Herbstreit likes him some OU this year...
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"The fly in the ointment".
Cute little insect of cartoon and song...ointment, soothing balm for sore muscles...
I'll take it.
yeah...I like the idea of flying under the radar. Some good comments especially about Bob being humiliated last year...I totally agree with that.
I'm not sure if a program like OU is ever really considered under the radar. Herbstreit has always been a big supporter of OU. He has been kinda quiet on OU in recent years for obvious reasons, but no doubt the guy thinks highly of Bob Stoops
Nobody is talking about OU or Texas so I would say both are under the radar this year and potentially very very dangerous.
Herbie and Luginbil both have Ou in the playoff. This says a lot about Stoops and the respect people have for his program outside of Oklahoma. Sorry haters you are in for a long season
Just because the national media isn't talking about OU doesn't mean OU will be under the radar. The teams on OUs schedlue know very well that Bob Stoops is one of the most accomplished coaches in all of the college football and know very well to expect OU to be a legit opponent every single year.
Outside of a few on this board, who predicted OU would win the MNC? I don't recall anyone on a national level picking OU to win or to even make the four-team playoff.
I don't think Herbie is that bad of a kisser. A little forceful with the tongue but nothing a few beers can't solve.
We were 3rd in the pre-season coaches' poll, & 4th in AP. I'd think that's a pretty good indicator that somebody liked us for a while.
Schoonerman, I think you're right. But, weren't we ranked #4 when we played Tennessee last year. I don't recall anyone predicting OU to win the natty, but we were expected to be a top 5......a lot of that was based on the Sugar Bowl win. Heck, didn't almost all of us expect us to have a real chance? I sure did.
Agreed. We're predicted to finish third in the B12 by everyone else, but Herbie has us as one of his four playoff teams! We're fortunate to get a preseason #19 rating, so instead of getting this kind of preseason love, can't we fly under the radar for a while and work our way up the rankings?