I agree, this was a huge fiasco. They should have had Savannah State play OU. It would have been a much closer game 
I think it's hilarious when people say your a fan but didn't go to school there or you jumped on the band wagon and you never even stepped a foot on campus. That's the point, of course if you went to school there(Alumni) you should be a fan. The goal is pull in new fans and people outside of the ones that went to school there. So if your not constantly gaining new fans then you've actually failed. If OSU continues to have a winning program each year they will continue to gain fans outside of Alumni, OU has just been winning for years now therefore gaining new fans longer.
Bob Stoops did exactly that a few years back against Texas A&M. It was a real similar game to this one. Coming out from half time Stoops benched the entire starting squad I think. Paul Thompson went in and I actually think it was worse on A&M because Thompson was so much more mobile than Jason White. Late they had the ball in the red zone on the endzone that I was sitting behind and were pretty much calling all running plays. Thompson ran the ball, got to the corner and turn towards the end zone. There was nobody to stop him and he did a baseball slide to stay out of the end zone. I almost think they were telling A&M what they were gonna do. A&M stopped them on the next play, but they eventually scored anyway.
With all the screwed up scheduling with the realignment of the conferences, why couldn't the teams that changed up play each other still? OU/OSU could have still played Nebraska, Missouri or that Texas team that left, unless magically they are unable to come here now. Seems better than taking on teams that most of our high schools could beat. If there is a reason we couldn't play them I would like to know
feel free to read the article I linked earlier in the thread
That article did talk about how many of the teams that were available to play would only do so for an exorbitant amount of money, or just flat out refused. I'd assume some of those better teams that you mentioned fall into that category. Most teams aren't interested in playing a potential loss that they don't have to play.
This thread needed a diversion...
I didn't read the entire thread but whoever scheduled this game must've been the same person who scheduled the Florida A&M game vs OU this coming weekend. Why you ask?? Because Savannah State and Florida A&M are from the same conference.
I would've liked a more competitive game too, but with realignment and everything else going on we had to get someone to fill the first non-conference game and poor ol' Savannah State happened to be that someone.
I would've liked a more competitive game too, but with realignment and everything else going on we had to get someone to fill the first non-conference game and poor ol' Savannah State happened to be that someone.
While Florida A&M and Savanah State are indeed in the same conference they can hardly be compared as equals. S State
has won 2 games the last 2 years. Last years lone victory was by a whopping 3 points. OU's next opponent Florida A&M
has been playing football since 1907. They defeated the University of Miami in 1979. Their record for the last 4 years is
32-13. With two of those victories being over Savanah State the last two years 47-7 and 31-0. Same conference but two
very different teams.............
has won 2 games the last 2 years. Last years lone victory was by a whopping 3 points. OU's next opponent Florida A&M
has been playing football since 1907. They defeated the University of Miami in 1979. Their record for the last 4 years is
32-13. With two of those victories being over Savanah State the last two years 47-7 and 31-0. Same conference but two
very different teams.............
I know they're different. I never said they were the same team. I was simply stating that they are in the exact same FCS lower tier conference.
