Sooners News Daily 8.14.15
Posted on: August 14, 2015
FOOTBALL
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Oklahoma Linebackers. #OUDNA Position Preview: http://t.co/0QwyIrvP01 pic.twitter.com/vWAct2tuV2— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 13, 2015
New #Sooners defensive line coach Diron Reynolds has become a father figure to his unit: http://t.co/DfGaInYt5P pic.twitter.com/hxoN2SFbHM
— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) August 13, 2015
Freaks Week: Top 25 'Freaks' in college football for 2015: Nos. 15-11@BruceFeldmanCFB: http://t.co/b4uNuhRTQW pic.twitter.com/P3ruoDrxDP
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) August 13, 2015
‘Nick Hodgson a valuable piece on OU’s special teams’ (NewsOK)
Toby Rowland, #Sooners voice who signed 5-yr extension, lists his top 3 calls w/audio of playshttp://t.co/GNsDZa2S1Z pic.twitter.com/p9YSM7R7k5
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) August 13, 2015
There used to be a weight room here. #Sooners pic.twitter.com/kHxlOaGB4Z
— Kenny Mossman (@Kenny_Mossman) August 13, 2015
Texas, the underachieving trust fund baby of college football, has an identity crisis once again http://t.co/rNM5Rzf5DK via @forthewin
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) August 13, 2015
Not gonna lie, this is some next level trolling.
https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/631925397681123329
#Oregon getting EWU star QB Vernon Adams cleared this fall is a huge deal for #Ducks. He is terrific: http://t.co/1mYBHDOEMx
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) August 14, 2015
Full Preseason @TheFWAA-NFF #Super16Poll. Individual voter ballots & more can be found at http://t.co/wiElNGwkcT pic.twitter.com/kFyeJYU7Vc
— National Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) August 13, 2015
Complete schedule for rankings, 2015-16 recusals released as Selection Committee meets to prepare for season. Info: http://t.co/2raghSYWra
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) August 13, 2015
Texas announces, pending BOR approval, they are adding a home game vs. Louisiana Tech on Aug. 31, 2019.
— FBSchedules.com (@FBSchedules) August 13, 2015
Study: The rise of the Clemson defense under Brent Venables. http://t.co/FUTwXQg8qG pic.twitter.com/61n5yhvVlw
— CoachingSearch.com (@coachingsearch) August 13, 2015
BASKETBALL
https://twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/631917211678961664
Today's 3-point shot on ACC, Big 12 Big Monday schedules and USC's trip: http://t.co/iuwnyFUJgS
— Andy Katz (@TheAndyKatz) August 13, 2015
OTHER
#Big12VB: Five conference matches set for @ESPNU, FSN telecasts – http://t.co/bKRIWzULnQ pic.twitter.com/jmy3A1vUyG
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) August 13, 2015
Chris Weidman-Luke Rockhold middleweight title clash set as co-main event of UFC 194 http://t.co/e4iFxKmjUr w quotes from @danawhite
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) August 14, 2015
Because of course they made a sequel to this.
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Morning Brainiacs!
Good morning my Sooner brother and brethren!!
Good morning! As always, it’s a great day to be a Sooner.
And a Boomer Sooner to you as well!
G’day!
High school jamborees start in Missouri tonght. It’s getting closer ???
http://i.imgur.com/7drHiqr.gif
Ron Paul does acid.
Somehow that explains so much of the past 20-25 years.
G-Day minus 22
Lets get this day started right!!! Couple of pics and couple of awesome highlights!
Quentin Griffin – Plato Andros AA – Joe Wylie – Marcus Dupree
Plato Andros AA
Joe Wylie
Joe Wylie’s football career fascinated me, we both graduated high school in 1968.
We were both from small East Texas towns, his smaller than mine. We had a controlled scrimmage before our seasons began when we were both juniors. His name had been mentioned as their star player. He was used as a flanker in their offense.
All I can remember from that game so long ago was this thin, wispy kid that seemed terrified of us. He had negative yards against us that night.
Imagine my surprise when I kept hearing about this sensational player from Henderson that helped take them to their first ever state playoff appearance, and how even more surprised I was that he was to become a Sooner.
