Sooners News Daily 7.29.15
Posted on: July 29, 2015
FOOTBALL
*Climbs to the top of the stadium to get an icy pic* pic.twitter.com/lWDrj8VRzc
— Kahlil Haughton (@KahlilHaughton) July 29, 2015
The #Sooners get 1 more 2015 preseason candidate: Nila Kasitati announced to Polynesian player of the year watch list pic.twitter.com/1qzZEkAW2k
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) July 28, 2015
Outside of the Red River Rivalry, #Sooners not a hot ticket heading in to the 2015 season http://t.co/RVKL8L1jzE
— Joe Buettner (@Joe_Buettner) July 28, 2015
.@OU_Football coach Bob Stoops has been named the Big 12's top head coach: http://t.co/CaO40oOUCG #Sooners #Big12 pic.twitter.com/MgRa6QVsni
— Coaches Almanac (@CoachesAlmanac) July 28, 2015
You gotta respect a guy who can post a video of himself like this. Helps that he’s 6’2″ 240 plus. But still, respect.
??? pic.twitter.com/qcjEGSFkMB
— Dimitri Flowers (@treeflowers36) July 28, 2015
Ryan Broyles staying positive despite long journey (Transcript)
If Santa came to fall practices, what would each B12 team ask him for? http://t.co/ldbqRLxHjI
— Ian Boyd (@Ian_A_Boyd) July 28, 2015
RECRUITING
From yesterday.
Good trip to OU today! #BoomerSooner @CoachKerryCooks pic.twitter.com/xyYqmINGcL
— Verone McKinley III (@vmckinley3) July 29, 2015
BASKETBALL
Keep gettin’ them checks, Ro.
D-League power-forward Romero Osby reached agreement on deal with French club Nanterre, source said.
— David Pick (@IAmDPick) July 28, 2015
Very happy to be apart of @JSFNanterre this season. Grateful to God for this opportunity to play the game I love for yet another year!
— Romero D. Osby (@RoeOsby24) July 28, 2015
OTHER
LeBron James wanted to meet Ronda Rousey but got too intimidated http://t.co/FTwYjpi2dA #UFC #UFC190 pic.twitter.com/GA7KZMGh3O
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 29, 2015
Booooooooo.
The next season of "Banshee" will be the last, but not because Cinemax canceled it http://t.co/VEgIjXl8Td pic.twitter.com/vIXrFuQ1CJ
— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) July 29, 2015
This seems like a good way to get your a$$ kicked.
RED BAND = NSFW (you’ve been forewarned)
74 Comments
Gawd I love Perine! And the way he’ll throw a shoulder into the defensive back as he’s going out of bounds just “because!” Getting close now!
I think Samaje Perine is THE BEST RB in the country. I admit to some bias, but the numbers tend to support this notion.
It’s another great day to be a SOONER!!!!
The “watch out” flyball prank was posted by Tom Mabe. He’s infamous for recording pranks he pulled on telemarketers when they would call his house. If you have never seen this one, take a couple of minutes and check it out. He really has this telemarketer going for a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAb8vGSRBoE
That’s great!
My favorite Mabe call of all time was about fifteen years ago. A guy calls him to sell pre-arranged funeral services. Mabe was crying and tells him he lost his job and his wife left him and he was thinking of killing himself and had asked God for a sign, then he called. Mabe tells the guy, “you’re the angel of death” the telemarketer pleads with him that he’s only doing his job and can he call someone for him (while still trying to sell his service) then eventually he hears a gunshot thru the phone. Good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnQXmkR3dI
My top 3 prank calls of all time are this cemetery one, the Mabe murder I posted, and the Roy D. Mercer prank call of professional wrestler Bill Goldburg.
Roy D. Mercer vs Tulsa Native Bill Goldburg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRsyM7XbQvo
Mercer was awesome!
First I’ve heard that one. Funny!
“The sheriff likes Stelly’s Restaurant. The food is good, and the people are friendly.”
Cracked me up.
And serious question: How could anyone see what Perine can do and then think, “You know what? Keep him seated. We’ll just force the pass”?
We need to score more points this year. 36 a game is not the standard. But with a running AND passing game, OU should be a top 5 offense. You can’t win in the Big 12 with just a great running game (we proved that in 2014) and play-action passes. This is not the SEC. Teams can score. I think a 2008 offense which featured two-thousand-yard backs and a dynamic passing game is the way to go. As long as we have an accurate QB, I don’t mind not seeing Perine out there every series.
Let’s hope, man. But I’m talking last year. When our passing game was, you know, what is was.
Last year we had a 1,700 yard rusher AND gave up the fewest sacks in the country, yet somehow didn’t score enough. Hmmm.
had way too many three and outs. Plus bad INTs
40.4% 3rd down conversion rate too
That didn’t help either hahahahaha.
Uggghh
Bad QB play, no consistent WRs outside of Shepherd, and NO DEFENSE absolutely killed us last year.
The defense will get a lot better just because of an improved offense.
We didn’t have strong enough WRs. Any decent offense needs more than one (until Shepard got hurt, then none) pass target.
Exactly right. And this year we should be way better at the WR position.
Just think, Shep and Westbrook out wide, Andrews inside. Mixon in the slot and Perine in the backfield.
Sit back and watch the opposing defense tremble.
