By THE PICKER Sports Columnist on Oct 28, 2012, at 9:20 AM Updated on 10/28 at 9:20 AM
THE PICKER
Here's what all the experts are saying about the Thunder, past and future:
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Blah, blah.
Blah.
Blah, ...
Who gave Perkins all that money and said he was the real deal?
Who drafted the KU center who couldn't play?
Who ...
OU football coach Bob Stoops had this scoop during his Tulsa campaign stop: The bottom of the SEC stinks.
What campaign ...
This doesn't look like the Bob Stoops of a dozen years back.
That Bob Stoops was smiling, happy, humorous.
This Bob Stoops is defensive -- no phone calls on his radio show -- and always cranky, picking arguments with any media member who doesn't buy the powerful public relations campaign that fools a nation year in and year out.
That Mike Stoops had a defense that could make a play when the game was on the line.
This one is about to blow his top on the sideline and gives up big plays that lose games.
What's wrong with OU?
Lots.
It is in a joke offense.
You can't run a spread offense with an immobile quarterback. The spread offense is designed for quarterbacks who can run until they head for the infirmary. Look at the rushing stats: Notre Dame 215, OU 15 or 20.
Sometimes it's hard not to buy into the OU hype.
But here is the truth. Football teams don't get that much better. If you have trouble with UTEP, expect much more of the same on down the way. You are what you are. You just play bums like Tech and Texas. Quarterbacks who can't run don't suddenly find swiftness. Defenses that can't move don't wake up in the right places. You are what you are and always will be until fundamental mistakes are admitted.
Road trip to Iowa State anyone?
Oklahoma is officially a pro basketball state before Halloween.
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