Of course OU did.
I listened to a bit of Jim Traber today and he finally got something right.
OU did so with complete and total premediated intent, but with no malice attached. OU mercifully ended the lopsided 90-17 fiasco referred to as the Bedlam Series.
I asked one of my friends who played football and baseball at O State this question the month all this went public.
I asked, “What do you think about all this?”
He said, “Mike, if my next door neighbor kicks my ass eight of nine times for over the course of over a hundred games do I follow him when he sells his house?”
Of course not. 90-17 isn’t a small sample size…it’s more of an indictment of the mentality at O State. OU made a business decision…pure and simple. In fact, in the long run this should help O State and its fanbase get over its inferiority complex in relation to OU football.
I mean think about this…Gundy is 5-22 versus OU during a time when the Sooners fielded some of the school’s worst defenses in its storied football history. If Gundy can figure out a way to gain a single yard against Dave Aranda from the one yard-line versus the Baylor Bears his school might even hoist some Big 12 conference championship trophies.
OU is a football factory. It has been my entire life. OU should never be confused with Harvard, Cal Berkley, or Stanford. It’s a football blueblood where football drives the unversity bus per se. David Boren never came to terms with this and that ‘s on him.
Mike Gundy and Kayse Schrum shouldn’t take this personally. OU negotiated a deal…pure and simple. Joe C is OU’s chief fiduciary and he did exactly what any responsible CEO should have done.
OU and Texas in fact stayed in the third tier Big 12 football wise about ten years later than they should have.
Mike Gundy doesn’t want any part of OU. OU owns Mullet King and Mullett King knows this. This ate at Boone constantly btw. Boone would hold his little Boone pressers lamenting Gundy’s inability to beat OU even after he relented and gave Gundy the contract he felt he needed to stay at his New York Yankee’s job.
So it’s complete nonsense to keep talking about Bedlam.
Like I wrote yesterday…90-17 isn’t Bedlam. It’s more like premeditated bullying and Mike Gundy knows this.
Have you ever seen him happier?
In fact…I think both schools win the way this is going down.
You need a consequential win or two, Mullet King. I’ve got some books I want to sell.
Be happy. You have a magnificent life out there on the Karsten ranch. They didn’t fire you in spite of the Tennessee and Arkansas fiascos. Boone stuck with you even with the 5-22 mark. maybe Mike Holder and Burns Hargis wouldn’t let him fire you…but still. See the glasss half full, buddy. You make more than a member of oil and gas royalty. Well almost. But most of all you only have to play OU one more time. Dude, you’ve got life by the proverbial balls
Breath in. Breathe out. Enjoy the sunshine on your shoulders. Inhale life. Embrace it. Smile at your wife like she’s Kathleen Turner in that ending scene from Body Heat. This is your time. Be happy. Life is good, MK.