Open Post | Wednesday, June 24th
Posted on: June 24, 2015
Defensive Line Recruiting: Spoke to 2016 defensive end, Teton Saltes out of New Mexico recently so I wanted to give you all an update on him and a general overview of the defensive line recruitment:
Teton Saltes – For those of you who don’t recall Teton, he is an extremely athletic defensive end out of New Mexico that we introduced our readers to a couple months ago. To refresh your memory, Saltes is a 6’5 240 lb defensive end prospect who started playing football for the first time last year. Saltes grew up playing basketball (both parents were division 1 basketball players) but was convinced to try football by his high school coach and quickly starting to impress scouts. Saltes mother is from Oklahoma and he still has a lot of family in the state.
Coach Mike Stoops visited Saltes this past spring. An offer didn’t happen but it still sounds like an offer is very possible. Saltes tells me that he continues to speak to coach Mike Stoops regularly. In fact he said he just spoke to him earlier this week. He also said that he was actually supposed to take a visit to Norman this month but a scheduling conflict prevented that. Saltes feels confident that the regular communication between him and Mike Stoops is an indication that an offer will happen sooner or later. I tend to agree.
Xavier Kelly and Chris Daniels – Nothing new here but just as a way to summarize the defensive line recruitment just wanted to offer up some notes on Kelly and Daniels. A lot of folks may feel like the defensive line recruitment is a bit slow but it’s worth noting that with OU likely (eventually) landing Du’Vonta Lampkin, by this fall OU will have Lampkin, Gallimore, Campbell, Overton, Roberts and Mann as new defensive linemen. And that doesn’t count the fact that Deberry and McGinnis are jumbo linebackers who played defensive linemen in high school and could very well end up on the defensive line eventually. So with all that young talent, it stands to reason that OU isn’t throwing out a bunch of new offers on the defensive line.
Additionally Oklahoma appears to be in a good spot for both Kelly and Daniels. Daniels has already visited OU twice and is expected to return for a game this fall. When Brandon recently caught up with Daniels father it sounded like the most recent visit couldn’t have gone better and we got the impression that OU is very near the top of their list. The second trip was particularly important because Chris brought his mother along to check out OU and Norman.
Kelly also recently visited and told us that he would definitely make a return visit to Norman this fall for a game. Keep in mind also that OU has the advantage of proximity with both Kelly and Daniels; Kelly being from Wichita and Daniels from Euless, TX. – (Super K)
Tyrie Cleveland: OU made top 10 for 2016 WR Tyrie Cleveland (Houston, TX). We haven’t had a chance to catch up with Cleveland just yet.
https://twitter.com/Tyrie_1/status/613511201914425344
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First! Boomer!
Sooner!
I like how early the open post got put on the site.
I want to announce that I am commiting to checking TFB for updates today. Thank you to all the other websites for giving me the opportunity to get my sooner news there. In the end I had to make a decision based on what is best for me. #blessed
Amen
No one here will believe you until you actually sign.
Did you pass your foreign language class?
yes, barely….1 yr of college Spanish seemed like 4 yrs of WW2………..
Yes, I took English lol
that’s what this site likes : constant, repeat viewers and posters…….
G-Day minus 73
Ed Gray
The other day, I watched the 1956 OU-Okla A&M game on Youtube. Ed Gray was the starting left tackle. It was fun. They had the 4th team playing towards the end of the game. That was the game in which on the last play Clendon Thomas switched positions with one of the tackles so he could score a TD. Now I can’t remember if it was Gray or RT Tom Emerson. Poor Aggies. LOL
The split-T was sick when it was run to perfection, and Jimmy Harris ran it to perfection and then some.
I listened to Sooner football on the radio back then. They ran Bud’s “Go-Go” offense and even with a huddle they ran three plays a minute. The team was so deep and talented that they didn’t really have a first team, they ran entire units on for the other so they wouldn’t get worn out. I can’t remember who the radio announcer was back then, but they were constantly trying to keep up with all the action.
Good times.
