Sooners News Daily 9.1.15
Posted on: September 1, 2015
FOOTBALL
It's game week!! #OUDNA #ougridiron pic.twitter.com/GaLHAF5Txu
— Oklahoma Gridiron (@OUgridiron) August 31, 2015
Get full coverage and fan information for the #Sooners season opener against the Akron Zips: http://t.co/fa9xdrr65b pic.twitter.com/rEPvaKjf50
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 31, 2015
With a new offense & chip on their shoulder, WRs ready to make plays. Monday Practice Report: http://t.co/LJP2HOYwwt pic.twitter.com/BXx66LfkYj
— Sooner Sports TV (@SoonerSportsTV) September 1, 2015
New world order: Big 12 in era of upheaval as Texas, Oklahoma take back seat, by @YahooForde. http://t.co/DadPSt7k1I pic.twitter.com/GMMDo01urU
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) August 31, 2015
John Klein: Don't forget about Samaje Perine-the Sooners won't http://t.co/CgGHkwNmpv
— John Klein (@JohnKleinTW) August 31, 2015
James Winchester (Choctaw) to be named to Roster for the Kansas City Chiefs | NDNSPORTS http://t.co/VhY3LBoihL pic.twitter.com/uGu9hKZKZy
— NDNSPORTS.COM (@ndnsports) August 31, 2015
Scott Reid of the Orange County Register writes the “Fire Everyone” column regarding USC http://t.co/s0iDGoBiVX
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) August 31, 2015
RECRUITING
2016 CB Byron Murphy
Decided to narrow my recruitment down. Thanks to every coach that gave me an opportunity. pic.twitter.com/bbXAhMvG8O
— Bmurph (@byronmurpy) September 1, 2015
OTHER
Congrats to @courtney_paris for helping the @TulsaShock to a @WNBA playoff berth! http://t.co/rF1CY1BI1v BOOMER! pic.twitter.com/kKQ7nFiQe2
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) August 31, 2015
Sooners open 2015-16 XC season tomorrow! #BoomerSooner #OUXC Read more…http://t.co/WQGLdbUYCM pic.twitter.com/F6zMI2OBgo
— Sooner T&F & XC (@OU_Track) August 31, 2015
Pretty great.
This kids reaction to Rooney is amazing. #BPLonNBC pic.twitter.com/JvxCg92tRX
— Kyle Martino (@kylemartino) August 30, 2015
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Boomer!!
Sooner!!
Sooner!!
Good morning and Boomer! Check out this pic I found of Piper Perabo sporting the Sooner shirt.
Coyote Ugly. Remember that movie.
I remember the movie but I remember the girl in the Oklahoma shirt a lot better
And, by golly, she wears it well.
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Is she from OK?
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This is going to be my first season as an avid reader of TFB. I am almost as excited to see what kind of content you guys have for the season, as I am the actual season!
Dang Ross got some guns
I think Neal will be great in this offense. I don’t like the way he was used in heupels offense.
I do too, he is a catch and run guy. Riley will utilize him in the screen game where he is most effective.
The question is, has he learned to catch first, then run? I prefer Mead or Andrews to get more reps which will allow OU to present not only speed/quickness (Shep&Dede) match up problems, but also size match up problems.
From the DOK
Oklahoma released its Week One depth chart Monday evening, a few days before the 2015 season kicks off against Akron on Owen Field.
Here is a look at the depth chart:
QB
No.; Name; Cl.; Ht.; Wt.
6; Baker Mayfield; Jr.; 6-1; 209
9; Trevor Knight; RJr.; 6-1; 207
14; Cody Thomas; RSo.; 6-4; 211
RB
32; Samaje Perine; So.; 5-10; 230
25; Joe Mixon; RFr.; 6-1; 217
34; Daniel Brooks; RJr.; 5-8; 182
H-BACK
36; Dimitri Flowers; So.; 6-2; 228
45; Carson Meier; RFr.; 6-5; 234
WR
11; Dede Westbrook; Jr.; 6-0; 168
15; Jeffery Mead; So.; 6-5; 188
18; Dahu Green; Fr.; 6-4; 203
WR
1; Jarvis Baxter; Jr.; 5-11; 160
84; Grant Bothun; RJr.; 5-11; 187
16; Michiah Quick; So.; 5-11; 184
WR
3; Sterling Shepard; Sr.; 5-10; 193
81; Mark Andrews; RFr.; 6-5; 245
89; Connor Knight; RJr.; 6-4; 241
WR
5; Durron Neal; Sr.; 5-11; 199
13; A.D. Miller; Fr.; 6-3; 187
19; Dallis Todd; RFr.; 6-3; 196
LT
78; Orlando Brown; RFr.; 6-8; 342
72; Derek Farniok; RSr.; 6-8; 339
LG
68; Jonathan Alvarez; So.; 6-3; 297
52; Jamal Danley; Jr.; 6-3; 297
C
56; Ty Darlington; Sr.; 6-3; 286
58; Erick Wren; RSo.; 6-2; 324
RG
54; Nila Kasitati; RSr.; 6-3; 319
63; Alex Dalton; RFr.; 6-3; 290
RT
55; Josiah St. John; RSr.; 6-6; 308
75; Dru Samia; Fr.; 6-4; 284
DE/OLB
19; Eric Striker; Sr.; 6-0; 222
23; Devante Bond; Sr.; 6-1; 238
DT
92; Matthew Romar; RSo.; 6-0; 291
93; Jordan Wade; RJr.; 6-3; 300
DT
94; Matt Dimon; Jr.; 6-2; 260
OR
97; Charles Walker; RSo.; 6-2; 297
99; Dwayne Orso-Bacchus; RFr.; 6-5; 300
DE
91; Charles Tapper; Sr.; 6-2; 282
87; D.J. Ward; RFr.; 6-2; 259
OR
95; Austin Roberts; Jr.; 6-6; 265
