Sooners News Daily 10.1.15
Posted on: October 1, 2015
FOOTBALL
Sorry, I just don’t have it in me to link to Berry Tramel’s most recent effort to waste everyone’s time.
This just in though:
Mike Stoops, Lincoln Riley have different perspectives when it comes to calling plays (NewsOK)
Huh?:
How does OU handle West Virginia’s dominant offense? (TW)
Bosworth to be honored this Saturday at the WV game with a Hall of Fame Salute.
More info: http://t.co/tG2uQURdIi pic.twitter.com/Cf9dgEOyxE
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) September 30, 2015
.@OU_Football's @OU_CoachStoops on Stoops with @katienolan! #StoopsOnStoops #GarbageTimehttps://t.co/k7a14H11QT
— Garbage Time (@GarbageTime) October 1, 2015
What the #Sooners can expect from West Virginia's aggressive style: http://t.co/bEJFopuJpl pic.twitter.com/dayJv1W9s4
— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) September 30, 2015
Dominique Alexander can do it all for Oklahoma's defense http://t.co/oXFrmthw8c
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) September 30, 2015
"It’s not the ideal situation, but we’re not worried."#Sooners embrace remaining slate. http://t.co/7dCEYKVcVy pic.twitter.com/N165vyyzKr
— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) September 30, 2015
The #Sooners' defensive struggles falls on its leaders, says Zack Sanchez & Charles Tapper. My story: http://t.co/EacC5lY6vf
— Joe Buettner (@JoeBuettner) September 30, 2015
With #Sooners playing #WVU, we coaxed @FauxHolgorsen out of retirement. What's he been up to?http://t.co/2udQujQPDP pic.twitter.com/RP8L4NVjMg
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) September 30, 2015
BIG 12 PROJECTIONS: Why the Oklahoma-WVU winner might be the conference favorite. http://t.co/Ly0qH1Qe2P pic.twitter.com/S5w0PHLSVS
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) September 30, 2015
WVU can prove it’s ‘for real’ on Saturday (Daily Athenaeum)
West Virginia preps for noisy atmosphere at Oklahoma (Trib Live)
FREE — #WVU Defense Or Oklahoma #Sooners QB Baker Mayfield: Who Do You Buy? http://t.co/0sGynzOHaL@WVUfootball pic.twitter.com/VMiD5qYNXW
— WVSports.com (@WVSportsDotCom) September 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/FOXSportsLive/status/649336195227455488
And now Oklahoma State will consider beer sales for Boone Pickens Stadium after this season, the Oklahoman reports.http://t.co/78jc5J1T3q
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) October 1, 2015
Why Winning (Right Now) Shouldn't Matter: http://t.co/IOwCmTPhTH
— Andrew King (@AndrewKing_) September 30, 2015
Injured Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes practices Tuesday, still day-to-day | @sportsdaydfw http://t.co/XB8JDPT4E1
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) September 30, 2015
So. Many. Points.
In Vegas, the over/under for Saturday's Texas Tech-Baylor game is 90.5, the highest in history. pic.twitter.com/T0eiS46LCt
— ESPN (@espn) October 1, 2015
Texas A&M regent advocates scheduling Longhorns to give Aggies a 'cupcake' football game http://t.co/6iX8CMSHXj pic.twitter.com/SSkUNffUfN
— SportsDayDFW (@SportsDayDFW) September 30, 2015
Appeals court upholds ruling that NCAA isn't above anti-trust laws but strikes down deferred payment plan http://t.co/ZuCassYZec
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) September 30, 2015
Tennessee Fans Arm-Wrestling Florida Players in Steak ‘n Shake at 3 a.m. is Peak SEC (The Big Lead)
OTHER
Sooners Upended by Iowa State in Four.
Recap: http://t.co/qun7ebRbVm pic.twitter.com/Zud8iqi3Ul— Oklahoma Volleyball (@OU_Volleyball) October 1, 2015
Inside the at-times troubled relationship between Fred Hoiberg’s Cyclones and Iowa State administration http://t.co/zc5ZitXqnQ
— Travis Hines (@TravisHines21) September 30, 2015
148 Comments
Primero!