This is what I found. Its on the internet so it has to be true :-()
1943-1944: Al Donaldson (KOMA)
1945-50: Curt Gowdy and Bob Murphy (KOMA)
1951: Carroll Freeman and Dick White (KOMA)
1952: Tony George and Hugh Mix (KBYE)
1953: John Henry and Tom Paxton (WKY)
1954: Hal O’Halloran and Tom Paxton (WKY)
1955: Hal O’Halloran and Marty Reeves (WKY)
1956: Hal O’Halloran and John Doremus (WKY)
1957: Bill Bryan and John Doremus (WKY)
1958-60: Bill Bryan and Hugh Mix (WKY)
1961: Bob Barry and Bill Bryan (WKY)
1962-72: Bob Barry and Jack Ogle (WKY)
1973-1976: Mike Treps and John Snyder (KTOK)
1977: Gary Johnson and Mike Treps (KTOK)
1978-90: John Brooks and Mike Treps (KTOK)
1991-98: Bob Barry and Mike Treps (KOMA) — Keith Jackson was co-color with Treps 1996-98
1999-2010: Bob Barry and Merv Johnson (KOMA)
2011: Toby Rowland and Merv Johnson (KOMA)
thanks for the list……I started listening & watching in 1952 but none of the announcers really stood out till bob barry & jack ogle …….very, very good pairing and the standard by which OU broadcasters are measured to this day…..also like john brooks as a play by play guy…Merv is very good in his role as well.
Jiminy Christmas was what I remember the best.
Thanks, bud.
Now I remember the name “O’Halloran” from the memory vault.
At one point in time, Walter Cronkite did OU football, but I don’t remember the year/s.
Did not see this until after I posted the first one apologies please..
When Toby Rowland was hired last spring as the radio voice for OU football, I went searching for a list of the Sooner broadcasters throughout history. I couldn’t complete a full list, though The Oklahoman archives were a big help.
But thanks to Michael Dean, an engineer for the OU football broadcasts and public relations director for the Oklahoma History Center, we now have that list. Dean used The Oklahoman archives and information from Sooner Magazine to produce what he believes is the list going back to Walter Cronkite in 1937, when WKY radio first started airing games.
1937: Walter Cronkite (WKY)
1938-39: John Shafer (WKY)
1940: Charlie Inglis (WKY)
1941-42: ”From what I can derive from Oklahoman articles and boxes with the broadcasts in 1941 and 1942, there may not have been an OKC station carrying the OU games, only WNAD,” Dean wrote, referring to a Norman station. “The boxes with the starting lineups in the articles written by Harold Keith list WNAD and the Oklahoma Network including KSWO Lawton. No announcer’s names are given. The exceptions are the specific games I’ve listed, where Harold Keith included the information below.
* Missouri 1941, Ernie Mehl & Fred Weingarth, KOCY
* Tulsa 1942, Paul Minor, KVOO (Tulsa), and Les Mezger, WNAD
No apology needed.
Good stuff, the history of OU football is rich and long.
Yes sir, We lead the nation in a number of categories. It’s good to be a SOONER!!!
I only go back to 72. Toby’s good. But he doesn’t need so many barnyard references does he?
I think O’Halloran did something with baseball later on. Cronkite was the first OU announcer when he was 21 so that’s way back
1956 OU
1st Team
2nd Team
LE: Don Stiller 89 (Jr)
Delbert Long 87 (Sr)
LT: Ed Gray 73 (Sr)
Byron Searcy 76 (Jr)
LG: Ken Northcutt 62 (Sr)
Joseph Oujesky 68 (Jr)
C: Jerry Tubbs 53 (Sr)
Bob Harrison 54 (Soph)
RG: Bill Krisher 65 (Jr)
Doyle Jennings 61 (Jr)
RT: Tom Emerson 69 (Sr)
Benton Ladd 76 (Jr)
RE: John Bell 83 (Sr)
Bob Timberlake 81 (Sr)
QB: Jimmy Harris 15 (Sr)
Jay O’Neill 17 (Sr)
LH: Tommy McDonald 25 (Sr)
David Baker 31 (Soph)
FB: Bill Pricer 43 (Sr)
Bill Brown 45 (Sr)
RH: Clendon Thomas 35 (Jr)
Carl Dodd 22 (Jr)
Thank you for bringing up some of the old Sooner greats. Clendon Thomas is my Uncle and I still love hearing all the stories from those years.
WOW!
What legendary Sooner your Uncle is.
Thank you! Not only was he a Sooner great on the field He is a great man off the field as well.
