I'm calling bullshit on this. Back in 2011 Oklahoma State was a blown field goal call away from playing for a natty. 2013 the Big 12 refs fucked us out of another conference title. Right around that time SI had an ou homer do an absolute hit piece which fucked up recruiting for 2 years.
We were in the process of breaking the wheel, but the powers that be decided because we weren't a power in the 70's to go in dry.
We recovered and our reward is being the 2nd best program in the conference the last half decade only to run into arguably 4 of the best quarterbacks Oklahoma has had. Everyone is hyping Iowa State, but you know who their Achilles heel is? Yeah.
And for spending 15 years building a program, only to see it take a hit because some fan of another school that worked for SI pissed his britches and overcome it to be discarded? Fuck that shit. And the shit thing is the only reason Oklahoma is Oklahoma is because 70 years ago our AD had morals and said no when people in the state with money said they were willing to do what it takes to become a powerhouse in college football.
I'm going through the 5 stages of grief but this is a bunch of bullshit.