I can’t believe Berry Tramel still has a job.
It’s a fallen world, J.R.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ9JW41Lv8s
Who?
He’s better than what we have to put up with in Tulsa Fish Wrap.
It’s a shame how far the DO has fallen. They actually hired a brand new college grad to cover OU sports a couple of years ago. How pathetic is that?
This is the paper that had the late, great Volney Meece for 41 years. http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/meece/
Heck, just in the last decade the writing (sports section at least) in the DO has went to crap. There used to be decent insightful articles on there, but now I hardly ever read the drivel they write.
Yes, and the Tulsa World is 10 times worse! They hire an Aggie to cover OU. At least Eric is good, and the Nebbish Alum Dave Sittler was good at times before he retired.
BOOMER! How funny is the Texas A and M scheduling Texas to get a cupcake on their schedule bit? Although the animosity is so deep between them that the aggies left the conference and Texas has been a mess ever since.
They took the opportunity to get a dig in. I guess gig’em, verbally and physically, is what I’m looking for.
SOONER!!!
SOONER!
It’s funny, but the Ags still haven’t beaten anyone so they should keep their mouth shut until they do
Seriously! I mean they beat OU and Bama one year and they needed the freakin Heisman winner to do it! Now they think they’re the best program in the country. I would love for OU to play them every year just so we could go back to shutting them up. I would also love to see them play Baylor every year because they hate Baylor and totally disrespect the big 12 for letting Baylor be the top of the conference but if they actually played, Baylor would run for a 1000 yards on them.
I’m interested to see how they fare against LSU, Ole Miss and Bama. Do well then they can talk if not, it’s just piling on UT(which is fun for everyone though)
I think they beat Bama but lose to Ole Miss and possibly LSU.
Yeah Bama isn’t geared to stop the spread and I think the Kirk kid for the ags will be a superstar
That’s because Saban is still hoping that he can get the spread ruled illegal before the end of the season.
From what I have seen of the Farmers ( Son is a big fan so I keep up with them for arguing points ), we would be well served not to schedule them. They are no longer your basic 77-0 push over, and won’t be as long as Kevin Sumlin is at the helm. Many tend to forget the beat down they put on us last time we met. Are we skeered of them? Heck no!, but it’s best we steer clear for awhile til we get a D-C that has a clue.
yeah..Mike Stoops has a clue. They lost 59-0 last year to Bama. They beat OU when they had the Heisman winner. I’d take our guys and Mike over them any day they don’t Johnny Football on the field.
I’m betting you think the solution to our defensive problems is press coverage.
in reality though, UT has never viewed A&M as their rival. Almost all UT fans will tell you they really don’t respect A&M enough to care about them as a rival. Thats a totally one-sided hate, it all comes from A&M I mean they made their ENTIRE fight song about UT. UT really only considers OU a rival historically.
Arkansas was their most traditional long-term rival, even over OU, until Arky left for the SEC. That was a conference game and OU wasn’t.
The pure hate in the Hog-wHorn rivalry was intense.
really? I had never heard that Arkansas-Texas was a rivalry before now! learn something new everyday!
Almost all Arkie fans root for OU the second Saturday in October.
The 69 game was 1 versus 2. Tricky Dick arrived via chopter. 15-14 whorns.
Recipe for you @ yesterdays Open Post
OK.
Yeah, I attended an Ark – Texsa game in Fayetteville back in the old SWC days. Nationally televised game. The hate was evident. Of course, it really is easy to hate the team in orange even without trying.
This year’s Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, the cover art and story is about renewing the Texsa-gAggie rivalry.
http://us105fm.com/files/2015/06/dave-campbell-cover-2015.jpg
As a Texan I disagree with this sentiment, but then I have zero affection for either school’s athletic accomplishments.
That “Stoops on Stoops” segment was a little uncomfortable.
