Kevin Wilson's lips move

by HenryJames on Sep 2, 2009 8:01 AM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Every year about this same time the OU coaches say some outlandish bullshit about how this is the best team/defense/offense/quarterback/cornerback, etc they've ever had. It's comical and amazing and infuriating how every year their players just keep getting better.

Sooner players from 1999 to 2009.

Sooner offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson has really embraced the concept to the point of outright lying.

Yesterday Wilson said that center Brody Eldridge, who has played the position for a week or some shit, is already as good as the four year starter he replaced, Jon Cooper.

"He’s as good as the guy that played last year, right now," Wilson said. "He blocks those big guys we got who are as good as anybody we’ll see, right now."

Wait. Didn't Wilson say that Trent Williams was the best lineman he ever coached?

"He’s our best lineman," Wilson said of Eldridge. "Trent (Williams) is the most talented guy, but Brody is the most consistent."

Um, do we need to produce the article?

"The best lineman that I've had since I've been here — and I did have two former players who played in the Pro Bowl last year that were first-round picks — is No. 71," Wilson said of Williams. "It's not close."

He then produced affidavits from four different childhood friends who swore that Wilson would never say something like that.

But he did say it. And everyone knows he said it. And now they know not to believe anything he says.

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Ah, football season is officially here.

At what point does someone in the media ask Stoops or his minions why they keep getting punked in big games when they have the best teams and best players they’ve ever had? I mean, shit, clearly the 2000 team was good enough to win it all. They’ve had 8 better teams since then and no more titles. 5 better teams have been to BCS games without success. It keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.

by Huckleberry on Sep 2, 2009 8:17 AM CDT reply actions

I loved it. It was better than ‘Cats’. I’ll see it again and again.

"At what point does someone in the media ask Stoops or his minions why they keep getting punked in big games when they have the best teams and best players they’ve ever had?"

Until someone (read: Texas) comes along and knocks their asses to the ground on a consistent, sustained basis and wins more conference titles. Like it or not, we’ve fallen short in this respect, so no one in media has the stones to challenge Bobby because he’s still thought of as the top dog in the conference.

The other factors are that most of their in-depth coverage is local/regional, and no one wants to risk losing access by pissing off a coach. This has to be especially intimidating for the locals reporters now with the movement of sports teams away from traditional outlets and toward management of their own exposure. Couple that with the superficial crap that the national outlets like ESPN provide, which fails to attempt in-depth coverage (aside, of course, from the riveting feature stories on who’s rooming with the QB this year) and continues on with the same reputational assessments that they’ve relied upon for years.

At the end of the day, no one in Oklahoma has the balls to call out Stoops, and no one nationally cares enough to try.

by levanderwilliams on Sep 2, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

Affidavit smack is going to be the gift that keeps on giving.

by Trips Right on Sep 2, 2009 8:39 AM CDT reply actions

I’d swear by the power of 4 OU affidavits that that line is better than last years and the best ever and it ain’t even close. At least until next year.

by Cincohorn on Sep 2, 2009 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

The whispers in Norman are that the wagon driver is the best they’ve ever had, but this is not confirmed yet.

by texastough on Sep 2, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions

It’s only a matter of time until OU jumps to the NFL.

http://www.postchronicle.com/blog/german-psychologists-red-victory/

why we even try I have no idea.

by dutchhorn on Sep 2, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions

They do a better job in the hype department than anyone. It’s the whole “say something enough and eventually people start to believe it”.

by lindsay2mayes on Sep 2, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions

It’s the whole "say something enough and eventually people start to believe it".

It isn’t as if they are trying to convince the most discerning of fanbases. They could just as easily throw a fistful of chocolate coins at their pressers.