Of that I have no doubt, as that seemed to be the case with most of Bud’s players from that era.
Sadly we have lost many from that era, but they will never be forgotten.
Yes he has lost a lot of teammates and some are not coherent any more. But those guys who played in that era were just good people from what I have been told and what I can remember.
Apparently played on both sides of the ball.
All-American: Clendon Thomas
Clendon Thomas
Clendon Thomas, HB – 1957
Clendon Thomas was named a consensus All-American in 1957. He led the Sooners in scoring during both 1956 and ’57, also leading the nation in the category during the 1956 season.
He was a key to Oklahoma’s national titles in both 1955 and ’56. With his nine touchdowns during his senior season, Thomas set the three-year scoring record at the University of Oklahoma. His combination of speed, strength and lateral movement made him not only a great halfback, but also an excellent defensive back. Against Notre Dame in 1956, Thomas returned a Paul Hornung pass for a touchdown.
The two-time all-conference selection was drafted in the second round by the Los Angeles Rams in 1958
They ALL played both sides of the ball back then, my friend!!! All 11, even QB Jimmy Harris. The ends played standup DE on the LOS; the tackles and guards played down. The center and fullback were inside LBers. The two halfbacks and the QB were the defensive backs.
They played the first team both ways for several series, and then the second team both ways for several series and repeated that until the game got out of hand and then the third and sometimes the fourth team got some PT.
Clendon Thomas was indeed a great Sooner. And a very classy move to play tackle so the tackle could score a TD in his last game at OU.
Yes he played both ways at OU and he played in the NFL for the Rams and Steelers. Played DB in the NFL. In his days at OU he was in the same backfield as Sooner great Tommy McDonald.
Good choice, he was first on my list, too.
Thank you.
[What follows is a fictional account of events resulting from a way-too-early Open Post]:
Man: “Woo-hoo! Open Post!”
Wife: “What kind of toast?”
Man: “Wha? Uh. French!”
Wife: “You making French toast?”
Man: “No. Reading an Open Post.”
Wife: “What’s open?”
Man: “The post. Don’t worry ’bout it, okay?”
Wife: “What are you hiding from me, Jim?!”
Man: “What the…? Why, what…?”
Wife: “I know you’re hidin’ somethin’, Jim. But you can’t hide it no longer. You been talking in your sleep, Jim. You know that? Esco. Super K. JY jelly. I hear their names. You’ve even been tossing and turning and fighting someone named Stephen Dale. Who is Stephen Dale, Jim?”
Man: [Walks to window and looks out. Sighs. A piano plays softly with melodrama]. “Ain’t that the question, huh?”
Wife: [Walks behind man. Places hand on shoulder.]. “What question is that, Jim? You can talk to me. What is the question?”
Man: [Turns and stares back. A tear forms at his cheek]. “Who is Stephen Dale?”
Wife: “Who is Stephen Dale?”
Man: [Slams fist against wall.] “You see right through me.”
[Close scene].
Very entertaining Robertson…. kind of wish there was more. Good stuff!!!
The saga of Who is Stephen Dale? continues.
He-who-must-not-be-named.
The suspense is killing me :-()
If it’s killing you it’s because the saga is non-fiction. It’s real.
Yes very aware of who Stephen Dale is.
No one gets my goat more than he does. Just plain ole stupid comments, non-stop.
More like non-stop negativity against our beloved SOONERS….
Yep. Always saying, “He won’t leave (insert are)dot,dot,dot,dot,dot” or “If he qualifies in time to report to campus_dot,dot,dot,dot,dot” or “If the Big 12-2 can beat out an SEC school_dot,dot,dot,dot,dot”
Supposedly a friend of a moderator. Where were the pitchforks stored after the Draper incident.
ah, we live to jest…..gotta have some laughs in this ‘politically-correct’ age in which we live………..
You must let your goat free, Sam. Trying to hold onto your goat is why people get your goat so much. If you truly love him, you will set him free.
My goat is my only vice. Don’t take my goat and don’t ask me to set my goat free.
By the way, you are on a roll with the jokes, my friend. LOL!
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen “goat” and “vice” together in the same sentence …………… (Super-ellipses are the new exclamation point)
“Super-ellipses”? See, you did it again. You’ve given his trademark writing style a name.
