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  1. They should take him anyway, even if he has to stay in the parking lot.
  2. How does this make any sense? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41679128/barry-switzer-87-king-norman “Previous coaches” would have been (in reverse order) John Blake (played for Switzer, coached under Switzer, got the OU job because Switzer needed badly to move him out of the Cowboys locker), Schnellenberger (at OU for one year, while Switzer was “coaching” the Dallas Cowboys), and Gary Gibbs (played for Switzer and coached under Switzer). What the hell is Stoops meaning?
  3. I’ve been to every home game this year. I have been going to home games for over forty years, and the occasional road game. Texas, in my opinion, has a sneaky home advantage. This is not the fanbase that is hostile to visitors, but it is a fanbase that is engaged and knows the cheers. I have seen eras when “Texas-Fight” was weaponized, and then periods (like now) when just regular noise is emphasized. Walking to the stadium, I was a little worried. There just was not as much pre game attendance outside, not as much energy. Many fewer tailgates, many fewer people milling around. Was this a different fanbase segment showing up? And then, the game. This was one of the more actively engaged crowds I’ve seen. It got really loud (Look, we’re not Aggies, we don’t claim noise makes a huge difference. To me, the best you get from noise is annoying the opposing offense and encouraging your defense, for what it’s worth- which is probably about half a point on average). I have never seen as many stay for “The Eyes of Texas” before.
  4. I have been to three B12 CGs, one UT-UCLA and one Cowboys- Titans (yea, VY) game there. My sweet spot (Im cheap) is the 300 level. I don’t watch the screen unless I want to. In the 400 level, you don’t have a choice.
  5. I liked his opportunistic scrambles. “Playoff Quinn” under that this is single elimination, win or go home, no tomorrow. We can win with this play.
  6. (There is a possibility that the 21 year old college student just grabbed the tie clip he had from the drawer, and there is an equally good chance of him wearing one that says “General Electric 20 Years”)
  7. So, the last time that OU won a postseason playoff game was January, 2001. TAMU, of course, has never won a postseason playoff game. TCU won one NYE 2022.
  8. I guess everyone knows that Alabama AD Greg Byrne is the son of ex Nebraska, ex TAMU AD BIL Byrne. Oh, how I miss Bill Byrne’s weekly missives to the Aggie faithful, updating them on the climb to supremacy and the eternal struggle against their “friends to the west” (that would be us, and no, he really didn’t mean ‘friends’)
  9. Yeah, but I was looking at the thread on the guy who killed Brian Thompson, and thought that the “CR standards” have been widened by a bunch. On my post above, I note a couple of documented facts, and ask if they are a factor. Is that CR-ing a DT thread? Nevermind. It’s not worth it. I deleted my post.
  10. Gotta be over two years, right?
  11. Let’s see…Venables was at Clemson when Mayfield was at OU. Lincoln Riley was Mayfield’s OC and then HC. I’m not sure what real info Mayfield could offer. Maybe he offered to be Mareer’s friend?
  12. Can you imagine that pitch? ”Come on, man, don’t be an asshole. Sign with the Sooners. If you sign with Miami, don’t think I won’t be dogging your ass on social media every chance I get. Hey, they’ll give you a statue!”
  13. I’m sure it will happen, now. They have their QB. They have a plan for 2025. (It would have been fun if they didn’t)
  14. I don’t know that Nicholas was lucky enough to get shot in the head or heart. The shooters were all drunk and shot wildly. I feel sorry for the children and servants.
  15. OU has signed WRs Keontez Lewis and Javonnie Gibson out of the portal, over the last couple of days.
  16. I don’t think anyone would believe it. Per Stassen.com, from 1999-2021 (Stoops and Riley tenures), OU won 246 games, five more than the next FBS team (Boise), 15 more than the next P4 team (tOSU). Venables’ seat is red hot. Arbuckle’s acceptance of the OC job is either a pure money grab or an idiotic decision. A lot of other jobs are better
  17. it has to be an interesting coaching office dynamic. Arbuckle was hired for his offense, sure, but also for his QB. Presumably, Arbuckle didn’t make any promises he couldn’t keep, but he had to be seen as an asset in wooing Mateer. If Arbuckle does all he can, and Miami makes a more persuasive case (they have a lot going for them), then OU goes back to the portal and tries to find another QB. It would be disappointing for them to fail to capitalize on this portal cycle with the WRs, but they would go forward knowing they took their best shot. Now, imagine- Arbuckle actually makes a play for the WSU HC job, doesn’t get it but in trying, drives Mateer away (if Arbuckle spends more than a couple of days as a candidate, Mateer is an idiot if he doesn’t run). How does the program view their OC then? Probably pretty similar to how they viewed Lebby after he dressed Art Briles in Crimson and Cream and invited him down on the field. And, we all agree, right(?), that if Arbuckle leaves and OU has no new OC and no new WRs, Mateer is absolutely out. OU would find themselves back on square one, needing a new OC before they could do anything. As I see it, the Sooner program badly needs Arbuckle to not be a candidate, and to not be one right fucking now.
  18. I wouldn’t swear by Blevins’ credibility, but …
  19. Sure. Arbuckle was hired on 12-2, by OU. The portal opened on 12-9. I know Mateer is likely to sign with the Sooners, but this is 12-18 and there is not a single good reason for this not to have been complete by last Friday. Time is not on OU’s side.
  20. He’s probably making a little over a million per year at OU, and would get over twice that as HC at WSU. Also, I’m sure it’s not lost on him how precarious his OU job is past one year. Venables could be done in November.
  21. The WSU coach being hired by WF… You would think Arbuckle wouldn’t be a candidate for the WSU job, except that he might come with his own (returning) QB… This is one hell of a wild card. It’s fun to see how it’s played.
  22. I am just guessing, but…if a school like Tech overpays for a good-not-great DT, won’t the NIL agents get in the ears of other (good to great) DTs languishing on rosters without retention funds dedicated? Wouldn’t that drive more DTs out into the spring portal?
  23. That’s an interesting premise, but even if they manage to SMU their way to the top 10, … how are they going to get the attendance and TV ratings that are the true differentiators?
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