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OU doesn't have the same talent as other schools. Look at the NFL draft. They have no bias. How many players from OU get drafted and how many make teams and make an impact? Not many. The reason the SEC has kicked everyone's ass is because they have more talent. How many players from Ohio St and Oregon will end up in the NFL? There's a reason they along with Alabama and Florida St made the playoff.
It's been 5,114 days since we won our last National Championship on January 3, 2001. Hundreds of good and great players have played at OU over all the years since then and no more NC's? Even when we had the talent to win NC's we didn't do it. Now we can't even win a championship in a shitty Big XII. We lost 3 at home this year. We lost to Okie Jr. We got embarrassed again in a bowl game. I contend you will NEVER see Bob Stoops win another NC. If he couldn't do it with Sam Bradford and Adrian Peterson on the same team then a lack of talent isn't the only problem OU has now or has had for a long time.
Bradford and Peterson on the same team? I don't recall that.
Maybe he meant Bradford and Murrary.
Bradford and Peterson on the same team? I don't recall that.
LOL I left out the "if" part in the sentence. Was in a rush to get off the computer so I could take The Better Half out to dinner. But the point stands: Bob Stoops has had a ton of talent on his teams and failed to win NC's. Now that the talent levels are more even he's even less apt to win it all. The only hope is if he gets some 5* coaching to go along with some 5* players. Good catch, Romeo.
Just a small quote from the Spencer Tillman interview.
“Bob’s problem is political and it’s practical because they’re not getting the best athletes because of it.”
Unfortunately we had one 5* commit last year in Mixon, and 0 count em 0 so far this year.
Unfortunately we had one 5* commit last year in Mixon, and 0 count em 0 so far this year.
Personally, I think we've focused too much on a recruit's "stars" and not enough on whether the kid is: actually talented, coachable and a fit with what OU needs.
It's been said hundreds of times that Stoops' better teams, and better players, were often kids that others ignored and OU brought in, coached up and those kids played their hearts out. Give me a Sam Bradford, three stars and ignored by everyone, over a highly ranked kid who comes in thinking the program needs to meet his needs.
Screw stars, I put more stock in size and speed, those can't be coached.