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An Easy Response To The Hate! Post BCS Championship Game Thoughts

Let the haters hate! That’s the recurring theme that kept going through my mind as I traveled across the Republic of Panama today. Of course we can’t ignore the fact that Oklahoma lost yet another national championship game and we have to understand that such a loss brings on an entire new slew of hate towards the OU football program. However, we also shouldn’t ignore the accomplishments of the program just to make it to such prestigious bowl games. The result of such success brings on a ton of haters who are motivated by jealousy.

 

Of course a lot of the bile excreted on this site (and others for that matter) comes from Texas fans. I’ll be quick to admit that not all Texas fans are bad. In fact the reality is that most of them are level headed, upstanding citizens. Just choosing to root against Oklahoma doesn’t make you a bad person. Posting ridiculously stupid comments on the internet because you are jealous of a superior program does though. Of course they won’t admit that they aren’t an inferior program so I encourage all OU fans to adapt the following response when dealing with all haters.

 

“When your football coach wins six conference championships I’ll listen to what you have to say!”

 

A lot will be said about choke jobs done by Bob Stoops and while losing championship games on any level is disappointing consider this for a second. Since 1999 Mack Brown has beaten Bob Stoops four times putting him in the driver’s seat to win the Big 12 South but has only turned that into 1 conference championship. Does that sound like a fan base that has a right to call another coach overrated?

 

Thank you very much Bob Stoops! I hope you stick around forever because we could be paying a ton of money to a guy who has only produced one conference title in twenty years as a head coach.

 

Final Thoughts On The Game

 

  • OU’s defense played very well – If you were to tell me before kickoff that the Gators would only score 24 points then I would have guaranteed victory. Oklahoma’s defense pressured Tim Tebow, forced two turnovers and but the Sooners in position to win the game.

 

  • Tim Tebow is a man among boys – Let’s place credit where it belongs and give this man his due. He overcame his early mistakes and willed the Gators to victory.

 

  • The game was lost in the second quarter – Oklahoma yielded 0 points after two trips into the Red Zone. If OU had scored even 10 points in those trips this would have been a different game as Florida would have been forced to play catch-up in the second half.

 

  • A total of 17 points were left on the field – Two trips deep into the Red Zone and a blocked field goal. That really stings when you lose by 10 points.

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Great Game. Kudos to both teams for the effort. Be safe down their man ! I was in Colombia 3 weeks ago myself. Not a damn thing to be ashamed of. The Gators made plays when they had too. Thats why the points were left on the field. best wishes to all the Sooner Faithful.Yu have a great site here

by realitybitez on Jan 10, 2009 12:08 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I don't mean to belittle you guys or anything but...

Get back to me when your football coach wins 3 BCS bowls (and beats the ‘greatest team of all time of ever’ in USC).

by HornPossessed on Jan 10, 2009 12:51 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Just Curious....

What is your all time record against us? And did you when the big twelve outright, cause i thought you were voted the big twelve champ, not because you played your way in…and who currently owns bragging rights?

by Longhorny on Jan 10, 2009 11:02 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

*win…damnit

by Longhorny on Jan 10, 2009 11:04 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

An how many NC's trophys has your school/team won?

Please shut up your trap if your team does not have as many as OU does, BTW = 7

by scarab on Jan 11, 2009 6:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

63-14, 14-3, 35-24, 65-13, 12-0

I can post numbers that don’t mean a thing now too.

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by Jubanator14 on Jan 10, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah,

If that just meant anything to me now. You can keep that score and I’ll keep the conferece championship banner that will be hung at OU.

by ccmachine on Jan 11, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hang it

right next to your 2009 BCS trophy….Or next to your, errrr, our Big twelve south tri-championship.

by Longhorny on Jan 18, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

OU Fans.

Thanks for putting up with me during the ramp up to the chamionship game. You guys have a great fanbase and a wonderful site here. As for the game itself, your defense and special teams made me look like a fool Thursday night and Sam Bradford exceeded my expectations as well. That said, this Gators team was pretty special and I doubt anyone in the country could have beaten them that day. Congrats on a great season and good luck next year.

by ejruiz on Jan 10, 2009 1:36 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I saw a lot come out this CFB season that I have never sen before.

