Mike: Playoff game hopefully just a another step toward a magical season
They said the Michigan game was the biggest of the season. Then it was the Tennessee game. Then it was at Alabama. Then it was LSU. And now the first round of the playoffs against Alabama tonight is the so called biggest in Sooner history.
Well, I have attended more than 250 Oklahoma football games in person. Several national championship games. One won. Several lost. I’ve attended prior college playoff games in Pasadena and Atlanta against some of the best teams ever to play college football.
I was here in Norman when Oklahoma beat Nebraska in 2000. No, I had nothing to do with tearing the goal post down, although I have no comment about whether I was on the field after the game. I’ve seen huge games in the Cotton Bowl in October. Big games in Lincoln. I was there for the heartbreak ending against Boise State out in Glendale.
So, while I know having a playoff game for the first time in Norman is a big deal, I’m going to hold back on making it bigger than several others, including the win over Nebraska in 2000. That was a magical year. This could end up that way — but if it does, then the game tonight will just be one step toward that magical conclusion.