Sooners News Daily 8.12.16
Posted on: August 12, 2016
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More in Between the Hashmarks ➡️ https://t.co/fW3PeZIkct #OneOklahoma pic.twitter.com/tx61YwvLkQ
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 11, 2016
Look who's on the cover of @espn The Magazine. On newsstands now. pic.twitter.com/rvgAQa3inb
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 11, 2016
OU football: D.J. Ward finding stability on Sooners defense https://t.co/6f1pHEFfOE
— Ryan Aber (@ryaber) August 12, 2016
Not sure what’s up with the pic in the tweet, because the actual article has OU as the No. 1 seed. Which means literally nothing but, you know, #OffseasonAndStuff.
You like bowl projections, right? Well, they're out!https://t.co/7pqL1aqvfV
— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) August 11, 2016
Baker Mayfield leads Big 12's top Heisman candidates https://t.co/cWKdSmZAmP
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) August 11, 2016
Challenging the premise that Big 12 expansion would dilute the league on the field: https://t.co/NFqjQnLpLT
— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) August 11, 2016
Hot seat rankings: Which coach is under the most pressure for 2016–17? https://t.co/faMcO9CcQo pic.twitter.com/1hwXAd6WwW
— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) August 12, 2016
The results of our college football media survey may shock and amuse you. https://t.co/RRSZFk2cw9https://t.co/ey9SwRYCyS
— The Big Lead (@TheBigLead) August 11, 2016
Good lord.
Seattle Seahawks sign new 5yr deal with Texas A&M for use of "12th Man" https://t.co/rhX9yDFgFb
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 11, 2016
OTHER
NEWS: Mark Cody resigns as @OU_Wrestling head coach. https://t.co/EMYIUTZsln
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) August 11, 2016
Sooners "in shock" after coach Mark Cody informs his team he's stepping down at Oklahoma. https://t.co/cfM0dDBYIl
— Andy Hamilton (@Andy_Hamilton) August 11, 2016
Former OU players & coaches return to the LNC for alumni weekend on Aug 26-27.
Details: https://t.co/ZKgnLFnnHS pic.twitter.com/cUgkyWZMsk
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) August 11, 2016
Lobsterman catches rare, bright blue 2-pound lobster off the coast of Cape Cod. https://t.co/u70vP8xarQ pic.twitter.com/7dwvBx2OHd
— ABC News (@ABC) August 11, 2016
238 Comments
BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!1ST
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOONER!!!!!!!
Doc!
Morning Metz!
Morning,Cush
Morning,Cush
Morning Metz!
Morning….FOOTBALL METZ!!!!!!
Morning FOOTBALL Rick.
Morning….FOOTBALL METZ!!!!!!
SOONER!!! Morning Metz!
Morning,Bleed!
Good Sooner Friday BC!
Back at ya, Cush!
Top of the FOOTBALL morning to you!
FOOTBALL,Tony!
Dam seahawks really!Paying the ags!
Yes – man that is a LOT of $$$$$$$$ for that silly theme. Don’t want to sell “there is only one” – Maybe there’s a foreign semi-pro team that will give us $ 1.75 for rights to the horse-pigs.
WOWWW CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!Crazy russian cracks me up
He is hilarious!! WOW, look at that!!
BOOM!!!
Charlie strong is on the hot seat??? How bout that. Let’s push him a little deeper into the seat
Like a 64 to 13 beat down!
Please and thank you!
Please and thank you!
Why give them 13? Zip, nada, zero, nuthin’, zilch, goose egg, donut, blank, or the “O” in OU – THAT is what they deserve.
My bad,Cush
My bad,Cush
And 7 rushing touchdowns.
Q just scored again.
I think it will be Mixon this go around. Charlie is fired at the end of the game.
I think we beat Charlie this year but Charlie has the last laugh by winning 9 games.
I think you are right!!!! I do, however, hope Metz is right about the 64 points against them. About 4-5 passing td’s with aprox 350 yards and about 4-5 rushing td’s Mixon and Perine both going over 100 yards.
I agree we beat them, but I just can’t see 9 wins.
