Bob Stoops won a national Championship in his 2nd year. In the Orange Bowl. As a 2 touchdown underdog.
Lincoln Riley is a 2nd year coach. Playing in the Orange Bowl. As a 2 touchdown underdog.
The stage is set.
Lincoln Riley tells Scott Van Pelt that he first spoke with USC "very early Sunday morning."
"Honestly, Scott, that's the first conversation at any point in my time at Oklahoma that I'd ever had with another football team."
Dear Alex Grinch,
We are so excited to have you as our next defensive coordinator. I am 100% confident you will do a great job. I’m here to support you.
Steve
p.s. Can you bring our OU flag with you when you come? Should be somewhere around the 50. Thx.
This game is yet another reminder that while OU does need to continue to raise its ceiling to compete with the SEC big boys, more pertinent is the need to raise its floor so as to not lose to teams like Oklahoma State and Kansas.
Browns go 1-31. Browns draft Baker Mayfield. Browns make playoffs. Browns win playoff game. Browns replace Mayfield. Mayfield traded. Replacement gets suspended from NFL for a million years for being a sex offender. Browns go 1-31.
#rinse
#repeat
Slept on it: Thoughts on OU’s 31-24 win at BYU.
1. Hard to say goodbye to an old conference rival.
2. I want 6 more years of Drake Stoops.
3. Sawchuk ran like a man possessed.
Slept On It, thoughts on OU’s 49-14 thrashing of Nebraska.
1. Venables can coach. The entire staff is elite.
2. Huskers stink, but have talent, and loud fans. Past OU teams would’ve found a way to struggle. Not this one. Took care of business, and appeared to enjoy themselves.
Slept on it. Thoughts on OU’s 34-30 win in the Red River Rivalry.
1. Both teams had fun. So if that’s your thing, ✅.
2. Dillon Gabriel became a legend. He Joe Montana’d us down the field and won us the biggest of football games.
Clemson: hey wanna play us?
Us: Sure. Love to.
Clemson: ok, when?
Us: how old is Dabo?
Clemson: 49
Us: (under breath) hmmm, carry the 1, social security age is....we have an opening in 2035...that work?
Slept on It: Thoughts on OU’s 38-24 Alamo Bowl loss to Arizona.
1. Congratulations to Arizona. Good team and good season.
2. Let’s go ahead and spite the obvious out of the way. Can’t win with 6 turnovers. And 7 holds.
3. SEC refs like to call holds.
Bookmark this:
1. OU is gonna win BIG under Brent Venables.
2. We will be more than just fine in the SEC.
3. A lot of guys will admit in a few years they regretted portalling out.
Slept on It: thoughts on OU’s 31-29 win over UCF.
1. 7-0. That’s already more than we got last year!
2. Great teams cover. Also, great teams play poorly at times and still win.
3. Ask North Carolina about that.
4. UCF is better with their QB1.
I don’t know if
@TheKylerMurray
will take home the Heisman this year. But he’s already pulled off the impossible.
He’s managed to make Oklahoma fans not miss Baker Mayfield.
Can’t overstate how unthinkable this is.
Slept On It. Thoughts on OU’s usual home loss to Kansas St.
1. Sometimes a team comes into Norman, plays the game of its life, and there’s not much you can do about it. Almost always that team is called Kansas State.
2. Pretty sure Chad Powers suited up as QB against us.
OU Fan Keys to the Game:
1. You don’t play. You don’t coach. Literally your only contribution is to cheer loudly. So do it.
2. Enjoy the game. We only get 12 or 13 Saturdays like this out of 52.
Cont’d
Slept on it: thoughts on OU’s 59-20 win over Bygawd West Virginia.
1. Great win. Offense. Defense. Spe…yeah offense and defense were great!
2. Still making a few mistakes out there that need to be cleaned up.
3. But enough about the officials.
Slept on it: thoughts on OU’s 27-24 loss to OSU.
1. This will be the last Bedlam until both teams stumble into the Texas Bowl in the same calendar year.
2. Mike Gundy finally won a coaching battle against OU. Of course we were playing with one OC tied behind our back…
Slept On It: thoughts on OU’s 69-45 win over TCU.
1. What in the Grinch was that defensive performance on Black Friday?
2. Defense did score 7. That guy Billy Bowman again.
3. Bowman’s TD gave me Derrick Strait flashbacks.
4. Our offense had a nice performance.
Slept On It: thoughts on OU’s 20-6 win over long time Big 12 rival Cincinnati.
1. Daniel Jacob Stutsman.: AllAmerican. I don’t actually know what his real full name is. Please comment if you know.
2. 13 tackles. Wrecking ball. Gonna be a legend here someday.
Dear SEC,
Thanks for the invite. Sorry A&M spilled the beans. They’re loud like that. I mean, they even practice yelling. If you ever decide to invite OSU, you can tell us. We won’t leak it. We’ll even vote yes. Because we’re not insecure and petty.
