Open Post | Tuesday, Apr. 5th

Trey Sermon: OU hosted 2017 RB Trey Sermon (Marietta, GA) this past weekend and while we’ve yet to catch up with Sermon himself, we did have the chance to talk with one of his coaches who accompanied him on the trip. By all accounts, the visit seems to have exceeded their expectations. “It was beyond awesome, man. These dudes (OU coaches) are first class, and they are great at what they do.”

It’s been clear for a while now that Sermon and the people around him are very impressed with Jay Boulware, the entire OU staff, and perhaps more than anything else those relationships seem to be driving the interest in Oklahoma. “Coach Riley and Boulware are some of the best guys and coaches I’ve ever met! Coach Stoops even reminds me of a Georgia High School legend, head coach Jeff Herron. They (the Sooners) are definitely making a case.”

Perhaps most telling about the visit, however, was that prior to the trip TFB had been told Sermon’s plan was to commit sometime in September. After the OU visit? “Anytime from now to September” is the revised commitment plan according to Sermon’s coach.

Sermon has a couple more upcoming visits and then it sounds like there will be some serious deliberation. He’ll visit Tennessee this coming weekend, followed by a trip to Oregon in a few weeks. – (Super K)

– ‘Thibs’ Houston Connection: In case you haven’t seen this weekend’s visitor list, there are quite a few players from Lamar High School (Houston,TX) who are expected to be in Norman this weekend. Much has been made of new OU defensive line coach Calvin Thibodeaux and his Houston area connections. which appear to be paying off already.

TFB spoke with one of the Lamar coaches who will be bringing players to Norman and discussed how the trip got set up. This particular coach said he’s known Thibodeaux ‘for a while’ and because of that connection, he (and the other Lamar coaches) really wanted to get their players up to OU for a visit.

Another interesting note/reminder, I recently spoke with Marvin Wilson’s position coach who mentioned that he actually went to middle school with Thibodeaux. And as we’ve mentioned, Wilson is expected to visit Oklahoma in the near future (though a date has still not been set). – (Super K)

Kenneth Pleasant: TFB spoke briefly to 2017 offensive lineman Kenneth Pleasant (Katy, TX), who shared that he may be visiting Oklahoma this weekend for the spring game. Pleasant doesn’t yet hold an OU offer, but does hold several other FBS offers (Texas Tech, Missouri, etc.).

But Pleasant said he speaks with Bill Bedenbaugh regularly, so if he does make it up to Norman it’ll be interesting to see if he receives that OU offer. – (Super K)

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