BOULDER, Colo. — Oklahoma got precisely what it deserved Saturday against Colorado.
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The Buffaloes won 27-24, kicking a 45-yard field goal on the game's final play.
But the 50,031 fans on hand knew CU had kicked the third-ranked Sooners all over Folsom Field long before the game-deciding play.
"All losses stink,” OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables said afterward. "They're all in one category.”
This one certainly qualifies.
The Sooners lost on the defensive front, the offensive front and on special teams.
In the process, they lost their composure, their toughness, their swagger, their momentum and their national respect.
They did keep their dignity, however.
They knew they stunk and admitted it afterward.
OU players didn't discriminate Saturday. Their shortcomings were multifaceted.
They dropped receptions and interceptions. They missed blocks and missed tackles.
Receivers dropped the first pass attempt of the game (Juaquin Iglesias) and the last attempt (Joe Jon Finley) — and there were plenty of tipped balls, muffs and bobbles in between.
Sooners coach Bob Stoops repeatedly said his team wasn't very smart against the Buffaloes.
His team wasn't very good, either.
Venables didn't disagree and said, "We're smarter than that. We're better than that.”
Let's hope so.
Offensively, OU couldn't move the chains. Then again, your offense can't move when it doesn't have the football.
The Buffs were a bunch of ball hogs. They ran 82 snaps to OU's 46 and had nearly 18 more minutes of possession time.
The Sooners were 1-for-9 on third-down conversions, while CU was 6-of-19 on third down and 2-for-3 on fourth.
"We couldn't make a play,” Venables said, "couldn't get off the field.”
Sunday morning quarterbacks no doubt will criticize the play-calling of OU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson.
But given the Sooners' horrendous execution, exactly what plays would have worked?
"They did a great job stopping us,” Wilson said. "They were prideful and played well.”
Sadly, the same can't be said of OU.
"There were some competitive plays we needed to make and, well, we didn't,” Wilson said.
As a result, this week's Red River rivalry went from being pure gold to fool's gold.
A couple hours after the Sooners' loss in Boulder, Texas lost 41-21 to Kansas State in Austin.
Hey, how about that Big 12 North?
At least OU had the decency to lose on the road.
Imagine the Sooners' momentum had they taken care of the task at hand Saturday.
Instead, they got derailed.
Defensively, OU couldn't corral an attack that had gained minus-27 yards rushing on 25 carries two weeks earlier against Florida State.
And it wasn't as though the Buffs made any miracle adjustments down 17-7 at halftime against OU, nor did they resort to chicanery.
Colorado just dominated.
"It was pretty basic,” Venables said of the Buffs' play-calling. "Very elementary.”
It's also very elementary why OU lost Saturday.
It got what it deserved.
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It's a shame Rohde hasn't gotten what he "deserves".
Were it so, he'd have been fired long-ago. He might
qualify as a cub-reporter for the Daily O'Collegian,
or whatever they call their paper nowadays at O.S.U..
We can get all the sarcastic criticism we want from
the Dallas Daily News. As a subscriber to the Okla-
homan, I expect some degree of loyalty to a team
which some say "put Oklahoma on the map". It's one
thing to analyze a game--reporting the facts--and
another to insult both the team and readers (fans)
with snide opinions--especially from one who has
been proved wrong time-after-time over the years.
The Sooners have lost how many games on the last play? Sat vs. CU, Fiesta vs. Boise, FG block vs. Ore., last play vs. Tech. I believe these are the last four games they lost. All on the last play and people want to fire the coaching staff? Get real people. The players play the games and they make the turnovers and miss tackles. But, they also make great catches and runs, play their hearts out for the fans and make their coaches and parents, and at least this fan happy with the effort that they bring game in and game out. OSU fans, great win vs. Tech, but OU will come out of all this angry and motivated to show the rest of the Big 12 they are still a team to be reckoned with. BOOMER SOONER!!!
Greg..Stillwater~ I would expect that kind of class and comments from an aggie. What are you...12?
Not all OU fans are ready to oust our coaching staff. A few more games lost in Stillwater and and few more outburts by your coach and you may not have a choice for a coaching change!
