Bad year for OU gets worse in Lincoln
2 plays First half spells Sooners’ doom

Has speaking in the second person become the latest form of "coach speak"? In talking about the 4th down play where Murray was stopped for a loss, one of the things Coach Stoops said was, "You felt you could get the corner."

Huh? Are the media in the post-game interview room the ones calling plays? It would certainly show more ownership and accountability (not to mention be grammatically correct) to say "WE felt WE could get the corner," in speaking on behalf of himself and the coaching staff.

Have people forgotten OU's worst year under Stoops was in '99 when he went 7-5. This was a good year compared to the previous administration but is still a bad year for OU's standards.

Good suggestion, Billy!

It could even be worse. It looked obvious (after 1st couble of weeks) that OU would lose to one of it's away games on Kansas, Tech or Nebraska. Then Kansas and Nebraska turned out to be weaker than expected. OU is lucky it beat K-State. If not for three gimmies, they would not have.

Josue...two words: ou suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!

Im an OSU fan here but I did watch the OU game this weekend. Not very pretty. But every team has those games. Look at OSU/TX game. So take the heat. Everyone is going to gripe and have their excuses why who won what game. Just be a true fan and stand by your teams side. If they have a good year, enjoy that. If they dont...support them. It doesnt matter who has more "winning" years! Just cheer on your team and enjoy the season!

Two words.... TWENTY TEN

I believe this is Landry's first year as a division 1 QB. Because of the OL and the receivers, we are asking too much of the kid. Let's finish out this year with wins and look forward to next year.

Jones is NOT a top 5, division 1 QB. Time to start searching the Junior College ranks to get a good transfer in. Better let Whitney Hand show Jones how to complete a pass!

DeMarcco Murray can not do anything but run east and west.
Chris Brown is a much better runner and receiver out of the back field. (That is when Jones can throw a catchable pass)

The defense did all they could do, especially when your QB throws 5 interceptions.

Wilson, yeah, don't even get me started on him. He is so complacent as a play caller. Stop trying to run the no huddle and get back to basics.

Bob, time for you to bring in some fresh talent. Make a freaking decison and stand by it!

This is not our last loss. We will get beaten by OSU too.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!

ou suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks! I can't wait for bedlam!!!!

A few friends went to Nebraska for the first time - they said that everything you hear about their fans being gracious and hospitable is true.

To the OSU trolls - now is your chance to kick the Sooners while we are down as we all know you don't get very many chances. Yikes, can you even imagine this under achieving Sooner team beating the Pokes... sure you can.

I thought Nebraska DB's manhandled the Sooner WR's. On the big int, they knocked pu$$y Tennell off the route and came up with the big play.

OK, I just have to laugh at the bluehair who posted this regarding the 4th and 1 that failed toward the end of the game:

"A play like that has two options: quarter back keeper or your biggest downhill runner moving the pile forward."

Yeah -- right over the top of Suh and Crick. You're right. That would have worked great.

OU was terrible on offense. Landry may not have the stuff to be a top-5 Div. 1 QB. just because a kid has good high school numbers does not guarantee a solid college player. i am not impressed with his 'instincts' and his lack of improvement.

Kevin Wilson is still acting mediocre - calling too many screen passes and way to many runs on 1st down and 2nd down. WHERE were the passes to the tight end last nite? any tight ends? or did we not recruit any? i dont think 1 pass went to a tight end. Oh, Brady Eldredge got injured - i know, but DO WE NOT HAVE BACK-UP tight ends?

oU looked horrible.
The play calling was weak again.
Stoops makes WAY WAY too much money, he seems to have lost his 'hunger' and his 'edge' somewhat. He's paid gobs and gobs of money whether he wins or loses, and he has no fear of getting fired. that makes a man lazy, and complacement.

Landry, i dont think, will improve a ton more. We would see some of the flashes of greatness by now, and we havent really.

FIRE KEVIN WILSON. he is still too predictable.

At least OU doesn't have to worry about playing Boise State again in a bowl game.

Hey Janice don't be a hater, it shows an ugly side of you. Better get used to losses, because over the next couple of years there's going to be plenty.
Jolly, Edmond - Nov 8, 2009 at 8:02 pm
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How did you get any kind of "hate" out of a typically appropriate question I asked you? (And which you obviously don't have an answer for, which is why you made that ridiculous and juvenile statement.) Talk about an "ugly side" showing. I would venture to guess that OU has a better record of "quality" football than your Cowboys do, by the way.

Do you have some kind of inside knowledge that you know OU is going to have plenty of losses over the next couple of years? Wow, if you do, please share with us your vast knowledge of the future, genius.

Josh, I don't like to play the "who beat who" game, but, OSU beat Iowa State who beat Nebraska who beat ou. OSU stunk it up against Texas, that is true. Tech should tell us if the Cowboys are for real or not.

OU has 1 or 2 bad seasons out of 10! Id rather have that than 1 or 2 good seasons out of 10 like OSU.

Berry if you had the balls you might ask this question at Tuesdays press conference. "Bob, this year has obviously been a disappointment, do you blame a lot of this team's undisciplined nature on your coaches and yourself?" He will undoubtedly get defensive and say "Well this coaching staff has coached some teams to great records in the past" then you follow up and say "But Bob you always say that one years team and the dynamics of that team change every year...whats different about the coaches?"

At least OU showed up agianst Texas.

I know OU is having a bad year, but just who has OSU beat? Iowa State? Grambling? come on.

Wow, the defense looked great but the offense stunk! I sure hope we can win our bowl game, whom ever that might be.

Hey Janice don't be a hater, it shows an ugly side of you. Better get used to losses, because over the next couple of years there's going to be plenty.

OU going to heading to El Paso for a bowl game..lmao..that's if they become bowl eligible...lol

If you OU fans want to see quality football, consider a trip to
Stillwater to watch a real team.
Jolly, Edmond - Nov 8, 2009 at 6:36 pm
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So, you have a couple of "winning seasons" and all of a sudden, Tractor Tech is the "real team?" How many National Championship winner years are listed across the press box of that new trillion dollar stadium of yours?

John, this season is a whole lot more like Blake than Gibbs. Gibbs didn't have the overall talent and got nothing out of them. Blake had the talent and squandered it.

Of course Gibbs couldn't deal with the press either but at least had a winning record each year, something like 7-5, 8-4, and his last was 6-6. To that aspect your dead on.

