Better to temper season optimism in August
August is usually the best part of the college football season.
New recruits bring hope of being future stars. Coaches are upbeat. Two-a-day practices are about to start. Sports writers are predicting great victories.
Everyone is undefeated.
Even the thought of cool fall evenings at the stadium provides a brief respite from the reality of those 100-degree temps outside.
But six years ago this week, some of that “good feel” was seriously deflated when Oklahoma’s 2006 season was turned on its head before it even started.
That was when Coach Bob Stoops dismissed starting QB Rhett Bomar for Big Red Imports-gate.