I cant believe it! As I read the comments and this story, the Sooners get what they deserve. When is the Sooner nation going to wake up and find themselves in the 21st century? In this day and age with 85 scholarships and kids getting bigger and faster in high school they want to play and play now. Any school on any saturday can win (I.E. Michigan). The team went on the road, elevation 6000 feet and they were not mentally into the game. Yes the coaching staff needs to look long and hard at itself, but if I remember right the eleven 19 to 22 year olds on the field have to make the plays. I promise you not 1% of you so called fans in OK could run and keep up like they tried in the second half. I bet most of you could not walk to your seat in the bleachers without stopping for air. Get of their back and let them figure it out. OU has the talent and the staff to win out and still go to a BCS bowl. And maybe if they do our arrogance will not allow us to over look any team again. Remember Stoops will figure it out and they will win, but if you think there is another coach out there better than Bob then think again. Finding him was a once in 20 year deal. I for one remeber the 1990s.
You can have the best game plan in the world, but if you don't execute it, this is what you get. I've heard it said that this team (2007 OU) is robotic in it's methods; perhaps now it can find it's heart as well. Go Sooners!
I have been a Sooner fan since the 70s. The criticism of Stoops is deserved. With all of the talent we have there is no way we should lose the way we have in big games. Stoops is the best thing that has happened for OU, but that does NOT excuse the horrible coaching when the game is on the line. Choke-lahoma!
This is really very simple, after the 24-7 lead in the third quarter OU fell into a mind set of “playing not to loose” instead of “playing to win”. This was very evident, and I was listening to the game over half-way around the world. The conservative play calling, the loose zone coverage all ads up to this. It should be a good lesson for these Sooners, and I don’t just mean the players.
I would rather live one day with the lions than a thousand years with the lambs!
Yeah Robert. OU needed to do whatever it took to get Kelly the ball. Reverses, wide receiver screens, anything to get him the ball. Heck, they should have lined him up and pitched him the ball. At least one touch. Let's hope for a big game against Texas. The guys are going to be pretty pumped up and we could see another one of those 60-something to 20-something scores.
Thanks Bob, All these people that criticize coaches and players probably have no talent to either play or coach the game. Stoops record is 90-20, just so you know, and really the only game that OU stunk up the joint was in the loss to USC. Other than that they have been in the game, or had a good chance to win. OU fans (of which I am one), stop belly aching about the loss and get ready to root for the Sooner against Texas. A 13-1 season, Big 12 Championship, and BCS Bowl, (and although a long-shot, a BCS Championship), are still attainable. I was seriously bummed when OU lost, but some people are really getting ridiculous when they are calling for the coach to be fired after one loss to a decent football team. The season is not over, there are still 9 games to be played. Keep up the Sooner Spirit. Boomer Sooner!!!
Not using the talents of M. Kelly, a huge mistake. Coach Wilson play calling harkens back to, you know who, Chuck 'Third and Long' Vance, Eureka Springs, AR
Boy, what a bunch of fair-weather whiners you so-called OU fans are!!! One loss you want to fire everyone in sight. Let's see, now, Stoops has as record of about 60+ wins and 10 or so losses?? Most fans would be happey with that...can you say "John Blake"??? Keep it in perspective, people. As a long suffering OSU fan that grew up in Stillwater, I know losing, and OU is not a loser (although I greatly enjoy their few and far-between stumbles). They will probably run the table and go to a BCS bowl. I fully expect you who are criticizing now to turn in your tickets to the rest of their games, turn off your TV when they play in January, and SHUT UP!!
Bob can't win the big game. Heck, He can't even win the little game anymore. 2000 is a distant memory. Forget about this game, OU 24 and CU 27. Boise State, Oregon and LSU (remember LSU when you booed OU off the field??? after a great season.) God bless the OU fan. National Champions rock and BS walks. BS in this case is Boomer Sooners. Llyod Stoops needs to go on to greener pastures. His capital at OU has been spent. Coaches are responsible for not beating the "little" guy. Teams are responsible for not beating the big one's. CU and Boise State were litle guys. Lloyd (I mean Bob)can's seem to deliver the goods to beat the little guy when it counts. BOB has got to go. His bro (Llyod)from U of M does too. If you can't win the big game then you are a loser. Boomer Loser.
Hey, Sooners. You've got to stop crying on TV when you lose. A kid I can understand, but a grown man?!? Please. Get a life.
That's just embarrassing for all mankind. Find the guy. He needs to turn in his man card.