My how all the LoSuRs are out in force today. Come back in about 40 years when your record approaches winning 50% of your games against OU. What's that overall record again, something like 80-15-3. One of the most lopsided records in the NCAA. And no I don't know if that is absolutely right, but you see I don't care cause your program sucks and always will. Once a LoSuR, always a loser.

You sad, miserable aggies think having a freshly painted high school stadium that you can't even sell out and having a winning record for 3 years in a row warrants any consideration to be anything other than a middle of the road program? BTW, having 3 winning seasons in a row is a school record for you. What does that say about your program's tradition?

We'll just treat the game in Norman like you always have, like a bowl game. And looking at the above series record, you couldn't win them either.

Looks like we need a new offensive cordinator. Side to side never has worked and never will. Need some of Switzers D coaches to come show these guys how to denfense option football! Stoops should can K. Wilson and bench any offensive lineman that false starts on 3rd and short yardage. That stuff has killed us all year. Oh well this is the team we woulda had if all the guys had gone pro last yr, except McCoy! Glad they stayed woulda been better if they'd have stayed healthy. Anyone else reminded of Gibbs, The Colonel or Blakes teams???

OU has bad fans? What about those stoolwater fans, who swore when Texas opened a can of whoop ass on the cowjokes, that the refs and the NCAA rigged the game so Texas would win?

Looks like T. Boone can buy a football stadium, but he can't buy any fans with class.

I hope all the Sponge Bob Flop Flop, who has become Howard-Blake, apologists and the goof ball OSU fans who won't even post on their team get locked into a room somewhere and smoke up all the tumbleweed in Oklahoma.

Comrade Joe, do you job, the Red Army has no leadership. Whenever the talent of the other team approaches anywhere near equal ours, we get outcoached. Sponge Bob has only outcoached Bobby Bowden once and Booger Brown until he switched assistants. Figure it out.

How pathetic, OU fans talking about turning down bowl invites because they are too good to be in anything other than a BCS bowl. Ha! You guys can't win them anyway. I'd tell yOU to stay right here in Oklahoma and play with yourselves in a bowl game but the state of Oklahoma doesn't have a bowl game do they! What retards...crying about how WE ARE OU and yOU can't win a bowl game much less host a bowl game in this state.

OU going to heading to El Paso for a bowl game..lmao..that's if they become bowl eligible...lol

If you OU fans want to see quality football, consider a trip to
Stillwater to watch a real team.

I love how a bunch of fat, redneck losers hang their entire lives on a bunch of college kids and then walk around like they just lost their entire life savings ($20). Criminy you all are pathetic.
Cletus, Mayberry - Nov 8, 2009 at 9:34 am
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With a name like "Cletus", calling OU fans a bunch of fat, redneck losers is kind of the pot calling the kettle black, isn't it?

new york . i love you guys. i try and tell people that ou has the worst fans ever in any confrence. but some people dont believe me. you just proved my point.
greg, stillwater - Nov 8, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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The same thing can be said for you Stoolwater fans, also. Worse bunch of whiners, cry babies and bad sports I've ever been around.

HAHAHAHA. Gooners are pathetic.

HEY STOOPS! The A&E Intervention film crew is ready when you are. Give em a call when you hit your rock bottom. Surely it'll be soon. Can it get much worse?

OSU wont beat OU in Norman lol.

Amen, Okie. Amen.

Lookin' 4wd to OSU beatin' some Sooner ass.Maybe if
they doubled B.S's salary he might take 'em to another
national championship and that ain't no b.s.

Get your heads up boys and start executing. Three games left. WIN THEM!!!!!!

new york . i love you guys. i try and tell people that ou has the worst fans ever in any confrence. but some people dont believe me. you just proved my point.

World-class D, 3rd world O. Time for the OC to go.

j from norman what are you talking about? this is what happens after every ou loss. this is totally normal for the ou wagon jumpers.

AAAaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Get it together for the rest of the season PLEASE!!!!!! This is NOT Sooner football or sports period. Where's the passion guys?! Seriously get the pride back and finish strong!!

People bragging about winning the Big 12 title need to get a grip on reality. Winning the Big 12 title isn't a big deal when you consider the state of affairs concerning the level of competition in the Big 12 North division. Hell, the Big 12 championship game doesn't even generate half the revenue and viewership as the SEC title game or the weak ACC title game. Every season there is only one team in the Big 12 who stand out above the rest (always the winner of the Red River rivalry game), and nobody else really impresses anybody on the national scene. OU should never struggle like this in their mediocre conference. Face it, Bob Stoops is a one hit wonder like his idol Steve Spurrier. It's time for Castiglione to clean house in Norman, OK, and make drastic changes with the sideline staff (maybe even Stoops).

first off lets look at whats on the field. the entire line is garbage. they make high school mistakes and bone head penalties. murray and brown aren't the backs they used to be. im not sure whats wrong with brown but he looks really slow and murray looks like injuries have ended his elusiveness. adron tennell, where do i start with this bum. why does he still see playing time? he has the worst hands i've ever seen in division 1 football. hanna looks slow and weak for a tight end. and landry jones just keeps chucking it upfield and hoping for the best. the entire offense except for ryan broyles needs to be replaced.

If Texas Florida USC had lost 4 with this much talent people would be calling for heads to roll. This should be no different...we have as much talent as those teams but look at us. We are getting worse not better. that is coaching and Bob need to be held accountable. He needs to hold his staff accountable.

First of all, OU's recruiting classes HAVE been good, J3lly, you must not have been paying attention. Second, (New York), what do you mean he hasn't done anything with his own recruits? Winning 5 or 6 conf titles and being in the national title game 3 times, that's your idea of "doing nothing"? I'm pretty sure most schools would give anything to have that kind of "failure". I won't even start about the loss of Bradford and Gresham! And even with 4 losses, they've only come by a total of 12 points! Make no mistake, I do NOT like the Sooners, and am more than happy to see them (and their fans) struggling thru a season like this, but I also know they are a sleeping giant, who will be back on track next season. And for those who a bitching about Wilson, remember it was ONLY LAST SEASON that OU set records on offense that may never be broken. Yes, this is a rebuilding year, which the OU fans are not used to, but trust me, you'll be back on the OU bandwagon soon enough, like next September!

