Sooners News Daily 1.23.15
Posted on: January 23, 2015
FOOTBALL
G.K. keepin’ it real. (And I cannot apologize profusely enough for polluting your ears, eyes & mind with even a brief dose of Skip Bayless.)
Postmortem: Most amazing aspect of Oklahoma's season, disappointing as it was, is that Sooners were still Vegas favorites in all 13 games.
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) January 22, 2015
Charlie Strong tells @LonghornNetwork that Bob Stoops told him to move quickly if he wanted Jay Norvell, who had several pending interviews.
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) January 23, 2015
Kansas State, Vandy agree to home/home series, sources told @ESPN; 2017 at VU, 2020 at KSU
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) January 22, 2015
Texas judge tosses @JoeWickline countersuit against Oklahoma State. OSU's breach-of-contract case still alive in Okla. courts.
— Jim Vertuno (@JimVertuno) January 22, 2015
Greatness.
BASKETBALL
Five-time @NBA All-Star. Congrats, Blake! http://t.co/h0hraLk4SF #Sooners pic.twitter.com/5VJ19kMrHJ
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 23, 2015
Interesting story on OU women’s b-ball commit turning tragedy into opportunity. (ESPNW)
Sooners 2015 signee, Rashard Odomes. Filthy.
Oh my.
Sick, indeed.
OTHER
.@LonKruger needs your help. Vote and help him win $100,000 for Coaches vs. Cancer: http://t.co/I8xxVo0DNK. Spread the word! #Sooners
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 22, 2015
Ouchtown, population you, bro.
Painful.
Not sure what to think here.
Conan being Conan.
49 Comments
Mccoy’s not wrong. Teams would never be confident while coming to play in Norman. Not so much, these days.
True, but these things swing back and forth. Lets not forget, OU has went to Bama and FSU in the last decade or so, and come out with wins. Neither place seemed particularly “difficult” to play at the time. Then both schools got better, and the home field became tough again. When OU takes that step forward, which I expect to happen soon, I think Owen Field will again be a tough place to win.
OU crowd seems to sit on their hands a lot. Game times have been all scrambled the last several,seasons too.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop. There is no confidence at OU anymore. Fans are never sure if OU is gonna roll someone or get rolled…sad state of affairs at home.
To be fair, OU fans have never been that energetic.
IMHO stoops has next year to change the culture around this program and I’m not just talking about on the field…Then the year after the Urban meyer game his program needs to show some mettle and passion from the players and they need not get b eat in an embarrassing fashion or Stoops needs to move on. I can assure you they’ll be more folks than me who will be calling for his firing if he loses badly to Ohio St. I know of Some alums(does not matter whom) who don’t feel as welcomed around the program GK even said that alums are not happy but he did no go in detail because I’m sure he did not want to pile on the coach who coached him and he still has appreciation for..Luckily I’m detached from the situation and I can speak my mind….
Yes. Luckily.
Stoops came in with a top team of nfl draft picks playing a team coached
by shula, the (younger one) in his first year I may add and without a fake punt late in the game
likely would have chocked the game away….Stop making excuses he has
really not beaten a top ranked team that finished as a top ranked team besides texas???lol.
I like GK almost as much as I dislike Bayless – and that’s a lot.
Are there any good media-types with Okie ties?
Spencer Tillman – unless you’re ruling out ex-players;
and Dari Nowkhah at ESPN
Aikman does a pretty good job for FOX
The best broadcast sports journalist in terms of integrity, impartiality, and sheer goodness.
Stacey Dales on NFL network
I like Fran Fraschilla with regards to basketball.
That NFL lip reading video had me crying….funny stuff
Well that sucks. You have to register with eSpin in order to vote in the Infinity Coaches Challenge.
Has anyone considered that Norvell to Texas might be a Luca Brasi type situation?
Then soon he will sleep with the cows….
Lip reading=good, GTA=good, McCoy, how can you argue that.
Thanks Jordan for the bad lip reads….i love these
Hilarious!
@TheKylerMurray: Meet the body guard… G Real! @TheGreglittle74
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I thought OU might be able to sneak in and steal Murray, but I’m pretty convinced he is going to aTm at this point.
He looks tiny in that pic. If he wants to go to aTm that’s fine, some folks don’t mind being mediocre.
I’m not 100% convinced he has it in him to be a very good or great QB at a school like OU or aTm either. Maybe. I see the potential. But given his size, he has no room for error.
Agreed.
Very few small quarterbacks make it in college, I think he is on the short side, unless he is the next Brees
Doug Flutie was all of 5’9″ and had a fabled career at Boston College….his stature was a problem in the NFL however. Generally I agree with you homer4life………
Ah, yes, the Flutster. I recall well having Boston sports fans jaw on endlessly about how OU was afraid to play BC and how Flutie would throw for 500 yards on us. (I lived up there at the time).
He was a good QB, but, let’s be frank, he played against competition that was mostly second and third rate.
I think our offense is going to demand that the QB get the ball out quickly…and that is going to make life hard for a short QB to see down field.
I love Gerald mccoy…what a great guy…unter views well…..boomer
“unter”?
Well played..
If the blandness of Taco Bell causes trouble, my advice is to never leave the country.
Did anyone see film on Aaron Sims, i think he is a preferred walk on at OU. Friend of Westbrooke, kid is super small but can fly. Looks faster than the 4.35, but only 5’5″ and 135 lbs. 10.46 100 meter, I mean this kid can skoot.
Except for the Sugar Bowl, IMO Heupel never did figure out how to use Roy Finch effectively… he ran him up the middle too often instead of getting him the ball in space. on screens, bubble screens, wheel routes, etc.
I hope Riley is smarter and knows how to pop the cork when he’s got lightning in a bottle.
Exactly. This is how Ross ought to be used.
He is Dede Westbrook’s little brother(i stress the little)
New Favorite, hope he makes it. Maybe we can have a punt return
Me too, he didn’t demand a scholly like the Foremans
Don’t know anything about the kid, but what I see is he plays 100% all the time. We need that kind of effort. That kind of heart.
Agreed
Have we heard any more about the kid from NC, I think his name is Randy Hughes but not sure. Riley was recruiting him to East Carolina before the move.
Riley still in contact but no offer yet. Pretty sure that was from yesterday
Mike Hughes. Randy was our great All-American early 70’s…
Smaller than Finch? But way faster.
And no Heupel around to ignore him either.
watched his state HS final and he caught 4 TD passes….seems to be resilient however..it will be interesting watching how L Riley incorporates Sims into the rotation…just not sure whether he projects better at WR or Slot receiver. either way, blocking will be an issue for him.
Interviews…sorry