Is that a fact?
The main doors on that place suck. Literally too I think. Since it's a chemistry building I think it has such a good venting system it was slightly negatively pressured.
They didn't really lay an egg. They lost 35-31 against a team who was very different offensively than OU, a team that had some great offensive firepower. It clear that the defense couldn't transition from a mega talented wishbone to a multi-faceted offense with players like Bradley, Wilder, and Winslow in just one week. Had we played them in September or October, we would have played better defensively, but those 3 players were dominate that day.
I read Switzer's book in the 90s. He denies ever giving a player anything illegal. In fact, he's on record of telling star receiver Hart Lee Dykes to get the F*** out of his office when Dykes asked him to match deals from other schools. Is their proof Switzer bought players? My understanding is that he was told to leave because of the Charles Thompson drug scandal.
He was just playing semantics. The Charles Thompson story was just one of many.
I guess my point was that what happened at OU usually involved boosters and wasn't a whole lot different than what was going on at most other schools, including DONU. Back in the 70s and 80s, I personally know MANY players who seemed to have nice cars and got $100 handshakes all of the time. Do you seriously think that the 80-85% of players on scholarship from out of State came to Nebraska just for the atmosphere?He was just playing semantics. The Charles Thompson story was just one of many.
June 16, 1988: OU reveals that there are 18 allegations of NCAA rules violations, including an Oklahoma alumnus allegedly loaning a used car to a player and paying him for a summer job at which he did not work (an idiotic way of saying they paid players). A Sooner staff member also allegedly offered $1,000 in cash to a prospect if he would sign with Oklahoma. Switzer said of the accused violations, "None of them ever gave Oklahoma a competitive advantage."
December 26, 1988: The Oklahoman publishes an editorial, quoting Switzer about a player who received free use of a car and was paid $6,400 for work he didn't perform. "The kid drives it for a year, a year and a half, two years, whatever it was, and all of a sudden that becomes a hell of a violation," Switzer said.
How The Mighty Fall: Barry Switzer
A blow by blow account of the final year of the Barry Switzer era at OU.www.news9.com
Barry always mentions his 1978 team was his best Sooner team he had..
Nebraska lost to Alabama in Game 1. 20-3, and it wasn't that close. But they were 9-1 like us going into the last game of the season and we went ahead of them in the polls because of the OU win (probably an injustice).
Yes the fumble was near the south goal line. Sitting with my dad on the 20 yd. line near the south goal line.
I was going to send you an email. The one I have is the wcsks.com address. Do you still use that one? If not, send me an email with your new address, por favor.Ok....my story....
I had been to the KU game maybe a week earlier, and one of my students whose parents were OU people called and said "we are not using our Nebraska tix,,,,YOU CAN HAVE THEM" so I jumped on it! Called my Razorback bro in law to go with me...it was epic! Found a brand new hat in the road after the game!!!
Thoughts:
My first game EVER in Lincoln...but I'd been to 9 AWAY games.....
LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!!!!
9 fumbles by them....lost SEVEN ...we still win.....
Kelly Phelps was hit SOOOOOOO Hard!!!! I thought he dead.....Maddest I EVER saw Tom......
Rick Berns was THE stud.....
Billy Todd...was he our last straight ahead kicker?
Probably one of my top three sports moments!
Kevin Seibel would have been after him. Not sure if there were any others in the 80s.
Sigh, thanks for crapping on our nice memories. Everybody likes Barry Switzer, I think even his wife he cheated on still liked him but I live in Oklahoma and the number of stories I hear about business deals he was in where Everyone else lost money but him…... But Barry never violated any recruiting rules or Arranged illegal gifts to players or players families???… You ever watched the 30 on 30 about Marcus Dupree?
Their players were on the overhyped side. How can half your team be All-Americans yet carve out a six point win against unranked Stanford and a one point win against unranked Kansas. KU won one game that year and finished last in the conference.
You can't look at it that way, because things happen in certain games. In both the Stanford and Kansas games, turnovers ruled the day. Also Lott didn't play against KU. Some of the best teams in college football history struggled in some games. Not everyone was 1971 or 1995 Nebraska.
I hear the banjos. Hawkeyes want there number one fan back. Get moving foosball
I think that was the game where the temp dropped about 20 degrees before the game started?
