Red River Shootout
Watching the OU-Texas game on Saturday simultaneously amazed me and nearly gave me a breakdown. Being an OU alumni, this game has a special place in my heart every year. After moving east, I got sick of hearing about the SEC this and SEC that. At the time, OU's program was in decline and so I began rooting for any team from the Big 8 over the SEC. When the Big 8 gave way to the Big 12, I applied the same reasoning: OU over anyone, Big 12 over anyone else.
Except for Texas.
I hate Texas. Completely, viscerally hate Texas.
I like it when they are ranked highly, just not higher than the Sooners. I love it when we win big, serving the dual purpose of making us look good in the eyes of the pundits and pouring salt on the wound of a loss for Texas fans.
Which brings us back to this game. It was sloppy. It was ugly. 12-0 is a good win, and I appreciate that the Sooners gave Texas their first shutout since 1980. But I would have preferred a repeat of last year, where we hang more than a half-a-hundred on them.
As a football fan, I am enjoying watching the freshman RB Adrian Peterson. He is a man-child. Probably the best freshman running back since Herschel Walker. I have to think that having him in the backfield with the reigning Heisman trophy winner is almost an embarrassment of riches. Teams have to respect White, which lets the O-line open big holes and lets Peterson run roughshod. If teams stack eight or nine in the box to stop Peterson, I get the impression that Stoops will air it out, punishing them for favoring the run on defense.
Matter of fact, it seems like Stoops is daring opponents to stack the box.
Either way, I hope that the Sooners are able to finish strong and win out. I think this might be the last, best chance to win it all before we graduate an awful lot of starters.
But we have Peterson for at least two more years.
Boomer. Sooner.
Except for Texas.
I hate Texas. Completely, viscerally hate Texas.
I like it when they are ranked highly, just not higher than the Sooners. I love it when we win big, serving the dual purpose of making us look good in the eyes of the pundits and pouring salt on the wound of a loss for Texas fans.
Which brings us back to this game. It was sloppy. It was ugly. 12-0 is a good win, and I appreciate that the Sooners gave Texas their first shutout since 1980. But I would have preferred a repeat of last year, where we hang more than a half-a-hundred on them.
As a football fan, I am enjoying watching the freshman RB Adrian Peterson. He is a man-child. Probably the best freshman running back since Herschel Walker. I have to think that having him in the backfield with the reigning Heisman trophy winner is almost an embarrassment of riches. Teams have to respect White, which lets the O-line open big holes and lets Peterson run roughshod. If teams stack eight or nine in the box to stop Peterson, I get the impression that Stoops will air it out, punishing them for favoring the run on defense.
Matter of fact, it seems like Stoops is daring opponents to stack the box.
Either way, I hope that the Sooners are able to finish strong and win out. I think this might be the last, best chance to win it all before we graduate an awful lot of starters.
But we have Peterson for at least two more years.
Boomer. Sooner.
posted by Rob at
4:01 PM
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