Sooners News Daily 7.28.15
Posted on: July 28, 2015
FOOTBALL
‘For Stoops’ future, the coming season is his biggest’ (Transcript)
OU true freshman LB, Ricky DeBerry.
Came into college 226, I'm 242 now. That's crazy..
— Suavo (@TheFranchize__) July 28, 2015
Sooners 2016 WR commit.
I had to try it to ? pic.twitter.com/dvtt53Hurv
— Ryan Parker (@HereComesRyan) July 28, 2015
The Du'Vonta Lampkin saga continues. Report: #Texas DT signee Du’Vonta Lampkin LOI appeal denied via @SportsDayDFW http://t.co/8GTGzwNUYu
— Nick Castillo (@Nick_Castillo74) July 27, 2015
Top 15 players in the Big 12, Baylor (I mean I get how this whole Shawn Oakman has become a thing, primarily because of the media’s infatuation with the guy’s size/presence. But if you actually watch game film of the guy, he’s arguably the most overrated player in the entire country, IMO.) has three of the top five. (Fox Sports)
‘Former Oklahoma lineman Dionte Savage of Flint fights to make Miami Dolphins roster’ (mlive)
Adrian Peterson feels like he can play until he's 36 or 37 years old http://t.co/xzy4wFenKf pic.twitter.com/RjnZSMrxgb
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) July 27, 2015
Ex-Oklahoma State RB Tyreek Hill is not on the Akron football roster or in the media guide. These are things I have time to look up.
— Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) July 27, 2015
Kansas State faces crossroads when Bill Snyder finally retires http://t.co/ObK4BhGcVO
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) July 27, 2015
Fueled by huge yrs in FB & baseball, #TCU raised $39.2M for 2015 fiscal year, incldg a TCU-record $12.1M in annual scholarship contributions
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) July 27, 2015
BASKETBALL
Ball off the shoes. Head by the rim. @JayMuni25 with the #slowmo slam. #Sooners pic.twitter.com/fU6NKZaPfy
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) July 28, 2015
One more for the night. Freshman @R_Odomes looking #smooth. #Sooners ? pic.twitter.com/tCGCCDKLLu
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) July 28, 2015
OTHER
Well deserved honor for an all-time Sooner.
It's official: @LChamberlain44 is the @Big12Conference's Female Athlete of the Year! http://t.co/bJyxep4LlQ pic.twitter.com/Zvu0xYIVpt
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) July 27, 2015
Disney's Iger: ESPN could be sold directly to consumers like HBO, but not in the next five years. http://t.co/6nTdBGRLak
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) July 27, 2015
Heads up.
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Just shocking news regarding Lampkin. Joking.
It is ok, even if he makes the team Coach Weak will find a way to kick him off for some kind of violation. I’m just sayin.
Who is the one denying his appeal? I didn’t see that info in the article. Was it Strong, the AD, the university, the conference, the NCAA?
From what I read, it’s the NCAA.
As BoomerDave said, this was the NCAA denying appeal. The next step in the process is the school actually denying application for admission, which they have until 8/26 to do. It’s all slow playing. We’ve seen this before.
The NCAA is there for student athletes.
Good Morning fellow Brainiacs !!!! “It’s another fine day to be a SOONER”
And to NOT be an OSUcks fan.
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Aunt Eller Murphy: [singing] I’d like to say a word for the cowboys.
Carnes: Oh, you would, would you?
Aunt Eller Murphy: The road he treads is difficult and stony. He rides for days on end with just a pony for a friend…
Ado Annie: I sure am feelin’ sorry for the pony!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048445/quotes
Cant wait for bball. Loaded with athletic players and coach Kruger does the right way. Lampkin thing doesnt surprise me. If he goes to juco he only has to stay one year bc he is eligible anywhere except texas, right?
According to the article UT has to release him from LOI once admission app is rejected bc of foreign language issue. They have until classes start on 8/26. So am I correct in reasoning that once this occurs, he could go directly to OU or another school, rather than juco route?
