Sooners News Daily 5.20.16
Posted on: May 20, 2016
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Behold, the season's 25 best non-conference games. It's a good year for this sort of thing. https://t.co/aTXJ0NEaPO
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) May 19, 2016
Big 12 roundtable: Breaking down position groups https://t.co/2TuYAFRlFm
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) May 19, 2016
Barry Switzer, the last coach to take the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, still kicking (expletive) https://t.co/NovoN6Xkl4 pic.twitter.com/at1uhDZ5Y4
— Shutdown Corner (@YShutdownCorner) May 19, 2016
Texas AG: Baylor has to comply with new info laws, but it can withhold some info from reports for privacy reasons: https://t.co/iUYRJ6MN3u
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) May 20, 2016
It's the easiest/hardest thing ever but firing Art Briles must be on the table for #Baylor
COL https://t.co/vhCxZFLWpd#Sicem— Mac Engel (@MacEngelProf) May 19, 2016
School's bottom line, not football success, could make Baylor take action (by @Andy_Staples) https://t.co/evswT284NS pic.twitter.com/Zd8DSEpZoz
— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) May 20, 2016
Texas' Charlie Strong is executing a long-term rebuild in a short-term environment. Can he succeed? https://t.co/bml2wHgbWm
— Bill Connelly (@SBN_BillC) May 19, 2016
Breaking down #Pac12 finances: https://t.co/iJASF0Ci4T Scott's pay, SEC/B1G rev comps, Pac12Nets and the ominous future
— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) May 19, 2016
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#sooners defense projected to be among the nation’s best by ESPN FPI ($) https://t.co/MH87UYMwVD
— Brandon Chatmon (@BChatmon) May 19, 2016
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#OnlyOne
Five conference coaches of the year.#OneOklahoma pic.twitter.com/QlpO1b8SUt
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) May 20, 2016
.@Hannahwoooood21 punched her ticket to the 2016 U.S. Women's Open!
DETAILS ➡️ https://t.co/GaEDvqLaKB pic.twitter.com/81gGnqWAPb
— Oklahoma Golf (@OU_WGolf) May 19, 2016
#Big12TF: @OU_Track's Jim VanHootegem led the OU women to 2nd place at Big 12's to win Women's Coach of the Year. pic.twitter.com/KiJGH34534
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) May 19, 2016
Irvin and Hansen Pitch #Sooners to Doubleheader Sweep. Recap/Audio Highlights: https://t.co/JUKxluVJBs pic.twitter.com/3Th4Zlk8mW
— Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) May 20, 2016
Giggity.
The #Sooners are ready. @NCAAsoftball Norman Regional starts Friday ➡️ https://t.co/k6qKuXPdAZ pic.twitter.com/JDBndIiwmk
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) May 20, 2016
A record-tying 8 #Sooners were named @NFCAorg All-Region, including 5 first-team honorees! https://t.co/8XzpyyGJIR pic.twitter.com/nOCzj4uzX5
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 19, 2016
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Top of the morning to everyone, BOOMER!!
SOONER!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good morning people! It’s 4:37 am and Texsa still sucks. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and annoys the start to their weekend! Boomer!
Sooner!
i hope to not annoy anyone!
Great cloudless morning! Hope everyone has a wonderful day. BOOMER
Further proof it’s too early for me lol
I am annoyed.
iM ANNOYED WITH MUD!!!!!!!!
You seem to be around it all the time.
I’ll be on a plane, so inevitably I’ll be annoyed!
Fer sure!
hope you aren’t flying Egyptian Airways…………
In East Africa it’s 2:53 pm and even here, on the other side of the world, we know the condition of the never-ending vortex which is Texsa! Sooner!
no matter how bad Texas sucks, they’re still able to beat the hell out of the cheaters north of red river, and will again this fall
I’ll take a loss to Texsa every year if it means a playoff birth and a shot at a natty 🙂
Morning my fellow animals.
morning
Good morning all. I see Metz is back. Welcome back!