On this board and many others the Haters came out. They were from every conference in the land. They were of every age group, the teenagers, the college students, the uneducated and the old time fans. I am starting to think this is almost as bad as the Red state Blue state thing. The hate is aimed at things and people; fans , teams, conferences, coaches, players, the BCS, referrees and almost every facet of the game.

I have never ever used the word hate in any post of comment. I do dislike and can’t stand some fans, teams, conferences, coaches etc. but I have never used the word hate nor have I felt that emotion towards those items or people. Hate is unhealthy and left unchecked it will fester, grow and consume. It can even take down an institution.

 It appears to me that the press, tv, and the internet is fueling this hatred. I hope they decide to quit dividing us into small groups of haters.

That said, good game Sooners. The D was much better than expected and the Special Teams kickoff coverage stuff FU. Glad of that. The offense played good as well, but a couple of times it mis-fired when it mattered most. A couple of those were choice of play callers I think.

by scarab on Jan 10, 2009 9:09 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Great post

and one in which I personally agree with. This year’s “Hate” filled fandom seems to me to be a symptom, of an even great societal problem, and that is the lack of respect for anyone else, but them selves. The idea of Sportmanship, and hospitality, and treating other humans like they want to be treated, is a foreign concept to many.

To be humble in wining (“Act like you’ve done it before, and will do it again, Boy”), gracious in losing (“Losing doesn’t build character, it revels it, son.”), and neighborly when the game is over (“You are either a guest or a host during your life, make sure you are a good one.”……Actually my father said, “you are either a guest or host, so don’t piss on the carpet”), are things too few fathers teach anymore.

And sadly….I think that is the real societal problem…..too few fathers teach. It’s old but it’s still true: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart”

(thanks Dad, I miss you every day!)

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Jan 10, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Good Stuff Redhawk

I coach in Pee-Wee and Select football. I always tell kids I’m coaching to:

Remember Who You Are, And Who You Represent

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

by Sooner Vince on Jan 10, 2009 5:54 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I would like to second the sentiments towards Bob Stoops

If he were released today, tomorrow there would be 100 Div. 1 teams trying to figure out how to hire him.

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

by Sooner Vince on Jan 10, 2009 9:58 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

1-3 in national title games is so much better

then 0-4, and WAY better then 0-0

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Jan 10, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Those are 5 of the 19 or so that might not want him

but the line forms to the left. He would be hired in days and you know it.

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

by Sooner Vince on Jan 10, 2009 5:41 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Reluctantly… But its true.

by Longhorny on Jan 18, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Just as EvilPSN has dragged on about the Big 10 all year...

Oklahoma going Oh and five in BCS bowls proves the Big 12 should never be in a title game.

by Pentimental on Jan 10, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Thanks, CC, Jubanator, and others for this site...

… I think it’s great and stop by everyday.

I’ll take the chance to win a national title game any day (and lose) over playing in the Fiesta, Holiday, or Cotton Bowl. It was a great season, an Oklahoman won another Heisman, the offense broke records, the Sooners picked up another Big XII championship, Gresham was a joy to watch, OU played for their 4th title in nine years, and Stoops has a great cadre of defensive freshman on the way for next year.

Wow.

Schlabach at ESPN has OU pre-season ranked for 2009 at number 3 behind Texas (2) and Florida (1). While flattering, I just don’t think that’s very accurate even if Sam stays. Almost the entire offensive line and receiving crew will be filled by new starters, and that’s not exactly a recipe for major offensive success. And the kicking game needs some improvement. The defense, however, should be tremendous, if only two starters are lost to the NFL (Nic Harris and Lendy Holmes).

by inocybe on Jan 10, 2009 1:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Im sorry

I liked most of your post CC and I agree with your observations from the game itself. But I don’t necessarily get your logic on the "When your football coach wins six conference championships I’ll listen to what you have to say!" argument.

You cant take a stat nobody gives a crap about (conference championships) and use it as your basis to ignore Texas fans.

We pay our coach to win national championships and to beat OU. After all, OU is our biggest rival. Last time I checked We have been doing that lately!

I imagine you pay your coach more money, to do the same. You want to win national championships and you want to beat Texas. Last time I checked OU was having a hard time doing that lately.

Big Game Bob has an impressive coaching resume and has built OU into a national powerhouse. He has won a national championship, but the last few years yall have been beat down by us and whoever you happen to play in your bowl game. So maybe you should listen to the Texas fans, we have been owning you lately.

