Spring football started this past Saturday.

If this video on this link is any indication things looks rather spirited

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/oklahoma-already-has-players-thinking-about-the-college-football-playoff--photo-191622626.html

From The Dallas Morning News

This is a Game-by-game preview of Oklahoma’s 2014 football schedule:

Game-by-game preview of Oklahoma?s 2014 football schedule: An undefeated regular season? | Dallas Morning News (http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/game-by-game-preview-of-oklahomas-2014-football-schedule-an-undefeated-regular-season.html/?nclick_check=1)

Most of this sounds like very good news

Open Post ? Tuesday, March 11th (UPDATE 9:06 am) | The Football Brainiacs (http://thefootballbrainiacs.com/open-post-tuesday-march-11th)

It's going to be interesting to see how teams handle the playoffs. We've got a D set up to stop wide open, fast paced offenses. In the BCS era you had a month to prepare for a different type of O and you only had to do it once. In the playoffs, you're gonna have to do it twice. The first team in this new era to figure out the formula will be well ahead of the game.

It's going to be interesting to see how teams handle the playoffs. We've got a D set up to stop wide open, fast paced offenses. In the BCS era you had a month to prepare for a different type of O and you only had to do it once. In the playoffs, you're gonna have to do it twice. The first team in this new era to figure out the formula will be well ahead of the game.

I will be interesting but this is where recruiting diversity comes into play IMHO.
Having players with flexible skill sets will be very important.
Fortunately for OU Stoops has always made it a priority to recruit players who can do several diffrent things.
Quality depth (with different types of skills) will also be a big advantage because it will let a team bring in different packages depending on the circumstances.

Most coaching staffs will have already done much of their scouting on the second oponit before they play the first play off game.

I will be interesting but this is where recruiting diversity comes into play IMHO.
Having players with flexible skill sets will be very important.
Fortunately for OU Stoops has always made it a priority to recruit players who can do several diffrent things.
Quality depth (with different types of skills) will also be a big advantage because it will let a team bring in different packages depending on the circumstances.

Most coaching staffs will have already done much of their scouting on the second oponit before they play the first play off game.

You may be right. I've never been a huge fan of the multiples offense ( feel like an O really doesn't have an identity when using that) but maybe recruiting athletes to play in a multiple offense instead of strictly position players will help in this new era. Not to say we don't recruit position players, but we also tend to recruit athletes more than an offense like Bama's would.

You may be right. I've never been a huge fan of the multiples offense ( feel like an O really doesn't have an identity when using that) but maybe recruiting athletes to play in a multiple offense instead of strictly position players will help in this new era. Not to say we don't recruit position players, but we also tend to recruit athletes more than an offense like Bama's would.
This is the way I see it.... Football has changed.... Its much more about individual match ups than it once was when teams operated nearly exclusively from one formation such as the Wishbone or I formation.....

As a result most college teams must be able to exploit the weakness of the opponent, wereever it may be and know the oponits weakness will change from week to week. IMO offensive diversity is the new offensive identity. But just win and everything is ok.

Over the past 3 or so years Stoops has been recruiting players who can play a more physical brand of football.... the coaching changes made by Stoops just over a year ago were a big step in advancing this goal. Since the Surgar Bowl OU players have reportedly put on very good weight particularly in the trenches. OU's new RB's are big, physical and generlly have good speed for RB's. With the speed at other skilled potions this will make for a very tough match up for other Big 12 defenses.

Bob Stoops generally stays away from making strong predictions but he did recently say the OU's DL will be the best in the nation.

This is a good write up mostly about the OU defense.

Spring Practice Notes/Open Post ? Wednesday, March 12th (Updated 5:17 pm) | The Football Brainiacs (http://thefootballbrainiacs.com/ou-oklahoma-sooners-football-2014-spring-practice-report-blake-bell-hatari-byrd)

You ever get the feeling that this thread is our own personal little forum? No LT people and no one from OKCTalk has ventured in here.

You ever get the feeling that this thread is our own personal little forum? No LT people and no one from OKCTalk has ventured in here.
I hadn’t given it a thought.....LOL
With 184 + views there are others who have read at least parts of the thread.
Basketball is probably on the minds of most people right now.......
But some of us have time and the interest for both.

