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KBVol said:
I hope we don't get ran out of the stadium either.

One of my alltime favorite songs is "Born to Ran" by Springsteen

Sprained my ankle, hate that I can't go for a ran today.

Oh yeah, how about paying even scant attention to what's going on with the program right now. Even if we lose by 3 tds to OU, our team is in much, much better shape that at any point in the last 7-8 years, from academic eligibility, to talent, to culture, to attitude. We're not ready to beat a top 5 team like OU IMHO, but I believe we'll put up a fight and compete like heck in a way that we haven't done in many years.

Ok, getting late now, gotta ran.
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Sure took that one and ran with it...
 
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I really hope we beat them but if not it's not the end of the world. It's a long season and we will not win all the games.
 
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ice said:
beats us like a drum, we will know we are in the same shape we have been for the last three years.
If they win, I hope at least we make a good showing and don't get ran out of the stadium.
I know i'm looking ahead.
Just wondering how we will stack up against the big boys.
It sure would be nice to get a couple of big time wins this year.
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I feel like all the pressure is on them. They are expected to crush us, after the big win over Bama. We are a young and hungry team. I think it sets up nicely to have a good showing. We may not win it in the end, but I can see us really putting a scare in the sooners. Hate moral victories, but we could gain some respect in this game if we play them to the wire. GBFO
 
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volwindy said:
That was a fun year traveling out to Cal. We got beat bad there too (score wise not as bad as Florida), but we looked awful. The best part was ticking off UGA fans by getting into the SEC championship because we had 3 overall losses and they only had 2.
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I loved that. It made their evisceration in early October of that year linger on the tongue like a nice Chianti. Arian Foster was UGA's daddy in 2006 and 2007.
 
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the most important game will ALWAYS be the next game....lets beat arky and show improvement in doing so
 
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reeceb73 said:
Big game Bob is hard to beat (especially at home), but they seem to choke every year. They seem to be in the conversation as a NC contender every pre-season and by the end of the year, they are on the outside looking in. Very Georgia like IMO.

I am still saying it would be unlikely we win, but I just think they are a little overrated year in and year out.
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We've had our share of WTF moments that led to a few dissappointing years. But it's hard to say we were on the outside looking in every year. We went to 4 BCS National Championship games, won in 2000, lost to LSU in Louisiana by a touchdown in 2003 and lost to Florida in Florida by 10 in 2008. We've been in a BCS bowl game 9 times since 2000 and are the only team to win at all 4 venues, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange Bowls in that time. But everyone remembers the chokes. LOL. The years we were not at the top of our game were the years Brent Venables was our DC. Now that Mike Stoops is back and has had a little while to get his defense in place, everyone is hoping we'll be back in form. I really hope Tennessee is back up to a higher level in the next few years. They are one of the few SEC teams I like.
 
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ice said:
beats us like a drum, we will know we are in the same shape we have been for the last three years.
If they win, I hope at least we make a good showing and don't get ran out of the stadium.
I know i'm looking ahead.
Just wondering how we will stack up against the big boys.
It sure would be nice to get a couple of big time wins this year.
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See Texas A&M vs Scar
 
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Anybody else think if we have a really good game against ASU that ESPN/ABC may make a push for us to be ranked as to make their prime time game look better between UT and OK?

Flame away
 
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MOTOWNWANG said:
Cripes. This thread again.
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I agree. I've not looked at anything OU yet. It's Arkie ST. first. Threads like this is what makes Volnation meltdown after we play. We win the first game every year and think we back to the 90's. Let's see how we and OU do in week 2. Then we can start comparing in's and out's. I don't believe week 1 says too much about any team. (except Vandy).
 
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I would make another point regarding the idea that Stoops & OU choke in big games. A recent article in the WSJ pointed out that other than David Shaw, the Stanford HC, Stoops has the most wins and the best winning % vs top 25 teams of any HC in major college football.
I will agree that we have a tendency on occasion to play down to our opponents but we rarely do so in games considered "big".

Also, an observation about the Texas game last year. I have been going to that game in Dallas since the early 60's and if there's one rivalry where you can throw the book out on it's this one. OU was the favorite going into the game but we had just lost our starting MLB/Co-captain & starting NT to season ending injuries. We were extremely young so we had to start a true freshman @ MLB and a RSF @ NT. This is not a game where you want to take the field with young inexperienced players who have never experienced that game.

Texas had 19 seniors who had never beaten OU & They had brought back DC Greg Robinson to replace Manny Diaz & Robinson had tons of experience defensing OU over the years. Having said all this, we were in the game late in the 4th qtr. but couldn't convert a 4th down deep in Texas' territory.