How could UT not look at his high school transcripts and not know that we wouldn’t qualify?
I’m curious about this from an admissions perspective. If someone applies as a senior and says that they are going to finish required high school classes in the spring, they can be admitted. But once they send in a final transcript that says that they no longer meet the requirements, shouldn’t UT admissions be able to say in a reasonable amount of time that he’s not admissible? They shouldn’t have to wait until the first day of classes to make that determination.
They shouldn’t, but they will.
Exactly, although ut clearly knows he won’t qualify, they will wait until deadline to intentionally delay him going elsewhere. It’s pure garbage. Everybody knows it. Imagine how the kid and his family feel.
They were anticipating him completing the required courses in summer school. Lampkin himself agreed to try to get qualified in the summer, but sorta quit once it became apparent that it was an impossible task.
Mark it down, Picking OU all the way to the Championship.
Deberry certainly seems on the fast track to defensive end
I hope not.. Maybe why the “great” Monty was recruiting him ?
The coaches have mentioned they will see what his body does the first year and depending on that he would move to end or stay at backer.
Looks that way…
240 is what a LB should weigh! We have just become very used to having safeties play LB
Better be able to run at that size in the big 12. Big Lb struggle In a pass happy fast paced league. This isn’t the SEC.
I would take Rocky Calmus and his 220-225 pounds all day everyday right now.
Plus Im going to guess he didn’t gain 20 lbs of muscle in under 2 months unless there was a needle involved. Some kids are infatuated with getting bigger. But putting on bad weight can be a real detriment to their development.
C’mon man. Needles? That kind of insinuating is uncalled for. It’s probably just the dreaded freshman 15. In his case 16.,
Of course Im not insinuating any of those kids are doing that. I was just stating that 20 lbs under two months wont be good weight. I think 225-230 at the most would be a good weight for him. Which he could very well be at by the time camp wraps up.
I agree with that.
Rocky Calmus was listed at 240 his Junior year and at 235 his Senior year.
Trust me he wasn’t that big. Rocky played at under 210 as a frost and never played over 225.
Rocky never played over 225. He was under 210 as a frosh.
Have known him since 2nd grade playing against and on the same teams growing up.
Rocky Calmus NFL Combine Results
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Player InfoHeight:75 inchesWeight:243 poundsArm Length:(N/A) inchesHand Size:(N/A) inchesPosition:OLBCollege:OklahomaDraft Class:2002
You can look up all the links you want. I am telling you he never played over 225 at Ou. He was hurt and could never lift in the offseason.
I bet you can find the link that tells you he weighed 208 at the start and finished his frosh season at 198. I am not trying to knock you I have just known Rocky for too long. He never played at Ou over 225.
I got ya. No offense here bro. The bigger deal here is that you know Rocky. I wish we had a locker-room full of the heart, intensity, and ability of Rocky! If I make my back to Oklahoma for a visit I am happy to buy you both a steak and talk some foot ball if you guys are available. LOL But seriously!
It’s all good.
You also listed the school numbers. Those are almost always inflated. I know a guy last year listed at 190 and he weighed in at 176 haha
I imagine he will lose some weight once two a days begin.
Coach Tiff will help him get his ideal size under control.
It’s nice to have LB’s that can slow down the high octane defenses, but also need more guys like Striker that can blitz and get through the big boys on the O’line. It’s a fine line of finding the right combination or speed, size, strength, and coverage skills.
Looks like that Brazilian chick could be pretty tough. Ronda Rousey better be gettin’ ready.
Question: If she hit a man in the face would it be ok to hit her back.
Answer: It wouldnt matter, he’d probably be out cold.
Eh, Bethe Correia doesn’t stand a chance. There’s a lack of talent in the UFC women’s Bantamweight Division.
She looks to have punching skills. Still, everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth.
She lacks strength behind her striking, and even if she didn’t, Ronda would just take her down.
So did cat zingano, who rousey finished in like 14 seconds lol.
Ronda gonna smash that girl, no one in her class will beat her unless it’s another top tier Judo player.
