Sooners News Daily 1.15.15
Posted on: January 15, 2015
FOOTBALL
Well, let's give this a try…..BOOMER!!!
— Lincoln Riley (@LincolnRiley) January 14, 2015
Will Bob Stoops’ staff changes save him? (Fox Sports)
Every single thing about this ‘Big 12 schools swapping colors with their rivals‘ is wrong. Just wrong.
We’re predicting who will be in next year’s CFB Playoff….in January. (ESPN)
Hold on…brace yourselves for this next one as I’m sure it will come as a great shock.
Mahalo Marcus. Mariota Headed to Draft #GoDucks http://t.co/dVoGsx7XUC
— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) January 14, 2015
That’s gonna hurt your insurance rates.
Furniture store owes $1.5 million in rebates after Ohio State win –> http://t.co/E8zXgAUtqJ
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 14, 2015
ACC > Big 12? (ESPN)
#TCU's Kenny Perry is joining David Beaty's #KU staff as co-DC and corners coach, source tells @FoxSports.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 14, 2015
Welcome home, @Coach_EdOrgeron! #LSU #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/lS2rddkNjW
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) January 14, 2015
RECRUITING
So much for OU picking up a commitment today.
https://twitter.com/Afeeva_14/status/555546759045595136
BASKETBALL
Great win for the OU women last night. (Highlights)
SOONERS WIN!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/9nVpRZIn06
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) January 15, 2015
.@MaddieManning comes off the bench and leads the #Sooners with 14 points in 21 HUGE minutes. @peyton_little adds 13 for OU. #OwnedToday
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) January 15, 2015
#Big12MBB G. Niang (@CycloneMBB), B. Hield (@OU_MBBall) and J. Staten (@WVUhoops) Named To Wooden Midseason List: http://t.co/Y0dO5lV7YJ
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) January 14, 2015
OTHER
Don’t expect this to be the last time either, btw.
.@OU_WGymnastics has swept the first #Big12GYM weekly awards for 2015. Check out the story here, http://t.co/KiDOvwGdIw
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) January 14, 2015
Boomer @Big12Conference! http://t.co/U6UEwSyCvo pic.twitter.com/PFYRP6JEQ0
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) January 14, 2015
Meh.
Cautiously optimistic.
108 Comments
Stephens not committing today is prolly not a good thing for ou.
Probably wants to see who is new position coach is going to be.
Mike is still supposed to have a visit today still, I’m keeping my hopes up still!!
maybe wants to do it this weekend to get the ball rolling while other players are at OU with him this weekend. He sounds like JM with the “be patient” . Plus I think we have an in-home with him tonight, things could change right after that.
This could be very true.
Riley is already hitting it this morning too.. Tweeted about a big trip with Gundy today..
Hopefully Cale
We still get Stephens and love our chances with Patterson
some sites say kareem Orr is the best of the remaining possibilities ; however, Orrr has SEC options so would not expect him to come to this conference……
Yeah, because no one that plays in the Big XII was ever offered by an SEC school.
Tell that to Jerry Montgomery
BOOM!!!!
You are the most pessimistic OU fan I’ve ever ran into.
I am not worried about the Stephens news. He will be a Sooner (No inside info).
How is this Stephens kid? I know there is a writeup somewhere.
Not really expecting anything today except maybe a few encouraging tweets.
Hoping we get some CB & WR coaching news soon…
Only one thing could make me puke faster than a UT uniform…and that’s those nasty colors photoshopped on an OU uniform. Thanks eharvey328, you owe me a carpet cleaning.
Ed Orgeron would have been a fantastic LB coach. .
Has he ever coached LBs?
Don’t worry about facts like that…
I saw that someone wanted Viney as the WR coach. I had the same thought that you had here.
Facts are he did coach LB’s.But I guess you don’t worry about facts before commenting.
Yep, in the 90’s he did.
So he coached linebackers 20+ years ago and so he would have made a good linebacker coach?
Yeah exactly, you know these years run concurrent? he’s been coaching 20+ years and have experience coaching at several different positions. He’s a great recruiter and a proven positions coach. What do you think pairings coach ignore and have no knowledge about other positions than the one they coach?
You used the word fantastic when describing his ability to coach linebackers. What do you base that on?
The HIRE would have been fantastic, he’s a well rounded defensive coach and Great recruiter. Any other words you would like to analysis?
Kish , with another year experience, will be approaching Orgeron status and for much less money……we can all relax ……uh huh……………………………..
Stephen Dale… hmmm,, rhymes with James Hale. James, is that you? What are you doing on this board?
shhhhhhhhhhhhh… you’ve already blurted out my secret… delete your post ASAP………thanks.
