‘He’s one of the best in the whole freaking country’: Jeff Lebby and the Oklahoma offense silences his critics
The Oklahoma Sooners are finally back in the win column after a dominant performance against the West Virginia Mountaineers. That was the first time since the bye week we’ve seen the team that started undefeated and took down the Texas Longhorns.
After back-to-back weeks of criticism, Jeff Lebby and his offense looked the best it has all season. They put up 644 yards and were 10 of 16 on 3rd and 4th Down. They only punted three times, one of which was late in the game with the backups getting some playing time.
When asked about how he deals with outside criticism, Lebby said, “Again, I think somebody asked me about it last week after the game but that noise has no effect on my day-to-day. It takes none of my focus, my energy, my joy what I’m trying to get done with our unit and our guys every single day. Really not a part of it.”
It wasn’t just Lebby who spoke about the criticism he’s received. His players were also quick to defend their coach. Drake Stoops also shared with the media after the game about how well Lebby did calling plays.
“He’s one of the best in the whole freaking country and it showed tonight,” Stoops said. “When we stay on schedule, stay in a rhythm, don’t have pre-snap or post-snap penalties and we execute in our details then it shows. He called a tremendous game tonight and it’s because we executed and didn’t put ourselves behind the sticks.”
There is no doubt some of the criticism was warranted the last few weeks but not all of the blame should fall on Lebby’s shoulders. The players also weren’t executing at a high level either. This Saturday we saw what the Oklahoma offense can be when they are clicking.
Now, lets see if that is a one off performance or if this is how they can play the rest of the way.
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