Thanks to all the posters who said we Sooners fans should be happy with our team's performance on prime time TV lastnight. It's a wonderful world isn't? We should be satisfy with 3pts. and five INTs! Let us not be greedy and allow the other team to win. Heck, why even compete? Just forfeit the rest of the games and be glad, OU is located in Norman, OK! What a bunch of idiots! This is OU football! I went to school there, donate money, and buy season tickets to see them play to win! They suck as of late and I'm going to voice my opinion about it! Bob has lost the drive that made him great once! Look at him on the sideline and look at Pelini, Saban, Myers, Miles, etc. Bob is emotionaless! He has defended his buddies (Wilson & Venebles) for the past several seasons. 0-5 in the last 5 BCS games! 3-1 vs. Texas in the past 4 years. Something has to give and that has got to be his assistant coaches. 3 lousy points against a team that Tex Tech scored 31pts. on the same field.

ou suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!!

6 and 6.

They suck, sorta like the state of okieland does in all those pesky quality of life categories...

Bob Stoops is emotionaless on the sideline. He lost the fire that made him great in his early years at OU. I guess every since the IDIOT writer/commentator from ESPN called him (bob) out for running up the score on Tex A&M, Bob gotten SOFT! I saw several times lastnight when OU players would make a bad foul, the refs made bad calls, etc...Stoops would just stood there like he didn't care. On the other side, I could see steam coming out of Pelini's ears. OU haver had succesful recruiting classes in the past several years, what they (OU Coaches) do with those players are beyond my knowledge. All I can see on the field is they are underachieving! Is Urban Myers better than Stoops? By National Championship titles, I would say yes! What National Championship has Bob won with his own players? The 2000 NC was won with John Blake's recruits. I don't even recall JB has a top 15 recruting class. I'm sorry, but Bob needs to cut his loyalty to his buddies and start winning the real championship title (That's not the Big 12 South nor the Big 12 Championship)!

Probably going to lose the home game against Cowboy State, and I'm willing to bet the Sooners will go on to lose whatever garbage bowl they end up in. A 6-loss season is on the horizon, and Stoops is the most overrated and over-paid coach in NCAA football. Stoops has not won a BCS bowl game with his own recruits. 2000 was successful with Blake's players and Bob's coaching, but he hasn't really accomplished anything with his own talent. Also, somebody needs to tell Bob Stoops that he looks ridiculous with his stupid visor, and he looks like he has gained some stress weight over the last few seasons.

First of all..............Stoops isn't going anywhere. Boren and Castiglione will not remove him. He's been too successful. If and when Stoops leaves OU, it will be on his own terms.

Secondly, for some reason, Stoops has difficulty holding Kevin Wilson accountable despite the consistently poor showing by the offense this season. Hey coach..........it's either the players, the coaching or both. OU has sputtered on offense all season long and the Nebraska game proved the point to even your staunchest defenders like Boren and Castiglione. No touchdowns and 3 missed field goals in a nationally televised game. If Kevin isn't responsible then the blame must go to the players. If the players aren't responsible for their poor performance, then it must be the coaches.

It really is somebody's fault. Deciding who seems to be the difficult part for Stoops. The defensive side (players and coaches) must be very frustrated at this point because they are playing very well and yet OU continues to embarrass itself because they are just not scoring points and blowing opportunities with increasing frequency.

Was Bradford the only guy on the offensive line who could score points? Stoops and his staff recruited all of the current offensive players. Somebody has to accept some responsibility here. He's not a new coach coming and "rebuilding" the team. He's been here 11 years.

In any event, you can't blame Stoops for his paycheck. Boren and Castiglione were foaming at the mouth offering him more and more money to get him to come.........and then to stay. He did what anybody would do.................he took it. He gets paid whether they win or lose. If the heat gets too much, there are a zillion other college and pro teams who will hire him for even more money. It wouldn't surprise me to hear rumors about Stoops "possibly" going to the NFL after this season only to be lured back to OU for another contract extension with a hefty pay increase. And, Boren will be leading the pack trying to give him more money. Nothing in sports surprises me anymore.

Stoops could make a lot of points with the fans if he would quit being so arrogant and just acknowledge the obvious. He and his offensive coaches put their eggs in the Bradford basket and it broke..................and there went the season. They also need to accept responsibility for the poor performance of the offensive line with or without Bradford. They recruited these guys and they are the active coaches who train these guys and call the plays. Are they wanting us to believe that the offensive players are not very talented? If so, why'd they recruit them? If they are talented, then obviously it's poor coaching. It's something other than bad karma.

As the head coach, Stoops needs to look seriously at his offensive coaching staff (and himself) and determine what is wrong and then take action to resolve the problem. Loyalty is a nice thing, but these guys are paid handsomely for results and right now they are not producing.

Anybody (no experience required) can go out and coach and lose games for a fraction of the salaries Stoops and his coaches earn. Think about it. I, having no experience whatsoever, could coach a game and lose it and I'll do it for the bargain basement price of only $300,000 per year which is 1/10 of Stoops' salary. OU will save a fortune with me as head coach and I might even be able to score two field goals against Nebraska. It's a win/win situation.

Seriously, these guys are supposed to be among the top coaches in the country. In fairness, Tiger doesn't win every tournament he enters, but when he loses, he makes adjustments to come back even stronger. What adjustments is Stoops making.............benching Stevens for missing a field goal? Well, Bob,that didn't work out so well. Perhaps, Bob, it's time to be a leader and not just a manager..................perhaps, instead, you should bench Kevin and call the plays yourself. You have total control, Bob. It's your team, so it's time to reboot. Drastic times call for drastic measures.

Obviously, not having Bradford and Gresham isn't helping this team. But Stoops & Co. have long known they were graduating four senior o-linemen, and have obviously failed miserably in replacing them. And that's why we don't have Bradford.

Nevermind that the overhyped o-line that was couldn't run-block when the chips were down either.

Credit to Nebraska, but many of OU's problems rest squarely on the shoulders of the coaching staff, and have been the same problems for a while now.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. OU will not win another national championship with Bob Stoops as head coach. I hate to say it, but it becomes ever-more apparent that Leach, Mangino, and brother Mike had more to do with OU's success than Bob ever did. He seems adrift and bereft of answers.

Basically, we are getting to see the rebuilding year that we would have had if Bradford and Gresham had chosen to go to the NFL last year.

You'd have thought Stoops could manage better than 6-6 (my prediction) under the circumstances, but not having Jones get all the snaps in Spring and August is what really put the kid behind the curve.

The downer for next season is going to be the loss of several seniors on Defense.

Time to upgrade our O Line Coach by demoting Kevin Wilson and firing James Patton and hire a new O Coordinator: Kevin has just simply gone stale in his play design and play calling.

