OU Football Officially Opens 2015 Fall Camp
Posted on: August 6, 2015
Image via @OU_Football
As virtually all of you are already aware, OU officially opened fall camp this morning with their first practice as they prepare for the 2015 season. We are expecting hoping to have some actual practice notes for you later today, or possibly tomorrow, but in the meantime we just wanted to throw this up for now to give you all a place to hang out.
As we’ve now been conditioned in recent years, we receive very little in the way of information from OU during camp. But they have been tweeting out some pictures from practice today, so for those of you who may not be on Twitter and/or already seen these.
We’ll also try to continue updating this post as needed, just FYI.
Defense getting after it. 💪🏼 Day One. pic.twitter.com/GcWnO8W3WD
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Not a huge surprise necessarily, but top right pic here is late arrival and JUCO transfer Jarvis Baxter already taking part in practice which is obviously a positive.
#GoGetIt squad ✈️ pic.twitter.com/RU99B4VZa6
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 6, 2015
We are live. BOOMER!! pic.twitter.com/zHWiSDyAD3
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Let's do this. @BigStJo @LineKing68 @ErickWren #OUDNA pic.twitter.com/T5cHWE6a4z
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Check out that plate!! He's ready! #Omelet #Potatoes #Berries @samajp32 pic.twitter.com/7kZeAqXjUp
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FIRSTY
THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME FIRSTY!
Samaje looks like a NFL linebacker
Looking pretty lean.
Maybe that will translate into more speed.
Maybe, heck! If it doesn’t, then training programs are all frauds. Certainly regarding acceleration rather then top speed it should always be a help.
They claim he is faster and stronger while losing some weight. Lightning and Thunder are back
I like it, even leaned out he’s still a load.
He only lost about 5 lbs
Even better, lean muscle mass, less fat….looks good.
He had body fat? Lol!!
lol yeah really
I’m a little biased, but I think he is the best RB in the country.
I like that he looks “hungrier” as well!
Ready for some football!
Finally!!!
Can’t wait for Akron. I’m so fired up for this season.
Can’t wait for the Monday after Akron when I can watch the game on youtube.
LOL!
That makes bofus.
I’ll spring for it! Come to Yukon, Eastex!
Thanks, bruh.
Going old school and listening on the radio after the disastrous results from last year’s ppv. Glitchy mess that I only saw half of and what I did see wasn’t even HD.
I agree, but will probably still use the PPV option. Last years PPV was less than impressive.
They don’t use a lot of camera’s and the announcers are unknown folks but it’s still better then Radio. Besides- you’re really kinda NorEasTex, right? LOL. If it wasn’t for construction and maybe traffic in the big D, you could do it in an hour and a half! Let me know anytime.
DFW, near Addison and Plano.
Appreciate the invite, but I will be going out of town for a Friday night football game which will be about 5 hours round trip. Won’t be too eager to leave the house on Saturday.
You are serious about those HS games aren’t you? Sounds good. I don’t blame you.
High hopes for the home town team this year.
Remind me again which is the HS alma mater…Marshall, Carthage, other? I think I guessed longview once and if memory serves, that blew over about as well as a fart in church…
Marshall High, not Stinkview.
I always liked Addison on OU-Texas weekend, especially for all the restaurants on Belt Line. My sister lives down there andand when our family would come to visit her we had a routine. We’d hit the original Cantina Laredo on Friday night for dinner, choose a random restaurant after the game (Fogo was pretty common) on Saturday. Sunday, we’d have breakfast at the Original Pancake Haus (sourdough banana pancakes for me, everyone else got the apple pancake), usually an hour minimum wait.
That was when she lived in Flower Mound, then Lantana. Now she lives in North Dallas off Walnut Hill Ln for the past 5 years, so we have a new restaurant tradition. It’s still one of my favorite weekends of the year if not the favorite. Always a blast, especially when OU annihilates texass
I know all those places. Off of Walnut your best bet is either the places on Greenville or Uptown.
OPH is my favorite breakfast place. Such high standards in quality food and cleanliness, it will never be confused with a greasy-spoon.
Open Invite? Or just Eas Tex? I can be there in 15 minutes- 10 if I take the Harley. :-0
Making the trek out there for this one…IT’S GOING TO BE THE GAME OF THE CENTURY!
…ok maybe not…but still
For the Zips it might be!
