- The announcers begin the fourth quarter with an argument over which Beyonce song is the best.
- Watching Graham Harrell gives you flashbacks of Kermit the Frog singing "Happy Feet."
- You leave Norman thinking, "Wow, Sooner fans are the friendliest people on earth."
- Raider fans are already whining about the officiating by the end of the first quarter.
- That offensive line dude who always wears the face paint goes from looking cool to looking like ... a big fat guy who wears face paint.
- Mike Leach looks exactly the same as he always does.
I wasn't actually at the game. I was just at Jeremy's house, watching Tech's national championship hopes fading ... fading ... exploding like a cream pie thrown in our faces ...
But, all things considered --
- First off, the blowout loss didn't show Tech to be a fraud, unlike some of the announcers were saying. At least in my mind. The score sucked, but Mike Leach decided to keep trying to get back in the game, keep going for it at fourth and three on the 50-yard line, even though his team hadn't shown any indication they would succeed. Sometimes it works, sometimes you end up giving the other guys two easy scores in two minutes. That's the way he plays, and we wouldn't be where we are if Leach didn't play that way.
- Secondly, perspective. This year still ranks as Tech's best season, ever. Barring some screw-up, we still finish in the top 10, still have an outside shot at a BCS game. It's impossible for anyone with a brain to complain about where we are, considering where we've been.
Happy Tuesday.
2 comments:
It hurt to watch. The OU Coach wasn't very gracious either..I don't remember Mike Leach being a jerk after we stomped them last year.!!!!
"Stomp" might be a little inaccurate.
After the game, the Sooner fans were all talking about how it was the loudest the stadium had ever been, so I imagine Stoops' motivation was primarily to say thank you. I also imagine Stoops, who hears calls for his dismissal any time OU doesn't win a national championship, was probably happy to remind people of who the coach is at this point in time.
It's political, sure, but for a coach to survive at a Big Program, he's got to be a little political. (And give thanks that we don't have to deal with that.) Really, the worst personality I've ever seen Stoops publicly show is "slightly peaved."
Of course, I'd say the same about Mack Brown, and be called "fiendishly stupid" for even entertaining the thought.
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