Yes sir,morning
Coach Switzer will always be my favorite. I loved his coaches show, the way he broke down film it was like you were in a team film room. When a player did great he would praise them and when a player would have a bust he would bust there a$$.
Coach would smoke a cigarette on the sideline of a big game when he was nervous, now that was cool, at least I thought it was.
From the Switzer Show
“Kenny King made a nice run there. It would’ve been even better if he hadn’t been carrying the ball like a loaf of bread.”
For some reason that one stuck with me.
From the Switzer Show
Eric Mitchell scores on a 68 yard run
” Eric busts on the play, we have counter option right called he opens up the wrong way but great moves and great speed. Eric outruns everyone to the end zone”
He had a love/hate relationship with Eric.
For those of you to young to remember Eric, YouTube his highlights. He was a phenomenal football player!
Phenomenal athlete – not football player as he just didn’t get it.
Nope he didn’t get it but with the football in his hands he was electric 🙂
yes ….Barry & staff raided Arkansas regularly for talent…No other OU coach before or since has been as successful in Arky…..
you really described him to a ‘T’….there’s a reason why he never became starting QB at OU.
He did a signing/promotion event down in Houston. Great guy, I almost felt bad interrupting him eating his nachos to take a picture and get an autograph!
I married a Jayhawk who CAN’T STAND Switzer. We went to a movie in Norman a couple years after we married. We were there to see Passion of the Christ.
Anyhow, my wife didn’t realize Switzer was in the chair right next to her the whole movie. When we all stood up to leave afterward, he stumbled (bad knees) and bumped her. She saw who he was, didn’t skip a beat, and says loudly, “Oh dear God, as much as you get around…I’m probably pregnant now.”
I was embarrassed, and normally no one would have heard her over the noise of the crowd, but this was the only movie I’ve ever been to where there wasn’t an empty seat in the room and once the movie was over you could hear a pin drop because of the subject matter of the film. Those two things, combined, created the perfect environment for my rather vocal wife to be heard quite clearly by everyone.
Doubt we are ever invited to a Switzer Christmas. 🙁
Thats funny!!!!!!!!!
OMG!! That’s funny stuff right there!!
Barry probably took it as a compliment
hahahahahahaha awesome story
you still married to this woman ? posters on this site would probably take up a collection to help pay your legal fees should you decide to divest yourself of her……
Lol. Still married. Love her more now than when we got hitched. She’s imperfect, sure, but some day she will cheer on OU and perfection will be attained!
you still married to this woman ? posters on this site would probably take up a collection to help pay your legal fees should you decide to divest yourself of her……
I love the King, but he can be pretty overbearing. I know people who’ve just had to say “Shut the f*** up, Barry. Let someone else talk.”
The guy I bought my loge box with, obviously a BIG OU fan, was on a private jet to an OU Club event with Merv, Little Joe, Zac Selmon and Barry a few years ago. He sat next to Barry and now doesn’t have much good to say about him. Barry just wouldn’t stop “being Barry”. It was too much for him.
Back in the day I met him a few times at fund raisers. He would literally cross a room to shake my hand and say hello; and I doubt he even knew my name. I always found him to be a special person. But I personally would rather listen to him than myself.
Who are you again?
MoJo; says so right here on my name tag.
The guy who Switzer crossed the room to shake his hand. I like it. : )
I’ve shared my most memorable personal experience with the King on another site. Guess it’s time to share it with y’all.
Barry & who I guessed were some of his grandkids came into a Norman store where I worked. I was wearing lapel photos of my two Marines, and he stopped talking to the kids and stared hard at the faces of my sons. The oldest was deployed to Iraq at the time. He said “Are those your boys? Marines, huh? You must be mighty proud”. “I am, Coach Switzer”. He said, “Where are they?” When I answered, his eyes filled up and he said “God bless ’em – and you too, Mama. There’s not too many these days with the guts to do what has to be done. You tell ’em thanks for me, and tell ’em we’re behind ’em.” “Thank you, Coach, I will”. He took my hand and squeezed it, then reached over and pecked me on the cheek. “Stay strong, Mama. We need you, too, y’ hear?” He gathered the clan and pointed at me, and said, “That lady’s sons are heroes, ya hear?” With that, he and the kids left the store. I stood there with tears streaming down my face, quite unable to wait on the person next in line. Which was fine, because she was crying too.