See ya in a few. ✌️
Some future Big 12 CCGs announced:
Dec 5, 2020 Oklahoma vs TBA
Dec 4, 2021 Oklahoma vs TBA
Dec 3, 2022 Oklahoma vs TBA
Dec 2, 2023 Oklahoma vs TBA
Dec 7, 2024 Oklahoma vs TBA
All games to start at 12:00 EST.
Slept on It: Thoughts on OU’s 38-33 loss to KU.
1. Congrats to KU. It had been a while and you’ll get to hold this until we slide opposite directions into the Texas Bowl some year.
2. Loss felt a lot like 2022. Winnable. Left points on the field. Missed simple opportunities.
Thad Turnipseed will join Oklahoma's staff as HC Brent Venables' right-hand man. He has previously been the Director of Players Development at Clemson and the Director of Football External Affairs at Alabama under Nick Saban.
Being 0-3 or 0-anything in the
#CFBPlayoff
is still better than being 0-0. I’m just getting that out ahead of whatever tweets I’m about to read from fans of teams that suck.
Slept on It: Thoughts on OU’s 50-20 win over Iowa State.
1. Game 1 of our farewell tour. Weird we won’t play them anymore. I did attend 2 losses, 1 tie and probably 12-14 wins.
2. You can probably sharpie 80-7-2.
My daughter is 10 this Christmas. I think it’s finally time I break the news to her. Although I love that she still believes, I gotta tell her the truth.
Honey, verbal commitments aren’t real.
Slept On It. Thoughts on OU’s 52-42 win over Kansas.
1. Never take winning for granted.
2. Those uniforms were 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
3. Everyone says Willis is our best player, but clearly Gabriel is most valuable. I mean, scoreboard.
4. OLine has been playing well.
My biggest complaint about the CFP committee:
They waited until the final week to move FSU down. They could’ve done that as soon as Travis got hurt. Moreover, they left Texas at 7 until they beat “mighty” OSU. If Texas is a playoff team, they should’ve been 4th the week prior.
Top 10 College Football Programs of All Time:
10. So many great
9. Blue Bloods
8. It’s hard
7. To narrow
6. Down the list
5. So I should do a top
30. Texas
4. Wouldn’t make
3. The cut
2. Anyway
1. Oklahoma
I realize it was only about 10% of the stadium, but I’m still angry at the OU fans who booed Spencer in the West Virginia game. Hopefully, like the team, they will come back better next year.
#BeBetterFans
A “toxic situation” behind him at Oklahoma, Spencer Rattler is on a mission to rewrite the final chapter of his college football career at
@GamecockFB
. “You can just feel it here, this community, this city, these fans. We’re on the rise.”
Slept on It. Thoughts on OU’s 28-13 Bedlam victory over the team from Stillwater.
1. WE ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE! Hey gotta celebrate the little things!
2. 91 wins over OSU. The only sobering thing about that is SoonerVision kept showing our wrestling team.
Slept On It. Thoughts on OU’s 45-13 season opening win vs UTEP.
1. Good to finally see this team we’ve been hearing about. It was good to win big, finish strong, look sound (enough) in all 3 phases.
2. Gabriel is as good as advertised. Has a chance to be all Big 12 type guy.
Slept On It. Thoughts on the Debacle in Dallas™️.
1. Let’s start positive. The defense was better than they were in Ft. Worth. But until we can get any push on the line, expect more of this.
2. Brayden Willis deserves credit for his efforts yesterday.
Slept on It. Thoughts on OU’s 27-13 win over ISU.
1. Outside of some 4th and long outliers, man the defense really had a day.
2. Loved that the 2 defenders that maybe catch the most criticism by fans got key picks.
3. Woodi also got a “pick.”
It’s a generally followed unwritten rule that you do not recruit players that were committed to your former school if you move to another job. But Linc isn’t exactly an “ethics” guy.
Some of y’all wouldn’t have survived 1994-1998.
OUX would’ve been toxic.
Wonder if soonerfans dot com saved any of their hall of fame posts from back then lol.
In last 77 years of OU football, OU’s 2018 defense ranks dead last. Venables’ last 2 defensss at OU ranked 72 and 70, respectively, among OU defenses.
Not saying OU should’ve parted ways with BV, but can we all stop misremembering how great his last few years were?
Keys to the game:
Bob Stoops needs to be able to motivate OU.
Charlie Brewer has to take care of the ball.
Can Baylor stop Joe Mixon?
Matt Ruhle has to wear a vest.
Koresh must be ousted.
#BREAKING
: 5⭐️ defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy has committed to Lincoln Riley and
@OU_Football
🔥
@DindyGabriel
is the No. 3 overall player in the country, according to the Top247 😤