Oh, well, the Thunder are going to be fun to watch this season.

Offensive play calling once again cost the Sooners a game. The a fourth-down failure from the Husker 20-yard line was the worst of the game. Why would you run a play that has your running-back running laterally when you need 1 yard? Worse of all the guy had zero blockers in front of him. A play like that has two options: quarter back keeper or your biggest downhill runner moving the pile forward. The second worse play on offensive occurred at the end of the game when the darn announcers called the play while the Sooners were on a time out. Once again you have to blame the offensive coaching for this loss. A team moves the ball in the air from one end of the field to the other then once in the red zone switches to the obvious run plays. And vise a versa. Teams that lose by 7 or less points and have opportunities to win over an over again are teams that are not well coached. Sorry but you can not blame the players for not executing when the announcers in the booth can call the plays and guess the plays. Pedestrian offensive play calling cost the Sooners another game.

At least a couple of posts urge OU to turn down any potential bowls. I'm sorry, I've never heard that reaction.

It may come as a surprise, but a bowl invitation is not a reason to pout because you aren't in the BCS, not about being spiteful you're in Shreveport, it's a reward for a winning season. What an insult to feel one should be turned down! It's also not "all about you," it's about bring money to the conference, teaching the student-athletes about pride, holding your head up and doing the best with what you have. The arrogance of implying OU is too good for certain bowls is out of control.

Murray has lost the ability to make anyone miss in the open field. Too many injuries I guess.

Nebraska's 3 point shutdown of the OU offense is an indicator that Stoops has reached his low-point at OU for under achievement. He has always been able to find a way to compete and get the most out of difficult situations. He can't sweep this one under the rug. It is my guess that he will not tolerate this for long. This game was torture to watch. It was like OU's offense was throwing the game!

According to Oklahoma Open Books, the following paychecks were disbursed to the "brain trust" of the OU Football team for the month of September 2009:

1) Bob Stoops: $947,346.93
4301 Berry Farm Rd, Norman

2) Kevin Wilson: $31,090.04
3309 Riverwalk Dr, Norman

3) Brent Venables: $32,049.30
509 Flint Ridge, Norman

4) Bobby Jack Wright: $21,755.90

5) Cale Gundy: $19,634.86
4312 Middlefield Ct, Norman

6) Jay Norvell: $16,834.86

7) Josh Heupel: $15,839.74
709 Waterwood Dr, Norman

8) James Patton: $20,085.79
2620 Turnbridge Ct, Norman

9) Jackie Shipp: $19,146.45
3117 Trails Ct, Norman

10) Chris Wilson: $16,798.08
4509 Tuscany Dr, Norman

TOTAL PAID TO THESE LOSERS FOR ONE MONTH: $1,140,581.95

And what have we, the taxpayers, who paid out these sums to these state employees, received in return: 5-4 record.

All state employees, except these jerks, are currently having their pay frozen (as low as it is) and are experiencing mandatory time off without pay.

We need to rent a bus, drive to their respective houses as listed above, and make a citizen arrest of each coach (state employee) for theft.

Bob has got to start EARNING his $3 million per year.

Its one thing to lose a few big games, its another to lose to the Huskers and fail to score even a touchdown.

He'd better buckle down this offseason and put in some serious hours studying film, retooling the offense, and whipping his coaching staff into shape.

Major donors are pulling out.

The big problem here is that Coach Stoop has quit being a manager. He was a great manager when he arrived at OU. He was a master of personnel whether coaches or players. Coach Venables has done a good job this year. Our consistent failures have been on offense and on special teams. That's where all of our losses come from. Coach Stoops just needs to reboot the Sooners like Hollywood rebooted the Batman franchise. It can be done. He can do it. But, he needs to do it now.

Bad recruiting and poor coaching have resulted in a TERRIBLE offensive line.

This group reminds me of the awful 2005 offensive line: highly recruited and not worth spit.

Trent Williams is clearly over-rated. Good-bye First Round, hello Third Round!

Coach Patton probably needs to be replaced. Having watched him up close on a few occasions, he's just a big bully of a guy, not very cerebral, very impressed with "measurables" (weight and height), but not very appreciative of a key ingredient for O Linemen: BRAINS.

Not all those interceptions are Jones fault, but, let's be honest, he's no Sam Bradford when it comes to reading the field, nor will he ever be.

Stoops and Company better wake up: if they don't make some changes, next year is going to be worse (all the graduations on the defensive side of the ball).

Bob Stoops: "They did the job they needed to and we didn't"

OU....the football team that didn't. Look for the same thing at Texas Tech and OSU.

Do not buy any more of Carol Stoops's cosmetic products until Bobby gives back his $3 million bonus for= coaching ineptitude!

As an OSU fan, I understand where we would be if we lost Zac, we would be in the same position OU is without Sam. Sam wouldn't have made the mistakes Landry did and you would have won and your fans would not be calling out the coaches and players right now.

I would say don't go to a bowl due to the injuries except the extra weeks of practice will benefit the 2010 Sooners who will have the best quarterback in the league next year and hopefully a more experienced and healthier team. Could you imagine the impact of the 2009 defense with the 2008 offense? Wow! A team for the ages, but that is not the fact of this season. With Bradford and Gresham healthy I would give us another 14 points per game, but that is not the fact of this season. We are inches away from 9-0 rather than 5-4, regardless. Don't drink the kool-aid folks.

It's ironic reading you Sooner fans posts. I'm a Husker fan from another Waco (NE) and we were just saying all the same things two weeks ago after eight turnovers against underdog Iowa State. Is Oklahoma better than Nebraska?--yes, probably. But that's why we play the game. If it was all about stats and who the bookies say should win the game, they wouldn't bother playing.

STAND BEHIND YOUR TEAM! Up here in Nebraska we always have hope. I really didn't think we stood a chance against you guys last night, but we got it done, and I applaud both teams, especially the defenses, for their efforts.

Don't lose to OSU. Beat them! Get some practice in a bowl game, regardless of where it's played, and meet us in Arrowhead in 2010 for the conference championship.

GO BIG RED!

Steven, that's an excellent question that many of us (and the expert NCAA Football analysts) are wondering. And the only answer is: BECAUSE STOOPID has his $3 million coaching mind up his arse!

What's going on? I'm not used to losing.

