The Football Brainiacs

As we mentioned last week, coach Gundy planned on visiting stud JUCO RB, De’Chavon Hayes on Sunday (yesterday). The visit did happen. Coach Gundy spent a lot of time with De’Chavon’s father. In fact De’Chavon was not present for the in-home but don’t let that freak y’all out. D’s father said the visit was great. D and his father know that Coach Stoops and Coach Gundy are great coaches and they love the fact that they expect a lot out of their players and they know exactly what they want from D.

And I’ll tell y’all straight up Arizona St. tried to play that “well they’ve got a bunch of backs and they’re going to sign Joe Mixon…” stuff. 1) As we’ve said on this site for a while – OU is not likely getting Joe Mixon 2) De’Chavon wants to compete with the best and 3) Oklahoma has a need for a more experienced RB. Williams is already out and Clay and Finch will be gone. I’ll also tell y’all that even though ASU has a bunch of good young backs our coaches did not try to play that angle.

We’re sticking to our prediction from last week. We still feel like Oklahoma wins this battle. And don’t get me wrong ASU has a lot to offer. D definitely loves the city, weather, the coaches and the scheme. But we feel like ultimately he knows where the best coaches are and where he would be best prepared for the league. We will have to wait and see but we feel good about where Oklahoma stands and we believe they have the lead over ASU. News on where De’Chavon decides to commit should be coming pretty soon. Stay tuned!