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WEBVTT YOU ARE UP-TO-DATE. ♪ >> WELCOME INTO THE SHOW TONIGHT. I AM BRIAN AND HE IS CARSON. IT IS TIME. >> CRASH THE BOARDS. INTERESTING SHOW TONIGHT. A LOT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WE DID NOT EXPECT. BREAKING NEWS. MIKE STOOPS IS OUT AS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. YOU WOULD RESPOND TO THAT NEWS BY SAYING WHAT? >> THAT IS A MOVE THAT HAD TO BE MADE. NO ONE WAS ARGUING HE SHOULD CONTINUE. QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS LONG OVERDUE. THERE HAS BEEN A DOUBLE STANDARD IN NORMAN READ AND 2014, OFFENSE WAS NOT PERFORMING AT A LEVEL AND JOSH WAS FIRED ALMOST IMMEDIATEL WHILE DEFENSE UNDERPERFORMED FOR YEARS. I CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THE STATS. >> PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCH THE GAME. >> WE KNOW THE DEFENSE IS NOWHERE NEAR NATIONAL TITLE CALIBER. LINCOLN RILEY NEEDS TO LOOK IN TH MIRROR AND HIGHER HIS MIRROR IMAGE. IT IS A YOUNG MAN’S GAME. WHEN MIKE STOOPS GOT TO NORMAN, THEY WER YOUNG AND THEY RECRUITED THE LIGHTS OUT. THEY LOOKED LIKE ALABAMA ON DEFENSE. IT IS TIME LINCOLN RILEY HIRE SOMEONE MY CAM YOUNG PEOPLE WORK 20 HOURS A DAY AND HAD THE RECRUITING TRAIL. LOOK AT THE AP TOP 25. IT READS LIKE THE RECRUITING RANKINGS. NO MYSTERY THAT GEORGIA WAS WINNING NINE GAMES. THEY HIRED KIRBY AND WERE RINGED IN THE TOP FIVE IN RECRUITING AND ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY BEAT OKLAHOMA. WE NEED TO RECRUIT BETTER TALENT. THEY NEED A YOUNGER COORDINATOR. I DON’T KNOW WHO MADE THE DECISION. THIS IS A STATEMENT OF INTENT BY OKLAHOMA. YOU HAVE TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2000. THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WILL NOT DO THAT ON DEFENSE. EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS CORRECT. THEY ARE NOT GOOD ON DEFENSE. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME. THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO RECRUIT THE LIGHTS OUT. OKLAHOMA’S DEFENSE, ALABAMA, GEORGIA WHOEVER. ALL OF THAT IS FAIR. I AM SURPRISED WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I AM SURPRISED THEY WOULD FIRE HIM MIDSEASON. I THINK THAT IS A WEAK MOVE TO FIRE HIM MIDSEASON. THIS GUY HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR 12 YEARS. HE HELPED WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. GET TO THE FINAL FOUR TWICE. I GET THAT IF YOU DO NOT THINK IT IS GOING WELL. YOU SHOULD FIRED HIM AFTER GEORGIA. OR LET HIM FINISH THE YEAR. HE HAS DONE TOO MUCH TO FIRE HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS RIGHT. IT IS BLEAK TO FIRE MIKE STOOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. >> SHOULD’VE DONE IT AFTER THE ROSE BOWL. >> THAT IS BELOW WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS ABOUT. >> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PREACH FAMILY TO ALL OF YOUR PLAYERS. THEY HAVE A WEEK OFF AND DO NOT PLAY THIS SATURDAY. I GET WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION. THIS CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE. THAT IS WHAT HE IS REPORTING. WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION, MAYBE YOU WOULD DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AS YOU CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IT’S WE TO FIRE HIM IN THE MIDDLE. >> THAT’S FAIR. >> P GOT FIRED BECAUSE OU DIDN’T PLAY WELL AT THE COTTON BOWL. THEY LOST BY FIELD GOAL IN THE LAST SECOND. THEY GOT RUN OUT OF THE COTTON BOWL WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT OKLAHOMA? >> I THOUGHT TEXAS FOUGHT. OKLAHOMA BACK TO DOWN ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE. TO MAKE SAM ALLENDE -- TO NOT BE ABLE TO COVER A SIMPLE ORDER BACK SWEEP IS INEXCUSABLE. WE IGNORED A LOT OF ISSUES FOR OKLAHOMA. WE COULD SCHEDULE. THEY WENT INTO OVERTIME WITH ARMY. WE ALL WROTE THAT OFF AS A FLUKE. >> WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN ALARMS FLASHING. >> IF YOU CAN KNOCK IT OFF THE FIELD AGAINST THE SERVICE ACADEMY, GOING TO THE COTTON BOWL WAS NOT GOOD. OKLAHOMA’S BECOMING ONE-DIMENSIONAL ON OFFENSE. RODNEY ANDERSON’S LOSS WAS HUGE. TREY SERMON IS A PLOTTER BUT NOT A GAMEBREAKER. THEY HAVE ISSUES ON OFFENSE. IT COMES OUT OF DEFENSE. THEY GIVE UP 48 POINTS, THE MOTION HISTORY. IT IS NOT KYLER MURRAY’S FAULT. HE WAS HUMBLE. I THOUGHT HE TOOK WAY TOO MUCH BLAME FOR THE LOSS. THE DEFENSE LOST THE GAME. >> THE QUARTERBACKS, IF YOU COMPARE, HEATHER MURRAY WAS VERY GOOD. SAM ALLENDER WAS BETTER TH I -- BETTER THAN I IMAGINED. NEXT YEAR, WHEN DOES NEXT YEAR START? THIS YEAR IS OVER. OU WAS OUT FOR TRYING TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT IS UP WINDOW. IS THERE A CHANCE? THEY COULD GO 12-1? MAYBE? MAYBE THEY COULD SNEAK INTO THE FINAL FOUR? THAT IS A LONG SHOT AT BEST. THEY ARE RUNNING UP THE STREAM. KYLER MURRAY IS NOT GOING TO QUARTERBACK NEXT YEAR. FIGURE OUT THE PIECES AND PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. I DON’T KNOW. THE LAST THREE REGULAR-SEASON LOSSES WERE ONE OUT. >> MAYBE THEY WILL DO THAT. MAYBE THE INTERIM COURT NADER WILL TURN IT AROUND. I DON’T THINK 12 AND ONE IS GETTING OKLAHOMA TO THE FINAL FOUR. >> OKLAHOMA GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. THEY GOT BLOWN OUT OF THE BIG 12 GAME. >> I GET IT. >> LONG WAY TO GO. OSU HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. MIKE STOOPS DID NOT MISS A BUNCH OF TACKLES. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. >> JORDAN HOWARD FREE WAS NOT CARRYING HIM FOR 12 YARDS. >> COWBOYS. WITH A BETTER THAN OU? MAYBE WORSE THAN OKLAHOMA. THE STORY IN STILLWATER IS NOT GOOD. THEY LOST TO IOWA STATE. THEY GIVE UP 48 POINTS TO THE CYCLONES. >> MIKE GUNDY WILL NOT BE TAKEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK, OFFENSIVE LINE, SPECIAL TEAM, OR PENALTIES. HE IS SHUTTING DOWN MEDIA. WEAK MOVE. HE DESERVES FLAK FOR THAT. HE PREACHES COWBOY CULTURE. THEY ARE IN A CULTURE SHOCK. MIKE GUNDY HAS HUNG HI HAD ON DISCIPLINE FOOTBALL AND ELITE SPECIAL TEAM THERE ARE 100 AND FIRST IN THE COUNTRY. THAT GETS YOU BE WHEN YOU ARE GOOD. WE SEE THE HAD ISSUES. OFFENSIVE LINE, DEFENSE, EVERYWHERE. MIKE GUNDY HAS REFUSED TO HIRE A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH. THEY LOST THEIR WAY. THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO HANG HIS HAT ON. THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT THAT ANYMORE. THEY HAVE WON SO MANY CLOSE GAMES. THEY WON 13 STRAIGHT BIG 12 CONFERENCE GAMES, A POINTS OR LESS. WHEN IN CLOSE GAMES HAS MASS A TALENT ISSUE. THEY GOT A LOT OF FLACK FOR SAYING THEY DO NOT RECRUIT WELL. THEY ARE NOT WINNING CLOSE GAMES ANYMORE. MIKE GUNDY LOST HIS WAY. THEY HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. JOSH HENSON IS THE GUY TO TURN IT AROUND. THE UNIT HAS BEEN A DUMPSTER FIRE. OSU USED TO HAVE THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINE. >> THEY ARE NOT A GOOD TEAM. THEY ARE THE WORST THE COUNTRY ON SPECIAL TEAMS. KNOCKING ON DEFENSE. MAY HAVE BEEN A LEAD ON OFFENSE. THEY ARE OK. NOT A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. THE WORST AND MOST PRESSING THING FOR FAN DUST DEPRESSING THING FOR FANS YOU KNEW YOU WOULD HAVE A NEW QUARTERBACK. THEY CALL IT A REBUILDING YEAR. THEY ARE NOT REBUILDING. THEY ARE PLAYING A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR AT QUARTERBACK. I DO NOT CARE HOW MUCH BETTER TAILOR CORNELIUS GETS. IT IS NOT HIS FAULT. THEY’RE PLAYING THE WRONG GUY . THEY ARE NOT REBUILDING WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING A YOUNG WHITE AND TRYING TO MAKE A BAD SEASON INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE. IT IS A BAD TEAM USING IT -- LUJAN -- LOSING GAMES. NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE REBUILDING. IF THEY NOT WIN MORE GAMES, THE REBUILDING. THEY ARE THROWING AWAY A SEASON. >> IS DREW BROWN PLAYING OVER SPENCER SANDERS?