After a week of self-reflection, the day has arrived. Oklahoma will have its chance to put its narrow win and shaky performance firmly behind them. They’ll lace up their cleats, strap up their helmets and pads to take on FCS Western Carolina University. The offense has some notable guys that we’ll be taking a look at. They played well in the first half minus some inconsistent plays from their leader in Spencer Rattler and some struggles on the offensive line to generate real push in the run game. Here are our players to watch in game two:
Andrew Raym, C
As previously mentioned, the Sooners run game struggled badly. Sure, Kennedy Brooks broke off a long run of 32 yards. Excluding that his stats check out to 13 carries for 55 yards against Tulane. OU cannot struggle two weeks in a row with Group of Five or FCS level competition running the ball.
Enter Andrew Raym.
Highly recruited out of high school to be the heir apparent to former Sooner turned Kansas City Chief Creed Humphrey, Raym sat out most of the game last week as he tested positive for COVID-19 the week before. Largely due to missed practice time, he played sparingly but should be full tilt and should usurp transfer Robert Congel this week for snaps. His strength and athleticism up the middle are great assets to getting this run game going.