Sooners, Greg from Stillwater does not speak for all Cowboy fans.
Greg, check your spelling before you trash someone.
Looks like Stoops was outcoached again by a Boise State linked coach.
At least it kept Sooner fan heads from bloating much more. Back to reality, Sooners.
I agree with Eric, the secondary and backers pass d plays soft. Most of the time because they're great athletes they overcome (the scheme) to make plays. Lot of opportunities to intercept yesterday.
the commerical at the top of the page says ou fans can show their support for their team in two ways.....thats funny because ou has no idea how to show support for thier team. they lose one game and are ready to fire coaches
Had Colorado not had the turnovers to give OU the ball on Colorado's 11 and 19 yardlines, the score would not have been close. Perhaps 27-10. OU does have a little bit better talent right now than does CU. CU has more heart though. As for the coaching, I'll take Dan Hawkins any day over any Stoops. Losing to Boise St. in a major Bowl game? Come on...GO BUFFS !
ive got a gret idea fire stoops...... hahahahahaha. sooner fans are the biggest joke in this whole state. osu's football team has their own problems i will agree. but our fans havent lost one game and then wanted to fire their coach. you guys are loosers
I don't want to fire the coaching staff, but has anybody asked why we didn't call a timeout with 19 seconds left and the clock running? You have to assume the guy is going to make the kick, and if we'd burned one with 19 left we would've at least gotten a kick return and one or two plays to get in position for a kicker that made a 65 yarder in pre-game. Did the staff lose it's composure too?
The fact of the matter is, Colorado took away Kelly and then slammed OU's running game. Bradford then became confused and frustrated. OU's coaches failed to make adjustments but the way Colorado played I doubt if any adjustments would have worked. Go Buffs.
I hate to see the Sooners lose, especially to CU (The 1972 game game to mind too, Tommy). But, this is what makes college football so exciting. I think the Sooners still have a fantastic chance to win the rest of their games. I doubt that CU will win the north but if they do it will be very interesting to see how another game with OU would play out. KU, MU, and KSU seem to have really good teams this year and I think one of them will be in the conference championship this year. How many teams win in Austin like KSU did yesterday?
One more thing i would have to ask as a reporter...Brent Venebles...why do you teach your guys to play so soft in the secondary. They are obviously athletic...we have future NFL players that several of those positions but any time that it is lets say 3rd and 5 to 3rd and 15 they sit back in a zone, watch only the quarter back, and let guys run their routes, catch the ball, and then react. I mean they are just standing there letting guys run in space right in fron of them and not covering them!! how does that happen? what are you teaching them that they arent grasping? Do you just hope and pray that the quarterback is inaccurate and over or under throws the ball, because as a fan thats what I am hoping for. Why not just man up on these guys if we are so athletic, they obviously do not unserstand your schemes (because surely you do not teach them to just stand back and let guys run around wide open all day) you get paid over $300,000 Brent...please explain so i dont have to cringed when i look on the tv and see 3rd and 10 because i know the chances of completing if they have a decent QB.
Colorado dominated? No, Colorado played well enough to let the Sooners beat themselves. Ball control and Turnovers killed Oklahoma. Classic case of leave your defense on the field too long and bad things start to happen. Demarco? Malcom? Jermaine? Playmakers that couldn't make plays because 3 and outs were in abundance, leaving a tired defense to scrap. Listen folks, reality check needed to happen and credit Colorado for allowing us to beat ourselves. Outcoached and turnovers kill. Let's wake up and take care of the south and BEAT TEXAS. College football looks fickle this year and parity has never been more clear. Maybe a playoff will finally be pushed forward if there's a bunch of one loss teams.
