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Mr. Tibbs
the juiceman cometh said:
True, but with the expanded playoff, there's also a little more wiggle room to lose a game or two.

I think it's more likely that OU eventually returns to contention than that they become Mississippi State or Vandy or something like that. If I were completely neutral and were asked to put money on either Illinois or Oklahoma winning a national title in in the next 20 years, it would be very hard to justify not betting on OU.
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but they wont be looking at an existing OC or DC for the new head coach. and I highly doubt Barry leaves his OC gig working for BB and having Luke one more year, for the same gig in Norman
 
#128      
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ChiefGritty said:
EXTREMELY different fact pattern. Not like the TSJ thing whatsoever.

First, it was never a police matter, this was all private action from a University investigation and subsequent lawsuit by the woman. And there's no whodunit, Tucker did the thing he was accused of by his own admission. "Phone sex" with this woman, to be euphemistic.

The question is how unsolicited and unwanted this was.

And then the question of how fire-for-causable such behavior actually is gets layered on top of it.

Brings disrepute upon the University? The University ITSELF was the one bringing this to light, pretty transparently hoping it could be their magic deus ex machina to pull their football program out of a death spiral.

Sort of a perverse flip of the conventional story of disbelieving the woman's story because it hurts the football team, the University was desperate to bolster the woman's story to save the football team. Ugly, ugly business.
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#129      
altgeld88
ChiefGritty said:
Not to pick nits, but why should Oklahoma fans expect anything other than elite offensive performance on a national title contending team?

That's a top 5 all time program in rich recruiting territory and the best conference in the country that sells out an 80,000 seat venue rain or shine.

Demanding fans are both morally good and a concrete benefit to a program.

Insane fanbase refusal to accept decline has willed Tennessee back to the top, so it shall be at Nebraska, so it will be at Oklahoma if necessary.
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I'm with you but have wondered the past ten years about Nebraska. It has been nearly 30 years since Tom Osborne retired and, apart from his successor Solich and Bo Pellini I believe only one of their subsequent coaches have crested .500 and most haven't come near it. Like OU, success there seems as though it should be sustained with at most five-year lulls. They're now well into generational mediocrity,
 
#130      
The Galloping Ghost
altgeld88 said:
I'm with you but have wondered the past ten years about Nebraska. It has been nearly 30 years since Tom Osborne retired and, apart from his successor Solich and Bo Pellini I believe only one of their subsequent coaches have crested .500 and most haven't come near it. Like OU, success there seems as though it should be sustained with at most five-year lulls. They're now well into generational mediocrity,
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The curse of Bo Pellini. They thought they were too good for his 9-4 seasons. Now, they'd kill just to have a winning record. I'm unconvinced they'll ever be close to what they once were. As @altgeld88 said, Tom Osborne and the Big 12 North schedule aren't walking through that door. Maybe they'll win 11 games again, but it's been 23 years and counting since they've done it. The fanbase can use their will all they want, but it sure as heck isn't working.

Will Oklahoma be Nebraska or Tennessee? We'll see.
 
#131      
redwingillini11
Can’t believe we are this far into the week and Walters is still employed. For their own sake, they better have legal speed things up to send him packing with enough time to get ready for Northwestern next week.

Or maybe they don’t care about winning another game this year?
 
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