OR
31; Ogbonnia Okoronkwo; RSo.; 6-2; 236
ILB
26; Jordan Evans; Jr.; 6-2; 239
20; Frank Shannon; RSr.; 6-0; 239
ILB
1; Dominique Alexander; Jr.; 6-0; 220
9; Tay Evans; RFr.; 6-2; 235
CB
15; Zack Sanchez; RJr.; 5-11; 179
14; Marcus Green; RFr.; 6-1; 179
FS
4; Hatari Byrd; Jr.; 6-1; 206
8; Kahlil Haughton; Fr.; 6-1; 185
SS
13; Ahmad Thomas; Jr.; 6-0; 213
21; Will Sunderland; Fr.; 6-2; 194
NB
10; Steven Parker; So.; 6-1; 200
12; Will Johnson; So.; 6-0; 182
CB
7; Jordan Thomas; So.; 6-0; 191
2; P.J. Mbanasor; Fr.; 6-0; 192
P
43; Austin Seibert; Fr.; 5-10; 210
38; Jack Steed; RJr.; 6-4; 216
PK
43; Austin Seibert; Fr.; 5-10; 210
39; Nick Hodgson; RSr.; 6-2; 202
KOS
39; Nick Hodgson; RSr.; 6-2; 198
43; Austin Seibert; Fr.; 5-10; 210
H
84; Grant Bothun; RJr.; 5-11; 187
38; Jack Steed; RJr.; 6-4; 216
KC
42; Wesley Horky; So.; 6-1; 220
89; Connor Knight; RJr.; 6-4; 241
PC
89; Connor Knight; RJr.; 6-4; 241
42; Wesley Horky; So.; 6-1; 220
KR
28; Alex Ross; RJr.; 6-1; 221
5; Durron Neal; Sr.; 5-11; 199
PR
3; Sterling Shepard; Sr.; 5-10; 193
15; Zack Sanchez; RJr.; 5-11; 179
There also happens to be a post about it on TFB from last night.
Sorry if this post offended you. Not everyone goes back in time to look at last night. But then again, I dont even look at the computer, phone etc as soon as i get home. Much better things to do. Thanks For Playing and Have a great day.
How dare you post a depth chart! Lol.
It didn’t offend me at all. I was just pointing it out in case people wanted to catch up on all the discussion under that post, including Jordan’s comments. It’s not hard to find – it’s the one underneath this post on the front page.
Apparently he just blindly clicks on the top-most post without having the ability to move his eyes an inch (or less) down the screen. Pretty terrible field of vision if you ask me.
Blindly, moves eyes, terrible field of vision. Actually, not bad for an law grad. But facts be known, Woke up read the DOK and saw the Depth chart and posted same. Sorry if repeat postings offend. Did not realize trying to share might receive so much attention for the effort. Peace.
Geezzz relax and may want to cut back the coffee. I am sure all Eric was insinuating was TFB has a post about it and there was some great discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc
Is Mead not one of the most well spoken young men you have heard?
http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=4349191&db_oem_id=31000
Sounds like a cocky dude. Which is good for the WR spot
I didn’t see Mead talk in that video. I seen Andrews and Shep. Did I miss something?
Sorry try this one at the 1:33 mark
http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=4349191&db_oem_id=31000
Same video, still Mark Andrews and Sterling.
Sorry I don’t know whats going on try this one
http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?SPSID=750323&SPID=127245&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=31000&ID=4349091
I think one of the side benefits of soonersports is the opportunity for the players to gain experience doing interviews etc. I noticed many of them have become really polished. If you look back at interviews from previous seasons you can see the improvement.
Can’t find the game on DirecTV yet. Hopefully it will show up in the next few days.
Dish is showing it in a 4 pm time slot….not sure what’s up with that.
I may have to come over to your house to watch it, only two hours early!
They have a pre-game thing they are doing. I also noticed they are broadcasting it in HD, thank God! Last years looked terrible in SD.
They won’t list it until Saturday. Won’t let you order it until then. I checked yesterday.
Thanks for the info.
Yup – that’s what I got from Direct TV as well – will be listed Saturday, channel 787.
Appreciate the info. Tex’ish. I keep checking the guide but, obviously, no update.
Channel 676 replay Tuesday 9/8
PPV channel to order I believe will open Friday.
Direct TV says it will air the replay at 12AM (midnight) on Tuesday. Now the question will be is the PPV worth it or do I record it and watch it Tuesday night.
I’m setting my DVR, for monday night at midnight.
I called directv yesterday. It’s not showing up yet. But, it will be on channel 787 for $39 and change.
Can’t believe Millard was cut! Hope he lands somewhere.
Congrats to James Winchester! Well done!
Anybody have experience buying tickets online. I want to take my son to his first game in Norman but I don’t know what site has a good reputation. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
I’ve never had problems with stubhub
Plenty of tickets available outside the stadium on game day.