I’ll give em UTEP, ISU, KU as guaranteed wins (3 wins)
Let’s say Cal, Tech, WVU, KSU are all 50/50 games, so they win half (2 wins)
Any of ND, OU, BU, TCU, OSU will have to be pretty big upsets for them to pull off. Let’s say they somehow get two upsets, which I think is high (2 wins)
That’s still only 7 wins, and I feel like that was being fairly generous on the last 5 teams
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I fully understand your logic, and can’t pick the wins, but think they are going to put the O together much better than some expect and (as a result) pull an upset or two.
I realize it defies logic, but they’ve got a good coaching staff and all the talent in the world. I think they find a way to put it together this year.
One can only hope not haha
I know it’s been known for a while, but seeing as this is the first time to actually see it in a trailer…
DARTH VADER IS IN THE STAR WARS TRAILER!!!!! DARTH VADER IS IN THE STAR WARS TRAILER!!!!! DARTH VADER IS IN THE STAR WARS TRAILER!!!!!
Easy son, I’ll get you a double popcorn too. 🙂
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Easy son, I’ll get you a double popcorn too. 🙂
Ou is cool with Vader.———
ESPN hates OU SO MUCH that they predict us in the Playoffs, and put our QB on the cover of their magazine for the College Football Preview edition.
ESPN hates OU SO MUCH that they predict us in the Playoffs, and put our QB on the cover of their magazine for the College Football Preview edition.
They’re just sucking us in.
It is just the beginning of the “OU would be better off in the SEC” push.
Good FOOTBALL morning, fellow Brainiacs!! GREAT news regarding Jordan!
J.r.!
Magic!!
Morning JR!
What’s up with the wrestling coach resigning? I guess when you coach at a school that has 3 national title teams, a runner-up, and two final fours in the money sports, all in the same year, it puts some pressure on the coaches whose teams are not holding their own. Still..weird timing.
Wow! I’m in shock over this. WTH??? Did he have a run-in with somebody higher up? Is he terminally ill? Did he examine his win/loss and say “not good enough”? Did he fall in love with another wrestler? I mean, WTH??? Dumbfounded. Sounds like such a great guy that the wrestlers love.
Maybe the heat got him and he has to get back to NY. Ya got me.
Also in the article, Glass came out for Lightner’s moving beyond the “interim” tag.
“I think that’s who we would all like to have as our next head coach,” he said.
The season is only three months away.
Comments from a wrestling site:
“On the recruiting front, Cody has struggled to land many elite wrestlers from Oklahoma or nationally.”
“#notsurprised”
“J Rob needs a job”
“Time for Mark Perry to come back home to Oklahoma!
“I’m not really that surprised. Mark Cody is a good coach but if you can’t bring in the recruits it’s really tough to succeed. While I have a vested interest in seeing OU fail at wrestling I can think of a short list of some guys they’d probably look at Tyler Caldwell, Jordan Burroughs, Tyrone Lewis, Chris Pendleton, or even J Rob”
“hold out for Burroughs”
“TJ Sewell should apply. He was a 3X All American and a Runner Up at OU. He could get the kids that Cody couldn’t get in OK”
“Michael is for real. They need a great coach as the head guy”
“Lightner is so well liked by the wrestlers and a great coach”
“About damn time.”
Maybe that was it. You’d think it would have been done earlier than a week or two before school starts.
Hope it isn’t health related.
Just now listening to the last half of the podcast wtih Bob, Barry and Al. Boy is this stuff gold! Really enjoyed the segment where Barry talked to the father of Cameron Rising.
He got real dang quiet when asked about Holieway throwing the ’89 Citrus Bowl.
Fairly rare for Barry.
Yeah he did! Finally after about a minute he said “no comment.”
Yeah that thing is awesome. May listen to it again today
I would really like to see a Star Wars movie that takes place in the Old Republic. Pretty tired of the Skywalker timeline.
They could do one on the moon. I hear they already have the set hidden away in Houston.
22 DTG
Quentin Griffin 99-02; Plato Andros AA 41-46; Joe Wylie 70-72; Marcus Dupree 82-83
Q!!! One of my all time favorites!
