Sooners News Daily 11.16.15
Posted on: November 16, 2015
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#Big12FB: Kickoff time and TV designation for Saturday, November 21 @TCUFootball at @OU_Football game is set for 7 p.m. CT on ABC.
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 15, 2015
HIGHLIGHTS: @OU_Football beats Baylor 44-34: https://t.co/k1U71nwSST Full postgame coverage, reaction & analysis on https://t.co/0zBSitWc8P
— Sooner Sports Network (@SoonerSportsTV) November 15, 2015
Oklahoma's win over Baylor returns Stoops, Sooners to elite https://t.co/ZT8rCupMBJ
— Ivan Maisel (@Ivan_Maisel) November 15, 2015
Big Picture: How #Oklahoma created one of nation's fiercest offenses: https://t.co/fbnqBeC2He
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 16, 2015
John E. Hoover: A different #Sooners team — players, coaches, attitude — leaves Waco victorious https://t.co/XexvcsIfUq via @ousportsextra
— John E. Hoover 🌮 (@johnehoover) November 15, 2015
OU football: Sooners' defense vs. Baylor good enough for Mike Stoops to scream about https://t.co/A81RkgUUqA
— Ryan Aber (@ryaber) November 15, 2015
Sterling Shepard shines bright in OU's biggest win since the 2014 Sugar Bowl: https://t.co/VLFub6FX0o #Sooners pic.twitter.com/Eu2bj4uPCL
— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) November 15, 2015
OU football: Samaje Perine, offensive line prove themselves in Waco https://t.co/5P0kVSBCRJ
— Ryan Aber (@ryaber) November 16, 2015
The case for Oklahoma as the real Big 12 contender (NY Post)
Black and blue: OU’s Mayfield carves up Baylor defense, playoff aspirations (Waco Trib)
Sooners made Bears look ordinary (Waco Trib)
No. 12 Oklahoma damages No. 6 Baylor's Playoff hopes—and bolsters its own: https://t.co/5pSZt4aYdp via @USATODAYsports
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) November 15, 2015
Our latest college football playoff predictions: https://t.co/mS8nLIRChm pic.twitter.com/87HAJlUHLB
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 15, 2015
Is 2015 Oklahoma like 2014 Ohio State? Also, this Pambazo. https://t.co/NO31ddEBDN pic.twitter.com/mukIcCIY9o
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) November 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/665881964373610497
With its huge win at Baylor, Oklahoma is back in playoff contention. Win out and the 1-loss Sooners may be in. https://t.co/WaFh3iu5gO
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 15, 2015
What has Baker Mayfield and the Sooners done? https://t.co/ET7aCcBOGg pic.twitter.com/DjyOK5y3Rp
— Sporting News College Football (@sn_ncaaf) November 15, 2015
My new Heisman Top 5: #Bama star Derrick Henry still going strong & #OU QB Baker Mayfield flies into the race: https://t.co/v7p1AUEZNb
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 15, 2015
#Big12FB: @OU_Football's Eric Striker and @CowboyFB's Emmanuel Ogbah are Lott IMPACT Trophy Semifinalists. https://t.co/UCzPc99otC
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 13, 2015
Austin Seibert has been selected as a semifinalist for the @RayGuyAward!! #OUDNA
➡️ https://t.co/CBvLtfxlwp pic.twitter.com/8DJIKVjpEy
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) November 13, 2015
#Big12FB: @OU_Football's Ty Darlington is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award – https://t.co/aNiSXTjZNh pic.twitter.com/0TS8SWfNQ7
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 13, 2015
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Sooners look like the team they’ve been trying to be for so long (Transcript)
Baker Mayfield for #Heisman? Sounds good. https://t.co/nmKvJ3bf5p pic.twitter.com/oWV2bjVOZw
— OU Sports Extra (@OUSportsExtra) November 15, 2015
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RECAP No. 17/18 #Sooners roll past Winthrop in season-opening victory Friday: https://t.co/krRocZtE5P #BeUncommon pic.twitter.com/WJ9ll9NFMP
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) November 14, 2015
PREVIEW | #Sooners continue homestand Monday night against North Texas ›› https://t.co/RMwsWvZPg8 #BeUncommon pic.twitter.com/1qSxi2k7nt
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) November 15, 2015
#Sooners Sweep Waco Weekend.
