By THE PICKER Sports Columnist on Nov 19, 2012, at 4:09 PM Updated on 11/19 at 4:16 PM
THE PICKER
ESPN, though its parent company, the Mickey Mouse Club, has announced plans to fire approximately 400 people.
It has ...
Here's what all the experts are saying about the Thunder, past and future:
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Who gave Perkins all that money and said he was the real deal?
Who drafted the KU center who couldn't play?
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First off, some are concerned because of the lack of attendance at certain sporting events, TU football games and OSU basketball games, to name two.
Here's the way that works. Given the size of TU, there's little margin for error. Beat an average Iowa State team and a rotten Arkansas team, and the stands will be full. Lose to those two and beat all the bums, you'll have what you had Saturday. You want sell-outs, beat the big-name has-beens, it's that simple, always has been, always will be. It's the same for OSU hoops. Sutton set a high standard. Win games, get to the tournament, crowds will return. This thin team looks nice by the way.
While on the subject of hoops, this could be a l-o-n-g year for TU.
Concerning pro football, Sam Bradford needs to step it up and fast. He was terrible Sunday versus the Jets. Nice guy. Slow feet.
Concerning college football, we told you so. For some while now, we have been saying that the spread was a rinky-dink offense invented for the Techs of the world, a gimmick aimed at evening the playing field with the big boys. Every year some team like Oregon beats 10 or 11 people 75-10. Then against a solid defense, it gets punched in the mouth and is "upset." Teams like OU should junk the spread immediately because on third and one, you can't hand off and make a yard. So look atop the college football rankings. Again. Same as year after year after year. Not a silly spread team to be found.
While on the subject of college football, it's time the OU fans came to grips with what this team really is, and will be for the foreseeable future. It's a good team. It's nowhere near a national title contender. It is a good team comprised of hard-headed coaches -- not using Finch as a runner is absurd. If Mike Stoops was a great defensive mind, he wouldn't be where he was, would he. OU has one playmaker, receiver Stills, who catches tons of third and 18 passes and seldom drops a one. Many of the rest, good, not great. Versus K-State, make one defense play and win the game. Nope. Versus Notre Dame, make one defensive play and win the game. Nope. Versus horrible West Virginia, bury the tape. Good team. Solid quarterback. Great receiver in Stills. Strange defense. Has settled between 6th and 15th nationally. Pretty salty. Far from great.
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