That Texsa beatdown never gets old watching.
Q
https://youtu.be/UYdk2H55AT0
Dang that little guy was SO good!!
A lot of heart in that small body.
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Big heart in a little body. Really enjoyed watching him play.
Marcus Dupree – One of the smoothest runners to watch.
https://youtu.be/kBEyN7IZGG0
What could have been….
He was so unbelievable. Could have been legendary
I think “Effortless” is the best way to describe his dominance. He ran like he didn’t even care about the other team trying to go after him.
If he played his entire career at OU and had Perine’s attitude he’d be the greatest of all time.
Amazing speed and acceleration.
He was a trule natural. Could have been one of the greatest of all time, even in the pro level. Unbelievable combo of speed and power.
His performance in that 2000 OU Texsa games – one of my favorites
A smaller OU message board site back at the time had some “Q Scores Again” tshirts made up after the UT game. I got mine signed by Q, and it now hangs framed in my sports memorabilia room.
Awesome!
I don’t remember Plato, but the rest are a very good memory.
Don’t know about Plato, although I remember him as a coach, “the great pumpkin”. The others on the list were all different, and all great players.
Good Football Friday morning all you Brainiac’s!!! “It’s another great day to be a SOONER” Can I get a witness? Shout out to #SS17, #ST18 and of course all you lurkers!!!
Morning 47!!!
Mornin, Bleed!!! Two great backs on your list this A.M.
Always good to be a Sooner!
Magic, You Know it!!!!
76!
Metz!
47!
Metz!!!
Yeah, well I’m lurking like a champion though…
737 stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see you.
Oracle!!!
Morning 47.
Let’s start the day right:
f’ing clown show, but that’s obv nothing new
https://twitter.com/Jake_Trotter/status/764087265521836032
The B29 Flying Conference has a nice ring to it though
What started out sounding something “like” a conference became something sounding like a bomber.
Its raining TDs instead of fiery death
Dave!!!!!!!
Metz!
I would laugh at this if I didn’t think they were stupid enough to do it
If you can’t join a real conference, might as well give em all a shot in the Big36…
Seventeen schools? Jimminy Christmas.
While I would be the last to defend Bowlsby as a leader, I am not sure what everyone is complaining about here. Seventeen schools contact him and he is going to talk to them. Then they are going to pick TWO according to the article. In business that’s called ‘due diligence.’
Yeah, let’s consider East Popcorn State while we’re at it. /s
I heard EPS had a sleeper QB this year!
Yeah, and all those viewers out there in corn land. Be hard to turn that down.
The Fighting Orville Redenbackers!
LOL!!!
Hopefully due diligence is realizing this league is a cluster F–K
The problem is that the same buttbags that got the league clustered up in the first place are the same ones tasked with performing due dilligence, more or less. Talk about the blind leading the blind.
Some of those contacts will be abbreviated, like my job interviews as a yute.
“Thanks for coming in, but we can tell already we don’t like you. Oh, and we dont validate parking.”
Right. You give them a polite call back and then say “I think we will go another direction.” Things may change in the future, maybe the AD at a school you don’t want becomes AD at one you do. Never hurts to give a polite listen to their spiel.
“Go in another direction.” Yep, that’s it. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard that.
We are going to finish up the process and I’ll get back to you in a couple of weeks.
I’ll never forget when we were hiring a couple part time students who are studying finance and you’d be surprised how many of them showed up with no resume lol.
Agree completely.
This. But some around here have a drum to continually beat.
never thought I would see “due diligence” and Bowlsby within a country mile of each other
I’ve got a few rotary members who are professors at UNLV and supposedly they have put together a sales pitch. That would be cool, only because I could see OUr boys play, other than that there’s nothing there for me lol
I would bet some of those guys could present an offer that “you can’t refuse”.
I so love realignment talk/////////////ssssssssssssssss
Why ONLY 17? If the 12-4+2 wants to embarrass itself, it should talk to 60 or so to make sure there are no hurt feelings…/ssssssssssssssssssssssss
I’m thinking Notre Dame isn’t one of them..
