riley once again has an experienced quarterback to work with in hurts.
jalen may not be perfect and no one might not be ready to put him on the same level as mayfield and murray, but he has started multiple games and performed well in a number of big game situations.
he is going to have offensive weapons in the receivers they return, 3 great receiver prospects who are enrolled and going through spring, a couple of above average backs, and return their tight end.
riley's strength to me so far has been putting his players in situations for success by attacking the mismatches in the opposing defenses. against patterson it simply wasn't throw the ball when tcu stacked the run, but isolating the tcu safeties in coverage.
the biggest question is the ou offensive line and they have flipped that over before. they return a very good center, recruited well, have a highly regarded juco tackle on campus going through spring, and might have the best o-line coach in the big 12.
beating them isn't impossible, but to think the machine stops rolling with the change of players i think is missing what they have done already with riley.