Any of the major ticket sites are fine. I usually use Vividseats.com because they always have the best prices. You could also go buy them from someone right outside the stadium, I bet they will be very cheap for the first game.
Some tickets you buy outside stadium will include tail-gating w/food & beverages included in price. If you are so inclined.
I’ve used stubhub a ton of times, never had a problem with it.
I haven’t used one site consistently, but on EBAY you can avoid the surcharge that most sites like stubhub tack on.
Keep an eye on the ticket exchange at ouinsider.com. there’s usually several tickets for sale there.
Here is one set of tickets for sale.
http://oklahoma.247sports.com/Board/77/Contents/OU-v-Akron-4-Tickets-for-Sale-75-ea-38567921
I’ve used seatgeek to find the best deals. It collects tickets from various sites and has the seat diagram and pick and choose the best deal. Ended up buying tickets through uberseat, Oklahoma tickets, stubhub, etc I haven’t had any bad experience.
Watch out for Ticket City. They bait and switch.
Stubhub is solid. What game? I will probably sale my season tickets to a couple of games.
Most likely Tulsa or West Virginia
I go to vividseats.com
Stubhub definitely has the best reputation and is very good about guaranteeing that tickets are legit.
I’ve been looking at vivid seats and stubhub so far. Thanks for all the help.
Found this interesting:
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports that Saints are trading WR/return specialist Jalen Saunders to the Patriots for a conditional draft pick, via a league source. Patriots got an extended look at Saunders in August’s joint practices.
Good for Jalen. if the Pats think he is worth a trade then they may have some plans for him already
I don’t like the Pats, but they don’t seem to make mistakes on personnel issues. Good omen for JS.
Thinking this could be a golden chance for Jalen. With Edelman nursing an injury, Saunders with couple of big ones can get the job for good. But, still very hard to support the deflategaters!!
Yessir …we’ll take him
I can’t smile any wider. I have no love for the Patriots, but I have love for the Sooners and Jalen will always be a Sooner to me.
I like Alvarez and his attitude. Probably the most unheralded recruit from his class(2*), comes in not to just compete but to be the best. Kid played tackle in HS comes to OU to play guard and decides he gonna take the time to learn at center. That’s how you get on the field. You gotta love that.
He was recruited as a center, thought that was his position in high school, as well.
He was also academic all-state his senior year.
I see him listed just as OL a lot but in the highlight film I see he is playing RT.
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This still makes me laugh every time I scroll through this exchange. I declare this the exchange of the day.
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The situation with Lampkin is bizarre. Since the Texsa admissions department has not produced a document accepting or denying his admission, which the ncaa claims it must have, the question as to why not becomes important.
Does the admission department violate its own rules for the athletic department? If so, then they could have admitted Lampkin without the language requirement.
The dates for registration/late registration have long passed, with the last day for adds/drops approaching. Should Texsa continue to deny Lampkin documentation as to his admission status, I would encourage the Lampkin family to seek legal action.
ET I don’t know if you remember, but about a week or two ago I read a story quoting Ms. Lampkin stating something to the effect of, that with her interaction with the NCAA regarding the NLI rules that Ut had until start of classes to deny, then they were in violation of NCAA rules. What’s up with that, why hasn’t someone forced their hand? Is it just a part of the process?
From what had been posted from copy/paste of ncaa rules the LOI was to be considered null and void if he was denied admission. The ncaa says they must have documentation, which Texswa admissions is withholding for reasons known only to them. It is very revealing, I think, that the Texsa departments would be in collusion to deny this young man the documentation he needs to move forward.
Texsa should be forced to show cause for violating its own rules of admission.
I agree. The school is harming Lampkin from an opportunity standpoint. So there is reasonable cause for civil action.
I am not an attorney, but was trained as one. I’m thinking that they can play this out until the absolute last day by which, even theoretically, a person could be squeezed in. At that time, they will owe him an answer. Probably best to get an attorney to draft a letter, to be sent certified, return receipt, to the admissions office, demanding a response after that date.
This is the kind of scenario I envisioned when I said, earlier, that Charlie could likely cost Lampkin the early fall, one way or the other.
It’s not pretty, nor is it in any way in the best interest of their athletes, but UT is fully within their rights to play the game this way.
My understanding is that the last day is….the first day of classes. Am I wrong?
No, there is late registration, but it was the following Thursday from the first day of class. The last day for adds/drops is next week, IIRC.
And, I’m thinking that, for these purposes, you could make an argument that someone could still be inserted then…so the decision to deny him is not ‘final’ until that time as well.
My grandfather once sat me down and gave me some good advice. I was upset over some perceived injustice suffered at the hands of some evil doer. He explained to me that the bad person was, indeed, a bad person; but that I could have foreseen such action on their part and could have kept myself safe from their action with a little extra work. Basically, don’t blame an asshole for being an asshole. You knew what they were going into the thing and if you did nothing to protect yourself, shame on you.
If Lampkin ends up having to red shirt this fall, well, it’s a small price to pay for being out of UT.
He was probably going to be a RS anyway and I’m certain this will be resolved.
The positives are the revelation of how the Texsa admissions department is subordinate to TexsaSports and what a total anal sphincter Strong is when things don’t go his way.
You seem more plugged into Texas HS ball than most. Do this and Briles’ shenanigans really have no impact on the HS coaches in Texas?
