OU Headed To Russell Athletic Bowl (UPDATED)
Posted on: December 7, 2014
Image via @RussellAthBowl
As most expected, OU has now officially accepted an invitation to the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl. The game will take place on Dec. 29th, in Orlando, and is scheduled for a 4:30 pm (central) kick. You can find more on the game here.
The #Sooners are headed to the @RussellAthBowl on December 29. http://t.co/oigcSYk7nf pic.twitter.com/EzKfWQWlCZ
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) December 7, 2014
However, at the time of this posting their opponent has yet to be announced. The other available spot is slated for an ACC team with the most likely candidates being Clemson, Louisville, or Duke. If you’re willing to believe Twitter, most are expecting Clemson to be the choice.
We’ll be sure to update you once OU’s opponent is officially announced. In the meantime, feel free to offer your thoughts/interest on the destination and/or the prospective opponents.
UPDATE: As expected, it will be OU vs. Clemson.
The 2014 #RAB is finally set: #Clemson will meet #Oklahoma in Orlando on December 29! pic.twitter.com/2xErPv85BD
— RussellAthleticBowl (@RussellAthBowl) December 7, 2014
194 Comments
I’ve got nothing…
Meh
Awesome now we can pull a clemson on Clemson
played clemson last time we were there and lost in Switzers last game. do we lose another hall of fame coach after this one too?
That would be one helluva coincidence.
If we do it won’t be for the same reasons.
bv vs jh
Joke bowl for a joke team in a joke conference. Time to leave the big 12 behind to save the program and bolster recruiting.
Kelly, agreed.
I will be at Disneyland with the family, might not even set the DVR. This team is not very good and brings no pleasure to watch them. That decision to re punt the ball after nearly having it blocked and yet still setting OSU at the 15 and having to drive 85 yars in a minute with not time outs just epitomizes this entire season
Only 100 miles for me. May actually try and go…
I know people are gunna say we need the practice and all, but this is a no win situation, I’d hate to get a nfl bound sr or jr hurt in a game that by our standards doesn’t mean anything. It’s time to move on, we’ve got recruiting to get done, that’s our life’s blood and the only way this team is going to get better. After four months of practice 2-3 weeks more wont help not with this current staff arrangement.
I think they’re contractually required to accept bowl invites…………right about the players
The story says we accepted, so I assumed we could deny.
OU would be foolish to deny.
Why you say that?
A team is “never too good” to give their players, fans, and especially seniors and those leaving early, one last game as a Sooner.
I’d want a bowl game even if we were 6-6. (now, dont ask me about 6-7)
Would look bad overall. Esp to recruits. Going to a bowl game is a great experience with cool gift bags. It’s not the national championship, but still a great experience and reward for a hard season.
and especially the gift bags..
Wow a gift bag from walmart and kmart brand russell athletic apparel. Arent ou and clemson sponsored by nike which is a lot better brand?
If I have to explain it…..
The AD can decline a bowl invite
Deny? Hey, 8-4 is not that damn bad of a season. Now, compared to OUr expectations, sure, but 8-4 is very respectable (although I dont want to get used to it..) and the players deserve to play in the bowl game they were chosen for. For the seniors, its one last chance to play.
Yep if we’re tulsa. But we’re not, and 8-5 is staring us in the face with the current staff. And the seniors will get the senior bowl, shrine, ect. We just finished with the “most disappointing ” moniker in all of ncaa football, I’m sure recruiting is difficult now more than ever and our game changer isn’t what they thought it would be. I just think we’ve got bigger fish to fry than trying to be Russell athletic supporter bowl champs.
Still disagree. and your analogy about Tulsa just doesnt work. Different levels of football. 8-5 for TU is a good year. 8-5 for us is average, but not the “all is fallen to hell” stuff you are spewing. I agree we need changes, but not at the expense of the players, and their families, or us. If we win, helps with recruiting some. If we lose, doesnt hurt worse than it has already.
And as far as I’m concerned, Senior and Shrine bowl jerseys dont quite measure up to wearing the Sooners one last time.
Maybe slow down.. I said 8-5 is ok for tu. Not here never will be, I hope we never average 8-5 like you think is average for us. Fallen to hell… No not yet but 4-5 loss seasons, and that’s not ou football, unless you reall think that’s normal.
