And some things that haven't made sense to me all year start to add up.
This year's team has for the most part looked like less than the sum of its parts. The opposite of the old Scipio Tex quote about Bob Stoops winning the Big 12 with a band-aid and a Paul Thompson bobble-head doll.
Maybe Lincoln's been overwhelmed wearing 3 hats--HFC, OC, and QB coach. I've argued for a couple of years that he wasn't taking care of other elements of the program, like the defense and special teams, like team chemistry, like dealing with miscreants and knuckleheads. Maybe defenses have adjusted to Lincoln's incredibly brilliant play-calling faster than he's adjusted to their adjustments.
So, maybe on top of all that, Lincoln hasn't really been into OU football this year. Especially not since Clay Helton got fired at USC last--IRRC--September.
After two weeks on semi-denial answers on the LSU rumors, he finally told the media last night that he was "not going to be the next coach at LSU--next question?"
Nope. Not gonna be the next coach at LSU. Didn't say anything about USC though.
I think we'll take some hits in recruiting before whoever the next head coach is going to be shows up and gets to work, but I think we'll be OK.
Bob Stoops is going to be the interim HFC for the bowl game. Heck, I wouldn't mind if he came back for a year or two. He's sitting at 190 wins right now. It would be cool to see him reach 200.
