Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 6:52:47 AM)

Bring it on!!

BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!

Cat5 Cane, Miami (7/10/2009 7:00:31 AM)

Just surfing... and wanted to chime in.

Okla... You've got onehellof a team and deserve to be at the top with the big three... Good luck and beat Florida !!!

Concerning the Cane's game. "Snake pit" is a good reference to the game. Suggest not to take us lightly... I'm not saying we're going to win, but you'll known you've been in a dog fight when you leave.

A hurricane is forming in the Bermuda Triangle... and is expected to be a Cat5 in 2010, but watch out for early mini-tornado's in 09...

BE ADVISED!

Graybeard, Tulsa (7/10/2009 7:08:32 AM)

Get your portable defribulators ready because it's going to be a WILD RIDE every game!
Can't wait for the middle of October and going to Dallas for the Red River Shoot Out..........
GO BIG RED!

tulsandn, Boswell / Tulsa (7/10/2009 8:11:20 AM)

goatroper64 - did you make that up on your own as you rolled your own ????

Peter Piper, TULSA (7/10/2009 8:30:32 AM)

OU is 0-5 in its' last 5 BCS Games. Probably will be 0-6 after Jan. 7, 2010.

Graybeard, Tulsa (7/10/2009 8:30:51 AM)

Roper64:
Don't know if I'd be bringing up pot right now with the Pratt and Moseley incident in the news today. I'll also remind you that OSU has never won a Big 8 or Big 12 Championship nor have they won a National Championship in football.
Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!

SoonerDJ, Lisbon, Portugal (7/10/2009 8:42:28 AM)

Nice to see a Canes fan on here. It just seems quiet on the boards(ESPN/Fox Sports) not hearing from FSU and Canes fans since the fair-weather types jumped on the UF bandwagon. Last game I had a buddy from Miami over at the house, but sadly he left at halftime. I hope this years game is more competative.

The_Educator, Jenks (7/10/2009 8:45:05 AM)

Once again their schedule looks like a cake walk. Hence why they always make it to the championship game due to the fact they play weak teams throughout the season. Once they play a real perennial football team, we all know the outcome.

With that said, that Cougars team from BYU will give OU it's toughest game I believe. They are a very fundamentally sound team and pushed Utah to overtime I believe last season. Watch out for them.

lovethemsooners, Fayetteville (7/10/2009 9:03:02 AM)

BYU has the same problem as us....that is 4 new starters on their OL. Not a good thing to have against our defense this year.
Peterpuffer indicated that we'd be 0-6 in bowl games after January 7th....which indicates that he believes we'll be playing in Pasadena.

SS_Hippy, Tulsa (7/10/2009 9:19:08 AM)

Roper i heard that lame OU joke on Saving Grace too

driller53, (7/10/2009 9:20:41 AM)

Roper, speaking of pot, I read where two of your boys got arrested for it. Any comments?

tulsandn, Boswell / Tulsa (7/10/2009 9:34:01 AM)

Stoop to "there" level - should be "their"....

"there" refers to "over there"....

There is also "they're" as in "they are"....

KBarrow, (7/10/2009 9:48:21 AM)

I think The Educator/Jenks needs some education in NCAA football and scheduling.
Cakewalk schedule? You must be looking at Texas' schedule. The article even states that last years schedule was the toughest....but before the season started it didn't look like that "on paper". Only after the season is played out and you find out your opponents records then do you realize you played strong/weak teams. All that shows is that it is unpredictable....on paper it could look strong and turn out to be weak.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 9:49:11 AM)

I'm really not worried or care about my grammar right at this moment but thanks for the English lesson

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 9:51:09 AM)

Cat5, back to the beach for you. I believe you are suffering from heat stroke anyway.

Bart78, Sand Springs (7/10/2009 10:02:36 AM)

If Graybeard really has a grey beard, then he should be able to recall 1976 Big 8 co-championship was shared among OSU, OU, and CU. Since the football Mythical National Championship is decided by votes, including the BCS with "required votes" for the winner of their game, I question the process but I recognize that OU has got to play in some big games. I wish yOU the best again with "Big Game Bob" in the coming season.

jalwgis, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:22:50 AM)

G O S O O N E R S!!!!!!!!