LOL… my bad, sorry.
He would have made a fantastic DC.
He would never come into a school in this conference unless it was Texas…
Imagine that, a pro Texas comment from Stephen Dale.
Orgeron will go where the money is, regardless of school.
texas sucks
I’d rather have Brick Haley.. Can’t believe Les moved him to an intern position to bring in Orgeron.. Something is fishy with that…
I know it doesn’t mean much, but Kiper’s first mock draft has DGB going 18th to KC, and Phillips going 27th to Dallas.
If DGB goes 17th he is gone by gone. And who could blame him. He simply was not a college man.
Sounds like Phillips made a great decision to declare early
In related news, Blake Bell, Rip and Shead continue to shine in the Shrine Senior bowl. Bell is the epitome of why JH deserved to be canned. I was, and probably still in the minority but I still think he will be drafted as a TE. There, I said it.
Not to defend JH.. But 2 things, 1. Bell was so open, so many times this year when our QB’s never gave him even a glance.. & 2. Bell was still probably the best QB on the team this fall, if we were still running JH’s offense, he never wouldve made the move to TE… I believe he will get drafted also..
What was JH’s offense? Not trying to start a fight but, I hear people talk about his offense and I honestly never saw him as having a offense.
What we ran with Landry Jones, that was JH’s offense, air raid, meerkat, whatever you wanna call it.. That was his offense…
I really don’t think Josh had an offense. Wilson seemed to have a plan and a vision for his offense. Josh just inherited Wilson’s offense but never really made it his own or put his own stamp on it. I can’t remember how many times I saw something that “worked” and then we wouldn’t see it again for weeks, if ever. Even during the Jones era. Too much for the players to keep up with.
I.E.: the Belldozer package… which I think we saw ONCE this year, even though it had proven to be incredibly effective in short yardage situations..
Why? We did all of that before JH, and we’ll likely do all of it after.
Why, what? That meerkat, air raid stuff is what JH was comfortable calling… This zone read, running QB business was Bob & Mike’s doing because they couldn’t figure out how to stop guys like Tebow & Manziel… Josh never coached or played in that style of offense how could he be comfortable installing it & calling plays for it.
If we’d had LJ we would have been 11-2 this year.
THIS!
That may be true but who was the QB coach? Looking off receivers, progressions and secondary reads… All fundamentals that were missing in all our QBs in 2014
I don’t know if he’s drafted, but if not, then he goes UDFA to a very lucky team. Very athletic big man; excellent team member; hard worker. What’s not to like?
Could you imagine the trick plays available with Bell faking a block, rolling out left or right, getting the pitch, and just bombing it down field?! Glorious.
Yes. Yes I can.
He has good hands, blocks really well and moves easily for a 6-6, testament to how easily he got open. He could very well be an UDFA but there is too much promise in this young man especially if he continues to do well
Judging by all that smoke coming from their weapons ol’ Neeson and Kimmel got some bad ammo. Good thing they are using Glocks or they would be working on a jam.
The delay on Stephens sounds like a favorable thing for OU. The fact he still taking his official this weekend and gets an in-home today from OU bodes well for the good guys.
Neesom is an idiot. He equated the terrorist attack in Paris on gun ownership in the U.S.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/01/12/action-hero-liam-neeson-on-paris-attack-us-gun-ownership-a-bleeping-disgrace/
And don’t get me started on the myth of Glock perfection.
Not defending Neesom or his opinions but when you come to this country after a long time outside it is a very jarring experience. Although we know that peaceful lives can be led here, our public face is one of insanely heavily armed aggression that threatens to boil over at any instant. Several Japanese companies I have worked with offer danger pay and psychological counseling fo their employees and family members when they’re stationed here.
Got that right. I’ve always liked Neeson as an actor, but this is just another example of how Hollywood actors should stick to acting and not dabble in politics or anything else of importance. On the other hand maybe we should cut the guy some slack – he’s been a complete workaholic ever since his wife died in that skiing accident…..barely seems to stop for breath.
I am about as interested in celebrities personal opinions as they are mine.
I haven’t set foot in a movie theater since 1989 because of hypocrites like him.
XD fan?
Somewhat, still don’t like the trigger.
Of course my all-time favorite is the Colt 1911A1 and its many variants, but of the modern designs I am a solid S&W M&P fan.
Colt 1911 fan myself tex
I have a son in law that is an FBI agent and of course he is issued the Glock 22. When they come to visit me or I them, he can’t wait to handle my Kimber with the Hogue grips.
