So you view him as a win at all costs mentality type of coach? Would your opinion change if I were to tell you that he kicked his #1 rb two years running off last year, toward the end of the season when they needed him most? Or that another example a couple years ago when wr depth was the most glaring problem, and he booted 3 receivers off the team. Anyway, what will bad PR do? I mean? Like, less recruits, less wins, touchdowns wont count? Just wondering why Stoops should care what people think. He never has and look where it's gotten him.
Nothing new yet. Police dept seems to be dragging their feet or they are just trying to get it right. Theyve seen the video of the incident and nobody's been arrested or charged. so that cant be bad right?
If you think the OU walking on the field against Tenn will be the same that trotted out on the field during those two games, you are sorely mistaken.
They were last year, yes. OU famously struggles when breaking in a new qb. It happened in 2009 with Landry Jones, he looked bad. And he's now the #3 or #4 all time ncaa passer. There were some struggles in 2005 breaking another new qb, and again in 1999. Coincidentally, these are the only three seasons in which a Stoops team did not win 10 games. There were times a new qb didnt have the same type of growing pains (Jason White and Sam Bradford come to mind) but they were both heisman winning qbs on teams that played for the national championship.
Really last year was a surprisingly good year going 11-2 with a tight end behind center for most of the year. They were implementing a new scheme, couldnt figure out a qb, and had two qbs who either never played or had no time to develop (Jones was a backup but only threw like 15 career passes up to that point). The point is the struggles were no surprise, but as the season went on, Knight got much better and then of course lit up the premiere program in the land. I know, I know, you like to say they didnt show up. But you must not have watched that game, and how hard they were playing and how well they were playing against OU in the beginning. They didnt know they were in for a game until OU punched them in the mouth. And puhlease, dont try to convince me they werent playing, because if you go back and look at the replays, or even at a 20 min highlight video you will see and its pretty clear that they were putting out effort and they wanted to win that game. Body language, the sideline chatter, the big plays, just the way they were playing, it was clear they wanted to win. They just didnt think OU was on their level and were proven otherwise. No big deal really. They shook things up and got Kiffin. Maybe if youre lucky you can be within a few touchdowns this year.