You have to understand this…I Bleed Crimson. My son Chris is a complete OU lunatic. He traveled to every road game and bowl game during his four undergraduate years minus the two games in Ames. My wife is an Auburn War Eagle. Plus, there’s a plethora of O State supporters in the family landscape. Tomorrow is a big day for them…a reckoning of sorts. So for me tomorrow is the best day of the college football season with Kirk’s surging Buckeyes at Michigan.
Then we get the Iron Bowl with Alabama’s uncharacteristicly soft defense at Auburn versus the mercurial Bo Nix. Bo Nix is the ultimate wildcard…you never know with that kid. He runs like Caleb and when he gets hot…he can play a little bit. Kid is tough as nails. I might put Alabama on mini upset alert just prior to kick-off.
I’m ready for Saban to retire and seek the GOP nomination so the country can be saved from Trump and clueless idiots like Kyle Rittenhouse in 2024. Mike Pence and Mitt Romney are only still breathing because Kyle Rittenhouse couldn’t get to D.C. in time on January 6th. Just saying. I’m to assume in the world of Tucker Carlson and those lost souls who follow him they’ve never heard of reckless endangerment and manslaughter as punishable offenses in our system of law.
Isn’t it ironic that the party of fervent pro-lifers could care less about the sanctity of life if people are at a political rally or protest which doesn’t coincide with their beliefs. Then the sanctity of life for all grown up walking talking fetuses doesn’t carry all that much sway. Ironic…isn’t it.
I may have to squeeze in a special Smerconish Saturday at some point to address Kyle Rittenhouse and those which excuse his behavior…. but not tomorrow.
But I have to say as an honors graduate of the Bob Jackson School of Criminal Law the verdicts didn’t suprise me given the poor job the proscecutors did and the fact they didn’t try the case in a different venue with a different jury pool where maybe they would have had a chance to convict this person of something.
It all begins with jurisdiction, venue, voir dire, and the hope you can sell your case to a jury which is sympathetic to your client. In this case….Kyle’s lawyer Mark Richards had a client which appealed to this jury. Just a wild guess, but I’m guessing OJ Simpson and George Floyd wouldn’t have appealed as much to this group of jurors. BTW…I thought Tucker Carlson was prescient in hiring Richards as Kyle’s lawyer. The guy is a good lawyer. A formidable advocate. Bob would be saying Mark Richards is a rising star in a courtroom. I’m sure he’ll have a book out soon on this case.
But back to football. Three great games with Bedlam closing the show with the entire nation watching tomorrow.
I can’t imagine Lincoln and Caleb are all that nervous. If they lose they can say adios, let the LSU crazies pay OU the $25 million for the buyout, and head off to Baton Rouge with a litany of transfer portal recruits heading with them to LSU if they so desire.
My reupped short list per Joe C would then be Lane Kiffin, Mark Stoops, or my boy Michael Leach with his law degree from Pepperdine and the part on his resume where he locked Adam James in an equipment shed and then told his ESPN father to pretty much f–k off. I love that. Leach would only get a two year guaranteed contract from me though.
For Mike Gundy though this is his day in court. Mike Gundy as a player from ’86-’89 was 0-4 vs. OU with Hart Lee Dykes, Thurman Thomas, and Barry Sanders. People forget Hart Lee Dykes was one of the most ballyhooed recruits in college football history. The recruitment of Hart Lee Dykes could in itself be a book as four universities were put on probation recruiting Hart Lee Dykes from Bay City, Texas. O State, OU, Texas A&M, and Illinois all received varying degrees of NCAA penalties for their violations in recruiting Hart Lee.
Gundy as the O State head coach is bascially 1-15 versus OU if you don’t give him a win for the gaame in which Bob Stoops repunted to The Cheetah….Tyreke Hill.
Mike Gundy is on trial tomorrow. Can he beat OU? High courtroom drama with much more suspense than the Kyle Rittenhouse verdicts being read aloud.
Mike Leach gets the last word heading into Super Saturday.