It’s on Youtube? Awesome! I didn’t know that.
If you are in the Tulsa area, join the OU Club at the Fox & Hound for the game. NE corner of 71st & Garnett.
I can wait.. I’m forced to.
PPV is more expensive than some game tickets… how does that make sense?
I hear ya. But when you live 5 hours away. PPV is still much, much cheaper. That’s how I look at it. Especially for a team like Akron. And they keep doing this every year for the lesser opponent. So a lot of people must feel the same.
Are you ever not fired up about an upcoming Sooner football season? Lol
Actually, no. But the way last season ended, I’m hoping for a turnaround this season. It starts with Akron. Oo-aa!
Amen. I want to wipe last season from the memory banks.
From the receiver pics above, it looks like QB’s still have issues hitting the broad side of a barn.
Its the WAY back shoulder throw.
“A picture is worth a thousand words” and you choose to focus on the “QBs still have issues hitting the broad side of a barn.”
How about look at those guys go up and get the ball or great body control by the receiver?
Look in background…Looks like McGinnis threw to Baxter as his hands are empty while Thomas still has a football. And Mcginnis is leaning for body English like I do after hitting my driver!!
Since we don’t know what the drill was (it could have been one to practice going up for a ball) a person’s response to this tells you more about the person than the players. If you want to be negative, “it’s ooh bad throw.” If you want to be positive, it’s “ooh look at his jumping ability.” No one here knows which is correct because we don’t know what each person was told to do.
Then there is me who is just happy to see the Sooners starting to practice for another year of Oklahoma football.
Things are always good when you are undefeated.
Who said those were QB thrown balls?
Stephen? Is that you?
Good one.
Good to remember that there are a couple of Walk-on QBs throwing passes these days too. Not necessarily from one of the 2 guys battling for the job!
Thats what I thought as well when I saw those pics but then ( probably falsely ) placated myself by thinking maybe the QBs are throwing it high on purpose to see which WRs can go up and get em.
With the talk about OU’s attrition problem and the disaster that the 2011 class was…What positions would you guys say are thinnest? I’d say safety and O-line. I feel like D-line
is deep just needing experienced. Is my understanding correct or am I
overlooking something?
OL…got thinner before camp even opened.
They are still some big ol’boys, though. 🙂
I see what you did there lol
wait..what’d I miss? Who’s hurt?
Seriously…I didn’t think we were dealing with any injuries outside of Anderson, McGinnis, and Deberry healing up
QB is actually thin. We have three scholarship QB’s. One has shoulder fatigue, and another is injury prone.
And a walk on……
Actually two walk ons and one of the scholly guys is a walk on.
Oh, had not heard that. Thanks for catching me up.
Here’s the note about the other walk on. http://newsok.com/article/5437761
Obviously Mayfield is the former walk on.
Thanks
I hate to reply to myself, but it just occurred to me that we only have two QB’s that we actually recruited to play here.
Agree. Depth at QB is worry
And the other can’t throw.
I think Safety is a place that is thin on experience as well if Parker or Thomas go down the next guy up may be a Freshman and TE is really thin seeing how the top guy has never played TE before but not sure that matters as much in this offense. Have to wait and see.
Linebacker is the thinnest position. I’d throw the entire secondary in at 2nd, QB at 3rd.
How is LB the thinnest? It is probably the deepest.
They’re not running the 3-4 anymore…..
Unless something’s changed and I missed it, they will still be running the 50 look as well as a 4 man front.
We have 11 scholarship LBs, 2 of those are true freshmen and have never taken a snap of D-1 football and arent likely to play unless they are freaks of nature–and one of them is recovering from injury. Two more are redshirt freshmen who’ve never taken a snap either. So that leaves 7 experienced backers, and one of those has been out for a year, two more have played sparingly (although I think Bond will play a lot more this year). So, that leaves us with very little experience at LB, and LB was a glaring weakness last season. So, yeah, I’d say we’re pretty thin at LB regardless of the alignment. I expect to see a lot more nickel package this year.
Same story for DBs. Lots of freshman, lack of experience or quality play.
I could argue QBis thinnest with only 3 scholarship QBs, but I think we’ll be good if Mayfield stays healthy.
I agree with you on the DBs, still strongly disagree on the LBs though…There is a big difference between lacking experience and lacking bodies. From my understanding and from what the brainiacs have been writing its going to be about 5 or even 6 (possibly Bond) guys fighting for 2 LB spots.
