Talent isn't everything.

I'm probably in the minority on this, but it is my opinion that athletic ability is a bonus and not a requirement to be a great player/team. If athletic talent were the only important criteria, then OU would almost never lose. Not that a player doesn't need some talent, but there are intangible things like work ethic and good attitude that players need first and foremost.

Whatever it is, OU does seem to have jumped the track. Injuries certainly have contributed, of course.

From what I saw at Bedlam, OU didn't bring a game plan.

OMG, win ONE game and everything changes. Same song umpteenth verse, good grief!! Well, at least you can say "we beat you 17 out of the last 100 or so games." Just think in 80 or so years, if OSU wins every game, you'll catch up. Good luck with that!! A consistent winner from now on. . .dream on!

Rocky, Stoops is a great guy, no doubt, but to paraphrase a couple of old sports sayings: Good guys finish last, and Winning is Everything. OU (school and alums) won't accept a football team that doesn't dominate. Of course a university is more than a pro sports training facility. But not much more at OU.

I like The Picker's "batman" signal in the banner! LOL

The key word in this column is "lazy." Few college coaches find much to work for after a national championship and a few hefty pay raises. The fact that Bob isn't interested in going anywhere else is an indication that he is just too comfortable. Time to look for a young PhD (Poor, Hungry and Driven).

OU will be just fine....

They'll return next season as pre-season #1, top 3 at worst & Sooner fans everywhere will be once again proclaim their claim on #1....

Okie St. might crack the top 20, their losses will be written up as too much to lose & the program will return to their former selves....

It's stuff that's etched in stone & one season will not erase it....

The Sooners won't change, I wish they would, but they won't....

Will they indeed return next season? To the extent that they'll (we'll) be overrated massively in the pre-season poll, yes, they'll return. But problems abound with no visibile solutions in sight. As was once the problem during Barry' tenure, character is now once again an issue (this comes from sources within the program). Jughead Jones doesn't have the right stuff to play a big game under pressure, and sadly, the defensive coaching staff, well frankly, sucks. When the players in the defensive secondary are out of position year after year after year, it's telling. Our Dear Picker carry's the baggage of trying to be inflammatory, often at the expense of fairness, but in the case of the situation in Norman, everything he's said is right...and then some.

if that's what you really think, you should go communicate with somebody who will react more according to your wishes.

Picker would look way handsome in a green cardigan.

Character and leadership are what's missing in Norman. No amount of talent can replace those two qualities.