The_Educator, Jenks (7/10/2009 10:28:53 AM)

K Barrow-
Does Bob Stoops not have anything to do with scheduling his non-conference games? I am just curious to know why it's always teams like North Texas, TCU,Tenn Chattanooga etc. The only way Oklahoma is going to be ready for the BCS championship games is playing tougher opponents out of your league is all I am saying.

Go schedule an Iowa on the road or an Auburn, Michigan, Vandy teams that will make you better in the long run. You can't get better playing teams that everyone knows you're going to put 50+ points on.

jalwgis, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:30:26 AM)

I predict that the Sooners will win a bowl game this time around. Bradford will see to that!!!

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:47:24 AM)

The Cowboys have the nation's most statistically proficient trio in the country — QB Zac Robinson (562 yards rushing, 3,064 passing, 33 total TDs), WR Dez Bryant (87 catches, 1,480 yards, 19 TDs) and RB Kendall Hunter (1,555 yards, 16 TDs) — back, to go with an experienced o-line, led by All-American Russell Okung.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:51:34 AM)

Get some Defense going and i think well be in fine shape! only reason we lost in bedlam last year was Defense are offenses matched up perfectly until our D let down with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter its a shame that score doesn't do that game any justice i know those sooners were holding on to there seats till those last 7 minutes of that game GO POKES!!!!!

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:56:31 AM)

Darockwilder, Norman will be tough. Did you see the average margin of victory in Norman during Bedlam?

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:59:14 AM)

Bradford's o-line and wide outs should have won the Heisman instead, please anyone with an offense like the sooners could have Colt McCoy or Zac Robinson and be up for the Heisman also they would be praised by boomers in soonerland

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 10:59:56 AM)

Answer: Last three visits to Norman produced an average score of 48-13.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:00:01 AM)

ya i did i know that you never know though think 2001

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:01:23 AM)

Or 1976, God forbid!!!!!

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:03:14 AM)

Twas the night before Bedlam and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The crimson and cream were hung by the front door with care
in hopes a Sooner victory soon would be there.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
Boomer Sooner sprang from his bed to see what was the matter.
Away to his front door he flew like a flash,
tore open the dead bolt, threw open the latch.

And what to his wondering eyes did appear,
but two small trick or treaters with their eyes full of cheer.
This first one wore 7, and other 82.
They were dressed in bright orange right down to their shoes.

They took Boomer's candy and fled out of sight.
They stole OU's ranking with OSU might.
Boomer woke from his nightmare, oh what a fright.
It was just a bad dream on Halloween, Right?

The next morning Boomer was up with a bound.
He dresses up in Crimson and drove across town.
He got to the stadium, electricity in the air.
The Sooner and Cowboys, BEDLAM WAS THERE!!!

More rapid than eagles, the Cowboys they came,
as Les shouted on Tatum, on Rashaun we're winning the game!
And so up on the scoreboard the points all flew.
The Cowboys too many and Sooners too few.

The game was all over in a flash of an eye,
poor Sooners didn't know that our Tatum could fly.
Second leading rusher going into the game,
leading Heisman candidate when out he came.

Poor Boomer went home with his head hung low.
His pride and his spirit broken for the third year in a row.
The promise of OU's defense of fright
had gasped and sputtered like Boomer's dream on Halloween night.

For all of you Sooners with championship dreams
remember Boomer's nightmare, remember his screams.
It was the same thing that happened in '01 and '02.
Twas the night after Bedlam and the Sooners were all through!!!!

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:08:29 AM)

Nice Darockwilder, but I still prefer the old Christmas classic, 0-10 and 1.

goober, (7/10/2009 11:23:55 AM)

you know, dog gone-it, them pokes seem to beat the sooners every year, but i guess someone decides to keep score.

Cooldaddy, Broken Arrow (7/10/2009 11:44:18 AM)

Hopefully this next season OU can WIN a bowl game? They have the talent.

MaintenanceMan, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:45:37 AM)

The Educator, Did you read the article? OU played the toughest schedule last year. The Chattanoga game was a last minute deal due to a team backing out of a game.

Boomer!!!

