Oklahoma Sooners legend Bob Stoops clapped back at Mizzou HC Eliah Drinkwitz with just a few short words
The Oklahoma Sooners aren't the team they once were, the team that was competing for and winning national championships under former head coach Bob Stoops. Now, they are becoming one of the teams in the SEC that all of the other SEC schools laugh at. This inaugural season in the SEC has really not gone […]
The Oklahoma Sooners aren't the team they once were, the team that was competing for and winning national championships under former head coach Bob Stoops. Now, they are becoming one of the teams in the SEC that all of the other SEC schools laugh at. This inaugural season in the SEC has really not gone how anyone thought it would.
And, it doesn't help that the Sooners just lost to Missouri, a team that they used to dominate back in the day. Some called it a rivalry, but really, it was always a beatdown. Even now Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz knows that.
“This will be real disappointing to Bob Stoops,” Drinkwitz said to open his postgame press conference, “but OU doesn't always whip Missouri's ass anymore.”
And, I guess he has a point.
The Sooners used to beat Missouri all the time, back when this was a "rivalry." The Sooners own the Tigers in their all-time matchup 67–25–5 and have won 20 of the last 23 matchups between the two. So, while the Sooners' fan base may take this the wrong way, he's not really wrong. The Sooners always used to beat down the Tigers, that's why it's not really considered a rivalry.
But, both sides did some talking on the internet this offseason, which pretty much fueled this game.
“Felt pretty good. I thought Coach Stoops did a nice job stirring it up this summer," Drinkwitz said. "I thought their coaches did some stuff this summer that felt like they stirred it up a little bit with some tweets and different things. Our guys were ready."
And, of course, with all of that, Bob Stoops, one of the best to ever do it couldn't not get a word in, right?
“Someone showed it to me yesterday,” Stoops said. “I started laughing. I said, ‘I didn’t realize — I thought — who cares about what a retired — I’ve been retired eight years and I’m still prominent on peoples’ mind. I guess, keep following me on Twitter, I guess.”
He's too cool, and a guy who really just doesn't care what others say and think about him. He's won at the highest level of college football. Whatever Drinkwitz is saying is irrelevant to him.
