Lincoln Riley had talked recruiting for, I don’t know, almost 30 minutes at his press conference Wednesday. Finally, my pal Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World asked a question.
“Can I ask you a question about Alabama?”
Oh yeah. Alabama.
The reason for the recruiting season.
OU plays Alabama in the Orange Bowl on December 29, exactly 10 days after all this recruiting hoopla. And sitting there listening to talk about 5-stars and decommitments and twitter videos all seemed surreal. The whole reason anyone cares (or should care) about recruiting news is because it affects the football field, and no football field is more important than the fast-approaching national semifinal.