Sooners News Daily 4.19.16
Posted on: April 19, 2016
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OU's special teams unit in good hands (or legs?) with Austin Seibert and Alex Ross: https://t.co/mu7p4ma9CO #Sooners pic.twitter.com/kupZSkk79L
— Joe Buettner (@Joe_Buettner) April 18, 2016
It's not done yet! NCAA executive Oliver Luck says the satellite camp ban may be revisited: https://t.co/RhIMkqx4S1
— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) April 18, 2016
ESPN has parted ways with a couple of college football staffers: https://t.co/mhmTWXY8Ye
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) April 18, 2016
OTHER
The newest RPI poll is out and the #Sooners have jumped 4 spots up to No. 3!
See the full rankings: https://t.co/fvEPQtuewB
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) April 18, 2016
Bedlam Baseball in Norman Tuesday Night.
Preview/Tickets: https://t.co/x3bDLbH1Zj pic.twitter.com/Spazwcwk77— Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) April 19, 2016
Jon Jones squashes one beef while another intensifies: https://t.co/aYV9inOK66 pic.twitter.com/rAkFB7wV3k
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 19, 2016
Real-life Transformers are pretty lame, apparently.
Nice tumble, coach.
213 Comments
BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1ST
1st loser BOOMER!!!!!!!
Hey Doc ,you up for some bulldozer battle?
Yup do you have a few out there?
2 D9S tracks
That will work I only have a 10k.
Sooner!
SOONER!
SOONER!
Is Seibert going to kick off too, now with Hodgson gone?
Hope not,its to much.I mean 10 touchdowns a game,altho that would also mean no punts.
That would probably add 7 or 8 additional kicks a game. Maybe they could ice his leg in between kicks?
Kicking, punting, and kickoffs? Probably is a little much to ask of one person. What happened with Steed — thought he was a top-notch punter when we recruited him?
I think I read somewhere Steed is likely to transfer – possibly to Florida State.
Good morning, fellow Brainiacs!!!
Morning J.r.
Good morning, Metz!!
Morning JR.
Good morning, Doc!!
Good morning good sir
Good morning, Magic!!
Morning
Good morning, Dave!!
Sooooo… is it football season?
Not yet,but it is 7:50 and texsa still sucks.!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is very true
Texsa sucks all day everyday.
Texsa’ suck is neverending
Morning all. Is ESPN making room for more former SEC players?
LOL probably,Morning.
I liked Schad
He was probably too critical of the SEC. Wasn’t toeing the party line.
Yep he probably told them the SEC is not the best
He never (to me) seemed to fit in with the others at ESPN. He always seemed to be trying a bit too hard and I didn’t get the feeling (from watching) that he was particularly well-liked.
Trying to curb red ink …
Good Morning all Boomer!
Mornin,SOONER!!!!!
Good morning, David!
All lurkers,stop lurking!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 47,Jake,Golf,Sam,Ray,im looking@you!!!!!!!!!!!
Just now fired up the computer, had a meeting this morning.
I got a 10:00 and a 1:30 today!!!!!!!!!
Tell ’em the mesicans did it and move on.
lmao
What’s a “lurker”?
Lurk: (verb (used without object)): to read or observe an ongoing discussion without participating in it, as on a message board.
Busted. 🙁
I’ve been lurking yes, but it’s because I’m so freaking busy right now. Just finished taxes, now I have to get my quarterly taxes done (unemployment and fuel) and I had two friends pass away on Friday. I’ll be back more regular next week!
Sorry for your friends.
Thank you. Sad day. One was my Dad’s golfing buddy of 20 years, the other was only 48. UGH!
Sorry to hear that, Golf.
I appreciate it.
Yikes.
Sorry Golf – that makes it real. Thoughts and prayers for you and fam.
Let me just add to everyone, if you do not feel good for several days in a row, GET TO THE DOCTOR! My friend that passed away, the 48 year old, had not been feeling good for almost a year and finally said something. They got him to the doctor and by then it was to late to do anything for him. His kidneys stopped working and he passed away in the hospital before he could get his young daughters out of school and up there to see him.
Wow, sorry, Golf.
Thank you Slim.
Sorry for your loss. Prayers for your friends family
Thank you Jim.
Sorry for your loss.
