From a former player

[capclay]

I'm going to post this one ****ing time and move on.

First, to say we are the "laughingstock of college football" is ****ing stupid.

Second, I think it would be best for Bob to move on. I think it would be best for both OU and Bob. For whatever reason, things have gotten stale. Do I think Bob
should be fired? No. But I think he either needs to have a massive staff shakeup or move on to a different job and a fresh start.

No, being in denial about being a laughing stock is the stupid path. Have you listened to any of the Talking Head Gurus of college football since Friday nite? Colin Cowherd actually laughed out loud at Mike's defense v JM and heuple's play calling. Read CFN's recap of the game, they refer to OU as a January Laughing Stock. Reporters are laughing at OU much like they have been laughing at UT, overhyped, overrated and under achieving. The difference between today and the Blake years is everyone knew those OU teams were bad and they lived down to that. Bob's hires and game time adjustments are a joke. That is the definition of a "laughing stock."

[H82Lose]

No, being in denial about being a laughing stock is the stupid path. Have you listened to any of the Talking Head Gurus of college football since Friday nite? Colin Cowherd actually laughed out loud at Mike's defense v JM and heuple's play calling. Read CFN's recap of the game, they refer to OU as a January Laughing Stock. Reporters are laughing at OU much like they have been laughing at UT, overhyped, overrated and under achieving. The difference between today and the Blake years is everyone knew those OU teams were bad and they lived down to that. Bob's hires and game time adjustments are a joke. That is the definition of a "laughing stock."

if you are here to make a point, you should not bring up Colin Cowherd, that guy KNOWS ZERO about college football.

[xunil]

No, being in denial about being a laughing stock is the stupid path. Have you listened to any of the Talking Head Gurus of college football since Friday nite? Colin Cowherd actually laughed out loud at Mike's defense v JM and heuple's play calling. Read CFN's recap of the game, they refer to OU as a January Laughing Stock. Reporters are laughing at OU much like they have been laughing at UT, overhyped, overrated and under achieving. The difference between today and the Blake years is everyone knew those OU teams were bad and they lived down to that. Bob's hires and game time adjustments are a joke. That is the definition of a "laughing stock."

"Talking Head Gurus" .. isn't that an oxymoron?

[nolesooner]

They beat us one ****ing year.

well, they ****ing kicked our **** that one year. Also, if you can't see that they are doing more with less, then you're blind. They literally had 3 QBs play this year...and their QB still ran all over us. OSU can run the ball very well and they can p**** the ball. Give gundy the talent we have, and he would win a national championship.

Please tell me that Bob Stoops would have beaten Stanford last year the way OSU did. That was a GREAT game and a GREAT win against a VERY, VERY good Stanford team last year. I imagine we would have gotten our ****es kicked. After all, we really blew the doors off that great Iowa team in the who gives a **** bowl.

[87sooner]

well, they ****ing kicked our **** that one year. Also, if you can't see that they are doing more with less, then you're blind. They literally had 3 QBs play this year...and their QB still ran all over us. OSU can run the ball very well and they can p**** the ball. Give gundy the talent we have, and he would win a national championship.

Please tell me that Bob Stoops would have beaten Stanford last year the way OSU did. That was a GREAT game and a GREAT win against a VERY, VERY good Stanford team last year. I imagine we would have gotten our ****es kicked. After all, we really blew the doors off that great Iowa team in the who gives a **** bowl.

no he wouldn't ....
because our talent is no better than the talent gundy has now..
that was my point....
gundy is picking up scraps in ok/tx and has just as much talent as we have....

[nolesooner]

no he wouldn't ....
because our talent is no better than the talent gundy has now..
that was my point....
gundy is picking up scraps in ok/tx and has just as much talent as we have....

I wouldn't say that his talent level is as good as ours. Go look at the recruiting classes over the past several years. I think he is getting there though. But one point I will make about recruiting, is maybe they are better at evaluating talent. I know for sure that their o-line coach is a LOT better at coaching at least their o-line much better than ours.

I don't think OSU is on OUs level in terms of prestige. However, I think that they are making the case for their school to be as attractive to go to as OUs. We can't really sell the whole "win championships at OU" anymore.

[zevogolf]

OUR talent level is NOT getting better, the talent level is falling behind those in the top ten this year. Hell we barely beat teams not in the top 20!!!!

[AmericanMuscle]

I wouldn't say that his talent level is as good as ours. Go look at the recruiting classes over the past several years. I think he is getting there though. But one point I will make about recruiting, is maybe they are better at evaluating talent. I know for sure that their o-line coach is a LOT better at coaching at least their o-line much better than ours.

I don't think OSU is on OUs level in terms of prestige. However, I think that they are making the case for their school to be as attractive to go to as OUs. We can't really sell the whole "win championships at OU" anymore.

Recruiting rankings mean squat. The only people that pimp recruiting rankings are the people who charge money for their recruiting information. Bill Snyder has crappy recruiting classes every year but he still seems to win 10 games a year.

