December 6th, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
on Big game Bob.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
if Oklahoma is crazy enough to let that man go, I will more than happily take him.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:48 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
You don't ignore ten-win season after ten-win season based on one goddamn punt decision. It's even worse than the people who were saying we should keep Hoke if we go 7-5.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:10 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
that they've seen the outcome. What are the odds of a punt return there for a TD? What are the odds of a block?
What are the odds of a play where your offense can run almost ten seconds off the playclock with under a minute to go? Because that's what a punt does for you.
That's how you can fucking punt that ball again. It was the right call, and I guarantee you Jim Harbaugh punts that ball again too.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:05 PM ^
If you've got your opponent pinned at its own 10 needing a TD to tie, you accept the result of the play. I think Jim would do that.
It'd be one thing if the first punt were shanked or something, but it wasn't. It was almost perfectly executed. Stoops got way too greedy.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:07 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
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December 6th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
If I remember correctly he beat them quite soundly.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:32 PM ^
Neither were Beilein's boys today, but that's not how it's going into the record book. Oklahoma took care of business in that game, it's not on them that their opponent's didn't.
December 6th, 2014 at 9:00 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
but you seriously have him behind Tom Herman?
That's inexplicable to me.
Other than that, we're pretty similar.
I have (and I'm not buying Payton, not with the contract he just signed in New Orleans) 1) Jim Harbaugh, 2) Dan Mullen, 3) Les Miles, 4) Bob Stoops, 5) Jim Mora, 6) Troy Calhoun... and past 6, it's like a third string QB, if you get down that far, does it really matter anymore?
I still think Bob Stoops is a good football coach, even if this season wasn't a huge success for OU.
December 6th, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:35 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:50 PM ^
Yeah, but Bama wasn't really trying because they had their sites set on the BCS championship. Or so Bama fans would have you believe.
December 6th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 7:43 PM ^
Congratulations to Oklahoma St. They will now be 18-84-7 against Oklahoma all time.
Just 66 more years to go until they tie it up fellas!
Maybe Stoops and Harbaugh will both be co-HCs???!?!?!?
December 6th, 2014 at 7:43 PM ^
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December 6th, 2014 at 7:47 PM ^
He beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl less than a year ago
December 6th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
And another TCU "quality win" goes down the toilet.
Best case is they will have beaten 1 top 25 team.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
Yes ... and due to recency bias about half the blog will not want him as a backup plan to Harbaugh. :)
December 6th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
I know they've always been about offense but what's happened to their defense?
December 6th, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
OU fans are pissed right now, judging by facebooks statuses of my OU friends. I don't think OU fans understand how valuable Stoops is to them. But hey, if they don't want him anymore, and if he is sick and tired of the way fans treat him there, that's fine! He can come to Michigan. I'd be thrilled with that hire!
I see a coach with an overhyped team from the preseason (based off of a win against Bama in the Sugar Bowl) having a slightly down year who still got to 8 wins anyway. Three of the 4 losses were by a total of 8 points. Today was practically a win, if not for the AWFUL special teams breakdown (ironically, had they declined the running-into-the-kicker penalty, which they should have honestly, they would have likely won)
But OU fans see a bunch of dumbstupids who deserve to be fired now, apparently. I don't think they know what it's like to watch a team that really sucks. They are spoiled by their success.
Stoops is the one guy I would consider taking even before Harbaugh has a chance to give us a solid answer.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
Stoops is a good coach, no doubt, but he had an awful brain fart on that penalty. There was no reason to accept it. He'd just pinned OKSU 90 yards away with under a minute and he chose to punt again?!?
If I were an OU fan, I wouldn't be calling for his head or anything, but I'd definitely be upset about that decision.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:22 PM ^
No doubt that was an awful brain fart, and OU fans havea right to be upset about that decision for sure. It happens to the best. The only solace for OU fans is there is no functional difference between an 8-win season and a 9-win season, except for losing to your in-state rival and having to hear about it all year round (though OSU doesn't have much to brag about either...they needed an improbable comeback victory at OU to even become bowl eligible.)
December 6th, 2014 at 7:49 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
I don't understand what's so wrong with punting it. If you don't punt it OSU gets it at midfield with a minute left in the game. They should have shanked it out of bounds but they should have punted it.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
Not to mention one of the gunners totally blew his responsibility, thought the return man was going to let the ball go and ran right past him. He focuses a bit more and it's a moot point.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
No, the issue is that they punted once - very successfully - and inexplicably accepted a running-into-the-kicker penalty on that play, causing them to punt a second time - which was run back for a TD.
There was no reason at all to accept that penalty. They would have forced OKSU to drive 90 yards in under a minute if they'd declined it.
December 6th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
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December 6th, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
I feel like if Harbaugh comes back.. He'll be like Pete Carroll and stay until he's like 58 or 59 and bounce.
That is totally fine for me.
December 6th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 10:04 PM ^
Ya do realize that Carroll would have left regardless right? He was an NFL coach before and came to USC after flaming out. He would have left eventually.
December 7th, 2014 at 1:18 AM ^
He loved USC pretty fiercely, I know he talked about wanting to retire there more than once. I feel like his "fun and loose" style meshed better with the college atmosphere, too.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
Exactly what I was thinking. People are going to think that a loss is going to automatically qualify him for the CC.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
We should find out on Monday if the target is a coach whose team played this weekend. If nothing happens, then the Harbaugh rumors will look even more legitimate. With recruits dropping left and right, I can't imagine Michigan "taking their time" if their target was available last week.
If they are playing sound "poker," that would take a lot of names discussed here off of the table. Fortunately, it also makes JH the most likely candidate.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
And contrasts with your Sig strangely also.
December 6th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
The OU fans right now sound very much like us circa 2004-2007. If you want to wish away a guy who may not quite be Saban in the championship column but still wins a hell of a lot more than he loses, and want to find out if the grass is greener, be my guest...
December 6th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
Names like Addazio and Schiano are being thrown around. Wouldn't you be thrilled to get Stoops instead? My big worry now is that TCU or Baylor won't have enough "quality wins" and OSU will get into the playoff. That thought makes me want to cry. I cannot STAND the thought of them getting in. Michigan being awful is so painful, but OSU being good on top of it makes it so much worse.