My last game at the Cotton Bowl was as a senior at OU in 1962. The Sooners lost that game to Texas as they did every year I was in college. I have an absolute horror of "The Eyes of Texas". No matter, I remember "playing" well in Dallas anyway. It was the 60's. That seems to be Mr. Stoops' aim, a game that is played to the best of the teams ability, so that becomes what matters, not the winning or losing. A game is supposed to be just that, after all. It is how they play, not the winning or losing, right? This is a noble way of thinking, but one that eventually robs the players of motivation. If they do not win when it is important to the fans, they obviously will not receive that positive feedback. It is becoming more and more apparent that Mr. Stoops cannot lead the team to win when the fans think that is important. It seems so trite to say that very often when two teams have fairly equal ability, it is the desire to win that determines the winer. But wise ideas become aphorisms because they are wise. I think that is what happened Saturday; the team that most wanted to win, did.
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My last game at the Cotton Bowl was as a senior at OU in 1962. The Sooners lost that game to Texas as they did every year I was in college. I have an absolute horror of "The Eyes of Texas". No matter, I remember "playing" well in Dallas anyway. It was the 60's.
That seems to be Mr. Stoops' aim, a game that is played to the best of the teams ability, so that becomes what matters, not the winning or losing. A game is supposed to be just that, after all. It is how they play, not the winning or losing, right?
This is a noble way of thinking, but one that eventually robs the players of motivation. If they do not win when it is important to the fans, they obviously will not receive that positive feedback. It is becoming more and more apparent that Mr. Stoops cannot lead the team to win when the fans think that is important. It seems so trite to say that very often when two teams have fairly equal ability, it is the desire to win that determines the winer. But wise ideas become aphorisms because they are wise. I think that is what happened Saturday; the team that most wanted to win, did.
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