News Article: Oklahoma talking trash

[UnNFormedFan]

There ya go OK, when you have to faced a hacked off Alabama team, poke em with a stick first...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I agree somewhat, if at ally possible the players should be professional in their tweets regarding bama, you don't want to give them any bulletin board material; however, we all know that is unrealistic they are kids that are excited to play in the biggest game of their lives. I expect both side to be emotional. Plus OU is 2 1 1 against bama so why should they not have confidence.

#BeatBama

Um, because history has absolutely zero impact on this year's game?

 

[BamaJama17]

I agree somewhat, if at ally possible the players should be professional in their tweets regarding bama, you don't want to give them any bulletin board material; however, we all know that is unrealistic they are kids that are excited to play in the biggest game of their lives. I expect both side to be emotional. Plus OU is 2 1 1 against bama so why should they not have confidence.

#BeatBama

What OU did 10 years ago means nothing now. Those Alabama teams were crippled by probation and scholarship limitations and yet it still took two miracle plays to win both years. Not like the inferior Big 12 completion IE. a 10-3 Texas getting destroyed 65-13 in 2003 while a 4-9 Alabama only lost 20-13. This time around Alabama will be at full strength. RTR!!!


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[deliveryman35]

Over on the OU boards some of their fans are once again going on about the "unfair" advantage we and other sec teams have because of gray-shirting. Can't believe they're bringing up that old canard.

 

[TideMan09]

Over on the OU boards some of their fans are once again going on about the "unfair" advantage we and other sec teams have because of gray-shirting. Can't believe they're bringing up that old canard.

HAHA..They're just getting the excuse factory open & ready for buisness for when Bama lays the smackdown on them..And I have the feeling we will be ready for the Sooners & not pull a Utah on them this go around..

 

[soonerboy_ODN]

We've got work to do if that is the best trash talking we have. Just sounds to me like the guys are mostly excited to be taking on your squad. I mean, what would you expect of your team? I want them to have confidence and play cocky. That way we may only lose by 3-4 touchdowns.

There won't be any excuses. If we get beat (and I think we will) it isn't hard to say Bama has the better team. And people that whine about gray-shirting, blah blah blah, just don't have any concept of what really goes on behind the scenes at most of the really big programs, including OU... and that simply is you play every angle you can and push to the edges of the rule book. Otherwise you aren't doing your job in trying to gain competitive advantage.

 

[TideMan09]

This is a Bama website brother, so yeah, we're dishing it out to y'all Sooner fans, nothing more & nothing less..It.s all good & it's nothing wrong with what your players are saying, you have to realize..Our Players never talk about any of our games before it's played, it's a program policy, that Coach Saban doesn't allow to happen..

Cause ya never know if they will give the opposition bulletin board material..It's policy I personally love &very thankful it's in place at Bama..Just cause common sense & decency doesn't always go hand and hand..LOL

We've got work to do if that is the best trash talking we have. Just sounds to me like the guys are mostly excited to be taking on your squad. I mean, what would you expect of your team? I want them to have confidence and play cocky. That way we may only lose by 3-4 touchdowns.

There won't be any excuses. If we get beat (and I think we will) it isn't hard to say Bama has the better team. And people that whine about gray-shirting, blah blah blah, just don't have any concept of what really goes on behind the scenes at most of the really big programs, including OU... and that simply is you play every angle you can and push to the edges of the rule book. Otherwise you aren't doing your job in trying to gain competitive advantage.

 

[TideMom2Boys]

That isn't trash talking...but it's cute that they tried.

 

[rolltide_21]

To quote Barrett Jones in his weekly Roundtable segment a few weeks ago: "We don't have a giant bulletin board for quotes to be put on it. We have Coach Saban. Trust me he provides all the motivation we need."

This kind of stuff matters to us, the fans. And I might add that this is the worst "smack talk" I've ever seen.


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[rtcjny]

We could change the name of this thread to Oklahoma is trash. The team not the state. The state has been a gold mine for country music stars.

 

[champions77]

Hey folks don't pay a few knuckleheads any attention. I can assure you that the vast majority of the Sooner Nation respects the heck out of Alabama. Wish our program could be mentioned in the same breath. The respect we have for you cannot be tarnished by a few goofs on a message board, and a few players showing some false bravado.

The hospitality we were shown in Tuscaloosa in 2003 was the best. Heck I became a Bama fan because of it. Roll Tide and Boomer Sooner!!!!!

 

[TiderJack]

Over on the OU boards some of their fans are once again going on about the "unfair" advantage we and other sec teams have because of gray-shirting. Can't believe they're bringing up that old canard.

I think they should be talking more about their lack of recruiting rather than grayshirt since I can't recall the last time OU finished in the top 10 and 5 or 6 SEC teams typically do. It has more to do we just have better players right now.

 

[Alabama22]

Let 'em talk!

