Sooner fan really looking forward to the game

[butchna]

In the famous words & book title of UT "God" Mack Brown, "Know Excuses"

YOUR “God”…not OURS.

 

[butchna]

Your earlier retort seems like more of a canard than fact.

You could look it up, instead of pompous thesaurus terms.

 

[fairdinkem]

You could look it up, instead of pompous thesaurus terms.

I did look it up sport. The poster even admitted it. Boy, I feel sorry for Josh going forward.

 

[butchna]

I did look it up sport. The poster even admitted it. Boy, I feel sorry for Josh going forward.

Save your pity for your prostitutes.

 

[VolRage]

Your earlier retort seems like more of a canard than fact.

No. Tennessee’s conference affiliation is much cleaner than yours. Although some list Oklahoma has Big 8 members since the 1920’s, it’s clear that it began with 6 teams, at some point 7 teams, and finally 8 until 1994ish. As with Tennessee, Oklahoma was an independent (like every other team that began in the 1890’s, duh), then was affiliated with another conference, and finally to the Big 6 (8). I understand, it’s much cleaner to fool everyone into thinking the Big 8 has always been an 8 team conference (although disingenuous).

Again, Tennessee is a founding member of the 10 team SEC. It was never called the SEC 10 when it fact it was a 6 team conference like the Big 8 has. The SEC doesn’t have to stroke its ego like that.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I did look it up sport. The poster even admitted it. Boy, I feel sorry for Josh going forward.

What about this do you not understand? Tennessee has been playing football since the early 1890s. The SEC didn’t exist until about 40 years later, when it was formed by schools leaving the Southern Conference, including UT. You saying “Well UT hasn’t always been part of the SEC either” is like saying “well Massachusetts wasn’t part of the United States until 1776.”

UT has always been a part of the SEC for as long as the SEC has existed.

Good grief. Bout to make me cheer for UTjr against y’all too.

 

[VolRage]

You could look it up, instead of pompous thesaurus terms.

I’m poking at him for his leagues disingenuous conference affiliation. When you look up Oklahoma’s conference affiliation their most prominent affiliation is with the Big 8 but when you take a hard look at the Big 8, it began with 6 teams, then 7 teams, and finally a legit Big 8. I just wonder how many conference championships they won playing deaf, dumb, and blind schools in a 6 team conference, a 7 team conference, and then a 8 team conference but I really don’t care. Just as I don’t care about which teams were in those limited team conferences. That’s why I’m not impressed with their 50 conference championships.

 

[VolRage]

What about this do you not understand? Tennessee has been playing football since the early 1890s. The SEC didn’t exist until about 40 years later, when it was formed by schools leaving the Southern Conference, including UT. You saying “Well UT hasn’t always been part of the SEC either” is like saying “well Massachusetts wasn’t part of the United States until 1776.”

UT has always been a part of the SEC for as long as the SEC has existed.

Good grief. Bout to make me cheer for UTjr against y’all too.

That boy is a little slow.

 

[adam.vol]

The Sooners did ok with Lincoln Riley, but most of their glory days came under Stoops, Switzer, and Wilkinson. That was a bygone era and there is nothing like that existing in college football today.

The game this year is going to be tough--first true road game for Nico, frenzied crowd, lots of national exposure. However this one turns out, the Sooners are going to live a whole new experience being in the big boy league.

Let’s not forget that Stoops had one great team (2001) with a damn fine QB.

One of the worst beatdowns ever in a national title game was 2004 Oklahoma at the hands of USC, while an undefeated Auburn had to watch from afar. I haven’t had much respect for Oklahoma or the Big 12 since then (because Oklahoma didn’t put up a fight).

Whipping up in a bunch of impoverished conference foes doesn’t impress me. A&M and Missouri both made the right call in getting away from the uneven revenue sharing. Texas might have a bunch of money from oil, but the chickens tried to keep their conference rivals down by insisting on taking a disproportionate amount of revenue from TV contracts. Why Oklahoma supports Texas escapes me, but the Sooners have clung to the Longhorns like a tick on a ballsack. I would have gladly accepted Oklahoma and OK State without the longhorns. The Sooners didn’t want to leave their host.

 

[MemphisVol77]

That boy is a little slow.

