Sooners News Daily 7.20.16
Posted on: July 20, 2016
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Expanded role for Mark Andrews could be key to Oklahoma's offense https://t.co/aiCc1jdTiT
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) July 20, 2016
Baker Mayfield won't alter his audacious style of play.
More lessons from #Big12MediaDays: https://t.co/f0mtwXDjTz pic.twitter.com/Iycv0wfpRP
— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) July 19, 2016
The goal is always the same. 🏆
Full coverage from #Big12FB Media Days ➡️ https://t.co/Xvijv58uJM pic.twitter.com/Hn5Q86fg9D
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) July 19, 2016
The Triple Option is back! @OU_Football three-game mini packs go on sale tomorrow. Details: https://t.co/2kyzpp1fSU pic.twitter.com/B9HvBcbX3X
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) July 20, 2016
Apparently I’m going to surprise (some of) you and spare you from a rant on the idiocy of Big 12 expansion rearing its ugly head yet again. I’ll simply leave it at this and let you all hash out the rest.
Nothing has changed when it comes to this topic. The Big 12 has been “considering” expansion for however many years now and have “considered” themselves out of any expansion candidate worth a flip. But common sense be damned, that won’t stop them this time (supposedly). I look forward to being a proud member of Conference USA 2.0.
My analysis on the Big 12's decision to go forward with expansion and what might be next https://t.co/0v0szRr62i via @usatoday
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) July 20, 2016
Lo and behold, the Big 12 is expanding (probably). Why the reversal from a month ago? … Good question. https://t.co/UtpE2wKAFJ
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/SIPeteThamel/status/755567673828704256
Bob Stoops isn't going anywhere and the Sooners are better for it https://t.co/EWLeSxGMh9 pic.twitter.com/yOJNy92kVA
— Sporting News College Football (@sn_ncaaf) July 19, 2016
Tone deaf doesn’t even begin to describe a number of his comments from yesterday.
Jim Grobe says Baylor’s issues are “probably problems” at other schools too: https://t.co/PkuGfxzcr0 pic.twitter.com/Vvts0iYsjJ
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) July 19, 2016
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The Triple Option is back! @OU_Football three-game mini packs go on sale tomorrow. Details: https://t.co/2kyzpp1fSU pic.twitter.com/B9HvBcbX3X
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) July 20, 2016
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BOOMER!!!! Good morning fellow Brainiacs!!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!! FOOTBALL,J.r.
FOOTBALL to you as well, METZ!!!
Sooner!
76!
Metz!
Magic!! Hope life’s treating you well.
J.r.! Treating me pretty well all in all. And yourself?
Can’t complain at all. Doesn’t do any good anyway.
Ya know I’d have to agree. The older I get, the more I appreciate that silence can be a strong form of wisdom
yOU are wise beyond your years when you learn that!
Oh I’m not sure I’m wise yet, just able to acknowledge wisdom when I see it.
Although I do have wisdom enough to cheer for OU and never wear orange, which has got to automatically put me and all the other Sooner fans like me in the top percentile of the wisest people in the nation!
Amen brother! I went to buy a new pair of boots last week and the lady was showing me these really comfortable ones, but they only came in orange. Of course I had an OU shirt on and I told her I will never in life wear orange. She kept saying that my jeans would cover the orange up, and I told her NEVER IN LIFE. I got a sweet pair of hand stitched acid wash green top boots. LOL
Nice! Gotta let her know that you mean business. New boots day is always a good day
SOONER!!!! Morning everybody!! It’s a boom kinda day.
Morning all! Maybe Ealy will be the boom today instead of Marquis, as most of us have speculated. Granted, the article says he most likely will NOT be deciding soon, but who knows when it comes to recruiting.
https://twitter.com/JLMcCuistion/status/755740223514877952
UGA!!!!
Morning, Sam! How goes it?
Two days, counting today, before we (the family) leave for the beach. Of course, I’ll be playing some golf.
Soak up some sun for me. I’m stuck in summer classes until early August.
Well, I don’t need anymore sun; it would just be hot to me. So, I chill out by the pool, with a book, until the kids whine about me being a lazy lion. Because sand gets everywhere, I really hate going to the beach.
