Who said “fluke?”
Moments after Saturday’s victory, OU QB Sam Bradford told ABC sideline reporter Lisa Salters the Sooners were motivated by statements made by Missouri players calling OU’s last two wins over the Tigers “flukes.”
What statements was Bradford referring to?
Hard to say.
An exhaustive search returned zero bulletin-board material coming from Missouri coaches, players or media last week. Plenty of comments came from south of the Red River and from the national media about Texas being more deserving than OU of the Big 12 title game.
But nothing from Columbia. Not even from quarterback Chase Daniel, who has a history of providing bulletin-board comments.
Perhaps the Sooner coaches and players had access to information the public did not. Or perhaps Bradford was confused with last year. Or perhaps something was passed around the locker room containing quotes that weren’t actually said. Or perhaps I just haven’t found what Bradford was referring to.
Whatever happened, it worked as OU rolled 62-21.
By Jake Trotter
