If Boise State beat OU shouldn't you give them more respect and use descriptions other than, "rag-tag"? If Rag-Tag beats OU . . . what moniker do we give OU? I'll contact some friends who went to USC and see if they have a suggestion or two and pass that along to you.
By the way, Jeremy is right; your blogs are getting very good. But . . . why don't you ever talk about golf anymore?
While I agree, like you pointed out, that Stoops has a great deal to be frustrated about concerning the last few seasons...I have never heard him whine about it or use any of it as an excuse. Picker, I have heard you question the raises...which is fine. But with a program currently mired in embarrassment, I honestly am delighted that Bob Stoops is the coach for my alma mater and that they appreciate the coach that they have. I never looked at the raises as an incentive to those that 'allowed this all to happen.' Perhaps I should take off my crimson-colored glasses (although I like to try to be objective), but I think some of the expectations of Stoops are running a little ridiculous. I think that he wins with class and loses without excuses (of which, as you pointed out, he had many). I understand why the media is not a fan, but I see his perspective as well. In a day in age when the media can find just about anyone, anywhere with questionable ethics...many are hard pressed to question Bob's personal inegrity or ethics (aside from the HUGE pyramid scandal involving $500...which I found laughable...the fact that Bob personally has the time to manage all his own investments and on a scale of such mammoth proportions). That is a bold statement considering the man is under a microscope 12 months out of the year. I wish picker that you could have had the chance to hear him speak at the "In the Zone" meeting/conference the other day. Either way, good blog.
Steven: For $3,000,000 per year, you don't think we could get a smile?
Ben: What does anonymity have to do with anything? An idea is either on the money or not. What if a cure for a disease came anonymously? We're like one of those super heroes. We're fine with others getting the personal glory.
Yeah, rag-tag: anybody who has to use how many, 9? -- hidden ball tricks, is rag-tag.
An offense that productive and entertaining, maybe the Leach we see on these funny press interviews it the same Leach the college presidents would see.
Wait...we saw that very combo win it all in 2000 (we all know that Mangino was running Leach's system with Leach's QB that year)...except the defensive guy was in charge.
As for using the driver, look for them to pull it out on # 5, # 13 and # 16. Accuracy is better than distance.
What's good about that golf pick is winners of the big ones usually play well the week before.
What's bad about your pick is it's too obvious. He figures to be a popular choice. One thing readers of the Picks have learned is: don't be a victim of the obvious.
The Picker has the possible winners down to a list of 27. Stay tuned.
As a brief aside, will somebody make Pat Jones stop talking about Arkansas football on the local sports hot air radio. This just in. This isn't Arkansas. Not even close.
Sometimes it's like these so-called experts on radio invent things to talk about at, mainly, TU's expense. We get enough of Oklahoma City on the Sports Homing Pidgeon radio network, and on the Sunday night TV Blitz on the local CBS outlets, where Tulsa is treated like a step-child.
A little Arkansas is fine.
But all that any cheerleading does is make a neutral observer pull against the team getting special treatment.
Plus, last time we looked, the Arkansas pass game was the stuff of which arena football leagues are made.
If radio people can't keep favortism to yourself, at least talk faster.
My thought is that Stoops desires to be # 1 in everything and even with all the turmoil he had he still can't make it in this category. I'll bet Switzer can help him achieve his goal. At least the Big XII Conference excels in this area and didn't let us down.
By the way, the other Division I team in Oklahoma didn't make the list, even as an Honorable Mention. Imagine that . . .a college that isn't in trouble every year and with athletes who graduate right here in the Sooner Nation?