It was pretty “stoopid”.
That show is garbage but Stoops gave it some class.
Another fine day to be a SOONER!!! 😉
BOOMER
SOONER!
Hanks: “What do you think Santa does in the summer?”
Colbert: “He’s Santa on the other planets.”
Loved that sketch. Thanks for posting.
IMO, I am hoping with “BOZ” being in attendance it light’s a fire under these LB’s. And then the rest of the defense feeds off of that.
He should go out for the coin toss :-/
Him and Barry!!
In his fur coat.
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Not many folks can get away with wearing that.
Tried to find one of him on the sidelines wearing it while smoking a cig. No luck, Also how do you post a video like you did above?
copy the link and paste it here
When I do it only puts the URL on it no video.
hmmm… youtube?
I used to see him around Norman all the damn time. He is a super friendly guy. Never have stopped him and talked to him of course but he always smiles and waves. Man should be president.
Met him when I was 12. He came bye to see my buddy’s dad who was in the hospital. Very talkative and has a swagger like none I’ve ever seen to this day. But of course I was only 12.
I met him when I was 13. It was at an OU/KU game in Lawrence, KS (in the 80s). It was in the second half and OU was destroy KU, JC Watts was at the game and came over to talk to me, eventually Keith Jackson and a couple of others came over to talk and Barry walked by and stopped to talk for about 2 minutes. It was a hey, Sooner fan up here? Good keep it up, smiling the whole time. (He had been hiding smoking a cig). LOL!
There were some games he probably went through a couple packs. Especially against Osborne, JoPaw and Jimmy.
Oh yeah, I’m sure. This wasn’t one of them. I think OU was up 31 – 0 at halftime. I got a ton of autographs that day. It was a great day for me as a teenager. There were a bunch of kids from my middle school there (I lived in Topeka, KS at the time) and they were all KU fans and were shocked when the players came over to talk to me. I was walking on clouds I tell ya!
That’s cool. Reminds me of when Jamelle and Charles would come to the neighborhood school on sundays and play with us kids during are neighborhood football games. They both QB’d on opposite teams. Was and still am a huge Jamelle Holieway and Charles Thompson fan.
I always liked Jamelle and Charles.
Still to this day brings a smile to Charles face every time he sees me. Actually used to help watch Kendall when he was a baby. Very athletic family, was very upset when Kendall left. But hey there’s another one right around the corner.
a simpler, more gentle time……..what memories that group provided….
They should put his top 10 hits/plays up on the jumbotron just before kickoff.
That would get the players and the fans fired up. And that is definitely something we need for the early game.
Read the sbnation they pick neers HAH
Shep will blow up on Saturday. The stars are aligning. ’85 team in attendance. I’m calling it.
I will second that.
Mixon has 180 total yards and 3 scores and Shepard/Westbrook combine for 15 catches and 220 yards and 3 more scores
So is Perine not playing.
JE, your post about Tramel is funny. He said this yesterday on the Animal. OSU was protecting their deficit to Texas.
Sure he meant they were trying not to fall further behind, but his wording had me rolling.(which is not safe when driving)
He said that Monday as well. He actually meant it in a negative way. He called out Gundy for throwing in the towel and running up the middle for 1-2 yards over and over instead of trying to win with his so called “great” QB. Basically the usual little brother over-raters (is that a word?) acknowledged that OSU was exceptionally lucky to win that game.
Yeah, I heard that. It was sarcasm directed at Gundy for “protecting the deficit” by running it up the middle in second half. But, if the coaches felt like they couldn’t throw it with either QB then who am I to disagree? Both teams suck, and it was on full display in the second half.
I think I’d still take the over in the Baylor/Tech game
I was intrigued to read the article on the dominant WVU offense, until I read the article and it was about their dominant “YAWN” defense. [Facepalm]
My guess is trammel, kersey, and the usual anti-ou media guys will pick wvu this weekend. While Desmond Howard will be the only college gameday guy to pick wvu.