Full Recap: https://t.co/GXQNU5sLBq pic.twitter.com/NaghnFyQ0B— Oklahoma Volleyball (@OU_Volleyball) November 15, 2015
#Sooners pick up three wins at Northeast Duals to open 2015-16. RECAP: https://t.co/rWAqpkN41X#BuiltByTradition pic.twitter.com/bB7TAr8t6B
— Oklahoma Wrestling (@OU_Wrestling) November 15, 2015
Did it ever, wow! Couldn’t help but feel Rousey fought an absolutely terrible fight, but all credit to Holm who dominated from start to finish.
Holly Holm's knockout of Ronda Rousey shocks the world: https://t.co/rKJsm9nh9t pic.twitter.com/z1JzXuRa1s
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 15, 2015
Via @KevinI: Holly Holm shattered Ronda Rousey's unbeatable mythos with one devastating knockout. https://t.co/qWUhBzikFj
— Cody B (@crbrun) November 15, 2015
Ronda Rousey posts message thanking fans for support, says 'I'll be back' https://t.co/2Aold6P4g6 via @YahooSports #UFC193
— Ryan McKinnell (@RyanMcKinnell) November 16, 2015
Will Ronda Rousey follow in Gina Carano's footsteps after violent KO loss? @DaveDoylemma breaks it down: https://t.co/3jqO2snxPD
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 16, 2015
Shocker. Pretty classless, IMO, comments from Tate though.
Ronda Rousey's biggest rivals were pumped to taunt the former champ. https://t.co/tvlNpOwLNw pic.twitter.com/boe5kQeF49
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 15, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0og5JV3A-lA
196 Comments
BOOMER!!!
SOONER!!!
No idea what a Pambazo is.. but it looks delicious…!
Wish I had one too.
A giant tator tot?
Panino. Molto bene.
Waking up with on Monday with a Sooner win is a fantastic thing
Stat of the Week, Take II: Air-Raid teams were undefeated (7-0) this week for the first time this season. WVU won vs. Texas; Texas Tech beat K-State 59-44; TCU won 23-17 over Kansas; Cal topped Oregon State 54-24; Wazzu edged No. 19 UCLA 31-27 and Oklahoma beat No. 6 Baylor 44-34. UNC, whose offense is run by OC Seth Littrell, an old Leach assistant, also won blowing out Miami, 59-21. East Carolina, 4-6, was off. “Pretty good week for the Lubbock boys,” said Riley.
Beat TCU
Frog legs. It’s what’s for dinner!
You say Tate is classless, Rousey is a POS! She gives her opponents no respect and didn’t touch gloves at the beginning of the fight is a joke. I am happy the got knocked the F out!
Tate is classless.
Rousey isn’t??
Oh I see we are naming all classless people. Oops you just doubled up. Going back to Rousey is the same as tossing in that the human head weighs 8 lbs. Fascinating info but irrelevant to the actual conversation. Frankly, even if she is there are orders of magnitude between her and what tate did. She is relying on others to do what she could not and gloating about it. Frankly that reminds me of OState.
My thought exactly. “I can’t beat you, but I’m going to throw shade when someone else does.”
Twice…
Sorry, women beating the piss out of each other isn’t classy to begin with. Maybe I’m just too old fashioned.
BOOMER!!
Eh, neither of them are particularly classy. TUF 18 certainly shows that. Though Tate did make more attempts at being classy over the years than Ronda. They’ve both had their bad moments…Rousey during the face off with Holm, and then again by not touching gloves (but she’s hardly the first to ever do that.) As for Tate, I’ve always been wary of her character ever since she used Cat Zingano’s face to stand up after the round was over. It’s not really a big deal. That’s just how those two are.
I like Joe Mixon’s energy, he always goes… pumped up! !
