Lets remember OU went through some very bad times in the 90s and even other programs have had a stretch of not so good seasons.
One game does not define a season and its easy and fun to kick Texas whike they are down but eventually all bluebloods once again will be relevant at some point. Now if it takes Texas 20 more years to do that Im ok with that just as long as we dont see OU go back down that stretch again.
If Texas somehow regroups and beats USC the media will jump right back on the Herman train. The excuses after all the pre-season hype from those media folks is just a way to cover themselves from jumping on the Herman train in the pre-season.