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

All I know is 5-4 sucks pretty bad. You can blame Jones, the coaches, injuries, scheduling, etc..But at the end of the day, it's just been a nightmarish season, one that will hopefully end soon. We got a brief reprieve thanks to the Kansas schools but last night was a huge step back. Of course, last night Jones looked like a pop warner league QB. That will not cut it on any level, especially at OU. What have we come to?

The team will probably go 7-5, and get invited to a low tier bowl. Some fans have posted that the Sooners should decline a bowl invitation and forget about this year.

Even if it's a bad bowl, a bowl invitation allows for extra practice time in December. This young QB and offensive line could use it.

hmmm let's see - last 11 years under Stoops.... Eight 11-plus-win seasons, 5 Big12 championships, played for 2 more, one National Championship, 2 Heisman Trophy quarterbacks.

Oh yeah - that's why Stoops should go. LOL.

Go Sooners!!!!

It's a week to week thing with many of you that follow the sooners football team...I used you rather than fan because calling you a fan would be a misnomer...I can understand you not answering the knock on the door for fear that it might be your bookie wanting his money. To matriculate at a school like OU has many advantages the least of which is its' location...There are hundreds of colleges that would be thrilled to have an athletic program like the University of Oklahoma...Get a grip sooner fans...you're tainting the sooner image with your juvenile assertions.

Fire Kevin Wilson this morning

I would rather lose with a team of players that have the dream of playing for OU, than a bunch that went to OU as a fast track into the NFL. That's what this program has become.... People question what happened to "Sooner Magic," it's obvious to see, no desire and no motivation. Switzer made his teams believe they could!!!! This team knows they can't....

Why did OU throw a Hail Mary pass with so much time (and several downs) still left? Did they mistakenly think it was the last play of the game? I am a confused Sooner fan.

Stupid mistakes + bad playcalling + not checking out of a play when you see the need + more dropped passes + 5 interceptions = bad loss. The defense is as good as it gets. Not ready to give up on Jones yet, he had a bad game. I am ready to throw Kevin Wilson off the team. He is the offensive leader? Slow the game down for Jones, Kevin!!He is a RS Freshman for God's sake! Oh and by the way, running at Suh and Crick on first down or second down, probably going to put your QB in a hole every single time! The slants and misdirection worked ok but you didn't exploit their overpursuit and putting 4 receivers within 5 yards of each other doesn't give your QB many options! Wake UP!

Stupid mistakes + bad playcalling + not checking out of a play when you see the need + more dropped passes + 5 interceptions = bad loss. The defense is as good as it gets. Not ready to give up on Jones yet, he had a bad game. I am ready to throw Kevin Wilson off the team. He is the offensive leader? Slow the game down for Jones, Kevin!!He is a RS Freshman for God's sake! Oh and by the way, running at Suh and Crick on first down or second down, probably going to put your QB in a hole every single time! The slants and misdirection worked ok but you didn't exploit their overpursuit and putting 4 receivers within 5 yards of each other doesn't give your QB many options! Wake UP!

It will get worse before getting better. Nobody (including some OSU fans and Amber) believed me when I said we would lose 2 out of the final four games. THere's one. One more to go. Probably lose to OSU.
Yes, Jim, last night was the worst protection from the offensive line that I've seen in a long time. They ran right through the OU line.

OU had there chances in this one for sure! To many passes that were either low or behind there intended targets. Also there was a few instances of wide open people being missed because of locking onto Ryan Broyles. What does all this prove? No one can expect a red shirt freshman quarterback to step into Sam Bradfords shoes and not miss a beat period. And just when I thought the NU-Iowa State thing wouldn't surface again....... it certainly did.

Practice in Norman is not going to be a Fun time for a long time.
We will move on, but it won't be real pretty for a while.
Oklahoma University Football needs to take a breather and turn down all Bowl offers if there are any.
Oklahoma needs to find their Quarterback before the season is over and spend their time rebuilding for next year...
This Season is OVER...it was over in the first game....Remember when we had to hold the scoring down buy putting in 2nd and 3rd sting players ???
It will happen again but not with current players...you can blame coaches ,but when the rubber meets the road, it is the players that either win or lose a game.

How much money did the 4 stars cost Habern? He will not be the center next season. He has no clue how to block, especially run block. If he can't block by now, he will never be able to. He should have gone to Junior College where the coaches teach the players to play their position.... There will be a JC player at the center position next season, they already have one that is on scout team, learning the plays this year...... It wouldn't surprise me if the entire O-Line, and some other players are replaced with JC players next season.

ou needs to get some big time recruits at receiver because other than broyles we have guys that cant catch at all. it doesnt matter if you run a 4.4 40 is you cant catch the ball. also i think landry will lose his job next year to bell. landry looked good against bad teams, against good teams he looks lost. he chucks the ball and hopes for the best. he was so far off last night it was pathetic. at what point do you give drew allen a chance? after 6, 7, 8 ints? i said the only way nebraska would score a td would be off of a int return for td. well it didnt happen but he did return it to the one yard line. i never criticize ou coaches but after this game its time. the play calling is very predictable and they leave guys in the game who keep throwing ints (jones), drop passes (tennell), miss blocks (hebern, jones) at what point do the coaches say hey this guy isnt cutting it lets give someone else a chance to see if they can get it done.

We NU fans feel your pain. That was perhaps the ugliest game at any level I have seen. QB play was awful. Yes, NU has hit rock bottom, but OU isn't there at the bottom just yet. NU's fall to the bottom took a few years. What you will start to see there in Norman is the blue chip recruits will stop visiting, and even some of the b-list recruits will back out of their verbals etc. Coach Stoops is an outstanding coach, and he can get a job anywhere. Perhaps OU should take the pill now, and start anew with a new coaching staff. It will take years to rebuild for sure.
Kent-Omaha

Come to think of it Cletus, Stoops does remind me a lot of Barney Fife.

If Coach Stoops is smart he will turn this into a building block...
An alcoholic has to hit bottom befor he can have a starting point...
Last night was a very low point...Now you play for pride...
Any good coach will use this for a motivational tool...
I think we will see a different team for the rest of the year...
Oklahoma will try new things and you will see a vastly improved team...
Especially when they are matched with Oklahoma State in the very near future....We have nothing to lose now ...
And EVERYTHING TO WIN !!!

Stay focused, Sooners. We have but 3 games to get back into BCS contention. If we win the next 3 games by an average margin of 263 points, we're goin' bowlin' kids! That reminds me...Nadine wants me to sell her '85 Trans Am for a couple of Fiesta Bowl tix this year. Man she loves them Sooners! If they're good seats, she'll even show you her sweater puppies.