Agreed on that except I think Herbie will pick the good guys. He put OU in his playoff.
ESPN director of recruiting picked OU to be in the playoff
All three ESPN Big XII writers picked WVU over OU. Just saw it on twitter.
haha Trotter hates him some Sooners now. Loves him some Baylor though.
I had a twitter exchange with Trotter last week. The takeaway from it is that he doesn’t much care for OU and absolutely loves OSU. Lost a lot of respect for him in his lack of objectivity. I used to like his opinions. Not now. They are biased.
When he filled in for Al on sports animal in July, it was embarrassing how anti ou he was. Every night it was “man osu is so good I think they have a real shot to compete for the big 12 title, but ou has way too many question marks and their defense isn’t any good”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3I5XcsReT0
They are picking against the spread, not the winner of the game. A big difference.
I see no evidence of them picking against point spread. They list final scores here.
all 3 B12 bloggers over at the 4 letter network are picking the ‘eers.
I “lol’d” because I can absolutely see Desmond picking WVU.
Holy cow! I read that article on Hoiberg and ISU and I have to say the Cyclone’s AD blew it big time! Sounds like he was wanting varsity money for the school, but only willing to spend JV money on the team and travel. I can understand now why Hoiberg left so quickly, especially knowing how much he was loved by the Cyclone fans and how great of a job he did for ISU.
The gAggie Regent that made the facebook post about Texsa as a cupcake is also the same person that started the billboard campaign to try and get the Houston Texans to draft Miley Football a few years ago.
Seeing a lot of headlines out there that go, what does OU have to do to beat West VIrginia?
Really what does OU have to do? Where is the respect for the home team or the higher ranked team.
WVU is good don’t get me wrong, but what does OU have to do to beat WVU is just mind boggling to me
according to SB Nation, they (WVU) don’t have a pass rush. I don’t see that working out well for them.
They blitz a lot. As long as the Oline can handle the blitz, Baker Mayfield should shred that D
Burn ’em a couple a three times and they’ll settle that she-ite down.
Yeah, a couple of inside screens to Mixon and Perine will calm that quick.
And dumping it off over the middle to Andrews.
I loved that 1985 National Championship team. Holieway, Boz, Casillas, Lydell Carr, Anthony Stafford, Spenser Tillman, Keith Jackson, Darrel Reed, Derrick Shepard, Troy Johnson, David Vickers, Mark Hutson, Anthony Phillips. Awesome defense, incredible wishbone offense. It’s hard to believe that was 30 years ago. I’m officially OLD.
Welcome to the club. Great thing is we have seen it all before at OU. Perspective helps modify my view of things.
Every time I see you post I wondered if you are kin to jamelle?
How many of those guys were Okies?
Well per Mike Gundy I officially became a man a couple weeks ago.:-0
Happy late birthday to a young pup. 😎
Thank you!!
Worth the chuckle, 47. Worth the chuckle. Good one.
Waited my whole life wondering what it would be like and to be honest I didn’t feel a thing.
Ask Gundy. There’s has to be something you feel. Gundy was emphatic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoMmbUmKN0E
Boy I mean he was madder than an old wet hen wasn’t he?
Yes he was.
It always seemed a little manufactured to me. And he’s the douchey type to do that too.
Small man complex?
All I can say is that his tirade would be taken much more seriously if he wasnt decked out in clown orange. It was like being scolded by a 40 year old pumpkin.
( other than that I agree with his message )
He did say he wanted to puke.
That video never gets old. He’s a man and he’s 40 years old. He’s still just and Aggie.
I’m an old man! I’m 50!
Eric Pope Guard and Captain also a good friend of mine love the guy.
Eric changed Aikman’s career.
it IS very difficult to think that great group played 30 yrs ago……where has the time gone ??
I am getting really tired of all the WVU hype. They have beaten some really bad teams. I don’t care what Georgia Southern and Libery have done, THEY ARE GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND LIBERTY. They have, at best, one or two guys that could even make an active roster for OU. Maryland is one of the worst P5 teams around this year (I almost said the worst then immediately thought of Kansas and Vandy).
