Pick,
You need to keep your mouth shut because you are an OSU fan(alum). Get rid of Gumby so you can talk!! It's a shame that OU beat OSU because it took money away from the big 12, but maybe it just shows how bad Gumby really is as a coach.

Stoops would be crazy to leave OU for Notre Dame. With a combination of the 85 player scholarship limit and Notre Dame's high academic standards, ND is not as easy to win at as people might think. Stoops can recruit whomever he wants to OU, as long as the recruits meet the bare minimum NCAA standards.

10. Conference was on par with SEC last year.

9. Overall record 3rd best among actives.  

8. Many have moved on, the rest are fine.

7. Close losses due to injuries.  Refer to #9.

6. Has no bearing on OU job.

5.  They all do.

4. Got us there. 

3. Winning record against Texas.

2. Every top program deals with good/bad media.

1. National Championships aren't handed out like candy.  OU has averaged 1 every 9-12 years or so, which means we should expect another one any year now. 

"10. Conference was on par with SEC last year."

Mask, the SEC beat the Big 12 in two bowl games last year. Ole Miss beat Texas Tech 47-34, and Florida beat OU 24-14. I don't think the Big 12 was on par with the SEC last season.

Yeah, on par, Glenn.  Two bowl games does not a season or conference make, especially when they were fairly close games.  The Big 12 was easily as good, top to bottom.  Even if you think we were not quite as good, that hardly makes us a "soft conference".

You're right Pick, we're not talking about ancient history, we're talking overall record during Stoops' tenure.  The only way to look at it. (Except for people trying to play an angle.)  I'll take beating Texas slightly more often than they beat us, any day.  As far as Lucky Les goes, who cares.  He's an idiot.  Bob's not.  There's the difference.

Hey Vsslwc, I've won six championships.
And was runnerup twice.

I'm an OSU fan so I'm not an OU homer by any means, but Stoops has done alot for OU.  He's won 5 (is that right?) Big 12 championships and gone to 4 national championships total.  Yeah, he's lost the last 3, but last I checked getting there is better than not getting there at all. 

That being said, Texas is sneaking up on them, and if they win a national championship this year and/or start winning more Big 12 championships, the question of "what have you done for me lately" will be more valid.

I wish I knew as much as tatoo thinks he does?

When do we see "HOMER OF THE YEAR AWARD"?  I nominate Klein and Haisten.

Soonerguy: It seems clear to anybody but an OU cheerleader that the Stoops regime is experiencing something of a dip: Recent ownership by Texas, rotten road record, lousy BCS bowl record. 

The thought here is that a correction or two might be necessary, perhaps a new assistant and a new thought or two, perhaps a more mobile quarterback, not an option hospital case, but somebody who can get out of the way.

If wishful thinking could cure things, the various losing streaks wouldn't exist, would they.

Run somebody in, not out, all the money they have.

Tattoo,

OSU's "best team ever"?

That is the dumbest thing I have ever seen you OU homers post.

When OSU lost all Big 12 rusher Hunter for basically 7 games andarguably top 3 best players in the country, Dez, they certainly werenot even close to that.

I guess that is the OU way of trying to make yourselves feel better about your crappy season.

The only person who can dish any trash talk and can't take it is you,moron. You post 23 times on these blogs and try to outpost everyone, inorder to "prove" that you are right.

So, I will let you just post and post and post. Have fun with it, butjust remember, your lame excuses and silly arguments have no bearing onthe truth.

OSU's "best team ever" is just another form of excuse making by the countries best....OU fans.

Want to get a rise, and a lot of responses, bash Bob Stoops.  Everyone has his (sorry girls) own opinion on what needs to be done better at OU.  Only problem is that most of the opinion is post-event.  Much easier to critcize a loss, than a win.

Oh wait, that's why Bob doesn't get that much critcism, he doesn't lose that much.  Most schools would kill to see a national championship game live, much less to play in four of them in ten years.

You got what you wanted Picker, a rise.  Only a true fool would be critical of the job Bob has done while at OU.