BOOMER!

Yeah Cletus, go back to Mayberry and see if Goober has the Cadillac running again!

OU fans are just Stoopid!

Don't kid yourself! Kevin Wilson is gone after this year! If not, Stoops will be gone next year!

Bring back Mike Stoops because he and Venables were fun to watch on the sidelines. Make Heupel the OC or bring back Mangino at least he could get first downs. The defense is doing its job. For goodness sakes, recruit some guys with heart and fortitude and we'll see another 2000 season.

I love how a bunch of fat, redneck losers hang their entire lives on a bunch of college kids and then walk around like they just lost their entire life savings ($20). Criminy you all are pathetic.

There's an asssistant coaches job waiting for Stoops at his brother's high school in Youngstown.

I think that the people who constantly call for coaches' heads are stupid. But I will say this:

Kevin Wilson needs to be feeling some serious heat at this point, and I hope he is. If the offensive output of the last couple seasons is his benchmark for talent (and I think it is - most points in season ever last year), then he is also the biggest underachiever of this season.

In a game where you bench your kicker for missing field goals... In a game where you give and take away starting spots after grading performances... In a game where you replace receivers for dropping passes and running backs for fumbling... you need to be able to call out a coach when he appears to be part of the problem.

And I think Kevin Wilson is. No, he shouldn't be fired. But, I hope he's being seriously questioned on the inside, and that his bosses are letting him know that more is expected of him.

He's gonna be a head coach someday, but he is still under authority now, and he should be feeling it.

Mary, Oklahoma City, Is that the best you've got? Come on, this is a college game with college kids. If your life is that wrapped up in this than maybe you need some help.
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Mary... I WILL BET MONEY THAT YOU ARE A REAL BEAUTY YOURSELF...
How much do YOU weigh and how many Tattoos do you have ???

Big Game Bob is laughing all the way to the bank!

At least OSU recruits good looking football players. Man OU's team has to win the "all ugly" award!

These are the coaching decisions that $2 million buys?

I'm with you Joe. Where is the incentive for these coaches to improve?
Most of thier recruits the last two years had a coach or someone that was friends of an Ou coach. Things will not be better for a long time.

It's a wonder they got three points with that Three Way kicker they have! The guy looks like he's got Downes Syndrome or something!

Why does Landry look so confused when stepping to the line ???
He looks as if he does not have a clue...
His preparition for the snap takes him longer than the plays called... and then the play goes nowhere...I doubt we will see him next year...
He is just a VERY LACKLUSTER player
If OU is going to STINK UP the field we might as well do it now and get it out of the way.
Maybe next year ????

No question, worst Sooner game since the Schooner flipped and ripped the POS field we used to have and they duct tapped the rip.

I agree with the comments about the injuries. Take away the best 2 or 3 players from any offense in the country and that offense would be in the same boat.

I also agree with the comments about the under-preparedness of underclassmen and backups. Either we're making bad decisions recruiting, or we're counting on too much mentally and physically out of the players instead of coaching to their level (or, to put it another way, we're running last year's offense with this year's players.)

Two ongoing problems for me:

1) OU's road performances. Bob Stoops has stated that he doesn't know why we've struggled in bowl games and on the road. He says we prepare the same way as for other games. Well, to me, there's your problem. Clearly, we should be preparing a little differently to go into hostile environments. This "play within yourself" junk only produces flat, emotionless play and predictable, conservative play-calling.

2) When Bob Stoops first came to OU, he was able to make stars out of average players. Now, in the system he and his assistants have installed, you have to have stars to begin with. Average players can't hack it, and the coaches seem to be unable to get the most out of them anymore. Look at Josh Heupel, Rocky Calmus, Quentin Griffin - I don't know if these players get off the bench now - compared to the talent and speed currently available. But back then, coaches got so much out of them that all three went to the NFL (where none could stay). Now, we take guys that are supposedly NFL bound out of high school, but we've lost that ability to get that extra something out of them.

Creativity and motivation - two glaring problems with the current state of OU coaches. They've got to fix that (and hopefully, that will fix the third reoccurring problem - lack of preparedness).

Big Game Bob isn't even winning average games unless he's got an elite player at nearly every position. He's got to go back to the things that won a National Championship with a juco transfer quarterback and a roster of the failed, outgoing coach's players. He's got to find that fire again.

Just one season with a Texas win, a big road win, and a bowl win, and we'll all be saying Big Game Bob again. I hope he can make that happen again soon. Next year would be nice.

P.S. - Is Drew Allen any good?

Sooners need a new offense, coordinator, quarterback, quarterback coach, etc. Keep Stoops and defense get rid of the rest.

I have been an OU fan for 58 years and last night was the worst offensive showing I can ever remember. Play the other 3 games and hang it up for the season.

Hell even Rodhe has jumped onto the OSU bandwagon! Hell has frozen over!

Chin up, my HS drop-out buddies. The Sooners were able to hang 3 hard-fought points on the mighty Huskers. The north is simply too powerful this season for the weaker south division.

I am sorry Joel but things are not fine and things will not be back to normal next year. There are some significant issues going on with the OU team and the coaching staff. Especially on the offensive side of the ball. There have been tale tell signs for three or four years now that something is not right. If mediocracy is all that is expected from OU then change nothing . . but if that is not acceptible then change is in order. In just about every facet of life or business good performance is rewarded and bad performance is punished. If I am eating porterhouse steaks every night and living in a mansion and life goes on for me as usualy, then I'm really not much motivated to change my behavior am I? Enough said.

Stoops and Co = OVERRATED AND OVERPAID!!! Get them the hell out of here and let's get a coaching staff that doesn't suck!!! BOOMER SOONER!!!

"the Sooners wasted stand after stand and fell to 5-4, putting themselves on the road to San Diego or San Antonio"

How about you qualify for a bowl first. Then you can start making your plans for the epic trip to Shreveport, or Houston maybe.

Stupid mistakes + bad playcalling + not checking out of a play when you see the need + more dropped passes + 5 interceptions = bad loss. The defense is as good as it gets. Not ready to give up on Jones yet, he had a bad game. I am ready to throw Kevin Wilson off the team. He is the offensive leader? Slow the game down for Jones, Kevin!!He is a RS Freshman for God's sake! Oh and by the way, running at Suh and Crick on first down or second down, probably going to put your QB in a hole every single time! The slants and misdirection worked ok but you didn't exploit their overpursuit and putting 4 receivers within 5 yards of each other doesn't give your QB many options! Wake UP!