Bring on the pokies! I love ruining their season at the end of the year...Another toilet bowl game this year I predict.

soonerguy, Tulsa (7/10/2009 11:53:39 AM)

It is pretty common knowledge and widely accepted that until the rules change, teams that have the potential to be good will not play other teams that are good as well. Sure, there is an exception or two a year - but when one loss (to another good team in non con) carries so much weight it is hard for some coaches to take the risk. You can't blame coaches for playing the current system to give them the best chance in the end.

livinglarge, (7/10/2009 11:56:57 AM)

Boomer Sooner, and if anyone see's John Hotaling today, wish him a happy 58th Birthday

Michael C., Tulsa (7/10/2009 12:55:58 PM)

I'm an OU fan, but I like seeing OSU do well- except for when they play OU. It makes the state look good and it makes the conference look good.
OSU should be happy they have what they do. They'll never be able to live up to the tradition that exists in Norman. The OU program is one of the most storied football programs in the country. For all the people who talk about how "bad" OU is: are you serious? Do you know anything about college football? There are a hundred other teams out there that would kill to have what OU has going. Count the championships. Count the wins. What more could a person ask for? So OU has lost it's recent BCS games, big deal. At least they're making it there and that's more than you can say about almost every other team in the country- OSU included.

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/10/2009 1:01:57 PM)

Well said Michael C.

Sooner Alum 04, (7/10/2009 1:20:12 PM)

DAROCKWILDER: GOt a Question for ya? Is osu still turning the corner? I was born in 1981 and they have been turning the corner ever since. At least we compete and actually defeat ranked teams and win the big 12 year in and year out. SO before you go bashing Bradford I'd look to see if Okie State will win even 7. Too many players at OSU can't put the blunts down.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 2:22:11 PM)

"sooner alum 04"
Do you even know how many players smoke on the same thing at OU? I know people in the past that would chill with them and smoke them out all the time, So don't just say our players are doing it. Your players maybe do a better job at not getting caught and also the star players that fail drug tests get more than just one chance they get plenty of opportunities to play before there kicked of or suspended if you didn't know and im talking more than one it applies to all schools. And you are good at beating nationally ranked teams like Florida,West Virgina ,Boise State which was a great one,Southern Cal,Louisiana St.... hey not bad 1 out of 6 bowl games you won, i guess thats not bad for a #1 ranked team right? big 12 champs big deal but can you beat the games that really count on national TV with pressure and the Heisman QB which i think should have gone to the national champs QB Tebow and secondly your team shouldn't have been there in the 1st place you lost to Texas and tied them in the big 12 at the end of the season.... politics my friend got you there and i bet they would have beat Florida

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 2:23:37 PM)

why dont you roll a blunt and chill out on talking to me "sooner alum 04"

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 2:25:21 PM)

Any more questions??????

Michael C., Tulsa (7/10/2009 2:29:02 PM)

It's typical that some OSU fans can only take joy in shooting down another program because their own program has such a laughable history. Did OSU win their bowl last year? Just wondering. And wonder what OSU would give to have just one, ONE, conference title? Ask T-Bone, he's doing all he can to buy you guys one and still look at the results. Nothing wrong with liking OSU, but it shines a real light on your team when all you can do is bash another. Too bad OSU isn't better, it might make them worth bashing.

The_Educator, Jenks (7/10/2009 2:48:54 PM)

How do you all figure that OU had the toughest schedule? Was it the toughest schedule in the big 12? No? Texas or OSU had that locked, so I am confused.

I would say when the season started Georgia had the toughest schedule in the country.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 2:59:35 PM)

I like the typical T Boone comment how original "Michael C." and your team buys players the same way did you think ou just magically started getting good players from out of know where probably... you might be that "stoopid" but thats not what im here to say im here to say to the rude, pathetic, OU fans with no class and mullets sporting their jean shorts that know their good but feel like they have to bully and shove it in every one's face all the time for no reason at all and that they are superior except when they are put to the test in bowl games on national TV with a Heisman QB...i would root for your school but its ou fans like you and half the boomer nation with know class that makes me not give a flying F#&k about the sooners! Best wishes for all the OU fans with class that respect and don't need to say anything at all to know there great and for the others hope you have another fun game with Texas like last year and maybe if you get to the national championship bowl game it will be a repeat!

