If … sophomores figure out run support.
The run defense was only slightly better than the pass defense, and it might be up to high-upside youngsters — sophomore tackles Keondre Coburn, Moro Ojomo and T’Vondre Sweat and sophomore/junior linebackers Joseph Ossai, Ayodele Adeoye, Juwan Mitchell and DeMarvion Overshown — to solve.
With schools such as Oklahoma and Oklahoma State who use their running games as much as their pass game, the defense must tighten up when it comes to stopping that aspect of an opponent game plan. Moving Overshown up to the second level of the defense, could help in that aspect. Mitchell and Ossai are also key cogs. The front four need to do their job of freeing up the backers to roam.