Mandel: Sooners not the same since 2003.

[Dan Rydell]

Interesting article about the Sooners D.  I don't think it's just a coincidence that the Sooners have steadily worsened since that 2003 CCG.  I don't know if it was Snyder showing everyone else how to move the ball on the Sooners, or just the blowout blowing up the "invincible" psyche that the Sooners had until then, but something's been different since, even though they returned to the championship game in 2004. 

A large part of it has also been the lack of an experienced quarterback over the past couple of years, I think.

Interesting thoughts on BV, too.  Maybe Bob *did* tell the KSU folks that he wasn't ready to be a head coach...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2006/09/officiating-bad-but-so-is-sooners-d.html

[michigancat]

In Raheem We Trust.