I've been saying it since 2004...
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:26 am
...and I feel like saying it again tonight, regardless of the outcome of this game.
Joe C. needs to sit Bob S. down at the end of this season, and say, verbatim, "What the f*ck, Bob?"
I think in another thread, War Stoops said, "What the Hell goes on in Norman in December?" I'm starting to wonder the same thing. Yes, we're without Kelly, and Smith, and Holmes, and Degranger, and Donner, and Blitzen, and it's about as funny as Maya Rudolph. He is no longer, and hasn't been since the Big 12 Championship Game in 2003, "Big Game Bob," and teams that we play in January do not fear us. We are Oklahoma, and THAT is bullsh*t. Teams need to fear us, and they need to do so with reason. The fact that we spent an entire first half of football letting the other team run at us instead of meeting them at the ball is bullsh*t. We are getting beat to crap by a running team that can't pass. How are we losing to a one-dimensional team? Put Walker on their decent receiver, and our other athletes on their other receivers, and play contain on the outside. Make White pass and we look like a decent defensive team. "It's like a bunch of slow guys trying to corner a fast guy," said Analogy Man.
Stoops has always said "No excuses," and I love that about him, but eventually, after watching it happen so many times, "We just got beat," becomes an excuse too. The reason OU fans don't give a sh*t about the occasional loss to a crap team is because we're playing for the postseason every year. Every single season, sans 1999, and 2005, since Bob Stoops has been at Oklahoma, we've been in the National Championship picture. That's a lot of winning, which is absolutely awesome, and I KNOW that a lot of schools would LOVE to be in our position... but we're Oklahoma! We're about winning, not about getting there. I enjoyed the Bomar Season of 2005 more than any we've had since 2003, until the end, because we WON AT THE END OF IT! I mean, it was also exciting seeing a young team and a young gunslinger QB trying to learn to play together and win games, but winning the bowl made it all worth while. Oklahoma Football Fans don't have a lot to do besides talk football, and hearing them talk about a losing season from January until August is getting really old.
Lots of other fans would love to have enjoyed the success we have enjoyed, and I'm thankful for it, but, we're Oklahoma and "being in the conversation" should be a given, not "enough."
the_ouskull
Post Script -- We've allowed 2 huge plays so far... The white guy's long run, and this touchdown pass that was like 79 yards. Can any of you guys (especially fans of other teams) imagine a Mike Stoops-coached Oklahoma defense giving up TWO plays like that in one game? I can't ... I've said THIS before too, but here it goes again. We haven't been the same, and Bob hasn't had his "mojo" since Mike left. I hate this sh*t.
Joe C. needs to sit Bob S. down at the end of this season, and say, verbatim, "What the f*ck, Bob?"
I think in another thread, War Stoops said, "What the Hell goes on in Norman in December?" I'm starting to wonder the same thing. Yes, we're without Kelly, and Smith, and Holmes, and Degranger, and Donner, and Blitzen, and it's about as funny as Maya Rudolph. He is no longer, and hasn't been since the Big 12 Championship Game in 2003, "Big Game Bob," and teams that we play in January do not fear us. We are Oklahoma, and THAT is bullsh*t. Teams need to fear us, and they need to do so with reason. The fact that we spent an entire first half of football letting the other team run at us instead of meeting them at the ball is bullsh*t. We are getting beat to crap by a running team that can't pass. How are we losing to a one-dimensional team? Put Walker on their decent receiver, and our other athletes on their other receivers, and play contain on the outside. Make White pass and we look like a decent defensive team. "It's like a bunch of slow guys trying to corner a fast guy," said Analogy Man.
Stoops has always said "No excuses," and I love that about him, but eventually, after watching it happen so many times, "We just got beat," becomes an excuse too. The reason OU fans don't give a sh*t about the occasional loss to a crap team is because we're playing for the postseason every year. Every single season, sans 1999, and 2005, since Bob Stoops has been at Oklahoma, we've been in the National Championship picture. That's a lot of winning, which is absolutely awesome, and I KNOW that a lot of schools would LOVE to be in our position... but we're Oklahoma! We're about winning, not about getting there. I enjoyed the Bomar Season of 2005 more than any we've had since 2003, until the end, because we WON AT THE END OF IT! I mean, it was also exciting seeing a young team and a young gunslinger QB trying to learn to play together and win games, but winning the bowl made it all worth while. Oklahoma Football Fans don't have a lot to do besides talk football, and hearing them talk about a losing season from January until August is getting really old.
Lots of other fans would love to have enjoyed the success we have enjoyed, and I'm thankful for it, but, we're Oklahoma and "being in the conversation" should be a given, not "enough."
the_ouskull
Post Script -- We've allowed 2 huge plays so far... The white guy's long run, and this touchdown pass that was like 79 yards. Can any of you guys (especially fans of other teams) imagine a Mike Stoops-coached Oklahoma defense giving up TWO plays like that in one game? I can't ... I've said THIS before too, but here it goes again. We haven't been the same, and Bob hasn't had his "mojo" since Mike left. I hate this sh*t.