I think Briles’ issues are too recent to determine any effect on the THSCA, but I’m certain it will raise concerns with recruit’s parents.
Strong got off to a bad start with the THSCA. His hiring of legendary and well respected high school coach Jeff Traylor is, I believe, an attempt to give him some credibility with the THSCA.
Texas needs a good dose of negative publicity over this. Once that starts we’d see just how fast their admissions department could suddenly move their burnt orange asses.
You should trademark that phrase BOA, like some hiphop dude. (BurntOrangeAsses)
I can see that being a great name for an ironic punk band: The Burnt Orange Asses.
Very ’80’s Alt/New Wave-y sort of thing. Inside reference to The Ass Festival and Neil Young.
He probably would have redshirted anyway.
per http://www.nationalletter.org/nliProvisions/nullAndVoid.html
This NLI shall be declared null and void if any of the following occur:
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” by the opening day of classes in fall 2015, has failed to provide me with written notice of admission”
And yet, their Coach says he won’t release him and the admissions department dutifully complies by not producing documentation.
Were it me I would be lawyering up and tapping the PUF* they are so proud of.
/*permanent university fund
Based on this language, Lampkin does not need a denial letter. If he has not received a written notice of admission, which clearly they have not sent him since he failed to meet their standards, then he is already free of his NLOI.
Yeah, from limited study (see Bob’s posts) I assumed the notification date has passed.
It’s been apparent for some time that UT has major ethical issues. There have been reports of favoritism in admissions. Attempts by the good old boy network to impeach members of the board of regents who were investigating. Then there was Mack Brown who ran his own good old boy network. Why is this surprising? Texas thinks they’re so above the limits on lesser institutions. It makes me wonder why some are so adamant about staying in the same conference with them.
I made the same comment about a week ago. Since then, I rang up a buddy of mine (a UT grad – weird, i know) and he says the admissions department is not immediately required to send a denial of admission letter, and they can theoretically “hold” a spot indefinitely until he satisfies his language requirements. That’s his take – not sure if it’s certain. As to your point of possible collusion between athletic and admissions departments, that would seem a rather serious breach of ethics if they discussed ways to prevent Lampkin from being eligible at OU.
Yeah, I don’t understand it but Texas is trying to prove a point here and I think they fight this to the bitter end.
*Texsa*
They bought it and own it…for eternity. 🙂
They are a very prestigous University 🙂
With total command of the English language. 🙂
Texass….
*Texsa* they own it.
http://newsok.com/ou-fan-buys-texsasports.com-to-troll-texas-fans-after-spelling-error/article/5071611
I agree. This could end up being a landmark case concerning admissions and atheltic eligibility. UT could conceivably keep Lampkin in limbo for a year, claiming, as I mentioned below, that his admission is not “denied,” but rather on “hold’ until his language requirements are met.
They are still required to notify the applicant of his status.
Sounds like “lawfare.”
Again per http://www.nationalletter.org/nliProvisions/nullAndVoid.html:
This NLI shall be declared null and void if any of the following occur:
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“If I am eligible for admission, but the institution named in this document defers my admission to a subsequent term, the NLI will be declared null and void; however, this NLI remains binding if I defer my admission.”
They are just dragging their heels because they have their reasons, and I think they will come out of this looking poorly in the eyes of recruits.
I suppose lawyers can make hay of the “eligible” aspect. They make hay of most things.
Not everybody agrees on what a reasonable interpretation is. That given, you pretty much have to go to the lowest common denominator.
Those are just rules, though.
As if we needed another reason to hate texsa.
What responsible adult would play with a young man’s future this way?
I assume Charlie would go with the ‘greater good’ argument. He’s ‘just’ upholding the system to better serve future kids.
….or something like that.
Is he a man? Is he forty?
Good point ET!
Maybe Bob should say this to Charlie.
It may be more effective if Jenni said it.
Good one.
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hahahaha.. is that photo-shopped? Thats hysterical.
Is it photo-shop or is he a smaller man than originally thought?
Okay, after digging a little bit, that is not photo-shop. He is 5’9″. Apparently his players rag on him a lot for being “short.” (compared to most of them! of course!) I had just assumed he was a much larger man. lol.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/1/9239217/charlie-strong-height-malik-jefferson-has-jokes
Charlie Short. He is a shorthorn, isn’t he?
So now we could basically say that this whole Lampkin ordeal, is really just an episode of Charlie’s “short-man complex.” Makes so much more sense now!
With all of the resources texsa has, supposedly, they can’t have someone build a “shorter” podium?
I wonder if his press conferences are short?
I’m guessing he is short with his players a lot, and probably has a short temper in general. I’m wonder if he would look any taller in Shorts.
LMAO!!
An irresponsible one?
A very small man.
Can anything be done with the spammers that are starting to blow the posts up with the “earn $99/hr at home” scams. I absolutely love this site, and enjoy all of the interaction between the mods and posters. I absolutely hate the spammers and scammers. Whew, now I feel better! With that little rant out of the way, BOOMER…it’s game week!
Im sure they will get the ban hammer at some point today
I tried to hit the inappropriate flag every time I saw one yesterday, but had no affect on them. It was frustrating.
they see how much web traffic this site gets and they want to advertise for free, it shows TFB is growing
I was hitting it too. The Mods are likely aware and working on a solution. Problem is they close one door and these cockroaches find a hole in the wall.
Have you tried it? If not, how do you know it’s a scam?