Thank you Oscar.
Sorry to hear that news Golf.
Thank you.
Very sorry for the loss Golf
Thanks 76!
Very sorry for the loss Golf
Sorry to hear. Prayers going up for your friends and families.
Thank you Bleed!
Very sorry to hear that. Sending prayers your way.
But reading the TFB conversations are like a free ticket to the circus. It is just so darn entertaining.
LOL! Good one Malicong!
“There’s a sucker born every minute.” – P.T. Barnum
they vote every 4 yrs, too………………
True!
Still living in the illusion you are.
And addictive! I bet I check in here 15 times a day at least.
Just woke up. Morning all.
Man, that must be nice! 🙂 Top of the morning to you, Slim!
Good morning! I’m old and retired!
I’m old but not retired — yet.
I am old and <2.5 years from retirement.
I highly recommend retirement!! You’re getting close!
Mornin’ Slim. Mornin’ TFBs. Same here… old and out to pasture. Wife says I’ve been put out to stud. I like her version. But it’s still a great day to wake up and be a Sooner!!
Morning, Houligan! Ain’t it great!
Morning ,Slim
Morning Metz, have to lurk since I am in boiler class the next three days. Studying for the boiler operators license test. But hey ” It’s a great day to be a SOONER”
Mornin ,47
Just trying to add to my resume!!
Lots of pressure there! Heh.
Yes, and some people get a little steamed with pressure. 😉
I see what you did there.
Forgive me, Metz! I miss cutting up on the board with you guys. This 2-week old baby won’t wipe or feed his own self! Can you believe that nonsense?!
I’m kinda sleepy
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I remember those days. Couldn’t wait for them to walk and speak, then remembering the saying. Be careful of what you ask for. 🙂
You spend the first two years waiting for them to walk and talk and the rest of their time in your house telling them to sit down and shut up.
one spends 18 yrs for them to grow up and they come home with kids of their own for the grandparents to raise….Lucky are the parents whose children can and will raise their own families…
I guess I’m not one of the cool kids.
Me neither, Bob. Lol.
Didn’t make the cut either.
Im on the waiting list.
It’s lonely down here in the cellar.
Startin’ to get pretty good company down here actually.
I’m knocking on the cellar door. Got a long way to go.
The coolest, BOB.
…
I hear ya’ knockin’!
GUYSSSSSSSS I WAS REFERING TO WHOM I THOUGHT WAS LURKING AT THE TIME,I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Given the whole OP kerfuffle how are we to believe this?
Sure sure Metz….like we believe THAT. Next thing you’ll be telling us that the OP is up….
edit: oops just saw Bob made same reference.
She needs a spankin’! Obviously.
Translation: I love the guys I mentioned, but you other guys would be on some kind of list if I made one for that.
I just received my “Daily Affirmation From Metz: Now, I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, Metz Likes Me!
Special teams is in good hands? Outside of Seibert, we have no special teams. Ross had one decent return all year.
Who returned ( I mean fair caught) punts in the spring game? I can live with Ross; the punt return (fair catch) game drives me nuts!
I think Westbrook was our PR in the Spring game.
Westbrook, Baxter, Mixon and Humphrey all “returned” punts in the spring game.
Truth. It was good seeing several people tried out.
I want to see Humphrey or Baxter out there returning them. I’m really fine with whoever, I just think those two have a better chance of being allowed to return them than others.
I don’t want what happened last year to happen again. What good is putting someone very valuable to your offense (Shep), who is excellent with the ball in his hands, out to return punts if he just sits there? Either suck up the chance that he gets hurt and let him return them (not my preference, but still better than 95% fair catches) or be too scared to play him and let someone else actually return them (my preference).
Bottom line – there are punts in football games. Return them. Please.
Might be a combo of reliable hands being on a player too valuable to allow to run in the event of injury.
Lack of depth at skill positions showed greatly. It was worrisome that only two guys on a roster of 80-something players could return a punt or kick.
Ross drives me crazy, he falls to ground with the slightest contact.
Could he be one of Gundy’s biggest misses in RB recruiting?
Tough to beat Jermie Calhoun, Justin Johnson and Brandon Williams.
