Not a good day for Big 12 commish Bob Bowlsby as the three teams picked to challenge OU for this season’s league championship were all in a word ‘terrible’ on Separation Saturday.
Texas and its starting QB Hudson Card were not ready for the bright lights of an Arkansas overflow crowd and the SEC. It was embarrassing. It was a mismatch in every conceivable way as the Hogs avenged their 15-14 loss in the ’69 Game of the Century with a 40-21 win.
The only bright spots I saw in this game were that Casey Thuompson might become the Horns’ QB and stud running back Bijan Robinson might consider using the transfer portal to join Sooners’ QB Caleb Williams next season in Norman.
In Ames it wasn’t much better as the Iowa Hawkeyes handled the Iowa State Cyclones by a 27-17 count for their sixth straight win in this series. Here’s the truth about Iowa State right now…their starting QB Brock Purdy would be the third string quarterback in Norman behind Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams. Truth hurts.
Almost every regional scribe picked Iowa State and Texas to be the second and third best teams in this year’s version of the Big 12. I’m not saying they aren’t the second and third best teams…I’m just saying they better figure out some things at the quarterback position in a hurry if the Big 12 hopes to have someone beyond OU in the Top Ten heading into Conference Championship Week.
O State was brutal in Stillwater, but at least held on to beat Tulsa 28-23. Mike Gundy says he needs to rethink his offense. No fucking shit, Sherlock.
Let me help you out there Mullet King stud hoss. What is Spencer Sanders’ best skill?
It’s running on the corner, dumbass. That’s what Spencer Sanders does best. Get him on the corner and allow him to create space and time for the other O State playmakers. This isn’t nearly as complicated as rethinking the U.S. health care system.
TURN SPENCER SANDERS LOOSE!
O State plays at Boise next week-end. That will be their Separation Saturday either good or bad. That O State coaching staff and Mullet King better have a come to Jesus reckoning somtime later this afternoon watching film would be my take. Kind of like when Switzer and Chuck Fairbanks back in the day said to themselves, “Let’s run the wishbone,” the week before the Texas game.
What did Lincoln Riley do with Jalen Hurts? He created an offense which matched Jalen’s skill set. Pull your brain out of your ass and earn your $5 million plus.
With Ohio State’s bad loss at home to Oregon where the Buckeyes couldn’t tackle a pylon–the Sooners as a de facto SEC team will be No. 3 in the AP Poll this week behind Alabama and Georgia.
So…for OU it was a good day in a way, but I can’t think if the Big 12 doesn’t at the least have another good team that will be good for OU with the committee in November since the Sooners don’t have a customary national marquee opponent on their schedule this season with Nerbraska not being all that good.
Anyway, have a nice Sunday and I hope all of us reflected on what 9/11 should mean to us twenty years later.