So few experienced LBs and Mike Stoops’ recent tendencies is why I think we’ll see a lot more nickel D.
Amen to that. The 4-0-7 debacle from the WVU game 3 years ago still gives me nightmares
[Squeals like a schoolgirl. Reaches for cat. Cat scrambles. Dives for cat out of chair. Falls. Chases and dives on cat. Screams.]
“And it’s Tapper with the sack!”
May want to make sure you have taken all your meds. 🙂
“I got a feeva. And the only prescription, is more [football].”
…
http://www.lolcats.com/images/u/11/46/lolcatsdotcomqc2oos4nrd7aymcl.jpg
“There is a flag on the play. Personal Foul after the play, Targeting the head, on the wife, 15 yard penalty, 4th down. Wife is ejected.”
Hey. Easy now. 🙂
You are hilarious…
Anybody have a good site for listening to games on the internet? One that can be trusted
I thought I had one then they didn’t offer the broadcast last year.
I will do some investigating the closer we get to the season, there will always be at least one good source.
Yeah I hunt and hunt and hardly find anything and if I do it don’t work the next time
There used to be a Dallas channel I could get when I lived overseas. Lemme see if I still have it. (OU lists stations on the sooner sports site).
There used to be a religious station in Fort Worth that broadcasted the games online the year before last. I think OU clamped down on it’s property rights so no station can broadcast on Interwebs anymore. Only way to get it online is to cough up $100 for a subscription to Soonersports.com. That was my only option to listen to the game when camping at Grand Tetons, WY last year. Listened to Tulsa game on a very slooow connection. Finally gave up and sat in my truck and listened to the broadcast on satellite radio.
So that’s why the excellent innernut broadcast I had for 2013 disappeared last year?
/dang
I also think that is why all practices are closed to other media too. Content is King on Interwebs, and we are all clamoring for Sooner FB content! I blame Joe C, although he is a great guy/ AD too. But still…
…meaning one-stop-shop for all Sooner FB content is….Soonersports.com
I contacted Mossman around 2005 to see if there was a subscription I could get to get at least radio (I lived in Japan). He offered me an exclusive license for all of Japan at only $1,000,000. I declined. Somehow it seemed we were on different wavelengths.
Welp. My info was from 2008, so I bow to your more recent knowledge.
I searched the internet as best I could last year and could find nothing. Some station may try to do it online this year, but I would doubt it. I’ll try searching again this year and will post any findings.
the broadcasts were definitely available from a few different sources last year. It did take some patience to find tho… I usually synced the computer/ radio to my tv
Please share if you find a live link. Thanks!
1630 or 1610 is a Christian station that carries the Sooner games in DFW
Streaming on in the Internet? I think that was the station I used to get the stream from, but it wasn’t available last season. Their stream contained music just like KRXO and KMOD when the game was in progress.
It was definitely more of a challenge last year. probably not a good idea to mention it here, when you find one, unless you use a secret code. I suspect the monitors are keeping an eye out ….
I have a system at the house that lets me listen to any radio station I want, anytime I want. The house was less than a year old when I bought it and it’s always had that service. I don’t have a clue where it comes from or how it works, I’ve never asked. I just push buttons then sound comes out. I’ll go to work on solving this mystery for my displaced Sooner brethren.
That’s pretty nice.
Haha. Thank you sir
go to sooner sports and find the stations that broadcast…most will have an online streaming option
Thank you sir
Yes, but if I remember correctly, they were disabled (and running “normal” programming) since the game was PPV. It was difficult to find one actually broadcasting the game. Someone finally found one, but it wasn’t easy.
Thought he’s talking about all games…not sure about ppv…maybe it has changed though
You’re right, he never said ppv. I jumped to the assumption that he was talking about the ppv game since people usually only look to online radio broadcast when they don’t have television access. And I remember last year thinking I could just listen to the ppv game via an online broadcast and discovered most weren’t broadcasting the game. I tried to pull up last year’s La Tech game thread to see what station finally worked, but the comments have been archived or deleted.
Been out of touch for awhile, has anyone heard how the DLine is shaping up? Who and how are they working the middle? Is this the year Tapper shines?
I’m thinking romar and walker will man the middle… I think. The coaches have been somewhat vague about being multiple with their looks up front.
