| Oklahoma Sooners football tickets are always | | | | that and continue to win. Although Oklahoma |
| in demand in and around Norman, but the 2006 | | | | Sooners football tickets are always hard to |
| season carried expectations as low as any | | | | find, Peterson by himself was the reason many |
| season in recent history. The Sooners | | | | fans came out to see Oklahoma play. |
| suffered one crushing loss before the season | | | | |
| began, and suffered two more once the season | | | | Perseverance |
| started. However, the Sooners are once again | | | | |
| in a BCS bowl game, and almost no one | | | | As a credit to the program, each of these |
| expected this. It's a credit to the coaching | | | | obstacles was met and handled with aplomb. |
| ability of Bob Stoops, and other factors are | | | | New QB Paul Thompson, who had been expected |
| also responsible for this surprisingly | | | | to play WR this season, grew into his new |
| successful season. We'll examine the reasons | | | | position with what appears to be excellent |
| for this great season below, and Sooner | | | | coaching. Thompson has thrown for almost |
| nation will once again be out in full force | | | | 2,500 yards and 20 TD's, and finished the |
| in January. | | | | regular season with a QB rating of 144.56. |
| | | | If that isn't great coaching, then there's no |
| Obstacles Presented | | | | such thing. |
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| The Sooners seemed to be destined for a | | | | The Sooners also refused to fold after the |
| disappointing season even before fall | | | | Oregon debacle, even though they did suffer a |
| practice got into full swing. QB Rhett | | | | tough loss to Texas two weeks later, and were |
| Bomar, a returning starter and a player many | | | | sitting with a mediocre 3-2 record as of |
| expected to be among the nation's elite, was | | | | October 8. Many teams would simply fold at |
| kicked off the team after it was discovered | | | | that point, but all Oklahoma has done since |
| that he accepted money for what amounted to a | | | | is run the table, including wins over three |
| "no-show" job, as it was alleged. Not only | | | | ranked teams and a Big 12 title. Again, |
| did the Sooners apparently lack depth at the | | | | credit needs to go to the coaching staff for |
| position, but given the timing of this | | | | this continued focus. |
| potential disaster, the team was basically | | | | |
| put in a very difficult position on offense. | | | | Finally, the loss of Peterson did not ruin |
| | | | the season. New starter Allen Patrick has |
| Two other serious problems arose during the | | | | racked up 700 yards in only about half a |
| season. The first was a highly-controversial | | | | season, and he has kept the running game at |
| loss to Oregon, which occurred when officials | | | | Oklahoma churning. Included in his body of |
| basically botched a late-game call that | | | | work are games where he rushed for 173 yards |
| all-but handed the Ducks a victory. The | | | | at Texas A&M and 163 yards at Oklahoma State. |
| Sooners play a challenging non-conference | | | | The result is teams still have to fear |
| schedule with regularity, and this loss | | | | Oklahoma's running game. |
| angered everyone from the coach to the | | | | |
| president of the university, and it was | | | | Results |
| quietly acknowledged by many that the Sooners | | | | |
| had been robbed in that game. | | | | The results speak for themselves. Oklahoma |
| | | | finds itself once again in a BCS bowl game |
| Finally, the Sooners' superstar, RB Adrian | | | | with an 11-2 record, and a date with |
| Peterson, was lost to injury when he broke | | | | undefeated Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. |
| his collarbone diving into the end zone after | | | | This is perhaps Stoops' best coaching job, |
| another of his patented scintillating runs. | | | | and Oklahoma Sooners football tickets are |
| Peterson was the most feared offensive player | | | | going to be impossible to find for yet |
| in the Big 12, and perhaps the country, and | | | | another big-time bowl game. |
| most teams simply don't overcome a loss like | | | | |