OU-Kansas State rewind: 'This wasn't an upset'
Published: 9/23/2012 10:22 AM
Last Modified: 9/23/2012 10:27 AM
They saw Kansas State's 24-19 payback of Oklahoma Saturday night. Then they wrote about it.
Bob Lutz, Wichita Eagle:
"National pundits will tell you this was an upset, that the No. 6 Sooners failed to win a game they should have won. But they're wrong. This wasn't an upset. K-State is better than Oklahoma. Snyder and Klein got the best of Stoops and Jones."
Kevin Haskin, Topeka Capital-Journal:
"Snyder beat his prized pupil in a game some had made a referendum on whether Stoops is still the same, great coach. That happens when the Sooners are unimpressive against UTEP. And when Bedlam rival Oklahoma State claims a conference championship outright for the first time since 1948.
"Stoops and Oklahoma are supposed to be the ones winning championships. Yet Saturday's result suggests this could be a different year – again."
Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star:
"Oklahoma's players have five-star pasts and seven-figure futures, and this is a situation they've been unbeatable for the last decade – at home, against a ranked opponent, with the nation watching. But Oklahoma made mistakes – lots of them. And K-State didn't – no big ones, anyway.
"We should call this kind of victory 'The Snyder.'"
Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News:
"Stoops was right when he said the loss wasn't all about Landry Jones, even though he didn't play well at all. But public opinion will view the loss differently. Media folks were questioning Jones even before the loss."
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com:
"Klein was better than Sooners quarterback Landry Jones, whose Heisman Trophy chances are deader than the curshed crickets dotting the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium concourses...
"As scouts from the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills and St. Louis Rams watched from their seats in the second row of the press box, Jones played inconsistently and, at times, skittishly."
Stewart Mandel, SI.com
"The home team, Oklahoma, did not play with confidence. Jones, in particular, made the kind of mistakes that have driven Sooners fans mad these past four years, even as he's broken nearly every program passing record…
"It's clear something still isn't right with Jones, whose play began to deteriorate late last season following a season-ending injury to now-departed All-America receiver Ryan Broyles."
Bryan Fischer, CBSSports.com:
"Oklahoma will likely fall out of the top 10 and the questions the lackluster win over UTEP to open the season brought up will continue to haunt a team that simply turns the ball over too much."
Written by
Guerin Emig
Sports Writer