Should be amazing if Lincoln Riley lives up to expectations (and I feel he will).
You are right…can’t be one dimensional. If you want to be a dominant team, you have to be balanced on offense, passing and running the ball.
It takes real skill to do that.
I wish I hadn’t seen the Banshee news. I’m clinically depressed and that bit of news has got me feeling sore in my mind. I need to call my dr, I’m out.
You watch Strike Back?
I could watch that from season 1 to present over and over and still enjoy every bit of it!
It’s so good. Ultimate “guy” show mind you, but so, so good at what it does. Pumped it’s finally back (even if it is the final season) this Friday!
I’m thinking of starting Strike Back. Is it as good as Banshee?
It’s good – fun and exactly as Jordan says “guy” show. Has to be taken a little lightly with all the battles, but it is worth it!
They’re very different, so hard to say one is definitively better than the other, IMO. I thoroughly enjoy both. Would highly recommend Strike Back, fwiw.
For something to watch over-and-over (other than the OU win over ND), DEADWOOD is the best western series ever made.
Does anybody else feel like the Crime Stoppers video could have been Jordan about to put the Ban Hammer down on CastorBoy Troy? “After that, I’m gonna have a cheeseburger here with fries and a coke, and leave a nice tip for the waitress”. That was awesome, great stuff.
Congratulations, son. I’m about to make ya famous.
Underestimated the count. It’s at 1.3 Million views now
It’s making the rounds on the blogosphere & sports talk shows today.
“And the people that know you, don’t really like you anyway”
That dude don’t play! I could watch that video over and over…
The Kimmel piece was utter brilliance! “How To Disassemble A D-Rocket In Three Easy Steps”
As a professional truck driver, I am happy to report that I have never in my 3 million mile career, never caught that much air under my tractor (intentionally). HAHA
To put a 17k pound truck in the air like that was impressive, but the recovery from the blowout was equally impressive.
Very much so!!!! I have survived 2 steer tire blowouts, both were manufacturing flaws. Although, at a lower speed and fully loaded. I just steered to the shoulder and kept off the brakes. His stop is impressive in that there is very little control when you are bobtail, and his steers were on steel to boot. Under power, the tractor always wants to corkscrew with the torque, a very good operator indeed.
They’re cancelling Banshee??? Sucks…they killed too many people off too quick.
Not cancelling (though I suppose it’s somewhat semantics). The showrunners are simply wrapping it up b/c they will have told the story they wanted to tell. Banshee is Cinemax’s highest rated show, so they’re definitely not “cancelling” it, fwiw.
Ahh that makes sense, hope they bring in a couple of new antagonists, I like the skinhead story line so far. I like Strike Back too, but I like the characters on Banshee better.
They might as well end Banshee after that crappy third season. Almost as bad as season 8 of Dexter. Almost.
You bite your damn tongue!
Haha, Just speaking the truth. The first two seasons were awesome. The third ruined it.
Jordan, I had a post removed during discussion, marked as “Detected As Spam”. I read about it on the Disqus help line. It suggested I report it to a mod, so I am reporting. Thanks
thank you
Rick I hope it wasn’t me…I have a touchscreen and I’m always having to undo things I accidentally do when I’m scrolling. If it was, please let me know. That goes for the rest of y’all too, okay? :O Although I don’t even see where spam is.
edit: Yep, them thar’s the flaggy things right to the right side. Ack.
No problem, There are the false positives the computerized spam filters create at times and there is the errant tap of the screen at times. I think we all have been the recipient of or the cause of at some time. Don’t give it a second thought, all is well. Boomer!
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s …
G-Day minus 38
1 All American Roy “Superman” Williams and Prentice Gautt. Couple of greats.
Roy Williams AA highlights
https://youtu.be/4ZACq5PXZXs
there sure are a ton of highlights against UT in that clip.
RW was a BAD man! Probably my all-time favorite defensive player. But what might’ve been even better about all of those clips is that OU was only behind twice in any of them, and they were against Nebraska, and I think from the same game. Look at recent highlight clips and notice how many of them OU is trailing.
Prentice Gautt tribute.
https://youtu.be/hcS1MWgNYJw
thxs for the post……..
for those unfamiliar or even if you are………http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?n=Prentice-Gautt&pid=3306668
Nice read. Thank you
Another pair of great Sooners. I remember the radio broadcasts of Prentice’s runs and seeing snipets of them on Bud’s Coach’s show.
The Flowers video is funny. I’ve been there. Complete la la land.
Good or bad advertising for Dr. Brooks?
What I’m trying to say is that I need to make plans for Saturday night.
New found respect for Kimmel. Great clip.
Speaking of Semaja I remember him meeting with Earl Campbel after receiving his running back award. Earl gave him some running advice on how to deliver blow when running, can’t wait to see.
https://twitter.com/Jordan_Esco/status/626454057423519744
I think it is silly that there isn’t a single roster spot in the NBA for Osby. He would be an instant upgrade over most of the bums on NBA benches.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/29/victim-asks-that-charges-against-lsu-qb-teammates-be-dropped/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
https://twitter.com/audieosho/status/626531108432117760
Osho to Okie st is a distinct possibility now…….
Brey Walker starts at No. 8
Casey Thompson at No. 50
http://247sports.com/Season/2018-Football/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool