June 30, 20232 yr From 1999-2020 (and probably 2021), OU had a superior coach to Texas. Mack Brown was very good for a decade, but Stoops was a great coach.  Thats a quarter century of superior coaching, sometimes very superior. An entire generation of Sooner fans came to believe there is something unique about Austin and OKC that makes Sooners line up better and play faster and harder than Longhorns. It will be a while before they believe any different. Edited June 30, 20232 yr by statsman
June 30, 20232 yr 49 minutes ago, statsman said: From 1999-2020 (and probably 2021), OU had a superior coach to Texas. Mack Brown was very good for a decade, but Stoops was a great coach.  Thats a quarter century of superior coaching, sometimes very superior. An entire generation of Sooner fans came to believe there is something unique about Austin and OKC that makes Sooners line up better and play faster and harder than Longhorns. It will be a while before they believe any different. That's what these dipshits don't get. They had a better coach that didn't fall asleep on the job and try to crater the program on the way out. We hired shitty coaches. There's nothing special about "OU DNA". Well, maybe there is, but not in the way they think.  Edited June 30, 20232 yr by LateAughtsHorn
July 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said: Here’s the big question: Can they afford Heupel? No. Not because there's no money, but because the amount it would take to get Heupel back on campus for any kind of role would be double what he would take anywhere else. He was rightfully pissed at being made the scapegoat for some of the decisions Bob made for the offense and the failures on the other side of the ball. As long as Bob is hovering anywhere around OU, Heupel will show up when Tennessee comes to play.
July 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, kilroydos said: No. Not because there's no money, but because the amount it would take to get Heupel back on campus for any kind of role would be double what he would take anywhere else. He was rightfully pissed at being made the scapegoat for some of the decisions Bob made for the offense and the failures on the other side of the ball. As long as Bob is hovering anywhere around OU, Heupel will show up when Tennessee comes to play. I hope you’re right. OU falling up into Heupel would suck.Â
July 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: I hope you’re right. OU falling up into Heupel would suck. It was a strange situation, he was absolutely being groomed to take over, but never seemed to show the flashes of leadership or innovation you might expect out of someone who really wants to be a head coach. Once he was let go, it seemed to both light a fire under him and let Bob know he needed to find someone he could turn the reins over to entirely.Â
July 1, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: I hope you’re right. OU falling up into Heupel would suck. as long as bob has an office there and has all the freedom of the world around that dept..Josh is staying away
July 1, 20232 yr Did Lincoln Riley come in after Heupel was canned? Yeah, that’s a burn.  That said, that program will jettison anyone if they get in the way of winning. Ethics, scruples and principles are not the pillars of that program.Â
July 2, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, statsman said: Did Lincoln Riley come in after Heupel was canned? Yeah, that’s a burn.  That said, that program will jettison anyone if they get in the way of winning. Ethics, scruples and principles are not the pillars of that program. Firing a guy who is an obstacle to winning is immoral?
July 2, 20232 yr Yeah, how dare Charlie Strong get fired. Proves Texas is a mercenary organization. Is nothing sacred anymore?
July 2, 20232 yr Maybe a more elegant way to say it is blowu will protect winning coaches even if they recruit and cover up for multitudes of girl beaters the likes of Joe Mixon. That is immoral and the oklahoma way.
July 3, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, SamsCorner said: Firing a guy who is an obstacle to winning is immoral? Presumably, when they signed Venables, they committed to a plan. They probably agreed this plan would take a few years. Jettisoning him as soon as a shinier prospect comes along, despite where they may be in the plan they committed to, is telling.Â
July 3, 20232 yr No way they're going into the SEC with a 1st year coach. He's going to get 3 years a least. They'll just Fat Mack/Strong/Herman/Jimbo and force him to hire new coordinators and then fire him shortly thereafter. Â
July 3, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said: No way they're going into the SEC with a 1st year coach. He's going to get 3 years a least. They'll just Fat Mack/Strong/Herman/Jimbo and force him to hire new coordinators and then fire him shortly thereafter. Â We can only hope it starts with Roof.