I liked that he was, as often as not, the first guy on the spot pumping up whoever had made a play. They couldn’t get him into beast mode so he did the next best thing. Go Team!
yup…that is what I was referring to….
If you check out the awesome-sauce pass to Flowers in the endzone, Oakman gets puts flat on his back by Alvarez, picks himself up, and sulks while Mayfield is still doing his thang. When anyone starts spouting Oakman’s hype crap again, I will refer them to this film.
Beat the Frogs. I know we will.
I was just about to write about that – Oakman almost makes it look like he is going to go after Mayfield, but then just completely gives up on the play
Heck, write it again, my friend. The more attention directed at Oakman’s atrocious play the better. If only he was as talented as he is dirty.
I watched Oakman on Brown lady night during replay. Brown owned him. If anybody thought Jordan Phillips took plays off, watch this guy. He’s the leader in the clubhouse.
I also couldn’t help but notice on the play that we called a quick time-out right before the snap, Mayfield was going to throw a quick screen up top, but just pumped the ball as the whistles blew. Oakman blew past Brown on his way to Mayfield and then had to let up, but he started jumping up and down, clinching his fist, like “Ah man, I had a sack! I was gonna kill him!” BREAKING NEWS to Oakman: You were unblocked b/c the play was blown dead, plus it was a quick screen up top, Mayfield would not have still had the ball had the play continue! #overrated #finished
He gave up on most plays. Never put his body into Brown at all, and Brown was content to play Patty-cake with him.
Oakman is a classic case of ‘looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane’. He’s a solid player, but the hype is beyond ridiculous.
Amen, Bart. Hope that goes on his draft profile: “Looks like Tarzan. Plays like Jane.”
SI had an article about Oakman and summed it up by saying his play is pretty pedestrian and that Billings is the baller on the Baylor DL. Could not argue with that.
I forgot about that article. Billing’s seems to be a serous draft pick on the DL. Oakman seems like the kind of guy who will wow the scouts at the combine, then do very little at the next level. Just my opinion though. . . I’m no scout and I didn’t stay at a holiday inn express either, so I may be completely off base with that. LOL
He’s a future 5th rounder who gets cut from the practice squad in less than a year. Book it.
ABSOLUTELY. Oakman is a physical specimen, and that’s about it. He would have difficulty starting for most top 15 teams. IF you go back (even to just the highlights), and watch him, he either takes plays off, or make an initial push, then gives up. I’m convinced he’s on the field to be an ‘enforcer’, but it doesn’t work when nobody is afraid of you. Also, having a guy opposite him that’s bigger helps. Brown owned him all night.
Yeah, I actually re-watched the game after work and watched him more closely on many plays. If the first push wasn’t successful he was pretty much done, unless he thought he could throw his weight around. I was glad to see our guys stand up to this crap and fight back, even if it resulted in some penalties.
Jordan, it must be a lot more fun to make these after a win like that lol
🙂
Also, all you Okies living in western-to-central Oklahoma, be safe tonight. Could be a weird weather day.
Did anyone else notice around the 11:43 mark on the highlight vid on that KO return that the runner looks like he gets taken down by Flowers feet to the chest? I noticed that during the game, and I was hoping it wouldn’t have been a penalty, given Dimon getting ejected for kicking earlier.
#beattcu lets go
Focus TCU.
I assume you guys will be compiling a TCU visitor list pretty soon..?
I know I read earlier in the year that we have several studs visiting this weekend. Good time to welcome them to OUDNA!
After two days I find myself still disturbed about a couple of our actions on the field Sat night and a couple of pregame posts here . I know that TFB will have something to say at some point and probably say it much better, but I just have to speak up somewhere.
If I see a bit of tarnish on a plastic cup I throw it away .
If I would see a bit of tarnish on a priceless one-of-a-kind work of art I would find it very distressful. That is how I feel now .
We are OKLAHOMA . That is why we do not sink to the level of the TTech/Baylor/couch burners/texsa/PennStates of the world . We do not Envy them . They envy us!
We , are the standard ! We know that the best revenge is Winning !
And winning with style and class , like the Champions that we are . Always !