[Nazgul]

Recruiting rankings mean squat. The only people that pimp recruiting rankings are the people who charge money for their recruiting information. Bill Snyder has crappy recruiting classes every year but he still seems to win 10 games a year.

Yeah, Bama and KSU get the same type of players.

[DirtySouth_Sooner]

Recruiting rankings mean squat. The only people that pimp recruiting rankings are the people who charge money for their recruiting information. Bill Snyder has crappy recruiting classes every year but he still seems to win 10 games a year.

news flash AM ... most schools use recruiting agencies too, including OU. I know, i worked there. sure the rankings are for public interest/revenue but the evaluations that lead to the ranks are used but a lot of programs. we've offered over 50 kids for the 2014 cl**** already. guess what, a lot of these offers were given due to "can't miss prospect" from these services you bash. another thing that's NOT a coincidence, ALL are either 4/5 stars, NONE are 2/3 stars.

[nolesooner]

Recruiting rankings mean squat. The only people that pimp recruiting rankings are the people who charge money for their recruiting information. Bill Snyder has crappy recruiting classes every year but he still seems to win 10 games a year.

Recruiting rankings mean more than squat! Some people give them too much credit, but to discount them is stupid. There is a reason that good recruiting classes end up with better seasons.

[BKSOONERS]

It's time for all for OKlahoma fans to wake up and smell the coffee. This product that we are putting on the field is a long ways away from even contending for a BCS bowl game. This will basically be the 3rd straight year we have finished the year ranked around 15th nationally. It's hard to have any positive feelings towards this staff when you see how they are striking out on the recruiting trail. Even most of the recruits recognize we are a pretender and not a contender. Maybe Bob will get the Cleveland Browns job and we can start over with someone who cares. We've got to many prima donnas.

[nolesooner]

It's time for all for OKlahoma fans to wake up and smell the coffee. This product that we are putting on the field is a long ways away from even contending for a BCS bowl game. This will basically be the 3rd straight year we have finished the year ranked around 15th nationally. It's hard to have any positive feelings towards this staff when you see how they are striking out on the recruiting trail. Even most of the recruits recognize we are a pretender and not a contender. Maybe Bob will get the Cleveland Browns job and we can start over with someone who cares. We've got to many prima donnas.

Unless we are playing an unranked big east team.

[87sooner]

It's time for all for OKlahoma fans to wake up and smell the coffee. This product that we are putting on the field is a long ways away from even contending for a BCS bowl game. This will basically be the 3rd straight year we have finished the year ranked around 15th nationally. It's hard to have any positive feelings towards this staff when you see how they are striking out on the recruiting trail. Even most of the recruits recognize we are a pretender and not a contender. Maybe Bob will get the Cleveland Browns job and we can start over with someone who cares. We've got to many prima donnas.

hogwash....
we were one win away from the fiesta bowl....and that was a game we should have won....
so you're the one that needs to wake up and smell the coffee..

[tcrb]

hogwash....
we were one win away from the fiesta bowl....and that was a game we should have won....
so you're the one that needs to wake up and smell the coffee..

Do you believe that this team would have fared any better against Oregon?

[nolesooner]

hogwash....
we were one win away from the fiesta bowl....and that was a game we should have won....
so you're the one that needs to wake up and smell the coffee..

We are usually in contension for a BCS bowl game by the sole purpose of playing in a horrible conference. However, we are a long way from being competitive in those BCS games against equal or better competition. Oregon would have kicked our ****es up and down the field just as bad (if not worse) than aTm did.

[Master Pandemonium]

Recruiting rankings mean squat. The only people that pimp recruiting rankings are the people who charge money for their recruiting information. Bill Snyder has crappy recruiting classes every year but he still seems to win 10 games a year.

I think recruiting is overrated but this is sad. Is this what it has become? Comparing the University of Oklahoma's talent level to Kansas State's? Last time I checked KSU got rolled by Arkansas and Oregon in back to back bowl games. They are not the standard, and how far have we fallen when we have justified stooping to that level.

[SoonerDan74012]

Do you believe that this team would have fared any better against Oregon?

It would've made the USC game look competitve compared to what they would've done.

[soonerbldr]

hogwash....
we were one win away from the fiesta bowl....and that was a game we should have won....
so you're the one that needs to wake up and smell the coffee..

Good lord can you imagine how many points Oregon would have scored on this team?

[SoonerPT]

Good lord can you imagine how many points Oregon would have scored on this team?

about the same as a&m.

[87sooner]

We are usually in contension for a BCS bowl game by the sole purpose of playing in a horrible conference. However, we are a long way from being competitive in those BCS games against equal or better competition. Oregon would have kicked our ****es up and down the field just as bad (if not worse) than aTm did.

i disagree....
we were competitive with nd.....
until questionable officiating turned the tide...

[OU48A]

about the same as a&m.

No it would have been a lot more….
Because of Bob’s friendship with the A&M coach they took it easy on us….. Oregon would have scored a lot more just to make a point.

[SoonerPT]

No it would have been a lot more….
Because of Bob’s friendshipwith the A&M coach they took it easy on us….. Oregon would have scored alot more just to make a point.