There is good OU football information on the links I have posted that most any OU football fan would enjoy

http://i.imgur.com/WM4OuAJ.jpg

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has some scary words for the rest of the Big 12.

When asked about his defense this spring, the Sooners’ veteran coach left no doubt he was pleased about the progress of that unit.

“We’re light years ahead of a year ago,” he said.

Bob Stoops: Oklahoma Sooners defense 'light years' ahead spring 2014 - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/82101/ou-defense-light-years-ahead-of-last-year)

^^Read that on LT. Hope we just go on the field and do our job instead having the rediculousness of the Sharks from a few seasons back. I'd rather let our play do the talking than some self inflicted nick name.

^^Read that on LT. Hope we just go on the field and do our job instead having the rediculousness of the Sharks from a few seasons back. I'd rather let our play do the talking than some self inflicted nick name.


LOL Yep.....We don't need any more of the sharks.

Sorry to break up your only OU48A or Traxx thread. I thought about wanting to post a while back but it looked like you all were having too much fun just talking to each other.

I remember when Mike Stoops was hired back before the 2012-2013 season people said he was going to be playing with someone else's players for a season (2012-2013) along with Brent Venables (who ended up leaving for Clemson), then he will have a full season to get his troops right (2013-2014) and then watch out for the next season when he has recruited some of them and had two sets of two-a-days with them to mold them how he wants them.

Do you think if OU wins a Nat'l Champ this year, Mike could get another head coaching job or will it take longer?

As long as Bob is at OU I doubt Mike ever goes anywhere else.

Yeah, I'm with 48 on this. I don't see Mike being eager to take another HC job anytime soon. He's done that and felt the pressure. I think he stays put for a while. If he puts together an NC winning D, he can be a hero in this state, get paid well, have a low cost of living and not have to deal with all the stuff an HC deals with.

I'm sure Mike would leave for the right job. Almost any assistant would, but that probably only includes a handful of programs that would be pretty difficult for him to get.

For those not going or if you want to record it....OU spring game will be televised and its on the radio.
As of this morning OU had “issued over 40,000 tickets” for its spring game....
This does not include walk-ups or students.

Check your local TV listings....... OKC COX 722

Perhaps the biggest statement made at yesterdays OU spring event was the record crowd of 43,500 that showed up.....
By comparison the school up north had 41,000 less people at their spring event. Their spring event was not on TV or radio like OU's was......
This huge difference is a clear indication of the stark contrast that exist in terms of fan support, media attention and advertisers.
There were about 150 recruits from all over the nation that attended.

Baker Mayfield was 9-9 passing in the spring event. He threw several impressive passes and scrambled on one play with good elusiveness.
Bakers poise looks improved. But OU has very good QB depth.
I thought WR Smallwood looked good and could become a very good player for OU in due time.
OU coaches are highly complementary of Flowers, Bell and Ripkowski. With Ross, Perine and the aforementioned players, along with a bigger OL, OU should have its most physical offense under Stoops in 2014.
They may not have a first round TE draft choice but OU will have a TE game this year for the first time in awhile.
OU held 16 players out of the spring event.... 2 were injured during the scrimmage.
All are supposedly going to be ready by our first game if not before.

OU article about the scrimmage

White Team Prevails in Annual Spring Game - Oklahoma Sooners (http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=209462353)

Perhaps the biggest statement made at yesterdays OU spring event was the record crowd of 43,500 that showed up.....
By comparison the school up north had 41,000 less people at their spring event. Their spring event was not on TV or radio like OU's was......
This huge difference is a clear indication of the stark contrast that exist in terms of fan support, media attention and advertisers.
There were about 150 recruits from all over the nation that attended.

You never miss a chance to run down OSU do you? I don't think a comparison was necessary at all. This is a thread about OU football, not OSU.