Not a beach guy, either. I prefer the mountains. Nothing is better as a kid than playing in snow in Colorado during the middle of the summer. Have a safe trip! I’ll hold down the fort for you and Hawk.
I will and thanks, UGA!
Me too, other than the golf. It’s hard to get much golf time with a 3 year old and a 5 year old. Have a great trip Sam!
Lincoln, I feel you. Those are tough and fun years, though. We are heading down to South Carolina, south of Myrtle Beach. Where are you going?
Heading to Anna Maria Island, FL. Myrtle Beach is like the golf capital of the U.S. Have you ever played in the huge Amateur tourney they have every year?
FOOTBALL,Hawk!
If I said “expansion” would football be inferred?
Holo Metz
No. Nowhere near that good. You’re right about the golf courses; there are probably 10-15 courses right next to my uncle’s house, which happens to be on hole 9 of a course.
Oh you don’t have to be good, it’s all handicapped! You could win the whole thing and be a 20. You get to play 4 awesome courses. One year I won my flight (2nd to worst flight I might add) and got to play the championship round against the other flights at TPC Myrtle, I finished tied for 2nd with like an 11 on the 2nd hole, LOL. Was a pretty cool experience.
Sounds like fun. I’ll have to check it out.
When do they play it?
I think it’s in August every year. I remember one year Roger Clemens won his flight and everybody was calling him the biggest sandbagger. I have kind of traded in golfing for hunting now so I don’t keep up with it as much anymore.
Me too, other than the golf. It’s hard to get much golf time with a 3 year old and a 5 year old. Have a great trip Sam!
USA 2.0 IM afraid you are probably correct Jordan,what an appropriate gif!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like we can win USA 2.0 every year.
Looking for a boom today.
From a big ugly!!!!!!!!!!
That would work.
Sooner Ray!!!!
Howdy Sam
FOOTBALL Ray!
I’ll allow it.
FOOTBALL Sam!
FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you are right
Googly eyes? Morning!
https://twitter.com/BrandonTFB/status/755608055656525825
Stoops on SC as I type this.
Well you go home and wake up and its IS a new day. B12 expanding, Baylor being “transparent”, and less than 2 weeks till 2-a-days/fall practice begins. BOOMER
SOONER
Hey TFB Fellas, any way you guys can put together a general post of how many scholarships are available now and how many the coaches plan on taking in the SS17 and which positions? For example, Omar Manning and CeeDee Lamb are both possibly going to be at the the BBQ Event, so if Omar commits at the event, is there still a spot for Lamb? It would be nice to know the projected numbers. Appreciate the consideration. Have a great day everybody!
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Sickens me to see Creed Humphreys on the Super 30 today headed to the gaggies. Sounds like a Gabe Ikard type from what I read and would be a quality get. Hope for the best for the Oklahoma kid though.
In state leaving.
In state leaving.
Anybody think CeeDee Lamb is the 1:00 BoomX2 today?
I feel that it is either Newman or Gumbs. Lamb was supposed to do it either the 24th or the 25th. Although, he could have easily decided to move the date up.
I would take any of them, Boom Soon ( I hope)!!!!
I think it is Hayes, OL that was offered yesterday.
Agree!
FSSW is running an OU football history series next week. 2 hour block each day starting at 1pm. FYI
This. Gold. Thanks for sharing. DVR will be set for this as soon as I get home so I can watch it each day after work next week. That oughta make the wife happy.
Great work Brandon…
https://twitter.com/Jordan_Esco/status/755743071170547712
Hunter is violent,put some weight on WOW.
