Looking back at the preseason polls, OU looks to have the distinction of being the most overrated team at the start of the year. I have to agree, you may need to start looking for a new HC.
Because this board has high standards.....
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You said Saban hasn't had a bad loss at Alabama. That was a bad loss. It was a beneficial loss for the reasons you mentioned, but it was a bad loss.
To those bringing up Alabama not wanting to be in the Sugar Bowl and OU not wanting to be there last night - Alabama was a play away from playing for the SEC Championship and possibly the national title. OU lost 4 regular season games. It's not like they were just cut at the knees (ala Bama last year). They saw this coming. Maybe Bob lost the team early in the season after those big preseason polls (top 10 in all, top 3 in most) were gone after a few losses.
Sometimes a marriage gets stale, you have to liven things up a bit , shake it up. Don't know where you go from here, but something has to change.
The best of luck to you and the Sooners next year and beyond.
Every coach/team has "bad losses." Part of human nature...cannot escape it.
What I wonder is if the BCS and now the playoff is in some way "ruining" the other bowl games? For the teams that were close but did not make it, these are little more than "exhibition" games. I think we will see more and more of this...all are playing to make the final four -- and when they do not then they just naturally say "What the heck..."
What I wonder is if the BCS and now the playoff is in some way "ruining" the other bowl games? For the teams that were close but did not make it, these are little more than "exhibition" games. I think we will see more and more of this...all are playing to make the final four -- and when they do not then they just naturally say "What the heck..."
My definition of a bad loss is getting whipped by a team that doesn't even belong on the same field. The LA Monroe loss, though embarrassing to Bama fans, was not that big of a shock to me. 2007 Alabama was not a good football team. I'm surprised we didn't lose more games. That we didn't is a testament to just how good Saban is.
I agree Padre. The whole nature of bowl games has changed dramatically because of the BCS and 4-team playoff. I think the 'all or nothing' mentality, especially at schools that expect much more, pervades the fanbases as well. In the old days, the uncertanties of the games and the polls kept teams and fans into the season for an extended period.
I wish a few more schools declined a bowl invitation every now and then. The standard claim that the additional practice time was good for a team doesn't seem to hold much water these days.
Or...y'all could orchestrate the first D1 head coaching trade in NCAA history - one for one, one with lost zest for coaching for another with lost zest for winning, and maybe in so doing quieten restless alums on both sides of the Mississippi: Big Bob for Frank Beamer. Maybe VaTech would even throw in some special teams manuals. That way Stoops would have a decent DC at least, and Beamer might get his enthusiasm (and winning record) back.
It's like, if you're not in the play off, you failed. BTW, I seem to recall CPB indicating the same thing -- one of the reasons he never backed a playoff.
To be fair, you are the one who said it had NEVER happened, so let's not dither over when it happened.
Losing in a blowout to Clemson is on par with losing a close one to a cupcake you pay to play you.
Unfortunately, I think that this is correct and it`s a shame. College football is the lesser for it, IMHO
I've been meaning to post about the irony of Oklahoma not wanting to be at their bowl game and getting hammered by a team wanting to prove they belong in elite status.
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He hasn't coached all the well in years though. For some reason, he's become unhinged emotionally over the last year and has started acting like Mike Gundy.
It's not the SEC that is keeping Stoops down, so why he developed such a fixation on the conference is unclear.
I don't think that many Alabama fans really cared all that much though. I know that I didn't and many of the Alabama fans I know didn't even watch the game.robably similar to the language most of us wanted to use roughly a year ago. :wink:
Even a week before the game, there was talk about Alabama not wanting to be there and if Alabama fans were even interested. I only started to care more about it afterward when Stoops tried to use the game as some sort of benchmark that totally invalidated any of the success that the SEC had over the last 7 years.
Alabama was eliminated from the national title picture in their last game by a last second miracle play. Oklahoma was removed from title contention months ago.
In both bowl games where Alabama under-performed and was uninterested, they had just come directly from a loss that eliminated them from the national title.
Things have indeed truly changed. There was a time when it was important that we win anytime we played, regardless of the circumstances and opponent. That was particularly true in games like the Sugar and Orange. I guess in part that was because we were usually playing schools from different conferences/regions and, well, because we were ALABAMA. Not so anymore, I guess. I find that sad, personally.
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