This is what I have sent Bob Stoops in a letter every year since Mike Stoops left....

The reason a lot of these teams continue to beat is because they have quality coaches.  Les Miles constantly wooped you inferior players because gave part of his salary to hire good coaches.  Just because someone played at Oklahoma or has been at Oklahoma so long they are antiques does not make them good coaches.  Venenables is a good coach but cant take the team to the level it needs.  Big Game Bob, I am with Lance-a-lot, Im having problems figuring out after losing so many big games, like last year, how you got a pay raise.

sickened beyond repair

On TU, I felt their defense played well. The offense did not open it up. However, it was Tulane that they were playing against. I expect TU to open it up more as the season goes on and as the new QB gets more experience.

On OSU, Bill Young is one of the top defensive coordinators in the nation. Just look at what he did with the Kansas defense in previous years and with the Miami defense last year. He really mixed up his defenses well.

On OU, the biggest problem with the defensive coaching is the lack of creativity. Every time their is a big third down, the defense always plays base defense (only rushing four men). They seem to run the same defensive plays all the time. Therefore, the offense can predict exactly what the defense is going to do. It is vital to mix up defenses in order to confuse the offense. OU is failing to do that. How OU's defensive staff is still there is beyond me.

Amazingly, Kirk Herbstreit gave Brent Venables a Herbie Award for the assistant that is most ready to be a head coach. Seriously? When was the last time OU had a good pass defense under this defensive coach? I'm just glad I woke up at 11 am on Saturday morning and didn't have to listen to the clowns on Gameday.

"Kevin Wilson is the weakest Link" he is not creative, he does not know how to use his talent, the no huddle up and down at the line sucks, and when a player is lost to an injury backups are not prepared, he has no game plan. check out Kevin Sumlin, remember him? He's got the Houston Cougars playing some creative, style points, denfensive football. Point is, OU offense needs creative 21st century minds.

I agree with the PICKERS comments. Nothing more to say.

BYU's game-winning touchdown pretty much sums up the state of pass defense in the clutch under the current staff.

Blown pass coverage in big games is a matter of record.

The BYU receiver was open by approximately 10 yards. This means that Venables, or somebody, had five defenders covering the quarterback sneak, and six defenders on the tight end.

The end zone is only 10 yards deep. Bradford's expression on the sideline pretty much said it all: What was THAT?

The OU defenders actually look pretty terrific. Physically. McCoy is the best. But how can you blow pass coverage game after game after game after game? Yeah, you people are right, the offensive coaching was an embarrassment. But OU still led by six going to the last drive. Make a stinking play.

The staff is starting to look like a good 'ol boys club. Mix in a new face, a new idea once every decade or two, okay?

Cox of OSU is probably the best player in the state.

First up on the firing line is the quarterback's daddy at Colorado.

The announced crowd for the TU game at Tulane was twenty-some thousand. We counted 211.

Needless to say, that is the last time they schedule a ranked team for opening day.

Maybe recruiting depth costs more than the $4 million per year salary, who knows.

You nailed picker, the new QB for the sooners is nothing but a doe eyed lip synce wannabe. At least the special teams didn't allow a kick return, they were not told tp perform subpar football.

Pick, I have a question. Leading up to the season, everyone (including yourself) was so concerned about Zac going down to an injury and the season being over for OSU if it happened.

All the while, NOBODY said a word about this happening to OU and if they did it wasn't attached with nearly the same doom and gloom.

Was nobody concerned about Bradford's backup(s)?

Seems pretty ironic to me.

- The O-line is horrible, our QBs were under constant pressure and it's going to be tough for our RB's to COMBINE for 1,000 yards this season behind that line.  How many yards in penalties did they cost Oklahoma? 
- Either the coaches or Jones (although I can't really blame Jones) screwed up on what would have been the game winning TD by getting that delay of game penalty.
- Almost the entire first half we tried to run the football, seems like Bradford should have been throwing from the opening bell, at least 20 pass attempts by halftime would be my preference.
- Our receivers were almost as bad as our O-line.  When they did manage to get open, they couldn't catch anything.  I don't want to hear any more about Adron, there's a reason Iglesias/Johnson/ everyone else started ahead of him last year...and where the heck was Madu?  All we've been hearing about is how much we needed to get the ball in Madu's hands - well?

Is it just me or does it look like when a player is injured his back-up is never prepared to play.  Stoops need to play the back-ups with the first team sometimes.  I for one am never surprised by OU floundering.  I was amazed that the fans at the game looked so surprised when OU lost.  Get used to it people, it happens alot.