Subjective and I disagree, KSU D isn't any better than Bob and Mike's.

[OU48A]

OU’s current DT situation has OU a very long way from beating top 5 types of teams

[OU48A]

Subjective and I disagree, KSU D isn't any better than Bob and Mike's.

KSU is better than OU in the trenches

[nolesooner]

i disagree....
we were competitive with nd.....
until questionable officiating turned the tide...

We still couldn't get it done. We made STUPID mistakes and couldn't run the ball effectively. I won't argue about some questionable officiating, but when was the last BCS bowl game that we played well in? I could say we played well against UF, but again we shot ourselves in the foot. We are not an elite team any longer.

[87sooner]

We still couldn't get it done. We made STUPID mistakes and couldn't run the ball effectively. I won't argue about some questionable officiating, but when was the last BCS bowl game that we played well in? I could say we played well against UF, but again we shot ourselves in the foot. We are not an elite team any longer.

we were not an elite team this year.....
our o-line and defense are the reasons....
that said....we were not far from beating everyone on our schedule...including nd .....

[nolesooner]

we were not an elite team this year.....
our o-line and defense are the reasons....
that said....we were not far from beating everyone on our schedule...including nd .....

We were VERY far from beating aTm.

We were also very close to losing to WVU, OSU, and played very close to ISU and Baylor. It works both ways 87.

Oh yeah...and we just cancelled our scheduled junior day. Things are going so well in Norman right now.

[warrenpiece]

Alright I am going to myself up for ridicule, but here goes.....
I think we have some bright spots Offensive recruiting for skill postions has been a big positive. OL did well cosidering the injuries. We do develop a lot of 3 star talent into NFL players, also good. But starting in 04 we were recruiting big time talent and a lot of it left or were dismissed. Could have been level of competition saw people transfer, but there were a lot of attitude and character issues in those 4 and 5 star players. Dissappointed we cannot see those problems early or maybe it is the coaches. I don't know.

Now for the rant.....

I am tired of seeing 4 seconds on the snap clock in a supposed hurry up offense. Get the play to the QB or allow/teach him to make a call.
Also tired of seeing DL and LB's running directly into blocks on p**** rush, hey teach a swim move or a spin move or lower leverage off the edge.
Hey LB's man up and come off of a block on run plays scuse me LB.
DB's wrap up.
Apparently running a gimmick offense allows opponents with a 1 month layoff to scheme against you. A little more talent or new wrinkles in O and D schemes might work also.
Recruiting: Under Armour game we had one player teams with teams with 4 or more recruits in the game? FL, AL, ATM, Aub, MI, OHSt. Very few undecideds have us listed at all.
Still have hope, but it is waning. Starting to feel like we are where the Whorns were 5 years ago. Dark days my friends.

[warrenpiece]

Wow, my longest post ever. Guess I had a lot on my chest.

[Nazgul]

Wow, my longest post ever. Guess I had a lot on my chest.

Dont worry. Nobody will read it.

[warrenpiece]

Dont worry. Nobody will read it.

I know, but I feel better already.

[SMC]

You guys know, that outside of the SEC and this general region, nobody really gives that much of a **** about college football right? Therefore we are only a laughingstock for a small portion of the country really...They like it other places, but it is not their passion.

Also,

It is just a game....these are just kids, 85% of whom will not go past this level, which is more than likely a higher level than you if you are posting in this thread.

THis is not life nor death for any of you.

Step away from the tv and internet and get some fresh air.

[nolesooner]

You guys know, that outside of the SEC and this general region, nobody really gives that much of a **** about college football right? Therefore we are only a laughingstock for a small portion of the country really...They like it other places, but it is not their passion.

Also,

It is just a game....these are just kids, 85% of whom will not go past this level, which is more than likely a higher level than you if you are posting in this thread.

THis is not life nor death for any of you.

Step away from the tv and internet and get some fresh air.

Says the poster with over 5,000 posts.

[SMC]

Says the poster with over 5,000 posts.

I gotta do something at work Nole.

[Palmbeachsooner]

I gotta do something at work Nole.

Fries are burning

[SMC]

Fries are burning

The government hasn't seized your computer yet?

[Palmbeachsooner]

The government hasn't seized your computer yet?

It is a billion dollar industry fool.

[SMC]

It is a billion dollar industry fool.

Which fast food giant are you working for?*

*also, why did you feel the need to tell me you were burning fries?

[Palmbeachsooner]

I'm working the window. Shaneequah told me you were on the fries!

[SMC]

I'm working the window. Shaneequah told me you were on the fries!

THat lying ****.

[AmericanMuscle]

I think recruiting is overrated but this is sad. Is this what it has become? Comparing the University of Oklahoma's talent level to Kansas State's? Last time I checked KSU got rolled by Arkansas and Oregon in back to back bowl games. They are not the standard, and how far have we fallen when we have justified stooping to that level.

Whats sad is your reading comprehension, or lack thereof. I never compared our talent to KSU. I used KSU as a prime example of a program who never has highly ranked recruiting classes yet wins a lot of games.