You never miss a chance to run down OSU do you? I don't think a comparison was necessary at all. This is a thread about OU football, not OSU.My last post was about OU. It was about OU's dominant football position that somehow still revives near equal coverage in the papers and on local TV. It would be smarter business to devote more attention to what is obviously a much more popular product.... But you really are as petty as it gets. I really do feel sorry for someone like you who seems to be so full of so much hate and belligerence in several post where you have quoted me. You must be very board and boring person.

My last post was about OU. It was about OU's dominant football position that somehow still revives near equal coverage in the papers and on local TV. It would be smarter business to devote more attention to what is obviously a much more popular product.... But you really are as petty as it gets. I really do feel sorry for someone like you who seems to be so full of so much hate and belligerence in several post where you have quoted me. You must be very board and boring person.

LOL, just LOL. Someone must be very bored to use a thread that they started about OU to bash OSU. If you have any evidence to dispute any of my posts please present it. I'm an OU graduate who's older than you and totally without any of the OSU animosity than you exhibit at every turn. We can totally support OU without having to knock OSU.

LOL, just LOL. Someone must be very bored to use a thread that they started about OU to bash OSU. If you have any evidence to dispute any of my posts please present it. I'm an OU graduate who's older than you and totally without any of the OSU animosity than you exhibit at every turn. We can totally support OU without having to knock OSU.
There is no way you could have very much worth while going on in your life.
I did not even directly mention osu/pokes yet you make hay out of a lack of anything else better to do.
What I said about the attendance is a fact.
The differences is a clear illustration of the facts that exist.... rather you like it or not.

Is anyone else worried about how bad Knight looked on Saturday? He made poor reads and threw into coverage repeatedly. This is exactly how he looked early last season. Heupel even stated that he was having trouble reading coverages - and this was with a vanilla defense that wasn't even mixing things up.

I guess I'm just not totally convinced that the Alabama game wasn't an aberration. Of course, I hope not, but what if Knight isn't better than who we saw for most of last season and in the Red/White game?

There is no way you could have very much worth while going on in your life.
I did not even directly mention osu/pokes yet you make hay out of a lack of anything else better to do.
What I said about the attendance is a fact.
The differences is a clear illustration of the facts that exist.... rather you like it or not.

I see. So when you mentioned that school up north, I'm sure you were referring to Kansas. Right? Never-the-less, it was still a fact that had nothing to do with OU whether (not rather) you like it or not and there was no reason to even mention it unless you just wanted to denigrate OSU. This is just so funny.

And I have enough going on in my life as an OU graduate that I don't find it necessary to bash OSU at every chance and I don't find it necessary to do so in order to support my school.

Is anyone else worried about how bad Knight looked on Saturday? He made poor reads and threw into coverage repeatedly. This is exactly how he looked early last season. Heupel even stated that he was having trouble reading coverages - and this was with a vanilla defense that wasn't even mixing things up.

I guess I'm just not totally convinced that the Alabama game wasn't an aberration. Of course, I hope not, but what if Knight isn't better than who we saw for most of last season and in the Red/White game?

Heupel is already a huge Baker Mayfield fan. Hard not to be when you look at his high school career at Lake Travis (6,255 passing yards, 67 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions), his incredible walk-on single season career at Texas Tech (missed games with injury and still won the Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year), and this OU Spring Game where he went 9 for 9, 100+ yards and 2 touchdowns -- and has been with the program for 14 days. But, alas, he isn't eligible until next season. Bob Stoops went out of his way to talk about how that's so unfair to Mayfield. Everything points to him being a 2015/2016 superstar at Oklahoma. He's got NFL arm strength and is about as accurate on paper as any quarterback to set foot on Owen Field. Good article below.

Baker Mayfield Dominates Oklahoma Spring Game, Is He Sooners' Future Star QB? (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2027245-baker-mayfield-dominates-oklahoma-spring-game-is-he-sooners-future-star-qb)

Knights inconstancy has got to be a concern... He look more like he did early last year.
I hope part of it is the defense is just that good?
Another concern is that OU's receivers who were playing were mostly preety young and at times appeared to be having problems getting open.

Head coach Bob Stoops wore a mic during OU's Spring Game telecast to give fans insight and analysis on his team during the action.