Hey Jordan, curious for your thoughts and anyone’s else’s on this:
How much of OU’s situation in the flailing Big 12 do you put on the Big 12 powers that be, and how much do you put on OU’s leadership (Castiglione, Boren, etc.) for not securing a spot in something stronger? Just curious as to what you see as some underlying reasons for the current position OU is in
The real problem is the fact that when conference realignment was going on there were zero playoff talks. The BCS didn’t really matter if you had a championship game or not. Sure it helped but it wasn’t as big of a data point as it is with the playoff committee. I don’t think you can blame the school officials since none of this was planned out. Now if the conferences and school leaders knew about a potential playoff scenario before conference realignment then it’s all on them as far as I’m concerned. Since it doesn’t look like we’ll be changing conferences I think it would be more wise to leave the league at 10. Split into 2 divisions and winner of each division plays each other in the CCG. Divisions don’t need to be a north or south like it was before, just need even divisions. None of us want to see a division of ISU, both Kansas schools, WVU and school X. I just think adding 2-4 teams to reach 12-14 is stupid at this point. No power 5 school will leave their current situation for ours. Which leads me to my next point; I don’t want the league to add a bunch of scrub teams like UCF, Memphis, Cinci (they aren’t that bad), Boise, BYU and some of the other schools I’ve seen. All that will accomplish is an even weaker conference and schools that bring ZERO to the table.
Thanks for the thoughts!
Good point on the BCS vs CFP – definitely a bigger deal to have that “data point” now.
100% agree on both the division point and the adding scrubs point. Divisions have to be done smartly, because a division of ISU, KU, KSU, WVU, and whoever else sounds like something you’d see in the MAC. And as for adding…. I’m becoming less against it as time goes on, but I still want to add the right teams if we’re going to add. Problem is, there’s not a lot of teams available that will really add to the Big 12. All we do by adding a scrub is weaken the conference and give the added team more money than they would have had
If we are going to add teams then I’m sorry but UH needs to be one of the teams added. I understand all the recruiting effects something like that would have, but there really isn’t another team worth a crap. I think we need to hop off our high horse and realize we screwed up and this is what we have to resort to. Houston and Cinci are the best choices IMO. If we go with 4 teams then I think you can throw in Memphis ( only bc of fedex ) and then I guess maybe a UCONN bc of their basketball. I’m not a believe that by adding one of the crappy Florida schools that it will automatically mean we start recruiting that state so much better than we currently do. Obviously this is all my opinions but just saying lol
I actually agree – I can’t think of any other realistic team that would be better to add. Nah those all seem like quite reasonable thoughts. Those teams all do more for me than someone like Boise or BYU
Houston could very easily go back to not being very good when Herman leaves. Which he will.
In the next 2 years, I expect him to be gone from Houston.
YES!
How can they not shoulder most of the blame? They either participated in or allowed themselves to be in this position.
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LYDELL CARR!!!
yOU ask, I deliver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ddLHlFztw
You are the man, Golf!!
Lydell was one of my favorites to watch in the 80’s. He was tough and loved to hit people. 🙂
FOOTBALL GOLF!
SOONER FOOTBALL METZ!
Dang it Golf. Now i am having wishbone withdrawal symptoms
FOOTBALL WOOF!
Footmetzaball!. Morning sir.
mOUrning
LOL! I use the wishbone on my NCAA football game all the time. I don’t run it exclusively, but I do run it at times. Just brings a smile to my face.
Its a beautiful world when you play it that way.
Yes sir. When my kids still lived at home I would always run the wishbone against them playing football. They never could stop it. They always told me I was cheating. LOL! I’d have a game agains them with like 600 yards rushing and 3 pass attempts.
Yeah, My son always tried to run it on me. I had recruited speed and size. Played him like Miami played us with 8 on the line. he could not figure it out. Then we would trade and killed him. (btw he was 20 at the time…) man did he hate losing to his OLD man.
LOL!
A fullback with the vision of a good tailback.
I saw him play at KU one year, got his autograph during the game. He was a big man. I loved watching him play.
Really don’t understand what the fuss is all about in terms of expansion.
They are not going to expand if it is going to cost the teams money. So from a monetary standpoint, you can rest assured that all of the teams will benefit from expansion.
Why the sudden change in recent days? Doesn’t take a rocket surgeon (see what I did there?) to know the Big 12 was “hoping” the ACC wouldn’t get their conference network, and as a result, teams like FSU, Clemson, Louisville, and Miami might consider making a jump to the Big 12 down the road. With them getting the network and locking up GOR for another 20+ years or so, that basically guarantees there won’t be any P5 expansion candidates available for the Big 12 anytime in the next decade or more.
