As far as fan interest goes this sports season in Oklahoma the Oklahoma City Thunder will drop below both of the OU and O State quarterback stories.
The Jalen Hurts and Spencer Sanders stories will replace the Russell Westbrook and Paul George narratives. The Thunder will be somewhat anecdotal this season as they try to reshape themselves into something beyond the Charlotte Hornets. BTW…the ‘new Daily Hornet’ used a Little Nick Gallo bolt just this morning so I don’t see any real change there. It must be a millennial thing. Sigh.
Lincoln Riley has become the quarterback guru of football. His offense is the rage and he is arguably the Bill Walsh of this football generation. In case you forgot—Bill Walsh was of San Francisco 49’er fame with his West Coast offense.
OU will never be without a marquee QB as long as Lincoln Riley is the head coach. Spencer Rattler is redshirting behind Jalen Hurts as we move through this football season.
As I move forward with my blog I will try and cover ‘our’ Charlotte Hornets through this season of tanking and reshaping, but as of yet I’m not sure exactly how that should be done. But I’m almost certain it shouldn’t be done by quoting Nick Gallo. I think a certain combination of compassion and honesty will be required. In a word—fairness.
But for right now it’s Lincoln Riley and Jalen Hurts as the Sooners try to make it back to college football’s playoff for the third straight season.