I know that these sentiments are going to be expressed to the players involved , but i wish to reach out to fans of the greatest football program ever !
President Banowski said ” we’re building a university the football team can be proud of “.
I want to be a fan the football team can be proud of .
When we as fans ( as well as the players ) sink down to sewer level we are saying that we Envy those dwelling there . This MUST NEVER be !
We are OKLAHOMA ! We DO NOT ENVY ANYONE .
We are the best .and that is enough .
Go back to your insulated cave. Lol. It’s football. Emotions are a part of that. So tired of this holier than thou crap. Get over it. We kicked the clowns asses. Enjoy it and chill out.
Baylor brought it on themselves. They brought out the “Monster”!
The one thing I do find distasteful, is Dimon f-uing the crowd. Not needed.
I liked that too. Just me though.
I agree about Dimon, but what we as fans need to realize is that we’re not on the field playing the game. Part of Baylor’s ‘game’ is that they try to intimidate and bully their opposition into acquiescing on the field. How does an opponent combat that IF talent/plan/effort are pretty comparable? You can either take the high road and let them get in your face and push you around (while you whine to the referees) or you can fight them whenever/wherever the opportunity presents itself. Fighting ‘the bully of the big12’ has risks, and sometimes you both end up in the principal’s office. It’s the nature of the game. I was very proud of our team Saturday night … they fought and they were passionate and hey, they just happened to win too!
I have no problem with being physical and intimidating, but whether you like it or not, these things hurt the team. Those penalties cost us valuable yards on drives that led to points. Dimon getting kicked out hurt us for depth on the d line, and possibly could lead to further penalties from the conference. And as far as the f-you, I don’t think that helps with recruits either. We all know momma is the key to recruits, and I don’t know many mommas that care for that kind of stuff.
That’s pretty in depth. How will it affect world hunger, the eco-system? Just saying, it’s not a big deal. Obviously penalties stink but it was all part of the game on Sat night. It’s what happened. It cannot be changed. The coaches will handle it.
Maybe I misunderstood, but I took your first comment to mean it doesn’t matter. I don’t think my analysis to too in depth, but I do think that yours is too simplistic. My point is that it does matter, and specifically to the football team both on and of the field. I suppose that because we won its easier to sweep it all away, but had we lost by a couple of points I don’t think your reaction would be different.
Baylor has throttled our Ass two years in a row… I see a lot of people acting all pissed on folks being ecstatic over beating Baylor. Lowly Baylor put us in the Playoff discussion along with tOSU and Bama. It was incredibly validating to crush whatever ego they had and humiliate them in front of their 20 recruits (the first loss in their fancy stadium) after all the crap the team has endured for 2 years. Beating Baylor put us back into #7 and validated what we already knew- arguably the best QB in CFB. Yes, “We are Oklahoma” is good, but product in the field is what counts.
65 recruits.
Sucks to be Baylor..I saw where one of them (JP Urqui*whateverhisnameis) predict an 80-0 win for them. Huh??
we need a bully kind of attitude though, I have no problem with it. That attitude is what made us successful in the Switzer era and has been missing since Torrance Marshall graduated. I have no problem with it just like I had no problem with the personal foul on Evans hitting Stidham during the first series. So far my favorite penalty of the year.
Didn’t have a problem with that one either – guess I should have been more specific 🙁
Love this. We came out swinging lol
My favorite penalty was Brown with the forearm smash on #48 after he had been flipped on the ground by Mixon.
If I may – I love smash mouth football ! Hit em in the mouth . Run right up the middle when they know you’re coming and make yards , or score , anyway – sweet . Tackle em behind the line while being held the hole way , yes ! Get up while being taunted and say nice tackle , then score on the next play , marvelous !
Kick a guy in the face while he’s lying on his back – not acceptable -punch a little guy who’s sitting on the ground because another lineman just destroyed him – classless .and “Holier than thou” ? what does that have to do with Anything ?
The Dimon “kicked” the guy while DIMON was on his back. I seriously doubt he knew the guy’s helmet was there. I didn’t have the chance to see the game live, but I was expecting much worse when I rewatched the game.