I instantly became a fan of his.
he stll lives in the Henderson area, doesn’t he ?
I was a teenager missionary’s son living in Salisbury, Rhodesia. My uncle and aunt were sending me the entire Daily Oklahoman’s Sunday sports page. I memorized those pages and never threw them away while in Rhodesia. I wrote Joe Wylie a letter and he wrote me back. Never forget that. The only star I ever wrote a letter to.
Nice.
DITTO
So cool!
I remember going into 1971 that Wylie would be the “star.” But a kid named Pruitt put that to rest by the USC game. And Roy Bell from Clinton (a senior vs Wylie & Pruitt Jr) made a huge difference early in the RRR game. Those 3 names mark the start of the great wishbone RB era in my mind.
not to mention that he was a 4.0 Honor student also!
Silky smooth Marcus Dupree
https://youtu.be/kBEyN7IZGG0
Anyone else see a similarity in stride between Dupree and Mixon? That little glide thing. Probably just wishful thinking.
At times….I see some Demarco Murray when I see Dupree highlights.
I hope he stays longer than Dupree did………..
I…………….like—————–gravy~~~~~~~~
Eat his lunch, will ya? What a waste of space.
Go get the buckets lined up for “The Grand Prize Game”
Funny. He-who-must-not-be-named must eat buckets of negativity each day. That man needs purged. He needs to take a dulcolax.
Same thing I was seeing, mebbe. They all have a way of postponing planting their feet that gives them a tiny fraction more time to decide which way to go.
Marcus had the best shoulder-dip fake that I’ve ever seen. You would think that he was changing direction, but he never did. When he attempted his come back in the Ram’s camp, they said he was impressive. Unfortunately they went to the spread.
Q
https://youtu.be/UYdk2H55AT0
I loved Q. As humble as he was good. Incredible burst and balance.
Da Texass killa
The Andros brothers were friends of my father at OU after WW II. Dee coached the Oregon State team that beat OU at OF in 1971, the last game before the wishbone was installed.
One of my favorite Sooners from the 60s wore 22: Ron Shotts. Shared TB duties with Steve Owens on the 67 team that won the OB vs Tenn.
Oregon State beat OU in 1970. In the end, it was a blessing as it forced our hand to make the switch to the wishbone in the off week before Texsa.
Thank you. It WAS 1970. I will correct.
I was even at that game. My bad, bad, bad.
And it WAS a blessing.
The third Andros brother, Dick, worked at the same place as me in New York. Really nice guy and I enjoyed visiting with him everyday. He loved Sooner football also. He had a club foot from WWII battle so he had a hard time getting around. Died just a couple of years ago.
Really happy for Venebles. I’m not sure he ever fully got the freedom to do what he wanted in his defense. It was certainly a tough decision to leave but seems to have been for the best all around.
I think he did and he created some good and average defenses. At Clemson he probably can recruit more “Johnny Five Stars” as he calls them. He didn’t recruit terribly well at OU.
Sometimes, the reality that you might start loosing a “pay check”, lights a fire under you rear end.
He did a very good job with the LBs and knows how to stop the run. Not always as strong in pass defense.
Total D 2014 Clemson 1 OU 51.
National titles OU-7 Clemson-who cares. I win
No doubt. But we need to step up the D a little more. Right?
Yessir
For the record Clemson does have 1, but like you said who cares.
2014 is sooooooo over.
I know. Just sayin. New start.
Let’s see what Venables does this season sans 8 senior starters from last season and not having Chad Morris coaching the offense on the other side of the ball to help keep his defense fresh. Clemson has also benefited from some incredibly weak non-conference schedules and they also go to play FSU last season without Winston..
…and still lost.
Good morning, EasTex. I won’t bother asking you how’s your day. You always have the right frame of mind and everything is always good. So, I’ll ask this of you: what has made your day good?
At this point of the day…French roast. LOL!
How is the daughter? Is she out of the hospital?
Yes and no. She has been back in twice since the ICU stay.
*sigh*
Thanks for asking.
