Hi I'm the Picker and here's my weekly column
Run down TU
Run down OU
Run down the Thunder because of jealousy
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C'mon PICKER. Give us a break. The balloon will pop soon enough. I think the last minute win over Texas A&M was bigger than this. We, however, do need a new coach. We need to get Kragthorpe and his son as a package.

Pick, perhaps you should have considered all of those elements regarding Notre Dame before you picked them to beat and cover the spread against TU.

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

somebody tell me why does the Picker always talk trash about the OKC thunder - ever since the nba has come to oklahoma the picker has had an attitude about it- it is because they made him look real stupid due to the outstanding success the team and the sport has had in OK? - wasnt OKC just about 1 second away from taking the world renown lakers to a 7 game series?

I would say the TU win over A&M was the best win for TU, but this win is a big win for 2 reasons 1) THEY BEAT NOTRE DAME. Regardless of how much they are struggling, they are still Notre Dame, the game was still on NBC nationally. No matter how bad the Irish are playing they still have 7 Heisman trophy winners and 11 national championships
2) It is a signature win that will allow TU to continue to build. The number of athletes that saw that on NBC and now consider TU if recruited is immense. The A&M game was not on national TV, nor the OU game in '96, nor the Arkansas game 2 years ago. TU didn't build the program after the win vs. A&M and couldn't even build the rest of the season after beating OU in '96. TU has 4 games left this year and will be favored in 3 of them at home and will have a chance to beat Houston which would leave TU at 9-3. Much better than last year and we know the talent Graham has already gotten committed for next year (Langer, Sexton).

Notre Dame is down, but when was the last time TU won a game in front of 80,000 fans of the other team? How many times has TU played in front of 80,000 fans in the last decade?

MexiMike, did you hear that Notre Dame's starting quarterback went out?

ND was the pick before the injury that dictated the outcome of the game.

Few can predict key injuries.

Be nice, and I might guarantee your beloved OSU over OU.

I think the tv sports commentators were the only ones saying it was a significant win. Most realized it was just a "nice" win, nothing more.

Did I miss something? Did TU lose? Dose of reality? No matter how bad Notre Dame is, they should have been able to roll their helmets onto the field and beat TU. Starting QB Pick? That is what seperated the teams in your pick? Doubtful. Think their second and third and fourth string QB wasn't more highly recruited then Kinne? We know Longhorn's Qbs were. So yea, it is a big win for the University of Tulsa, that is who we are discussing right? Your dose of reality is what? If not competing for National Title you should hang it up? You picked Notre Dame for the same reason we both would pick them again if they were playing tomorrow, they are twice as big and TU has only one or two players who have the speed Notre Dame has. Notre Dames fullbacks and tightends were bigger then TU's linemen. While nowhere near the biggest win in TU history, because some of us are old enough to have heard whispers or Orange, Sugar, Gator bowl teams, of undefeated Hurricane Teams, this was still a nice win for TU. Think Okie State will throw back a win against Texas if they should win just because Texas is down? Texas should still field more talent then OSU. So yea that would be a big win too.

Pick, haha, yeah I saw that. And I agree that a midgame injury to the starting QB could be devastating to a team. The rest of your points, though, could certainly have been taken into account.

And easy on the Bedlam talk! My Pokes have to get past Baylor and Texas first.

With that said, it's a good thing you never made an official bet on the over/under of OSU winning six games...

Amazing part is that Brian Kelly, after the game, still defended his decision to throw a fade into the end zone... saying 'why not try it vs a 5'9" corner?'...Because your team was only down 1 and your FG kicker has yet to miss a kick in his career!!!

Even though I think ND has not been good at football for some time I still did not think TU would beat them @southbend. Thank you TU for proving ND football is done. It was a good win at a historic place. If you believe the recruiting rankings TU doesn't even have someone on their roster that would sniff the feild for the Irish. Ov

While everyones discussing the game can anyone answer me why the clock never stopped on NDs final drive, with 2 plays from 2 minutes n 35 to one minute 28 the one handed catch then outta bounds and the next dump then run outta bounds never stopped the clock. I realize TU picked it off 2 plays later but anyhoo , just wonderin if anyone noticed.