Think it was OU Prez Cross who made the statement about “a university the team can be proud of”. Hope the late hits will be addressed by coaches; still remember one on Colt McCoy that cost the Sooners dearly in the Bradford-era.
I remember several of them. I also remember calling BS each time.
For anyone who wanted to know what OU would have done following the Bama win in the Sugar Bowl, you’re about to find out.
This team is super confident, not cocky, confident: Mayfield said it best, “This team can achieve anything we think we can.”
Big one this weekend! Here’s the hype video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLPy_Rojc0
[Sighs]. Swanny, I’m glad you’re a Sooners fan.
[Sighs again]. Perine, I’m glad you didn’t sign with Bama.
Perine has been incredible. He made the decision based on where he thought he could get playing time, but since then, I think he has bought in whole-heartedly on what it means to be a Sooner
Thing is, Saban doesn’t have a two in his one-two punch. Perine would be getting plenty of PT right alongside Henry right now if he had went to Bama.
Baylor’s dirty wasn’t dirty enough. No one. Can destroy. The Mayfield. (“The [Mayfield] will strike you down with a vicious blow.”).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR7U1HIhxfA
Baylor gotta away with a targeting call on Joe Mixon. I was so pissed
Me too. That was an awful non-call.
Thought little Briles was suspended for a half?
He was suspended for a half (of a sandwich).
Art: “Well, they didn’t really specify the semantics. What am I to think when they say, ‘Suspend my son for a half’? I mean…
…have you seen my big, fat tight end?”
That was Lebby, the RB coach.
Son in law maybe??
It wasn’t his son it was another assistant coach. Libby or something like that.
The final score doesn’t even do that game justice. Opening drive aside, OU owned Baylor the entire night. Take away a couple of the inexcusable mental lapses and there’s a 2 or 3 TD swing in that game.
Also if Mark Andrews didn’t suddenly develop butter fingers. I think we had to settle for a FG after his second drop (first one ended up to Shepard, so that didn’t matter as much).
The second one was inexcusable but I give him a pass on the 1st drop. He made a great adjustment but for a young kid in that game in those conditions making that adjustment and securing the ball is a big ask.
OU won and looked like they have even more room for improvement. If they reach their talent level this is definitely a NC worthy team.
I still have some doubt about how well OU can run the ball against an elite D line… but I agree, that can play with anyone in the nation right now.
Against Bama they might struggle but the rest I think they will be able to hold their own
You know after watching that game I think I want to change my assessment of our O-Line. I used to say they were bad, but I think they are just insanely inconsistent. I saw them get destroyed one play and then turn around and put the entire Dline on its ass and knock some linebackers out of their shoes…….its a whole lot of one or the other, not much middle ground.
Inconsistent is what you get when you start two freshmen and a sophomore.
I have actually felt Darlington and Kasitati are the two most inconsistent. But I have yet to completely rewatch many of the games this year. Maybe JY can enlighten us. 🙂
It really takes someone who understands the assignments to know who’s at fault on the OL. Since I am not that guy, I don’t generally comment on individual play. Its always hard to know who missed the assignment and who looks like they did but was only trying to clean up the other guy’s mistake.
Put this QB comparison for this week for Baker – check out those total yards and TD/Int. Pretty darn good.
Great win this weekend boys! Let’s go get a few more!
Baker might have equaled Sam’s TDs on Saturday if he didn’t slightly overthrow DeDe on those deep balls (or if that one didn’t slip right through his hands)
This truly, truly shows just how outstanding Baker has been thus far!
Well, well, well. “It’s yet another fine day to be a SOONER”. I will be eating a little crow this morning, for all the tirades I have had about M. Stoops. Congratulations to the defense for never giving up. And also to the offense for not getting discouraged after the first drive. Now with that said it is on to the next. Focus on TCU, and only TCU.
Beat TCU!
I liked Bob’s comments after the game when asked how we stopped (slowed down) Baylor’s offense. His response was to take control of their run game and then pressure the WR’s on the outside. The D line & LB’s came through on the first, and the secondary played great against the latter. Really nice defensive effort all around.