Thanks
Walker is a DE
Charles worked in the spring at the 3-technique DT when they moved to the “4-man” front, which I have posted above.
In the 3 front, Charles is a DE.
Sorry…didn’t follow spring ball
In an odd front definitely but I think he can play inside if OU tries out four down linemen.
4-2-5
Stand-up WDE: Erik Striker 19 (Sr);
Devante Bond 23 (Sr);
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo 31 (RS So);
Ricky DeBerry 22 (Fr)
3 tech DT: Charles Walker 97 (RS So);
Dwayne Orso 99 (RS Fr);
Neville Gallimore 90 (Fr);
Gabriel Campbell 46 (Fr)
NT: Matthew Romar 92 (RS So);
Jordan Wade 93 (RS Jr);
Courtney Garnett 50 (RS Fr);
Marquise Overton 98 (Fr);
SDE: Charles Tapper 91 (Sr);
Matt Dimon 94 (Jr);
Austin Roberts xx (Jr);
DJ Ward 87 (RS So)
more pics added
Am I the only one who doesn’t see them when I refresh?
You are not the only one.
Aren’t the defense ones at the top newer?
You are correct. LOL I was looking at the bottom where he usually posts them. I got Jordaned.
Or is that “Esco’d”?
We could go with “screeched”
Haha. I thought the same as you but I scrolled up and I was sure they weren’t there before. Wanted to make sure I wasn’t going crazy like Robertson tackling his cat
ALT+F4
#snicker
Love this time of year!!!….
Why arnt you guys at work…loffers
Who says we aren’t?
Hmm good point…
I made my millions in the shampoo and Ramen noodles business. I don’t have to work.
You’re Welcome.
seen the link to LJ in Pittsburgh, I guess Dilfer was right on about JH’s offense not developing QBs
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2015/08/06/Landry-Jones-shows-improvement-as-Steelers-No-3-quarterback/stories/201508060083
…it becomes harder and harder to avoid the conclusion that Josh was not ready to stop being a player and start being a coach/coordinator.
Josh was promoted on a fast track program by the Stoops brothers having never accomplished anything at any position.
Haters gonna hate.
I maintain that Josh’s failure was about not recruiting the right QBs and developing them, NOT about bad play calling.
I think his failure was him trying to be the QB himself from the press box as well as his sloppiness, disorganization, and poor planning.
I think that’s very harsh and not warranted.
Unwarranted. Just sayin…agree either way with you.
Agreed. That, and having a change in scheme forced down his throat, and then not being allowed to run it when Bob realized TK was made of glass. I expect Josh to be very successful at Utah St where he’ll run the scheme he believes in, a Leach Air Raid/Kevin Wilson hi-tempo hybrid.
Dilfer talking about NFL QB development is laughable since he was so terrible. Lucky for him he played on a team whose defense was so good it overcame how bad of a QB he was. I’m not usually so blunt, but Dilfer sucked. He sucked big time with a career passer rating of 70 (well below the current NFL average of 83 for those who don’t know).
John Gruden was quite impressed with Landry Jones and his skill set, and I value his opinion over some Pittsburgh Post-Gazette geek who probably never even played the game, or a washed up, never was QB from Fresno State.
If Laundry Jones can learn to go through his progressions and not stare down receivers he could be a monster in the NFL. He definitely has the accuracy and from what I remember the arm strength. Pocket presence was a little yippy too but with the right development I think he could be a stud. Oh, forgot about leadership. Never mind. 🙂
The article simply reinforces that college qb’s have an adjustment period when they go pro, especially those who play shotgun in college. Says nothing about JH and QB development, coaching or anything else.
BTW, one of Dilfer’s interesting comments last year was that pretty much all college qb’s throw to their primary receiver virtually all the time (he had a percentage, can’t remember exactly but it was around 85%) of the time, and none of them read the whole field, at at most, half, and mostly not even that–including Heisman winners.
Yes Landry starts Sunday which is cool can’t wait
Whose dad is that eating with the players?
Werent we supposed to be getting some news today? Possibly about recruiting.
Or did I just imagine that?
K sent out a Tweet last weekend that hinted to good news this week but don’t remember anything specifically about today except for practice starting.
That K…hes such a tease
What K was alluding to in that tweet fell thru, unfortunately. Pass it on.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Well as my sister in law Poop on a stick!
