Sooners News Daily 8.15.16
Posted on: August 15, 2016
PSA: You’ve been asking for it and we heard you, so we’re starting a Q&A feature here at TFB. We’re calling it the TFB ‘Town Hall’ and it will start at 7pm (CT) tonight (Monday). There will be more info in the post itself once it goes up later today. Hope to see you there!
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Go inside a #Sooners two-a-day with @jordanevans_26
Full ? linked in video and at https://t.co/XhOdff0PQnhttps://t.co/Kj1RjDxlP0
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 12, 2016
Imagine what it will look & sound like when it's full. #surrOUnded https://t.co/5jWAVMz3wehttps://t.co/ff05PkqTEe pic.twitter.com/SPJfCC890v
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 12, 2016
Geno Lewis ‘grateful’ to be a Sooner (Enid News)
Big 12 Preview: Oklahoma going for 10th title as league considers expansion. https://t.co/QBzrfB5jC8 @hawkaptexas pic.twitter.com/vLTK2Qp98y
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) August 15, 2016
With his daughter in mind, Charles Walker is hungrier than ever to breakout in 2016 https://t.co/Yohwxb3nub #Sooners pic.twitter.com/7aa1vS1ohX
— Joe Buettner (@Joe_Buettner) August 14, 2016
@BradyDoesSports kicked off his own series of features with: examining the "Chokelahoma" principle: fact v fiction? https://t.co/irSYgL6CFM
— LandGrant Gauntlet (@the_LGG) August 11, 2016
Urban Meyer Announced 2 Key Injuries For Ohio State's Football Team Today https://t.co/UUYHyT1KbV
— College Spun (@CollegeSpun) August 14, 2016
Lane Johnson had some interesting things to say about his pending suspension. https://t.co/wJS4iNDjvB
— Shutdown Corner (@YShutdownCorner) August 13, 2016
Big loss for WVU.
Dravon Askew-Henry is out for the season. WVU reaches for the drawing board in the secondary again.
So, what now?https://t.co/xbu8aV7x48
— Mike Casazza (@mikecasazza) August 12, 2016
Rough weekend for the ‘Eers.
West Virginia starting OG Adam Pankey arrested for DUI after crash: https://t.co/V0A37SroKn pic.twitter.com/53o89D7lKT
— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) August 14, 2016
Air Force's new alternate helmets are fantastic. VIDEO: https://t.co/Mh5HafoeLX (via @AFFootball) pic.twitter.com/dimkY9P1Ln
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) August 14, 2016
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#Sooners LB Jordan Evans is doing what he was born to do entering his senior season:https://t.co/4msK5kbKtZ pic.twitter.com/StcTF0FlQY
— Cody Stavenhagen (@CodyStavenhagen) August 14, 2016
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Alex Naddour brings home the bronze on PH with a 15.700! #SoonersInRio #BOOMER
RECAP: https://t.co/k8Oxe9OHH4 pic.twitter.com/iHZxRtU5BN— Oklahoma Men's Gym (@OU_MGymnastics) August 15, 2016
144 Comments
BOOMER!!!! Great FOOTBALL morning, fellow Brainiacs!! I’m really liking USAF’s helmets.
SOONER! Hey JR!
Cush!!
SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!
Morning, I agree the helmet is pretty cool.
Devil Dog!!
Sooner!
Magic!!
Jr!
Sooner!
SOONER!
Usual good job and early Monday News Jordan!
mOUrning Cush,J.r.
Good FOOTBALL morning to you, Metz!!
Hey there Metz! Come enjoy the Sooner week!
Q&A tonight, I’ve got money on an Alvarez question. 🙂
I question your question.
Skeptics, skeptics, skeptics – what’s this OU world coming to?
Oracle, you have all the answers: are you on the panel.
Unfortunately I will be late to town hall. I have a dinner to attend. Oh well, I’ll just play catch up afterwards.
Howdy Ray!
Howdy Cush.
Morning, Ray.
Mornin Sam.
Morning, Cush. I’m all official now: Car rental: check. Hotel: check. Flight: check. Game tickets: check.
The toughest part is still to come ….getting across Norman with all of the street repairs.
Dick, I live in Ohio: they’ve been doing construction on I-77, I-71, I-76, and Route 8 since I moved here in 1995. Not to mention the potholes and the patch work repair that is caused by the snow plows.
I should feel right at home.
Even for the experienced, I’d pack extra water, a donut or two, and spare batteries for your pacemaker. It’s going to be interesting to see the traffic flow. Fortunately, I can walk to the campus and crawl home if need be.
I’ll be coming from OKC. I’ll be looking to avoid all of the traffic going to the stadium.
If you come early and enjoy the festivities around campus corner, you’ll be OK getting here. Going back after the game might be a challenge.
Until I experience it, I won’t know what to expect in Norman. However, we go to Columbus every year to catch a tOSU game. That atmosphere is crazy. Getting back to the freeway is a beast. I hope I can manage this traffic.