And, yes, vice and goat have been used together often. You didn’t recognize it. It was incognito. If you are the Vice-President, you are essentially the Vice-Goat.
Or, Vice-Scape Goat
Ok, so in the Bible the scape goat was let free into the Wilderness. The other goat was sacrificed. So being a scape goat isn’t such a bad thing, but being the vice-scape goat didn’t work out so well for the vice.
Never been to Stillwater have you?
If your goat truly loves you, it will come back to you. Just ask any Poke fan.
Unfortunately, yes, it continues.
You must have way too much time on your hands to write all of that lol
Guilty. 🙂
Now that’s a great start to the day right there. HILARIOUS!!!
Okay, RR, that is too damn funny. I think you missed your calling. I’m cracking up. I think I’ll be laughing all day.
That’s just funny. That has more jump start than coffee.
a friend of the moderators who brings meaningful discussions to posters on a daily basis……………
No, really. Who is he?
a friend of the mods who helps generate comment, formulate ideology, and provides grist for the board followers to comment on……..”a friend of all and a possible next door neighbor of many “
You keep doing your thang, man. I’m the first one in line when TFB pushes out the “Who is Stephen Dale?” t-shirts.
Is he related to John Galt?
Can I up vote this again?
Roberston wins the Internet. Congratulations Sir!
Well done RR!
His name has never been funny for me, until now. For the first time, I’m laughing when I see his name.
see, you are ‘mellowing’ .. life is good.
I know that laugh.
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Geezus, mother and Joseph, that is some funny stuff right there! Normally, I just read in the off season, but this one – RR – brought me out of hibernation to give you kudos. Going back in my hole now.
Thanks for the laugh, it made my morning.
Morning, Shelby.
Good morning!
How long did it take to write that? Hilarious
Too long for any sane mind.
JY Jelly?!?! Holy balls that was great!
maybe someone could chip in and get him a keyboard where the “period” key doesn’t get stuck regularly…………..
Oh, yeah. That was classic.
Seriously great update. I was just thinking of all 3 of the DL recruits.. “Wait, that didn’t come out right”.
21st! Sooner!
So if Texas doesn’t release Lampkin until after the start of fall semester then he couldn’t play this year even if he did come here right?
believe you are correct………..
Stephen, I’m surprised you are not advocating Lumpkin is going to OU because an SEC school doesn’t want Him?
I would think most SEC teams would take him if he is as good as many on this board has indicated………
Probably destined for a redshirt regardless
Actually, they can only hold him until the first day of class. But then he would miss fall camp at OU. So, he would still be able to enroll at OU and probably would be eligible, but of course he would redshirt in all likelihood.
He probably would redshirt even if he came to OU now.
I will want him at OU, however.
I’m to a point where I would rather him not go to OU. The top three DL targets on OUs board, Imo are better than him.
Just bc they are on the board doesn’t mean we will land them. IMO if Lampkin comes to OU, by the time he is actually playing no one will really care how he got here.
The first day of classes at UT is the 26th, the first day at OU is the 24th. The last day to register at OU is the 28th. It’s a pretty tight window to make it to OU. In addition, there may be NCAA paperwork (eligibility clearinghouse) that might take some time to work through. So yeah, theoretically he might be able to play this year, but from a practical standpoint it is highly unlikely. And if he could, he might not be eligible the first couple of games till all the paperwork cleared.
Then there is the question of whether he is ready having missed summer workout and fall camp.
Thanks, Bob.
I hope every texsa commit and every recruit that has an offer from texsa is making a mental note of how texsa operates.
Just let the kid go.
“Let my (OU’s) people Go…”
While I don’t think it hurts Texas that much for reasons I have stated elsewhere. I do think the right thing to do at this point is to let the kid go. It might actually generate goodwill if they did. Right now they just look petty.
Hey, I said that last night. Meanie.
I think my wishlist for uncommitted DL would be:
1 – Kelly
2 – Daniels
3 – Southall
4 – Saltes
5 – Williams
What do you guys think?
I think I’ll be trying to keep up with the Joneses.
Shouldn’t be too hard if you focus on this one, brother.
Got it!
I gotta go with Saltes as #2. I love these “projects” with raw talent.
Perfect.. 2 of any of those would be ideal. Daniels and Kelly or Chambers would be my top 3.
But I want Kelly and/or Saltes as OLB.