I really dont know what to think is normal in regards to CFB anymore. Landscape changes every freakin year now. I am in agreement with you that changes are needed, and 8-5 just doesnt cut it. Just not at the expense of the players and their bowl game.
Ya I here ya, I probably let the seniors decide.
The good news about this bowl is it will be in 2014 – so, 2015 can be uncluttered from any part of this dismal season.
I, for one, am happy to get to see my Sooners play one more game this year. It will be interesting to see us play an out of conference opponent, and I think that going to a bowl (even an unimpressive one) is better for recruiting than not going to one.
I’m with you.
Abso-freakin-lutely
Just purchased my package. The upside to going to a lesser bowl is that the cost is much lower. I spent about 1/4 of what I spent last year…and I’m taking one more person than I took last year. BOOMER!
BOOOOOOO *runs off crying*
Blah.
It’s clemson
Good opponent. I hope we go down there and kick some Tiger ASS!
I’ll second that. I’ll take anything better than what’s gone on during the regular season.
Expected to be, but that’s not official yet
ESPN reporting/listing it.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11419086/2014-15-college-football-bowl-schedule
Nothing about it on the Clemson Athletics page.
Probably just slow getting the news out. ESPN has been pretty good about not jumping the gun on these. At least, from what I’ve seen.
You seem to have more faith in those clowns at espn than I do. 🙂
lol. Probably true.
Yeah I wasn’t sure if it was officially official yet, ESPN said Clemson so I believed em haha
They might not have their head coach or DC by the time we play them.
This is big. Russell athletics is huge in the active 60+ years old demographic.
HA!
hey!…..I’m > 60 and asked for the brand the other day in a store and they didn’t carry it anymore……..looked at me like ‘when was the last time you shopped’……..found it online and will go there happily
Those damn kids and their Nike. They don’t appreciate the comfort of Russell brand sportswear. It’s all about flash with them. *shakes fist at youths*
players will be able to go to the bowl game and get a REAL gift sweat shirt/pants, mostly cotton if they’re fortunate
Yeah! ! Who needs those stupid old I-PADS anyway!
russell online store……haven’t tried it yet……….
………http://shop.russellathletic.com/
All that fist shaking was preceded by the shouts for them to “get off my lawn” which came as you and another senior gentleman pondered these new fangled contraptions people have today. 😀
This is the game the cheap asian knock off jersey’s have been waiting for….
lol!
I expect OU to give back half there tickets
I may have to move out of the state of sc if ou goes down there and loses
Now it’s official. Update added.
I have to think that Brent Venerables feels pretty good going up against our offense.
I’ll feel better about things if Knight can play.
That and if Perine and Ford are healthy.
You realize that with his injury he will probably never be allowed to run in a game again right? Without that he is pretty useless. Horrible passer.
Bob will probably try to get the refs to allow him to wear the blue shirt in the game.
LOL priceless.
Lmao
What exactly was his injury? Im not sure Ive ever heard..?
I don’t know that it’s ever been accurately described. All I’ve heard is a “neck/shoulder thing”. I believe that’s a technical term…
He suffered from a temporary paralysis known as transient quadriplegia
Something called “transient quadriplegia.” He suffered temporary paralysis after the hit he took versus Baylor. If I were him I’d never play again. Long term health is more important.
Oh wow. Thats crazy. Well, here’s to the health of Trevor then.!
I doubt that. If he is healthy enough to play, he is healthy enough to be turned loose.
Besides, it’s just for one game most likely. I don’t see him starting next season.
As for being a horrible passer, if he is horrible, what is Cody Thomas?
Exactly. What does that tell you about the state of our program if Knight is our best option? Mayfield better be a lot better than these guys or we are screwed for awhile.
Why would you say “state of the program” when talking about ONE position? QB play has not been good enough for two seasons now. MOST of that is on Trevor Knight. One QB. Sure, Thomas hasn’t been good in a few games this year, but really, we’re talking about two seasons of TK.
Unfortunately, there are very few QB’s you can sign, plug in, and get better play from then what we’ve seen from TK this season. And we passed on going after much this year, b/c we are loaded. I hope like crazy Mayfield is the answer next season. We don’t need Joe Montana at QB. We just need a guy that can drop back, and hit the open guys in the numbers. Landry, most of the time could do that. Maybe Mayfield can be that guy. If not, we will struggle until we get somebody in here that can.