SD says “I told you so” in advance…
Fell through for good or fell through for now?
Check the OP that just went up
Great timing. 😉
OP may have a note on this tho
OP today!? OP today.
I feel like the sun just came out after 8 months of cloudy darkness.
Finally, it’s here!
overton pic……..first day of his dream, first day in crimson, first day of instruction…….good luck, hope he achieves great things
He looks to have great potential as a run clogger. Wide body and strong.
The boy was a wrassler.
is Walker the next Mccoy/Harris or is he just an athlete/weight-room guy?
That’s a hard comparison given Walker is a DE and the others were DTs. Will he be an NFL player? Only time will tell, and expectations to achieve the same level as McCoy are lofty.
Well to make sure we’re on the same page I’m talking about
Charles Walker compared to McCoy when he was at OU not the NFL. Even in a 3 man
front Walker will be playing a 5 technique end which is the same position McCoy
would be playing in a 3 man front. From what the Brainiacs have been saying it
sounds like they’ll be using a lot of 4 man fronts this year which means Walker
will be at the 3 tech, the same position McCoy played in college.
There was some rumor floating on a OP a while back that work eithic is an issue with Walker. That he showed up yet again out of shape and little over weight. I don’t know that it is true but if it is he will not Mccoy/Harris
This was posted on another board but we might need to look at this kid.
http://247sports.com/Video/KC21-Kierre-Crossley-3460250
Not bad, but I still like Sean McGrew.
I love his moves but he’s a little too small at 160 lbs
I agree hes small but with the wider gaps in our oline if he can slip through hes a TD waiting to happen.
That argument works both ways. Easier for a linebacker to slip through and make a tackle. I agree that he’s an elusive athlete, I’m just saying I think he’s too small to be a D-1 RB. Something tells me the OU staff tends to agree given the size of RBs OU recruits these days. We have only 1 RB under 200 and he’s 22 lbs heavier than Kierre. He also is at the bottom of the depth chart.
Id love to see a LB one on one with that kid
I like a small scatback option in a spread offense.
No one said Jalen Saunders was too small and he weighed in at 160 and is currently on a NFL roster too. So move him to WR
Saunders was a receiver, not a running back. Big, big difference. If he can catch then sure, move him to WR if he’s willing. Chances are that he wants to stay at RB though.
Don’t like that all 3 WR’s are having to jump to catch passes. So much for QB accuracy.
I noticed that too.
Cale Gundy passes as he’s not in his old form. Could be position coaches throwing passes for drills. Could be high point drills, but I wouldn’t put any stock into it.
Let’s hope!
I agree. I think it’s a high point drill. Catch it at its highest point. I don’t think all three QBs are that far off in accuracy in the exact same spot.
They drill on high passes. Every school does it.
Brent Venables making $1.3 Million at Clemson now.
Snapchat has some good vids from practice.
Are all the receivers having to jump to catch the passes in them?
Haha no, Dede has a nice sideline catch though on it.
I noticed that too
Maybe they thought those were the best catches (pics)…theyve prob thrown 100 balls….lets not lose it on the first day lol
Heck, I was just goofing around, based on earlier comments about QB accuracy. I don’t get too worried about pictures.
Link please.
You have to have the Snapchat app….it’s free. Then just follow OU.Football…it has vids from the meeting yesterday and practice today.
They’re supposedly going to have behind the scenes stuff all camp. Well, as behind the scenes as Bob will let them show.
OP is up: https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/ou-oklahoma-sooners-football-recruiting-duvonta-lampkin-austin-roberts-cornell-powell-terrell-hall-aaron-hansford-open-post
Well the #gogetit squad recievers pictures are a little disturbing considering how inaccurate those passes are… lol
I was doing the best I could but it’s real hard while holding on to the TV remote. 🙂
Cant be Knight throwing them they aren’t at their feet or behind them, way too high to be Knight lol!!!!
What are you talking about? He can overthrow with the best of them!
I hope he’s gained more control of his passes because he’s only an injury away from starting again.
Funny.
Sooooo practice is over. aaaaaand?
Man is that all the food Perine needs to run over people?
Holy cow! Is that someone’s dad?
I would much rather see Perine with a heaping pile of smoked BBQ ribs and a generous scoop of potato salad, he’s earned at least that much. lol.