SoonerSports.tv - SoonerSports.com (http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3251227&db_oem_id=31000)

Knights inconstancy has got to be a concern... He look more like he did early last year.
I hope part of it is the defense is just that good?
Another concern is that OU's receivers who were playing were mostly preety young and at times appeared to be having problems getting open.

Yeah, but our other QBs, including a kid who should still be in high school, were working with the same players and reading the defense better than Knight.

Heupel is already a huge Baker Mayfield fan. Hard not to be when you look at his high school career at Lake Travis (6,255 passing yards, 67 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions), his incredible walk-on single season career at Texas Tech (missed games with injury and still won the Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year), and this OU Spring Game where he went 9 for 9, 100+ yards and 2 touchdowns -- and has been with the program for 14 days. But, alas, he isn't eligible until next season. Bob Stoops went out of his way to talk about how that's so unfair to Mayfield. Everything points to him being a 2015/2016 superstar at Oklahoma. He's got NFL arm strength and is about as accurate on paper as any quarterback to set foot on Owen Field. Good article below.

Baker Mayfield Dominates Oklahoma Spring Game, Is He Sooners' Future Star QB? (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2027245-baker-mayfield-dominates-oklahoma-spring-game-is-he-sooners-future-star-qb)

Mayfield has looked good so far, but let's not build him up too much. He did lose his job to another freshman at Tech, he only put up average numbers - 12 TDs, 9 INTs - against a really, really weak schedule, and he doesn't have the same upside as the other quarterbacks. Not saying he can't do it, but I'd be surprised.

If Trevor Knight's can boost his Sugar Bowl performance heading into the 2014 college football season; the Sooners should be okay. Knight is exhibiting signs of maturity. The offensive line is going to be the key in providing Trevor Knight the protection he will need. On the defensive end, Mike Stoops has shown that he can adjust to combat most high powered teams.

A 45-31 win over Alabama Crimson Tide was no fluke. OU backed up Coach Bob Stoops talk about the so-called powerful S.E.C. The Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers both went down during the holiday bowl classics.



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Mayfield has looked good so far, but let's not build him up too much. He did lose his job to another freshman at Tech, he only put up average numbers - 12 TDs, 9 INTs - against a really, really weak schedule, and he doesn't have the same upside as the other quarterbacks. Not saying he can't do it, but I'd be surprised.

You left out 2315 yards and 218 of 340 in passing before his injury. Again, he won the Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year!

The kid got screwed at Tech. You can blame an immature, young coach on most of it. Kingsbury has a bright future ahead of him, but his lack of communication with Mayfield after the injury at Kansas was stunning. Tech players watched a healthy Baker Mayfield (who won his five games before getting hurt) sit on the bench while Tech loses a game - and then another, and another, and another, and another. They lost 5 straight games before their bowl win. Mayfield claims, and other players told the Dallas Morning News it was true, that during that time, Kingsbury hadn't spoken with Mayfield but one time. Mayfield asked about a scholarship for the next season and Kingsbury said he would get back with him and again, never did. Nothing was ever said about why Mayfield wasn't back in the lineup after he was healthy. His offensive coordinator would only tell him he that Coach K would talk to him. He never did - even as the Red Raiders were going down week after week. Then Kingsbury acts surprised to find out Baker Mayfield said goodbye to Texas Tech. Tech threatened to make a transfer really tough and they agreed that "miscommunication" would be the answer to the press. The truth was NO communication. Tech never released him and Mayfield came to OU anyway, knowing that without the release, he'd have to sit out the year.

We have a year to wait, but Heupel knows he has somebody special. Stoops is figuring that out as well. When was the last time a walk-on at OU, who has only been with the program for two weeks, got that many snaps in the spring game? Never. And look what he did. He had the same line as Knight and performed like a superstar. Calm and cool and sharp as a knife with his passing. That kid has an arm.

Edit: You know how careful the football program is about who talks to the press in the interview room. Even with his performance, most reporters didn't expect him to be selected to be interviewed. He was - much to the surprise of John Hoover over at the Tulsa World: http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/johnehoover/john-e-hoover-new-sooners-qb-baker-mayfield-sheds-some/article_2e3bf0aa-c343-11e3-8b55-0017a43b2370.html

Yeah, but our other QBs, including a kid who should still be in high school, were working with the same players and reading the defense better than Knight.