Or BJJ black belt like Bia Mesquita. Gabi Garcia would crush Rhonda but that girl is straight up a man and twice her size so not fair fight
Yeah that girls no joke either.
I’ve been doing submission grappling for years and I still wouldn’t want to grapple with Gabi. Heck with that
Yeah she’s pretty scary….shes gotta run about 215-220.
yep, she is bigger than Wanderlei Silva
Thats crazy….I saw Silva in Phoenix at the airport once, he’s not like a small guy either.
no. 5’11” 210 or so.
I think that Gabi was originally Gabriel….just saying…
hahahaha, yeah. wish I knew how to post a pic to show these people what she looks like
haha just copy and paste….
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/RichDavie/Humor/GabitoThing_zps33aee418.gif
“I must break you!”
hahahahaha
She’s a steroidal and testosterone looking gal isn’t she? From the brows to the acne she is anabolic steroids poster girl! But that won’t beat technique and skill and Rousey was Judo first, before she learned to strike effectively as well, and what is Judo if not using your opponents strength against them. Her hip tosses are amazing!
Yeah, I agree with your steroids comments. And I think Ronda should beat her, but stranger things have happened. The vid shows Ronda getting her make-up done and Correia is running and working out on the beach. Just kind of reminded me of Tyson getting beat by Douglas in Japan. But having said all that, I think Ronda is on a mission to leave a solid legacy when she retires.
Did you watch the whole video? It showed Ronda training as well, and also showed Correia getting her hair done.
I admit to turning it off at the beach. At that point Ronda hadn’t worked out. Now I feel terrible.
Yeah Ronda is not taking this girl lightly. Especially after that suicide comment. I’m guessing if she gets the girl in an armbar she’ll give it a little extra torque to hear that pop.
Brazilian chick 4 years ago: Hey, you know it’d be cool to try and get into this UFC game since I’m kind of bigger than most women.
Rousey: B**** please! I’ve been doing this since birth.
“I mean I get how this whole Shawn Oakman has become a thing, primarily because of the media’s infatuation with the guy’s size/presence. But if you actually watch game film of the guy, he’s arguably the most overrated player in the entire country, IMO.”
B-b-but he’s 6’9, don’t you know? And he jumps really high! You just don’t know what you’re talking about, Jordan. I mean, Waco knows football. Why would that town overhype a player when it has perennially churned out once-in-a-lifetime talent?
Not to mention, he plays on the BEST defense of all time!
For the BEST coach ever. I mean, c’mon. The guy has a meme for crying out loud. It’s Baylor blasphemy that he’s not 1 through 15 on the list. He should be on every list, dang it!
Top 5 CFB Players to Ever Wear Pants:
1. Shawn Oakman
2. Shawn Oakman
3. Shawn Oakman
4. Shawn Oakman
5. See #1
It’s a no-brainer.
plus, Oakman is a DIRTY football player……he intentionally hit a defenseless T Knight last fall and caused a concussion…..I’m hoping Oakman gets paid back in spades ! both knees ‘chop blocked’ and 2 ACL surgeries as a result….he has earned some pain……….
I share your disdain for cheap shots, but wouldn’t wish injury on anyone
Right, I would never wish any kid serious injury either. Not cool. But, if Oakman temporarily lost his voice and couldn’t arrogantly hype himself and disparage others, I wouldn’t be so sad.
I hope he pours a bowl of his favorite cereal only to find out there is no milk or he finds a quarter on the ground but it is stuck with bubble gum.
I hope his hair dresser accidentally mixes up neon-pink for his faux-hawk.
He’s so tough he’d make pink a mans color. 😉
I feel the same as Soonerfandave. But, a dirty player is a frustrated player. One of a few reasons why he is overhyped.
I just watched that play again, that was pretty dirty, he is way over hyped, just watch some of his pass rush moves.
That defense has been on the winning end against ou 3 of the past 4 years we can all laugh and joke about baylors past but this is the present and they are better than we are in about every aspect of football right now so I’ll be quiet and hopefully the team will do my talking for me this year.
Oy. The conversation is about Oakman and you crowbar in a way to talk about how bad OU is right now…
Look at what I replied to Michael “the best defense of all time” I’m not trying to say ou is bad but Baylor is good.
I’m quite clear on what you wrote.
He doesn’t even jump high. Those box jumps are a joke. They’re focused on hip and knee flexion, very little on vertical explosion.
And its a 40 inch box…the dude is like 6’10″…that’s barely up to his waist.
Yep. I always just compare him doing this to AD doing it . . . at 9 inches shorter. Not really that impressive anymore.
But. But, uh. He’s. He’s 6’9, darn you!
That is a 6’2″, 180 lbs WR performing a backflip effortlessly while catching a ball. I’ll take freakish athleticism for 1000, Alex.
“I’ll take ‘Swords’ for 400.”
“That’s actually ‘S’ Words, Mr Connery.”
Rondas striking = 100 times better.
Watching that video (especially the very end) made me think she’s raped a few dudes in her day. Lucky dudes, but they still got raped.
UT is a joke…seriously
They are pathetic! Playing games with young people’s lives hopefully comes back to bite them in a bad way. If it’s an impossibility to meet the eligibility requirements then one should be allowed to back out of that letter of intent. I’m sorry, but there’s more to life than football and this young man should have every opportunity to succeed in life, and their hard-line stance is going to give him a longer row to hoe.
But Coach Strong has these core values that are awesome! LOL!! Do as I say, not as I do….
If that were true most SEC teams would have been bitten many years ago.
What you say is true. It’s kind of like the old saw, though: You can’t cheat an honest man.
Meaning that people who get ripped off on ‘too good to be true’ deals….should have known they were too good to be true.
I do believe that many, perhaps most, of the kids who get burned by the SEC’s brutal weeding programs do so because, in their heart of hearts, they thought it would be the other guy to get screwed…and they’d benefit.
It’s a hard way to learn that you’re generally better off dealing with people like Stoops.
So the DMN Lampkin story is accurate?
In what respect?
Well yesterday you said it wasn’t accurate, so I disregarded it. I was wondering what changed?
Sorry, I meant the blurb in there at the end about it being likely he’ll have to go the JUCO route. That part is not accurate.
Are you saying that he doesn’t have to go JUCO?
He’ll have other options. Maybe I misread that, but the implication seemed to be that would basically be this only choice and that, as I understand it, is not accurate.
Thanks for the answer. I just didn’t understand why failing to be admitted to UT would mean he would have to go JUCO. I’m thinking the author was saying that his best/only option to enroll at UT was to finish his language requirement in JUCO.
Does anyone here know anything about the QB who visited yesterday? Haven’t heard or seen much about him.
Not trying to be mean or anything, but when I saw that on twitter yesterday I thought he was a kicker.
He did look a little frail, but he will only be a SOPH so he has time to grow. Just never heard his name and now that he has visited, still nothing about him.
his dad looks like he’s about 5’8 so I’m not holding my breath.
Same. I was wondering why they were making a big deal about a kicker lol
Wouldn’t that be something if we got our QB for 2018 and still no LBs for 2016 JK. I think we will end up going with the local kid Thompson for our 2018 QB as long as the dad and coaches are still cool
https://twitter.com/Andrew_TFB/status/626075759912681472
Haven’t most of the players gone home for a short break? If so, not the optimal time for a visit.
I think a good amount of players may go home soon for a break. Finals for some players are like tomorrow or Thursday. Not sure how many coaches are around though.
Personally I think fans need to drop the lampkin thing. Sure he regrets signing with texsa who blames him but he had until nsd to change his mind to OU and he didn’t so do you guys really think his heart is really in it?
I’ve been over it for many weeks.
I have no real interest in where he winds up, I just hate to see any kid get dumped on like this, even though he contributed to the situation.
He made a mistake. We all have, did at age 17. To question whether his heart would be “in it” if ultimately allowed to play at OU is a bit of overreaction imo. I’d certainly like to see him get a chance. In a couple of yrs playing for us against ut, his heart might be better measured.