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/10/2009 3:05:44 PM)

I shoot down the program cause im defending my school from your A Hole fans "Michael C." and not all OU fans, like my brother who goes there and other friends and people i know that are at least respectful, i wouldn't have to say a word but you and the other alums or the other half of the state on the bandwagon talk way to highly of yourselves so how about getting over yourselves please we know your good for Christ sake

OUStudent3, (7/10/2009 3:44:55 PM)

The_Educator from Jenks: You are obviously a) biased or b) have no idea about college football. You said OU should schedule tougher opponents in order to "make us better". The article above stated we had the toughest schedule last year already. Just in case you think it was a fluke, here are some of the teams OU will play over the next few years: 2010 - Florida St and at Cincinnati, 2011 - Notre Dame, 2012 - at Notre Dame, 2013 - Tennessee, 2014 - at Tennessee. Okay, it seems like OU is scheduling the tough games. In addition, contracts with Ohio St and LSU are currently underway to schedule home and home series with those teams. Source: ESPN. I know this is America and everyone can say what they want but seriously, you should know what you are talking about before you start typing.

OUStudent3, (7/10/2009 3:58:14 PM)

I don't see many students and "real" fans in jean shorts and mullets in Norman. Just thought I'd let you know, Darockwilder. Before you say OU fans have no class, please read some of your responses. It is not a subject you should be speaking on...

Sooner Alum 04, (7/10/2009 4:25:26 PM)

Darockwiler: Wow man take offense real easy. I was just stating the obvious is that the whole time I've been alive OSU has been "turning the corner", and for the record TEXAS CHOKED IN LUBBOCK and should have played us again in the big 12. Still hanging on to 2002 and 01 which was a long time ago. I have been to Stillwater and seen first hand just how "classy" they can be as well. OU has it's BCS issues but at least we are there and contending every year and not just dreaming. I will gladly smoke a "blunt" and watch ou win another big 12 title this year and possibly a good chance a national title. ENJOY THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL OSU!!

Sooner Alum 04, (7/10/2009 4:50:14 PM)

OH YEAH AND YOUR LITTLE POEM SHOWS YOUR TRULY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GO ON WHEN BASHING OU. IT'S 2009 and LES IS LONG GONE WITH RASHAUN AND TATUM GONE TOO. YOU SHOULD ENTER YOUR POETRY TO SOME CHILDREN BOOK PUBLISHERS.

Scritchner, Tulsa (7/10/2009 5:53:44 PM)

it will be exciting to watch the BYU and Miami games. The other two non-conference games aren't going to be pretty. I like what TU's done the last couple years but they don't have the defense to stop Bradford and his receivers.

...and Idaho State...do I really need to even say it? They are going to need to put the run rule into effect on that one.

Michael C., Tulsa (7/10/2009 6:40:31 PM)

Darockwilder: Wow. Did you go to OSU? Because if you did that education is really shining through in your writing. But that's neither here nor there. But your comment about how OU 'magically started getting good players from out of [no] where' screams of ignorance. Only someone with no idea about football in this state would make such an asinine comment. The simple fact of the matter is that OU always had outstanding players. Before Stoops the problem was John Blake didn't know what to do with his players or how to be a head coach. Look at the number of players we had drafted during those years, yet notice how bad OU's record was. I do agree with you that there are an inordinate number of bandwagon OU fans in this state- no question about that. But some of us know what were talking about. And maybe if OSU fans didn't come across as so bitter about OU's program, more people would be inclined to support them. And maybe go to their games so the stadium isn't half empty all the time. OSU will never, ever catch OU's football program. The history simply isn't there and never will be. The sooner OSU realizes this, the sooner OSU can start striving for those runner-up trophies that seem to mean so much to them.

Dr_Doom, Latveria (7/10/2009 9:43:17 PM)

They would not stand a chance against my beloved University of Latveria Ironmen and the "Wall of Steel" defense.

