I tell you what, despite the obvious missed interference call, this goes beyond that for this OU football team. For some reason…they misplaced their team soul so to speak after the win over Texas in the RRR.
I mean…they can still salvage their season with three wins over West Virginia, BYU, and TCU. They can still finish 10-2 where I thought they would be when I first saw their schedule. But this bullshit with playing like a mentally lazy team without an edge cannot continue because OU isn’t good enough to play at half speed.
This video is life. This is what life is about. Getting knocked down and summoning your inner faith and pulling yourself back up. You can’t feel sorry for yourself. You just gotta find that inner zone within yourself to figure it out.
This is not rocket science.
If I were Brent Venables i would call these five guys into my office before practice today. I’d bare my soul to them. I’d confess I’m not a polished head football coach and I’m still a work in progress. I’d confess I need them to help me lead this team out of the abyss they’ve put themselves into these past two weeks on the road.
The five guys would be Dillion Gabriel, Drake Stoops, Danny Stutsman, Key Lawrence, and the youngster Kip Lewis.
Most good teams are coached from within from players who take a personal ownership stake.
I know where I was at seven months ago when Dr. Showalter told me to get my affairs in order and told me he had no idea how much time I had left. I was weighing at 158 pounds and couldn’t do a pushup.
Almost eight months later….I’m now cancer free, I weigh 192 lbs. and can go forty minutes hard on the terrain bike and would destroy the average soft thirty year-old in the weight room as far as my speed reps workout routine goes.
You can’t feel sorry for yourself. You can’t blame others. You just have to believe in your faith, your work ethic, and the love and support from those around you.
You have to understand…I’m very emotional about this OU football season… because I was told I probably would not be here for Week 10. This is somewhat personal for me. So please indulge me.
I’m done with speeches about this OU football team.
It’s time to go workout and embrace the day.
MJ