This one hurts because of how promising the season started. Well also because we lost by more than 30 points at home vs Baylor. I made the trip out to Norman and had the misfortune of seeing this one up close and personal. On the disappointment scale, I wouldn't say it was as bad as TGOWWDNS (which I was also present for) but as we were leaving the stadium at the end of the game, it sure did bring back a lot of memories of growing up rooting for this team in the 90s. There was a particularly black stretch where we had 3, 4, or 5 win seasons and listening to my dad talk about the glory years and how OU would be back as soon as we hired the right coach sounded as absurd as listening to someone who was counting on the rapture to solve their problems.
As disgusted as I was walking out of there on Saturday, I did have a bit of a deja vu moment that brought back memories of so many quiet angry treks back across campus to the family car. But that also sort of gave me a bit of perspective. While it felt like one of those losses, it was only one. And comparatively, we are miles and miles away from the misery that was the 90s. But no Sooner wants to be reminded of those years. Last weekend was way too close for comfort.