Just wait till next year.

by GoComets! on Jan 10, 2009 4:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

So Texas Fans Don't Care About Conference Championships?

Thanks for making that point clear to us. If we could just find a way to explain all of those banners around the first of December for something that they didn’t care about.

by ccmachine on Jan 11, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

go ahead and hang your banner

Your team is a giant choke job, hang all the banners you want.

by GoComets! on Jan 11, 2009 11:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Choking...

…is grabbing the upper hand by beating your rival in October, then finding some way later in the year to give it back up by losing a team you should have beaten.

Like what Texas did last year and in 2006.

by Brandon Bibb on Jan 12, 2009 11:33 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Just because you beat us 3 out of 4 years means you own us.

I do remember a nice little 5 year run we had not too long ago. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

by sooner 23 on Jan 10, 2009 5:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

are you serious?

How could I not remember that “little” 5 year run OU had? I was in the military at the time and had to deal with tons of crap from my friends from Oklahoma. I distinctly remember Q. Griffin scoring something like 5 tds in one of those dreadful games.

I had to take all the sh*t talking that was going on, because Texas just wasn’t showing up for those games. So please just spare us all the attitude, you have nothing to show for the past few seasons, so please stop with the superiority complex, its laughable and has no logic.

by GoComets! on Jan 11, 2009 8:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Stoops is a great coach...

…Ou has owned the Big 12 in this decade, he got a NC in ’03 was it?
You are getting to the BCS on a regular basis and into NC games. Averaging like 11-12 wins/year?

Sooner fans should be happy. Bob is going to win another one in the not too distant future.

"...don't TAZE me, bro..."

by zE bOp on Jan 10, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

CC...

If you really wish flamers not to come, it would do well not to make inflammatory statements that Texas is clearly inferior to Oklahoma. After all, it wasn’t exactly a knock-down argument you just presented.

Still, great season. We will see you next October.

by TheElusiveShadow on Jan 11, 2009 8:51 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I agree, this blog is usually too good to stoop to attack mode...

But, I guess there were tons of trolls registering for the sole purpose of making “Chokelahoma” jabs. That’s the price you pay for getting to the top, though. Everyone else hates you and loves to see you fail.

Anyway, onto basketball season. Should be a good one with OU and UT seemingly the cream of the crop in the Big 12. Can Baylor step in and win a conference title? Can’t wait to find out.

by the1austin on Jan 12, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

7 National Championships.....?

Lets see Switzer stole two in the 70s by paying recruits and their familys and changing grades and transcripts to get talent, and then stole another one in the 80s with the steroid crazed Boz Era anything goes drug program. Enter Big Bust Bob with grass basketball/Trick play mania, stealing another one, followed up with Big Game Boosters pay for play Bomar and leaving your starters in the 4th quarter,to run up the score, after Texas beat you by 10, to sway the idiot BCS voters and it worked….Texas and Ou end up 11-1 and OU loses the head to head, but you kinked the BCS system to cheat your way into another NC Game…..

You are only getting what you deserve….look at your bowl record and wins VS Top 10 teams……OU SUCKS !

I'd rather you just say thank you and went on your way.

by MeatchickenHorn on Jan 12, 2009 11:14 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Yes, that is correct 7 national championships

And while you are scoring at home it is 6 conference championships since 2000.

by ccmachine on Jan 13, 2009 12:45 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure glad

the horned guys have somebody different to rag on for a while. They just about trolled us to death after their little mishap in Lubbock. I don’t think I saw a single OU guy rubbing it in on our site after y’all treated us so rudely in Norman, not that it made it any easier to take.

On that subject, my only gripe was calling time-out and trying to score on 4th down when you were already up by 51 late in the 4th. C’mon man, enough is enough. And that after we did you such a favor by making 45-35 irrelevant. I would have thought a Thank You was in order. But just remember – paybacks are hell.

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by TT_ on Jan 12, 2009 7:37 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

They are Texas fans and they have nothing to do but troll

My kids throw less temper tantrums than they do. I’ll keep the good ones though because they are usually well versed and great for conversation. It the one’s like the post ahead of you that make you wonder which brand of glue they’ve been sniffing.

by ccmachine on Jan 13, 2009 12:44 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Elmers

That blue gell kind though.

Boomer Sooner!

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by Jubanator14 on Jan 13, 2009 1:57 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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