Sounds like texsa logic.
Morning all
Howdy, dave, and Gooooooooood Morning, TFB!!! It’s 8:24 and guess who SUCKS-they’re ugly and have a HC with hot pants!
UTurrible?
Morning Slim
You are correct!!
Ooh what do I win?
I got nothin’ except my loyalty and respect! LOL! Your prize is that you’re a SOONER.
Awesome. Those are quality prizes
A very chirppy morning,Slim!
Right back atcha, the metzker! I mighta had too much coffee already.
Slim!
Hey, cush!!
Mornin’ Dave and all ya’ll TFBs!!
Hello hOUligan!
Morning hOUligan
Hi Dave!
Howdy Cush
No lurking on Fridays——————-
I’m actually here, but the lights hurt my eyes.
Morning,Mojo!!!
Morning Mr. metz!
Hey Mojo! Have you been a “lurker” lately? Maybe I just missed you when I had to work.
Hey cush! Been having to do that work thing myself lately. Trying to get ahead before the season starts. But I keeping notes on you all.
Lots of things last week. We have turned the corner from Hallmark….
LOL! Ah the Hallmark days of our lives. I just wish some expansion news would stir a discussion.
Edit: Football; for the feint at heart.
I’m waiting for her top to fall off. And I’ll wait here as long as I have to!
Not from me,dont need the hammer!
That actually happened yesterday, but only for a brief moment.
Glad i wasnt around to get blamed.But i must say i have never posted a nude.
Nope. It was someone I never heard of before.
You would never be blamed for that – we know that deep down you are –
Oh come now. I could post one and Metz would get blamed by Sam.
YOU could Bob because he got that rep and you remain squeaky clean. And Sam has a tough job watching for miscreants – poor Metz just metzed up first.
Word is, it’s a sock puppet account of yours. Just sayin’ … some are sayin’ /s
lmao!
Damnit. Always a day late…
I suspect the internet has a “few” more of those if you care to search….
But then I’d have to leave this site. And who knows what else I would miss!
Nyet.
Mornin’ Metz!!
Morning,hOU!!
Have a great day, Metz!
Jim!
Just wondering Tyron Johnson does OU have a chance?
Beat me to it. Everything that this guy wants he could get at OU. He can’t go to any SEC schools.
Better Quarterback than any in sec
His dad is saying he “might” go JUCO for a season, then return to the SEC in a better offense.
Brilliant,NOT!!!!!!!
I think he went to school with Arthur (hulk) McGinnis
That’s interesting..
Man, I’m glad Baker is on our team. He’s a foxhole kind of guy, and the most dynamic OU QB since…well, I can’t remember. JC Watts, maybe? With a much better arm.
Agree. There are better passers and runners but the combination he has plus his attitude and ethic. The ultimate ‘chip on his shoulder’ QB for the ultimate ‘chip on their shoulder – something to prove’ team.
Indeed. I love the fire in his belly. Stoops has had some very good QBs, but they didn’t burn as hot as BM. I like a player who simply refuses to lose.
Final 4 prediction time?
1. OU
2. Flst
3. LSU
4. Michigan
Works for me Dawg
My final four as well, except I have Clemson instead of FSU.
Agreed, think Clemson will get FSU
Clemson will be great on offense. But defensively, I don’t think they have enough. Losing Mack, Dodd, Lawson and both safeties + BV bend don’t break D they will lose at least 1 game they aren’t suppose too. Plus a loss to FSU.
OU, Michigan, ND, LSU
I like ND, but I don’t like their schedule.
Why is everyone so high on LSU?
I think they are overated, but I don’t think the sec west is as strong as in years past. All they really have to do is get past Bama at home, and beat whomever the weaker east champion might be – probably Tennessee.
S-E-C
That has to be the only reason. I’m not going to jump on the Michigan bandwagon because they had a decent year in a very top-heavy conference last season.
18 returning starters. Unusual for a team that usually loses a bunch of underclassman to the draft.
It doesn’t matter how many you return if you weren’t all that great in the first place.