OU's record in 2013 was a clear manifestation of a young team working within new O & D concepts trying to get it's collective feet gathered underneath it & it took all year to finally get comfortable with the schemes and to overcome the numerous injuries we had. By the time we got to Alabama, our youngsters had grown up and we had a whole year plus bowl prep under our belts in these new schemes. The true freshman MLB that stepped into to replace the co-captain was the defensive new comer of the year in the Big 12 and a freshman all-American.
 
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DC Vol said:
OP forgot how Florida beat UT by 39 points in 2007 and then UT went on 8 of it's 9 future games (including being beaten like a drum by unranked Alabama in Saban's first year). UT went on to go to the SECCG even though we beat Vandy and Kentucky by a combined 3 points.

Bad games happen. Close games happen.

We have a young team that will continue to grow as the year goes on. 1 game does not dictate our season. Back off the ledge.
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Fully agree with this.

Sometimes there are bad match-ups. Sometimes, players have off days. If Oklahoma blows us out, and then we go on to beat Florida, Alabama, and Ole Miss, I'd pretty happy.

Certainly not saying that will happen, but we've had great teams that have been blown out before. The mark of a truly bad team is that it never seems to rebound. A good team is one that gets beat up, but then keeps coming back, because the players have faith in themselves.
 
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owenfieldreams said:
I would make another point regarding the idea that Stoops & OU choke in big games. A recent article in the WSJ pointed out that other than David Shaw, the Stanford HC, Stoops has the most wins and the best winning % vs top 25 teams of any HC in major college football.
I will agree that we have a tendency on occasion to play down to our opponents but we rarely do so in games considered "big".

Also, an observation about the Texas game last year. I have been going to that game in Dallas since the early 60's and if there's one rivalry where you can throw the book out on it's this one. OU was the favorite going into the game but we had just lost our starting MLB/Co-captain & starting NT to season ending injuries. We were extremely young so we had to start a true freshman @ MLB and a RSF @ NT. This is not a game where you want to take the field with young inexperienced players who have never experienced that game.

Texas had 19 seniors who had never beaten OU & They had brought back DC Greg Robinson to replace Manny Diaz & Robinson had tons of experience defensing OU over the years. Having said all this, we were in the game late in the 4th qtr. but couldn't convert a 4th down deep in Texas' territory.

OU's record in 2013 was a clear manifestation of a young team working within new O & D concepts trying to get it's collective feet gathered underneath it & it took all year to finally get comfortable with the schemes and to overcome the numerous injuries we had. By the time we got to Alabama, our youngsters had grown up and we had a whole year plus bowl prep under our belts in these new schemes. The true freshman MLB that stepped into to replace the co-captain was the defensive new comer of the year in the Big 12 and a freshman all-American.
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19 Seniors and none were NFL type players , none drafted period not even an early out Junior. What point does this make.
 
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DC Vol said:
OP forgot how Florida beat UT by 39 points in 2007 and then UT went on 8 of it's 9 future games (including being beaten like a drum by unranked Alabama in Saban's first year). UT went on to go to the SECCG even though we beat Vandy and Kentucky by a combined 3 points.

Bad games happen. Close games happen.

We have a young team that will continue to grow as the year goes on. 1 game does not dictate our season. Back off the ledge.
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How every UT fan should think sometimes. Well said!
 
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Oklahoma beat Ala because Auburn took the wind out of Bama's sails! They didn't look anything like the undefeated version of that team. Don't judge them based on that game or the Texas game either.

We have a very confident, excited team going to Norman! They are going there to win another game. Just support them and take what happens as another "Brick' in Butch's plan!

GO VOLS!!!!
 
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ice said:
beats us like a drum, we will know we are in the same shape we have been for the last three years.
If they win, I hope at least we make a good showing and don't get ran out of the stadium.
I know i'm looking ahead.
Just wondering how we will stack up against the big boys.
It sure would be nice to get a couple of big time wins this year.
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OK la homo has been beaten like a drum by S.E.C. teams the past decade "EXCEPT FOR THIS YEARS SUGAR BOWL AGAINST O BAMA"

So, if Stoops can run the score up to make headlines, then he will do so.

The good thing is if we have an off game and get beaten badly, then this should put fire in the team to not lose again this season.....
 
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coach799 said:
Oklahoma beat Ala because Auburn took the wind out of Bama's sails! They didn't look anything like the undefeated version of that team. Don't judge them based on that game or the Texas game either.