July 3, 20232 yr On 7/2/2023 at 11:23 AM, SamsCorner said: Firing a guy who is an obstacle to winning is immoral? Your point is well takenÂ
January 26Jan 26 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/penn-state-hires-jim-knowles-from-ohio-state-making-him-college-footballs-highest-paid-defensive-coordinator/ Looks like a done deal. 🤣🤣🤣🤣   Edited January 26Jan 26 by Chili dog
January 28Jan 28 On 4/16/2023 at 11:03 AM, ChiTownDoc said: I think I reference 49-0 more than anyone on this site.  Still lulz.  UT should have that on a RR phantom.  Just saying.  😎 Fuck that. Go with a 1964 Aston Martin to flop out your humongous dick and let'em know.Â
January 28Jan 28 9 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said: Fuck that. Go with a 1964 Aston Martin to flop out your humongous dick and let'em know. No worries…Been looking.  For Miami.  Would turn to shit in Chicago. Â
January 28Jan 28 Just now, ChiTownDoc said: No worries…Been looking.  For Miami.  Would turn to shit in Chicago.  Those dam. Bastards stealing rims and shit. Get a parking garage just for yourself to rest is baby.Â
January 28Jan 28 If aggy had done this, there’d be 100 pages of screenshots and LOLs. I don’t get it. Maybe y’all don’t interact with many Sooners.Â
January 30Jan 30 Popular Post 7 minutes ago, texifornia said: @statsman found this totally unbiased look at our 2025 rosters Obligatory: Advantage A&M
January 30Jan 30 7 minutes ago, texifornia said: @statsman found this totally unbiased look at our 2025 rosters Mateer over Arch is certainly a take, as is Thomas over Simmons.Â
January 30Jan 30 What would the results be if you polled 100 college coaches and asked them if they would rather have Colin Simmons or R Mason Thomas
January 30Jan 30 1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said: What would the results be if you polled 100 college coaches and asked them if they would rather have Colin Simmons or R Mason Thomas Seeing as Ichiro can't even get unanimously voted into the HOF, I'd say 99 to 1.Â
January 31Jan 31 [mention=6205]statsman[/mention] found this totally unbiased look at our 2025 rosters So fair and unbiased. I’m sure it would have looked similar comparing this years rosters. Let’s put up or shut the fuck up and circle back in a year and see how things went.
January 31Jan 31 Popular Post 50 minutes ago, Chango said: So fair and unbiased. I’m sure it would have looked similar comparing this years rosters. Let’s put up or shut the fuck up and circle back in a year and see how things went. There's a whistling past the graveyard going on here. When I go over to OU sites and watch content from their insiders, I'd say they're pretty much done with the Venables era and they're just waiting for the string to play out. Sure, they'll get hopeful because that's what fans do, and they don't have the Battered Aggie Syndrome those cultheads do, but there's a part of the more rational ones that feels strongly things could easily go sideways again next year, and if so, the trigger is going to have to be pulled. They remind me of me during the dark periods of the 80s and 90s where I held onto the idea we hadn't been shut out in forever. They keep talking about their bowl streak like a mantra, to remind themselves Sooner football is still relevant, even when they know in their heart of hearts it really isn't right now. I think the more interesting part is the acknowledgement from the smarter ones they may not be able to keep up with the big dogs financially. Their athletic budget is fine, as far as that goes. But they don't have the deep bench of financial boosters, and they don't have the equivalent of Phil Knight or even a modern day T. Boone Pickens to make up the difference when it comes to NIL. They're in the same boat as fellow cheaters Alabama and Georgia. When it was all under the table, they were willing to match or surpass everyone else. Now that it's above board they're having a rough time competing. Honestly, I can't get enough of it.Â