Where's all them OU car flags that I used to see flyin' from all
those cars?!?!Can't accuse me of bein' a fair weather fan,I think
OU sux win or lose.Not an OSU fan either except when they play OU.
Will OSU game be in Norman? I hope so,nothin' beter than to see OU get a good ass whippin' on their home turf.

Here's a vote for least valuable player: ADRON TENNELL. He should be arrested for stealing a scholarship!

I haven't seen an OU offense play this horribly since the Schnellenberger and Blake years. Wow. Stoops and company have their work cut out for them. But I think they can turn things around. Next year. BOOMER SOONER!!!

Mary, stop being stupid. You have no reason to post on here with that crap.

OU should have won this game, tough loss for the Sooners. The game was tough to watch.

You guys will be fine next year, you are taking your lumps and will be a great team next fall.

Tar and feather James Patton....that guy has done a horrible job of developing talent. No one ever even brings up his name. He should be held accountable!!!

the sooners looked worse then i have ever seen them..they just looked awful......no excuse they played like crap and it showed in the end.number 71 for oklahoma could have not played worse..he sucked also

I am so tired of hearing some fans claim OU would be undefeated "if only our players were not injured". 12 points from being undefeated? I see four games from being undefeated. And last year, Texas did beat OU WITH Bradford, Gresham, and a much better o-line, right? Quit whining about injuries. OSU has had more players out than OU yet they are getting things done much better than OU. Quit whining about not having Bradford or Gresham because BYU, Nebraska, Texas or Miami, they don't have Bradford or Gresham either yet they found a way to make plays. Get your backups ready or pay the price.

I post after wins so I'm going to post after a lost but have absolutely nothing to say but, WTF? Boomer Sooner!

Good point Joe Bob made about the recruriting class. OU's lack of depth on both sides of the ball is painfully obvious. OU is fortunate not to have injuries on the defense or this team would be sub .500. But, they're not losing by much. A few recruits, a year of experience and next year looks promising.

You Sooner faithful just don't get it! You're beloved Sooners are failing miserably and the program is on the decline. By the time your realize you've been run over by a locomotive and decide to do something about it three or four years from now it will be too late and it will be another ten years and several coaches before you rise to prominence again!

Landry was shaky, but so was his line. Wait'l next year! (I'm a Cubs fan)
Boring game frankly and I'm a dieharedf an.

/sorry all you OU haters. every year is a championship year and we deserve it, a gift from God, you however, just hope for good things... heck, God may still give us a great gift because GOd loves the Sooners, and hates orange..we get a little tired of going to all the BCS bowls and championships... yawn. so ... maybe we can go somehwere different this year..

the worst was the running play after the husker defenseive back got hurt, then Suh went out and OU ran there...instead of passing on the new DBack...after several successful passes...how about recruiting some linemen or is this a result of the recruiting class that all quit, got kicked out or failed to make the grades?

This year has just been an extremely unfortunate situation for the Sooners. They start out losing LB Balogen to ineligibility due to supposedly playing for money in some summer league, then they lose the best QB and TE in the country in Bradford and Gresham. Throw in an offensive line that is very raw and not very well coached and you get 4 losses by 1 pt., 1 pt., 3 pts. and 7 pts. respectively. I mean, even though OU is playing horribly offensively in their losses they still have lost 4 games by only 12 pts. total. I'm not worried whatsoever about our coaching staff or where OU is going as I feel like if they had either Bradford or Gresham healthy they would easily be undefeated. You just can't lose 2 players like this and not expect to see a HUGE dropoff. Take Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley off of Texas and see how good they are! Take Tim Tebow and their other best offensive player off their team and see how good they are. This season is a bitter pill to swallow but as a true fan and somebody who understands what those type of players mean to a team I think Stoops and staff deserve a free pass with his outstanding performance since he's been at OU. OU will be just fine and things will be back to normal next year.

A quick review of a few comments is just a reminder why I don't read the comments below the stories.

So sad. I wouldn't even wish this on OSU.

Good thing 2 of our last 3 are at home! At least thats 2 more wins!

Excuses are like Tramelholes......

I'm not superstitious, but I'm wondering if maybe Bob walked across the path of a black cat prior to the season. Or- maybe he walked under a ladder. I don't know that he plays baseball, you think he might have stepped on the base line on his way back to the dugout?

It just seems like this year Bob is snakebitten...

Hope Jackson Jeffcoat was watching!

Ultimately, this all falls at the feet of Stoops!! He is responsible for all his team does or fails to do. He is a shell of the riverboat gambler that earned him the monicker of "big game Bob". He's allowed his offense to be totally predictable and completely vanilla. Until this year, he had a defense whose schemes couldn't put pressure on the QB without rushing 6 or 7 guys, which got him burned on numerous occasions. And, he's getting killed on big-time recruits and can't seem to "coach them up" with the recruits he does have. Here's a novel idea---why not cut his salary? After all, his steady increases have been based on his performance. This year, his performance merits a decrease in compensation. No coach ever wants to discuss that, but they sure as heck wan the big bucks for winning! He's the most overpaid, overhyped employee in the state!

Well I am not nor have I ever been a Sooner fan but I have watched them enough to know this game had to really be an embarrassement to the program to let a non ranked no offense team keep them from scoring a touchdown it is the first time i n11 years and then it was a Texas Aggie team that stopped them from scoring a touchdown.I realize their # 1 quarterback was out but I have never understood why teams rely on one person and then when he is hurt they collapse. I think a GOOD team would get it together enough to score enough to beat a re building NO OFFENSE team while everyone is giving Landry a bad time there was others who should of put on their BIG BOY PANTIES and banded together enough to get a touchdown. For a team to get 5 turnovers and only score 10 points shows how bad the offense is and that is why I say Bob you need new help............

Well, Berry does love Lincoln.
Didn't you just love it last night, Berry?!

Man, that was just a lovely performance. I'd say this sure is a very, very disappointing season for you Swooner fans.
Once again, you've lived up to the "Swooner" tag. You swooned again...to a weak Nebraska team. Not even close to the Nebraska of old and you laid another egg.

Where, o where are all the Swooner fans bashing OSU? Well, they've gone back into hiding like the roaches they are. Typical loudmouthed idiot Swooner fans with no backbone.
Certainly not all ou fans are idiots, but you sure do have the lion's share in the Big 12.

