The Football Brainiacs

Image of Marquise Overton via scout.com

Marquise Overton: I know many of you are aware the situation regarding Jenks’ star defensive tackle, Marquise “Que” Overton. We have avoided the topic on here, because it involves some issues we typically prefer not to address. But the bottom line is there has been some question as to whether he would sign with Oklahoma.

Well we had a chance to catch up with Que last night, and he informed us that Mike Stoops came by to see him this past Monday. Evidently Stoops told him that OU would likely be sending over his National Letter of Intent (NLI) at the end of this week or the beginning of next and that, in all likelihood, Overton is expected to be able to sign with Oklahoma.

As a side note, we have been really disturbed by some of the social media shots people have taken at Que. He is such a kind and hard working young man, who is not only a fantastic football player but also a great wrestler. And all of that takes additional effort and time, which is apparently something these people don’t understand and/or appreciate.

Potential Signing Day (and/or pre-NSD) Surprises: This time of year everyone is interested in knowing if there will be any potential Signing Day (or pre-NSD) flips. We have discovered that in addition to Arthur McGinnis and A.D. Miller, OU is expecting at least two “secret” visitors this weekend that are currently committed to other schools.

We know some of you may not take kindly to hearing about players who are expected to be on campus when we can’t divulge the name/s. But, that said, we also feel like most would rather know there is a shot at a flip or two and/or prospects being on campus rather than know nothing at all.

In this particular case, out of respect for those involved, we will not to divulge the names. And we do so in order to make it easier for the kids to take their visits without additional pressure from the coaches of the schools they are currently committed to. Obviously if word were to get out publicly about a kid, who is committed elsewhere, taking a visit to OU (or any school for that matter), coaches would scramble to try and put out any potential fire/s and make the OU coaches job all the more difficult.

But for those of you who think there is no chance of any surprise commitments from now until NSD, we’re here to tell you that simply isn’t the case. None of the flips are guaranteed (obviously), but currently we know of three possibilities that Oklahoma has a real chance at flipping.

– UPDATE (10:09 am): Just wanted to add a couple quick points of clarification regarding the Overton note above. The first being that simply signing your NLI does not mean you are/will be qualified academically. These are two separate issues, but we just wanted to make that point clear as some are reading into things as this now means Overton would be in the clear from an academic standpoint. The second being that there is a chance this could still come down to a simple numbers issue for OU and their total allotted scholarships.

The hope, obviously, is that both of these situations are handled and Overton signs as many hoped that he would. But with the more recent reports that him signing with OU no longer looked like a possibility (or at least a likelihood), we simply wanted to pass along after speaking with him that may not necessarily be the case. Hopefully this helps to clear up any possible confusion.

– UPDATE (11:31 am): Saw this last night, but forgot to get it up here until now. Just wanted to make everyone aware who is interested. Oh, and the time listed in the tweet below is Eastern. So it will be 7pm central for those of us in that part of the country. Daniels’ decision is believed to be down to OU, Ok. State & Iowa.

Also airing Friday 8 PM ET on CBS Sports Network The college decision of Darrion Daniels DL from Dallas Bishop Dunne. pic.twitter.com/NlU3QsHpHD

— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) January 29, 2015

– UPDATE (12:09 pm): Dahu Green has confirmed to TFB that he will indeed be in Norman this weekend for an official visit.

– UPDATE (3:59 pm): Coach Bedenbaugh stopped was in Belton, TX today to visit 2016 offensive lineman, Zach Shackelford.