It should be a good one. I think there’s a good chance ESPN Gameday will be here for the game.
Sure thing. It’s going to be wild.
Take I-240 to 77H, or S Sooner Rd. When you get into Nompton, hang a right on Constitution, then start scouring for a parking place. You’ll hit a little traffic. But not as much as you would with I-35. Good luck.
Thanks, Boomer!
Hey Sam! You guys just have to get through the next few weeks (and get us through Houston)
It’ll be a cake walk. I told EasTex about a dream I had about 10 years ago. I’ll have to share it with you one of these days.
Nah, my bet is Joe Mixon. Why isn’t he in the picture?
BOOMER!!! Thanks for the Q&A feature. Should be a lot of fun!
SOONER!
Town hall tonight! I’ll bring the casserole
Good morning Magic!
Morning Cush!
Morning, Magic. I’m going to be there.
Dinner with the wife and my grandma at 6:30, but I’ll be popping in when I can!
You do that, Magic. Enjoy dinner with your bride.
You do that, Magic. Enjoy dinner with your bride.
Should be awesome. Love the site.
I’m getting ready to head down to Houston for the season kickoff. If I miss the town hall, someone ask how do you say “Texas Sucks” in Houstonian?
Man with that new big screen and sound system we are gonna JUMP AROUND! BOOMER!
That screen is going to be sweet, huh?
Oh, hell ya!
It’ll be interesting to see how many people in the south end zone watch the game backwards.
Good morning to you, Mr. paganpink!
Mornin’ Cush. Great day to be a Sooner…
As for tonight’s town hall, yes folks, there will be stupid questions. LOL!
There are no stupid questions only stupid people.
Yes: the origin of stupid questions. Good morning, Bob. How was your weekend?
Not that great Sam. My wife ended up in the ER again. She’s home, but the last couple of months had given us hope that she might be better for a while.
I’m sorry to hear that, Bob. Try to stay positive. Let me know if you need anything.
I’m good Sam, unless you could give me a couple extra hours of sleep.
I’ll pray that you sleep deeply, when you have little time to sleep.
Hope things get better soon Bob.
Wishing you the best.
Hope things straighten out – bless you both!
So sorry Bob. Prayers to you and your wife.
Like the rest of the gang, wishing her the best.
Hope all is well as can be. Thinking and praying for you both.
Be careful. Virtual bouncers will be at the Town Hall too.
Ha!
Yes, and Sam will be taking notes for possible TFB punishment.
I have it covered, just like the Nationwide blanket.
Sam,Dustin and I will be checking for grammar and spelling too!
I think my ? Will have be what’s up with Alvarez, Lampkin, and linebackers?
The offensive line scares me but linebackers doesn’t really bother me. Every year we need to replace a LB I always worry then remember the Stoops bros can coach them some lbs. was pleased to read that Curtis B stepped up during the scrimimage!
Perhaps Alvarez is best being left at guard?
I don’t care who starts I just want the best guys rolled out. I thought for sure we would have 3 starters coming back but oh well.
I like the Air Force helmets.
Me too! Looks like the nose art on the Hog (A-10) that the Air Force is trying to retire. Completely off-topic, but I love the Hog and the unmistakable, “BRRRRRRRRRT!”
Chokelahoma is the worst thing I’ve ever heard. I can’t stand that term, makes me want to drop someone ?
Won $413 on the roulette table this weekend, now for some serious Sooner gear. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and get metzed up!
That’s the best part of extra money: more Sooner gear!
win some key, important playoff games and the moniker will evaporate for awhile…its been a looooooooooong dry spell in this area ( since the 2000 NC) ….
I don’t know about the moniker. Is only used when we lose title games? I recall people using it when we lost meaningless bowl games (Boise St/WV/Texas A&M/Clemson 2014). I think it’s really unfair and should not be repeated. If someone is going to call OU out for choking in these games, I want them to give credit for winning games against Stanford, Iowa and Uconn in the 3-1 Landry Jones era! What’s fair is fair.
As for losing title games, the only resemblance to a choke was against LSU. OU was favored and were better. Everybody in the world thinks that USC was one of the greatest and we were dogs against Florida. So why are we given that name? Ohio St has lost title games as well…
If OU wasn’t special, no one would criticize. No one kicks a dead dog.
I don’t know about the moniker. Is only used when we lose title games? I recall people using it when we lost meaningless bowl games (Boise St/WV/Texas A&M/Clemson 2014). I think it’s really unfair and should not be repeated. If someone is going to call OU out for choking in these games, I want them to give credit for winning games against Stanford, Iowa and Uconn in the 3-1 Landry Jones era! What’s fair is fair.
As for losing title games, the only resemblance to a choke was against LSU. OU was favored and were better. Everybody in the world thinks that USC was one of the greatest and we were dogs against Florida. So why are we given that name? Ohio St has lost title games as well…
I disagree. There have been many key regular season and post season wins that are overlooked.