Enjoy the week, Swooners. Ger ready for Shreveport.

Injuries to key players make average teams,always has and always will.
This is not tht OU of past years,piling up recruits[125],now it is 85 total,factor in alot of injuries and that spells average team results.
Not anyone's fault that players get injured,it just happens some times,do not blame OU coaches or players they are playing hard and as a coach that is all that you can ask of a team.The defense still remains solid.

Landry has been Stoopidfied!

What is the deal with all the nerds up at 4 AM trash talking? I can deal with the fair weather fans...but the trash talkers are commical at best.

Did OU lose? Yes.
Did OU have multiple chances at winning like in Texas? Absolutely.
Could they lose their next three games? It's not out of the question.

Here is the deal:

The OU defense was outstanding last night. While it was an average offense they were facing, they came up with nearly every stop during each series. If I recall correctly, Nebraska's 1st 3rd down conversion did not actually come until the second half. Hats off to Brent and the entire defensive group for another big performance.

As for the ugly side of last night, you have to keep bringing up the fact that multiple people on the O-Line are either filling in those positions for hurt players or true freshman altogether. This is not an excuse. Let me state that again before someone replies THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE. What I am saying is that in two years, the issues everyone is complaining about "should" (emphasis here) be worked out. My one complaint is that I am not fond of our offensive play calling even with these guys in their new roles. If we start one more game with an off tackle to the right I am going to puke. Also, if we don't think we can pick up 1 yard with a quater back sneak on the opp's 20 yard line, then we should not even play the next three games. I know what Stoops said about the corner being open...I also know that he is a true leader who sticks by his coaches like Kevin Wilson. Still, that has been our weakness this year about not having a 1 or 2 yard play to pick up a 3rd or 4th down.

And what is the deal with everyone picking on Landry? Can someone say "Sunday Morning Quaterbacks" out there? I did watch the game and five INTs is unacceptable. Clearly he had a bad game. Oddly enough, I was at the K-State game last week and everyone was singing his praises. People after the game, people on the Sports Animal during the week, and everyone around the water cooler began to think of Bradford as a distant memory. Now, all the sudden, everyone wants his head on a platter. Like the O-Line, he "should" continue to get better. I have seen a lot of improvement in the past few weeks...excluding the performance last night...

Still a Sooner faithful,

Jonathan

OSU fan with just a question:

Assuming OU ends up winning 6 or 7 games and is invited to a minor bowl; will they accept or not? A lot of big tradition teams have turned down offers to minor bowls after what was considered a down year. Wondering what you guys think.

1) Landry Jones threw picks because he had no time in the pocket.
2) Why Wilson doesn't realize the O-Line is having trouble and try to adapt, we don't know?
3) Defense isn't special, just average. If it was good, then they would of scored at least 2 defensive TDs to win the game. The Defense isn't taking any pressure off the offense. There was a time when OU's Defense did that, but was in the 70's and 80's and last year's TTECH game. LSU has had special defensives that could win the game, OU hasn't had the type of defense since the Switzer Era.
4) Stoops needs to develop a leadership personna with the next game to set the tone for next season.
5) Find a reason why OU has had so many injuries? Doesn't seem like other teams are having this problem.

come on berry OU went 7-5 in 1999 stoops' first year. Get your facts straight (like mike gundy says). That was the most losses under stoops not 4.

Dear OU, when is your next loss of this season scheduled?

What bowl game will you be attending this year?

Any of you Bozos still think you'll have a shot at the teeny 12 championship game??

What will your ranking be this week? Will you stay in the top 30? Doubtful.

LOSERS !!!

dear ou fans,

get over it. not every season is national championship material. life goes on. then again, its funny to see you live your lives vicariously through a bunch of 19 and 20 yr olds.... sucks to be you!
tim, oklahoma city - Nov 8, 2009 at 4:05 am
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Sounds like to me you like to live vicariously by hiding behind your keyboard hurling insults at 4:00 in the morning. It must REALLY suck to be a coward like yourself. Your "ilk" sucks much worse than any OU fan, let alone a human being.

dear ou fans,

get over it. not every season is national championship material. life goes on. then again, its funny to see you live your lives vicariously through a bunch of 19 and 20 yr olds.... sucks to be you!

Andre Ware's prediction is now low!!! After all the bitchin' and moanin' by the gooners of how stupid and unrealistic that prediction was, now he looks like a prophet. You know "Big Game Bob" has his annual bowl choke game coming plus two or three more tough ones for this team to face. A sub-500 season? Holy Gibbs-Schmelobourbon-Blake, Batman!

Good article.

Berrys not glossing over the fact the gooners suck this year as he has in past years(and past games this season)....

Nice to see you guys coming away with still another road loss......

Dear Santa, these are the things I wish for: Brent Venables & Kevin Wilson to be gone, a better QB, RB, K. It's been almost 10 years since I last celebrated a National Championship title.

This loss is 100% on Landry Fuentes (yep...as in Justin Fuentes)...The kid is a gutless, heartless, choker. There simply isn't any other plausible explanation for a 5 interception game. Real competitors aren't capable of throwing 5 inteceptions. Revoke his scholarhip, and the program takes an immediate step forward.

When your offense is as weak as OU's, being a little less predictable and a little more imaginative on offense could be helpful. Nothing wrong with some trickeration now and again.

Recruiting is the problem here, people. Look at what we are trotting out week after week. A horrid o-line, terrible TEs, worse WRs (excluding 85 obviously), and average-at-best RBs. We have a batting average at the Mendoza line in recruiting as of late. Something HAS to change.

I also liked the fact that we were vastly out-coached once more. Good thing they make so much money.

What I would like to know is why Way was kicking the field goals instead of Stevens. Had we made those 3 field goals, we would have won the game. Whoever made the decision on the kicker should be called down, and called down heavily - even if it was Stoops himself. As for Landry Jones, I'm not impressed at all. To throw "5" interceptions in one game is not acceptable - freshman or not. He's had enough games under his belt to do much better. The coaching/play calling was horrendous. There needs to be a BIG house-cleaning of that coaching staff.

And, why are there never any trick plays called by this coaching staff?

I pray to God that OU has some better prospects for QB next year. I don't think Landry can handle the pressure or knows how to throw the ball effectively or efficiently.

I will give props to the defense, though. They played to the best of their ability and held Nebraska to a field goal. Landry Jones was the one who gifted them with their only touchdown.