Some are. I think the issue is these are unsolicited and they are not paying TFB for the right to use their site to do so.
Good grief, If it weren’t a scam, everyone would be trying to do it. Everyone would be at the screen 16 hrs a day trying to blow up every board on the web. I work very hard, both physically and metally to achieve the $100/hr level, then I take a few days off and relax and read TFB.
Go ahead and reply to one of the Nigerian folks. Let us know how it turns out
Uh oh – are you saying that’s a scam? Wonder if it’s too late to cancel the credit card…
If you send them your CC number they will cancel it for you.
See, they ARE nice guys.
He just wants your checking acct info so he can deposit $50k and then you give him half of it. It’s all on the up and up
So, my on camera ‘play session’ last night was a bad idea?
My sister made over $4000 last month doing that.
was she on line last night?
I’m going to stop there, haha!
There are actually groups of people who respond to Nigerian scammers and turn the tables on them.
Key and Peele or the jerky boys need to do something like this
the people who have taken this on do it as a hobby. In one instance, they fooled the scammers to go hang out on the border with Darfur awaiting further instructions.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/enforcers?act=1#play
The same way I know my jizz isn’t magical elven custard. Sometimes you just know.
Mine might not be custard, but it damn sure is Magical! Two Boys, first shot each time! lol
Some of you folks wouldn’t know a joke if it smacked you in the head. Of course it’s a scam.
I have yet to notice any of those “spamming messages” on TFB…
I hadn’t noticed it until you mentioned it, but you’re right.
1. Mods made mods and they are out.
2. Spammers/Scammers haven’t woke up yet.
3. (Conspiracy theory) One of us has a sock that needs to be burned.
Thought you were talking about just today, I re read and see now.
I’m not seeing anything like this at the time of me posting this comment
I’ve seen them twice. But only twice.
I’ve seen three, one of them for drugs.
WAs that the one for cannabis oil? It seemed like they had an angle where they weren’t technically illegal. Anyway, still unwelcome.
I wonder if Disqus takes care of it on its own if enough of us flag the comment. I flag them pretty much as soon as I see them anywhere.
Replied to me once.
Jordan, they were plentiful yesterday. Mostly in the OP I think. I just went back to yesterday’s OP hit the best button, seemed like they hit where the most conversation was going on, and the inappropriate key did not block them. It is just an annoyance, but I’ve been spoiled to the good conversation here without it up to this point.
Just went to the OP and blacklisted that person. If you see anything like this again, please just let me know (and where, like which post/thread) and I’ll be happy to get rid of it.
Thanks Jordan, you always been da man. Glad you are here, the other site has never been the same since you left. Boomer!
Appreciate you saying so.
Theres one right now in the Depth Chart thread.
G-Day minus 4
Got some great Sooners here.
Jamelle Holieway – Elvis Peacock – George Rhymes – Malcolm Kelly
Elvis Peacock
This is actually the 75 Neb game highlight. What a backfield!
https://youtu.be/rdDwC_WJjHc
I was there.
Awesome
I was there as well. I had a class with Elvis. Nice young man from Miami area.
As was I.
George Rhymes – Dude could scoot
https://youtu.be/_rEOnDmPslM
He could “Busta” loose on any play.
At first I was disappointed when I couldn’t find Buster Rhymes, then remembered George was his name. lol
The guy was a freak. As I recall he could bench some incredible weight. Kind of in the mold of an AD or Marcus Dupree kind of athlete.
Jamelle Holieway – Dang, I forgot how good he was.
https://youtu.be/k2FtPIhADcM
Before he got injured he was the best wishbone QB there ever was.
He was definately a natural at the wishbone, I agree he was the best. Honorable mentions in my book were Mildren, Davis, Watts
Lott also
Thank you, my bad.
I don’t recommend any of their other agenda driven crap, but here’s part I of a two part series on Jamelle from the Shadow League. Part II is linked at the end of part I. Excellent articles.
http://www.theshadowleague.com/articles/the-black-college-quarterback-the-university-of-oklahoma-s-jamelle-holieway-part-i
effortless
I’ve never been a fan of QBs that ran more than they threw, but Jamelle was special!
I know of no other sight on a football field than a wishbone quarter back coming down the line working his options.
My biggest regret as a Sooner fan was that I did not get to watch the Sooner wishbone in person. Fairbanks went to the bone the year I graduated. Some how I was never able to make the 12 hour drive to see a game in person.
Malcolm Kelly – Some great catches on some greater throws.
https://youtu.be/b_vzdUqJxY4
Man he had such a high ceiling! Sort of sucks it never worked out for him in NFL..
He had some pretty good QB’s throwing to him. But Kelly is one of my favorite Sooners. I loved watching him play
Yessir, Loved me some Malcolm. Even when the throws were ugly, he could go get them. When I was watching his highlights, noticed there were several different QB’s that he was catching for. Bomar, Thompson, and Bradford
I never knew the full story behind Bomar, why did he leave or get kicked off?
He was getting paid for a job that he was not actually doing work at. Was stupid enough to log work hours for times he was in practice.
And stupid enough to do it after getting into some minor scrapes with the law and complaining publicly about being singled out because he was an athlete.
Yeah, kid didn’t seem to “get it.” Legal problem he probably would have survived. Major NCAA infractions with an attitude, not so much.
I think he might have survived all that if he hadn’t lied to Stoops even after Bob knew what had transpired.
