Sooners Beat Oregon in Alamo Bowl, 47-32

A nice bowl win for OU to end one of the more bizarre seasons in recent OU football history.

You know…if you think back to the summer to when then head coach Lincoln Riley had to remove Mikey Henderson, Seth McGowan, and Trajon Bridges from the team due to serious legal misconduct issues to all the things in between it seems like three years have passed.

I feel like I’ve aged three years.

Maybe that’s when all of us should have thought something wasn’t just right.

But here’s the thing and I’m glad Caleb Williams alluded to it in his press conference comments…the good things about guys like Pat Fields, Jeremiah Hall, Kennedy Brooks, and all the other excellent young men in the program clearly outweigh what happened this summer and then what happened with Lincoln Riley’s sudden departure for USC before the season had ended.

I have no idea if Caleb Williams stays or goes eventually. But this much I know…the way Caleb Williams handled the last month should be a model everywhere for college football coaches on how to leave a program if they’re taking another job.

I’m an OU fan. I obviously hope Caleb stays. He’s not only a tremendous player, but he’s an extremely articulate young man who in a way reminds me of Jalen Hurts much more than either Baker Mayfield or Kyler Murray in the manner in which he carries himself.

Did you see him go after his buddy when his high school friend was about to take an incredibly stupid fifteen yard penalty? That’s maturity …that’s leadership.

Caleb’s maturity and intelligence project themselves whenever he’s either on a podcast or at a presser or on the field.

If Caleb decides to leave…I’ll always be a fan. Just like I’m totally fine with what Jadon Hazlewood and Austin Stogner decided to do by transferring to tough SEC programs where the level of play will be tougher not easier. I respect that.

If Caleb decides he wants to go play at LSU or some other school where the level of play is higher–then I’m fine.

If he decides to go to USC and play in the uber soft PAC 12… I’ll be disappointed in him to a minor extent.

I constantly defend Kevin Durant on my blog in the aftermath of his decision to leave the Thunder for three simple reasons…those being Sam Presti never corraled Russell Westbrook, never put a starting guard who could actually shoot in the lineup, and never put a bench together on that 2016 team.

Did I think it was soft joining Steph and Klay? Yeah, sure…but it was smart as hell when you really think it thru.

That’s all I’m going to say about Caleb.

To Pat Fields, Kennedy Brooks, Jeremiah Hall, to my John Marshall brother Justin Broiles… and to all the other seniors who are excellent young men and who have their lives in front of them…thank you for all the thrills you’ve given this OU fan over the last four or five years.

Thank you and enjoy your own indivudual journey of lives as you see fit.

Good luck to all. And to Bob Stoops and Joe C…thanks for the last month. In the end…it’s not just about winning…it’s about winning and impacting young lives in a positive manner. I watched Dabo in the game before OU talk about his players. I love Dabo and the fact Coach Venables said Dabo made him a better man makes me feel good about OU’s future moving forward.

Good luck to O State and Baylor…don’t let the Big 12 down. This is your Shining Moment. Embrace it and only look forward.

To Lincoln Riley….I won’t ever boo you. Every person has a right to choose their own path. But what I would say is that USC or LSU weren’t going to give an assistant from East Carolina a deal on a level of what Nick Saban has earned. I mean…some guys like Bob Stoops and Joe C put their asses on the line for you and you quite frankly went all in with the Fredo path from Godfather II. I’m part Italian and I know Joe C is Italian… just saying. But I’ll never boo you.

Betrayal is a serious offense. There’s a reason I keep the Al Pacino avi pic. I want to make certain the feckless little white fanboys at Daily Thunder understand why their little blog became an unreadable piece of smoldering dogshit. Daily Thunder=Fredo. Don’t do this with Lincoln, Joe C. It will all be fine in the end. Karma has a way. Just saying.

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