People can say whatever they want about the Bootlegger’s Boy…just make
sure that in MY presence, it’s good, or I’ll wipe the floor with you.
Graduated in 1980 at Stillwater High School. Moved there young when parents divorced. Huge OU fan. Was getting ready for wrestling practice. Lacing up my wrestling shoes and this hand from behind lands on my shoulder. “Hey young man…where can I find Jackie”? I look up and it is Barry. Being the only OU fan in the room I jumped up and told him he is in the weight room. My only encounter with the coach. I graduated with Jackie Shipp. Sunny G was a yr older but played much baseball against him and with him growing up. Go Sooners. Now that I told I wrestled and played baseball at Stillwater and when I graduated I just gave away my identity…if you need help out there…avid golfer now…
Very nice story.
Picking Alabama as the top defense with 5 returning starters and losing the Defensive Coordinator seems like the easy way out. They’ve been consistent, but they even changed coaches. I would never pay ESPN to see the rest of the list, but I can’t help but wonder.
Until they lose these natty’s, I would put them #1 too.
I would still rank them number 1 overall (Offense + Defense + Special Teams), but the article starts to justify the ranking with 2015 statistics which I don feel are as relevant. Using the national championship as justification is what I would consider the easy way out of good journalism.
Good morning, fellow Brainiacs!!! Hope all have a great weekend!! BOOMER!!!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sooner
i have never seen Peaky Blinders…looks intense.
It’s good, short season, very addicting!
Not bad. I have to use English captions.
If Briles gets through all of this and keeps his job…he’s one of the best salesman in the nation.
I just dont see how briles and baylor is not severely hit!!!!!!
I’m not implying he will keep his job. I’m in 100% agreement with you. They will be hit hard, IMO. But if, big IF, he saves his own hide through it all…Salesman of the Year awards will follow.
All true Matt.
I agree but it seems the NCAA has cooled their jets on taking action on any university. Reason, NCAA may be replaced with a different governing body. SO, the real salesman in all of this is not Briles but the NCAA.
They lost a law-suit to that USC running back over the Reggie Bush thing correct?
They’re a private school and they’ll hide behind that and obfuscate and obstruct accordingly. They’ve all dug in their heels and they’re in their bunkers.
Someone will have to force that. They have sold their souls to winning. It is going to require some big boosters with integrity. I don’t see it.
Good morning to TFB from across the pond!! I quite literally sit at my desk, refresh TFB, and stare at the screen until the daily news or OP pops up.
I guess you could say my training is going well over here!
I need football season. Now.
Indeed,mornin,76
Indeed,mornin,76
Morning Mr. Metz
Morning Mr. Metz
I needed it yesterday. I’ve been watching our games from last season just to satisfy my craving. My girlfriend thinks that is weird, but she didn’t grow up in Football country, so I’ll forgive her.
Where is this non football country you speak of?
Laguna, until her sophomore year in HS then it was LA. She enjoys football, but not the way I do lol. We went to the Tennessee game two years ago and she asked ” do the fans really stand the entire game?” I said ” yes babe, this is REAL football, not that foo foo crap they play at UCLA”. She’s slowly converting to the Sooners.
Next to any soccer field.
Lol
New York City.
Hey Wait a minute…IM IN NYC!
Yeah I think I’m going to start doing the same this weekend.
I think we as male football fans have to accept that, most of the time, our women think we’re crazy. My wife will think the same as your girlfriend.
Of course, my wife is a Puke fan, so football to her has a very different meaning. Ya know, find out how badly they lost every week as opposed to actively cheering and following the team.
My girl still asks the emphasis question “why do you yell at the TV?” She’ll never understand. I’ve come to the realization that I can no longer watch games in public. No matter where I’m watching an OU game their is inevitably someone with money on the other team and they can’t handle my cheering/ trash talking.