That display looks pretty cheap. Nice statue on a junk platform backed by some Kinkos poster printouts.
I had a good chuckle over this… RG3 statue with some new headgear after the game
For those out there screaming for further punishment for Matt Dimon, just read that he will be forced to watch the remake of Karate Kid with Stephen Dale breaking it down
The Eighth Amendment states “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
Have a heart. That’s too cruel
Watching that highlight video it was really fun to see the joy in the faces of the defense, especially the DB’s, after the pick that sealed it. I didn’t observe that during the game, mostly because I was dancing around my patio/refilling my cocktail right after that pick. LOL
Those guys were soundly criticized all last year, but most especially after the Baylor game. What redemption for those kids to work their asses off all year and see it pay off in the way it did. Also nice to see the old dog (Mike Stoops) learn some new tricks defensively; he made adjustments I didn’t know if he was capable of making and the defense has been greatly improved so far this year. Amazing turn around.
Mike sucked last year for sure but, our secondary was young and slow. The slow moved on and the young grew up this year. I think Mike was calling plays last year to protect the weakness (Secondary) he is now trying to call plays that depends on a strong secondary.
Replay just started. That third down spot on our first possession is still horrible. That was a first down.
Sooners got a lot of bad breaks from the zebras but still won. It’s great to get a Top 10 road win. On to TCU!
We also caught a break on OUr last TD. Samia was almost in the end zone, should have been illegal man downfield.
No, the LOS was the 6 yd line . Oline gets a 3 yard pass before that call is made.
True, but Samia was at the one just before Baker released the ball. He was working his way back to the LOS to block.
I knew it was so I rewatched it last night in slow motion.
I’m not watching the replay so I believe what you’re saying but I remember thinking it was a fair spot during the game. I thought his knee was down before the ball crossed the line of gain on that reach.
Anyone know the status of Boykin and Doctson?
Nothing definite. Was wondering same.
didn’t doctson play? I think Boykin will be fine. They were playing KU, they thought they’d n/play him as a precaution, imo. He walked behind the trainers walking off; that doesn’t usually happen when a guy is serious. I think he limped afterwards b/c they had him in a boot. But, that was my surmising during the KU game, so we’ll see.
no word yet.. but i doubt he plays
Prepare as if he’s playing.
Last I read, Boykin = high ankle sprain. Day-to-day. Even if he plays, risky. Easily reinjured.
I was listening to Solid Verbal and they had mentioned that Boykin said he would play this weekend. Unconfirmed as far as I know, but worth mentioning
Expect to see a well coached and motivated TCU come to town, with Boykin and Doctson both ready. I think this will be a BIG challenge for the Sooners.
I’m worried about nothing but TCU. The big game hangover, combined with a perception that Boykin may not be full strength, has me concerned.
Our guys proved against Texsa that they are prone to get caught up in the pomp and circumstance of their own success. This week is the perfect week to let it happen again.
Hopefully, they’ll prepare and play against TCU the way they did Baylor. They’ll need it to win.
Boykin will probably be a game time decision. Doctson played last week with a very heavily taped wrist. I think he only had one reception, but that was from the poor QB play that TCU had.
I want to see some big booms.
Boobs*
All three!
Is there a chance that this week’s game atmosphere is 2008 Texas Techesque? Please, please, gimme!
How many sacks did OU have on Saturday? Baylor had given up only 9 all season. I believe we had 5 or 6 on Saturday.
That Tapper suplex was awesome.
Yes it was and legal. I think he wanted to punish him. I checked the stats. OU had 2 sacks. It seemed like a lot more. I guess it was because they were hitting Stidham a lot.
How many TFLs?
Seen last night that 23.4% of Baylors rushing attempts went for 0 or a loss.
Very stout.
Aye, sans their first possession they were shut down rushing the ball. Im thinking that first drive was mostly nerves by the DL that allowed them to run straight down their throat to start too
Seemed like at the start of each half it took us one drive to get up to Baylor’s speed of play. Once that happened, we were pretty stout.
