Finally the game will be early in the day!

OU vs Baylor

And you're happy abou this? Rooster kickoffs are for the birds!!

waco is around 288 miles south of okc. let's be generous and say it'll take you 2 hours... that means you'd average 144mph.

-M

If I recall correctly from other threads, I think bluedogok is from Austin.

And for all of infinity, no-one has ever, or will ever speed to get to Waco.

bluedog lives in south austin.

if by tough time you meant held them to 4.8 yards per pass attempt and 1.6 yards per rush attempt and won 63 to 13 then you are right
what i meant is exactly what brent v and company said... they had a tough time with houston and (jokingly) asked bob not to schedule houston again.

waco is around 288 miles south of okc. let's be generous and say it'll take you 2 hours... that means you'd average 144mph.

-M
I live in South Austin as edcrunk posted. I moved down here in 2003 from OKC, I lived 37 of my almost 45 years in OKC and my family still lives there.

I had some "other" things come up and couldn't make a morning kickoff so I am watching it now. If it would have been a later kick I could have made it, I didn't want to get there 30 minutes into the game after driving 100 miles to get there.

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ok, ok... that makes sense. you get off this time. : )

as an ou alum, i'm ashamed to say this... austin would be at the top of my list if i were to move away from okc. from what i've experienced, it's a great city.

as for today's game... i was pleased to see some improvement in our place-kicking... nice to see some touchbacks for a change.

-M

Interestingly, OU is 10 points shy of being the first program to reach 30,000 points.

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ok, ok... that makes sense. you get off this time. : )

as an ou alum, i'm ashamed to say this... austin would be at the top of my list if i were to move away from okc. from what i've experienced, it's a great city.
Other than my first 6 months in Altus and the 2 years I lived in Dallas (91-93) I lived in OKC my entire life until I moved down here to get married (she's a Texas Tech grad so we have the common disdain of orange, whether burnt or safety). My wife's job is a bit more specialized and I figured finding an architecture job would be a little bit easier for me than finding her type of job in OKC. Finding one was a bit more difficult at first so I worked for my old firm in Dallas for 4 months. They wanted us to move up there but after a few weeks I knew that I had no desire to move back to Dallas.

I like it here, except for the heat this year, we have been looking at land in Lago Vista on the north side of Lake Travis. The Hill Country has some very nice motorcycle riding areas. As far as UT being here, I rarely get by the campus and most of the people in Austin anymore has no connection to the university. Austin is no longer a "college town", it is a city with a college in it. Sure you see a bunch of orange around here but the Whorn fans here are not near as bad as I faced living in Dallas. It seems they further they get away from here, the worse they get. The other places that I would consider moving to are Denver or Boston, ther eis just something that I like about both.


as for today's game... i was pleased to see some improvement in our place-kicking... nice to see some touchbacks for a change.

-M
From what I heard it was pretty windy there today and I know it was down here as well. That seemed to help but the coverage seemed to be much better overall.

Has anyone else noticed that there just seems to be more passion in this years team that has been missing for awhile?

I was surprised how much tougher the Baylors had gotten, but the result still brought another win for the Sooners.

One thing that I am unhappy with bad decision making is at the very end, the Sooners failed to kick for a 3 points field goal to boost the score over 50. They decided to go for a touchdown and failed.

Hazel, #15, is downright horrible. Sorry, I just hope that Sam don't get another wicked concussion injury.

It looks like Texas won't lose aganist Colorado, so OU will get the pleasure of being the first to shatter Texas' this year's dream.

I was surprised how much tougher the Baylors had gotten, but the result still brought another win for the Sooners.
That is the best looking Baylor team that I have seen in a long time, I think Briles could make them into a competitive program.