I’ve been watching the games from last year and it’s just crazy how much we relied solely on SKILL. Our offensive line was Booty and we still managed. WE need this line to be at least a B+
Me too and I thought the same thing, these kids grow up this year and the off could do what they want
yep..if Sammy and Joe could get to the secondary before having to break tackles rather than having to break tackles from linebackers? We could see two 1k yard rushers again.
I’ve been watching the games from last year and it’s just crazy how much we relied solely on SKILL. Our offensive line was Booty and we still managed. WE need this line to be at least a B+
This is cool:
https://twitter.com/sooners4haiti/status/733634104391041024
Nice!!!!!!!!!
Way cool!!
Gonna have to rethink that “Sooner Nation” thing. Maybe “Sooner World”?
Gonna start a #SoonerWorld on Twitter??
Love that Sooner nation is literally world wide. Can’t thank those overseas Sooners enough for everything they do for this country.
Good Friday morning to ya, you crazy brainiac animals. BOOMER!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sooner!!
The Purge looks freaky.
Freaky good and morning Ray.
Dang it Metz. Where were you yesterday. I got in trouble for posting a pic of one of your fav. gals. No good deed goes unpunished. 🙂
What trouble?
OP, Alexandra Daddario
Good job Woof!
just trying to carry the water. Guess i spilled it.
Its only a spill if it gets deleted!
This girl?——–
This Girl————
Jennifer Connelly. Yummy.
1993
Don’t matter when.
I’m ready to time travel.
Hells yes.
too bad she doesn’t look as good these days……..
Neither do I but I’d love a shot.
Mornin metz, I had to watch the bull riding video. Good stuff, and watching them ride horses was cracking me up.
anyone have an ESPN insider account that can tell us why ESPN is so high on the Sooners D?
Yep a tease read!
Why wouldn’t they be? We were 5th in the nation last year in D efficiency (I think). We return quite a bit, have a lot of talented young guys, etc.
Article doesn’t say much. Talks a bit about our secondary as the main reason they predict our D to be good again this year.
The secondary will good. The question mark is the D-Line.
SO much talent there, that I’m hopeful we can find 2-3 guys that can tear it up. Which 2-3 guys that will be, I’m not sure, but we have a lot of options in case guys aren’t ready or simply don’t live up to expectations.
We lost five of our top seven leading tacklers off last year’s defense and four of them were LB’s. I’m not sure why you think the DL is where the question mark is.
Just thinking talent. In that context, I think we’re loaded at DB and LB. Young, for sure, but very skilled. I expect us to be better at those 2 positions. As for the DL, just thinking last season, Even when Walker was healthy, we didn’t get the push we needed. Could be wrong. Probably am. Just an opinion.
IMO the biggest question marks are at LB than DL. Linebacker takes experience to know which gaps to play while guys are right at you. DL is much more physical than mental. But even beyond that, I think DL is definitely deeper. DL is full of blue chip players. Linebacker is not. The only blue chips the Sooners will have be true frosh. Jordan Evans is good and Tay could be really good too but I think it’ll be a few games before Tay really looks solid there. But maybe not.
I think we will have the talent. Let’s hope they’re ready early.
Not a lot of time to “ease into the season” with Houston, Ohio State, TCU, and UT in 4 of the first 5 games.
Get past those guys undefeated though, and look out.
Depth at LB/oline will undoubtedly be tested this coming season. Great opponents come great battles. Injuries are apart of the game and we were fortunate last year to have a rSR Shannon as a backup LB and our oline escape without any major injuries. (ty/nila rested during Tulsa)
Depth at LB/oline will undoubtedly be tested this coming season. Great opponents come great battles. Injuries are apart of the game and we were fortunate last year to have a rSR Shannon as a backup LB and our oline escape without any major injuries. (ty/nila rested during Tulsa)
Deberry isn’t blue chip. Kelly? (Too soon maybe for Kelly)
The issue is we are playing 2 season making/breaking games out of our first 3! No time for mistakes against the Houston Qb and Barrett.
wasn’t doubting, just wondering what ESPN was saying….