He's a bore. @butchna called it dead right early in the thread, "I cOMe iN peACe". Cheap humble brag shtick. He knows exactly what he's doing.

The past created the present and the present creates the future, so these stats have bearing on our game...... Yeah, yeah. And my little toe is connected to my neck bone.

FF title with an Around the NCAA subject.

(The other Sooners ITT are alright though.)

 

[Shirleyudontmeanthat]

The offense that was 4th in the nation in Scoring? OC very experienced and was the #1 offensive analyst. Not much changes. Most former players now in the media think he’s better than Lebby. We arent worried. According to SportsGrid we have 2 top 25 WR you have none. We’re good thanks.

lol u can’t make this stuff up ! Fantasy land

 

[VolRage]

but the Sooners have clung to the Longhorns like a tick on a ballsack.

Ole Fairdickem is riding the ballsack of a 6 team Big 8 while proudly touting their 50 conference championships. So lets break down the numbers real quick. The disingenuous Big 8 (6 teams) began in 1920 (ish). They’ve played just over 100 years in a conference. They’ve won 50 conference championships. So what does that say about the conferences the Sooners have played in over 100 years? LOLOLOL

 

[B81]

The offense that was 4th in the nation in Scoring? OC very experienced and was the #1 offensive analyst. Not much changes. Most former players now in the media think he’s better than Lebby. We arent worried. According to SportsGrid we have 2 top 25 WR you have none. We’re good thanks.

This is my favorite.

Moving to a conference with stronger defenses top to bottom, losing a qb to a team that is expected to challenge for a natty, and the oc from the #4 ranked offense, yet you expect no drop off?

Good luck.

 

[chattaboogie]

I don’t buy his act. This wasn’t a sportsmanship let’s all get along post. He just wanted to gloat about Oklahomas exaggerated accomplishments while playing in the minor leagues for the last 100 years

Exactly. As Joe Rogan puts it, “ I can beat up my cats too, doesn’t mean I’m proud of it. “

 

[chattaboogie]

 

[Sooner Redzone]

 

[Sooner Redzone]

This is my favorite.

Moving to a conference with stronger defenses top to bottom, losing a qb to a team that is expected to challenge for a natty, and the oc from the #4 ranked offense, yet you expect no drop off?

Good luck.

If there’s a drop off it’ll be the OL not the OC or QB. We let the QB go. Absolute truth as we had to make a decision our new starter got the full court press from Ohio State for 1 million NIL

 

[chuckiepoo]

 

[vol94fan]

If there’s a drop off it’ll be the OL not the OC or QB. We let the QB go. Absolute truth as we had to make a decision our new starter got the full court press from Ohio State for 1 million NIL

I have read a bunch of posts from this Sooner Redzone dude. He seems like a fair minded dude, but the thing he doesnt understand about this board is that we dont wanna see his stats, we dont wanna hear his facts, and most of all we dont want to deal with his logic. We are passionate Vols fans and anything you say favorable about the sooner boys or their coaches is a bunch of bull and we dont believe it no matter how many articles you post for backup. Vols by fiddy.

 

[MemphisVol77]

I have read a bunch of posts from this Sooner Redzone dude. He seems like a fair minded dude, but the thing he doesnt understand about this board is that we dont wanna see his stats, we dont wanna hear his facts, and most of all we dont want to deal with his logic. We are passionate Vols fans and anything you say favorable about the sooner boys or their coaches is a bunch of bull and we dont believe it no matter how many articles you post for backup. Vols by fiddy.

Just a little bullish about his OL & DL coaches, but I think he's arguing in good faith. Seems like he's trying to keep the info and stats pertinent to the oncoming matchup.

I knew he was gonna post that 2015 OK@TN clip as soon as I saw the Boise State clip.

@Sooner Redzone. By blue chip ratio, how comparable to your 2015 talent level is this 2024 squad? Unbelievable 4th qtr comeback you guys pulled off, but we're a little more talented this time around. Most importantly, Butch Jones is long gone. We don't kick FG's from the 1yrd line no more! Looking forward to the game.

 

[B81]

If there’s a drop off it’ll be the OL not the OC or QB. We let the QB go. Absolute truth as we had to make a decision our new starter got the full court press from Ohio State for 1 million NIL

A few questions:
Do you think you will finish 4th in the nation or better in total offense?