We’ve had a GREAT run on QB’s under Bob. Maybe the best of any school in the country under that time. Why do OU fans freak out when we have two seasons of less than stellar play? I simply don’t understand the thinking that OU is never gonna struggle, or have a period of down turn.
Do you ever see an elite year by a program without great QB play? That can make up for a lot of stuff. This year all the QB’s have been great for the teams in the playoffs, and TCU and Baylor. They’re all in another world compared to OU’s QB’s. How can OU go from all these great QB’s they had to mediocre QB’s today??
Strange that tOSU has TWO of them this season.
Going on THREE
Not with Stoops’ stubborness. And it better be open competition in the spring.
Better be or what? lol
Of course it will be.
Meh.
Well Orlando….here I come! It’s another football game. Oh and Santa about that last request yesterday. Going to have to go above you’re head. Dear God….please. .
I would go to this game if it wasn’t a billion miles away.
Venables is gonna gut this OU offense. Clemson will crush them.
Are you assuming Perine wont play?
I’m assuming Josh and Mike will still be calling the shots.
but “what about Bob?” (wasnt that a movie once…?)
HA! Baby steps on the bus…
That’s too painfully funny!
How much you want to bet?
If we are big underdogs. I like our chances.
Define “big”.
10+
Eesh. That seems about right, given what we all witnessed yesterday.
We’ll probably be favored. Clemson has been very good this season either.
If we are healthy I like our chances even better.
Eas tex when we lose four games again next year will your opinion of big game bob finally change or are you content in your old age to just talk about the good old day’s.
When purple frogs fly out of your rear will you let us know?
Eas tex you are in a state of denial after yesterday that was the worst call in over 40 year’s of watching Oklahoma football the decision by big game bob to repunt was unforgivable not even john blake made that dumb of a coaching decision.
It happened.
Just because you and others consumed with negativity want to blubber, cry and whine doesn’t mean I should.
I consider you a silly person and can’t take you or anyone seriously that believes Bob Stoops should be fired. Deal with it.
Deal with it that is all you can say b.s that was pathetic coaching yesterday and all you can say is anybody who challenges golden boy bob is negative b.s you are a joke.
Your very first post here after the Kst game, when you were going by your poodles name, called for Bob Stoops to be fired.
You are an idiot of the lowest order.
Bye the way are dog is a Rottweiler.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s just no way, Eeyore! Big dogs are hard work to take care of. You’re offended constantly- and wouldn’t have the time!
I am with you on that Eas Tex.
Don’t you think that he EasTex should be able to voice his opinion too? You know without being called out and ridiculed.
Yes i respect eas tex right but all he does is rip me every time i challenge golden boy boy who can’t do no wrong in his eye’s.
No you don’t and I have no respect for you.
Challenge my big ol’butt, you called for Bob to be fired in your very first comment here.
Yes because he doesn’t win anymore if Alabama can do it why can’t we and don’t tell because they are cheating maybe nick saban is that good a coach .
So you do admit you were lying when you said “challenge?”
No chance sooner ray we win this game this coaching staff is just dreadful big game bob will find a way screw up in this game but we at least we won’t have to here his post game rant about how the program is in great shape.
I can see it now…”Oh that’s cool, they have some special 80’s throwback jersey’s for the teams”
Wilford Brimley with the “coin toss”
Hey! I just found a secondary worse than OU’s…the Chiefs. Barf.
Clemson vs Oklahoma
Will OU fall victim to another Orange Powered foe?
Will Venebles crush Heupel and get his Vindication?
Can Bob put Clemson out, and avenge Barry?
Can we trade Mike Stoops for Mark Stoops?
Find out, NEXT TIME,
Same Bat Time,
Same Bat Channel!
BOOMER!
…..an LT poster ……..”.Brent Venables WILL NOT SLEEP for the next month preparing for this game. I can pretty much guarantee the OU coaching staff won’t be nearly as prepared”
He may as well rest, he already has the top defense in the nation.
An interesting statistic, considering the four teams invited to the beauty pageant are ranked as follows.
Bama=20th
OSU=29th
FSU=79th
Oregon=102nd
http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense
As schizophrenic as BV’s defenses have been, not worried at all.
Similar stat for their offenses?