The ONLY phase of ST where OU did well was ‘punt return defense’ where OU was #1. Seibert was 49th in punting and 44th in FG %. OU not even top 50 in any other ST category. Not near good enough for a team with national championship aspirations.
I agree that our Punt Return strategy was terrible. I hope that will improve this year.
As for Seibert yes he was 49th in punting because he doesn’t punt for distance he punts for height and that is why we were #1 in punt coverage. I think we also have to remember he was a true freshman which should mean he takes a pretty big step forward this year especially in FGs I thought his punt was very solid last year. So I would say special teams is doing fine.
Stoops has commented on Seibert’s high punts and how that keeps them from being returnable. Just to put numbers to it. We had eleven punts returned for a total of TWELVE yards.
That is impressive, to say the least. Heck having only eleven punts RETURNABLE is impressive as heck as well!
We had 57 punts but they only returned eleven. This is compared to our opponents that punted 91 times and we returned 22 for 165 yards.
Less then 20% returnable and we are there on top of them in every case it appears. So distance is important but hang time is perhaps even more essential to stopping returns! You don’t get much better then what we did last year. It would be great if we were dangerous on returns on our own side as well, of course!
Yeah, when we talk ST we need to realize that our kicking side is very good. It’s mainly the punt returning that is bad. KO returns were average.
Hang time is definitely important in return coverage. There is a term “out kicked his coverage.” Kick it too far and there is more room for the guy to make his cuts and get loose.
Good point! And the distance was negligible.. 6 yds. He will get stronger as he matures. So…yes..punting and punt return D is very good. The rest of OUr ST … not so much.
That’s why I’m baffled at that article. How can anyone feel good about ST play? Needs overhauled badly.
every year around this boring time in sports, I start over the football season and rewatch all the games.. I’m only 3 games in and being scared of injury might be a reason for the lack of returns. But early in the year about 70 percent of our returns had either a penalty or a fumble on a return, those things happening you are losing field position.. And then if you go back to the Tennessee game their punter was incredible when we had any sort of chance to flip field position, but still we were pinned inside our 20 the whole game.. Bob made a Bob decision to not shoot ourselves in the foot anymore and played it safe the rest of the year in my opinio, hell we just stopped even blocking for a return
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137 DTG. Hallmark, don’t let us down!!!
You know, we cut the cord and we don’t get the Hallmark channel anymore. I have had to hear about it every single day for the last 3 weeks! I told her by Christmas time she will get to see it someway. LOL
You know the saying, Happy wife, happy life. 😉
Hold it as a bargaining chip for OU games when she wants to drag you along to see the relatives.
Congrats to OU softball. Patty Gasso is legit. I was thinking this was going to be a rough year by OU softball standards because they are such a young squad. But they just keep playing better and better and improving with each game.
Amazing group of freshmen. This team is going to be a force for years to come.
You’re right, the freshman are amazing. Truly kicking some ass.
the one knock against the group is their diminutive size : all are shorter than 6’0″ and none seemingly have the power potential of Chamberlain or S.Pendley…..
I remember where I was and what I was doing. Remember feeling the rolling shock wave.
God Bless the State of Oklahoma and all those impacted by this. Still tears at my heart.
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OKC Bombing…
Thanks. Been out of the state for a few years, forgot that today was the anniversary.
21 YEARS TODAY.
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I no longer lived in OK at the time but watched on tv from work and cried when I saw the devastation and heard about the daycare and the children. Still hard to fathom.
at the time, didn’t know anything about it……..came home. turned on the news and looking at the pic I thought reflexively it was another day in beiruit……..stunned when they said okc
I know a lady that was in the building. After 6 hours, she was rescued. I cannot even imagine.
Anniversary of the OKC bombing
This is a good date for positive reasons too, though. My brother is 77 today and I am 79, the battle of Lexington and Concord took place, and in 1890 Jemima became an aunt (I confess that I made up the last one 🙂
Mm mm. Don’t care if u Made up or not, that woman can make some flapjacks
‘Patriot’s Day’ – April 19, not to be confused w/ ‘Patriot Day’ – 9/11. And today is your Bday?? Hope it is a great day for you, no matter.
‘Patriot’s Day’ – April 19, not to be confused w/ ‘Patriot Day’ – 9/11. And today is your Bday?? Hope it is a great day for you, no matter.
