Sooners News Daily 9.12.14
Posted on: September 12, 2014
Evidently I missed the Joe Mixon witch hunt that took place on social media last night & the local papers (at least online) today. Color me not disappointed in the slightest.
FOOTBALL
When tomorrow is game day and you’ll be in Norman to see it.
Is Josh Heupel a possible candidate for the SMU head coach job? This person seems to believe so. (ESPN)
Sam Bradford had surgery on his knee this week. (ESPN)
Everyone is really concerned with whatever injury J.W. Walsh may or may not have suffered. You saw Garman right? So why does it matter? (Twitter)
Seems like most of spent the better part of the week laying the groundwork/making excuses (i.e. “they’re really young) for why Tennessee is expected to lose. (SI)
Texas uber-booster, Red McCombs, just can’t keep his big trap shut. (CBS Sports)
Keep your eye on the coach calling for the chest bump.
OTHER
Nice story on former OU baseball player Drew Krittenbrink, who is still in Norman pursuing a graduate degree. (Piedmont)
WTF is that thing?!?
RDJ tugging at the heart strings.
Artsy.
Tom Hardy + James Gandolfini = Guaranteed watch from this guy.
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Definitely a chupacabra.
All I could think when I saw that was “kill it!”
I was thinking, Psycho, the crazy weasel from “Roger Rabbit”
LOL!!! That’s an old, blind, nervous chihuahua.
https://twitter.com/Jordan_Esco/status/510404474720894976
They didn’t “miss us” when not including OU in his list of college choices. We just don’t actually exist in the eyes of ESECPN.
Not only that but he’s released a top 4. Ou, tosu, bama, and Clemson I think.
Saw that and just assumed he’s a high school kid who changes his mind all the time. Luginbill is a homer for the SEC. Played at GT, but wishes he was good enough to play at Georgia.
ESPN’s recruiting coverage has been garbage for a long, long time, IMO. Don’t get me wrong, there are exceptions (Damon Sayles isn’t horrible) but for the most part I ignore their take on things as a general policy.
Agreed. All driven by $$$ they have invested in TV deals. Sad thing is the Big12 wasn’t smart enough to realize the monopoly that ESPN has on the college football market.
They did, it was Deloss Dodds who muddied the waters on that deal. Dodds single handed messed up the Big 12.
The Big 12 allowed it. A&M, Nebraska, Colorado, and Mizzou did the smart thing and saw the writing on the wall. If the Big 12 was smart, we’d add teams like Fresno St., Cincy, and UCF to the conference. All big schools, in recruiting hotbeds, that’d add great TV markets.
I wonder if someone ever had the time to put together a chart that showed time talked about or shown on screen for all college teams and/or conferences. My guess would be 94% sec, 3% acc, 2% b10, .8% pac12 and .2% b12
looks about right
I don’t see JH going to SMU, but I’ve been wrong before.
Me neither. Once again I’m thinking why leave a good gig— coach the OU offense and great players, paid well. Money is only part of the equation. I say the same thing about Gundy and Bobby jack Wright. None of those guys are hurting financially unless they are idiots with money ( who couldn’t get by on 200k a year).
blaster, plus your everyday clothing is free from the school, and you don’t have to worry about saving for your kids college.
That’s the gravy on the biscuits my friend.
Not sure what is going on at SMU but it seems to me that maybe it’s administration. Maybe the coaches have their hands tied? They have an OUTSTANDING recruiting base. They should atleast be a Bowl team every year. It’s not like June Jones can’t coach. There’s something more to it and if I was Heupel theres no way I make that transition. Not all money is good money.
June Jones is no longer their coach, he left for “personal” reasons early this week.
We’ve got great assistants right now and we could see another string of assistants taking HC jobs. I think gundy and heupel may stay regardless of job offers. The HC job may eventually be heupels and gundy may not be considered for OC positions. I just hope they can keep this staff together.
I like to pretend Tappers letting out a Nature Boy (rick flair)
“Woooooooooo!” After that strut.
Didn’t Casey Walker do that same dance after his sack of Case McCoy a few years back?
I don’t know if you are old enough to remember a 1970’s sitcom called the Jefferson’s, But George Jefferson did that dance. back in the 80’s Miami Hurricanes had a player that did it first on the football field.
Jeffersons!!! “Movin’ on up to theeeee top… Finally got our piece of the pieeeeeeeeiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeyah.”
I can’t help but be fascinated by the events in Texass. If they don’t scare off the recruits and still get good players then Strongs philosophy will gain traction. The “soft” team Brown had and Strong inherited is, IMO, a reflection of the arrogant boosters (not the average joe fan) that suffocate that program. Those boosters think their millions of dollars should cause others to bow in their presence and soak like a prairie does rain every word and comment they have about this and that. If the Texass team has a sense of entitlement then it was a contaminate from the uber boosters. I would absolutely love it of Strong tried to cut that off by saying WE don’t need you to play good football and take the team out of their palace and practice at a high school, lift chunks of concrete, drag tractor tires through mud, team carry sections of oil drilling pipe (just for nostalgia) and drink from a water hose. The boosters wanted “tough” and when they got it they have balked which to me is a clear indication they didn’t know what “tough” looked like. Those same boosters have ruined the Texass and aggie rivalry and done things to “protect the brand” that have made the team look like wusses. I sound too much like a Texass apologetic so I will stop my rant.
Umm, you forgot the “texass sucks” part…
I’m going with the “Texsa sucks” meme.
It just seems to fit better. That school in Austin doesn’t represent Texas.
But that school in Austin DOES represent texass…
I don’t wanna speak for him but I think that’s what he was going for. That’s the built up version
Ohh, the implied “texass sucks”…nice!
Yep…. Suckage that only millions could buy!
Not to drag this out…but I absolutely hate what guys like Kersey and Hoover are doing these days. Guerin Emig is the only decent reporter we have now.
Hoover. His name really say it all.
The rule in my house is if Tom Hardy is in it I will give it a shot. Add in Gandolfini, and this movie looks like it won’t disappoint.
Guy who wrote Training Day is behind that movie. I’ll still probably wait for it on DVD, but I’m looking forward to it.
Awww…those cute lil Tennessee players!
Bless their hearts. They tried their best. Here’s a Capri sun and some orange slices
LOLOLOL!
I Love me some “Tapper Stomp” ( as i call it) another good one is what I call the “Wilson Step Off”…seen it a few times but you’ll see it after the huge hit on Tulsa’s reciever…love em both