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  1. . . . And they did. A really poor game, blame to be share in multiple places. Coaches, players, officials. Give KU some credit, too, although both teams tried to give it away, KU was more opportunistic.
  2. LOL, there are a number of "Glass half empty" Sooner fans on my home message board which I most often frequent. I, on the other hand, tend to be a "Glass mostly full" type of guy, although last year's horrible result had me wondering from time to time whether BV could make the transition from great assistant coach to a winning HC. He still has some growth to achieve, I believe, though. I share your reticence about Lebby, his play-calling sometimes leaves me scratching my head. Yesterday's game does not a season make, and the accusations of a "soft" 5-0 schedule heading into the RRR had merit. But mark me among those who have mostly completely drunk the Crimson Koolaid under Brent. Agree that OU needs to clean up the special teams and especially the kicking game! OU could drop one or two games between now and the end of the year... or we COULD run the table and do a re-match in the CCG in Arlington with an enraged Horn team sporting n 11-1 record, and thirsting for revenge. I like OU's chances to do the latter. Injuries, of course, could always throw a wrench into the works. If Gabriel should go down with injury like he did last year, I have HIGH hopes that we will see the advent of the Jackson Arnold era... Looking forward to it! But obviously hope that Gabriel can stay healthy.
  3. And I'll add that Texas is probably the more talented team if you compare rosters. But I absolutely LOVE how Brent Venables has transformed the OU defense! This Sooner fan is very glad that Lincoln Riley left and took Grinch with him! See ya in Arlington at the Conference Championship!
  4. Don't post here often anymore (used to post under BlackwellSooner handle) but let me echo Vahalla: OU avenged last year's butt-whooping and showed up in Big D with something to prove! Congrats to the Horns for a hard-played game (would you expect anything different for the Red River Rivalry?). I agree that the officials sucked, but they missed calls against BOTH teams, I don't believe either team enjoyed an advantage or disadvantage. Just a parting note to Mr. P's post on page 1: ******************************* Exactly. OU will lose, and by a considerable margin, thus they will return to the high teens or low 20s, where they belong. We've looked pretty good against relative nobodies. Not bad for Year 1 of a near-complete rebuild (2022 was "Year Zero"). Miss me with that "Hurr durr, anything can happen in rivalry!" Texas is at least a year or two ahead of us in their development. They got depth and buy-in that just isn't there for us, at least not yet. RRS might be "close" early on, but gradually UT will pull away. A couple late scores will punctuate the win. And that is what voters are looking at. (Really, Mr. P? You REALLY BELEIVE all that ****?) ******************************* I lurk over here on this board occasionally, so I understand that Mr. P is a Sooner fan, or at least that is my impression... if that is so, let me lay huge plaudits on him for his successful job of reverse-mojo on the Horns. Of course, Lee Corso did his part too, at GameDay with his Bevo headgear! LOL...
  5. Venables says he wants his players to be "all in"! If not, there's the door!
  6. OU has handed out lots of these butt-kickings over the years. Looks like it's our turn today. Totally inept OU defense, Brent has his work cut out for him. Better get it done soon, too, what with the SEC move coming soon..
  7. Sadly, I think that it's a done deal. I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that Gundy (whether because he was hacked off or not, doesn't matter) read those words off of the player's tablet. NOBODY who has been in coaching as long as Cale has knows better than he that there are certain words that a 50 year old white man cannot utter in a room full of black athletes. Can't believe that he did that! Like it or not, it's the world that we live in... and he knew that once uttered, that the incident would go public, so he self-reported to BV, and it got ran up the chain of command, with the choice of resign or be fired. Sad. I've read that Gundy could be a hot-head and mouthed off at times, but he was a good coach as was proven by the support that he is receiving. But as Brent said, our actions have consequences. One of the consequences, besides Cale losing his job, is that OU recruiting, will take a hit.