Kelly is gonna be a freak wherever he ends up the field!
Agreed. Just would love to see that freak athleticism standing up on the outside more. Lol
And most importantly in Crimson and Cream.
Abide it. Kelly #1 Bledsoe #2 w/ Saltes #3. With the numbers might take only 1. Agim maybe in there, too, but less likely. Maybe only taking 1 DT, either Daniels or Williams if Lampkin is coming?
I put Williams at 3.
Dont forget the other Kansas DL recruit. I believe we are looking hard at him too. His name escapes me
Bledsoe?
Yeah Bledsoe
I really hope they get him, getting the best few players of Kansas is important for OU
And bless you, too.
I need some muthagrabbing football. All this talking is for the birds. I want to see the pigskin fly, and see streaks of Crimson and cream running wild in the secondary, of whomever made the mistake of showing up to play the Sooners.
Is there a movement in Houston for kids to stay home and go to UH?
oh and thanks for the OP so early K
Yes. Houston is benefiting from a bunch of big time kids wanting to stay home to represent their hometown. Early commits or not, I think they have to have a pretty good year to hold on to some of this interest.
Thanks, its kinda nice to see. But not at OUs expense 😉
I think it’s just a phase
Nothing like being home but good god it’s hotter than the bejesus. Now where’s that whataburger?
I just received this link and found it interesting. The story is called “Taking (and failing) the most important test all NCAA coaches must pass.”
It makes me wonder about all the requirements that coaches have to contend with to remain in their profession that we know little or nothing about.
https://hailstatebeat.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/taking-and-failing-the-most-important-test-all-ncaa-coaches-must-pass/
In the SEC: Pass the test today, disregard tomorrow.
Yep.
I found some of the info valuable.
That is a distinction with a difference.
I will never Understand why people feel the need to capitalize Random Words in their statements.
Bec use it s bet er th n lea ing th m ut.
Because some of us went to school on the south side……
U. S. Grant!!
I might know you? Class of “93”
I TOTALLY agree with you!
CoUlDn’T AGreE mORe…
Almost as annoying as the guy who types in ALL CAPS.
I used to do that until the boss asked me to stop, was upsetting the customers in e-mails. Something about they thought I was yelling at them.
My Dad used to do that when he was first learning about ‘puters back in the early 90’s. I had to tell him what it meant (shouting) and wasn’t proper online etiquette. I can understand people not knowing. But it is still irritating to me. 🙂
Well did not get my first computer til 09. So not up to date on the do’s and dont’s of computer etiquette. But hey I am getting better 🙂
I don’t hear very well so it really helps me.
I WILL PUT YOU ON THE LIST OF ALL CAPS THEN. 🙂
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Ok then you want the no caps list. Duly noted sir.
I need to put on some ear protection from all of this yelling.
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BUT I CAN’T SEE WHEN I USE SMALL LETTERS ALSO I DON’T LIKE TO USE PROPER PUNCTUATION WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR THE READERS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I MIGHT MEAN
Dangit, some html code doesn’t work here.
The run-on sentence guy comes in a close second to ALL CAPS guy. FWIW
the TOMATO Basil Salad of all this is that our condensation has a Perturbation that cannot BE confiscated.
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My salutations are upon thee.
Your constipation is appreciated.
Most of the time it seems as though they are putting the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong syLLABle.
Are the Brainiacs planning on getting back to rating recruits? Y’all used to have a numbers system you used. it would be great to see more of those again.
“Off-season”
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Somebody order some pizza.
Any update on Caleb Kelly? Haven’t read about him in months…
http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Caleb-Kelly-at-Clovis-West-88180/CurrentExpertPredictions
Demetric Warren chose Michigan(as did a UM site guy), but last picker chose OU
He must choose wisely.
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She’s too pretty to take one to the face
Perhaps, but the big dude is “drop dead” gorgeous compared to her…if you know what I mean.
I just pictured a fist bump and a wink going down when I read this…
He chose…wisely.
Since this is truly an open post, I’d like to request a series of articles on what offensive plays we could expect from Riley’s new offense. Maybe include a few details on WR routes and techniques that exploit the opposing defenses. And how the passing game will set up the running game. Stuff like that will make the summer doldrums bearable. Thanks in advance.
