Oklahoma Promises They Deserve Your Vote

OU defenders almost make a tackle...so that should count.

The University of Oklahoma lost for the Red River Slopfest this weekend to Texas, which brings their record to a pedestrian 3-3.  They have no Sam Bradford, no Jermaine Gresham and their performance on the field has been far from what most expected to see from the defending Big 12 champs.  Still, things aren’t so bad round Norman way, just ask the Sooners.  Specifically Senior Associate Athletics Director Kenny Mossman, who made sure every AP voter in the country received this email following Oklahoma’s loss to Texas.

Oklahoma’s three losses …

· By a total of five points.

· All on neutral or road fields.

· All versus ranked opponents.

I’m assuming Mr. Mossman meant to add that OU’s three wins have all come at home against unranked, non-FBS, non-BCS and/or non-Robert Griffin having teams, but he must have accidentally hit ‘Send’ before he had the chance.

Losing three games by a total of 5 points to good teams away from home is certainly tough, but does it mean you should be among the elite in college football?  Surely, Oklahoma isn’t suggesting that the fact that they can win neither close games nor games on the road should make them one of the 25 best schools in the country.

AP voters seem to think that does qualify them for a spot in their rankings, however, as the Sooners managed to cling on at number-25.  Of the three teams that dropped out of the rankings this week, South Florida, Notre Dame and Nebraska guess how many have both fewer losses than Oklahoma and more wins on the road.  Go ahead and guess.  I’ll give you a hint, it’s slightly more than none of them and exactly all of them.  Oops, that kind of gave it away.  In fact, Nebraska has a win over a ranked Missouri team and South Florida’s only loss is to #8 Cincinnati and they have a road win over a ranked Florida State team, who also has a road win over ranked BYU, who beat Oklahoma.

I’m not saying that Oklahoma doesn’t deserve to be #25 in the country…I mean, they don’t but that isn’t my current argument.  I’m just saying that they don’t deserve to be pandering for votes.  If you go by Norman, Oklahoma, you can actually see the entire athletic department on the street corners with cardboard signs that read, ‘will work for AP votes…just not on the road.’  And that’s not right.

When the Sooners find a way to win away from Gaylord Memorial Stadium, they can go back to reminding us all how they failed to win all those close games earlier this season.  Until then, maybe they should sit the next few plays out.

Tags: Big 12, douchebaggery, football, NCAA, Oklahoma, Texas

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