What you said sounds right, but, I wonder if the infraction (NCAA rules) was so egregious that BS had no choice, some infractions are minor, ie too big of a meal, and some are major as in watching the grass grow, or a new car, or getting paid for work while on the practice field.
You may be right, but speculation at the time was that Quinn and Bomar lied to Bob even when he had the evidence. “Word” was that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
You could be right. That would be consistent with the way Bob usually handles things. However, from what I remember this was a case of them having to actively subvert a process that was there to prevent it from happening. They knew the rules and came up with a scheme to get around them. Plus Bomar had already been in some trouble.
He really reminded me of an older version of Johnny Football (although he never really aspired to his talent level).
And he didn’t have Twitter to make everything that much more public.
By the way Bob, nice facial hair. Mine is about the same color, but the wife makes me keep it shorter. She says that when she sees me using it to conceal my weapons in, it’s too long.
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I’m in S-E-C, S-E-C country. Here even some of the women have beards.
I’m in South Carolina now, and your statement is definately true.
He came by his entitlement mentality honestly. Have you ever heard his dad speak?
haha yup
Wow what a clown.
And then lying about it when confronted by Stoops. He would have gotten a suspension otherwise, but once he lied about it, Stoops wanted him gone. OL Quinn and a walkon WR also were sacked in the deal.
Yes i recall when it happened i was at work and a horn walked up said yall lost bomar i thought it was a joke but nope
Heh! Made me nervous yesterday when Bob said Trevor handled the news that he wasn’t the starter “like a professional” Dohhh! I know exactly what he meant but I still cringed a little at opening us up for the ancient jokes from another era!
I think MK actually quit putting forth much effort, therefore I don’t care for him. It was reported that he was recovered from a hamstring but didn’t want to take a chance on another injury.
I was young when Kelly was around. Just 12. As a kid watching a guy like that was astonishing to me.
Love some of the names of the OU players back in the ’70s and ’80’s, but Jamelle Holieway will always be one of my all-time favorite Sooners!
Loved Buster Rhymes! He was such a talented player.
Can we get a list of who all is visiting this weekend?
I’ve seen where Valentin might make it in as well as Maurice Chandler…
Tulsa-area folks, what are y’all doing for the game Saturday?
Going to it. 😉
Some of us are not so fortunate 🙁
buying it and having a ‘tailgate’ in the post op rehab where my dad’s presently an inmate.
Solid answer! Coming from A physical therapy wardens in post op rehab! Did the same (no ppv though) with my dad for Ou/wvu in ’12. The nurses swore they’d never seen so many docs on a Saturday in cardiac rehab.
My dad just got his right leg amputated, so we’re waiting for the wound to close and to get his PT/OT to where he can go home. So it’s a fairly jolly group of people; they all just happen to have massive healing wounds.
definitely though a blessing to have something to take their minds of the wounds/IV antibiotics & all the fun stuff that goes with it. Its definitely something others don’t really comprehend until you are in that boat.
If you haven’t worked with one, yet, check out wound vacs. Miraculous tool.
Oh I have 2 patients right now on wound vacs. They are wonderful. Heal wounds so much faster & saves skin integrity around the area…
The OU Club of Tulsa will be showing the PPV game at the FOX & The Hound located on the NE corner of 71st & Garnett. I don’t know if anybody can just show up and watch it though. I saw it mentioned on here last week. I just joined the OU Club of Tulsa today online ($25 family membership for 1 year). I will be going to the Fox & The Hound to watch the game. The $25 is cheaper than buying the game, the money supports the university and you get to be involved in other activities the Club host throughout the year. Win/Win…..
http://tulsa.ouclub.com/
nice
https://twitter.com/_2FOE/status/638738113888583680
Thanks Jordan. Do you think OU is in a good position? Seems that he likes ASU
That would be a nice B-Day present to me. 🙂
OP today?
you need to start having your own OP KJ! haha what news do you have for us??
Haha not a whole lot since it’s game week. Heard a little bit about Akron as the team started preparation Sunday. Hearing they have decent size up front on defense and they run some unconventional defensive formations. Also heard that before the team looked at Akron, they watched a little bit on Tenn. I think it’ll be a good week of preparation, Sat should be fun.
outstanding
do you know much about Riley’s offense? I’m wondering if we’ll get the packaged-plays or any run-pass-option concepts?
No unfortunately I don’t, but fortunately we only have to wait a few more days to see it.
Or most likely a scaled down version of it.
Quite this morning, I like quite
what about quiet
shhhh…
Fascinating!
A movie with no advertising and only appearing in 1,000 theaters this past weekend finished second in box office sales at $11,000,000 and it only cost $3,000,000 to make.
http://www.aleteia.org/en/arts-entertainment/article/hollywood-insiders-express-shock-as-christian-film-opens-second-at-the-box-office-5831387881930752
As a Christian, I am happy to see a quality film that truly uplifts people. Being good intentioned, but “preachy” at times, we at times put some folks off. My opinion for my faith is some what like my opinion on great college football, keep it simple, stick to the basics, stick to what you personally know for sure, and stick to what makes you successful.
I’m very comfortable with being a Christian and I know personally the power of prayer. It isn’t that I “believe” it is that I “know.”
Always gratifying to see a movie come along that Christians can enjoy.