Also the end of the Waco Branch Davidian siege.
A friend of mine has 4/19 for his birthday. His wife’s is 9/11.
wow
They also have kids. No bad news yet on their birthdays…
That was scary. He came 2″ from being blind.
As for the blueshirts if I had to bet Id say they done make it past the first rd.
maybe, hank will have to be an acrobatic wall to have a chance and what pens might do in net………early impressions are it’s caps to lose in east and west is wide open…….had thought the ducks but they’re in 0-2 hole…….go figure, been fun so far……..thxs……lgr
I read special teams, and I go right back to that damn fake punt vs. Clemson.
Yep. That was a killer. Sucked the momentum right out of us.
Blew my mind. We play safe coverage all year and missed that.
Remember I was in a building in Tulsa … Wondering if it was next! Didn’t know/understand the implications of the building in OKC at the time. Remember being pissed when that came out and the Baby Bailey pic (I think was her name) came out
Any one else having trouble staying logged in?
Taps foot hard,come on OP before my 1:00 meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK HERE WE GO good afternoon Bob,Mojo,Fear,Oscar,Malicong,Doc,J.r.,Bleed,Golf,47,Jake,Boom,737,Slim,hOU,76,Ray,Sam,Woof,Pagan,Dick,David,Jordan,Super K,AND all tfbers!!!!!!!!!! BOOMER
Hooray!!! I made the cut!!! I made Metz’s Top 20!! So.. you cutting down to 10 later?
Thats funny!!!!
So this is how a school feels like when they get cut.. sigh
Dammit afternoon Dawg!!!!
Good afternoon.. Metz
I don’t know about you but I’m ready for a stiff drink.
Been a hell of a day.
I feel loved now. My life has meaning… sniff.
I feel loved now. My life has meaning… sniff.
SOONER!!!
I said and all tfberssssssssssss
It’s obvious u don’t have that #JPDNA.
Well, Sooner! We still get “good afternoon” instead of “I miss you guys sooooooo much” but I guess we’ll eat what’s on our plate.
At least u got acknowledged!
At least u got acknowledged!
Well, Sooner! We still get “good afternoon” instead of “I miss you guys sooooooo much” but I guess we’ll eat what’s on our plate.
Howdy Metz – I just made at 1:34, Central Daylight texsa SUCKS time.
Good Afternoon Metz but you still owe many of us a good morning as well…just sayin.
Ok meeting ,Peace.
OL offer/visitor Netori Johnson committed to Georgia
A break down on some of the Sooners RB targets.
http://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com/2016/4/19/11457036/oklahoma-sooners-football-recruiting-breaking-down-2017-running-back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVtC_Sj5WL8
I realize it’s just an impromptu interview, but something in the way he talks smacks of the ducks. Hope, hope, hope I’m wrong.
I’m sure once he gets up there for a visit, he’ll realize there’s no substance to the hype. He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders.
Hope you’re right. Just my gut and the way he spoke; but I just finished lunch so it could be that as well.
I realize it’s just an impromptu interview, but something in the way he talks smacks of the ducks. Hope, hope, hope I’m wrong.
Metz told me to tell you all that OP is up!
Way to go metz!!!
I saw on twitter that it was up, but it’s not coming up on the home page for me.
Quit metzing around!
Yo metz!!! How’s the meeting??
Yo metz!!! How’s the meeting??
Only two of us on the OPEN, where ya’ll at?
Send the link.
don’t fall for it
Not a joke, I guess you have to get there from the twitter link for now.
It’s there via the twitter link – Ray is right
Click on the twitter icon above, follow the link to the OP. No idea why it isn’t showing yet.
Ray, you are an internet “brain.” – It does work doing as you said, but it does not show at the top of TFB.
I suspect another texsa trick!
Apparently texas had a good weekend at the spring game
Why is that ?
They actually got a loaded post filled with recruiting news within a couple days of their spring game..
eh, Texsa is on fire.. their just trapping all the smoke inside the building.
Wait until mid season.. when there 1-4 and there season is done.
OU fans be roast some marshmallows with that wildfire.
Open Post.
https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/open-post-tuesday-april-19th
https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/open-post-tuesday-april-19th
Non Sooner related, but Connor McGregor retired today! He tweeted it out this morning. Is this real?!
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