Sooners Continue to Hunt for the Big Cheese
First Big 12 Conference game for the Sooners with their Heisman back; the real season begins with a big W.
The collegiate football world keeps spinning each week with the ups and downs of the 2009 season, and the University of Oklahoma football team is no stranger to this. First, the pre-season began with a loss at “Jerryland” against BYU; a one-point heart-breaker that left the Sooner Nation silent with the loss of Heisman-Winning quarterback Sam Bradford with a hurt shoulder. Solid wins at home against Idaho State and Tulsa gave the team motivation and fans that old feeling that the team was back into the groove of their old ways, especially with a trusty backup quarterback like Landry Jones. The Sooners had their eyes set on the final pre-season game in Miami against the then- No.17 ranked Hurricanes with the hope of pulling off a win. The loss of the Sooners’ top-receiver Ryan Broyles in addition to losing by one point hit the Sooners with the harsh reality that this year would be different; maybe not like last year, and now most likely without a chance at the national championship.
Despite two games lost this season, each only a one-point loss to ranked opponents, a good point to keep in mind is that the real season has just begun: conference play. The record is 1-0, with a win against Baylor. All the opportunity in the world still exists for the Sooners to nab the Conference Championship. Even though the loss of another starter last Saturday (offensive lineman Brian Simmons) seems like the Sooners can’t get a break this season, the team, under the leadership of Sam Bradford and coaching of Bob Stoops, can look forward knowing they have the experience of adapting to the obstacles and striving forward towards the big cheese- a Big 12 Championship.
First Big 12 Conference game for the Sooners with their Heisman back; the real season begins with a big W.
The collegiate football world keeps spinning each week with the ups and downs of the 2009 season, and the University of Oklahoma football team is no stranger to this. First, the pre-season began with a loss at “Jerryland” against BYU; a one-point heart-breaker that left the Sooner Nation silent with the loss of Heisman-Winning quarterback Sam Bradford with a hurt shoulder. Solid wins at home against Idaho State and Tulsa gave the team motivation and fans that old feeling that the team was back into the groove of their old ways, especially with a trusty backup quarterback like Landry Jones. The Sooners had their eyes set on the final pre-season game in Miami against the then- No.17 ranked Hurricanes with the hope of pulling off a win. The loss of the Sooners’ top-receiver Ryan Broyles in addition to losing by one point hit the Sooners with the harsh reality that this year would be different; maybe not like last year, and now most likely without a chance at the national championship.
Despite two games lost this season, each only a one-point loss to ranked opponents, a good point to keep in mind is that the real season has just begun: conference play. The record is 1-0, with a win against Baylor. All the opportunity in the world still exists for the Sooners to nab the Conference Championship. Even though the loss of another starter last Saturday (offensive lineman Brian Simmons) seems like the Sooners can’t get a break this season, the team, under the leadership of Sam Bradford and coaching of Bob Stoops, can look forward knowing they have the experience of adapting to the obstacles and striving forward towards the big cheese- a Big 12 Championship.
Image taken by Ty Russell, Soonersports.com
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OU/TX this weekend.. what are the odds we will win?
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