We have a very confident, excited team going to Norman! They are going there to win another game. Just support them and take what happens as another "Brick' in Butch's plan!

GO VOLS!!!!
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Don't forget, all the Alabama players had ingrown toe nails and were told that for this one game, they only needed 7 yards to get a first down, rather than the usual 10. It's a good thing they were told they needed to get 10 yards for first downs against West Virginia last week, otherwise a Big 12 team that went 4-8 last year might have beat them. Those pesky ingrown toe nails. Saban should invest in a few pedicurists so they can get that SEC speed back.
 
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Rudy123 said:
OK la homo has been beaten like a drum by S.E.C. teams the past decade "EXCEPT FOR THIS YEARS SUGAR BOWL AGAINST O BAMA"

So, if Stoops can run the score up to make headlines, then he will do so.

The good thing is if we have an off game and get beaten badly, then this should put fire in the team to not lose again this season.....
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I don't think a 4-4 record against the SEC would warrant a description of being "beaten like a drum" with two of the losses coming in National Championship games with a combined margin of victory of 17 points by the SEC teams.
 
#46
#46
I'm a firm proponent in the "let's wait and see before we start crying" boat. I also think this game will either be a win for us or a beat down for us. I see no in between, but it also depends on what Oklahoma team shows up. Last year's OU that barely beat a 3-9 Kansas, and a 4-8 WVU and TCU by an average of 9 points, or the OU that beat Bama.
 
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owenfieldreams said:
I would make another point regarding the idea that Stoops & OU choke in big games. A recent article in the WSJ pointed out that other than David Shaw, the Stanford HC, Stoops has the most wins and the best winning % vs top 25 teams of any HC in major college football.
I will agree that we have a tendency on occasion to play down to our opponents but we rarely do so in games considered "big".

Also, an observation about the Texas game last year. I have been going to that game in Dallas since the early 60's and if there's one rivalry where you can throw the book out on it's this one. OU was the favorite going into the game but we had just lost our starting MLB/Co-captain & starting NT to season ending injuries. We were extremely young so we had to start a true freshman @ MLB and a RSF @ NT. This is not a game where you want to take the field with young inexperienced players who have never experienced that game.

Texas had 19 seniors who had never beaten OU & They had brought back DC Greg Robinson to replace Manny Diaz & Robinson had tons of experience defensing OU over the years. Having said all this, we were in the game late in the 4th qtr. but couldn't convert a 4th down deep in Texas' territory.

OU's record in 2013 was a clear manifestation of a young team working within new O & D concepts trying to get it's collective feet gathered underneath it & it took all year to finally get comfortable with the schemes and to overcome the numerous injuries we had. By the time we got to Alabama, our youngsters had grown up and we had a whole year plus bowl prep under our belts in these new schemes. The true freshman MLB that stepped into to replace the co-captain was the defensive new comer of the year in the Big 12 and a freshman all-American.
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I wouldn't worry too much about Stoops and his choking reputation...when extension time pops up, another 1 or 2 mil plops onto the end of his expense tab. Like us, after Fulmer, Gibbs,Schnellenberger and Blake had to make your faithful a lot less likely to go CHAMPIONSHIP OR BUST...as long as he's happy...you'll be Fonzie. :thumbsup:
 
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#48
We ride into Norman on a cloud because we just beat down two scrub teams. Oklahoma is a test and freshmen nerves will be on high but Butch Jones, WorleyBird, and AJ keep the team emotion down and focuses on one play at a time. We keep the offense on the field and keep the defense rested to fly around the ball. There will be no missed tackles or break out plays by the Sooners.

Oh, and did you see Worley smiling coyly to the sidelines after his overthrowing every single deep pass against Utah State but then throwing bullets to the chest on the rest of his passes? All setting up OU for some surprises.

OU is going down
 
#49
#49
I've said it before and I'll say it again: this is a statement game for Bob Stoops. He's not going to let any SEC team walk into Norman and play nice. He'll try to hang 50 if he can. Our only hope is they come in overconfident and make some mistakes. There's no way he's overlooking this game even though it's "lowly" Tennessee.
 
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Regardless of their draft status, 19 seniors who had played in that game multiple times vs a bunch of freshmen who had never experienced coming down the south EZ ramp in the Cotton Bowl makes a huge difference, especially if those 19 players had been humiliated by OU for three straight years by a combined point total of 146-58. This game is a grudge match.....a bare knuckles fight between players who, in many cases, have played each other in H.S.. There is no game on either schedule that matches the intensity and passion of this game. It's all about the dinosaur wine. The better team has lost this game on numerous occasions.
 
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