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Originally Posted by BrutusBobcat
I'm not sure how I missed this. I was just looking at the 2008 schedule today and saw the game. Obviously, I think that Solich has done a good job with the program at OU, which really suffered after Grobe left. Who am I kidding? It suffered before Grobe arrived as well. Anyway, Frank hasn't been asleep at the wheel.  Last season was a huge step forward, even though 2007 has been disappointing. It's kind of funny to be disappointed with a Bobcat team hovering around .500. |
That is kind of funny. I graduated from OU in 1991. It seemed like they'd always lose by giving up significant leads in the 4th quarter. They'd have a punt blocked and a turnover deep in their own territory and suddenly it's 35-33 instead of 33-21. Everybody was like wtf just happened. It seems like similar things have happened this year just from scoreboard watching. The Wyoming game, for instance.
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Under Solich, the Bobcats have played in big OOC matchups and really haven't come close to putting a scare into anyone. This isn't Fresno State. The biggest win was against a unranked Pitt team in 2005, in Athens, on an overtime pick-6. Most people probably remember that one. Most people probably don't remember that OU got hammered the week before by Northwestern, and hammered the week after by #4 Virginia Tech (45-0).
In 2006, trips to Rutgers and Missouri yielded 24-7 and 31-6 losses respectively, and a bowl game with Southern Miss, which was essentially a road game, also resulted in a 28-7 loss. This season's best OOC win was against La-Laf, followed by losses at VT and a 1-point home loss to Wyoming.
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The Bobcats stayed right with Florida for 3 quarters, some recent season. Heh, I think it Zook's last year there. 2004, maybe? And one of Bill Snyder's good KSU teams beat OU by only a few points several years ago. I remember that was a bonified scare and the Florida game was on the brink of it.
The band rocks the house. I went to some games in Athens just to see them at halftime.