We're not that Good

After watching last night's game, and part of the Kansas debacle, I'm inclined to think my Sooners are overrated. I hate saying that.

Austin Johnson's apparently dinged up...he's been pretty ineffective lately.

My fix: Stop doing the Kelvin Sampson tough-it-out routine. Rest AJ until he's healthy. Play Warren at the point, Crocker and Davis at shooting guard, Patillo and Wright at PF, Taylor G at SF and Blake wherever the heck he wants.

Player of the Year?

Last year, Tyler Hansbrough stole the POY award from Michael Beasley. This year, will blake Griffin win the award? Let's take a look at the 2010 Rookie of the year in the Italian League versus Mr. Griffin:

Tyler:
21 ppg
7.8 boards
0.9 assists
0.4 blocks

Blake:
21.9 ppg
13.9 boards
2.4 assists
1.3 blocks

Others discuss Luke H at the FishEaters or Jodie Meeks at Kentucky, but their numbers aren't good enough to overcome the middle of the road status of their team this year.

Corey Wilson

Corey Wilson's medical condition has been upgraded to serious from critical. Anonymous sources say Corey's paralyzed from the waste down. In case you're wondering, that means you went from definitely unstable health to possibly unstable health. It doesn't sound like much of an upgrade.

Corey was thrown 45 feet from his vehicle during a traffic accident.

First of all, our prayers go out to Corey and his family. I'm praying for a miraculous recovery. I couldn't care less if he plays for the Sooners, but I do pray he has full function of his limbs again.

Second of all, wear a dadgum seat belt, people. They save lives.

Fire Safety with Austin Box

Austin Box put out a small brush fire near a Norman night spot earlier this week. While I believe he should be lauded for his achievements in fire safety and water conservation, the Norman Police were not as amused, and cited him for 'outraging public decency'. I'm not even sure what that means. I think it relates to the raging fire he extinguished.

Longhorns Beat Sooners

I wonder if the Horns will be ranked ahead of the Sooners now? Or if they will howl when they continue to be ranked below the Sooners?

Don't know why the Sooners keep having major injuries to key players while playing UT.

Blake Griffin's status is considered "uncertain". If you sustain a concussion on Saturday night, you have no business playing hoops on Monday night.

Is Obama the New Blake?

Upon his hire at the University of Oklahoma, John Blake was a youthful, energetic African-American pioneer, the first African American head coach at Oklahoma. Many hailed his hiring as the right man for the job to turn around a great organization that had recently fallen upon hard times. A quote in this 1996 article says, “We can’t go down any further” If only he had been correct.

Hindsight tells us that while Blake was a masterful recruiter and that players liked him, he was ill suited for the job as a head coach and the end result was not desirable. After the 0-4 start of 1996, the fans turned on him. Sound familiar?
Sure, Obama’s skinnier, and the MSM are behind him 100%, and he has better command of the English language, but it remains to be seen if Obama is any good at being a President.

I know my 401(k) is now a 0.401(k), and I know the “change” that has come so far is that government just got a whole lot bigger. Will Obama turn things around? I dunno. I know that if you’re going to turn it around, you have to make sure you stop at 180 degrees and not do a 360.

For the sake of our country, I'm rooting for Obama to be a better President than Blake was a head coach. But me cheering on Blake didn't help any in 1996-98.

Coppell Disrespects Alumni

I'm a normal reader of Matt Hinton's Dr Saturday blog over at Yahoo! Sports. This week he had a post covering the McCoy and Shipely kids, and a link to a Coppell alumni site that listed players who have played or are playing D1 college football. The list excludes Hunter Wall, who even scored a TD for the Sooners on a marvelous fake punt, and Brian Hodges, who walked on the team in 2001. The list also details Spencer Covey, who is not listed on the most excellent site, soonerstats.com.