Thanks for this, Rick. I’m not much of a moviegoer, but if you’d like some quality reads with a more robust, yet subtle, theological nucleus than what you’d typically find on the shelves at LifeWay or Mardel, I’m your guy. I’m talking fiction, not commentaries. Though I have a library of those, too.
I will probably need to get with you somehow soon then. I’m out of town most of the time, but when I get back, I’ll get you my contact info. Thanks
Sounds great, man. Hit me up then.
Wife and I went with some friends and saw it this weekend.
I should be back home this weekend, maybe my wife and I can find it somewhere between Dallas and OKC.
I live in Tarrant County. But, if you really want to catch between Dallas and OKC, maybe Lewisville. Otherwise you may want to wait.
Did you form an opinion?
I was amazed looking at the rotten tomatoes rating on it, the critics were all over the place with a 25%, the viewers were at a 91% rating with 5299 reviews. Kinda telling.
Telling us what we already knew. 🙂
Not being a church goer, I wouldn’t know; but was it really unadvertised or just not in mass media?
In any event, pretty strong circumstantial evidence to support the census data that this is an overwhelmingly Christian nation.
What commonly happens is during the service, the person in charge of making announcement will say something like, “and by the way we will be taking the youth to a film at (fill in the blank), anyone wishing may join us”. That is usually the extent of the major advertising for the films. A movie about Moses was released earlier, I think Christian Bale was the star. I went to the film and, because of my faith, was personally disappointed with the movie, because of the literary license that the film makers took with the biblical story. Yes, it was about Moses, but sadly no, it was not a representation of the biblical account. It was entertaining, had a little romance and action, but not biblically factual.
Kind of what I thought. Thanks.
(and thanks for the concept of Christian Bale in a Christian movie. That’s high comedy, right there!)
Saturday watch party in the DC area at Buffalo Wild Wings in Arlington, Va. Contact [email protected]
Dallas area watch parties? Specifically around far north Dallas?
There is an OU Club in Collin County. They have a web site.
Tap House Sports Bar
8320 TX-121
Frisco, TX 75034
http://collincounty.ouclub.com/
I will be there for the OU-Akron game.
Wait I thought everyone was meeting at some place called Sugers?
Nah. Meet at the Blue Oyster bar.
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https://youtu.be/j9yBPcn8IqU
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The Saban Network at it’s finest: “They just need to score a few points because nobody is going to score on them”
Of course. No one has scored on Bama in 17 years. I read it in their media guide.
That’s 117 years, Sobcek. Bama was playing before most other schools. That’s how they got many of their 47 national championships.
Nice Write up on Mead
Im really excited about what he’ll be bringing to our passing attack.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/jeffery-mead-comes-of-age-joins-ou-air-raid-ranks/article_79f45474-6637-5b5f-9b7b-e001750619c1.html
whose ready to see this guy?
https://youtu.be/zXQQImDSBOg?t=10s
Not the coaches evidently. At least not the way he’s playing now.
coaches are just sending him a message. He will play a lot
Pretty sure the coaches just told him to start putting in some real effort or focus on his classwork
yup because it was obvious he was the best receiver on the team after Shep last year. Whatever is causing him to fall in depth is not on the field related imo
That may be the issues. He was #2 but the change in OC plus Westbrook and others coming in has pushed him back some. You often see players get discouraged in situations like that and drop further. Sometimes they need a slap in the face to get it going again.
The good new is the coaches don’t usually send messages to players they don’t think are capable.
Yeah but this offense rotates so many receivers, he will still see quite a bit of time on the field
Yeah nineteen and twenty year olds don’t always figure stuff out like that right away. Heck I know fifty year olds that don’t.
The good thing is that talent doesn’t disappear overnight. He still has it in him, just needs to get back on track.
Holding up hand.
How bout 60 year olds, tonto?
That’s true. Hope he just needs a wake up slap to get in gear because he can juke and with that name! I’d like to see some quick on the field!
Yep it certainly gives the appearance that he thought his role was cemented and he wasn’t working for it.
Though I was told he had at least two camp sessions where he dropped SEVERAL passes. I also heard that it took teammates to get him to stay and work late after practice on catching. Now that may a strong way of stating it, but if teammates have to come to you and say hey stay late and lets catch a some footballs you may not have a great work ethic.
What is this chatter about on Quick?
he’s listed behind walk ons on the depth chart
Gotcha thanks
Quick has a ton of talent but I have to say that the way he runs while holding the ball like a loaf of bread away from his body scares the hell out of me. He might get away with that in high school but at this level hes a fumble waiting to happen.
Quick ability on the field is jaw dropping. However, he’s not disciplined in his running and getting up the field. I say this not as a knock on his ability but more about what Gundy preached at the RB position. Gundy wanted them going north/south. Wasn’t into all the fancy dances. Other than TFB, I don’t have any other practice info so this is only a guess on my part. Quick is a great athlete, just needs to find his position and go after it both mentally & physically.
Also, In LR’s system, he likes the pass to be thrown to a location, expecting the receiver to make a well-timed break on the ball. Undisciplined routes might not work so well in that scenario.
So no Open Post? It’s like being a junkie and not being able to find your dealer.
Check the carpets, there’s got to be some residue in there.
Well I have this baggie, but I think it is just potpourri.
Oh that’s probably just the new Texas version of the Brainiacs… don’t bother.
Nah, that smells like cow manure. This at least has a half way pleasant smell.
