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Raider Nation
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Hmmm. Never would have guessed that since they mainly used him as a sledgehammer.He's one of the most intriguing story lines in all of CFB next season to me.
Moe.
Footballguy
Well for your sake then let's hope he gets the job. Lot of buzz surrounding Trevor Knight, Bell is probably the favorite but not the unquestioned starter at this point. Should be an interesting spring.
Tick
Footballguy
Remember, Tim Tebow couldn't really throw, and he might have been the best college QB ever.
Let's not get carried away.
Tick
Footballguy
Carried away as in "Bell is no Tebow", "Tebow was a good passer", or "Tebow wasn't among the greatest?"I'm not saying Bell is Tebow, just that a limited passer can still be great in college. We've seen it many times, including Klein this year.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Not that this is super credible or anything, but:Intramural basketball started this past week. Our team had Trevor Knight, former C Ben Habern, and Tress Way...then Trevor said that the coaches told him he'd be starting next year, so he didn't want to risk getting hurt at all. Which would indicate that either he changed his mind, or the coaches actually told him that. He seems pretty tight with a couple of the guys on our squad, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was told.
Doctor Detroit
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In this scenario they probably told him to be prepared to be the starter. He certainly has a shot and even if he isn't the starter in week one, he might be by week four.One thing is for sure, Bell as the "unquestioned starter" is questionable.
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That makes more sense. Hard to believe they've decided he's the week 1 starter before spring practice and with Bell being so popular.
Doctor Detroit
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Ford, Ward and St John probably the names on this list that are most exciting. Ford we'll see this year, and Savage will also contribute right away. Thomas is a guy that will get a redshirt but probably get some looks as a Sophomore.
HAHA... he was quick out of the block, had a pretty good 10 yd split, his legs were moving fast...someone needs to teach him to lengthen hi sstride
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Footballguy
Sad day for Sooner fans. RIP
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SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Mike Stoops 
it takes time! How much time is enough?
it takes time! How much time is enough?
Moe.
Footballguy
Call me a sucker but everyone seems to be pretty happy with the new d-line coach from Michigan. Despite the guys who left and the likelihood that overall there will be less talent I think our defense will improve next year. The d-line can't get much worse.
Mike Stoops
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
agreed can only go up from here. I hopeCall me a sucker but everyone seems to be pretty happy with the new d-line coach from Michigan. Despite the guys who left and the likelihood that overall there will be less talent I think our defense will improve next year. The d-line can't get much worse.
Mike Stoops
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Sooners @ Huskers from 2005 just starting on ESPN Classic if anyone is bored.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I think this Peterson kid will amount to something.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
We grabbed DUI McGee though. 
He was probably the most talented guy on the D last year. He certainly isn't Tommie Harris or Gerald McCoy. But if he can keep his nose clean he'll be a solid rotation guy.We grabbed DUI McGee though.
http://bleacherreport.com/tb/dahyK?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=oklahoma-sooners-football
Dilfer often comes off like a blowhard. But I have to agree with him on this.
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Jefferson had a brutal combine and he never really did match what he did his Freshman year when he was a beast. McFarland is one of the more disappointing premium high school recruits I can remember, he had one ok season and a lot of invisible games. Wort always hurt, Hurst always out of position.Christo said:
Also agree with Dilfer on Jones being misused, but maybe not about his ceiling. As much as I bashed Jones (especially his Junior year) was as much as I felt sorry for him at times last year. I think he's a solid NFL backup, maybe a starter a year or two. Gonna take him a few years to adjust to pressure though, but he went to the exact team he needed to go to. I wish him well.
Moe.
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Doctor Detroit
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Interested to see what Kendal Thompson is all about.
D line is going to be horrendous and that's all on recruiting, can't believe we have that group to rotate this year.
D line is going to be horrendous and that's all on recruiting, can't believe we have that group to rotate this year.
1st year at Big 12 confirmed Bowlsby's message
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
IRVING, Texas (AP) Bob Bowlsby was only a few weeks into his new job as Big 12 commissioner when at the league's football media days last July he kept repeating the same thing to all who would listen.
"Our message was we're stable, we're strong and we're successful," Bowlsby recalled a year later. "Those were the three watch words. ... I uttered them a whole bunch of times."
Bowlsby won't have to work too hard to convince people of that when he takes the podium Monday at a downtown Dallas hotel to kick off this year's football media days.
The league's 10 schools shared a record $198 million in revenue for the 2012-13 school year, a total that could easily double because of a new TV deal and a Sugar Bowl partnership with the powerhouse SEC. Nine of 10 teams went to bowl games, making the Big 12 the first league ever to send 90 percent of its teams to the postseason in the same season.
