RamblerNation wrote:
No real surprises here. The Ramblermania brain trust pretty much predicted this exactly. Why wouldn't Flash and Clayton not go with Porter? It's a good opportunity with person they like and trust. And, in the case of Custer, it gives him some valuable experience that might allow him to come back to LU someday.
I get the whole feeling sore deal. I'm a little sore about Porter jumping ship, too. But the real thing that bugs me is that suddenly I find myself interested in what is is going on in Oklahoma University basketball. Jeez, I've always hated the Big 12. The most boring, least inspired, least cultured basketball after the Big 10. For all the money they have and all the "talent" they talk about, they are from a historic or impactful player on the culture of college basketball. Sure, they've had their successes, but this is a football school in a football conference and they pale in history compared to much smaller basketball conferences. Think about this, what the big historic stories in the Big 12? For me what comes to mind are" 1) Bobby Knight going to Texas Tech and failing and 2) Scott Drew (a coach from the Mid-Con) going to Baylor and rebuilding a program that was so immoral that one of the team's players was shot and killed by another team member. I can't help but root for and be impressed by Scott Drew, but in general, I don't find the Big 12 compelling.
I'm moving on and doing my best to ignore, or barely notice any Okie U news. I'm much more jazzed about our new coach, recruiting class and the opportunity to return to The Joe to see them play in person.
Yeah, what does that conference have other than one the top three programs in the history of college basketball at which the sport was created, the likely top pick in the NBA draft this year, the 2020 national champions...Horrible league, I tell ya