I was giving Briles some credit for adjustments after half.
Well you are a gentleman and a scholar. I am not.
🙂 I try to be the first part, the second well Im not sure about
It’s the Internet. Being able to write a sentence with a subject and a verb and punctuate it correctly makes you a scholar.
In that case, Texas sucks at football and everything else.
Nice try, but you misspelled Texsa.
I am ashamed.
True, that. 🙂
All season we seem to have been on the wrong page on our opponents opening drive, but we seem to always adjust by the second drive. Very cool to see that.
Really like the dline play the last few games. Hope they keep it up.
Me too, on the picks thread last week Tapper would have 2 sacks and a pass break up. He had 1 sack and a pass break up. He’s been living up to his potential the last 3 weeks and Walker is developing into a nightmare.
I think there were only 2 sacks, but several other tackles for loss.
The Miesha Tate comments… reminds me of a little sister school football team fan whose team loses to yours, then goes on to mock your team when they get beat by someone else.
SEC style?
I think the committee is going to show UNC a lot of love today. If they can upset Clemson they are a real contender to make the playoff. With a small miracle in B1G country I can easily see the final 4 being Bama, OU, Iowa, UNC. Find me the guy who made that bet preseason.
I dont even care about the heisman trophy… I just want to beat TCU this week. It’ll take care of itself.
A couple of thing to help the Sooners in regards to the playoff. (This is soley for discussion)
1) I don’t know if you have been seeing but Tennessee is really starting to come together. are 6-4, with Vandy and Mizzou left. If they pull off a couple of victories that be nice for the Sooners.
2)As for Notre Dame, they still have to play Stanford, who lost last week. But prior to that, Stanford has been playing food football. I just don’t see it as a given victory for the Irish.
Because of the remaining games several of those ahead of us have to be eliminated because they play each other or us. Right now the worst case scenario comes down to OU, Alabama, Clemson, tOSU, and ND. There are quite a few big games left for each of those. We just need to win ours and someone ahead of us is likely to lose.
If Stanford beats ND, and OU wins out, Sooners can get in. If ND beats Stanford, the Irish are likely in, regardless.
can someone ‘splain to me why I haven’t heard a BOOM yet?
Well, put simply, no one has committed yet. 🙂
This is not the time when BOOMs normally happen. Most of the kids that are still on the board are a) in the middle of high school playoffs and b) still taking the official visits. Once those are over, expect the commitments to start coming in. Some of those will probably be BOOMs for the good guys.
Two more games. The boys have the proper incentive and motivation.
Also another team that is playing well. Is Mike Leach’s WSU, they are ranked at 7-3 and all three losses are by 7,6 and 2 points. Glad Leach is finally able to turn WSU around and he was given the time to do so.
Also another team that is playing well. Is Mike Leach’s WSU, they are ranked at 7-3 and all three losses are by 7,6 and 2 points. Glad Leach is finally able to turn WSU around and he was given the time to do so.
When will something be done about camera crews so close to the field of play. If an athlete can run a 4.3 forty, how fast do you think they will cover 5 yards?
I see the camera crews as selfish: they are trying to get that great shot at the risk of injury to others. How is it that you can’t see the action coming right at you and not think I have to move?
Second time Shep has hurt his back falling on a camera.
speaking of hurt. Mayfield is one tough hombre. He was hobbled and still played like an All American.
He played through pain in a couple of other games, too. He takes it and doesn’t quit.
Yeah, at one point Saturday it looked like his left arm was hanging dead on his side. I was sure he had a separated shoulder or something but he kept on playing
If it is the play I remember it looked like it was probably a “stinger”. Hurts at the moment but no real damage.
He hit his funny bone on another player’s face mask on that play if I remember correctly. He was also hobbled against Tennessee and still kept going.
He’s having too much fun to come out!
She had a telephoto lens too. No need to be that close to sidelines.
Yep. It’s ridiculous.
My wife is a photographer. I have some idea how much those lens and cameras cost. Sitting that close to the sideline is putting a large investment at risk. Of course, my wife the photographer usually isn’t paying attention to where she is at when she is looking for the right angle. There’s this story about a fire ant hill.
