Sooners News Daily 8.1.14
Posted on: August 1, 2014
It’s August, crazy. OU Football will be played this month!
FOOTBALL
‘Adrian Peterson’s Incredible Freshman Year At Oklahoma Turns 10’ (SFJ)
Some outstanding perspective here, IMO. ‘Father of a disciplined Sooner thanks Bob Stoops’ (NewsOK)
‘Oklahoma rekindles its fire behind Trevor Knight’ (USA Today)
OU still waiting on Mizzou before they can file DGB waiver. (TW)
Former Sooner, Frank Alexander, won’t fight his four game suspension. (Charlotte Observer)
This Devonte Fields situation doesn’t figure to have a pretty ending, regardless of whatever eventually happens. (Star-Telegram)
Texas A&M’s new football facilities look pretty damn impressive. (12thman)
Roll Tide. (Busted Coverage)
BASKETBALL
Former Sooner, Je’lon Hornbeak, explains why he chose Monmouth. (APP)
OTHER
Impressive.
Looks promising.
A Christopher Nolan movie means I’m pretty much in no questions asked.
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Hell, looking at the atm facilities explains how they are getting so many commitments. We better get busy on ours.
Agreed. Kids love that stuff. And while I don’t think OU needs to go “that” over the top, it’d benefit them to incorporate some of that stuff.
“The adidas uniform display transforms from a solid wall to a full view of the latest in uniform technology. The window wall features a touch-screen video interface that includes equipment specs and uniform highlights.”
Not a lot of reason for this, as I don’t see players messing with it ever, but I bet recruits think it’s awesome when they are shown. Those facilities are pretty legit.
yep
I thought the tv on every wall was overkill. Then again I get tired of constant media bombardment. No wonder teaching is getting more difficult ( yes, I’m a HS teacher).
Yeah, I though the TV embedded in the mirror of each bathroom sink was a bit much.
They set a new standard for “keeping up” in this part of the country. So while I’m not a “need better facilities now!” kind of guy…I definitely think you have to be competitive and the standard has been raised. So OU’s new project announcement earlier this summer was important.
It makes me excited to see what the Sooners have planned.
The thing is their facilities were terrible. I mean like still in the 80s. They needed upgraded the last time I was in them in 04
The Aggie facilities look really nice. Other than the OU weight room I don’t see them as better than OU’s. I was watching the day zero clip at Soonersports and thought the OU locker room was dang impressive after it’s renovation a few years back.
Sorry dude, but those are a lot nicer than OU’s. Maybe once all the renovations are done we’ll be on that level.
A lot nicer? Nah…. Not like OU has concrete floors and metal lockers.
Looks like Sumlin took the (no excuse) from Stoops.
If only money could buy championships…scratch that. They couldn’t even win one when they were cheating.
I’m sure they’ll find a few other championships to claim retroactively.
K! You being all catty! I’ve never seen you drop the professional mask.
My bad bud! I love me some Aggies 😉
No. No. It was refreshing. Carry on.
There are few things in life I loathe more than an aggie.
Chippy like Stoops recently – great stuff!
Boomer!
Broke out the DVD’s last night due to withdrawals……..OU beat Bama again and we still shocked the Pokes in their crib. Loved beating them in Stilwater. My ex is a poke. Sent her a copy of the game:-) I know….mean right? Still……….couldn’t resist.
I know what you mean by the re-watches….. My last count was OU beating the cowgirls and Bama something like 30 times in a row!
Great way to pass time, I think I know what’ll happen on every single play in the Sugar Bowl now.
Article on Knight was well done. Reporter did a good job of catching what many of us like about knight as well as the question we all have about 2014.
I didn’t see the trophy cases?
It is still in the planning stages of the mind of a student that doesn’t know yet they will be an architect.
The A&M upgrades really are impressive, but we’ll see how much they help after this year without their savior at QB and a defense that most Texas high schools could score on. Texas A&M…”a storied football program since 2012.”
My stomach dropped wathing that jump from firts person POV… insane!
The A&M facility upgrade was overdue 10 yrs ago. For an athletics dept who was operating in the red for YEARS they set the standard for no one. No one. Unless you aspire to be cheating underachievers.
Wow, so the great writer here that (because purely based on the number of Twitter followers, sorry I have a life) criticized me for writing for Bleacher Report… has a piece that includes nothing that requires skill/talent/knowledge… just makes a piece with links and videos. Yea pretty sure that’s what Google does. Whatever it takes to feel good 🙂
Feel better Dan?
I thought Bleachers were for asses, who knew they could read.
Easily the worst attempt at trying to be snide and clever that I’ve seen in some time.
Yet just clever enough to provide an internet troll enough nutrition to survive long enough to reply. You at least chuckled, it’s not shameful to admit that.
Please refer to your first comment, Dan.
To know that the guy trying to dog me because I said something bad about OU has no talent? Yes. I feel a lot better. 🙂
Using such a small sample size to make your decision shows me all that I need to know about your decision making process.
His last sentence tells us that was his intent.
I doubt that is the first time(or the last) that he mumbles it.
I guess upvoting your own comment makes you feel good, too.
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