  8. https://twitter.com/Joe_MainMixon/status/1556498749362413571/photo/1
  9. If Muleshoe can't fill the Coliseum with SC fans, how is he gonna get 'em to journey to faraway Lincoln and Minneapolis, let alone places like Ann Arbor or State College? LOL... Rutgers and/or Maryland? FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!!
  10. First of all, I'll just say that Ole Miss deserved the MCWS title, they played clean baseball, had timely hits and OU hurt themselves in the Championship Series with errors and poor play not typical of their late-season play. So hats off to the Ole Miss team. But there was a couple of turning points in Game 2 that had they gone OU's way, might have led to an OU win and a Game 3, where anything could have happened. The HUGE momentum swing at the top of the 6th inning comes to mind... I know the rules on runner interference, and the umpires applied the rule correctly. Whether the rule should be re-written is up for debate, on at least a couple of different points: 1. What a change of momentum, and all for a rule that, IMO, and apparently the announcers agreed, desperately needs to be rewritten to allow an exception to the rule of runner interference when the runner is within a step of the base. 2. Ole Miss got the interference call because their pitcher made a bad throw to first - - the ball hit Spikerman in the leg (which was in foul territory). Had the pitcher's throw been what would be regarded as a "normal" throw i.e. to the "field-side of the base - - there would have been no interference. Whether Spikerman would have been thrown out or not, the run would have scored - in fact, it had ALREADY scored. 3. The part of the rule that negates the run on runner interference should be revised. Whether Spikerman was out at first or not, interference or no interference, the run should have been allowed, as the runner from third had already crossed the plate and only one out at the time. It's a punitive rule and should be corrected. Here is something else to ponder while discussing the controversial call on the Spikerman bunt: We all (at least most of us) know the rule on interference, and that's what's mostly been discussed, but did anyone notice how Skip Johnson was berating the umpire after the replay decision was announced? Let's assume that Skip is, more than anyone on this board, cognizant of the rules and their application. So why was he so vehement after the ruling from the review booth came down? Here is a suggestion that I'd reckon had a good chance of being on-target: The rule on challenges is that the challenge must be registered to the umpire before 30 seconds have elapsed after the play, and that the challenging entity (Ole Miss coach) must not have watched the replay. Watching the replay on my DVR, it seemed to me more than 30 seconds passed before Ole Miss challenged the call, and THAT is what pissed Skip off! The challenge should not have been allowed due to expiration of the time limit (I have it on good authority that the Ole Miss coach watched two replays on the JumboTron before challenging). OU got hosed. Would it have made a difference in the eventual outcome? Who knows, but BIG MO climbed on top of the Ole Miss contingent bigtime after that call. The score would have been 1-0 OU's favor, one out and men on 2nd and 3rd, - - Instead, it wound up ending the inning with Graham flying to RF for the 3rd out, 0-0 at the end of 6.
  11. As the #4 seed, the Hogs will host their own Super Regional, hosting the Longhorns. Could be a bit spicy in Fayetteville. The Horns were just one of two teams to hang a L on the Sooners this season, (in Austin) the other being Okie State.
  12. Heard a rumor that Dart is eyeballing OU as a destination, now that he is in the Portal. Basically two 5 star quarterbacks swapping teams. If true, who would win the quarterback competition between Gabriel and Dart? Dart has better physical characteristics (6-3 & 210 lbs) vs Gabriel (5-11 & 186), but Jeff Lebby is really high on Gabriel, in that he is very familiar with the Offense that Lebby likes to run.
  13. Hopefully, Smitty will have mellowed a bit over the last few years as far as some of his sideline antics are concerned. I remember that when he was at OU previously he sometimes went absolutely nuts on the sideline, screaming at the players on the opposing team, etc... Sometimes a bit of an embarrassment. He will be an asset, though to the team in regard to bringing toughness to the team and getting rid of some of the soft players. There will probably be a winnowing out process, no doubt...
  14. Not to mention likely a black eye recruiting-wise. OU had a number of highly-rated recruits at the game. We'll see if/how much it hurt from a recruiting standpoint.
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