Can the Pokies hang with the Froggies?
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Great game by OSU. Thought TCU D was improving but Rudolph ate them alive today. Wonder what TCU will be like in 2 weeks. Starting to think OSU may be a good bet against Baylor.
Baylor for some reason tends to pee down their leg when they step onto the turf at Boone Pickens stadium.......RGIII brought in two really good teams and both games were over by half time, two years ago we beat them 49-17 , they were undefeated and ranked #2...........things can always change, but until its proved otherwise I think you have to think OSU has a pretty good shot at them...........the big thing for me though, is this season is kind of like a practice for next year, OSU returns 10 starters on offense and 9 on defense, and thats if Ogbah decides to enter the draft..........so next year should be our strongest team, although the schedule won;t be as favorable
I will say that Gundy has done a pretty solid job up there in reloading his team from that run they had a few years ago when they came within a game (a missed FG actually) of playing for a national title. I was curious to see if that was Gundy's peak, or if he was able to reload and get his program back on that level again. Right now, OSU isn't perfect by any means, but they are a pretty damn solid football team.
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You're quite right 79, the 28th might be the day of reckoning for both teams.
No do overs.
I think that if OU beats Baylor, that the conference and Fox should move the game to the same day as the CCG's. And consider the open date for both, the SEC equivalent of Alabama hosting Charleston Southern.. Yes, that's a real college football school.
Yes, it is. But if OU beats Baylor, there is a pretty good chance that Bedlam will be for the conference title and who knows what else.
I know what you're saying, but it would be nearly impossible to change a date this time of year. People have booked hotels, taken vacation, food joints ordered extra food...on and on.
I'd think FOX would be thrilled to have undefeated OSU and 10-1 OU the same day as the CCG's. It's a more attractive match up than Florida vs whoever wins the West. It's a better matchup than Iowa vs the East winner. It's a way better matchup than Stanford vs Utah. All the Pacs and all the SECs have a loss.
A game so traditional that it has its own name has some serious college football attractiveness that a CCG doesn't have. And it's a CCG without the title. FOX would love the move, I'd expect.
A game so traditional that it has its own name has some serious college football attractiveness that a CCG doesn't have. And it's a CCG without the title. FOX would love the move, I'd expect.
I have never, ever seen a game rescheduled unless is was due to weather or another disaster. It's not going to happen.
Now tell me for when those reservations were made? Everybody knows that they have to have flexibility while waiting for TV to decide the kickoff time. So the reservations have to be flexible.
While a few might not be able to be moved to a week later, most would. That would be the easiest of the challenges. It's not like it's Tech, and people are coming from Lubbock in droves. Okay, Waco. I know OSU has out of town fans, but most of the people planning to come aren't staying in a hotel.
The GOTC was. From the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving and OSU had to chip in and move Bedlam to a week later. So that was two games.
Every game every week is moved to when TV wants to do the broadcast.
Can you name one time when a schedule was changed other than weather or disaster? Case closed.
Now if your calling for the Big12 to pre-schedule more than one game to coincide with the CCG games every year, I'm all for it. We played OSU during that date last year. Maybe we could schedule two or three in the future..............
I'm pretty sure it's happened during the Stoops era, but as I said, it hwppened twice my junior year. The GOTC was the Game of the Century when we were number two and played number one and defending national champions on Thanksgiving Day, 1971.
Dan Jenkins is who called it the best game of the 20th century. He was the Sports Illustrated lead college writer for a couple of decades. Old FW Star-Telegram guy from when they had an all star staff 60 years ago.
Dan Jenkins is who called it the best game of the 20th century. He was the Sports Illustrated lead college writer for a couple of decades. Old FW Star-Telegram guy from when they had an all star staff 60 years ago.
You're talking about a game from over 40 years ago. Come up with a game that has been moved outside of weather or disaster in even just the last 2 decades??
And you say every game is moved every week.....you are talking about the kickoff time. That's measured in hours. You are talking about postponing the Bedlam game an entire week. That's not even remotely close to being the same thing as changing kickoff times.
It has happened for weather. And it has happened in the horrible year of 2001 after 9-11. That is obviously a different issue. But it has been done.
It's in the best interest of the conference. It's in the best interest of both teams. And it's in the best interest for FOX. It would be the biggest Bedlam game since the 80s, with an appropriate spotlight. Will it happen? Likely not. But the idea that changing a game date is impossible is simply untrue.
I'm not expecting it, but I think it would be great. And it would give both teams Thanksgiving with their families. Pretty sure that because of that, Bob would be in favor of it.
It's in the best interest of the conference. It's in the best interest of both teams. And it's in the best interest for FOX. It would be the biggest Bedlam game since the 80s, with an appropriate spotlight. Will it happen? Likely not. But the idea that changing a game date is impossible is simply untrue.
I'm not expecting it, but I think it would be great. And it would give both teams Thanksgiving with their families. Pretty sure that because of that, Bob would be in favor of it.