This could be a start.. https://youtu.be/ieXC5hQkslM
Dang, I didn’t watch a whole lot, but from what I saw we don’t need our o-line to do too awful much. ECU looked like they couldn’t block Stephen Dale and Jeff, but still moved it down field.
I’m telling you, we have comedian on this site. Real funny Thill.
Yep, perfect for this OL.
Since this is truly an open post, I’d like to request a Chicago-style deep dish with sausage and bacon. And throw some tater tots on there so I can share with EasTex.
How about some bacon wrapped corn on the cob too?
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Real food for real people!
It is on the menu for this weekend. Going down to Maggie Valley down the road where the corn should have been picked within the last few hours. Throwing it on the grill bacon wrapped, along with some brauts and ribs.
Spent my summers as a youth on my grandparent’s farm in NW La. When it was almost dinner time my grandmother sent us boys to the corn field, where we had white sweet corn. It went from the field to the plate in less than 30 minutes. Nothing compares to fresh pulled corn, as the sugar in the corn starts breaking down as soon as it is off the stalk.
Ooo00ooh!
Double delicious with a useful tool for when the kernels show up again.
I’m witchu!
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gonna start calling you Tater
I could live with that, as long as you know I love steak, too.
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Yikes, those look awesome!
Sorry, East. That’s a waste of good beef.
(ducks)
“No word to save thee.”
Way harsh, Tee. 😉
Have you seen this?
/wish i was a cat
https://youtu.be/xUANIvNmYzQ
My grandma’s nickname was “Tater Mae.” We love our taters!
I was gonna use “tater salad” but it’s already taken
Enjoy this site, thank you for all the efforts.
Found this… Great piece on Arthur McGinnis and his hs team last year.
http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/06/we-nola-glory-days-episode-2
Nice story.
Hard to imagine the hardships that danged hurricane caused for so many.
I liked the intensity in HULK’s eyes whenever they showed him. He seems like a determined young man.
I think he is determined and all in with the Sooners.
Did you see his new tattoo just before he left NOLA!
No I didn’t feel free to post
Not EasTex but he wont mind. Welcome aboard.:)
Thanks bud.
Just answered him from the disqus, didn’t realize you were on it.
Thanks guys. Nice tattoo.
I got your back, had not seen any posts from ya so I thought I would help.
I’ll see if I can find it again.
It was huge with the Hulk ripping open and coming out.
He calls it HULKLAHOMA.
It is a nice story. What’s better, Hulk is hungry for the sweet taste of victory. The thing that I saw in him every time is the fact that he stayed within himself. He was intense but what was going on around him seemed to have very little impact on him mentally.
Do you guys know if Mark Jackson is still planning to visit OU?
Who does the art for your profile pics TFB?
Art, does. He’s a friend of Ace. #jokes
Missed the cut on Mayden.. It’s UCLA, Bama, Ohio St., Florida, FSU, Oregon, Michigan..
https://twitter.com/MaydenII/status/613821853359079424
Could be UCLA, they might have a DB opening.
LOL! Be nice now. It wasn’t P-Diddy’s fault. He was protecting his son from the demon-possessed strength coach. And we can believe that because his lawyer said so.
Who is going to touch that kid?
It wasn’t his fault, it was the demonic helicopter.
So Mayden is a no go???
Ouch. After he visited OU many times?? Makes no sense I thought OU was the leader
Oregon is included
Oops just didn’t see their logo on the tweet. Thanks for correction
‘Cruitin’ is a strange thing, even when they are a legacy.
I wonder how many we take…had a pretty good db group last year and already have Chandler on board…my guess is we take a small db class and possibly only 1 more cb…not sure where he was on our board but it’s possible he wasn’t at the top of the board
I’d take the kid from Tulsa Union over him anyway…
You talking about Brown for 17…either way I think we’ll be fine
Yeah, I guess so. Didn’t realize he was a ’17 kid. This is embarrassing. It’s like calling a Route 44 from Sonic a “Route 66”.
I did the same thing a few days ago…not the Sonic thing the ’17 thing.
Well, at least I’m in good company.
Why the heck didn’t they just get a bigger cup and call it “route 66”!! More tea for me 🙂
I’ll start the petition!