It looks like Texas won't lose aganist Colorado, so OU will get the pleasure of being the first to shatter Texas' this year's dream.
Most of the Whorns that I know are expecting a loss...I don't expect it to be easy, although I would love it if it is.

i think we'll catch them off guard (like we have most everyone else) in the first quarter with our no huddle... but i expect them to stay competitive til the end. i'm expecting (or more accurately... hoping for) an exciting game... all the games so far have been kinda boring.

anyone else not as impressed with the sec this year? i would be willing to bet that it could be number 1 vs number 2 in the big 12 championship this year.

Its that magical time of the year again. Boomer sooner.

YouTube - ALL SEASON LONG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz6LVj_QdG4)

YouTube - OU/Texas Political Ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxV7J0HLQ1s)

YouTube - Texas Sucks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYOpfTWXEjg)

YouTube - TEXAS SUCKS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANzv5ogv1w)

YouTube - The College Football Tour Guy - Episode 6 - Texas/OU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P18PvLwqHo)

YouTube - What's the difference??!!!! Texas sucks. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBGQMCGWwmE)

turn down the sound before you play this one....

Watch Sooners, Cowboys and Jay Leno - Coverage and Analysis Video - FanDome (http://longhorns.fandome.com/watch/87072/Sooners-Cowboys-and-Jay-Leno/)

One word. Sad.

and after losing to Texas, Stoops still makes over $6 million this season..

His little brother was the real fire behind the team in the years where they could win the big game..

Bob,
Bring Back Mike!!!

or Joe,
Fire Bob!!!

i think it's kind of funny...

i think it's kind of funny...

Spoken like a true Texan.

i've lived in oklahoma my whole life...

Was one of the more entertaining games for sure...Loss of Reynolds completely changed the game...Linebacker was a question mark coming into the season and it will be a definite problem from here on out

Loss stings for sure but the loss of Reynolds hurts even worse...Feel horrible since I'm not sure he can come back from a 3rd knee injury

think I'll just leave as bummed, but not terribly surprised

Was one of the more entertaining games for sure...Loss of Reynolds completely changed the game...Linebacker was a question mark coming into the season and it will be a definite problem from here on out.

I agree that the loss of Reynolds was a major blow on the defensive side of things, but I also think that OU slowed their no-huddle offense WAY down by constantly looking to the sidelines for the next play. It was neither fish nor fowl. Yes, they weren't huddling, but they were taking almost as much time as if they had and they were giving Texas a chance to re-group and catch their breath. They weren't keeping them off-balance. I think that's partly what kept OU from being able to answer Texas' scores.

His little brother was the real fire behind the team in the years where they could win the big game..

Bob,
Bring Back Mike!!!

or Joe,
Fire Bob!!!

Bring Back Mike.....never gonna happen. Mike is a great coach and this year he is finally showing his potential as a head coach. Arizona has shown steady improvement since he took over the hc's job, and are on target to go to their first bowl game in over a decade. He will never be an assistant coach again. That said, I always thought it was a mistake to let him go in the first place. It would be great to have the Stoops brothers on the sidelines together.

"Fire Bob"......... Are you crazy????? And just who do you suggest would be a better head coach than Bob? Check his stats.

I know the loss to Texas stunk, but whats the shame in occasionally losing to one of the best teams in the country. Fire a coach because his team lost to the #1 team in the country??????? kinda tuff dontcha think?

OU didn't play that bad, in fact I thought it was a good game (despite the outcome). And I think the rest of the country and the poll voters agree with me, otherwise why did OU only fall three spots in the AP? ..... Because they saw OU as a great team play a great game and lost to a great opponent. In a rivalry game, against a heisman trophy candidate (although Sam was better), with some bad calls (not the reason we lost), and missing one of their best players.

OU made some bad decisions on play calls, (ie...fake punt from 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage on 4th and 6), the special teams are very very unspecial, and Texas played a great game plan. So we lost. I was disappointed in the time it took to run our "no-huddle" offense as well; as TaoMaas mentioned. That needs to be addressed in this weeks meetings, and Im sure it will be.