I understand you had to let Gabriel walk in order to keep Arnold, but do you think Arnold (first year starter) will be as efficient as Gabriel who has played a ton of football?

Do you think your new oc, who I believe has never called plays will be better than Lebby who was fantastic at 3 different schools?

 

[chuckiepoo]

Just a little bullish about his OL & DL coaches, but I think he's arguing in good faith. Seems like he's trying to keep the info and stats pertinent to the oncoming matchup.

I knew he was gonna post that 2015 OK@TN clip as soon as I saw the Boise State clip.

@Sooner Redzone. By blue chip ratio, how comparable to your 2015 talent level is this 2024 squad? Unbelievable 4th qtr comeback you guys pulled off, but we're a little more talented this time around. Most importantly, Butch Jones is long gone. We don't kick FG's from the 1yrd line no more! Looking forward to the game.

I gotta keep reminding myself this is an open forum for fanatics. Both fanbases welcome to the fray. Got two weeks before we will have some relevant stats.

OU will come in having been tested by Temple, Houston, Tulane.

 

[OneVolNation]

WGWTFA.

 

[TheGoodStuff]

How many CFP have you played this century. We may not have won a title but unlike you we’ve been relevant mostly the whole century. We’ve played in 4 Finals and 3 CFP semis. How about you? None, One, ? On UGA I’m responding to comments we’ve been blown out by SEC teams. LOL that 15-0 LSU drilled a lot of teams. That’s not a barometer …. Too funny. If you’d have played them oh my. Versus Bama we lost 45-34 but out scored them 34-17 pretty much the last 3 quarters. Okay they beat us 4 more points than UGA in the final. I’m not puffing my chest. I’m being objective. Oklahoma is going to have a tougher time in the SEC. But we aren’t little red riding vs the big bad wolf. You guys are acting like you guys are going waltz right into Norman and waltz right back out. That could happen but Vegas is favoring us. Just say it’s going to be a tough game on the road with 2 teams almost identically ranked in the polls.

Apparently you have poor reading comprehension. A majority here says that OU should be favored at home…

Yeah we Waltz in and out of Norman… ok that’s what we are saying

 

[Volosaurus rex]

According to statistics UT was a member of the Southern Conference & was also an independent.

That is true. However, UT was a charter member of the SEC, which was founded in 1932, when "the thirteen members of the Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains left to form their own conference." Prior to that, UT was a charter member of the Southern Conference, which "was founded on February 25, 1921, [when] fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Southern Conference charter members were Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee. In 1922, six more universities—Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference." Furthermore, "Every member of the current Southeastern Conference except Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as six of the 15 current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference formerly held membership in the SIAA."

Therefore, you will find a high degree of historical continuity in terms of the universities that ultimately became part of the SEC after passing through previous incarnations of other conferences. Incidentally, my comment about the Big Two and the Little Six is just as historically applicable to the old PAC 8/10 and the old Big 10. Michigan, Ohio State, USC, Texas and Oklahoma all played much of their football histories in conferences where they often had only one serious intraconference contender as a rival. Of course, you have long had the border war with Tejas, which is more than can be said for the Buckeyes, Wolverines and Trojans. The SEC, by contrast, has long had much more competitive balance among its upper tier of teams. Depending on how far one wishes to stretch the geographical boundaries of the "southeastern United States," one can make a legitimate argument for Oklahoma and Tejas as member institutions of the SEC, whereas those liberal bastions on the left coast have no justifiable business whatsoever being in the Big "18."

Depending on your level of previous contact with them, you are probably aware that Alabama and Auburn fans hate each other with an unrelenting purple passion, and Georgia fans are fast becoming, in the estimation of many of my brethren, almost as unbearable as the current generation of bandwagon Alabama fans. The one fanbase to be wary of is the Reptilian Horde. They had not enjoyed any degree of sustained excellence in football prior to Steve Spurrier's tenure. Since then, many of their loyalists have adopted the same self-ascribed sense of haughty superiority. Although they have not had as much to crow about recently, they earned the contempt of other SEC fanbases.

Incidentally, we deeply appreciate the respect implicit in striping of your stadium for our initial regular-season matchup. It inspired our most recently established tradition, i.e., the checkerboarding of Neyland Stadium. For a long trip down memory lane, in terms of Tennessee football history, you might enjoy the following documentaries: and .