I feel like shit. Like a semi-truck ran over me and then ran over me again and again. This was not a pretty game. It was the survival of OU’s season to still hang around and possibly win a sixth straight Big 12 banner and keep the possibility intact they could go 9-2 and play in one of those second tier BCS bowls .
But I tell you what…I feel better after having watched Alabama’s pourous defense get lit up by Ole Miss in Oxford. Same thing with defending national champ LSU…they absolutely suck. James Carvelle may be dead this morning. Bill Clinton better go check on him and make sure he didn’t check it in during the wee hours last night drinking hard bourbon.
Florida Gators are a group of posers as well. Same thing with the Aggies in College Station. I saw one team yesterday in the entire SEC who played any defense whatsover… that was Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. But here’s the thing they have to play Alabama on the road next Saturday. Talk about a Big Boy Brtiches game in mid-October. One of those teams will be playing the rest of the season to avoid a second loss.
After watching the SEC teams yesterday…I’m going to predict right here and now either Clemson or Ohio State will win the national championship if Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields stay healthy.
So the Big 12 now has three undefeated teams… Mullet King State, Iowa State, and Kansas State. OU clearly has no margin for error. But here’s the thing…despite the two lossses I still feel when they get Ronnie Perkins and LaMondre back they’ll have the best team in the conference.
Iowa State concerns me the most as a Sooner fan. I respect their coach. Sharp kid. In fact…if Lincoln had taken an NFL job…the Iowa State kid is who I would have gone after. Not that Joe C confers with me on these matters. But I think he’s a good coach.
I don’t think K-State is all that good. OU literally gift wrapped and gave that football game away.
As far as Mullet King State…they definitely have some talented pieces, but you know what else they have…they have a Mullet King-Breibart head coach who would be 1-14 against these horrible OU defenses if Bob Stoops hadn’t repunted to the NFL’s most explosive player Tyreke Hill.
What I’m saying is that…Mike Gundy better than any other coach in America knows how to not beat OU. He has a PhD in losing to those horrible bad tackling defenses. As long as Holder keeps Mullet King on his and Boone’s sideline…as an OU fan I like OU’s chances.
It’s not that I have anything personal in regards to Gundy. I sat with him in my brother’s Panera Bread restaurant and talked…nice enough dude with a mullet. But he just wouldn’t be my football CEO.
I’m also thinking Spencer Rattler at this point knows if he loses to O State that’s not something you want on your OU resume as a potentially iconic OU quarterback alum.
So all in all…I feel much better about OU’s football season than I did a week ago after the loss in Ames. Winning does that for you. Winning is like a contagious drug in team sports. Your team builds on it and should get incrementally better each week as Spencer Rattler grows a little week by week.
Once that kid figures out his pocket presence at this level and speed of game…OU is going to be a somewhat dangerous team looking down the road.
I’ll be recapping Alabama-Georgia next Sunday morning. Here’s my question of the week…is Alabama’s offense or Georgia’s defense the most dominant unit in college football this mid October?
We’re getting ready to find out.