Sweed comments from the UT game) with 20 seconds left in the first half. I really don't understand why, it just doesn't make sense. At some point, players are at fault for not making plays, but we've gotten to a point this year where Setencich has got to take some of the blame for the lack of people even being anywhere close to a wide receiver at the end of a half. It's flippin ridiculous.
  
• The defensive line played well, but you could tell that at the end of the game they were a little gassed. I think that as a group, they are getting better at pressuring the quarterback, which only bodes well for next year.
• The linebackers should simply not show up, because they really don't do anything productive. Their one job would have been to contain the 3rd and 4th string running backs, but Brown running for 41 yards for a touchdown is unacceptable. It's not this particular time that causes worry, it's the fact that it happens time after time, game after game. I literally cannot remember any linebacker making any significant play or tackle. This has got to be a position of concern next year.
• As I said above, the secondary has got to do a better job of keeping guys in front of them. However, the most embarrassing part is the fact that Johnson was be so wide open. I started laughing at that point because it's happened too many times during the season. Someone has completely blown their coverage. The secondary had better figure things out real soon because OSU's Bobby Reid is a much better passer that Thompson and OSU has really been putting some points on the board in recent weeks (sans the UT game). This could be a real offensive show. To give the secondary credit, the interception return by Huffman was a thing of beauty, we don't see enough of that, but it was incredible. We also had an incredible interception, that was taken away because of a roughing the passer penalty.
  

We had this game, if we simply could have done something on the offensive end in the second half. It seems like these past few weeks that Leach has not made the adjustments during half-time that he previously made. The opposing teams are doing a better job of adjusting to Tech and it's really frustrating. I expect the offense to put up a touchdown in the second half, that's not a ridiculous thought.

One other thing, Leach is going to have a really tough decision at the end of the year, and it will be what to do about Setencich. Last year he did an admirable job, but this year, he's kept with guys who can't make plays (i.e. see all of the linebackers, especially Tillman), this team seems to always have a problem with making tackles, and we give up way too many big plays. If Leach wants to continue to keep his job, he may have to find a defensive coordinator who can make his players make the smart play.