The Football Brainiacs

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First off, happy game week! Only a few short days from now and we will finally have some college football!

– Devwah Whaley: Last night ESPN’s Gerry Hamilton reported that 2016 RB Devwah Whaley (Beaumont, TX) will take his official visit to Oklahoma on November 21st for the TCU game.

I was able to confirm the report with Whaley this morning who to date has only set up two official visits, the first being in September when he will visit Georgia. The other obviously being Oklahoma.

I don’t want to read too much into it, but I’ve spoken with Whaley on multiple occasions and continue to get the feeling OU and UGA are the favorites. Last time I wrote a significant update on Whaley, you’ll recall I mentioned just that. – (Super K)

– Tyree Horton: I have confirmed JUCO 2016 LB & Florida State commit Tyree Horton (Highland C.C.) is planning to be in Norman this weekend for an official visit. I spoke with one of our scouting partners down in Miami (Dade County), which is where Horton originally hails from. This person knows Horton well, so I asked them if this was just a trip for the sake of doing so or if there is legitimate interest on Horton’s part. In this person’s opinion, it was the latter. Evidently, Horton is looking to check out a few programs to see what they have to offer. – (Super K)

– Obi Eboh: In case you missed our Sunday update in the weekend OP, we noted that 2016 CB Obi Eboh could be very close to pulling the trigger on a commitment. Allow me to expound just a bit on that.

I spoke with a few sources, including someone close to Eboh, and was told that Obi and his family are going to speak to the OU coaches (I was told this yesterday afternoon, so it may have already happened by now) to discuss things. I was also told that Eboh and his family are seriously contemplating a commitment and if it happens right now, it certainly looks like OU would be in the driver’s seat.

One of the main competitors for the Sooners in Eboh’s recruitment was Duke. And I say ‘was’ because one source I spoke with says Duke’s defensive back class filled up recently with the surprise commitment of Dylan Singleton (Lawrenceville, GA), who many thought would end up at Georgia. Putting two and two together, it would appear Eboh may be feeling a bit of pressure to take a spot while it’s still available. Though it is certainly worth mentioning Eboh holds a number of other quality offers.

Eboh is a guy who we keep being told is close to committing, but it continues to get pushed back for whatever reason. So we’d be remiss in not at least acknowledging that could ultimately prove to be the case in this instance as well. But again, we are told the family is considering a commitment at this time. – (Super K)

– Team News | Nila Kasitati: Was chatting with JY last week about this year’s offensive line, and Kasitati’s name came up during the conversation. JY mentioned to me that he thinks it might be wise for the Sooners to move Kasitati over to LG, from his original RG spot, and to put Jonathan Alvarez at RG in his stead.

JY said that with the expected decision to start redshirt freshman Orlando Brown at left tackle, having a veteran like Kasitati at left guard lined up next to the would-be first-year starter could be quite helpful. Additionally, JY mentioned having Alvarez, also a potential first-year starter, lined up between two upperclassmen in Ty Darlington and Josiah St. John could help him as well. Otherwise, you would potentially have two first-year starter in Brown and Alvarez lined up next to one another on the same side.

Armed with JY’s suggestion, I asked around to see if perhaps Bill Bedenbaugh had the same thought process. And I have been told by one source there is a chance Kasitati may indeed play LG. I couldn’t confirm that through a second source so I can’t be certain, but we could find out soon enough with OU’s official depth chart expected to be released later today.

Probably not ‘huge news’ per se, but a move that, as JY suggested, would seem to make a lot of sense. – (Super K)