Scranton Tiger;2891222 said:
You know, you ALMOST made a convincing argument. Almost. Then you bring up Cincinnati and TCU. Wow, just wow.
You seem to enjoy playing the "if only" card (if only so and so wasn't hurt, if only our play calling didn't suck) so I'll play too. Texas came from further back against Tech to take a lead than they did against OU. "If only" a freshman hadn't dropped an interception on Tech's final drive. We've already covered your victories over the MIGHTY Big East and Mountain West. Maybe this season you guys can play the powerhouse programs UConn and UNLV.
Yea, that steam roller of an OSU team lost four of their last six. Congratulations on beating a team that had no victories over a top 20 program and fell apart at the end of the season when it mattered most. Very impressive.
Yea, but they scored when it mattered. I guess a Sooner fan would focus on the first half. If my team choked that bad in the second half of their two biggest games, I wouldn't want to discuss the second half either. Also, you lost your ability to use the "weak conference" argument when you brought up Cincinnati and TCU. FYI
Of course you don't see it as a choke. OU fans are used to seeing it so it's just routine now. Kind of like me walking outside and seeing the sky is blue. Nothing new here.
I appologize. I thought Bradford was under center in the fourth quarter of the Texas and Florida games. I didn't realize the offensive coordinator had taken his place. My bad.
So it was all the pass defense? Okay. What's the excuse for letting a Texas running back who couldn't run over his own shadow look like Emmitt Smith for the entire second half?
I didn't realize "RR" played offense too. That must be why the OU offense got shut out in the fourth quarter. Thanks for the explanation.
You probably would have scored more points if Bradford didn't throw the ball to blue shirts all night as well. Also, you said the whole road game thing didn't matter. Why does it matter now? .......... Let's see if you can pick that one up, Watson.
They might and if so, good for you. Like I said, I don't pull for either team. My school hasn't been relavant nationally on a regular basis since 1991. The only time we played though, we did run Switzer's *** out of college football. Ah, sweet memories.
Ok, I don't know where to start here. So let's begin with your opinion on Oklahoma State. Texas struggled against them in Austin. That and the loss to Tech really hurt them.
At the time of the RRR, Texas was obviously the better team. Why? Because they won the game. I understand why you bring up my "what if" situation. I should go into further detail. Injuries are a part of the game and we were not prepared for the fall of Reynolds which was shown on the field. It's our fault, not UT's fault that we didn't have an adequate replacement for the mike position. That killed us and is what ultimately buried us. It's a part of the game.
TCU and Cincy were better than any team on UT's non con schedule. You shouldn't laugh at that since they were both ranked and Cincy won the Big East. I know the Big East isn't the greatest conference in the world, but it's a nice win for a non con ballgame.
In October, OU was not the team they were later in the season. I know it's another "what if" but we didn't start to completely dominate teams until Demarco Murray got back to full strength. Our rushing game was completely absent. Again, that's not UT's fault. That's OU's fault for not being prepared for that situation.
Bottom line is this, OU beat two respectable teams in the non conference, and finished off the regular season with a huge bang. Tech was the #2 team in the nation and we completely obliterated them. We made them look like they had no business playing in division one football. Remember, they were #2 and defeated "mighty" Texas. They looked like some random D2 team against us. Then going on to beat the then #11 (I believe) team in the nation on their home turf in a major rivalry game. Again, if you want to knock them and say they weren't a tough foe, then we can talk about the struggles UT had against them in Austin. We beat them by 20.
We had several opportunities to score in the redzone in the NC game. I still do not believe we choked. One could say that, but I just disagree. I feel we played good football but just didn't convert on crucial downs due to some questionable playcalling in the redzone.
If I weren't a die hard OU fan, I would be all over their case for losing the long line of bowl games that they have. Oh wait, I already do that. However, I like to point out the fact that I brought up earlier that OU isn't the only team that has gone through this type of struggle. Nebraska did it in the 80s. They turned it around quite nicely.
It's one thing to hate OU. It's another to let your hate and bias fuel your arugments to make it look as if OU isn't a worthy program. They had the greatest scoring offense in the history of college football last season. It was a great season. Losing to UT hurt worse than you can possibly imagine, but that's just another game. Losing the big game, again, hurt more than you can possibly imagine, but we just weren't the best team last year, period.
OU was better that UT by the time of the Big XII title game. Then our star tailback (Demarco Murray), star DT (Demarcus Granger), starting mike linebackers (Austin Box, Ryan Reynolds) went down. Reynolds obviously sooner than the rest. I thought we played well, but Murray is what put us over late last season, and without him, our offense was just really good, not GREAT. Just like it was against UT. Injuries are a part of the game. Unfortunately, they hit us at the worst possible time. Vs. UT, and vs. UF in the dang NC ballgame.
I remember the Fiesta Bowl against WVU. We missed Murray, Malcolm Kelly, Demarcus Granger, Reggie Smith, and Lendy Holmes. That was our #1 WR, our #1 DT, our #1 defensive back, and the first in line to replace Smith was Holmes. Just not a lot of luck for us. When you lose the most important piece of your running game, which is what happened against Florida, you are going to struggle. I thought we played pretty well in the NC game considering we were missing Murray, Granger, and playing in Florida's back yard. I can't wait until the NC comes to Dallas and OU can play someone in their back yard for once. It'd be nice.
Given OU's bowl woes, they have to do much more than the next top teams in order to reserve a spot in the NC game this year. It's just impossible to look past their recent history.
I just hope that you can look past your hate and bias and understand that OU is a great team. They can, and will win another NC soon. They've already done it once this decade. It's been awhile since that beautiful 2000 title. A long while.
I just feel that if you keep giving a big hitter a swing, he'll eventually make contact and knock it out of the park. OU could very well have the same results as Nebraska in the coming years. This team has a chip on it's shoulder and KNOWS people consider them the laughing stock of bowl football. I like it that way. This team needs a fire under their butts.
I didn't mean to get so personal with you. I went back over a few of my posts and was kinda frustrated with some of what I said. I haven't had the three way tie debate in almost a year. I was originally just trying to rub it in UT/Cowboy fans faces that OU would be the first team to ever play regulation football in their precious new stadium. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Cowboy fan, always have been, but I know there are many Cowboy fans that are hardcore UT fans/OU haters. I just like to remind them that OU will be the team that breaks in their stadium. The Sooners. The Boomers. The crimson nation. Ahhhhhhhhh.
I remember an old friend of mine told me he gave a special little "blessing" to the Barry Switzer center in Norman after attending an OU football game. I am going to return the favor this September the 5th and give Jerry's world my own little special blessing.
