On the same Saturday that USC fans watched the final nail get driven into Alex Grinch’s coffin as Trojan defensive coordinator, the Oklahoma Sooners had their own moment of supreme failure.
Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby delivered terrible play calls late in OU’s Bedlam loss to Oklahoma State. The final failed play was the worst call of them all, a one-yard pass — short of the sticks — on fourth-and-3 near midfield with Oklahoma trailing by three points in the final two minutes.
If USC’s 52-42 loss to Washington was a fireable offense by Alex Grinch, Oklahoma’s Bedlam loss — and the way it went down — was just as fireable for Jeff Lebby.
Here’s how Oklahoma fans, who are really in the same boat as USC fans right now — reacted to Lebby’s spectacular failure, an offense-based equivalent of Alex Grinch: