The Football Brainiacs

– Trevor Speights: As we noted in this past weekend’s Open Post, OU RBs coach Jay Boulware stopped by to visit 2016 RB Trevor Speights (McAllen, TX) and did wind up getting the OU offer we said was imminent.

https://twitter.com/TSpeightsRB/status/648236042563129344

I caught up with Speights following the news, who told me that he will visit Oklahoma for an official but has not yet decided on a date. That’s obviously a significant thing because Speights already holds a number of big offers, so to immediately decide a visit will happen, despite OU coming in later than most, seems to signify that it’s an offer he was waiting on.

That is corroborated by the fact Speights made a trip up to Norman back in February on his own dime. Credit to and Boulware and Cale Gundy for continuing to recruit guys, offer or not. – (Super K)

– Jordan Parker: Perhaps the final piece to Oklahoma’s 2016 DB class will be Jordan Parker (Pittsburg, CA). And it sounds as though OU has a definitive date (for now) on which they’ll know their fate. Parker tweeted out the following over the weekend:

Blessed to say I have committed to…. #November1st

— THE JONAMAN ‼️🥷 (@1BigJP) September 27, 2015

Parker is expected to be in Norman for his official visit this weekend, which follows a trip he just took to see Arizona State this past weekend. Then, as noted above, he expects to announce his decision. So it would appear OU may have the last chance to make a good impression.

Parker has mentioned that he has the closest relationship to Chip Viney out of all the coaches recruiting, which is something you seem to hear quite a bit when it comes to the OU grad assistant. More and more it’s starting to sound like OU is going to need to pull out the check book for Viney and find some way to keep him on staff.

With spread offenses, you need to have elite talent at the cover position. In order to do that, recruiting and the ability to properly identify talent are key. And even in Viney’s somewhat limited role as a GA, he’s done a tremendous job recruiting. – (Super K)

– Ed Oliver: Had a chance to catch up with a source who has knowledge about Oliver’s recruitment. As most of you know, Oliver recently took an official visit to Oklahoma. I asked my source whether OU had a real chance, or if Oliver is definitively set on Houston.

This person said, “he (Oliver) enjoyed the visit…he’s thinking really hard on it, but with his brother going to the University of Houston it’s going to be hard…but he is definitely considering the Sooners.”

If I’m OU, I recruit Oliver all the way to the end even as slim as the chances of landing him may be. He is incredibly talented and it seems OU is one of the only schools he’s actually considering other than Houston. – (Super K)

– UPDATE (11:29 am): If you weren’t already aware, OU/Texas has been announced as an 11am (CST) kickoff — I’m sure someone will point out it was only a year or two ago, but when was the last time this game wasn’t an 11am kick? — and will air on ABC.

For planning purposes only.

First things first, we've got to #StripeTheStadium and #BeatWVU! pic.twitter.com/S7LnIQLdQU

— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) September 28, 2015

– UPDATE (12:11 pm): Alex just spoke with 2016 LB Marvin Terry (Dallas, TX), who informed Alex that he just got word from OU this morning that it appears, as of now, they are no longer recruiting Terry. We don’t know the specific reason for this occurrence or whether OU may resume recruiting Terry at a later time. But it does appear that at the moment OU and Terry have parted ways.

– UPDATE (3:38 pm): I have exchanged a few messages with a coach on the staff at Marvin Terry’s HS (SOC) and he tells me that their staff knows nothing about OU and Terry parting ways. We are still trying to find out if somehow Terry misunderstood or if OU simply hasn’t told the staff at SOC just yet.

– UPDATE (4:16 pm): Exchanged a few more messages with a staff member at SOC and they are confirming what Terry was told. The staff member said they don’t know if the parting of ways is permanent, or if it’s just OU signaling that they aren’t going to wait for guys. But as of now, again, OU and Terry seem to have parted ways.