Changes need to be made at Oklahoma. And I’m not talking about replacing any coaches.

     What Bob Stoops and his staff have to be looking at now is what are they doing wrong in the 30 days they have prior to a bowl game. Because what they are doing right now certainly isn’t working.

     When I watched the Sooners get embarrassed by West Virginia, I watched a team come out with little emotion. They were flat. How does that happen when you are playing in a huge bowl game before millions of people on TV?

     Stoops and those guys can coach. What were the four best games they played this year? Probably it was Miami, Texas, Oklahoma State and Missouri in the Big 12 title game.  The coaching staff did a masterful job.

     But more importantly those were games that the players had emotion. They had passion. They were excited to play. Why didn’t that happen in the Fiesta Bowl?

     I realize you can’t play with a fevor pitch every week. That’s not going to happen. That’s why there are upsets like Stanford beating USC, Oklahoma losing to Colorado or LSU getting toppled by Arkansas.

     But again, you would think when you are playing in a BCS game, there would be a sense of excitment. There would be a sense of urgency.

     Stoops is a smart man. He sees what the Sooners are doing right now in their bowl preparation isn’t working. He will do things differently next year.

     And by the way, I hear everyone slamming the coaches. And they have a right to do that. But I don’t hear a lot of people complain about the players. They should share the blame. They didn’t execute. They didn’t play with a lot of heart.

    This upcoming season the Sooners will be extremely talented. One think they have to find is some players who will provide some leadership on the field. That looked like a missing ingredient in Phoenix.