I still think the long-term plan for Boren/OU is to leave for the Big 10. Having said that, I think Boren would prefer to tweak the Big 12, and make it workable for OU. There are a billion reasons why that is the best thing for OU. Where I disagree with most on this board is that I think it’s doable, while some of you do not. But that is where the Big 10 could come into play down the road. Big 12 expands, and 8 years down the road Boren realizes OU is losing out on too many dollars or too much publicity, then Boren simply takes OU to the Big 10. The only way that wouldn’t/couldn’t play out is if part of expansion requires an extension of the GOR. And if Boren agreed to such an extension, all I can say is that he has way more information than any of us do.
I’ll continue beating the drum that the Big 12 isn’t in nearly as bad a shape as some of our fans make it out to be. The biggest problem right now has been a mediocre texas program over the last several years. I still think the conference can add 2-4 teams, and with the right moves, be in a very competitive spot dollar-wise with the SEC and Big 10. But even if you think OU is going to leave down the road, I don’t see why anybody would be against expansion. It doesn’t hurt OU or the Big 12 in any way, err…..any important way, and I actually believe it to be beneficial. Again, they aren’t going to expand and lose money.
Give me Cincy, Memphis, UCONN, and one of the Florida schools, or possibly BYU if we can make that partnership work.
Seems like some strong interest on BYU’s side:
https://twitter.com/BYUCougars/status/755543805038764032
Me like. BYU.
Great post, but I’m more for the SEC. I hate the SEC and I wouldn’t complain about being in the Big 10, but the SEC would help in recruiting and make us more money in the long run, IMO. With ESPN backing the SEC, the SEC is the media’s conference, which means it’s the conference for highschool players. Sure Ohio State and Michigan are popular, but I’m calling for OU to join the SEC over the other conferences purely for the perception of the SEC in today’s youth.
Hear! Hear!
Big 10, Boo the longer drives and cold weather!
SEC
*$EC. And you better believe we’d be making some serious $ by joining
Hey dave. Not sure if you still go to BCSNN….but if yes, let the mods know that work is restricting the site due to security threats.
Exactly. Perception is the only reason I want the SEC affiliation.
I hate the $ec.
I just don’t see Boren going to the SEC for academic and “cheating” reasons. SEC is dirty. And the academics aren’t anywhere near what they are in the Big 10. I agree the SEC is probably a more attractive fit for football, but that is literally the only thing the SEC has over the Big 10. Maybe location as well.
I’m not a big fan of the travel involved in playing in the Big 10 either. Nor am I a fan of playing their bad football teams. That is why OU has every reason to try to make the Big 12 work, IMO. Of course, if we took ut and KU with us to the Big 10, that would help the travel issue a bit.
Yes. We need to make the Big 12 work. The BIg 10 is a horrible option. I have spent a lot of time in the Midwest, and it sucks in the winter. Which, by the way, begins in October! Do you really want to play in Wisconsin and Minnesota in November? We get a lot of North Texas kids because their parents are close enough to drive to home games, and most of the road games. Forget about that in the Big 10. We are a Great Plains conference, and should remain that way. Geography matters.
Oh, I agree completely with how dirty the SEC is. The SEC is filthy and I truly believe the only reason teams there don’t get punished is because Mark Emmert also worked at LSU with Saban in the early 2000s. The whole system is rigged. I purely want the SEC for recruiting purposes and a little bit more money than what OU is making now. There are thousands of reasons to not like the SEC move and they are all respectable, but recruiting is the second most important part of college football, IMO. Having a great coach/ stable environment is first, of course. In the end I’ll be fine with whatever happens, but OU will not get the respect they deserve until they ditch the BIG 12, IMO. Be it BIG 10 or SEC, I just OU out of this crap league. It’s all about perception nowadays. We’ve had 1 top 10 recruiting class in the past 5-6 years. Things are indeed looking brighter, but imagine our pull from Cali or Texas with that SEC logo on our jersey. I cannot stand the SEC, but I personally think it’s best for recruiting.
EXACTLY.
Nice post. Well done sir!
Great write up. Well thought out.