If we absolutely positively have to have a scape-goat to fire....maybe we should look at the special teams coach (Chris Wilson). How many times have teams run kickoffs and punts back for touchdowns this season against OU? I've lost count already. Take away that 96 yard Texas return, and OUs right back in the game.

Not to mention the OU interception in the endzone that was never called. (sorry I had to get that in somewhere...sour grapes I know)

OU can still win the BigXII south, the Big XII title, and a national championship this year. And it doesn't take a whole lot of imagination to figure out how. It would help tremendously if Mizzou beats Texas this weekend however. So we'll need to win out...maybe playing highly ranked OSU and TT teams, then beat Mizzou in KC. And we'll need help from Mizzou, Texas Tech, and OSU. + a loss by PSU and/or Alabama.

I for one am not ready to call the season a failure. Boomer Sooner

Football Rankings - NCAA.com (http://www.ncaa.com/default.php?id=216)

Still waiting for the polls to update. They're taking forever.

I noticed that BCS was removed and the Harris is inserted.

OU IS GETTING SO PREDICTABLE! this started back during the peterson days, itis always first down and ADRIAN UP THE MIDDLE. How about some changing up the plays maybe a shovel pass or a screen on first down, it just gets so annoying. Demarco murray is a much better receiver now than having him as a back,he looks like he is scared or not healed up enough to run up the middle. Our offensive line could not block a group of 12 year olds right now it seems as though bradford is running for his life every play.

Big play BOB needs to keep the game full speed it seems to wear a good defense down.


I love my sooners just needed to vent a little.

O-K I FEEL BETTER NOW! WHEW

Anyone see the article in the Oklahoman about a Possible OU rematch with Texas in Miami? http://newsok.com/oklahoma-texas-meeting-in-bcs-national-title-game-a-possibility/article/3313400/?custom_click=lead_story_title and Tramels blog. An OU-Texas rematch (http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/10/15/an-ou-texas-rematch/)

Big game tonight.
Should be an easy OU win, but this is a statement game for Nebraska. It'd be nice to see them back in control of the Big 12 north and restore the prominence of the match-up. And also, we have to root for Texas Tech. They win tonight, and if we beat them in a couple weeks, we'll have a 3-way tie in the south division. Thats our best shot at the national title game.

We will have both games on tonight, my wife is a Texas Tech grad.....if they stay undefeated until the OU-Tech game, that will make our visit up there for the game interesting.

I was shocked to learn that OU play Nebraska this year. I thought it would be next year. I think this game will not be heated, because Nebraska is pretty much unstable. This should be an easy win.

I'm hoping that Texas Tech beat Texas. Gawd, Texas killed OSU. I wanted OSU to defeat Texas. This is embarassing.

OU is #4 on all 3 polls.

So....
Tech upset texas.
Now, the Sooners need OSU to beat Tech next Saturday.
And the Sooners MUST win out!

Oh Gawd! That was nerve-frying the last minute of the game!

Oh Gawd! That was nerve-frying the last minute of the game!

It was great!

Tech did well. Pokes did better than well. Sooners had a very fortunate first quarter and did fine the other three, which was good to see as well.

Not used to noting this, but the Pokes look to be very strong the next two weeks. I'm certain that prospect pleases my niece way more than it does her unkie.

The Pokes are fairly strong this year but will have to focus on serious competition each of the next two weeks. That's a plus as it will subtract from their prep time for bedlam, also they'll be somewhat worn down from the schedule.

#6??????

Why is OU #6 on BCS and Texas way up there?!

Number 1 lost a nailbiter, and only barely. Not a huge fall results. Tech played strong and got a leap of respect for toppling numero uno. OU trashed neb in the first quarter but pretty much played slightly better than even the other 3 quarters against a team that was not real impressive all in all. A few other interesting games also impacted the results, Just like some Floridians will have an impact on tuesday in a different capacity.

I would of thought 5 myself, but I'm not shocked at 6.