Let me write the “freaks” entry for McGowan:
11. LaQuan McGowan, Baylor, TE (sorta): The
mammothhippo senior caught a TD in the Cotton Bowl last year against Michigan State, sending Waco into a frenzied state of nuttery unprecedented since David Koresh.“He’s got the coordination of molasses on a cold day,” Robertson /Robertson 2016 said. “And by molasses I mean lard. Straight-up lard filling the creases of your moob folds and turning your sweat milky.”
It’s been said that the 6-7 McGowan has “slimmed down to 410,” But let’s be real: there is nothing “slim” about a 410-pound man. So instead of scratching out a hack piece that meets everyone’s uninspired expectations, I will summarize what everybody outside of that stanky, nasty roadbump between Dallas and Austin is thinking:
Fatty fat fat. McFatty Fat Fatterson. Portly O’Fatty. Fat. Fat. Fat. Fatty fat fat.
Nice. The last part sounds like a fight song
It would have been nice if I could have made it to lunch before reading all of that. Talk about an appetite suppressor. My calorie intake will be down today.
Haha. One of my favorite parts of his routine is his Lou Holtz. Hope he adds something along the lines of “Lou Holtz imitating McGowan eating”. But I understand his computer may get a shower
You guys are intent on ruining my calorie intake today. Lou Holtz spitting on a screen: yuck.
You could always think of Margaret Thatcher on a cold day
Okay. Uncle! Uncle!
or Hillary in a negligee.
ick. that’d keep me from eating. bill’s gotta have lost some lbs. thank you for not adding a picture
little wonder Bill kept a stash of cigars in the White House !!!
This guy and Oakman are two of the most overrated players in the CFB but Wacko needs something to keep them relevant right now. TCU is overshadowing them (as they should IMO) but when it comes to football playing time, OU>TCU>Baylor
I agree. He catches one pass on a gimmick play and he’s suddenly the TE of the future. I feel bad for the guy. One good pop to the knee and he’ll be the TE of the past.
It’s sad to think that just because they have some new uniforms and a new stadium that they’re now the team of the future. I mean, hey, at least TCU won their bowl game…
New money, they always act like that.
I would also like to point out that their stadium seats 45,140 people which is just about half of GFOMS and they struggle to fill it…
And who was the QB before RGIII… Ask any Baylor “fan” and they’ll look at you like…
http://media.giphy.com/media/fFwOzwhCO1FMA/giphy.gif
Lol! #burn
I would love to see Hatari Byrd bust him in the gut as the ball arrives.
We’d lose Hatari. You’d see little cleats kicking and athletic trainers losing their minds trying to pull him out.
I think it would be like John Carter versus the White Ape, Hatari would rip through and come out the other side.
Whoa! That’s intense. I like it.
hit McGowan LOW and take out a knee…the rest of that 1/5 ton of humanity will follow….
You know what? Calling for deliberate, debilitating injury of a nineteen year old kid is low. You should be ashamed of what you said. That’s simply despicable and the post merits deletion. Shame on you.
When we play the cubs, we need to fry bacon on the sidelines. He would head straight out-of-bounds seeking the delight. The fry-cook would have to run, but the play would be stopped without any OU players being “slimed” as they tackle his Jabba-the-bear butt.
It won’t work, the Baylor sideline keeps some poppers ready for McJabba.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Grilling_Steaks_%28with_border%29.jpg
Then he’ll head OB in that direction! Just keep the end zone “food free” and he won’t come near.
few college players are any dirtier players than Oakman…
Anyone with photoshop skills want to add a Baylor helmet?
http://sortiv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jabba.jpg
I will not be able to eat all day. Thanks, Bob!
But…it’s tater tot Friday!!!
I think LaQuan ate them all.
I know, right? And it’s been ruined for me.
Did not know that. Havin burgers tonight so tater tots it is. I feel the weight just lifted off of my shoulders.
Good morning EasTex. What is your frozen food aisle tot of choice?
Good morning to you.
Can’t go wrong with Ore-Ida.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f3c9b5d4e92429b51bce52f7ce6f939145d6804d39a45454ad808d0c4e5ad228.jpg sdfddfff
I laughed real hard. Thanks
You have made my day, sir.
I’m sorry Baylor but I must be looking at your little trolling attempt all wrong. When I see that score my first thought is, defense? Really? A team put up 58 points on you, that isn’t something to brag about.