is what it's doing to the coaches. I can't blame anyone for giving his/her all, coaches included, to achieve goals that have been set, but there's comes a point where one should not abandon sportsmanship and class in the process.
The actions and behavior I saw exhibited by Coach Bob Stoops last night in the fourth quarter reminded me of one of those Little League coaches whose team is up 9 runs against an obviously inferior opponent and he's yelling and pushing his players to score and end things by the mercy rule, with no regard for the other team.
Except for when they've played Alabama, I have always pulled for the Sooners, but I won't be this bowl season. Honestly, I lost a lot of respect for Bob Stoops last night.
If a playoff system was in place, I doubt if you would have seen Oklahoma score 60 plus points last night or Bob Stoops acting like a man possessed with his team up 34 points with less than 5 minutes left. The man lived up to his last name yesterday.
Stoops did his best to quiet Sooners' BCS doubters
Oh, and I forget to mention how the BCS has transformed grown men, who should be setting examples for the young men they coach, to spineless whiners and pathetic politicians. It's enough to make a fan want to throw up.
The actions and behavior I saw exhibited by Coach Bob Stoops last night in the fourth quarter reminded me of one of those Little League coaches whose team is up 9 runs against an obviously inferior opponent and he's yelling and pushing his players to score and end things by the mercy rule, with no regard for the other team.
Except for when they've played Alabama, I have always pulled for the Sooners, but I won't be this bowl season. Honestly, I lost a lot of respect for Bob Stoops last night.
If a playoff system was in place, I doubt if you would have seen Oklahoma score 60 plus points last night or Bob Stoops acting like a man possessed with his team up 34 points with less than 5 minutes left. The man lived up to his last name yesterday.
Sooners coach Bob Stoops made sure of that by not pulling back even after Missouri was broken.
When Missouri scored a meaningless touchdown early in the fourth quarter, Stoops berated the defense in no uncertain terms for about 90 seconds. Cornerback Brian Jackson, who had an interception and a fumble recovery, bore the brunt of Stoops' fury.
Those same defenders shut out Missouri for the duration.
With a 48-21 lead and less than 11 minutes remaining, Stoops had quarterback Sam Bradford still in the game and throwing deep.
With a 55-21 lead and less than five minutes remaining, Bradford was still on the field to lead a drive that ended with the score that made Oklahoma the first NCAA team to score 60-plus points in five consecutive games.
"If you can't get into a championship game and play until the end when all that's been talked about us, then I'm sorry,'' Stoops said. "We're going to play to the end.
"The situation was we were in a championship game, and we were going to play until the end. Our guys did a nice job of that.''
In other words, take that, Texas.
Stoops and the Sooners bristled at the campaign mounted by Texas coach Mack Brown to get the Longhorns into the Big 12 championship game. Stoops was indignant, a school official said, that Brown appeared during the national telecast of the Sooners game against Oklahoma State to make the Longhorns' case.
Stoops did his best to quiet Sooners' BCS doubters
Oh, and I forget to mention how the BCS has transformed grown men, who should be setting examples for the young men they coach, to spineless whiners and pathetic politicians. It's enough to make a fan want to throw up.