Comments on: Worst losses of the Bob Stoops era: No. 4, USC 55, OU 19 (2005 Orange Bowl)

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:20:05 +0000

Ashlee Simpson wasn’t booed because of the game. She was booed because she was Ashlee. I was there

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Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:26:14 +0000

[...] Worst losses of the Bob Stoops era: No. 4, USC 55, OU 19 (2005 Orange Bowl) Filed under Bowl Games Aug 11 Worst losses of the Bob Stoops era: No. 4, USC 55, OU 19 (2005 Orange Bowl) Why it's on the list: After this Orange Bowl, national championship-game rout, USC running back Reggie Bush said he felt bad for the people who “paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for tickets and didn't see much of a game.” Indeed. Oklahoma lost its … Read more on NewsOK.com (blog) [...]

By: Dion

Dion — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:42:50 +0000

That OU team had 6 offensive players that spent time on pro teams. The defense had two linebackers and a d-back drafted. Perhaps USC had more pro talent not sure. White and Linart are a wash. Bradley should not have touched the ball. Being conservative in a game has its benefits. I blame this on Venerables…

By: Jason Kersey

Jason Kersey — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:01:20 +0000

Jarrod: Totally a valid question. I believe, though, there are three losses under Stoops that were worse according to the criteria I used for the list: 1) Historical significance; 2) Expectations; and 3)Level of play. Now obviously this game is terrible for all three of those categories, but there are three that are worse in my opinion!

By: Southern Yankee

Southern Yankee — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:53:40 +0000

Worst night of my “Sooner fan” life. So much to gain and not much to lose, unless you lose like this. The way these (s)ooners (lower case) rolled over and played dead, you would have thought it was Gary Gibbs “lame duck” bowl game or the Blake years all over again.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:42:44 +0000

“It was the worst bowl beating in OU football history…Just all in all one of the ugliest, most embarrassing games Stoops has coached at OU” If that’s true then why isn’t this number 1?