Yes that is true sportjunky if Slaton goes off, Oklahoma is in trouble, and teams that lost their last game have won their bowl game. Those are valid points. But its not the loss vs Pitts its RODRICO leaving. WVU can win the game as they are a good team with some good players. However these games are bigger than the players on the field. These are kids remember and they are not pros. I think any team that has some really high scoring games during the season has not fared well also during the bowl season. BOISE st and Hawaii, Illinois. Now that RODRICO is gone it will be up to the players to coach themselves and get themselves ready for this game. The impact of a coach in college is huge especially RODRICO and his military style approach. You need to have that approach with guys like Slaton and White, because frankly they are not bright guys, so they need to be yelled and be controlled. This new laid back coach is not the answer, in fact, BCS games are won in the preceeding weeks to the games, USC and Georgia won with perfect execution and gameplanning and better athletes. You guys are talking about SLATON and WHITE, what about BRADFORD and the Oklahoma RUNNING back- Bradford lead the nation in passing efficiency? West Virginia was a very very very weak team, and RODRICO turned them into a good one. Losses at South FLorida, Pitts, and collapses vs Cincy on the road, close games vs Lousville means that WVU will have to play an absolute perfect game and Oklahoma will have to play very average, for them to cover. What will happen is that WVU will play a weaker game and Oklahoma will play a huge huge game in this one. You are depending on 2 players if you take WVU, remember take the team vs the individuals, this JUICe fool and Brennan are all hype.
THe biggest reason to bet Oklahoma is no one knows any of their players which is a good thing. STOOPS is gonna outcoach this guy and WHite and Slaton are not tough and will not care now, they feel betrayed and want to go PRO and don't want to get hurt. I mean Oklahoma has passion, WVU has none, its like comparing MANNING vs Jamarcus RUSSELL and his bloody diamond earrings that he wears. That is a guy who does not want to win. WHITE is also a guy who got injured, pussied out vs PITTS and then came in late because he was scared, and wanted to put the blame on the backup if they lost. I have played with many players like WHITE and SLATON. I know what they are all about. These guys probably don't even like football, they are just in it for the money, no doubt about that, if he loved football, he would never pull himself out of the game vs PITTS. IT is like Vince Young vs INDY, that guy just pussied out because he couldnt hack the pressure and COLLINS came in and brought them to the playoffs.
White and SLATON's goals are to go PRO, they wanted the national championship because it translated into millions of dollars for both of them. But they are not bright and choked, guys like WHITE and SLATON are chokers plain and simple. Relying on their speed advantage to beat a team is not good. Stoops I am sure is preaching punishment and hitting, you hit these guys and you are going to see another VInce Young, Slaton will be riding the exercise bike on the sidelines and WHITE will be complaining about his thumb. I have my doubts that WHITE finishes this game as he is looking for a way out after he gets hit a few times. Tomorrow you will see the effect of RODRICO, WHITE is borderline retarded, the guy fumbled like twice vs CINCY in the last few minutes.
I think WVU will be partying like crazy because RODRICO is not there, they need him to control these guys.
Football is all about WILL, look at Mark RICHT, if you guys think he was fired up today, let me tell you I never make a guarantee, but I will guarantee that BOB STOOPS will be so fired up tomorrow he will make Mark RICHT look like a church boy. This is STOOPS life here, the guy on WVU is preaching fun, laid back attitude, it will also show in the play, OKlahoma will be playing like STOOPS attitude and I think WVU play like their coach , laid back , not much effort no motivation.
2 years ago they beat Georgia when they caught them sleeping in the first qtr up 28-0. Stoops will not let that happen.
I am also not concerned that OKlahoma has lost 3 bowl games in a row, because they lost to LSU who was very good that year and SABAN, and USC and Leinhart< bush and CARROL, the best ever, and they lost to BOISE but I have that down as a WIN for Oklahoma. They had that win anyway, that fluke BS would happen one in a million times.
I really think STOOPS is a film freak and will be able to stop this offense, Utah stopped NAVY,CAl stopped AIr force, USc stopped Illinois, Georgia stopped Hawaii easy, any defense can stop an offence. THey pump up this shit about SLATON and WHITE and their speed, they are not that fast its all hype, its called Gap creating blocking, and STOOPS will stop it. People get on how good Juice was, Brennan was, Slaton and WHite, games are won with DEFENSE and Oklahoma plays good D and that will win this game