I don’t see the Big XII as being viewed as a top tier conference. You’re right about that it could be viewed as a strong conference if texsa rights its ship. You could add all of the teams mentioned and not hurt your brand if OU, OSU, TCU, texsa, Baylor and TT hold up their end of the bargain; see the B1G conference. The B1G has as many weak teams as they have strong teams. That would be no different from the Big XII.
However, the Big XII is about to dealt some damage, thanks to Baylor’s mess. They are about to drop off the map. With 11 recruits from their 2016 class having defected, transfers from their 2015 class, bet on underclassmen declaring for the 2017 NFL draft, and finally, practically 0 (zero) recruits for 2017, Baylor will be irrelevant again.
TT and OSU will not be worth a damn; the $EC is hurting their recruiting in Texas. That leaves OU, TCU and texsa: even if texsa turned it around, you can’t have three team carrying the banner for a 14-team league. That’s weak.
OU needs to pay the piper and leave. I’m sure they can work out an agreement to pay the millions they will owe, over time. They will still make the same net-revenue they are making today by going to the $EC or B1G.
I agree with everything you said Sam. But I will say you can have three teams carry your conference if E$PiN gushes all over you, see the $EC! The $ec has as many weak teams as they have strong teams. It is all about perception and what the media spins.
This is true. But somehow the lower ranked SEC teams beat the teams in other conferences more than they lose to them and this is what fuels much of the talk about the prowess of the SEC.
Sam you really need to understand how the grant of rights works. It’s not about paying them millions. The Big 12 owns the rights to all their home games. No other conference will want us under those terms because they don’t gain anything monetarily from us coming on board.
Correct, but if the conference implodes the GOR will be defunct. If the conference does not implode, when does the GOR stop? I cannot remember if it was 2019 or later than that.
I think the current GOR in the Big 12 expires in 8-9 years.
I believe 2024
OUCH!
2025
Dang so through the 2024-2025 school year. H E double hockeysticks
2026
UGH! That bites.
What would it take, Bob, to make this league collapse? Kick Baylor out? Prove that the Big XII, by allowing texsa to keep the LHN, is hurting OU’s revenue earning potential?
Have behind door meetings and make deals to get other schools setup to leave. The more schools that have assurances they get to remain in power 4 conference the better odds big 12 crumbles and no GoR exists.
I like the idea. But, man, did OU miss its chance to leave.
Oh they absolutely did… They screwed themselves over
Now they have to watch the teams that made the right moves.. Nebraska and Mizzou make more money.
They somewhat screwed themselves. We did not really want to be in the Pac-12. I would have hated that. No way I could stay up for a 10PM kickoff.
blah, agree PAC would’ve sucked.
BUT, OU had an opportunity to go to SEC.. without OSU… people were getting all touchy feely about the idea of OU/OSU in separate conf.
True that dawg. OU wants little brother with them when they move. I think that would be a must because wouldn’t the state of Oklahoma have to approve them moving? They are a state run school.
I don’t think bringing OSU with us if we leave is on the table any more. Because I still think the Big 10 is the most likely landing spot, and they don’t want OSU. I don’t think the SEC would take them either. Only spot we “could” land and take OSU with us would be the PAC.
Blech, no Pac-12. LOL! I think if OSU had a decent basketball program the Big 10 would take them. But I also think OU learned it’s lesson and has decided they must do what is best for OU.
I believe the state did/try to block it in case of happening
BUT, Now OU is leaving to go make 10mil more a year.. and its increasing every year……..
I don’t think any politician will want to go in front of a camera and say “NO our schools remain together in BIG 12. Long tradition of blah blah.. Thats worth more than the 10s of millions OU could gain if they were too leave..” He better make sure he isn’t up for re election.
Amen Dawg!
Good morning, Golf!
OU really is the middle child, huh? They either have 11am kickoff or 10pm kickoff. LOL!
LOL! Morning Sam! No OU invented winning championships, we are NOT a middle child. But the media treats us that way. I think the media is trying to destroy the Big 12 as well. 4 power conferences would make their life easier. UGH!