I'm not too worried about Knight though.... In the significant majority of games this season he will only need to be a good game manager..
More so that in recent years OU will lean more on its run game, defense and a great kicking game.
OU will have what will probably be its very best FG kicker and punter combination in school history.

An article in today's Tulsa World is talking about an event that Adrian Peterson is going to be hosting in Norman this summer. In the article, there's a mention of the proceeds being used to fund an OU football scholarship and a new student housing facility. Any idea what new housing facility is being talked about?

Link: OU Sports: Adrian Peterson to endow OU scholarship, help fund new housing facility - Tulsa World: OU Sports (http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/ou/ou-sports-adrian-peterson-to-endow-ou-scholarship-help-fund/article_4ebd0684-ca50-11e3-a906-001a4bcf6878.html)

An article in today's Tulsa World is talking about an event that Adrian Peterson is going to be hosting in Norman this summer. In the article, there's a mention of the proceeds being used to fund an OU football scholarship and a new student housing facility. Any idea what new housing facility is being talked about?

Link: OU Sports: Adrian Peterson to endow OU scholarship, help fund new housing facility - Tulsa World: OU Sports (http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/ou/ou-sports-adrian-peterson-to-endow-ou-scholarship-help-fund/article_4ebd0684-ca50-11e3-a906-001a4bcf6878.html)

Bump. Anyone know anything about this?

A man possessed attitude is what Baker Mayfield will bring to the 2014-15 OU Sooners; he's more than a sideline cheerleader. There are several players with this contagious forecast.



Q: When you announced you were leaving and it was rumored you were coming to Oklahoma, the consensus was you’d be crazy to come here (because of Knight’s performance in the Sugar Bowl). So why come here?

A: “One thing I base my whole life on is competition. I think that drives me to be the better person. In high school I wasn’t even supposed to start; just battling throughout that. And even if Blake (Bell) and Kendal (Thompson) still were here and playing quarterback, I think I’d still be here right now pushing myself to be better. Not afraid of competition, and I think that’s just how it goes.”


The defense will back up the offense.

Join the craziness club: Geneo Grissom, Eric Striker & Zack Sanchez are among the returnees (impacted the 'Sugar Bowl') to beef up the defense. Mike Stoops will have a chance to mold this experience.

Thanks for the link zookeeper.




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Nice DOK write up and video
Oklahoma football: Linebacker Jordan Evans feels like he's grown into OU's system | News OK (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-football-linebacker-jordan-evans-feels-like-hes-grown-into-ous-system/article/4568869?custom_click=rss)

Dean Blevins (take it with a grain of salt) says OU is expanding the stadium by bowling it in and replacing the press box to the tune of $350-400 million (!!!!!): EXCLUSIVE: OU Set To Announce Football Stadium Expansion - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | (http://www.news9.com/story/25426132/exclusive-ou-set-to-announce-football-stadium-expansion)

I have been informed that OU's athletic department is attempting to make this special game train on the link available to OU football fans traveling to Fort Worth for this years TCU game. OU is working with the BNSF on this possible train trip.
I'm not sure how many people the train would handle but they my be able to stop just a few blocks from the TCU stadium?
TCU fans took this train to the game in Norman last season.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47104480@N07/10060479904/

Notes On A Scorecard - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site (http://www.gofrogs.com/genrel/100213aaa.html)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiG0X9wwgKs

Oklahoma 20 Texas Christian 17



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKdew2pyb50&feature=player_detailpage
An evening to remember...

Heisman hype: Trevor Knight a 17-1 Favorite to Win Heisman According to One Sports Book | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2065192-trevor-knight-a-17-1-favorite-to-win-heisman-according-to-one-sports-book)




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It’s the middle of summer and we are starved for information.