Yeah, I’m an amateur photographer and have priced some smaller lenses. You could buy a very nice car with the price of her lens.
Add in the price of the camera body and you’re in luxury car range.
And when they are on the sideline, they are sitting comfortably on their knees or cross-legged, both of which inhibit their ability to quickly vacate the area if need be.
And probably total unaware of anything other than “the picture.” At least, if she is like my wife.
I take video/breakdown tape for our local JV/V squads. I stay on my feet, but there have been times I still almost couldn’t get away in time. I can feel the air rush past me as my life flashes before my eyes!
Once again, this has nothing to do with the opponents OU has to face. It has everything to do with OU. This team is as good as it wants to be.
There were at 28 more points we could have scored:
1. Mayfield missed a wide open Perine in the flat. He went for Shepard instead. Drive stalled.
2. Sanchez should have taken his interception up the sideline instead of cutting back to the middle. He had a convoy.
3. Andrews drop in the end zone.
4. Andrews drop at the two yard line.
This could have been a lot worse for Baylor.
One possession, thinking in the 3rd. Mayfield through it deep when Shep was open for the first down.
It’s all right there. Just a little bit more and this will be a devastating team. Take the nickels and dimes. Base hit a team like Baylor and it’s a slow frustrating death. They won’t know where or when to be there.
It’s crazy to think they have room for improvement. But they have a lot of guys who can make plays…and Baylor sold out to stop Mixon. Guess he scared them the most
The first Andrews drop ended up a Shepard TD, if memory serves (or it was Seibert’s FG, so at most 4 points extra there), so that should probably be stricken from the list. Don’t forget the one DeDe drop on the long ball, and the slight overthrows from Baker to DeDe throughout the first half. Any one of those with a little better touch and DeDe likely has a couple more TD’s
Thanks for clearing that up. Good point about DeDe.
The rain probably didn’t help too much with those passes.
Two 15 yard penalties to extend Baylor drives on 3rd down.
I believe they went on to score TDs on both as well… The game wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated.
I believe you are correct.
Also had some penalties that stalled our drives. Plus we ran out the clock with almost 2 min deep in BU territory. Could have easily been 60+ pts to 20 pts.
Im glad it was a close final score. No need to send Baylor spiraling in the polls. OU needs them to be ranked fairly high on selection day.
True, but we need them to lose to OSU.
That’s a better point. Can’t wait to whip a top 4 OSU.
Yeah a close loss to OSU, so they stay in the top 15
That’s a good point.
It’s nice to see so many points left on the field and still dominate an opponent. They can only get better.
A personal foul penalty took us at least out of field goal range, if not, four down territory.
Really love how supportive this OU team is of each other. They just seem so much more excited for one another after a big play than teams of the past; especially with Perine and Mixon, also Knight and Mayfield. It’s awesome.
Yeah they seem to be a “team” this year. Which only fuels the fire that this is the team to bring home #8
Exactly. Everyone is a team player and is doing their job.
That shot of Knight was good to see. He just wants to win. He doesn’t care who at QB. I read a quote once. I’m sure you’ve heard it before. It’s one I live by: “It’s amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
Trevor Knight is just a stand up guy. You can tell when he’s celebrating that he’s genuinely happy for both Baker and the team. No question as to why he is a Captain.
Absolutely. He’s a class act, and destined for big things after college.
Congratz Baker!!!
https://twitter.com/OU_CoachStoops/status/666300930913132544
The only Big 12 player close to BM performance was Sterling Shepard! Shep was also fabulous!
My thoughts exactly. Shep could easily have taken the award.
Shep is awesome.
FYI. There is an open post up.
I don’t about anyone else but I liked when Brown buried the Baylor dlinemen (was it Oakman? can’t remember). I know it drew a penalty but it was a tone setter. I knew then that this team, who talked with an edge all week, was playing with an edge and did the whole game. Let’s hope they continue to play with that edge the next two games.
Texas Tech to Baker. We can with with you or without you about half the time. You know every tech fan has to just be angry.