What Other Message Boards Are Saying: Oklahoma Edition

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mscelinaVol said:
When I was a wee little Volunteer lass growing up in middle Tennessee--very young--the Bear was at the end of his career at Bama. So I grew up with Bama as public enemy #1. Respected, not feared, and our truly important rival. Florida snuck in there when Bama was down, and it was literally Spurrier's mouth(and success,) that fueled that rivalry. Florida we hated and didn't respect. Zook-gate sealed that hatred and distespect in blood. Still don't respect them. Makes Florida the annoying reptile we squish before going on to tackle the Tide.

I have a sneaky suspicion though that both the General and the Bear would like and respect CBJ a lot more than Spurrier or Saban. And that's why he's managed to bring together the fans who remember how it was with the fans that are seeing how it will be.
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Yes, even if he was convinced that he was going to beat opponent X 66-3, Bryant would never say it publicly. He was notoriously prone to badmouthing his own team and building up the opposition. He would never engage in the sarcastic sniping at opponents that is Spurrier's trademark. However, Bryant did, in my opinion, dishonor the rivalry on one occasion. In 1980, with a 20-0 lead and the ball inside our five with ca. 30 seconds left on the clock, he deliberately called a timeout to set up one final score. Contemporary coaches may not give a second thought to it, but that was a generation of coaches that usually would have gone into victory formation and taken a knee. Considering that Bryant was then capping his tenth consecutive victory over Tennessee, it was uncalled for, that is unless there was bad blood between Bryant and Coach Majors that we never heard about.
 
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If there are any "gray beard" Oklahoma fans currently online, I would like to get your opinion on the following question. To this day, I consider the 1971 Oklahoma-Nebraska game to be the greatest, most exciting college football game that I ever watched, particularly in light of the context within which it was played. Between Mildren, Pruitt, Crosswhite and a supporting cast of lesser backs who chipped in an additional 1500-1600 yards rushing, the Sooners that year had the most formidable rushing attack in college football history, averaging roughly 470 ypg (1971 Oklahoma Sooners Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). Obviously Nebraska won the one game played on the field that year, but I have always believed that, if those two teams played 10 times, Oklahoma would have won at least six or seven of them. Do you tend to agree or disagree?
 
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I disagree. Our D that year was not as good as our O. With the exception of Sugarbear Hamilton, our interior linemen....Paseo and Titsworth were very small. Nebraska was a great team. Now, for the next 4 years our D was awesome but we had some great players including Rod Shoate, Randy Hughes, Jimbo Elrod and 3 brothers from Eufaula, Ok. you may have heard of. I think we might have split a series with them but no way we win the majority. We shut them out 27-0 in 1972.
 
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Looking at the defensive stats for both teams, I see your point. Oklahoma gave up roughly 161 yards passing per game and 177 yards rushing (1971 Oklahoma Sooners Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com), whereas Nebraska's defense yielded only 111 yards passing and roughly 100 yards rushing ( 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). I suppose that Oklahoma's ground game that year was so gaudy that it simply overshadowed everything else in my memory.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
If there are any "gray beard" Oklahoma fans currently online, I would like to get your opinion on the following question. To this day, I consider the 1971 Oklahoma-Nebraska game to be the greatest, most exciting college football game that I ever watched, particularly in light of the context within which it was played. Between Mildren, Pruitt, Crosswhite and a supporting cast of lesser backs who chipped in an additional 1500-1600 yards rushing, the Sooners that year had the most formidable rushing attack in college football history, averaging roughly 470 ypg (1971 Oklahoma Sooners Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). Obviously Nebraska won the one game played on the field that year, but I have always believed that, if those two teams played 10 times, Oklahoma would have won at least six or seven of them. Do you tend to agree or disagree?
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I have a long tooth on my porch right now. This is what he said:

"That game was one of the greatest wars I have ever seen. It was pride vs pride. Brother vs brother. They somehow wanted it more than we did though I couldn't tell you how that could be possible. We were the greater team but that day they had the greater hearts. There are no do overs. It doesn't matter if we played again. Thats their win and they whooped our ass fair and square. I'm not going to down play their victory talking 'bout what ifs and mulligans"

So, you get an idea of the respect these two teams have and how sad a day it was to see them leave.
 
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owenfieldreams said:
I disagree. Our D that year was not as good as our O. With the exception of Sugarbear Hamilton, our interior linemen....Paseo and Titsworth were very small. Nebraska was a great team. Now, for the next 4 years our D was awesome but we had some great players including Rod Shoate, Randy Hughes, Jimbo Elrod and 3 brothers from Eufaula, Ok. you may have heard of. I think we might have split a series with them but no way we win the majority. We shut them out 27-0 in 1972.
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Ah, yes....known throughout the Big-8 by opposing coaches as "Murder, Incorporated".
 
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owenfieldreams said:
Another thing about OU fans....they want all visitors to leave Norman with a good feeling. They pride themselves in how well the visitors are treated.
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Yes, tremendous fan base! I was so amazed at how well were treated last year. Everyone from the rowdiest fan to the housekeeper at our hotel was so polite and thankful. I hope that VolNation will extend the same courtesy.
 
