Slight correction: "Missouri is not TU with better players" -- Sorry for the confusion there

Dear World Picker, aka, OSU/TU Homer:

I see you are still drinking the kool aid, homer.
OU people are NOT laughing at Missouri (although I have heard a few chuckles at TU's loss to mighty UTEP).
Missouri is NOT TU with better players. TU has very good players. (But apparently UTEP's are better.)
Here's a serious question: Isn't a "Fighting Irishman" just as offensive as any other mascot the NCAA has forced out?
UT RB J.Charles did not fumble-OU linebacker knocked the ball out of his hands. Watch the game sometime instead of making it up as you go along. (You could probably work for ABC if you weren't on the TU payroll.)
Since college receivers are better than cornerbacks, a poor pass defense isn't really a poor pass defense, it is just having to contend with a good spread offense. Umm. You may be a genius.
The TU coach can't call timeout because he usually has his players fake an injury to spell his no-huddle offense. He has forgotten how to call T.O.

Are they laughing more at Missouri than they did at Colorado?

Apparently the OU fans didn't read the entire blog, rather just skipped straight to the section about OU. In reality, he knocked both TU and OSU in this very same blog by calling out Gundy and the TU players. How is that being a homer? Just because he doesn't kiss OU's butt in every article, doesn't make him biased...in fact it means the exact opposite. If you want fair criticisms of each state school and are mature enough to handle it without spewing nonsensical prattle in response, keep reading. If all you want to read is how Bradford is the next Peyton Manning and how OU should really be a team in the NFL, stick to the other Oklahoma paper.

Picker:

Last week, you said the OU pass defense was bad. Then, this week, you said that it's more a case of college receivers being better than college defensive backs, with a cross-eyed opinion that it may have something to do with the spread offense.

Hah! Which is it? Is it that the spread offense is that tough to defend at the college level, or is it that all defensive backs are worse as a whole than all receivers?

Jeez. Your remarks/quips/opines/comments/whatevers are quite HYPERBOLIC. Which side of the brain are you typing with today?

Like I wrote to you in a previous thread, you can't have it both ways (paraphrased). I'm not defending OU, just taking you to task for reversing your position. And this was after you sarcastically dismissed my attempt at engaging you in a debate which would display to us all your wealth of football knowledge.

Of course, again, you will neglect to admit someone else may have a differing opinion that may, in fact, matter, and either dismiss it sarcastically or spin it around on the poster.

Beginning to wonder if you even know football, or if your only motivation is pushing buttons. The funny thing about writers like you is that they get so wrapped up in the button pushing they forget to keep track of which buttons they've pushed.

I agree with you the holding penalty was terrible, but that wasn't even close to the worst thing that happened in that game.

Why in the world is someone trying to block a punt, down by one, late in the 4th, when all you need is a FG to win?!?!?!

Gundy made the right decision by opting for the FG to get OSU within a FG of winning. The smart thing is to rush no one on the punt, block so the returner has enough room to catch the ball, and make a fair catch. They already kicked one FG, and logic says they'd do it again. Isn't that why they kicked it in the first place? So that they wouldn't have to score 6 to win? I just don't get it.

Don't even go near the punter. If they wanted to fake it, play base defense and take the ball over in FG RANGE! If they punt it, take the ball over IN GOOD ENOUGH FIELD POSITION to move the ball INTO FG RANGE TO KICK THE GAME WINNER! There was enough time to move the ball. Whether the player or the coach is to blame, Cowboys fans are (at least should be) disappointed that the game had to end on such a ridiculous brain cramp.

That's probably the one thing I took away from that game. Rarely does one bad penalty called/not called affect the final verdict. It can happen, but not in this case.

Just as much as the TU coach needs to learn how to make a "tee" with his two hands and show it to an official, the OSU coach(es) need to learn how to explain to their players that doing something stupid takes the outcome out of their hands. If I were a player, I'd take my chances with my offense, which was having a pretty good day overall, even considering the second half. Punt blocks are a once- or twice-in-a-season occurrance. Too risky.

I think we are all missing the MOST important point on Gundy's decision to kick the late field goal--which is the fact that said action put the second half point total over the 29 1/2...You're a genius coach!

Nitpicker:

I see your perspective on the RB fumble vs. LB good hit point, but RBs get hit all the time. They are supposed to be hit and retain the ball. There's no difference in the stat line. When the ball carrier drops the ball, they still get tagged with a fumble, regarless of the degree of the hit they took during the process.

Furthermore, I'd have to agree with the Picker in this instance, that it was more of a poor ball-security issue than such a devastating hit by a LB. There were plent of other slobber-knocker hits in that game delivered by both teams that didn't result in a fumble. Good play by LB, sure. Horrible play though by RB. You just cant fumble headed to the endzone. Even if it means sacrificing the TD on that particular run, you can't let loose of the ball. Ask Texas fan.

Still, probably the biggest play of the game both ways. OU did nothing to stop the first half bleeding and Texas let them off the hook (no pun intended) too easily.

Were TU and Missouri to play, the final would be Missouri 88, Tulsa 57.

First Edition: Instead of second half totals, might I suggest a nice mutual fund?

Anybody like my Kentucky over LSU?

How about the coaching line of bunk that turnovers kill you every time. See Dallas/Buffalo. For an interesting change of pace, after a turnover, SOMEBODY MAKE A PLAY.

It feel like Missouri will score 28.
No.
27.

charles has fumbled away a lot of balls... look at all the previous UT games this year.

Moral victories are for losers.