Stoops: ‘My good friend Mack Brown’
Sooners coach Bob Stoops said he and Texas counterpart Mack Brown have never had an opportunity to develop much of a relationship.
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Other than their annual meeting at the 50-yard line of the Cotton Bowl and the occasional Big 12 meetings, they seldom cross paths. Yet the two were linked, much to Stoops’ surprise, when he was still defensive coordinator at Florida. “I was supposed to be going to work for Texas when I was at Florida,” Stoops said, recounting the tale. “My wife saw that on the news when I was out recruiting and was shocked when I walked in the door that I didn’t tell her. They said I was going to be Texas’ defensive coordinator with my good friend Mack Brown, who I didn’t even know, other than I knew who he was. But we hadn’t had any real relationship. “Took me aback, too. I didn’t know what to make of it. I thought (Steve) Spurrier might have fired me.”
SCOUTS EDGE: OU
ESPN’s insider service, Scouts Inc., has broken down the OU-Texas game with heavy analysis. Covering 10 categories, OU gets the nod in seven, including quarterback, running back, wide receiver, offensive line, linebacker, defensive back and overall. The Texas advantages: defensive line, special teams and coaching. The latter is interesting, considering Stoops has won six of the nine meetings against the Brown-led Longhorns. The Scouts Inc. prediction: Sooners 31, Longhorns 21
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Just over 24 hours to go. Mack did the same at North Carolina, recruited really well but underachieved with the talent he stocked. ESPN gave Texas the nod in coaching? Some of the other areas are debatable, but not coaching. They should be ashamed of that analysis.
How many big 12 championships for Mack? If you subtract the Vince Young season, in which Mack did the least coaching of his career, Mack is ridiculously winless. The real choices for Mack were missed when he benched a winner in Applewhite to let Chrissy Simms throw a million interceptions for us to beat a superior TX squad! What a coach! Gotta give the edge to Mack? Nothing could be more idiotic, statistically or otherwise.
ESPN is full of morons. ESPN is in business to sell headlines and to generate advertising revenue. Did I tell you that ESPN is a group of MORONS. They are.
If OU doesn't get rattled, Texas has no way to stop them. They had 300 passing yards put on them by a doormat, how can they stop all the receiving weapons OU has on the field in a no-huddle, being tossed to by a Heisman candidate.
Well Chris, I agree with him on the coaching. I dont know how you take the Texas coaches right now given the history. The defensive line is close, but Texas has the stats and OU's hasnt been healthy, so I have no issue there. I dont know much about Texas' special teams, but Im sure it is better than OU's
"ESPN’s insider service, Scouts Inc., has broken down the OU-Texas game with heavy analysis...
The Texas advantages: defensive line, special teams and coaching."
ESPN's ignorance is obvious, any arm chair quarterback can see that Oklahoma is superior to Texas & almost anyone else in the nation in regards to their D-line & coaching.
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The Texas advantages: defensive line, special teams and coaching."
ESPN's ignorance is obvious, any arm chair quarterback can see that Oklahoma is superior to Texas & almost anyone else in the nation in regards to their D-line & coaching.