 

[BamaAlum97]

None of those comments seem out of line or disrespectful to me...should they be posting about being scared to play Bama? The want to play and to win the game. All of the Bama fans saying how ugly it's going to get it far worse than any of those comments.

 

[Mystical]

Was expecting to read some trash talk. "Over/under on how many times I say "Roll Tide" over the next month:1000... I'm going over #BringIt" The paper can find better than that I hope

 

[deliveryman35]

I think they should be talking more about their lack of recruiting rather than grayshirt since I can't recall the last time OU finished in the top 10 and 5 or 6 SEC teams typically do. It has more to do we just have better players right now.

Agreed, yet one of their MODERATORS on one of their boards is going on about some nonsense involving Darius Phelan(from Stevenson, I believe) and how we supposedly did something unethical in offering him a gray shirt that he didn't even take. I think they're just looking for excuses in advance of an expected loss.

As someone that follows the OU boards kind of closely over a period of time, here is summary of what a good portion of their fans think of us:

ESPN is in the tank for the SEC

SEC only has advantage with players/talent due to oversigning/gray-shirting

Nick scares them to death but is a scumbag that doesn't care about the players

Missouri and Texas AM are REALLY still Big 12 teams

The reason they lost their BCSCG's to LSU and UF was because they had to play them on SEC home turf

The reason they are not in the SEC is because they could not lower themselves to the same 'unethical' conduct as the current SEC schools do(again, gray-shirting, oversigning)

 

[TideMan09]

After what we went through with the NCAA sanctions the last time they hit us, cheating is the last thing I worry about at Bama, plus, we have the greatest recruiter in the history of college football right now at Bama..So there's no need for us to cheat at all..i

 

[dWarriors88]

Was expecting to read some trash talk. "Over/under on how many times I say "Roll Tide" over the next month:1000... I'm going over #BringIt" The paper can find better than that I hope

Now imagine living inside Oklahoma. I'm having a blast. These OU fans think they are really going to win. I've been telling everyone "listen here, you're gonna be wishin this game is over 'sooner', than later." And than spout out a bunch stats and facts and laff in their face.

 

[BamaJama17]

Hey folks don't pay a few knuckleheads any attention. I can assure you that the vast majority of the Sooner Nation respects the heck out of Alabama. Wish our program could be mentioned in the same breath. The respect we have for you cannot be tarnished by a few goofs on a message board, and a few players showing some false bravado.

The hospitality we were shown in Tuscaloosa in 2003 was the best. Heck I became a Bama fan because of it. Roll Tide and Boomer Sooner!!!!!

Ohh its okay. I've always had respect for Oklahoma as well. I'm not going to let a few fans ruin it.


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[UnnamedSooner]

Agreed, yet one of their MODERATORS on one of their boards is going on about some nonsense involving Darius Phelan(from Stevenson, I believe) and how we supposedly did something unethical in offering him a gray shirt that he didn't even take. I think they're just looking for excuses in advance of an expected loss.

As someone that follows the OU boards kind of closely over a period of time, here is summary of what a good portion of their fans think of us:

ESPN is in the tank for the SEC

SEC only has advantage with players/talent due to oversigning/gray-shirting

Nick scares them to death but is a scumbag that doesn't care about the players

Missouri and Texas AM are REALLY still Big 12 teams

The reason they lost their BCSCG's to LSU and UF was because they had to play them on SEC home turf

The reason they are not in the SEC is because they could not lower themselves to the same 'unethical' conduct as the current SEC schools do(again, gray-shirting, oversigning)

I am just one fan, but I know what you say is talked about on Sooner boards a lot, however I disagree with some of what is said. We are a proud program, and don't take losses very well. That being said here is my opinion on your statements:

About ESPN - I do think there is some bias towards the SEC. Not anything crazy, but it is in their interest for the SEC to succeed considering the contracts. Fox has a big contract with the Big 12, and so I think the bias goes both ways... Do I think ESPN is doing things behind the scenes to make it an unfair advantage? Absolutely not.

Gray shirting - I don't know enough about it to form a strong opinion. From what I've read, it's not allowed in Big 12. Does it create an advantage? I'm sure it does to some point, but if it's within the rules, go for it. Do I think it's the "only" reason the SEC is dominant. Not at all. If you look at the NFL you can see that there are a ton of players that are from SEC states. Therefore it seems that currently there is more talent in that part of the country. More times than not, college players stay close to home. It's my opinion that there are just better athletes currently in SEC country than everywhere else.

Nick does scare us. He is the best coach in college football and we did not want the best coach in college football going to our arch rival.

There's a lot of reasons we lost those two BCSCG's. I could go into analysis of those two games and how close they both really were but SEC home turf as one of them? Not so much.

The reason OU is not in the SEC is because OU would not go to another conference without OSU. I remember reading articles that there was an offer from SEC to bring A&M and us over, but OU insisted OSU come along. I'm not sure why OU wants to help OSU so much, but it kept us from the PAC as well and now we are stuck.