Yea Brown is good but most def a 17 kid and Jordan said awhile back that it was likely for OU to take 3 DB’s this year. So with Chandler on board I’d look for 2 more at least and maybe Mayden knows the kids we got this year are the real deal and that Chandler is the real deal and that could of scared him off. I think it’s UCLA or Michigan for him just a gut thing.
Big 12 Conference Realignment/Expansion: (If it were to happen)
Which 2 teams would you like to see be put into the Big 12?
Which 2 teams do you think are the most realistic options?
Would like to see: Missouri, Nebraska
Most realistic: Louisville, Cincinnati
I do like the idea of UCF if for no other reason the rich recruiting grounds in Florida.
I like UCF as well, along with either Louisville or Cincinnati
Well, if you’re thinking UCF, why not USF as well. UCF, however, plays a better brand of ball. They did beat Baylor which we seem to have a tough time doing here lately. I’d go east for sure, not west to BYU or Boise as suggested at ESPN.
I agree, go East. At least the time zone change doesn’t hurt as bad and the football and recruiting are much better.
No teams west of the current ones. Distance BYU – WVU 1927.5 Miles. Yeah let’s bump up all the minor sports travel cost so we can get a small bump on the TV viewership. Actually, that sounds like some the B12 brain trust would come up with.
I agree, if you’re going to expand & west virginia is staying in.. You need to go east. UCF, USF, Cincy, UConn, Memphis… Some combination of those…
Florida just seems too far.
I would rather travel there than to WV
Irrelevant
So is WVU.
Don’t have to worry about any snow or freezing weather playing there, either.
But WVU is already here. If you’re gonna add teams, better to put stops in between the furthest school rather than add another half-country road trip.
Distance doesn’t concern me that much, not since we lost NU and MU.
Dustin said, Louie/Cincy & UCF & USF = 14 schools. I will get hammered but the Florida schools would grow like Baylor & TCU. Not ideal because to me to make a conference strong it has to be regional.
Unless some schools that left come back, that regional conference ship has sailed.
with you. Wish we had Neb/Mizzou back in the fold and added Louie/Cincy
Rumor has it as..dropping TCU and WVU and adding Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and A&M.
That would be a solid conference.
Add TAMU and Nebraska. Then take Texas and bolt to the SEC.
Most realistic ones aren’t worth adding.
Bob, I agree. It’s sad to say that OU will need to join another conference or a serious implosion would have to happen in another conference for the Big XII to add a quality team.
Take Texas? Didja lose, ah say, didja lose your head, son?
First the story doesn’t work if the hero doesn’t have an evil villain to defeat. Second, since we are going to the SEC they all have historical rivals they play against every year. If we don’t take Texas then they will end up giving us someone like Vanderbilt or Kentucky.
I’ll argue this point just a little. Arkansas really doesn’t have what is considered a “historical rival” in the SEC. There is still a huge chunk of their fanbase who does not have a team to hate.
That last one is a good point, and one I hadn’t considered. As long as Texas is a picked-upon & ridiculed (no matter in what conference) it’s good. And as long as we make it clear they are trailing to the SEC following us, not the other way around, that’s good too.
They missed the boat with Louisville, Pitt, uconn, and Syracuse. That would have probably crippled the acc (which at the time was most likely to be in our shoes) and that may have meant fsu and Miami would have been looking for a new landing spot. The big 12 could have been the first to 16.
Miami and FSU.
Nebraska and Iowa
Houston and Nebraska
No need to legitimize another Texas school.
Just thinking about recruiting but I hear ya. Cincinnati?
I would have taken Houston over tcu but since tcu is here and is a better program I have no problem but we lost a big chunk of the Houston area interest when a&m left and we already had the Dallas area.
SMU and North Texas.
Well wishful thinking would be add, Arkansas, Tulsa, Iowa, BYU, ND, and Miami. Now I say wishful thinking and you look at my teams and I think Arkansas, ND, BYU, and Miami add appeal I think as far as name wise and some interesting matchups. I say Tulsa and yes I know they struggle in a weak conference but, OU and OSU do baby brother a solid and get them in and it would help Tulsa recruiting and I think TU gets some recruits by being a Big 12/ 16 now. Iowa cause well we already go play ISU. Realistic no expansion at all more like a greater chance of OU and OSU leaving for SEC.
I mean OU and Texas not OSU.
