3^rd quarter

11:12: Hanna struggles in pass protection, gets one on one assignments and needs help.

8:14: Lewis throws his man, gets into the backfield on 4^th and 1 in Texas Tech field goal range. Tackle for loss, no conversion. He gets the first hit and brings him down.

7:31: Landry Jones under pressure, throws an off balanced throw, picked off.

0:08: Hanna starts out blocking, disengages, runs a route, catches one open short, powers forward a through a defender for the first down.

4^th quarter

12:12: Lewis gets a hand in the quarterback’s face, forces quicker release.

11:21: Jones almost has another pick under pressure.

10:03: Lewis helps Frank Alexander on a sack and a near forced fumble, quarterback was down first.

7:10: Hanna can’t hold onto one after a hit against tight double coverage.

1:19: Hanna makes a tough catch for a good chunk of yardage, laying out for it.

1:10: Hanna in the seam, catches a touchdown for 22 yards. Ryan Broyles flagged for unnecessary roughness after the touchdown for retaliating.

0:00: This game was Oklahoma’s first loss and a huge upset, considering Texas Tech was unranked at the time and undefeated Oklahoma was a legitimate National Championship contender. As you can expect, Landry Jones didn’t play well. He was 30 of 55 for 412 yards, 5 touchdowns, and a pick. Not awful, but not as good as he had been and not good enough to win.

Jones didn’t have a lot of help. He was under pressure a lot and really didn’t respond to the pressure well, throwing one off balance pick and almost a 2^nd. His receivers also dropped a lot of passes, including the normally sure handed Ryan Broyles. Broyles dropped 2 passes and also fumbled for the 2^nd week in a row. He also had an unnecessary roughness penalty in a key time. He also had a great run block and 7 catches for 84 yards, but that was one of his lowest yardage totals of the last 2 years and not great considering Oklahoma threw 55 times. Broyles is still underrated in my book, but this game was very uncharacteristic for him.

Another receiver who dropped a pass for Jones was James Hanna. Hanna was targeted 4 times and he wasn’t targeted at all until the 2^nd half. He dropped one of those targeted, but it was a tough catch against double coverage. He also made up for it with an amazing catch where he laid out for a big gain. He also had a 22 yard touchdown and a short catch that he took for a first down with a powerful run after. It wasn’t the best receiving day with 3 catches for 49 yards and a score, considering how much Oklahoma passed, but he showed some promise as a receiver. On the season, he had 25 catches for 363 yards and 2 touchdowns. This is after 18 catches for 292 yards and 7 touchdowns last year. Considering the offense he’s in, those numbers aren’t great, but he has some upside as a receiver.

As a blocker, there was some good and bad. He started out really well in both run and pass blocking, but declined as the game went on in both phases of the game. At 6-4 243, he’s not the biggest guy and he needs to add more functional strength and become a better blocker at the next level. He could get drafted late as an h-back or pass catching tight end.

Defensively, both of Oklahoma’s defensive ends had good games and got consistent pressure. Frank Alexander once again looked better than Ronnell Lewis. Alexander is about 15 pounds bigger and has been a better pass rusher this season, consistently getting more pressure against a tougher matchup (he’s normally the right end, taking on left tackles). His stats are also better. On the season, Alexander had 51 tackles, 18 for loss, and 8.5 sacks. He absolutely abused Andrew Datko earlier this season. Datko was a first round pick potentially before he got hurt. Lewis has 60 tackles, 13 for loss, and 5.5 sacks, though he’s missed 2 games with injury, but that should hurt his draft stock as well.

Alexander looks like an early 2^nd round pick, while Lewis is a 2^nd or 3^rd rounder, a fringe guy. He’s probably a 3-4 guy solely as a rush linebacker at 6-4 243, but he could also play 4-3 outside linebacker, which he also played in college. He got a good game, but not as good as Alexander, and really looked slow off the snap at point. He doesn’t have the quickest first step and I wonder how he’d do against left tackles.