Be careful, or the paranoids will get you! Lol! s/
I have always thought the same thing. But the Big 12 has arguably two of the top 5 football programs in history, along with a legit TCU. That alone makes the conference relevant, and they can’t ignore us, no matter how much they would like to, especially once the Shorthorns are fully back.
I like the idea. But, man, did OU miss its chance to leave.
The problem is, that under current rules it would take eight of ten to vote to disband the league. So it’s not going to happen unless you have landing spots for all the rest. I don’t think that is going to happen. Someone might take KU for their basketball, if they also got us or UT. Who would want ISU or TT or Baylor in their current state. We screwed ourselves by setting up the GOR when we didn’t have the teams in place to make it valuable long term. GOR’s are incredibly hard to get out of from what I here. They have been used in the recording industry for years. That’s why Prince changed his name to a symbol because a Record actually owned his name.
Wait, were the rules different when Neb, Mizzou and A&M left?
I don’t remember them trying to disband the B12 back then.
No big 12
No GoR
What makes you think they’d go away? Say OU, ut, and KU leave for the Big 10. Wouldn’t the Big 12 just expand with the teams we’ve all mentioned and keep trucking along? To think they are just going to go away, I think, isn’t an accurate reality.
Conference would have zero clout without OU/UT.
If you get the momentum going.. OU .. KU(BIG).. WVU(ACC).. are readily and willing to go.
Shorthorn ego won’t want to be in dead conference and they jump ship right after either going independent/pac..tech/tcu followUT(indep/pac)
Baylor is crashing and burning.. their inventory is worth crap and they can’t go in front of the media and talk about keeping a conf together without getting questions about their situation.. no one will take them serious.
That leaves KST, ISU, OSU .. those three schools don’t have the influence to pull 7 teams without backlash into a crap conference.
Conf Dead.. GoR dead..
Everyone goes their merry way.
You are going to need eight schools to vote in order to disband the league. So the only way that happens is if you find landing places for all of them.
Officially 8.. politically 5-6
True, but I still don’t see 5 schools voting to lose money. Because, let’s face it, most of the schools in the Big 12 would lose money going somewhere else. I mean, who really wants to take KU, ISU, TT, Baylor, or K-State as a football draw to their conference?
Bob has said the GOR is serious and binding.
Therefore it wont be a vote to disband the conference..
It would be 5-7 schools notifying the other members of dismissal.
Arbitration, mediation, law suits… who knows..Since there is no termination clause. Could settle..
OU/UT make this a power 5 conference..
IF those two leave with friends even though it may not be the officially 8..
How does a Baylor, IST, KST, recruit 5-7 schools to join .. it wont be a power 5 anymore.. After that, heck Houston may not even join it.
I don’t see Baylor having enough influence not what they are going through.
IST/KST…….. nah
If that many teams left the others would settle for a $$ and let it die.
Yep, we are pretty much screwed until 2026. UT isn’t leaving because they may lose their LHN.
I dunno. USC and Stanford (and sometimes UCLA) carried the Pac 10 for a long time before Oregon became legit. I think Memphis would grow stronger quickly in the BIg 12, and would poach into sec recruiting territory.
Memphis? Memphis? You’re talking about Memphis?
Yeah, Memphis. Home to Elvis, BB King and some fine BBQ. It’s a program on the rise, and will be an excellent road trip game for the fans.
Memphis brings FedEx and little else. It will be shown as the dog it really is this year without Fuenta and Lynch. The Liberty Bowl is crap, that is if you can make it past the protestors on the river bridge.
BIG leads in revenue. I see your points, but you know that media buzz drives CFB in many ways. Sorry, but Cincy, Memphis, Uconn and UCF don’t excite anyone. Right now, only BYU and Houston can be said to be beneficial. But how much?
My worry about Houston is that they may have only caught lightning in a bottle with the QB and coach and as soon as the QB graduates they’ll be non-competitive. Long term vision is needed and the Big 12 leaders do not have it.
I am with others who’d rather switch than fight! I want the recruiting buzz that the SEC will give OU. Imagine having a top 5 recruiting class every year? Not just 2017? BIG would be nice too, but not as nice as the SEC.
