Bounce Stoops: Oklahoma Can Win National Championship, But Defense Is Key
Oklahoma got a ton of preseason love heading into the 2021 season. In the wake of winning one more Big 12 title however returning quarterback Spencer Rattler this year, the Sooners abruptly got more public title love than earlier years. Previous Oklahoma lead trainer Bob Stoops accepts the group gets an opportunity to win the title however an alternate piece of the crew should move forward. Certainly, Rattler is back in Lincoln Riley's offense, yet the guard will eventually be the key in 2021.
Stoops clarified Thursday.
"Oklahoma has an opportunity," Stoops said on Big Noon Kickoff. "Spencer Rattler, their quarterback, just started to expose what's underneath last year as a redshirt-green bean having missed spring ball, he goes out and had an extraordinary year. What's more, I truly accept with the gifted recipients, the experience that is back there, and they added an electric person there in Mike Woods from Arkansas, that is a major play sort of fellow to go with an all around dangerous collector bunch. They're continually going to have the option to run the football, everybody's back on the o-line aside from the middle. They have two extraordinary running backs. Kennedy Brooks had been over a 1,000-yard rusher before he took last season off due to COVID, and they got Eric Gray moving in from Tennessee, who's an incredible touchy player.
"Be that as it may, the large key I truly accept will be the experience back on protection and the nature of players back on safeguard, and Alex Grinch and the work he's doing there as cautious facilitator. Presently, their d-line is really going to be a strength, with Nik Bonitto, a preseason All-American, a major tackle in Perrion Winfrey, another d-end Isiah Thomas, all hotshot players. Furthermore, they added length and sturdiness and involvement with the auxiliary, I trust it will assist them with getting the mound where they've lost in the last four season finisher games. I accept they're in position at OU to take that leap this year."
In case there is a cautious innovator in that gathering, Bonitto is a superb competitor. He as of late remarked on the significance of the pass surge this season.
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"I simply feel like it resembles that truly with any position," Bonitto said. "On the off chance that you have profundity, it's simply a difficult day for the offense, in light of the fact that for an O-lineman it's alarming when you can take one person out and you can acquire another person who's similarly as great [or] surprisingly better at explicit regions. Furthermore, that is only a difficult stretch for an offense, and I simply feel like it benefits us in light of the fact that at whatever point we're on the field, we will be 100%; and in case we're not, we can get the following person in and there's no drop off. Thus, I feel like it's a genuine decent advantage to have on the safeguard."