Well, I got no love for LSU obviously, but they had a top 10 rushing offense and top 20 rush defense. As well as they have recruited for a long time, they are going to be pretty decent this year.
They return everyone. Especially a potent run game coupled with Alabama losing all their best run defenders. I expect them to win. Alabama returns great pass rushers.. but that doesn’t help you against a monster oline + Fournette that wants to run 40x a game.
LSU was smashed last year because Bama had some nfl run stuffers.
They still have no passing game though.
I like Georgia this year. So much talent and no more Richt to screw it up.
They have no offensive or defensive line though.
is that important? my bad.
I mean you’re obviously entitled to your opinion, I’m just saying lol
1. OU
2. Clemson
3. Alabama (Les gets fired this year for sure)
4. Ohio State
I could see this as well. I think we win OSU, but I think whoever ends up actually winning it is not out of the Playoff picture. Lose that game, win the rest, it’s going to be pretty darn tough to keep either team out if that happens
I ached typing Alabama in that list, but they generally do have the best team money can “BUY”.
Seems everybody agrees on about 8 or so top teams. Is there a Cinderella team out there that could make he Final 4?
I’m not really looking for a dark horse this year. (It’s always a possibility) My guess would be possibly a Pac team. I don’t really see any BIG, or SEC not listed. There is always a FSU or Clemson lurking. In the B12, TCU might be a possibility, otherwise the top 8 or 10 is IMHO going to be the top 8 or 10.
Replace Michigan with Ohio state and put Bama over LSU
OU, Stanford, Alabama, Clemson
I’m with Dave on this one. Sounds about right to me.
1.OU
2.OU
3.OU
4.OU
Bob Stoops would still blow it
–anonymous
Always the optimist.
Stanford loses a 4 year starter at QB, a few offensive lineman and their defense was atrocious last season. I think they lose 3-4 games this year.
But the rest of the league…ugh.
McCaffrey is that good IMO
Hate to see coaches leave, but Joe C needs to upgrade wrestling, baseball and WBB.
WBB? there is only one coach in that sport and OU doesn’t have him.
No way Joe C is getting rid of Coale. She was just inducted into the Hall of Fame. She is women’s basketball at OU.
Probably not, but you might be surprised. She is not a favorite behind the scenes and isn’t coaching, recruiting or winning like she used to.
Frankly, I think she is only there now because the fans love her and don’t know some of the stories.
Bob Stoops had a little dip in the road too. I don’t follow women’s basketball coaches but is there any women coaches OU might get?
That’s the rub. I don’t know who you’d get instead.
BS has always handled himself with a lot of class. That goes a long way to help support him when he has a dip.
https://twitter.com/SouthernbeLLSU/status/764101293543608320
Following I hope…no stalking young women even if they love sports 🙂
Getting so close now, I am tossing out one more appeal –
We TFBers miss ya’ –
E T ☎️ Home
Anyone know if you can still purchase the Crimson shirt with the gold hand doing the upside down longhorn symbol? I know it’s a few years old but I just saw a pic of someone who has one and it’s definitely fresh lol.
Got mine on the Nike website before that damn 100th game. Didn’t wear it again till last year’s RRS. We know how that one turned out too. I love the design, but it’s full of bad juju.
Did an hour-long search for ya, but haven’t found a purchase option yet. Sorry. :/
Wow. Thanks for putting in that much time for me! I searched and couldn’t find it either. I know it was from a few years back so I figured I wouldn’t find one. My old roommate offered me his but it would look like under armor on me lol. Thanks for your service as well!
https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune/status/764110500095463424
Can’t wait to watch him play tonight! Victor Cruz is washed up. Shep being the number 2 on a pass happy offense? Let’s go baby!
Yeah, perfect situation for him. He’s gonna be a star
OP is up: https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/ou-oklahoma-sooners-football-dakota-austin-jordan-thomas-pj-mbanasor-michiah-quick-jamal-danley-recruiting-klavon-chaisson-open-post
Id eat the hell out that lobster
From The Big Lead media survey: “SEC Bias: Multiple respondents listed SEC bias as the worst feature of college football media coverage and referenced ESPN’s “blatant” role in feeding it.”
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