Great thread, people.
Someone (apologies for not recalling the name) suggested that College Football, certainly within the big 6 BCS conferences, has evolved into such a high-stress endeavor that the young men may have lost their enthusiasm for the game. Bingo! That's me you see losing my lunch on the sidelines.
X10 for the poor siblings who choose to follow a legacy of the same last name. Personally, I would start by attending the university farthest away from the one for which my elder brother excelled. Bad idea, I believe, to walk into such a viper pit of expectations.
Looking forward to the day that the Sooners join a REAL conference (e.g. the Pac - 12). Please bring along your little (but well - financed) brother, but leave behind "those whose name shall not be named." Yes you, Austonites.
And, of course, who can forget the words of the immortal John Candy as he completed that bridge during the finale of"Volunteers"....wait for it...I can see it...almost there!...now, sing along..:
"Fight! Fight! Fight! For WASHINGTON STATE".
2011, the Year of the Rebirth