That is the problem right there. If OU needs to win NC’s to not be a choker, what does that make other teams who are barely good enough to compete for one once a decade let alone actually win one. That would include every B1G team outside of Ohio State, every ACC team outside of Florida State, every PAC team outside of USC, every SEC team but Florida, LSU, Auburn (and even that was just one year), and Alabama. There are only a handful of team that even get the chance to play in those big games and OU has won just as many of the big ones as they have lost.
Thanks malicong 🙂 you couldn’t have said it better. Lots of teams would trade their success for ours.
That is the problem right there. If OU needs to win NC’s to not be a choker, what does that make other teams who are barely good enough to compete for one once a decade let alone actually win one. That would include every B1G team outside of Ohio State, every ACC team outside of Florida State, every PAC team outside of USC, every SEC team but Florida, LSU, Auburn (and even that was just one year), and Alabama. There are only a handful of team that even get the chance to play in those big games and OU has won just as many of the big ones as they have lost.
Gambling winnings for me have never been extra money. The money just comes to live with me for awhile and then goes back home.
$413. I’ll be over to help you spend that money. LOL!
Guys I will be in a meeting this evening could somebody please ask about the punt return situation . Remind them that we ranked in the 100s in punt returns and it always looks like our guys just stand up and don’t block or rush the punter everytime.
Also if somebody would ask why we burn redshirt years just for 7 meaningless plays I would love to hear the answer to also …thanks in advance.
I hope coach Stoops remembers his Disqus login. 🙂
Now you know he isn’t in charge of special teams, all of them are.
On top of that, not being ready for a fake punt against Clemson! At least prepare for a fake if we are running punt safe!
We did not rank in the 100s in punt returns. We finished 74th in the NCAA and 4th in the Big 12 in punt returns. Those aren’t elite numbers, but they are certainly not as bad as people try to make out.
Good morning everyone
Dave!!
Thanks for bringing home three BOOMS while I was in Haiti last week. Hope everyone is doing well. Have a blessed day!
Good to have you back Hawk.
It’s good to be back!
Welcome back Mr. Hawk!
Hope the trip to Haiti went well!
It was fantastic, thanks.
good morning all and not to be rude Hawk but can you go back to Haiti so we can get some more BOOMS
Yes sir. I will go back as soon as possible!
Welcome back, Lincoln!
Welcome back. No malaria is even better!
good to have you back and thanks for your good work.
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Thanks! Everyone is doing better then anyone is in Haiti!
Perine and Mixon aren’t really a thunder and lightning duo. They’re more like a thunder and thunder and lightning duo. 🙂
I call them thunder and even bigger thunder.
I was watching last year TT game last night and it is a perfect game to show really how good these guys are (I know it was TT but still).. Perine’s speed is so underrated and Mixon’s power is real.. We better enjoy these two this year !!
I think those two will return next year with Mayfield.
I doubt we get all three back. Only reason Perine comes back would be b/c he isn’t going to get ahead of a couple of other running backs on the draft board. No idea what the next draft class would look like.
Now that would be special, I expect if they do OU did not have a good year. Fully expect Perine to go either way.
I liked the OSU game also. They were unstoppable.
Yeah, I watched to half, but it was such a butt kicking that I didn’t want to stay to watch OU run out the second half clock.
Yep. I admit it. I love those butt kickings….When OU is the butt kickers.
Not to mention the Reindeer games.
Yeah, the OL did really good that game as well… And Mixon came to play !!
I call them smash and grab, because that’s how they score
https://soundcloud.com/sooner-radio-network/ou-tennessee-4th-ot
Very enjoyable listen – 4th quarter and OT radio call for OU vs Tennessee
Oline got whipped for three quarters!
Hence me only posting the 4th quarter and OT 🙂
Reason why at the UT game, there were some changes made and we made it to the playoffs.
Get to work to get back to the news and find….
Metz, Metz? your que….
Two things:
1. Is there anyone better at shedding screen blocks than Will Johnson?
2. Even today, that OSU DB still thinks Westbrook is running a route.
3(Bonus). “…Oklahoma invented it.” – can we get t-shirts made?
Great idea for a T shirt.
3) I’m on it
Love #2 and still chuckle any time someone mentions it.
Oklahoma Invented it tshirt ideas:
Tshirt 1 – front and back
Tshirt 2 – front and back
Anyone else unable to get to the Landgrant gauntlet article? Link opens for me but nothing happens.
Yep, story won’t open for me either.
The gist is that “chokelahoma” is largely without merit, because in the 2000’s OU was consistently a preseason top 10 team, but only twice finished the season further than 3 positions away from their preseason ranking. Granted those were tough years, but still.
Walker has a kid? ya, he gone.
Wow. TFB making leaps forward. Thanks, Jordan, K. Getting reports from OU camp are a dream come true.
“Oklahoma invented it”
So excited for Dom! Always choose family over Anything!! https://twitter.com/_DAlexander1/status/764975300979589121
Good for him.
So many sooners in the nfl. Its hard to watch them all.
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