As a Sooner fan I was struck and appreciated the comments by Kyler Murray in his acceptance speech, when he spoke of and thanked his boys, meaning Tua and the Ohio St. player; after watching them in media the last few days it appeared to me, at least that Kyler and Tua had bonded in a good way.....really all three of them seemed to.
I referred to Bama and Sooners having such respect in prior games and this keeps that going; Of course it will fire up some on Tua's behalf, just as it did OU, back when Josh Heupel came in second to Chris Wenke, Fla. St. in 2000. OU won that game and the national title, with some players saying they felt their guy Josh, should have won the Heisman rather than Chris, it was a motivator, will it be this time ?? not sure Bama has to have that to be motivated, when you are that good, you simply play your best regardless.
As a two touchdown dog to Bama, I'm having a hard time striking a chord about this game that is a statement of we will do this or that......thinking more, just hope we survive and don't get embarrassed as one of our and football's best teams ever did against S. Cal several years back; I'm serious it could be that bad, in Bama's favor; then again, it could be a nail biter of a point or two in OU's favor.
As time draws near for this game, the anxiety should rise on both teams and fan bases; just hard to get too upset and racket jawing with people you respect............If OU had a semblance of a defense I could make some supportive statements that may raise some ire, but as it is, I know for a fact we will watch Bama go up and down the field pretty much at will, as lessor teams have done all year on us....so for now, I still think it will be a surprising game, just don't know yet what the surprise might be.......and Congratulations to Kyler Murray, that's about as contentious as it can be for now; Congratulations to Tua as well, he's young and will probably win it before leaving.....
I referred to Bama and Sooners having such respect in prior games and this keeps that going; Of course it will fire up some on Tua's behalf, just as it did OU, back when Josh Heupel came in second to Chris Wenke, Fla. St. in 2000. OU won that game and the national title, with some players saying they felt their guy Josh, should have won the Heisman rather than Chris, it was a motivator, will it be this time ?? not sure Bama has to have that to be motivated, when you are that good, you simply play your best regardless.
As a two touchdown dog to Bama, I'm having a hard time striking a chord about this game that is a statement of we will do this or that......thinking more, just hope we survive and don't get embarrassed as one of our and football's best teams ever did against S. Cal several years back; I'm serious it could be that bad, in Bama's favor; then again, it could be a nail biter of a point or two in OU's favor.
As time draws near for this game, the anxiety should rise on both teams and fan bases; just hard to get too upset and racket jawing with people you respect............If OU had a semblance of a defense I could make some supportive statements that may raise some ire, but as it is, I know for a fact we will watch Bama go up and down the field pretty much at will, as lessor teams have done all year on us....so for now, I still think it will be a surprising game, just don't know yet what the surprise might be.......and Congratulations to Kyler Murray, that's about as contentious as it can be for now; Congratulations to Tua as well, he's young and will probably win it before leaving.....