Bama, Oregon and OSU are in the top ten, FSU is 26.
Clemson is 63.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total
If anybody but Bama wins this thing, might be time to stop with the “defense wins championships” stuff. lol
It would certainly defy football history.
Curios question? Whats Spurrier Jr doing these days? He could be like our “lane kiffin.” haha !
He did well with the WRs when he was at OU.
Clemson is a great opponent given our disappointing season. Will be a tough matchup with their mobile & accurate QB Deshaun Watson and solid defense
If it is any indication, OU will make him look like a Heisman winner and put up career numbers against us. Venables will get to payback his old team and we will look like we could care less being there. Why do the bowls always pit us against former coaches? It never ends good for us. SMH
He’s probably going to have ACL surgery before the bowl.
Oh boy, I can hardly wait.
as I see it we don’t have a good qb,can’t throw a straight pass also untill ou gets rid of bobs brother and hires a good defense minded person who knows how to coach the players instead of yelling at them,we are doomed!
DOOMED!!!
LOL!
Sorry Larry about piling on there a little, but the “doomed” portion of your post was just too over the top.
sorry you don’t agree but I stick by what I said.doomed may be a little strong ,but 8/4 is not a good season for the sooners as I see it and will reflect on our recruiting.
I remember when Kansas fired Mangino for yelling at the players. Yeah that was a real great move… Sarcasm intended.
Yeah, this seems like sort of a strange new issue to have with coaches. All the coaches grew up with yelled, sometimes to the point that it was comical, but they yelled. Just seems like a fact of life to me.
soonercindy,when I posted my thoughts I didn’t realize I would be getting slammed,so I won’t be posting anymore.Oh,an after thought,I am 74 yrs.old and have been a sooner fan for many many years.slam all you want,I won’t be wasting my time with this anymore.
Nobody minds yelling at players when we win, did all year in 2000. So please give it a rest.
From now i am going to call bob stoop’s golden boy bob because there are people on this web who think that golden boy can’t do no wrong i guess that golden boy bob is the second coming of Jesus.
Jesus taught Bob proper grammar.
In a great way.
Sorry sooner ray but this time you just can’t blow this off. I respect you and eas tex right to voice your support for golden boy bob but i can’t after yesterday.
I’m not blowing anything off and I’m not pumping Bob as the second coming. When you fire a HC, and the coach with the most wins in Sooner history, you also have to be prepared to lose everyone else on the staff. I don’t want to lose Cale or our new line coaches. Bob makes mistakes like many others and his job is to build the best possible staff that can be assembled. If he ignores weaknesses year after year without attempting to improve, then we can start the “fire Bob” campaign. He has made changes in the past and I’m sure he is very aware that more need to be made after this season.
You know i am not criticizing you directly it is at eas tex all he does is criticize me all the time.
Don’t start none won’t be none.
We would also lose recruits.
And certainly transfers.
What exactly has been going on since 2008?
Just curious. This is hardly the first year of the “weaknesses.”
There are both Homers and Chicken Littles in the fan base James, just two different points of view nothing to get bent out of shape about.
I agree with you i just wish eas tex would stop criticizing me all the time.
Hey James, turn that cheek, sleep it off, get renewed in the morning. Keep walkin.
You are right my friend but i don’t hate eas tex.
Then don’t pick fights and whine you are being criticized.
Still cryin’ and lyin’ I see.
Silly person.
You know i will still pray for you because that was what Jesus taught to love those who despise you.
It’s you that you should be praying for.
I don’t need to because i have already accepted Jesus as my Savior.
So congrats you now have a free pass to sin you hippocrate!
No because Jesus died for sinners like you and me i never said i was perfect that was why he went to the cross for sinners like me and you.
really, dudley, put a lid on it please
Bill meyer called me a hypocrite can’t let that go unchallenged i never have said i was perfect.
You assume much and know so little, not only about me but a great number of things.
Ease up with the wise hammers. He ll be just fine.
This clown blew in here earlier and picked a fight.
As long as he doesn’t address me in anyway I will continue to avoid him.
So eas tex all you are going to do is criticize me you should read the article jordan just wrote wrote about people like you who are in denial.
James, let it rest now.
Easton i want to but all eas tex does is criticize me i don’t hate the guy in fact he is probably a nice guy just wish he would stop criticizing me.
Take the heat, and keep chugging James, it’s okay. We all play on the same level playing field. It’s us down here, and God up there, and around here, and under everything. No man is above another. Lots of very powerful voices, good points, and many arguments here. At the end of this day God is God, we are here men and women amongst man and woman. Tomorrow the sun will shine on all of us, and we ll all open our eyes to face the reality of the day. Matthew 10 brother.
You are a wise man my friend.
You blow in here and attack me out of the blue and I’m the one criticizing you?
Dude, seriously get help.
Have a little humility Babcock. You’re not exactly God’s gift to O.U. fandom. As a matter of fact, I’m not even sure you’re a fan.
Had to come try to find you. The cry babies are out in full force these days. Really really pathetic. Any adversity whatsoever and its all over for a lot of these people. 2 bitching and moaning threads in 2 days? Yikes
That silly person actually picked a fight with me, used the Jesus ploy to thwart any response and when that didn’t work he lied and stated I was criticizing him.
Oh and he maintains his fire Bob Stoops idiocy.
if you get a minute, scroll to the bottom of past excusing present thread and see me vs nd52, one of the other douchers on here. let me know what you think
Ah yes, the ankle biter.
I read it. He is thrilled because he has a gaggle of Debbies to consort with. Seems being in the majority is very important to him.
I won’t post on that thread and won’t read it. I know the author’s mind set and really don’t have anything to do with him and ignore his posts and editorializing. I was very disappointed when he came to TFB after seeing his act at the other place.
Are we the underdog in this one?
I don’t see how we could be favored unless Vegas predicts too much money is going to be bet the wrong way. We dropped out of the polls while Clemson moved up to 18. Not saying it can’t happen but I expect to be a dog.
We’re 24th in the Coaches Poll. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/ballots/schools/2014/
The coaches have been higher on us all season, but does their poll really do anything except get posted in USA Today?
I’ll be there, because I live in Orlando. Join me.
Just got back from Norman. I’ll be heading over from Sarasota.
buying my tickets tomorrow…will be there with bells on….love to support my Alma Mater…there will be brighter days…
OU vs Clemson should be a Big 12 league game. Oh, what might have been.
The tenor on this board is unsettling. I realize our team has issues but let’s all try to please be respectful of other fans point of views. The world has not ended, even though it may feel like it.
At least it’s not Duke.
Ok OUr team has another game, great for the seniors to go out as Sooners. The season has been pile of “What if” questions in rapid fire succession. Something is amiss in Sooner Land, and for my 2 cents it’s on the staff (as a whole) at this time. One weak link is all it takes to take you down, and i fear we have more than one weak link….Boomer
this upcoming game vs Clemson will be one very similar to watching the lions attack and destroy condemned people in the roman coliseum….. OU has as much chance to win as the condemned did against hungry lions….. OU had no business accepting this game given its injury situation as well as its emotional state following BGB’s judgement lapse …
People, please speak with your wallets….DO NOT BUY TICKETS TO THIS GAME. The administration needs to know that we as fans are not satisfied with what’s going on with this coaching staff. Money speaks. DO NOT BUY TICKETS. Sit on your couch and watch if you must, but DO NOT BUY TICKETS.
I am here to get my lump of coal. Win or Lose this is my team, but damn, it sucks
I have a feeling this game could get ugly fast. Clemson is for real! Not a lot of HS superstars, but just hardnosed guys who’ve been developed and come to play. Well coached team against our Sooners, I’ll take coaching everyday. The expirence will be good for the young guys and their development.
“The Sooners (8-4, 5-4 Big 12) will face Clemson (9-3, 6-2 ACC) in the
Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29 at 4:30 p.m. The game is played inside
Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando.”
“Oklahoma
hasn’t played in Orlando since the 1989 Citrus Bowl, when the Sooners —
coincidentally — lost to Clemson in what turned out to be legendary
coach Barry Switzer’s final game.”
Credit The Oklahoman
I’m happy for the boys. They get to go “bowl”ing. I saw the gifts they get and it’s pretty impressive. It’s also a good opportunity to see if the young guys can have a good starting point for next season and hopefully a good sendoff for the seniors. With all the ups and downs this year (and shame on the coaches for the re-kick with a minute left to the First Team All Big 12 kick returner), I think being invited to the bowl game is good for the school and the players. BOOMER!!!