Will someone from this paper or any other journalist please come out and ask the tough questions this week. I want to know WHY Kevin Wilson went to Colorado and totally changed his play calling. RUN RUN PASS...RUN RUN PASS...RUN RUN PASS. Bradford only threw 19 passes...just because he had one tipped pass for an int doesnt mean he is inaccurate. Even if Kelley is being double teamed, which it sounds like he wasnt...run a dang slant pattern, run a reverse, put him under certer for crying out loud...but how do go all game without your best player and future first round pick touching the ball? You want to know how many pass attempts that USC's Booty had with 5 I know that USC stuggled but at least they were going to go out swinging (which they did win) You go on the road and play scared, and try to run the ball with 15 guys in the box because you "think" you are more physical and athletic than a team and you are going to loose. SO if i am a reporter I want to knwo this: KEVIN WILSON, WHY DID YOU NEVER GET KELLY THE BALL, GO BACK TO YOUR RUN RUN PASS (IM SCARED TO LOOSE, IM BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL )MODE, AND LASTLY WHAT IN THE HECK ARE YOU SO SCARED OF IN THE FIRST PLACE? Just because you go on the road you have a change of minset? your less confident in your QB? you go vanilla? your get paid over $300,000 to make these calls....EXPLAIN YOUR SELF! tell me WHY...just give me an explaination for your obvious poor play calling because as a person sitting and watching the game I want to THROW UP with your ULTRA CONSERVATIVENESS. If we wanted that we would bring back Chuck "THIRD AND Long
Once again OU's loss proves the defense is always the weakness in big games. When will Coach Stoops realize a new defensive coordinator is needed for OU to ever win another national championship.
Believe the high altitude got to OU. If the game had been played elsewhere, the sooners would have won by three or four touchdowns. OU is not the only team that has suffered in the high country and will not be the last.
It was an ugly game. I'm not quite ready to bring out the boo-birds and fire the coaching staff. It's only one game.
Some of you double-posters might want to give it a few minutes and hit the old refresh button.
The defence sold out too win the ball game, the offence didn't do the same. The offence lost focus and the rest of the team paid for it. And if so many people think that play calling is part of the problem, then maybe there is something to it. Not one pass was thrown M. Kelly's way saturday. But I agree with Margaret, the season is not over yet! BOOMER SOONER!!!
We can blame whoever we want for this loss, but this is still a very talented team. I believe they will bounce back. No team in the country is invincible no matter how much we want to believe that. Coach Wilson is still a good coach, execution was the key on offense. When you have several drive killing drops, the defense basically got tired and when you get tired you make mistakes. I promise you those players are hurting more than we are and so are the coaches. After all the conditioning and summer workouts it is hard for a player and coach to deal with dissapointment like that. Lets not hammer these guys too much, the coaches and players will bust their butt to make things better. They know what they did wrong much better than we will ever know. By the way, I didn't see enough evidence on the over turned call to be overturned did you?
The sun came up this morning. Ou will still win the bIg 12 and play in a bcs bowl. Colorado is a good team and Boulder is always tough place to play. We got beat fair and square , I wouldn't trade one player or coach for anyone. we'll be fine. 98% of our team is juniors, sophmore's and freshman the future looks very bright to me.
The sun came up this morning. Ou will still win the bIg 12 and play in a bcs bowl. Colorado is a good team and Boulder is always tough place to play. We got beat fair and square , I wouldn't trade one player or coach for anyone. we'll be fine. 98% of our team is juniors, sophmore's and freshman the future looks very bright to me.
WOW~~~ So many potential coaches here, I'm sure if Stoops is ever replaced schools won't have to have their own lists of candidates, they can just get names from here!!!!!!!! Amazing how easy this coaching thing is, isn't it????
Barry used to say 'you can lose in September and win in November and they'll still love you" or something like that. The moral is an early loss in September might not hurt you real bad and you have time to climb back to the top. GO Sooners!
Colorado played a great game and deserved win. That said, the Sooners' preparation, play-calling and execution were all atrocious. No passes or plays called Malcolm Kelly's way? Kevin Wilson is a joke, but it all starts and ends with Stoops. Was it $3.4 million worth of coaching on Saturday? You decide, and then determine whether OU needs a change.
History has repeat itself. In 1972, OU took a first-year QB, a reputable defense and an undefeated record to Boulder and lost 20-14. In that game, OU went up early, then once-beaten Colorado found its running game, kicking game and fed off the crowd's emotion to pull off the upset. It was OU's only loss of the year, preventing them from claiming the title that USC won.
Don't mean to downrgade anyone but, we haven't had a good defense since mike stoops left. I think we need to get a new defensive coordinator. Also, Ryan Reynolds is too slow to be playing a key position at linebacker. Something to look at for future reference.