I read an
interview today where Bobby Stoops talked about why he won’t leave Oklahoma for
greener pastures elsewhere and his reasoning was basically comfort for him and
his family (which is totally understandable.) He mentioned having been with 1 university
president for 17 years and how his family was invested in Norman and that he
didn’t want to move them. It sounds to me that it really could just be some
complacency having crept in and Bob becoming more lax on where his program was
going because he thought he had the right assistants in place and a
stranglehold on the conference. Maybe last season was exactly what he needed to
get him fully back in the game. I’m
hoping he still has ‘it’ and was just too lazy the past few years. Hopefully he
can turn it all around starting this year!
Sometimes familiarity breeds contempt, and sometimes it nurtures commitment. Generally depends on individual character, and it is my opinion that Bob has lots of that. JMHO
I think Bob’s biggest problem was that he let his loyalty overrode his obligations to his employer. He tried to help friends out by giving them jobs. That is great, but you aren’t really helping them much giving them a job they can’t do. He also held on to some like Shipp after they weren’t getting the job done. He seems to have learned his lesson, though Mike may be the exception to that.
Lets see how Mike does this year thennnnnn—————
Nah, I am willing to give Mike a shot. On paper he is not a bad hire. He was a really good DC at one time. But the clock is running since he is now in year three. Had some time to get his guys here. Need to see some results soon.
Would you say soon as in over the next 12 games or so?
Agreed. For the most part. The whole Kittle hire? Total friend hire…thats something I see in the Oil & Gas industry all the time..don’t really see how that could work at a major college football program though. But I think the last coach that was kept too long was Bobby Jack Wright..never really thought he did a job with any of the positions he coached. I do want to see what Mike can do this year before I give up on him though.
Could be right about BJW. As I recall, everyone was of the opinion that Bob picked him up to recruit and his relationship with the high school coaches down in Texas. In that respect, I think he was adequate. Didn’t he find Q? At any rate, that was purported to have been his forte, not coaching.
I’m thinking that the slow racheting of physical pain prior to his hip surgery had something to do with it, as well. Combination of pain and the medication for it can really take the pep out of your step.
I concur. He seems much more energetic and focused since the surgery. Even when he was still on crutches and going through rehab he seemed more like his old self.
Looking at some of the replays from last season it was obvious the way he was walking that he was in pain.
I agree but I also think the house project took his time too. This hasn’t been mentioned but I’ve been a part of working with a builder for custom home. This takes a lot of time to make sure you get it right and by no mean was it anything like Bob’s. I realize his wife was a big part but there are areas I’m sure he had his hands all over. Lot’s of time and meeting with the builder. My $.02.
I’m sure it did. And his business interests. And just life in general. Sometimes things just tail off and, if you’re lucky, it takes a jolt to get you out of your rut.
I had a friend in Japan who was a professional potter. Sold his stuff to collectors for tea ceremony use. Made waaaaaaaay more money than me. He had a neat ritual of switching out the really silky clay he normally used for very rough stuff with lots of sand in it. He did this every couple of months because it sanded the callouses off of his fingers. He said it let him feel the clay again.
Maybe last year for Bob was kind of like having his callouses sanded off. I kind of hope so.
I see where the last three 247 predictions for Eboh are to Texas. Any chance OU thinks they are getting Parker and told Eboh they are full?
Must be something going on there are now four predictions in the last hour for Texas.
He just got an offer. UT fans think every offer they make they get a commit.
Yeah I notice that two of the predictions are from writers for horns247 and another is a Gigem247 writer. Hardly neutral third parties.
Someone tell him that if he’s thinking Texas he better get his Spanish grades in order STAT!
LMFAO
Here’s hoping for a quality OP from our beloved Brainiacs:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/OP.html
OP Taylor?
OP Jindal Global University?
Optimus Perine
Ain’t. That. The truth. RBear, you have won this thread, my friend. If your reply doesn’t receive at least 20 upvotes by virtue of the happy tingles we feel at the thought of the HumbleBeast trampling the Zips entire defense underfoot , then we have failed you as your fellow Sooner fans.
I thought it meant Occasional Priapsis.
I like your answer much better.
There were a few of you that saw a post a few days ago about a New England flair “Soonahs” shirt. So I thought I would post the link to those shirts, and just so you know the proceeds go to an OU scholarship fund for students in the NE area that want to go to OU. I ordered my shirt yesterday!
https://squareup.com/market/ou-club-of-boston
Thanks Daryl, was hoping to hear more on it. Love the fact that I can help support another kid getting to OU.
Boomah Soonah would also work in New Jersey. Except you would need to add a profanity at the end. (You can guess which one.) I also like “Boomer Sooner, dude” for us CA based fans, and “Boomer Sooner, oh yeah, eh?” for our friends in Minnesota and Wisconsn.
That’s awesome. I’m getting some for sure.
So does anyone know of a place in the DFW area that will be showing the OU game this weekend? Stupid PPV
There was a post further down in collin county. I believe he said that is north of Dallas.
Super K and Andrew are saying on the Texas TFB that they now think that Eboh is Texas-bound.
This whole thing about getting with a kid early does not always hold water. Everyone was clamoring for OU to offer Draper. OU was still evaluating him. We are in on Eboh early. He was about to commit and texsa offers and it, apparently, changes everything. It doesn’t always matter. As our friend, EasTex, always says, when it comes to “cruitin'” it’s hard to figure out.
I can’t believe the wait is finally almost over! The next few days are going to crawl.
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