Jeff Capel - OU Vs. Texas (2007)

Sooner basketball coach, Jeff Capel, gets a T after venting frustration over a blown 10 second violation call by the officials. A few minutes later Capel picks up a runaway ball on the court and holds it for a few seconds in retaliation over the poor and lopsided officiating. There is a ref beckoning for the ball (off screen), but Capel fires the ball to the baseline ref standing under the basket, much to the delight of the Sooner fans. Unless you were in attendance you have no idea how intense and frustrating this game was, at times it was almost riotous proportions. After the game Maze and a Texas player (Abrams, I think) mouthed back and forth as they headed for the tunnel and rumor has it that fists were thrown once in the tunnel. (That is unconfirmed.) Further proof of the lopsided calling....with a few minutes left in the game the announcers said that Oklahoma had one more field goal than did Texas, also, Texas only hit two field goals in the entire 2nd half and 22 free throws. The final score was 58 -- 68, Texas. (Game played at Norman 2/24/2007.)

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• oklahoma
• sooners
• 2007
• basketball
• jeff
• capel
• texas
• longhorns

[UCONNHuskies12]

did you record this game live

[Ariamaluum]

bobby Knight?

[hornfan87]

Capel was originally ON the court as augustin passed midcourt.

And you're right. Some situations call for holding the ball and intentionally throwing it away from the ref. Please....

[btimsah]

lol.. Capel was mad. I would have gotten kicked out of the game.

[Soonerborn03]

Capel originally went on the court to try to get the 10 second call. After he knew he wasn't going to get it, he started back to the bench and decided he'd rather get his two cents in and get a T.

There's a reason he didn't get thrown out for holding the ball. The situation sure should have called for it, but I think the refs understood the situation was partially their fault.

[Ooooklahoma]

I remember that game as if it was yesterday! Jeff Capel became my favorite person ever after he did that. Hope we keep him around for awhile.

[joshkhs]

jeff capel is great, hes got an attitude that could definately take our program lots of places.

[runescape332]

i was there!!!!!!

[BOOMEROU4]

Capel is going to have the program on the right track. I was at that game, Ou was taking in the rear by the refs. Capel is the man. Rick Barnes is a fag.

[HoosierInOK]

jasonth13, perhaps if you had witnessed the entire game you would understand why Capel reacted the way he did. This was not the result of a couple of bad calls or no-calls- the refs had been screwing the Sooners over time and time again the entire game. You lose the support of your fanbase if you just sit there and do nothing to fight back.