There are very few silver linings you can take from the start of this season. After Saturday’s 45-7 embarrassment in Gainesville, you could give out compliments to two players: Grant McKinniss and Jordan Jones.
The only way I could move forward with any semblance of optimism is by looking back to Rich Brooks’ fourth season.
The environment surrounding Stoops’ fourth season is exponentially more positive than the one Brooks encountered in ’06. Stoops won 2, 5 and 5 games in his first three years. Brooks won 4, 2 and 3. Stoops received more than $120 million investment into stadium renovations and a new training facility.