To some spring football may not seem that important, but to hardcore college football fans it's only the beginning of what is to come for the rest of the upcoming fall season. The spring is for coaches to be able to start seeing the improved talent and some incoming talent.
Not all freshman are able to experience the spring tradition due to their high school studies. As a fan of college football in Oklahoma, I'm pumped for football all year long. Every team in the state has some big questions to answer this season after they all let their state down.
Fans in Oklahoma are probably the most critical fans in all of sports other than the New York sports fans. 2014 was bust season for the University of Oklahoma. A team that many people predicted to participate in the first ever playoff bracket. After coming off a huge upset win over Alabama in the 2013-2014 Sugar Bowl, the Sooners were hyped to go far and even win the national title. That all came crashing down after a loss to TCU in week 6. That loss was followed by three more losses in the regular season, followed by another loss in the bowl season.
Three of the five losses were in Norman. The Sooners have lost eight games in Norman during 16 seasons under Bob Stoops. On top of that, the Sooners got embarrassed in the Russell Athletic Bowl to the hands of the Clemson Tigers. The Sooners didn't even have a fighting chance. The Tigers won 40-6.
There has been many changes to the Stoops coaching staff. A strong recruiting class will be making their way to Norman this summer. It's a new era in OU football and Stoops maybe fighting for his job this coming fall.
Down the road in Stillwater, the Cowboys had the same struggles. A young Cowboys team was set with already low expectations going into the season. They reached those expectations most of the season, but ended strong with a bowl win over the University of Washington, 30-22.
The Cowboys are excited about their sophomore quarterback Mason Rudolph and hope he can build off of two impressive upset wins against their in-state rivals, the Sooners and the Huskies.
Rudolph is one of the early picks for the Heisman going into the spring.
OSU didn't make much noise in recruiting this offseason but that won't stop them from trying to win the Big12. The Cowboys were young last year and look to grow and develope as a team for the future. Head coach Mike Gundy, still has a lot of work to do.
Tulsa had a wild offseason of their own. After a terrible season all around, the Golden Hurricanes decided to go a different route with their coaching. TU stole Art Briles right hand man from Baylor.
Philip Montgomery will look to turn the program around and get it back to the winning ways they once had during the previous decade. Montgomery has a lot of work to do to get the Golden Hurricanes back on the winning track after going 2-10 last year.
First official kick-off is so far away but the season has officially begun. I know I'm super excited for the upcoming season and I'm sure the rest of the state is to. We Oklahomans love our football.
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