I don’t have a problem with him “making a mistake” my point is the Twitter OU guy boomer16 keeps tweeting at coach strong telling him how shady he is. I just don’t like that. It’s one kid and to be honest he should have a one year penalty as if he were a transfer.
Disagree, Strong should release him, he knows at this point Lampkin won’t qualify, anything he does to slow down his transfer is just out of spite. Strong is the adult, he should act like it.. they knew he didn’t have the credits when they let him sign his LOI so IMO its as much UT’s fault as it is Lampkins, everyone should move on.
So kids who have the time to qualify and from my understanding he has not made every attempt to qualify, these kids should be released every time? Even though he’s 17 or 18 years old he needs to be accountable. He took away a scholarship that texsa could have used on someone else. If Charlie strong was in his 12th year there he probably would have let this go but he’s trying to still establish a mindset so I don’t have an issue. Maybe strong wants the kid still and is wanting him to go to a juco they have ties to, that way he can transfer into ut in a couple years.
The stories that I have read have stated that he did make every effort and it was a long shot to begin with to complete the credits he needed in a short amount of time, compounded by the fact that language was an area he is weak in and had trouble with in highschool. So yes I believe he deserves to be released, especially since Texas was aware of his issues before he signed. IMO they were desperate bc they had no other players at his position in this class and he was talented so they took a risk. It didn’t pan out for either party and now they need to part ways. I see no reason why he should be getting slow played by Texas unless someone can uncover evidence that he really never did try and this was all some scheme.
As far as Strong trying to salvage something and maybe get him back after JUCO, from quotes I have heard from his family, there is no way he would return to Texas if he went the JUCO route.
That’s a joke. Texas can still award that scholarship to someone else, next year or to a transfer, or maybe even a walkon. How about that? When you listen to the man speak it’s obvious he has a god complex and he needs to get over himself. He is a public employee hired to win football games. Let it go.
Sounds like sour grapes. I don’t like the colors he wears but he seems like a stand up man and wants things the way he wants them. I think he’s a lot more than “a public employee hired to win football games”
That’s kinda the description of a football coach. Sour grapes? Ever met the man? I’m just being honest. He’s a decent individual but he thinks rather highly of himself.
UT may still want him but after being treated this way, why would he kid want Texas? I can’t think of a way to make a kid want to go somewhere else.
I suspect Strong is making an example out of him.
BTW, if the LOI becomes void, why does he have to go to JUCO?
I agree, should move on, Im sure the OU staff has. UT isn’t lettin him go, they will make him go to a juco before they give him a chance to make a beeline for Norman.
A little off topic:
“Tom Brady’s explanation for destroying his
phone: He always does this when he gets a new phone”
….hilarious Tom.
you laugh… if I was a celebrity I would crush/melt/destroy any old device. There are probably plenty of people who would love to have the pictures/data especially if there are any naughty ones of his super model wife.
Haha very true
or texts sent to the guy who deflated the balls
or texts calling his coach or team mates names.. or discussing plays, or his obsession for womens shoes. Who knows… point is it would not shock me at all if he really did destroy all of his old phones.
He plays for a team known to break certain rules like taping another teams practice or stealing signs. Plays for a coach who would cheat against his own mother in a friendly card game. Yeah, good ole Tom Brady did it for that reason
I think that Flying Ghost prank would have been better if done on a campus with an open-carry law…
Oakman is very over rated. The other guy on their D Line – Billings, is hugely underrated. In our game against BU, he abused Ty and Dionte repeatedly. While Oakman was handled with ease by Tyrus and Daryl, which is the reason why he got frustrated and took a cheap shot against TK.
http://collegespun.com/big-12/oklahoma-big-12/video-oklahoma-fullback-dimitri-flowers-is-hilarious-after-getting-wisdom-teeth-taken-out
There is so much blood. Lol
Poor guy.
Bad form for whoever downloaded that on the interwebs.