Sooner transplant, Marion (7/10/2009 11:40:16 PM)

The Educator/Jenks:
As was stated by me and others,the toughest schedule on paper at the beginning of season may not be the toughest schedule at the end of the season. The article points out that OU played the toughest schedule....because many of those teams were so successful and ranked at the end of the season.
You don't understand the scheduling aspect of college football so let me "educate" you. You used to be able to schedule 3 non-conference teams until a couple of years ago.
(1) It does you no good to play 3 marquee powerhouses nor would you always be able to find 3 who want to play you. The goal is to find at least 1 marquee ranked team and a couple of other good ones that will give you a good test.
(2) Believe it or not, not every team out there is waiting for OU to ask them if they want to play them. They, too, are trying to cooredinate their schedule and they, too, may be limited on who they can get.
(3) Plus both teams have to have open dates that would match and are workable. OU "added" TN-Chattanooga and Idaho St. (1-AA) schools only because nothing else materialized and they were late in scheduling. Those schools wanted to have the opportunity to play a marquee opponent. I think Joe C. did the TN-Chat game as a favor to help the AD there, who was a friend....not because he thought it was an easy win. Stoops does not have that much involvement....most likely only 5%....after being given the facts and scenario, he shares his opinion....but I'm guessing he has more important things to do.
(4) Most of the scheduling is made several years in advance. Look at Washington...a good Pac-Ten program....when we scheduled them....but have a downturn when we played them. There's no crystal ball to know what the teams will look like 4-5 years down the road.

There was a great article with Joe C. (OU's AD) that I read a few months back about his philosophy in scheduling. Perhaps you can Google and see if you can turn something up and then that might answer some questions.
OU did have a strong Big 12 schedule as well because it beat OSU, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri....and its only loss was to a top-5 ranked Texas team. All those factors combined with strong non-conference wins gave OU the edge. What's so hard to understand?

JKW, Tulsa (7/11/2009 7:43:38 AM)

Go sooners Hope we have a good season and win the big 12 championship and get into a bowl game

Rhymeister, Tokyo, JPN (7/11/2009 9:25:23 AM)

Tulsa will be better than Miami again this season. Not to belittle the Canes but that's the truth, Ruth. If Tulsa gets its QB situation sorted out it will be better than BYU too.

But that isn't an easy non-conference schedule and will help the Land Grabbers once they play the Shorthorns who are playing Texas Tiddlelywinks Uni, Southwest College of Land Mines and Texas Methodist University of Dillon, LOL.

Few Clothes, Austin, TX (7/11/2009 1:00:44 PM)

I guess this is a good diversion to forget how bad things are in our country with an idiot in charge. If you only win one game this year, beat the urine out of Texas!

SoCal Fan, Broken Arrow (7/11/2009 2:13:51 PM)

Oh no, here we go again. This is where all the So called OU fans come out and bash every team in the nation saying, "OU is #1 and your team sucks." Well, I'm going to try and keep my mouth shut and hopefully, the Sooners do win out. I'd like to see a rematch between OU and USC. Cross your fingers!

lovethemsooners, Fayetteville (7/11/2009 6:05:39 PM)

I'm not sure ya'll are going to survive Columbus, and if they do beat you guys, they'll more than likely be in Pasadena due to the conference they play in. We must go undefeated to have a chance to play in Pasadena, anything less and it's Arizona here we come....again.

SoonerDJ, Lisbon, Portugal (7/12/2009 12:12:08 PM)

The Educator: I'd like to point something out. You said OU always schedules teams like North Texas, TCU, and Tenn Chatt, but OU should be scheduling teams like Iowa, Michigan, Auburn, and Vandy. I guess you weren't paying attention to any of those teams OU played OOC. I know Tenn Chatt was horrible as well as U Dub, but Cincinnati won thier conference, which happens to be a BCS conference. Oh and TCU team that stated was not a worthy opponent? They had the number 2 defense in the country and finished ranked in the Top 10 at number 7. Those teams you mentioned all did worse than Cincy and TCU. Hell, Michigan had its' worst season ever! Try watching 2009 football and not 1999 football.

Steff M, Claremore (7/13/2009 9:21:14 AM)

I hope The Educator is not REALLY an educator. If he was I think he must have home schooled Darock.

Darockwilder, Tulsa (7/13/2009 10:11:28 AM)

steff
your cool

M_Sizzle, Tulsa (7/13/2009 12:09:21 PM)

I hope OU has a down year and OSU has an epic season.

52favoriteteacher, Washburn--used to be Broken Arrow (7/13/2009 12:15:45 PM)

OSU Cowboys---near to being up on top.

They have the bucks, the players, the coaches...