Since 1957 no person on Earth HATES the hunchback leprechauns more than I do and would blow a gasket if OU was to be in the same conference. Miami isn’t far behind. BYU just doesn’t fit.
Oh I agree sir I said wishful thinking but ND and Miami would add lots of appeal that you can’t deny and no BYU doesn’t but they would benefit as would we with recruits out that way.
I can’t emphasize the depth of my hatred for the fightin’ frenchies of ND.
Miami isn’t as distasteful as they were in the 80’s-90’s.
BYU couldn’t join the conference in football only, their other sports teams would join and there is the problem, scheduling for other sports.
Tex…I’m getting this weird feeling you don’t like ND.
I don’t know why it would be considered weird, they are magically
deliciousdisgusting.I do not have any love to give to the Irish or the Canes.
ND, Cincinnati/BYU, Louisville and Central Florida.
Just a guess but I would think Louisville and Cincinnati only because they would add to tv market. Any Tejas team would not. Florida teams would add to the coveted viewers, but I am not sure those teams would want to travel so much. Just keep in mind – the teams that we add will have to bring in new eyeballs to the commercials or else it doesn’t work.
If I had to pick….Arkanasas and LSU
Most Realistic….Louisville and Cinncinati
I would like/hope the Big 12 pushs itself east rather than west.
Daily Tyrie Cleveland hype reminder.
Is the $570M number I seen correct on stadium expansion total cost? Man ESPN keeps saying how OU is dialing it back when it appears they increased the total by $200M+
It was originally estimated that the reno was going to be around 350-400 million. But from what I understand it’s going to be done in phases and each phase will be voted on prior to starting. I could be wrong, I’m not really keeping up with it because I think it’s somewhat fluid.
For over half a BILLION, the Palace on the Prairie should be the best stadium in college sports.
As far as the stadium I never thought it was “underperforming” I liked it and really it’s the crowd that makes the environment and our crowd is going to be the same regardless what the stadium looks like.
Now the other improvements that catch recruits eyes like the weight room and improving the common areas for athletes, is what I’m wanting to see get done.
Can’t wait to hear the crowd again.
https://youtu.be/Dae_iScT27M
I think the crowd is changing to a certain degree. A lot of folks in their late 70’s or early 80’s are not going as much. My father who went all the time is now 84 and it’s to tiring for him. These folks loved OU football but not very loud if at all.
I see the crowd becoming younger over the next 5 years, which is only my humble opinion.
The crowd is ever evolving.
That was the loudest game in Owen Field history, would love to see that event eclipsed once again.
no kiddin. I haven’t been to a game in a long time but I would even get into it if I was there with a good crowd. Not the ref bashing or cussing but overall excitement.
I look at OU games sort of like ordering tamales. I order tamales at many places that are MOR. But the great ones are worth suffering through the many mediocre ones. I measure my season ticket ownership in decades and try to make a couple away games a year, plus texus. The games like this TT game and NE a few years earlier, make it all worth it. I am only 66, so hope to go a couple of decades more
I remember being at that game, right next to some drunk Tech guys. Was an absolutely amazing experience.
Me neither. Man, I love delivering butt whoopins like this! I’ll allow some this coming season.
guys, this is hilarious http://screamer.deadspin.com/banner-urges-englands-world-cup-fans-to-come-on-their-g-1713712446
I can’t believe this sign made it through quality checks
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http://media2.giphy.com/media/MZ64XpHztvLva/200.gif
Someone is going to lose their job over this
Someone has some ‘splaining to do.
……fifa adopted a landthieves submission…….
With no Mayden, I hope they offer Mayberry he commits then we are done at CB. Need 1 S 2 at the most then Secondary is done for ’16. But I really like Mayberry.
Quillen for me. No reason to pass him up we need more in state talent imo.
What coach said.
https://twitter.com/Coach_Diron/status/614071249954672641
G-Day minus 72
Duke Robinson
Great choice!!!
Thank you
A mountain of a man.
Another great 72
Scott Kempenich
Gosh dangit is it football season yet? Ugh!!
Parker Boudreaux is deciding on July 2
Is Joe Mixon on crutches? Crap!
Never mind. Saw something else reporting he is on crutches – but apparently (hopefully) just a minor knee injury from running stadium steps and only out a few days. We will need him in ’15 for sure.