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A football program that has spent many an autumn afternoon delivering pain was the recipient of the same Saturday at Jones Stadium.
The Sooners, hard-luck most of this 2009 season, were hard-up by the end of Texas Tech’s 41-13 rout, when the Red Raiders were bopping to "Jump Around,” the House of Pain song that rang through the night a year ago as OU whacked Tech 65-21 at Owen Field.
Embarrassed. That’s what Oklahoma football was Saturday. Embarrassed.
Who says the Sooners — adorned in all-white uniforms and helmets for the first time in more than 40 years — didn’t wear red?
It was all over their face.
"This is a bad one,” said OU offensive tackle Trent Williams. "Worst I’ve ever experienced.”
This was bad to the bone. Bad game planning. Bad preparation. Bad performance. Bad effort. Bad coaching. Bad ankle-taping, if the truth was known.
Bad everything except place-kicking. Patty O’Hara nailed two field goals, one a booming 47-yarder, so the Sooners couldn’t even fall back on one of their excuses for a lackluster season.
"They had a chip on their shoulder,” said OU defensive end Jeremy Beal. "They kicked our butt.
"I don’t think we gave up. But we didn’t show up.”
And suddenly, not only is 2009 a nuclear waste dump for OU football, 2010 looks a lot less rosy.
Injuries sufficiently wrecked the Sooners’ high hopes. But there are no excuses anymore. Not in Landry Jones’ eighth start at quarterback.
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