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longhorn320 · « **Reply #70 on:** November 29, 2022, 11:40:59 AM »

Quote from: utee94 on November 29, 2022, 11:24:34 AM

I don't think you can say we'll "all" watch. I haven't watched a single CFP championship game, and I only caught one or two of the semifinal games, when they were on a sensible day like New Year's or something. I have little interest in the new format, and I'll find a 12-team playoff to be even less compelling.

Obviously I'd watch if Texas were ever in it, but that doesn't seem to be a likely scenario anytime soon.

You just never know utee

If we win our bowl game we will be 9 and 4 with a green freshman QB and a very green OL

Next year we will be even better

Maybe not next year but in two years we might just be ready

utee94 · « **Reply #71 on:** November 29, 2022, 11:59:38 AM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on November 29, 2022, 11:36:40 AM

In 1969 Texas finished the season ranked number 1 and Penn St which was undefeated number 2

An invitation was extended to JoPa and his Penn St team to come to the Cotton Bowl and play for the National Championship

As was his custom Paterno allowed his Penn St team to vote on it and they elected to go to the Orange Bowl instead of playing UT for the National Championship.

It was then that a second invite went to Ara Parseghian and his Notre Dame team and they accepted

When UT beat Notre Dame and won the NC Paterno stated UT couldnt have driven 70 yards on the ground twice against them as it had ND which created a very humorous situation

PSU has finished undefeated and without being awarded the MNC on several occasions. I'm pretty sure the one Gigem is talking about, is the 1994 season, where they finished 12-0. Unfortunately for them, the mid 90s Nebraska juggernaut finished 13-0 and was awarded both the AP and Coaches' poll MNCs that year.

FearlessF · « **Reply #72 on:** November 29, 2022, 02:05:48 PM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on November 29, 2022, 11:40:59 AM

You just never know utee

If we win our bowl game we will be 9 and 4 with a green freshman QB and a very green OL

Next year we will be even better

Maybe not next year but in two years we might just be ready

hope springs eternal this time of year

utee94 · « **Reply #73 on:** November 29, 2022, 02:09:35 PM »

Eh, I've been right for the past decade and a half or so. Anyway, lamenting the Longhorns' poor performances isn't what this thread is for. As I recall, this thread is intended to celebrate the Sooners' success and impending B12 domination in sports such as football and basketball.

FearlessF · « **Reply #74 on:** November 29, 2022, 02:11:51 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on November 29, 2022, 11:59:38 AM

PSU has finished undefeated and without being awarded the MNC on several occasions. I'm pretty sure the one Gigem is talking about, is the 1994 season, where they finished 12-0. Unfortunately for them, the mid 90s Nebraska juggernaut finished 13-0 and was awarded both the AP and Coaches' poll MNCs that year.

yup, PSU ducked Texas in 69. Perhaps not really JoePa's fault in 94 cause they were new members of the Big Ten and ducked Nebraska by going to the Rose Bowl.

Huskers and especially Doc Tom Osborne didn't like it cause that set up playing the Miami Canes on their homefield
There was some discussion about getting PSU out of the Rose to play Nebraska.
There was also talk of having another game after the Rose and Orange bowl to settle the disagreement

JoePa didn't seem to want to play the Huskers.

I would have been just fine with a split title like in 97, but the voters didn't see it that way.
I just REALLY wish the 94 Huskers would have played Penn St. and the 97 Huskers would have beaten the hell outta Michigan!

longhorn320 · « **Reply #75 on:** November 29, 2022, 04:27:53 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on November 29, 2022, 02:09:35 PM

Eh, I've been right for the past decade and a half or so. Anyway, lamenting the Longhorns' poor performances isn't what this thread is for. As I recall, this thread is intended to celebrate the Sooners' success and impending B12 domination in sports such as football and basketball.

nobody pays attention to what the subject of a thread is around here

anyway I didnt expect you to feel anything positive concerning the Horns as we all know its not your job to blow smoke

Incidentally the Horns are projected to play Utah in the Alamo Bowl. Utah is favored by 7 which should be interesting

FearlessF · « **Reply #76 on:** November 29, 2022, 04:40:39 PM »

if the Utes can handle those two bruising backs from Texas, they have a chance

utee94 · « **Reply #77 on:** November 29, 2022, 05:00:12 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on November 29, 2022, 04:40:39 PM

if the Utes can handle those two bruising backs from Texas, they have a chance

Not sure whether or not either one will play. Hoping they both will.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #78 on:** December 07, 2022, 07:42:38 AM »

Quote from: CWSooner on January 30, 2022, 12:43:12 PM

I'm feeling pretty optimistic about OU sports for 2022.

I believe that Brent Venables as HFC is an upgrade from Lincoln Riley. The Sooners should play tougher and more disciplined football. I think that Venables has assembled a good staff that can recruit as well as it can coach. It's a good mix of young and old, black and white, OU alums and new blood. I think Venables is the right guy to get the program prepared for SEC-style football. If I had to pick a favorite for the 2022 Big 12 championship, it would be OU. That's not to say that I'd take OU vs. the field, but the Sooners are my totally objective favorite.

This didn't age well, thus far, though going forward it could work out ...

CWSooner · « **Reply #79 on:** December 07, 2022, 11:31:17 AM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on December 07, 2022, 07:42:38 AM

This didn't age well, thus far, though going forward it could work out ...

No, it sure didn't.
I think that Sooner fans are generally stunned at both the process and the results this year.
Pat Jones, the winningest-ever Oklahoma State football coach prior to Mike Gundy, has a mid-day radio show. He opined that Brent Venables has a year and a half to fix his mess. If things aren't looking much better by the mid-point of the 2024 season, Venables won't have a 2025 season in Norman.
In 2021, the Sooners went 6-1 in games decided by one score. This year, they went 0-4 in such games.
One of Oklahoma's premier sports writers is a guy named Berry Tramel, who writes for The Oklahoman. He wrote a few days ago that this year's 6-6 team essentially the same as last year's 11-2 team. It's just that the close games went the other way.
I disagree with that. Being able to win close games means something. Being in better condition than the other team. Having more poise than the other team. Making better coaching decisions in crunch-time than the other team's coaches. Losing close games to teams that are not physically superior to your team means that your team found ways to lose instead of finding ways to win.
The 2022 Sooners were not going to be a great team. But they certainly had the talent to finish better than 6-6. Or, after the likely Cheez-It (the Cops) Bowl loss to FSU, 6-7.
Bad coaching.

FearlessF · « **Reply #80 on:** December 07, 2022, 11:43:23 AM »

agreed

Frost seemed to have losing close games down to a science

Pelini could turn them into a win

it's more than just luck and the bounce of the ball.

gotta make yer own breaks

Gigem · « **Reply #81 on:** December 07, 2022, 11:47:55 AM »

I think A&M lost 5 or 6 games by less than one TD. Like 4.5 pts per loss. I lost track, but there were a lot of games that were tight. Some of that is BS though because they scored very late and had no chance to score again.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #82 on:** December 07, 2022, 12:33:04 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on December 07, 2022, 11:47:55 AM

I think A&M lost 5 or 6 games by less than one TD. Like 4.5 pts per loss. I lost track, but there were a lot of games that were tight. Some of that is BS though because they scored very late and had no chance to score again.

The four games the Horns lost was by a combined 18 points so I feel your pain

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #83 on:** December 07, 2022, 12:39:15 PM »

Don't worry, I expect both UT and OU to get themselves back in top form almost like magic just in time to give us problems.

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