It's important that as we strive to climb the SEC ladder that we leap over some teams. For the previous 8-10 years, USC has been the better program. In some years, significantly better. But, we've now beaten them twice in a row. Most importantly, look at their commits thus far for 2016 (I know it's early still but worth a look). Stars don't matter - except when they do, of course. Among their commits currently are FOUR 2-star players, 3 of which are OL. Having witnessed decades of putrid football that entailed running 2-star 'under the radar, diamond in the rough' players against UF and GA and TN and LSU and a host of other teams sporting 3-, 4- and 5-star players, I can say unequivocally that you cannot win consistently with that level of talent. No matter who your coach is. So, if we haven't passed them yet, I think it's coming in the next year as long as Stoops can continue to bring in the talent they've landed thus far. We're not to the level I'd like us to be by any means, but we're getting closer.
In the 29 straight losses to UF, there've been quite a few that were over before halftime. Just absolute embarrassments. Saturday, while hugely disappointing and a huge opportunity wasted, was anything but an embarrassing shellacking. With the built-in advantages UF has over UK in football, to hold their team to <250 yards and 14 points, that's a huge step in the right direction. We're literally within one play each of the past two years of beating them. We've just got to get over that hump.
Passing USC in the SEC hierarchy is a big step. Next on the list: Tennessee and Missouri. We have our opportunity to start that climb this Saturday. Hope we're ready.
In the 29 straight losses to UF, there've been quite a few that were over before halftime. Just absolute embarrassments. Saturday, while hugely disappointing and a huge opportunity wasted, was anything but an embarrassing shellacking. With the built-in advantages UF has over UK in football, to hold their team to <250 yards and 14 points, that's a huge step in the right direction. We're literally within one play each of the past two years of beating them. We've just got to get over that hump.
Passing USC in the SEC hierarchy is a big step. Next on the list: Tennessee and Missouri. We have our opportunity to start that climb this Saturday. Hope we're ready.
