One piece of standard knowledge, particularly among the many Oklahoma fan base, is that the Sooners did regress yearly underneath Lincoln Riley — clearly not by a lot, however nonetheless to a point.
The 2017 staff was higher than some other Lincoln Riley staff at Oklahoma, and 2018 was higher than most Lincoln Riley groups. Nonetheless, the concept that every successive staff was clearly worse than its predecessor isn’t essentially true.
A extra nuanced reply: Oklahoma’s offenses did worsen, not essentially the entire staff. One can start to get a way of the bigger image at OU from Sooner insider Kegan Reneau, our featured visitor in our 12-part Riley Recordsdata podcast particular.
“The offense regressing yearly since 2018, after which 2021, they fell off a cliff. Actually, it’s inexplicable,” Reneau mentioned. “There’s probably not a ton of excellent causes for what occurred to the event of the offensive line. The quarterback play being as dangerous because it was, that to me is the dialog that I feel lots of people ought to be having. I simply don’t suppose they (Sooners) acquired worse yearly (from 2018-2021), the win-loss outcomes and the place they completed on the finish of the yr. I take a look at this and have just a little completely different perspective on issues.”
We’ll unpack this attitude within the coming days. Make sure to take heed to the podcast episode beneath, and to all episodes of The Riley Recordsdata at Trojans Wire. 5 reveals within the 12-part collection have been revealed. You’ll get the opposite seven quickly sufficient.