So here’s what I’m going to say to OU after their 40-35 escape against Michael Pratt and the Tulane Green Wave…you played like shit in the second half after leading 37-14 at halftime.
It was a collective thing. You all sucked including Lincoln Riley and Alex Grinch.
But here’s the thing…just like I suggested you and most of the fans in Norman left the stadium at 37-14 and went to a bar to escape the heat to drink beer, listen to music, and observe how much better Alabama is than any other team in the country at this point right now in this young season.
I’m not going to dissect the OU escape because in fact like the OU team I felt sorry for Tulane at 37-14 and was kinda inwardly hoping they would not beat these kids too bad from Hurricane Ida who are literally living in a hotel in Birmingham for at the minimum the next month.
Tulane QB Michael Pratt played the part of Rocky Balboa in this game as he was sacked 4 times, fumbled a couple of other times, and was hit another 28 times releasing the football.
Michael Pratt, dude…you get my helmet sticker for your gutty performance on Saturday for the guts you displayed in Norman. Hope you can walk by Tuesday.
Alabama just absolutely rolled Miami which in fact tells me either Alabama is unbeatable or that Miami is horrible. How about both are correct statements.
OU, Ohio State, Clemson, and Georgia all appear at this very early stage to be flawed in multiple facets of the game.
If this were a year when the college football tournament was going to have tweleve teams…you know who my sleepers would be right now?
I would go sleeper-wise….UCLA, Texas, and Iowa.
These three teams all impressed me on Saturday…especially UCLA who ran the football right up LSU’s ass in the Rose Bowl on Saturday evening in Pasadena.
UCLA did to LSU what OU couldn’t do against Tulane…namely–they ran the football.
OU in 35 rushing plays could only muster 116 yards whereas UCLA ran at will versus the very soft paper LSU Tigers who in no way resemble the Joe Burrough group from two years ago.
I think Iowa will beat Iowa State next week. I think O State will lose at Boise when they play that game. But at the moment I have no idea where OU is as a team because as a human I kinda get how it’s hard to put your foot on the throat of a team which just survived a historical hurricane.
In reality…if OU had hung sixty on Tulane people would be ripping OU for being the heartless bastards who stabbed little brother O State in the back. But I will say this about OU beating Alabama this season….good luck with that.
Texas looked good. Texas handled a pretty good Louisiana team and to me looked like the best Big 12 team I observed on Saturday. But again it’s early in the season.
O State… just wow. Kayse…if you’re still with me on here does that tell you why I think you should part ways with Mullet King. If ever a team should have come out of the gates with a chip on their shoulder and an edge to their game it was this game in Stillwater against lowly Missouri State.
It is what it is. At what point do you people in Stillwater part ways with enabling?
As far as OU…I think they’ll get better every week as they figure this out, but I can’t see them as a legit threat to win the national championship. They have some very nice young players, but in reality they don’t have a running back like Rhamondre or anyone like that back from UCLA who just shredded the LSU paper Tigers.
If we had a twelve team tournament this season…I think it would be up for grabs as to who would be the team to challenge Alabama for the national championship.
But on this Saturday that team would have been Chip Kelly’s very much improved UCLA Bruins because they can run the football and have a tight end who reminds me a little of Mark Andrews. Plus, they used the transfer portal to make themselves better this football season.
But you know…who deosn’t need the portal. That would be Alabama because they have the best players nd the best coach.