So....
Tech upset texas.
Now, the Sooners need OSU to beat Tech next Saturday.
And the Sooners MUST win out!

For OU to make it to the Big XII championship game they need Tech to beat OSU. Then for OU to win out against A&M, Tech and OSU. In that scenario OU, Texas, and Tech would end in a three way tie with one loss each. The highest ranked team would then get the nod. Which should be OU (having beaten two top ten teams in their last two games of the season) If OSU beats tech then OU wins out it would be a two way tie between OU and Texas which would give Texas the big XII south championship since they beat OU head to head.


Oh Gawd! That was nerve-frying the last minute of the game!

I take pride in myself for never leaving a game early. I hate it when people start leavin the stadium at halftime of a blowout. BUT.....

Saturday night we did leave at halftime to go watch the end of the Texas-Texas Tech game on the bigscreen at Oconells. And I'm glad I did for two reasons. 1. Oconells "south" will be closing at the end of this season, and love it or hate it Oconells has been an OU tradition for decades and I wanted to at least go there one more time. and 2. The Texas-Texas Tech game was one of the most exciting and best played games I ever saw.

The atmosphere at Oconells at the end of the Texas game was electric. There must have been 2-3000 people lined up on Lidsay street watching the game. After Texas took the lead with 1:28 left the crowd was as quiet as I've ever seen that many people. But when Tech made that last drive down the feild the crowd roared at every play. And when they threw that last pass with 1 second remaining to go ahead the crowd went crazy. (mad at myself for not filming the crowd at that point....it was awesome) Then the crowd exploded again after Tech recovered the ball to end the game.

I don't think I've ever seen a crowd pull for a team to win....knowing that if that team won it would drop their team in the polls...(which we all knew would happen) You can't drop Texas below OU in the polls...they beat us, I am a little surprised they moved Florida ahead of OU though. Grrrr. But if OU wins out and the other teams help (as mentioned above) then OU still has a shot at the NC game in Miami. We still need Alabama to lose to LSU Then for someone to beat Florida.

You're right westsidesooner,
I wrote that saturday night in a stupor and meant to phrase it the other way.

I'll admit that I leave games a bit early sometimes, but thats typically when my mom wants to use one of our tickets.

I agree that Florida is a few spots overrated, but Alabama and Penn State are really overrated. I think any of the top 15 big 12 teams would beat those teams.

np jstanthmme

I would have posted something Saturday night when I got home too but my hands were too sore from clapping and from high-fiveing everyone in Norman. Surprised I still have a voice after those games. You are right...Alabama is overrated. Their best win was against a now 2 loss Georgia team. Penn States best win is against a 2 loss Ohio state team which got destroyed by USC. And check out the rest of their schedule...coastal carolina, temple, oregon state. My biggest beef though is Florida being ranked above OU. OUs only loss was to Texas, Florida loss was at home to....(5-4) Ole Miss. Floridas best win was against a two loss # 13 Georgia. Same for USC...you cant lose to Oregon state and still be in the NC hunt. The national media seems to have a love affair with the SEC. Same thing with ESPN and Colt Mccoy..hes a great QB, but not worth a 10 minute heisman promo every saturday on gameday. Sams numbers are better than Colts.

Regardless this year is one of the most exciting in recent memory for college football. Win the NC or not Its a fun season.

Oklahoma Sooners Official Athletic Site - Football (http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/okla-m-footbl-sched.html)

That link will give you the station and game times, once they are announced.

:congrats:

OU plays Texas A&M at 2:30pm on ABC.

:ou2

Not happy with the way they ended the game. They could've gone for the touchdown or at least kick for 3. OU gives up too easily when they're far ahead, which is a disappointment. They need to push it, work all they got to remain a contender.

Now, which is better...

Tech wins vs OSU or the other way around? Not sure which is best, but do hope that OU defeat both of them.