January 31Jan 31 14 hours ago, SL Xpress said: There's a whistling past the graveyard going on here. When I go over to OU sites and watch content from their insiders, I'd say they're pretty much done with the Venables era and they're just waiting for the string to play out. Sure, they'll get hopeful because that's what fans do, and they don't have the Battered Aggie Syndrome those cultheads do, but there's a part of the more rational ones that feels strongly things could easily go sideways again next year, and if so, the trigger is going to have to be pulled. They remind me of me during the dark periods of the 80s and 90s where I held onto the idea we hadn't been shut out in forever. They keep talking about their bowl streak like a mantra, to remind themselves Sooner football is still relevant, even when they know in their heart of hearts it really isn't right now. I think the more interesting part is the acknowledgement from the smarter ones they may not be able to keep up with the big dogs financially. Their athletic budget is fine, as far as that goes. But they don't have the deep bench of financial boosters, and they don't have the equivalent of Phil Knight or even a modern day T. Boone Pickens to make up the difference when it comes to NIL. They're in the same boat as fellow cheaters Alabama and Georgia. When it was all under the table, they were willing to match or surpass everyone else. Now that it's above board they're having a rough time competing. Honestly, I can't get enough of it. Georgia I would consider in the upper tier of NIL, Bama and OU will continue to struggle and their only hope of relevance is to make hires like KState and Baylor seem to make with some superstar under the radar coach that can develop like crazy.Â
January 31Jan 31 25 minutes ago, Vertigo said: Georgia I would consider in the upper tier of NIL, Bama and OU will continue to struggle and their only hope of relevance is to make hires like KState and Baylor seem to make with some superstar under the radar coach that can develop like crazy. I have learned to be careful about sweeping generalizations regarding the future of college football programs. I maintain that the current state of college athletics, and specifically college football, is unsustainable, so the future is going to be very different than what we see today. What that is and when it comes, I have no idea. I can foresee the disruption. I have no real insights into what it will eventually resemble, and I don't believe anyone when they say with conviction what it will become. It's all speculation. My speculation would be we see further constrictions into who is actually competitive at the highest levels, and that the Big 10/SEC carve up the rest of college football and form a new association which displaces the NCAA in many respects. But that's speculation. An individual like Larry Ellison getting involved in NIL, or someone with less net worth but willing to spend a much larger percentage of it to see their favorite team win, can quickly shift the dynamics of NIL the way it's currently executed. I still maintain the bottom line is you have to have the right coach. Finding and then keeping the right coach once you have him is still the biggest challenge of every program wanting to be elite. But having robust NIL support is now a critical component of that. Riley left OU and Saban stepped down at Alabama in part because of the resources to support them at their previous stint. Same thing with Brian Kelly to LSU and Jimbo Fisher to A&M, or DeBoer to Alabama. It's not that excellence can't be maintained through coaching changes. Look at Ohio State, which has still yet to make a truly bad hire since Woody Hayes in 1951. But you roll the dice every time. Every program not named Ohio State has gone through some lean years. Some, like us, more than we could possibly imagine. I had hopes OU would maintain their Gary Gibbs, Howard Schnellenberger (who I thought was a home run hire...nope!) John Blake succession ad infinitum, but it did not work out that way, unfortunately. But I'm enjoying their current struggles and I hope they continue for the rest of my lifetime, however long or short that may be and whatever the cause.
February 1Feb 1 In case you missed the splash hire… https://oklahoma.rivals.com/news/sooners-to-hire-nate-dreiling-to-defensive-staff  OU has stolen the Arkansas State DC. Power moves.  They also hired the fired Clemson DC as an analyst. BV will call the defense.  https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article299526149.html
February 2Feb 2 Knowles was over rated. These are two real lunch pale guys, great family. We are fucked Â
February 3Feb 3 22 hours ago, Pdawg88 said: Knowles was over rated. These are two real lunch pale guys, great family. We are fucked  A little racist
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