re: If losing one player is derailling one side of the ball for

I am not saying OU was great with Bradford, but they lost a bunch with him. Just look at the UT game. He played well when in there, and one average half against BYU doesn't mean they weren't that good with him.

That said, OU lost what, 5 starters on the OL? Lost their stud TE?

LSU lost 2 OL, a WR (who didn't do much last year), and a FB. Those losses obviouly hurt, but aren't what I'd say OU lost.

My point is that RP can get a lot of blame for 2008. I never denied that, but 2 years removed to have the 108th offense in the nation is not on RP like some people want to make it out to be. He definitely had an effect, but for all we know, like Sanchez, he may have gone pro after 2008 if he had a great year.