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The Season of 2011 for the OU Sooners started out in the spring with so much promise OU was the consensus number one in the country. Espn was showing Sooner practices on TV. Dan Noble was the first dominoe to fall, he had a concussion he could not get over and the defensive tackle starter had to give up football. Austin Box dies right before the season starts the key linebacker was gone from this life and his promising football career was no more. OU and its defense was dominant anyway during the first of season and at Florida State and Ryan Broyles was the best player on the field like he was for the whole season in 2011. We dominated Texas due to Ryan Broyles and Landry Jones and a dominant defense. We won until Texas Tech a 5th place team in the big 12 came to town and no one was remotely thinking upset. OU was had won 62 games in a row at home and that was not fixing to change anytime soon or at least we thought. The night game was delayed 2 hours due to rain and the bad news kept on coming. It seem Whaley are best running back and almost only one had the flu and did not play a down, OU had nobody who could run the ball very effectively. The bad news kept on coming Jamell Fleming are best and dominate defensive back could not play due to injury. The Texas Tech QB had a career night against the replacement for Jamell Fleming and a uninspired defensive and OU was no longer number one. OU still was in the hunt with one loss and they were still winning until the worst possible injury and it was to the record holding receiver Ryan Broyles. Also the second worst injury, Whaley went down for good with a broken leg. We played Baylor at Baylor and Robert Griffin who OU had always stopped before did not stop this time. Number one hopes were dashed with the loss to Baylor. We really had a very limited offense without Ryan Broyles at receiver and Whaley at running back and Landry Jones did not seem to know who to throw to and how to inspire the offense. The final blow was the worst Ronnell Lewis OU's great defensive end and the terror of all QBs who play OU would not play against OSU and never again for OU. OSU beat us easily running to side of the defensive that Ronnell Lewis vacated. Suddenly the number one season was a disaster no number one and not even a Big 12 Championship. We did beat a hapless Iowa team in the Insight bowl to get 10 victories, a great season for everybody but OU but it was not a season the Sooners want to remember except for the fantastic play of Ryan Broyles.
No way we can ever replace Ryan Broyle who set the NCAA record for receptions and would have set many more except for his injury. When he was on the field he was a threat to score every play and we just hope to see his combination of speed and big play ability one day again for the Sooners. It is hard to imagine that Ryan was the last recruit picked for the Sooners when he came out of high school and OSU had him until the very last day. Ryan Broyles joins a long line of legends who will not soon be forgotten.
Jamell Fleming a shutdown corner who the Sooners will surely miss. Jamell set the bar high for the next Corner at OU. He will go high in the Pro draft.
The Great Frank Alexander one of the best Defensive Ends in OU history. A great pass rusher and a sure first rounder in the Pros. Another one we wish had several more years of eligibility at OU.
Ronnell could make a QB collapse like jelly with just a single hit that did not look that hard of hit. He was a monster hitter and we will especially miss him on special teams where he made almost all the tackles on kickoffs. The one time the opossing team ran back the kickoff in 2011 was when Ronnell Lewis was not playing. Ronnell Lewis will be drafted for his hitting ability alone.
Goodbye Great Seniors