So assume all P5 teams are off limits in terms of expansion. That only leaves the schools we have been discussing. It’s expand with them, or don’t expand. I suppose I can understand not expanding, but it isn’t hurting anything to expand. We aren’t going to lose money. We aren’t going to block any P5 teams from coming on board later, b/c they are all tied up for long periods of time. Expanding also won’t keep OU from leaving down the road if it makes sense.
I just don’t get the hate. The Big 10 recently added Maryland and Rutgers. Were those schools exciting? Beneficial? Not really. Let’s not forget that schools like Cincy and Memphis have had periods of time where they have been pretty darn good at football and bball. I believe both have played in BCS games in the past. UCONN has too. Not sure about BYU, but I doubt anybody is questioning their football program. This list of schools is as good as anybody that has switched conferences outside of aTm and Nebraska. And yes, that includes Mizzou and Colorado.
P.S. – We wouldn’t have a top 5 class every year. That is ridiculous.
I think Jim Grobe must have copied Art Briles presentation.
Sam Presti must be reading TFB. Just the other day I suggested bringing Blake in alongside Russ.
That may actually bring me to be a fan of the NBA again!
Dang man B-Drumm is putting in work right now…
https://twitter.com/BrandonTFB/status/755753287131996164
Sign on the dotted line JP! I want them in-state boys!
He’s a hell of a player.
Steven Parker clone, right?
Seems a tad longer, but aside from that, yes IMO
Similar.
If he commits, that is the best start I’ve ever seen for an Oklahoma class. Even better than SS17
Yes! Get Griffin to OKC! That’s where the big man should have started off but for an unlucky draw.
Morning all
Got my Bluetooth headphones in at work listening to the best music out there
Did I miss where it says we should be expecting a Boom today?
Not necessarily a boom, but the eyes seem to mean that.
https://twitter.com/BrandonTFB/status/755608055656525825
https://twitter.com/TheFbBrainiacs/status/755608330295357440
TFB retweed Brandon’s tweet and referred to Denzel
Thanks man.
Thanks man. That definitely means a Boom is in store. Not surprised since Bandy just de committed. Coaches want to show they still got this class LIT.
45 DTG
Joe Bowden AA 88-91; Jim Grisham AA 62-64; Lydell Carr 85-87; Tyrell Peters 94-96
Joe Bowden
https://youtu.be/NUU1nBUxHGY
Need some bullies like this to step up this year!
Yes sir! Guys that will leave their marks!
I used to use the Oilers sometimes in Tecmo just to play as Joe Bowden
Swanny J with some solid work as always on that pump up video
+1
OP is up: https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/ou-oklahoma-sooners-football-recruiting-marquis-hayes-johncarlo-valentin-bill-bedenbaugh-open-post
Late to the NEWS – good stuff, Jordan – thanks. 12-2 Expansion = hahahahahahahaha!
How about UCF and USF, I believe that they will eventually, if not right away, have affect on the recruiting for Florida, Florida st.,Miami, Alabama, and Georgia? I would also chose Memphis, and Cincinnati. I would not chose Houston, because they would affect our recruiting. There was a report that Houston is in talks with the Pac 12, but the Pac 12 dosen’t want them.
Living in Sarasota, I’m all for seeing the Sooners here every few years.
Cant wait to see season 2 of making a murderer. Heard one of the best criminal defense attourneys in the world took his case, i hope it shows some of their work.
She’s an Okie too.
Thats right, good call. Read a little on her, shes great at what she does.
I dont know why Grobe or any other numbskull in Waco doesnt just get up there and say…”We screwed up and we’re going to right the ship, that’s my goal.”
He cannot because Bailer legal says “don’t say ‘nuthin’ bub, we don’ wan’ nooooooo lawsuit ammo for the otha’ side. Jus’ say yessir, we gonna’ play and no sir, don’ know ’bout that.”
We all love watching Baker the Playmaker do his thing when he takes off with the ball, but I really hope his first instinct this season to look for his outet in the flats. Would rather see Perine and Mixon catching passes and delivering the hits than BM receiving them.
I hope we are there. That’s what makes a dominant air raid attack possible.
Don’t want another 2009!
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