Hey, hyping every conference opponent has worked pretty well for the likes of Alabama and LSU.
But Vanderbilt and Arkansas would win any other conference!
WVU will probably load the box and have a full arsenal of blitz packages to see if Baker Mayfield can beat them. I think it comes down to our O Line & RB protection handling their aggressive defense to give Baker time to get it out to what should be man-to-man coverage on all of our wideouts. Would it make sense for us to go mainly to 4 & 5 wides and wear out their talented, but not deep secondary? I think we have a close game first half, but in second half we wear them down in both passing and running game and pull away. Something like 45-31 OU. Of course, CFB games are highly unpredictable so most anything can happen. But that is my best guess.
Good post. I got OU 48 – 27.
The big danger in “loading the box”, once a guy like Perine or Mixon get past the LOS……….its over. The other danger is the slant across the middle. C U later.
The Maryland QB that threw 4 int’s against WVU, had thrown 3 int’s the previous week vs South Florida. And 2 int’s in 2 passes the week b4 that.
Some perspective that is important in not labeling the couch burners defense as world beaters, for sure. Thanks.
Thanks for this. The Terps lost at home to BGSU 48-27, the week after BGSU lost to Tennessee. They managed to whip poor ol’ Richmond in the first game of the season, and they beat the South Florida team 35-17 at Maryland … S. Florida threw 2 INTs that day. The Maryland QB threw 1 INT vs Richmond, and 3 INTs vs BGSU. Amazing that the Maryland offense has thrown 11 INTs after only 4 games. Regardless, I still believe Mayfield will have his toughest test of the season (so far?) on Saturday … the opponents are averaging 3 INTs per game even though they haven’t really played anyone.
That Randy Edsell is quite the coach. Totally classless the way he left UConn. I was appalled that they hired him instead of Mike Leach.
And to think Dax Garman is 3rd or 4th string QB at Maryland, Just goes to show how bad OSU was at QB last year before turning to Rudolph.
Let every a** out there that think they know a lick about football, OU specifically, continue to pick against our boys. I believe this team is at its best when they feel they have something to prove. Once these boys get locked in the rest of the world can jump on the wagon but it’ll be too late: these boys will run rough shod over everyone else. I don’t think OU will care if it’s Kansas, or anyone for that matter, will be able to stop them from scoring 80+ points. If there are points to be scored, I want this team go after it just to prove a point. They’ve been shooting themselves in the foot but that’ll end soon. When it does, I’d hate to be on the other side.
I see little snippets that tell me this team is getting better. It’s only a matter of time.
Rough shod, love it.
I keep waiting for the (offensive) floodgates to open against a good team. It could happen at any moment. You can just feel it coming.
The big concern is that they haven’t opened it up yet, and the O-line really needs a big game against a good opponent. Once they have that, their confidence will grow exponentially. Until then, they’re still not sure how good they can be, and seem to lack that swagger that you have when you know you’re good.
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Sam I think you should be the honorary motivational speaker in the locker room at half time. Well said.
I’ll take it. Anything to get me next to the team.
If we hadn’t played Tulsa b4 this game I’d be worried. But after the defensive exposure we received vs Tulsa, I believe the defense has refocused during the bye week.
And will play lights out vs WVU. I’m guessing something like 35 – 24 OU
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meh
https://twitter.com/Tyrie_1/status/649651669668487168
Jordan, who is the guy in the middle?
Is that Michael Jordan?
yes
Michael Jordan
Is this a commitment?
no
Happy for Boz, the man inspired alot of football players growing up during that era. Still think he’s the best college LB in my lifetime at very least.
I wonder who in the history of college football was better? None I think.
I can’t think of anyone.
Yeah, there were many good ones. Even some great ones. But none as extraordinary. 2-time Butkus Award winner. That won’t happen again.
Anyone have any idea who this secret west coast visitor may be?
Apparently he is already committed to a school if that helps
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