The issue with Oklahoma losing games it has no business losing has been a strong theme in Stoops tenure at oklahoma. 2007-so far, Colorado; 2006-Oregon/Boise State; 2005-TCU,UCLA,Texas Tech; 2004-None but OU shouldn;t have been BLOWNOUT by USC; 2003-Big 12 Champioship Game-Kansas State, 2002-Texas A&M, OSU; 2001-OSU. The SOONERS, for whatever reason, struggle mightly in games where the other team is inferior in talent, coaching, facilities, etc. Stoops and his coaches need to find a different approach to preperation for these types of games or the loses to the lower-level programs will continue. It just makes me sick how our offensive game plans become so ineffective during these type of games and little adjustments seem to be made during the course of the game. And, I have yet to see kevin Wilson's creativeness in play calling he displayed while he was the OC at Northwestern carryover much while he has been at OU.
Hey Sooner fans. Good game yesterday by both teams. One important note to those saying that the Sooners handed the game to the Buffs through turn-overs, don't forget that in the first half the Buffs gave you two short fields (11 & 19 yds) for easy touch-downs. Turn-overs are part of the game and happened on both sides. Good luck in the rest of the season and please Hook-those-Horns! Go Buffs!
Five of the top ten teams lost. 7 of the top 13 teams lost. #3 OU lost by 3 ON THE ROAD. #7 Texass lost by 20 AT HOME. #4 Florida lost by 3 AT HOME. #10 Rutgers lost by 10 AT HOME! Yeah... OU is the most overrated team in the nation. *rolls eyes* Mike, you're an idiot. Go back to the sandlot, child!
Colorado was ready to play, OU wasn't. Too many easy games before yesterday, wouldn't be a bit surprised if they were thinking Texas all week. This season reminds me of 1972, when OU defeated several opponents, including Texas, by decisive margins before losing to Colorado in Boulder. Happily, they didn't lose again that year. The only thing I have faulted Stoops over in his time at OU is a running tendency to lose a game or two like this every season. They need to find a way to win the nailbiters, not get blown off the field by inferior competition and find a way to win when not playing well or at home -- like they did at Texas A&M last year.
When you are up 24-7 in the second half, MIDWAY through the third quarter and lose....that's coaching ala John Blake (I don't think even his teams would have blown that kinda lead, Schnelly's maybe). When you get manhandled and beat like a lil' redheaded stepchild...ala USC in 2004 that is superior talent. Ask any coach, hell ask the Jackass in Norman who refuses to fire Kevin Wilson, just like he refused to fire Chucky (how's that working out in SD, Chuck?), what 24-7 to 27-24 means (it's the coaching stupid). OU will never win another National Championship until Kevin Wilson is fired and they hire someone FROM OUTSIDE the program. You know someone with new ideas on how to play football, not call vanilla ass plays to keep from losing a game...PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Joe step in before it's to late.....FIRE KEVIN WILSON, FIRE KEVIN WILSON, FIRE KEVIN WILSON. Cuz we all know that ole' lose to someone we are not supposed to BOOB won't do it(OSU 2001, 2002, Texas Tech 2004, Oregon 2006, K-State 2003, LSU 2003, Nebraska 2001, Boise fricking State 2006). It's a cold hard truth we can't play on the road unless we are an underdog. Every loss I can ever think of in the Bob stoops era (BTW thank god we never played Miami in 2000 *SPANKING*)we were favored to an inferior opponent. That is bad coaching. When you are up step on thier throats and crush them NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, go vanilla (or ugly) early. You will lose every time (or at least wake up with the clap).
Wow, John Rohde. I know they lost, but man, you act like it knocked them out of the BCS hunt altogether. It's one loss, for heaven's sake! Does anyone think ANY top 25 team will go unbeaten? I've read a lot of misguided USC and LSU fans who think they're better than they are. At least OU understood their shortcomings early and still have time to correct them.
While the offense did not execute the defense played as well as you could expect. The offense did absolutely nothing to help keep them off the field. They didn't get a break all afternoon. While the coaches can talk about how the guys did not execute I think they need to take a good long look in the mirror. The play calling on the offensive side of the ball was absolutely atrocious! The execution was poor and the play calling was poor. We are fortunate to have such a great staff here at the University of Oklahoma. But they need to stop being so afraid to open up the play book at certain times of the year in fear that they will show too much. Forget about that! Great football teams can show you what they have and still cram the ball right down your throat! We have a great team. Stop holding them back and just unleash them on whoever the opponent is and if you lose that way then so be it. At least at the end of the day you won't feel like there was something else you could have done to change the outcome.
