Sooners News Daily 7.24.14
Posted on: July 24, 2014
Peace and love, people. I’m a lover, not a fighter.
FOOTBALL
ICYMI yesterday, OU announced that Dorial Green-Beckham will wear No. 11.
‘Baker Mayfield highlights the worst side of the NCAA’s transfer rules’ (Bylaw Blog)
‘Daryl Williams grows into leader at OU’ (DRC)
Remember what I was saying here yesterday about the media and Charlie Strong? (SI)
Unfortunately, the Lane Johnson 4-game suspension is now official. (Twitter)
#tbt (as the kids say)
BASKETBALL
OU men’s b-ball team is smart. (Twitter)
Cam Clark signed a deal with an Italian league team. (Twitter)
Just announced: #Sooners' Dec. 20 game vs. Washington (MGM Grand Showcase in Las Vegas) will tip at 8 p.m. CT, air on @ESPNU. @HOOPSatMGM
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) July 23, 2014
OTHER
Nice story on OU baseball commit, Chris Andritsos. (Joplin Globe)
This would be cool, but also kind of scary (at least IMO).
Summer.
Not your finest moment, bro. And you have to LOVE how the mascot looks back at dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4qkOl_Kc70
Crimson Tide, huh? Roll Tide.
http://youtu.be/vmTk7cwpifs?list=UURX7UEyE8kp35mPrgC2sosA
I’m putting it to the people. Does this look funny or stupid?
47 Comments
The videos were great today. Crimson Tide lol. What do you guys think the odds of Mayfield winning the appeal are? Doesn’t seem very likely but TFB know way more about this type of stuff than I do. I’m not one who thinks he should start over Knight but it would be nice to have an experienced backup in case he can’t stay healthy this year.
Its funny – I feel like Mayfield deserves a waiver way more than DGB, but I feel the chances are actually the opposite. I still feel DGB gets a waiver and Baker doesn’t. And all the chatter seems to back that up
Yeah coaches feel pretty good about DGBs chances
If i were the Mayfield’s and the NCAA denied the appeal I would immediately have my attorney(s) file a suit in Federal Court and put it on the fast track.
Fingers Crossed
Has anyone shared the reasoning with you, K? The whole ‘out of his control’ thing seems very cut and dried to me.
I spoke to an assistant AD a week or so ago…no names, for obvious reasons…who said (and I quote) “we think it is 80% that DGB will be cleared to play this year”. I hope he’s right. My only experience with these things is history and it seems we never get clearance, or it takes half the year (Saunders) before it comes. DGB could be a difference-maker for this year’s offense.
Did he give any specifics as to why they are so optimistic? It would be great if he gets cleared.
Unfortunately, he didn’t. I was a little uncomfortable pushing for more, also, because it was kind of a privileged conversation. As you may know, the OU AD team doesn’t like to tell too many stories “out of school”, so I usually just take what I get.
I agree, although to get them both a waiver would be great. Even though Mayfield may be more deserving IMO it is more valuable to the team to have DGB able to play this upcoming season. Regardless of what anyone thinks of DGB you cannot deny the talent he has and the options it would give this offense and the headaches it would give defenses.
IMO… I think the appeal will still be denied. I think that it’s incredibly unfair, since the kid was a walk on and paid his own way. I hope that someday he gets to start against TTU, imagine what that would be like if he went and threw for 400 and 5 TD’s. That would be incredible. Anyway, I think the NCAA will still determine that he should have went to a school outside of the Big 12 if he wanted to be eligible and play immediately.
Personally, I think there is some momentum building up in his favor the more it’s talked about nationally. But that said, the NCAA could just as easily shoot it down b/c they’re pricks.
LOL, there is no denying that.
Yeah, with all this player union stuff and the lawsuits against the NCAA over compensation and likenesses, I can see the NCAA treading a little more carefully now.
I don’t see how he doesn’t have a case under the due process clause.
Ha… You got that right.
Man, I miss Mr. Keith Jackson on Saturdays. The best to ever do it, IMO. To listen to him and compare it to what the hack Brent Musberger does makes it seem like they are in two different professions.
Woooooe Nelly.
We got us a barn burner. There are some voices that I will never forget. Keith is at the top with Jim McKay and they guy who did the old NFL films.
Don’t forget John Brooks…..”Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminy Christmas!!!!!!”
My favorite as well. “Let me tell ya about Keith Jackson”
Don’t care for his comment about Oklahoma soiling the Rose Bowl back in 2003, that was BS.
You mean Mushburger? My Dad and I don’t agree on much, but our equal hatred of BM as an announcer spans decades. At least now he’s only calling SEC games.
White, Bradley, Clayton, with Peterson…get outta here.
And Peoples!
Don’t forget about Brandon Jones.
Clayton was the closest running style to Joe Washington I’ve seen. If you watch all of his old clips, reminds me of little Joe
Just wondering, If Missouri indeed signed off on the waiver, would the NCAA still reject it given the situation?
If they go by the same protocol from the LSU point guard, he should get cleared. But this is the NCAA we are talking about
That’s just one part of the process and only if OU pursued that particular option (which has never been officially confirmed they are). But, yes, even if Mizzou signed off on it the NCAA could still reject the waiver.
The thing that gets me about Mayfield’s situation is that he’ll now be stung for two years of tertiary education out of his own pocket, when it’s clear that he’s more than deserving of a scholarship from nearly any institution across the US. Without knowing much about his own family’s situation, that’s nothing to be sneezed at these days! If only the NCAA had more of a “reasonable man” test for situations like these… step out of the hard line mentality, and listen to common sense for once…
On the bright side, OU will have the best scout team QB in the country this season, and the NFL is in his future, so he will make that money back.
I believe his is from Austin Westlake, a fairly exclusive zip code.
Understatement.
Been a long time since I was there, like 28 years ago.
Haha.. I really meant it, as no one should feel bad at all about his parents footing the bill. AT ALL.
No, not in this instance. To his credit he still has the desire to play ball and the skills to do so.
When OU hangs a whipping on Taco Tech I hope he has a chance to tell Kingsbury “great game.”
37 Days Till Football Time In Oklahoma!! Boomer!! 37 was not an easy number to use lol! Big time bonus points if you can name that player in this pic!
Ha I managed to post this as a guest somehow! The files are IN the computer!!
See if this works this time…
37 Days Till Football Time in Oklahoma….
#37 was not an easy number to use! Big time bonus points if you can name this player!
Is it Joe Don Looney? Just a guess based on the gear they are wearing. That was before my time, but I thought I would take a crack at it.
That was around the same time frame but Joe Don will be appearing next week for sure.
The ocean is the most terrifying place on the planet!
I think the mayfield ruling could set a precedent. I mean, it isn’t a common situation. The NCAA should decide what is best for the student athlete IMO. I mean I am all for it helping OU, but it seems so many times they are siding with the school and not the players. I feel if you are a walk on and never given a scholarship, you should be able to transfer without much penalty. As the article stated, according to the NCAA, he was never “recruited”. So I don’t see how they have so much power over his life decisions.
How can Coker – a transfer from FSU — be eligible at Bama this season, but Mayfield — a walk-on — not at OU? I don’t understand it, but what about the NCAA makes sense?
Coker is a grad student.
Wow Justin Blackmon is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.