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owenfieldreams said:
I disagree. Our D that year was not as good as our O. With the exception of Sugarbear Hamilton, our interior linemen....Paseo and Titsworth were very small. Nebraska was a great team. Now, for the next 4 years our D was awesome but we had some great players including Rod Shoate, Randy Hughes, Jimbo Elrod and 3 brothers from Eufaula, Ok. you may have heard of. I think we might have split a series with them but no way we win the majority. We shut them out 27-0 in 1972.
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A minor correction....OU won in 73 at Owen field 27-0 and Nebraska never crossed midfield. OU won in Lincoln in 72 17-14 ( I think).

I agree though...our D in 71 was fairly average but the O was dynamite. We would have been lucky to split a 10 game series. I was at the 71 and 73 games.
 
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Vol74 said:
Yes, tremendous fan base! I was so amazed at how well were treated last year. Everyone from the rowdiest fan to the housekeeper at our hotel was so polite and thankful. I hope that VolNation will extend the same courtesy.
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As I just mentioned in another thread, I was so disappointed you lot didn't bring the band last year. Damn shame! College football deserved to have Boomer Sooner/Oklahoma blaring against Rocky Top in Norman. Anyway, it was great hosting Tennessee. It's not often we hand out free beer to those in orange so hope it was appreciated haha.
 
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These OU message boards are entertaining. It's almost like some of VN dudes are in disguise over there. They got some folks that are pretty funny. Thanks OP. We deserve any grief they throw our way by that STUPID "Lets rush the field" thread.

Is it just me or can this game not start soon enough??? Let's get ready to RUMBBBBLE!
 
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Another question for you Oklahoma fans: What year did you install the triple option? Looking at the stats again, you virtually doubled your rushing game's output from 1970 (239.9 ypg) to 1971 (ca. 470 ypg). What was it about that '71 rushing attack that made it not only the most prolific in Oklahoma history but also the most prolific in college football history? Mildren went from 318 yds (1.8 ypc) to 1289 yds. (5.8 ypc). Pruitt similarly went from 241 yds., presumably in a backup role, to 1760 yds. Was that the first year that anyone in the Big Eight had installed the triple option/wishbone? And did Oklahoma receive its first exposure to the wishbone through Texas, who installed it around 1968?
 
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TheCommodore said:
Oklahoma is on higher level in all facets of the game between each of these two programs. Bob Stoops and staff will not be out couched by butch jones, and all the attrition you vols have had will show up in a BIG way, believe that.
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The Commodore?? Please be a Vandy fan....
 
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cincyvol91 said:
Are there any posts about OK not playing a road game in front of more than 87000 since 1977?
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lol....yet nearly EVERY ooc game travel to sets a new record for attendance and the hype is maxed out. This games hype is no exception. How many other teams can say that?

We played in Kyle Field for years, played at Bryant Denny in 02, played at Doak in 11(their biggest crowd ever). Is it supposed to suddenly not become football when already huge stadiums add an extra section of seats?
 
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No Tennessee fan is expecting the Sooners to be quaking in their proverbial boots because of the crowd in attendance or the noise that they will generate. Frankly, I believe that, if this game had been played prior to the reduction in seating capacity associated with renovations, it might well have established a new attendance record for Tennessee, just because of the novelty of having Oklahoma make its first visit to Neyland. Unfortunately, these huge intersectional matchups have become much too rare with ever-growing conference schedules. We had a home-and-away scheduled with Ohio State, but they backed out of it because the Big Ten added an additional conference game. Players on both sides should consider this game a true privilege. As a regular season out-of-conference matchup, the only thing that would make it bigger would be if it occurred late in the season with both teams ranked in the top five.
 
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Jasooner said:
lol....yet nearly EVERY ooc game travel to sets a new record for attendance and the hype is maxed out. This games hype is no exception. How many other teams can say that?

We played in Kyle Field for years, played at Bryant Denny in 02, played at Doak in 11(their biggest crowd ever). Is it supposed to suddenly not become football when already huge stadiums add an extra section of seats?
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No attendance record will be set for this game but it will be a full house after a full day of tailgating.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Another question for you Oklahoma fans: What year did you install the triple option? Looking at the stats again, you virtually doubled your rushing game's output from 1970 (239.9 ypg) to 1971 (ca. 470 ypg). What was it about that '71 rushing attack that made it not only the most prolific in Oklahoma history but also the most prolific in college football history? Mildren went from 318 yds (1.8 ypc) to 1289 yds. (5.8 ypc). Pruitt similarly went from 241 yds., presumably in a backup role, to 1760 yds. Was that the first year that anyone in the Big Eight had installed the triple option/wishbone? And did Oklahoma receive its first exposure to the wishbone through Texas, who installed it around 1968?
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OU installed the Wishbone in the TX game in 1970. We got blistered by TX 41-9 but Switzer (Off coordinator then) was thrilled because we moved the ball. Royal and TX actually helped give some instruction to our coaches on how to install it. But TX bone was really built for power and Switzer made OUs about speed. OU had a very fast backfield with Mildren, Joe Wylie, Roy Bell and Greg Pruitt.

OU was the 1st school to use the wishbone in the big 8. Ironically OU played Bama in the Bluebonnet Bowl that year
(28-28 tie) as BAma was starting to look at moving to the bone.
 
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