The first time he put it in his hand he asked me what was it I liked most about the Colt design. I smiled, had him place his finger along the side of the slide and told him to pick an object, point with his finger and not use the sights. When he did, I asked him to check his sights. His reaction was “dayyum.” He had no idea it was such a natural pointer.
Plus, for close-in work, nothing like a big bullet that is subsonic. Bad guys don’t wait for you to put your ear plugs in.
Maybe it’s because I’m a old broad, but I’m partial to Sigs. I like the way they handle.
We all have our preferences and the market place cooperates.
But I will say this, I will never put a Glock in my hand or stand next to someone who is about to shoot one. Too many “kabooms,” slides flying down range or striker springs breaking on a loaded weapon.
Ignorant. Let’s keep politics off this board please.
You’re right, should have let it pass.
EasTex…if you listened to Sean Penn your head might explode.
The only time I will listen to him is when I watch Team America. 🙂
solid choice
Still scratching my head how Kish has a job
You’re gonna be bald if you don’t stop all that scratching.
jeff scratching a different head , maybe ??
Who is Aaron Sims? I see him and Dede Westbrook talk all the time but I don’t see him on any commitment list?
His little brother
Aaron Sims will be a walk on I believe
Yep, he’s tiny but had gaudy numbers. Im hoping they can develop him much like Mark Clayton.(yeah I can dream)
Yeah, I hope it works out for him. He seems to be motivated.
Gotcha
Here’s Aaron’s senior highlights. He’s a little guy but he can play. Sub 4.4 speed
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/509852/highlights
That’s the same team that lost to South Florida and Arkansas-Little Rock? Gotta love girls’ sports.
Are is there still gonna be a TOP post on weekend visitors?
Chances that Patterson commits this weekend on/after his visit?
probably pretty high
Who’s the commit that rivals said we lost overnight?
Marquise Overton
Que Overton @BiG_OvErToN_97Follow
My heart is racing, I really don’t know what to do right now, what direction to take?
9:20 PM – 14 Jan 2015
FWIW, it seems to be academics as he is still listed as an OU commit but he has a lot of work to do to qualify
That would suck
Time for the full court press on Lampkin
Rumors are he is a grade risk also. I’m not sure how truthful is so take it with a grain of salt.
biggest news of the day is losing marquise overton ( Jenks NG commit) to academic issues.. TOS says he won’t sign with the Sooners on NLI day……………
I’m in no way trying to slam the kid, but he looked awfully big (in a not great way) in the pics from the Semper Fi game. Was surprised how un-menacing he looked.
Didn’t see it on the site, but looks like we lost Jalin Barnett to Nebraska. http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/on-the-trail/post/_/id/64443/scouts-take-jalin-barnett-to-nebraska
OU didn’t lose him… neither did Arkansas… both moved on from him weeks ago…
new 2016 offer, I’m guessing at safety..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7a25ObCUAAnP8x.jpg:large
Seeing a QB from the HS gives me bad flashbacks…
Does anyone know what the time(not day) cutoff is for declaring? I cant find that info anyway. Id guess 5 pm eastern, but just a guess.
Far as i can tell, DGB has not yet filed his paperwork.
I noticed we have parted ways w DT Marquise Overton due to grade issues. Anybody have any further insight?
It’s talked about below.. Mark Slavin’s post..
Jefferson recruiting Braxton Miller to OU.
I’m not going to post it, but look up the tweet if you’re curious.
Membership truly does have its privileges.
Tony Jefferson @tonyjefferson1 2h2 hours ago
@Braxtonmiller5 this could be you bro … And I was a defensive back… Transfer to OU
Kersey’s article on Overton doesn’t look good for OU.. To me, it reads like we’re dumping him… & using “qualifying” as a scapegoat..
I don’t take it that way. There is no guarantee he will qualify and you don’t want to miss out on another prospect when we need so much help on the DLine. I hope he qualifies but it doesn’t sound like the coaching staff wants to wait around on a maybe, I can’t blame them for that.
If he doesn’t qualify.. You just place him in a JUCO.. We’ve signed plenty of guys while waiting for them to qualify before. Why would this be so different..? & from the sound of it.. he’s very close as it is.. That’s why, to me, it comes off as us moving on from him & just using that as an out…
Yeah possibly, I just wouldn’t want to wait around on a maybe when we need help on the defensive side ASAP. I’d give that spot to another recruit, but maybe you’re right.
Probably tired of getting burned on these situations as well. It is his fault for not making grades.
Re: ‘Big 12 schools swapping colors with their rivals‘…
Just goes to prove Crimson makes ANYTHING look good.
That, and burnt- & prison- orange make anything look bad.