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I would be happy with a 10-2 year and fine with 9-3. It's fine.

I think we're agreeing. I'm talking about (recent)-historically and noting that Sark's regime is an improvement and movement in the right direction. Historically, we fold. We fucked this game up, but we didn't fold. We weren't as tough and focused as we need to be, but in the recent past a game starts that badly for us and we collapse. But we didn't this time.

I think Sark's attitude is fine. To me, emotional control isn't really about cultivating emotions to feel, but more about making sure unhelpful emotions are controlled. OU has whipped our asses. OU has scared us. OU has cowed us. That hasn't happened with Sark, even though he's 1-2. They had to score 25 in the 4th to win game 1. They got historically destroyed in game 2. They had to drive while behind to win in the 4th in game 3. Not great for us, but also not us getting humiliated while our players were terrified and bullied all game. I think Sark's leadership style can win big games (it did in Tuscaloosa) and even win championships. I think he'll need transformational players to do it, and we don't have any of those on this roster. Also, if Sark ever does win a big one, I think the institutional culture changes for the better and his credibility as a calmer, more patient, more focused guy grows.

Not disagreeing with ChiTown here at all, but that focus and determination to be great isn't just something that pops up on gameday. It's the offeseason and the preseason and practices. It's the mindset day-in and day-out. By gameday, the cake is mostly baked and theirs is usually baked with more determination and scrappiness than ours. Which is why they beat us all the time.

On3 Class Rankings avg 2020-2023 Texas: 8 OU: 8.5 Venables made stupid calls yesterday. Their players fucked up yesterday. We just made more mistakes on the field than they did and lost a football game to a team 34-30 whose talent level isn't as below ours as we told ourselves. We aren't a "Lost a 4/5-star to injury? Whatever, put the next 4/5 star out there!" team. We're building towards that, but we aren't that. The idea that we lost because we don't shit enough hateblood is stupid. Not everyone needs to be full of rage to perform at a high level. In fact, that's a distraction to many. At least on offense. If we need a fire-breathing maniac, hire one at DC (I don't even dislike PK). The hot start to the year got into a LOT Of people's heads. I was NOT thinking "playoffs bound!" before the year started. I only thought that because we whipped Bama pretty good at home. And after that I didn't let arguably bad games against much lesser opponents temper my optimism. That's not on Sark, that's on me. The team was showing me what it was (really, really good), but I didn't want to believe that. I wanted to believe we were King Kong. That's on me. We're a really, really good team. I actually like Sark and his style a lot. I think he can win a championship here. Maybe even with this team. A lot of shit has to go right, because on defense we do not have any killers who scare everyone. We need those.

If Sark came out screaming and acting crazy it would be forced and ineffective. He's not that guy and it makes no sense for him to try to be. Is there someone doing today what Patterson has done for us in the past?

20 yard cushions win games, baby

I dn't whine about holding. But that one right there holy fuck

Blue and Red together please

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

FUCK YOU OKLAHOMA GO FUCK YOURSELF FUCKING BURNIN HELL YOU SOONER TRASH

Pretty precious tricky tricks

We are playing like absolute dogshit and only down 3. We're slowly improving on offense. We've got this.

Tackled by a guy sitting down. Dumbfuck.

Refs want this game to go until 9pm

Staring at the backs of WRs. What the fuck is happening?

I hope you enjoyed yourselves, you Sooner fucks. It's over now.

YES SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dillon Gabriel isn't that good.

Let's get this stop, D

I ain't editing shit. I was wrong.

They will not overturn it. OU ball

Basically a punt. lol

lol who the fuck was he throwing to?