Jones keeps saying on his show that the Vandy game was the back breaker for Stoops and why the fanbase is collectively in a funk. I disagree. Vandy sucked, for sure, but the second half of the UL game is the game that will haunt Stoops if it doesn't work out. At some point, you have to beat your rival and to blow a 21 point lead at home with a bowl game on the line was devastating. Beat Vandy and go to a crappy bowl, whatever...beat a decent UL team and go to a crappy bowl ===> changes the collective mood of he program, IMO.
False.
As pathetic as it sounds, a bowl is a bowl. And people, for the most part, would have seen the postseason play as progress and kept the faith somewhat.
UL is a superior program so the collapse against them wasn't as devastating to me. But outplaying Vandy throughout and giving it away through all the stupid play calls, lack of preparation/organization, musical chairs at QB, and the effing gifts of two (2) 1st and Goals with nothing to show for it were just crushing to me. You just can't lose games like that. You can't.
I opted out of my season tix after that shit. I had seen enough.