Ho hum — TCU is done
Despite a second half game plan that can only be described in one word — “unimaginative” — the Sooners eased by a pesky defensive squad of Horned Toads on Saturday, 35-10, and now sit perched atop all of the college football polls.
It was a remarkable week. No. 1 USC lost to its nemesis Oregon State. Alabama, looking like the 2000 Sooners coming out of practically no where, kicked Georgia, and Mississippi Nutt-whacked the Florida Gators on the road in Gainesville. True anarchy in college football. It’s wonderful.
So, after all that, the Sooner fans got what Hunter said was the most boring OU game he had ever attended. He was yawning in the third quarter. Could be because he stayed over at friend’s house on Friday night — admitting (not under oath) he had stayed up until 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. Good thing this was a night game, otherwise I might have sat through this one alone.
The Sooners put this game away early — scoring 21 points and racking up 222 total yards in the first quarter. The defense played stellar, despite a second half spent almost entirely backed up in Oklahoma territory.
Then, when in the third quarter OC Kevin Wilson was calling Woody Hayes plays (18 inches and a cloud of dust) against the 10-man-in-the-box TCU defense we could only imagine he was thinking the offense needed to practice running plays, or just wanted punter Mike Knall to punt nine times (which he did). That drew a smattering of boos from a crowd that was not content with the then 35-3 lead. For the record, that was not me booing. I was yelling “goooooooooood job, Wilson!” It just sounded like a boo.
All of this happened after wonderful WR Manny Johnson set a school record 206 yards receiving on 5 catches and Heisman winner-to-be Sam Bradford had thrown for most of his game high 411 yards.
Actually any time I thought about grumbling over this game, some little voice kept reminding me of USC, Georgia and Florida.
Like I was saying: Good win!
— Mike