This is a nice podcast interview with Bob Stoops
PodOmatic | Best Free Podcasts (http://sportstalk1400.podomatic.com/entry/2014-06-18T14_33_23-07_00)

Very good audio OU football commentary from DOK’s Ryan Aber and Jason Kersey

OU stadium renovations on the Board of Regents agenda next week | News OK (http://newsok.com/ou-stadium-renovations-on-the-board-of-regents-agenda-next-week/article/4946656)

2014 Sugar Bowl Full Game Replay


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Oklahoma Sooners
vs.
Alabama Crimson Tide

Tonight, Saturday, June 21

ESPNU 7:00 p.m.

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Very good article but I really love this part
Oklahoma football: How does Cale Gundy find the right running backs? By trying to scare them away | News OK (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-football-how-does-cale-gundy-find-the-right-running-backs-by-trying-to-scare-them-away/article/4949367/?page=1)


“I really almost try to scare players away when I recruit running backs,” Gundy said in an interview with The Oklahoman.

“When I watch film and I find my running backs that I know have the talent to play here, that’s just half of it. Then you’ve gotta find the character. Then you’ve gotta find out if he’s the fit you want at Oklahoma.”

Gundy tells recruits about Jerry Schmidt’s summer workouts. He tells them there will almost certainly be days when they are mad at him and wish they’d never signed with the Sooners.

“But at the end of the day, at the end of their career, five years from now, 10 years from now, they’ll realize it was the best decision of their life,” Gundy said

I don't think Trevor Knight has the consistency to bring home a Heisman Trophy. Especially when I really believe that even the coaching staff believes he's the second best quarterback on the team. Confused? See this post. (http://www.okctalk.com/sports/37050-ou-football-2014-a-2.html#post773589)

I don't think Trevor Knight has the consistency to bring home a Heisman Trophy. Especially when I really believe that even the coaching staff believes he's the second best quarterback on the team. Confused? See this post. (http://www.okctalk.com/sports/37050-ou-football-2014-a-2.html#post773589)

Agree!

Let's hope he's not focused on a Heisman. He has exhibited signs of maturity; it doesn't convince me that he's all about team.

Given the circumstances, Trevor Knight will have a crack to secure the quarterback position since Baker Mayfield won't be eligible until 2015-16. Blake Bell moves over to tight end and Kendall Thompson's exodus doesn't give Oklahoma any backup experience.


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Agree!

Let's hope he's not focused on a Heisman. He has exhibited signs of maturity; it doesn't convince me that he's all about team.

Given the circumstances, Trevor Knight will have a crack to secure the quarterback position since Baker Mayfield won't be eligible until 2015-16. Blake Bell moves over to tight end and Kendall Thompson's exodus doesn't give Oklahoma any backup experience.


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I agree with you that he should have his attention focused elsewhere.
A huge key IMHO will be keeping Knight healthy… He has go to learn to protect himself better and he did make improvement s by the Sugar bowl
Knight or whoever the QB is should be able to lean more on an improved defense and a group unproven running backs that are thought to be among Stoops best ever as a unit. The OL has better depth and its likely going to be the biggest strongest OL unit Stoops has ever had….OU has its very best FG in school history…… Besides # 3 there are good WR and TE prospects….. So there is a lot for Knight to lean on for help…. In most game all Knight needs is to be a game manager and save his self for a few close games.
OU is favored in every game by the early odds makers.

I do not at all think the coaches actually think Mayfield is a better or more talented QB than Knight.

I don't think Trevor Knight has the consistency to bring home a Heisman Trophy. Especially when I really believe that even the coaching staff believes he's the second best quarterback on the team. Confused? See this post. (http://www.okctalk.com/sports/37050-ou-football-2014-a-2.html#post773589)

So crazy and not close to to the truth

This is huge good news for the 2014 Sooner football team.

Jordan Phillips is back and healthy which would help OU’s defense pretty good and maybe the best it’s been since the early Stoops years.

OU Sports: Jordan Phillips is back, and that's big for the Sooners - Tulsa World: OU Sports (http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/ou/ou-sports-jordan-phillips-is-back-and-that-s-big/article_69e1d6ab-e9a0-58e5-9495-0ef2614efd5a.html)

It's not a matter of "true" or "untrue" as to what they think. We're just voicing opinions. I do KNOW the coaches are very excited about him. I wish Mayfield was eligible this year, but Stoops making him an integral part of the team, even without eligibility, is a good sign for the future. Baker Mayfield has put up freak numbers in high school and college. I expect he will be another great OU quarterback.