Now, would someone explain why OU is off next week? We already had an off week and now we get this historic 2 off weeks? That hurts us big time. Isn't every team suppose to have equal amount of matches?

Now, would someone explain why OU is off next week? We already had an off week and now we get this historic 2 off weeks? That hurts us big time. Isn't every team suppose to have equal amount of matches?

I think it has something to do with the Bedlam game being the last weekend of November.

Everyone is playing 12 regular season games, OU has traditionally tried to have a week off before the Big 12 Championship Game but the conference has moved the OU-OSU game to Thanksgiving weekend for TV pretty much every year. That is why they end up with an open week (or two) in the season.

If you keep the hammer down in every game all the time then you end up with the negative media backlash like what occurred after some in the media slammed OU for beating A&M 77-0 year ago, they didn't watch the game and didn't see Paul Thompson pretty much going to a knee inside the A&M 20 in the late third or early fourth quarter. You need some media help to get into the BCS game if you don;t win all of them. I do think the team tends to go into a "second quarter swoon" when they run out to a quick lead, and it gets a bit frustrating. Easing up in the fourth is a different thing entirely and understandable.

I agree with bluedog. Aggie fans are still up in arms about our having score 77 on them, accusing Stoops of intentionally running up the score. Yesterday - even with Hazle - we had to work at one point to NOT score. When you are up by 45+ points, it really is bad manners to keep scoring, especially late in the 4th quarter.

Glad we have the week off to rest. Not glad that Tech has that same week off. November 22nd is going to be a big, Big, BIG game. Wouldn't surprise me if it were a SportsCenter game....

It will probably be the ABC 7:00 game on the 22nd, we will be there for it. My wife is a Tech grad so we come up for that one and use my dad's OU season tix every other year when the game is in Norman. Most of the Tech games that we have come up for since I moved to Austin has been a night game, she just hopes it isn't too cold.

It will probably be the ABC 7:00 game on the 22nd, we will be there for it. My wife is a Tech grad so we come up for that one and use my dad's OU season tix every other year when the game is in Norman. Most of the Tech games that we have come up for since I moved to Austin has been a night game, she just hopes it isn't too cold.

YEP I just checked ESPN and the game is going to be a 7 pm kickoff on ABC. On the good side that will give the crowd plenty of time to "prepare" for the game. On the down side it could be pretty darn chilly. I'll be there regardless......cold weather is perfect for big games in November. It should be one heck of a game. Boomer Sooner.

Last game at home for Bradford?...Weak QB class and several mock drafts have him going to KC at #3

He only has to look back at Brian Brohm with Louisville who stayed another year and dropped from a possible top 5 pick in '07 to being taken 56th in '08

Hope Sam doesn't read okctalk :chef:

Wasn't something that I expected!

At the end, when they ran into the cheerleaders, I knew, they were avoiding the touchdown. That's when I told mom, don't expect a touchdown.

The announcers, they were talking if OU would hang 70+ on Texas Tech and one was saying that the only thing that matters in BCS is style points. Can someone explain the definition of style points?

OMG OMG OMG WE ACTUALLY WON!!!!!!!!!

if your 2nd and 3rd stringers can hang points on a board, that's not bad manners, that's bad defense, nothing more, nothing less. Now if you're pounding away with your first team late ina game and you are 40 points plus up, that's plain stupid

Alabama and Florida didn't play, but don't expect them to drop, cuz Texas Tech didn't drop last week. I expect OU to be #3.

Now, look at how good Texas Tech were and immediately they failed. I hope the same can be said for Alabama.

Wasn't something that I expected!

At the end, when they ran into the cheerleaders, I knew, they were avoiding the touchdown. That's when I told mom, don't expect a touchdown.

The announcers, they were talking if OU would hang 70+ on Texas Tech and one was saying that the only thing that matters in BCS is style points. Can someone explain the definition of style points?

OMG OMG OMG WE ACTUALLY WON!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. Ouch! But congrats anyway. Your boys played well. Really well.