5. Oklahoma Sooners
Predicted defensive EPA per game: plus-10.6
Returning starters: Six
2015 defensive efficiency rank: Fifth
Oklahoma finished in the top two in the Big 12 in defensive efficiency, opponent Total QBR, sacks and interceptions last season. Despite losing its leaders in tackles (Dominique Alexander), sacks (Eric Striker) and interceptions (Zack Sanchez), Oklahoma is projected by FPI again to have on average the top defense in its conference. Like Washington, Oklahoma’s strength will be its secondary. Cornerback Jordan Thomas, whose five interceptions last season are the most among returning Big 12 players, is back along with both starting safeties, Steven Parker and Ahmad Thomas. With a top-five projected offense, the Sooners should be one of the most well-rounded teams in the country.
cool. thanks! I think a solid secondary can really help a pass rush. The issue in 2014 wasn’t completely the lack of a pass rush. It was more that the secondary couldn’t cover anybody. With a solid secondary, you can blitz more linebackers or just create confusion with twists and stunts if you have an athletic D-line. I think the guys we have on D-line would do pretty good with twists and stunts. Tapper was great with them last year. Walker could fill his role this year.
Post season starts tonight for OUr girls!
https://twitter.com/OU_Softball/status/733663867235127296
BOOMER!!!
They have been impressive. Great improvement from the start of their season. So many frosh performing well. Most of us thought the next two seasons looked bright, but these young women may make the future NOW.
PS- Love Gasso as a coach. A lot of good coaches at OU, but she may be the best.
One heck of a coaching job this year! Rebuilding started with game one of the season. Best hitting percentage in NCAA and best fielding percentage in NCAA with 7 underclassmen as starters. Impressive as all get out!!!
She did a fantastic job this year. Shows how well she has evaluated and recruited.
SOONER!!
Thanks Jordan for another week of info. It takes effort to pull together all the items you do.
The PAC payouts are scary for the “what might have been” for OU. Who knows what money may come to the 12-2. It will not get to the BI6 or SEC level,, but it may not be last.
Coach Simmons gettin’ it done!
https://twitter.com/waltonrecruits/status/733333767645847552
Hello everyone! First time poster here. I am the play-by-play guy and a former coach for Westmoore. I know I only get to see each team once in person, however I do spend plenty of time breaking down film on the teams and players each week. I am a big fan of this web site and for fun I would like to post comments about each team’s players this year. I am a fan of not only OU football, but OK preps as well and love watching all of the former players perform on the next stage. I saw some really good athletes the last few years from Westmoore (Dahu Green and Stephan Robinson) and the teams they faced. Since I no longer coach (attorney now), this might help alleviate my football fix. So expect more posts from me and hopefully you guys find them entertaining.
I will also be attending the team camp at Mustang in a couple of weeks
Heck Yeah! Welcome!
Great. Looking forward to your input.
Welcome, look forward to your input.
Great to have you here!
Welcome to the TFB.
You might make the list,welcome to the TFB.
Minimum amount of posts to make it? Qualifications? Need Metz’s criteria.
Minimum amount of posts to make it? Qualifications? Need Metz’s criteria.
It’s been a minute for ole Metz, eh? Giving it out easy. Lol. Jk. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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Just tell everyone the OP is up.. They’ll cheer you on and you’ll be an instant celebrity. Ask metz for pointers.
Sounds great!
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The OP is up not metzing with ya.
Love the Barry Switzer piece. That’s a football coach. So are both Stoops. Looking forward to seeing a more physically dominant D this season.
I agree. The question is will we continue to attack the Quarterback without a proven pass rusher? I am worried that we will not be able to get after the QB.
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I don’t know if this has been mentioned, but with the news of Tre Brown not being sure about his commitment, does anyone think we should worry about the fact that he doesn’t have Oklahoma mentioned in his twitter bio? Everyone else has “OU Commit”, for example, but he has nothing. I’m almost positive that he had Oklahoma mentioned earlier, but this reminds me of Lamb. Anyone think we should worry?
I didn’t see the Open Post. For anyone who may have read this and wanted to comment, it is in the weekend OP
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