Oklahoma football: Mike Stoops says defensive tackle Jordan Phillips a full participant in summer workouts.
“Jordan, if he stays healthy, he can be as ***dominating***a player as there is in college, and disruptive up front,” (Mike)Stoops said
“We missed him inside; Jordan Wade came in and really did a nice job for us, kinda holding down that middle, but the production, it’s different, Jordan can take up the middle and make plays. That’s something we’ll be looking forward to getting him back.”

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It's not a matter of "true" or "untrue" as to what they think. We're just voicing opinions. I do KNOW the coaches are very excited about him. I wish Mayfield was eligible this year, but Stoops making him an integral part of the team, even without eligibility, is a good sign for the future. Baker Mayfield has put up freak numbers in high school and college. I expect he will be another great OU quarterback.

By integral you mean 4th string qb. And other than his first 2 starts against SMU and SFA. He was average at best last year. Closer to bad

It is likely that he never takes a game snap at OU

By integral you mean 4th string qb. And other than his first 2 starts against SMU and SFA. He was average at best last year. Closer to bad

It is likely that he never takes a game snap at OU

Boulder, That's not true. At all. You don't win the Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year by being "bad." Check his stats. If you saw the Spring Game, you saw a guy not even eligible take snaps. When does that happen at OU? And not only did he take snaps, but with the same personnel, made Trevor look very, very average. This was noticed by everybody. I'm pulling for Trevor all the way, but your response about Baker Mayfield was just not in tune with the facts and the stats.

Boulder, That's not true. At all. You don't win the Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year by being "bad." Check his stats. If you saw the Spring Game, you saw a guy not even eligible take snaps. When does that happen at OU? And not only did he take snaps, but with the same personnel, made Trevor look very, very average. This was noticed by everybody. I'm pulling for Trevor all the way, but your response about Baker Mayfield was just not in tune with the facts and the stats.
Again look at the facts. Mayfield was against 3 walk on db's most of the scrimmage

Knight was with the 1's against the 1's every snap.

Mayfield. Game 1 vs SMU 413 yards 71.7% 4 td 0 picks
Game 2 vs SFA 367 yards 70% 3 td's 0 picks.

So 780 yard 9 td's 0 picks in games 1 and 2 over 70% passing

Game 3 216 yards 52% 1 td 3 picks
Game 4 124 yards 70% 9 td 1 pick
Game 5 368 yards 65% 0 td 1 pick
Game 6 276 yards 77% 0 td 2 picks
Game 7 314 yards 55% 4 td 1 pick. (In a game they lost by 30)
Game 8 237 yards 55% 0 td 1 pick.

So after week 2 5 td's 9 picks 60 %.

As in average at beast much closer to bad.

Which is why he got benched

Boulder, What are you looking at? Baker Mayfield started and won every game until he was hurt againt Kansas, which was Game 5. He gave Tech a 5-0 start when he was injured. You said he threw for 314 yards game 7 and they lost by 30. ???????? They beat Kansas 54-15 and Mayfield threw for 368 yards when he was injured in the third quarter of Game 5.

He didn't even play in games 6,7,8 or 9. The Baylor game (which Tech lost) he returned and threw for 314 yards and 4 touchdowns.

(Should we list all of Trevor Knight's statistics?)

Did you throw Webb's stats in there as well? You seem to have forgotten that Mayfield missed 5 games to injury and was on and off for several other games.

The bottom line is this:

2013: Baker Mayfield - 340 attempts, 218 completions, 2,315 yards (while missing 5 games) 12 TDs, QB rating of 127.7 and Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.

I'm not going to argue with you any more. It is what it is. The above award speaks for itself.

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What is so hard to figure out I listed the 8 games he played. He was great the first 2 against bad teams. He was average at best closer to bad the rest of the year.


And yeah he was good in the spring. He had good scholarship receivers against walkons.

And you list his passer rating like it is a good thing. Lol. He was 80th in the country