Ask Reynolds and Clapp: OU's win streak is huge
Published: 11/22/2009 6:38 AM
Last Modified: 11/22/2009 6:38 AM
It's not quite dawn at the Lubbock airport and we're starting to think seriously about Oklahoma's 29-game home winning streak coming to an end next Saturday.
The streak is the longest in the nation. It's also the longest in school history. As someone who has closely covered the Sooners' last 79 games, it seems almost unthinkable they could lose at home.
But I believe in synergy.
I was dreadfully wrong about the synergy of OU winning every year following the Texas A&M game. The Sooners are now 9-2 under Bob Stoops in games played after A&M. Both losses were at Lubbock. Weird.
Anyway, this group of fifth-year seniors were first-year freshmen the last time OU lost a home game. That was TCU in 2005.
Only two current players, linebacker Ryan Reynolds and fullback Matt Clapp, played in that game. I'll be interested to get their thoughts this week as their careers close with the potential of ending things just like they began: with a loss at home.
If Zac Robinson plays for Oklahoma State, the Cowboys have a better than 50-50 shot (although it was clear by the middle of the second quarter against Colorado that Brandon Weeden was a better second choice and, with his big arm and game-time moxie, might be capable of beating OU).
Expect Oklahoma's defense to be back on task against O-State. To a man, each player I spoke to after the Texas Tech game expressed a burning desire to keep that streak alive and beat the Cowboys.
I expect OU to win. Just not as much as I expected them to win yesterday.
— John E. Hoover
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