Troy, what do you mean they made plays? Hogwash. Two long fourth downs given to CU like candy on a plate. Is that the kind of plays you are talking about? When they did make a decent couple of plays (or when CU shot itself in the foot) and get them in third and long, we couldn't stop them. OU was NOT the best team on that field. I'm a huge OU homer but that was ridiculous. I love Stoopsie to death but he screwed up on not taking the team up earlier. The team got exhausted and played like they were exhausted. But even in the beginning they played horribly. They only points we could muster were after turnover that left us in a short field. They didn't deserve to win...AT ALL. Thats what it means to say they got what they deserved. Having said all of that...I still love 'em! I am disgusted and dissapointed but they are a good bunch of kids. They just blew one. They will come back and make a great year of it. Hope to see the Buffs in the championship!
They got what they deserved because they were complacent and made little league mistakes. Stupid things started when Iglesias had his little "flirt with the touch back" in the end zone. Just down it, you idiot.
Sure they got beat. But what do you mean they got what they deserved? Did they do something bad that they are now paying for? Please explain John Rohde. You said it twice but never explained it.
OU got kicked all over the field. But the defense did make plays to get off the field, it was just that the offense handed the ball right back twice & then Reggie Smith gave them an early Christmas present.
I was at the Fiesta bowl and I thought that game was bitter. But now to have another defensive meltdown is inexcusable. The only time our coaches look good is when we are ahead. When we are in a tough game, they cave. We can recruit and develop individual talent, but we cannot seem to coach a team to compete in a tough game. Pretty sad....
I hear rumors and rumblings that reliable sources saw Bradford sipping tea with his mother after the game :-). Sorry, but I just couldn't resist the cheap shot. On a more serious note -- as a Cowboy who has finally come around after nearly 40 years to where I can root for OU in the national chase -- all I can say is come on guys, lets get it together. Its one thing when OSU drops the ball (and hope springs eternal that one day OSU will be the perpetually picked team), but it's really disappointing when a team as heralded as this year's OU team runs out of gas against an unranked team like Colorado. Oh well, maybe next year an Oklahoma team will make it to the top (Orange I hope, but Crimson is better than nothing.)
One more comment and then I'm through...Stoops need to tell Iglesias to just down the ball in the endzone insted of playing cute little games the way he did. That is not OU football and should not be tolorated. Go Buffs.
Some of you have lucky employers, since you never make errors. OU will come back, they always do. Want to change coaches? Some of you don't want to remember the two disasters we had before Stoops, and Stoops brought us back from those with flying colors. We have a young team. I'd like to see the complainers here on this board run the field and Boulder and perform as well as you do here in the lowlands. Our game went down the longer it went, the problem was obvious, they weren't acclimated to the altitude and thinner air.
Colorado played a better game. Period. We lost and we learned, we move on and corral some longhorns.
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Were it so, he'd have been fired long-ago. He might
qualify as a cub-reporter for the Daily O'Collegian,
or whatever they call their paper nowadays at O.S.U..
We can get all the sarcastic criticism we want from
the Dallas Daily News. As a subscriber to the Okla-
homan, I expect some degree of loyalty to a team
which some say "put Oklahoma on the map". It's one
thing to analyze a game--reporting the facts--and
another to insult both the team and readers (fans)
with snide opinions--especially from one who has
been proved wrong time-after-time over the years.
Not all OU fans are ready to oust our coaching staff. A few more games lost in Stillwater and and few more outburts by your coach and you may not have a choice for a coaching change!
Still love Stoops!
Like I said before sooners offensive schemes were unimaginative and predictable.
They were stymied by an average buffaloes defense.
Go SOONERS and go Bob Stoops
I would rather live one day with the lions than a thousand years with the lambs!
Randy
That's just embarrassing for all mankind. Find the guy. He needs to turn in his man card.
Greg, check your spelling before you trash someone.
Looks like Stoops was outcoached again by a Boise State linked coach.
At least it kept Sooner fan heads from bloating much more. Back to reality, Sooners.
Some of you double-posters might want to give it a few minutes and hit the old refresh button.
Someone please tell me I am wrong about this.
Colorado played a better game. Period. We lost and we learned, we move on and corral some longhorns.