I agree with everything this guy writes here and everything it is evident he feels. The article is heavy on the one that got away, Urban Meyer. Lincoln Riley, Nick Saban, lots of other coaches, never would have lost this game.
What transpired on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl is the reason why so many people were skeptical when Texas hired Steve Sarkisian.
On Saturday at the Cotton Bowl, Sarkisian authored a gag so ugly that even Charlie Strong could say, I know I lost to Kansas, but I never pulled THAT.
Sark’ authored a choke so uniquely historic that even Tom Herman could say, I know I embarrassed the school a lot, but we never did THAT on my watch.
[Urban] Meyer has his flaws, but he never would have been ripped in half by an opposing head coach the way Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley embarrassed Sark’.
He was. Sarkisian was badly, badly outcoached.
Sark’ may ultimately be a successful coach in Austin who wins big games and beats Oklahoma, but what he put together against the Sooners will not be something he’ll be able to live down until 2022.
At the earliest. Actually, “ever” feels more appropriate. When it comes to Oklahoma, Texas doesn’t forget.
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Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley and his Sooners embarrassed Sark’ and the entire state of Texas by scoring 34 second-half points to win.
They did, that's a fact, the entire state of Texas got assfucked by Riley and Oklahoma.
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Shortly after Sarkisian mismanaged the clock situation late in first half, Riley made the hard decision that changed the entire day. He pulled incumbent starting quarterback Spencer Rattler in favor of Caleb Williams, a true freshman who did not play his 2020 high school season because of COVID-19. The Sooners out-scored UT in the second half, 34-10.
Fucking ballsy move. That's a coach, Riley, who is secure. With himself and in his job. If you're not you do not have the nous to pull the Heisman favorite and consensus #1 pick in the NFL draft.
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Something was wrong.
You don’t give up more than 600 yards when it’s right.
You don’t blow a 28-7 lead when things are good.
“Big picture-wise, this will test our mettle,” Sarkisian said. “We’ll find out what we’re made of.”
I can't believe Sarkisian said such a tone deaf thing.
I thought that’s what the loss at Arkansas was supposed to do.
It was just this week that Texas fans were celebrating UT’s decision to hire Sark’ rather than Meyer, who rather than coach UT took over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
...for all of Urban Meyer’s encyclopedia of flaws and history of hypocrisy, he never would have let what happened on Saturday to go down.
I don't agree with that grammar.
