Not that Bob Stoops and Vince Neil have anything in common, or that Oklahoma’s coaching staff or even the Sooners themselves represent any kind of a motley crew, but when it comes to today’s foray into Arrowhead Stadium, OU once again finds itself, with apologies to 80s metalheads, in the “Same Old Situation.”

Really, it’s like some kind of broken record.

Or, should we say, some sort of forgettable broken record.

This is where OU was following TCU, wondering about its quarterback, its offensive line and all that talent the Sooner Nation was certain was on this team.

This is where OU was following UCLA, wondering if it could run the ball, if its defense could hold up for four quarters and turn the opponent away on third down.

This is where OU has been pretty much the whole season, one in which watching the Sooners inevitably seems to break one of two ways: they’re a fraud, or there’s got to be a good team in there somewhere and sooner or later it will show itself.

The same old situation extends to the head coach, too.

To demonstrate, here are three soundbites.

“We’re fighting through it, trying to find some consistency.”

“We’ve got to have some guys step up and be accountable and be responsible on the field.”

“We’ve got to be, I think, more than anything, more productive in the passing game.”

Now, after which game, or in advance of which game, did Stoops say these things?

The first one could have come at any time but after Kansas State. Ditto for the second. The third works after every game but UCLA and Kansas State.

Of course, each was uttered Wednesday, a day even Stoops himself might have been thinking, “Geez, I keep saying the same stuff every week.”

It’s because this dark cloud will not go away. It’s like every day is opening day. Somewhere in here there has to be a Bill Murray movie.