Landry Jones intercepted 5 times as Nebraska upsets Oklahoma

Gerald in Mesquite, who got those players to come to OU, the same idiots you want to fire. I hope you get your way, fire 'em all!! I look forward to finding the next "big thing" in coaching. Bring back the days of Blake, Schnelly, etc. Nothing would look better than 20 to 30K of empty seats as all you "fans" have jumped off the Schooner.

Gerald, NU won in 1994, 1995 and 1997, Osborn's last year. You are right about one thing though, prior to that he did have the "cant win the big one" tag. Between Switzer owning him and some dissappointing bowl losses thats what happens.

OU will be fine. This year was a perfect storm of bad crap that can happen to a team. Everyone stands to take a little blame. Players, Coaches, and we as fans that maintain unrealistic expectations year in and out. Credit part of that to the media as well as the way that the coaches handle the media and recruiting services which make us think kids are stars because they dominate other high school kids.

We are having the year people would have expected had Sam and Jermaine gone pro last year. Had that happened, a 3 to 5 loss season would seem pretty realistic. 2005 seemed to be a very similar situation.

An ugly loss, OU sucks...

Gerald, you have a good observation. I can trace the beginning of OU's problem with the loss of Mike Stoops. Mike was the fiery motivator, motivating both the defensive and offensive lines. Bob was more focused on planning the next play. Together, Mike and Bob complimented each other and helped make OU the powerhouse that it is now. Losing Mike took the fire out of Bob, which I understand, because now Bob has to motivate and focus on the next play at the same time. If Arizona ever gets stupid enough to fire Mike Stoops, Bob should hire him right back as an Assistant Head Coach, and together, OU will dominate college football as we did in 2000. Let's give Bob a break and give him credit for all he's done since 1998! I certainly don't want to lose him and go through another decade of pitiful OU performances.

By the way, every powerhouse has a couple of down years, so why should OU be exempt? We'll be back on top soon.

Landry has a long way to go on his touch and throwing into tight coverage. Josh Huepel has his work cut out for him. Throwing a 90 mph fastball on a short pass will result in balls going up in the air and interceptions. No running game means linebackers freed up to back up into pass coverage. Defense playing the whole game and trying to make up for offensive (penalties, interceptions, fumbles, receivers dropping catchable passes) errors is a recipe for a loss. There are two sides to the ball game, not one. OU is playing one.

Bob Stoops was named head coach in December, 1998. Just about everybody in this part of the world said: "Bob who?" Even tho OU football had been in the dumps for most of the decade, it's still a high profile job, especially for an unheard of coach getting his first ever head coaching job. So, Stoops comes to Norman all excited, filled with energy, and determined to show everybody around these parts he's up to the job. He likely needed to prove it to himself as well. With all the enthuiasm, energy, and excitement he brings, his teams go out and play that way; energetic, excited, confident, not taking guff from anybody. Here it is 11 years later, Stoops proved in quick order he was up to the job, national title in only two years on the job, five straight against the gelded cows of austin, first ever Rose Bowl appearance and win, a bunch of 10-win seasons, six conference titles, and so forth. With nothing left to prove, he has gone complacent, lost that edge, and maybe even having a little burn-out. His teams play like it. I don't see the same enthusiasm and energy his 1999 thru 2004 teams had. It's human nature, you can't maintain that kind if intensity forever. Tom Osborn went thru a spell like this in the mid nineties at Neb. He was criticised for not being able to beat ranked teams. They'd beat the stuffing's out of Iowa St, then lose to just about anybody in the top 10. He finally got it together and made a heck of a run in the late nineties. Neb won 3 Nat'l titles in a four year span ending in 1999 if memory serves. Stoops needs to get the proverbial "second wind" and make another great run. If he doesn't, this is probably about what OU is looking at for some time to come, maybe even until he decides to hang it up. Stoops would probably disagree with just about all of this. If he can't take a hard look in the mirror, then there's no second wind for him when the winds come sweeping down the plain.

To Lehr, KC, you just impeached your own argument. With all the talent Wilson had to work with last year, any half baked coach could have done that - last year. And besides, where was last years best of all time offense against Fla. And besides, that great OL from last year, couldn't help but notice all those first round picks didn't start going until about the late 3rd round. And besides, all the great players that have been lost to injury this year, most of them could have put themselves in the draft last year, in which case they'd have been gone anyway. It's quite obvious this coaching staff sat around on their lazy @$$'$ and didn't bother to coach anybody up since thay had all this talent coming back. When all the talent got lost for the year, their collective skirts went up in their faces, especially Wilson and Patton. Wilson sits in the press box calling play after play that worked so well last week. Hey Kevin, that bunch of coaches on the other side of the field, they looked at the film from last week and put in a defense to stop it, ever think of that? It don’t look like it.

I agree with Chris - I hope at least 2, maybe 3, of next years o-line guys are not yet on campus. Though a big-time recruit - I would think the Steven Good has to do something as I have never seen an O-line guy get abused as much as he has been this year.

I don't feel too bad considering USC, Georgia, LSU, Auburn, Michigan, and past powerhouses are struggling like OU. This happens to everyone and will probably happen again to Florida, Alabama, and Texas. When your on top of the hill the fall to the bottom of it is never too far away.

I feel better now. KD had a great game and we just kicked the Orlando Magic's ass. Forget what I wrote this morning about declining an Alamo Bowl berth. Let's win our two home games and go party at Howl at the Moon in San Antonio. If you're gonna be 7-5 --you might as well be 7-5 in San Antonio and be wickered while Howling at the Moon overlooking the RiverWalk. Winning shouldn't even matter that much. We really shouldn't even turn on the scoreboard at Gaylord Memorial Stadium.

Let's go get drunk in San Antonio and beat a Big 10 team.I wouldn't even have the team practice. they should just go party with us and see if this changes this slump we're experiencing.

What could it hurt?

Jay was right.I was wrong.

El Prez, Deer Creek

Great post, Bob, much appreciated. Have no idea what you said in your previous post. Didn't read it.

You Sooner fans who want to fire Wilson show your lack of football knowledge. This is the same guy who was coordinating a Heisman Trophy QB last year, 4 NFL offensive linemen, and the "greatest offense ever". Now, he is an idiot????? You guys are a bunch of clowns. I hope you fire him, fire Stoops, and get rid of all of them. What have they done for you lately? This collection of clowns that is the fan base of Gooner U have zero appreciation of how good you have it. As a Cowboy fan, Buccaneer fan, and a Royals fan, I would love to have a 10 year run like OU. I can only hope my Pokes are in the process of making you second fiddle in the state. You had better wake up, nobody is sniffing Texas for at least the next two to four years.

In this year of injuries to big time players, I'm OK with a down year...the alternative of winning enough to get to the national championship game and coming up short again would've been worse, imo. Regroup, bring in better talent and make a run next year...

Even with all the injuries this year, including losing our Heisman Quarterback in our first game, we've been in every game we've lost! Our bigest loss has been by 7 points! That's still a great year. Next year we will be back in the hunt for the National Championship Game!

Hope they're scouting some Juco transfers for the O-line, because these guys aren't showing much progress. Bash the coaches all you want, but this is more of a lack of talent on the O-line than coaching. These are the same coaches that ran a record setting offense last year.

Fire Kevin Wilson! Get us a real Offensive Coordinator.

Wait...OU fan was celebrating Big 12 Offensive Player of the Century...no way he could throw 5 picks...lmao

OU is a bad football team...and OU fan this is the beginning of some down years...book it

As most know, I have been wanting a change for along time and now others are starting to see the light that the coaching staff, particularly the co-ordinators are sub par. Now even Stoops is admitting they have a problem. Wow what a shock, Wilson admits his OLine constantly makes the same mistakes and its his fault. YA THINK?

However, many of you have very short memories. Landry threw his picks in his first true away game. He threw high because he was rattled and his mechanics were off. Our staff, Wilson and Heupel, couldn't get him calmed down nor call plays that would settle him down due to a total lack of effort on the Oline's part.

But just a few years ago, a red-shirt freshman in his first true away game got rattled, got happy feet, lost his mechanics, and constantly overthrew his recievers. Colorado won that day with a last second field goal and the qb for Bradford.

The problem is Patton and Wilson, not Landry

Suggestion for Sooner fans. When you are playing a team other than Texas, why are you flashing the upside down horn sign? Is Texas constantly on your mind? Everytime I watch Chokelahoma on TV, your fans have the upside down hook em going on....concentrate on the opponent you are playing at the present time and you may have better luck.

Even with the interceptions, the penalties, and the injuries, we win the game if we had a field goal kicker.
Louis Friend, Norman

An offense would also help.

Here are coaches we've lost: Mike Stoops (Arizona), Mark Mangino (Kansas), Mike Leach (Texas Tech), Chuck Long (San Diego State), Bo Pelini (Nebraska) and Kevin Sumlin (Houston).

I'd take any of them back but Long. And, I'd take Mangino, Leach or Sumlin back as offensive coordinator over Kevin Wilson.

Calvin, keep dreaming. Texas won't score touch downs against Bama if they play the Crimson Tide. Texas won't beat Florida if they play the Gators.

Fair weather fans make me SICK!!!!

1. Brian Kelly (better get him before Notre Dame)
2. Jim Harbaugh (better get him before Michigan)
3. Gary Patterson
4. Charlie Strong (would be ironic considering where Stoops came from)
5. Turner Gill (would be ironic considering where he came from)