OMG OMG OMG OMG

I just went onto channeloklahoma.com (KOCO News 5) and first thing plastered right there was OU JUMPS TO 2ND IN AP POLL!

Thankfully Alabama and Florida will play eachother. That will eliminate either of them from the top. Unless Auburn or Florida State beats them to it. And of course, OU has to beat osu.

Well, OU only has .06 to make up in the computers to jump Texas.
That should happen with a convincing win over OSU.
The best part is, Texas needs OU to win so they have a shot at the conference title. Of course, they can't overlook A&M.

My wish: OU wins the conference title, and wins the rematch with Texas for the national title, in Miami. of course, this scenario requires help from Auburn plus some others, but that would be really cool.

Alabama and Florida didn't play, but don't expect them to drop, cuz Texas Tech didn't drop last week. I expect OU to be #3.
Well, Florida did have a game against The Citadel, which is a Division I-AA team on par with Tenn-Chattanooga. Florida won 70-19.

We got back to Austin about 7:00 tonite, we saw many cars with OU or Tech stuff heading back south on the drive back. I don't recall any others with both like ours.

I remain confused on how OU can have a shot at the conference title, assuming the Pokes don't make my confusion moot.

OU - 1 loss, same as Texas, but OU lost to Texas.
Assuming both win out, doesn't Texas, by virtue of the earlier whupping on OU go represent south division in Big 12 championship? Doesn't OU need A&M to be a mega spoiler here, as well as needing to get past the Pokes (no assurance on that one this year)

I don't really care who won, OU or Texas. They both lost a game. Didn't Texas Tech killed Texas? If so, Texas couldn't even do anything. OU did! OU must play in Big 12 Championship, we need another game to boost the points for bid at BCS.

I remain confused on how OU can have a shot at the conference title, assuming the Pokes don't make my confusion moot.

OU - 1 loss, same as Texas, but OU lost to Texas.
Assuming both win out, doesn't Texas, by virtue of the earlier whupping on OU go represent south division in Big 12 championship? Doesn't OU need A&M to be a mega spoiler here, as well as needing to get past the Pokes (no assurance on that one this year)


I heard a quote from Coach Stoops that I liked. He said that if they feel they can't rate OU ahead of Texas because of our loss, then they shouldn't rate Texas ahead of Tech for the same reason.

Moot point now, as TT has two losses. But come the day after turkey day, if OU and Texas are the only two teams in the south division with one loss, and OU's loss is to Texas, I don't understand how OU can take the division. Maybe end up playing Texas in a BCS, sure, I see that can happen, but OU in the Big 12 Championship game is where I don't follow. It seems Texas takes the south outright, again assuming both win out this month.

moot point now, as tt has two losses.

as of 11/22 texas tech has one loss... ou handed them their first loss of the season. that's the only thing keeping ou in the hunt for the big 12 championship.


assuming both win out, doesn't texas, by virtue of the earlier whupping on ou go represent south division in big 12 championship?

yes... but what's happening this season is more complex. in the big xii south there are currently three teams with one loss... ut, tt & ou. ut beat ou. tt beat ut. ou beat tt. normally, the team that won head-to-head would represent the south division, but this 'perfect storm' creates a three-way tie, an endless loop of who beat who. in such a situation, the team with the highest bcs ranking is chosen as a tie-breaker. ut is currently #2 in the bcs followed very closely by ou.

given that each of those three teams wins their final season game... tt stays around #8 having beaten unranked baylor. ut doesn't move much having beaten unranked texas a&m. ou nudges out ut in the bcs having beaten #12 osu. ou is ahead of ut in the bcs and therefore represents the big xii south.

tt beating baylor is pretty much a certainty. surprisingly, ut has lost to a&m in their last two meetings... so they could be handed another surprise... but they do have the advantage of playing at home. ou will definitely have their hands full with osu since they're playing in stillwater against a very strong and very eager opponent.

-M