Mr. Picker; very, very clever, "the defense rests." How do you so that week after week?

Mr. Picker, you did it again with the "red state" comment. Very timely and very funny.

World Picker:

Please stand straight up so Gene can remove his lips from your cheeks.

No coach in the history of college football has consistently done less with more talent at hand than Pete Carroll; with the possible exception of Mack Brown.

The rest of your list is old news and you probably plagerized it.

Answer to your "Best" (read Dumbest)question of the year:
Because the fastest, toughest, biggest meanest players in pro football are all on defense.
In addition, the spread works a lot because the no huddle offense in college precludes situational substitution by the defense.

And finally: no, I do not owe you any money. Go beg a loan from Gene if you are broke already.

Its Gary Patterson not Carl. Les Miles should be in the top four as he's better than both Stoops and Brown. Leach? Please...

Coaching is overrated. You either have a good one or you don't. Can one coach outmaneuver another on any given Saturday? Sure. In the end, it's the players who decide the outcome. Pete Carrol might be a better coach than Bob Stoops...but it isn't because his team smacked OU around at the Orange Bowl in one game. I don't understand this need to constantly rank things...be it coaches or teams or whatever (which is why we need a playoff). Carrol, Brown, Leach, Stoops, JoPa, Saban, etc...they are all good coaches with good staffs. When their players strap it on this Saturday, will they play well and remember their assignments? That is what decides the outcome 95% of the time.

I guess I'm not quite sure why homerism is something that surprises (or bothers) anyone from A LOCAL SPORTS MEDIA OUTFIT. If it's national perspective one wants, then one needs to watch/listen to national radio/tv shows. Listening/watching/reading local sports coverage and not expecting to hear slanted opinions is insane. Anyway, my reason for responding was not to start an argument on rankings or homerism. The difference between the coaches you ranked from top to bottom is minimal. On any given Saturday the players must show up mentally and make the plays necessary to win. If the coaches consistently keep them from doing that, then we've got an issue. I think you'd agree that this is not happening at any of the programs under the wings of the coaches you listed.

Mike Leach is a better coach than Mack Brown.

Mack Brown gets any recruit he wants and won once, with Superman.

Leach put an area best know for a long dead musician on the national map.

Leach has done a better job at Tech than Mack has done at Texas.

Also interesting is the slip made by Stoops. Name one really good offense he has stopped. Ever.

Cyco, why don't you just pay me your losing OU bet and quit living in yesteryear.......

Nit Picker...you're like a fly at a picknick. Merely an annoyance. No matter what anyone says you'll continue your one-man campaign against mental health. Now...time for you to get back to the serving line.

cyco, the musician was Charles Harden Holley. Absolutely, the Mozart of R&R.

Cyco Myko doesn't know who Buddy Holly is?? He must be twelve. Also Cyco, what position do u play for OU?? Since u always say we and us when talking about them.

Jeez, Jeremy, the holes in your "argument" are mind-boggling. First of all, yes, I recall the defense OU fielded in the 2001 Orange Bowl Do you remember a guy on the sidelines by the name of Mike Stoops? Do you remember the 2004 Orange Bowl and the 55 points USC put up? Do you remember the 17 points Mike Stoops Arizona team allowed the USC defense a couple of weeks ago? Venables is not a great coach...he is not a good def con; he is a very good linebackers coach who happens to be in way over his head at the moment (ever notice those linebackers in on obvious passing downs trying to cover wideouts?) I happened to have been at a closed practice two weeks ago and guess who was out working with the defense? Bob Stoops. Where was Venables? Stoops is an extremely loyal guy...to a fault. He won't abandon Ven or BJ Wright, and it could conceivably cost him big time. Sorry to burst your bubble, but all is not well on the south side of the ball in Norman.

Licker,
Is the season over? Have they played the bowl games already? You say who has OU stopped 'ever'- then say 'stop living in yesteryear'. Isn't the past a part of 'ever'? Hmm? A more appropriate comment would be, "Name me one time the Licker has written a decent column. Ever."
Bill, Yes I sometimes say 'us' and 'we', like a great many others, when referring to the teams I like. As in 'us v.s. them'. Surely you can come up with a less elementary comment than that.
And I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about with the Buddy Holly comments. When did I ever mention Buddy Holly? I know who he is. I'm not a fan, but I know who he is. Give me a break. You guys are really reaching if that's the best you got.