"This year, I think people know that we are those three things, and I think the message is we're looking forward" Bowlsby said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We're excited about the future, we're all about winning national championships, and we're going to do what we need to try and make all the boats rise."
No longer is the Big 12 just trying to survive, like it was during the seismic shifts of conference affiliation in previous summers when the league lost four schools and added two others to settle into its 10-team configuration.
Bowlsby, the former Stanford and Iowa athletic director, acknowledged that much of what has been accomplished in his first year leading the Big 12 was the result of things that were already in motion when he got there. That included the framework of the $2.6 billion TV deal with ESPN and Fox Sports that goes through 2024-25 with each school granting its TV rights to the league.
"We got done the things that needed to be done in the first year, most of them were previously started," Bowlsby said. "This year may be a little more ground-level logistics and tactical things, as opposed to some of the high-level things we had to deal with."
This time, it's putting the finishing details on items such as potential scheduling alliances with other leagues that would include neutral-site games, the Sugar Bowl setup that begins with the 2014 season and their bowl lineup in the post-BCS era.
The Big 12 is also hosting college basketball's biggest event, with the NCAA Final Four at Cowboys Stadium next April.
Among items on Bowlsby's agenda is a branding initiative to build a national identity for the 10-team league known as the Big 12.
"One of the reasons we've decided to go forward with it is because we wanted to put a stake in the ground. We're here for the long haul ... we have members in perpetuity," Bowlsby said. "There isn't any belief that there are decision-times coming up where you have to decide to be in the league or not be in the league."
That wasn't necessarily the case when the Big 12 was planning a similar branding campaign a couple years ago before Bowlsby arrived. Then came talk about Texas A&M's possible departure from the league, and the Aggies then moving to the SEC with Missouri.
While Bowlsby expects the Big 12 to get stronger, that doesn't mean getting bigger.
Without being prompted, Bowlsby said he believes that the current conference members consider 10 schools "as the right number for us." That comes at a time when all the other power conferences have 12-14 teams.
"There hasn't been anything that has been empirically able to demonstrate that larger is better," he said. "Our distributable revenue per institution is right there at the top of the country. I think time will tell whether our size is the optimal size or whether something bigger is optimal. But we like our dog in the fight."
The eight continuing members of the Big 12 - Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech - each got about $22 million from revenue. While newcomers TCU and West Virginia got half-shares of about $11 million for their first year in the Big 12, that was more than either got in their old leagues.
With $289 million in revenue for 2012-13, the SEC distributed just less than $21 million per team to its 14 schools. That league has won the last seven national championships in football.
http://www7.fantrax.com/newsStory.go?nsid=ppyfagzkhjd768ft
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
IRVING, Texas (AP) Bob Bowlsby was only a few weeks into his new job as Big 12 commissioner when at the league's football media days last July he kept repeating the same thing to all who would listen.
"Our message was we're stable, we're strong and we're successful," Bowlsby recalled a year later. "Those were the three watch words. ... I uttered them a whole bunch of times."
Bowlsby won't have to work too hard to convince people of that when he takes the podium Monday at a downtown Dallas hotel to kick off this year's football media days.
The league's 10 schools shared a record $198 million in revenue for the 2012-13 school year, a total that could easily double because of a new TV deal and a Sugar Bowl partnership with the powerhouse SEC. Nine of 10 teams went to bowl games, making the Big 12 the first league ever to send 90 percent of its teams to the postseason in the same season.
"This year, I think people know that we are those three things, and I think the message is we're looking forward" Bowlsby said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We're excited about the future, we're all about winning national championships, and we're going to do what we need to try and make all the boats rise."
No longer is the Big 12 just trying to survive, like it was during the seismic shifts of conference affiliation in previous summers when the league lost four schools and added two others to settle into its 10-team configuration.
Bowlsby, the former Stanford and Iowa athletic director, acknowledged that much of what has been accomplished in his first year leading the Big 12 was the result of things that were already in motion when he got there. That included the framework of the $2.6 billion TV deal with ESPN and Fox Sports that goes through 2024-25 with each school granting its TV rights to the league.
"We got done the things that needed to be done in the first year, most of them were previously started," Bowlsby said. "This year may be a little more ground-level logistics and tactical things, as opposed to some of the high-level things we had to deal with."
This time, it's putting the finishing details on items such as potential scheduling alliances with other leagues that would include neutral-site games, the Sugar Bowl setup that begins with the 2014 season and their bowl lineup in the post-BCS era.
The Big 12 is also hosting college basketball's biggest event, with the NCAA Final Four at Cowboys Stadium next April.
Among items on Bowlsby's agenda is a branding initiative to build a national identity for the 10-team league known as the Big 12.
"One of the reasons we've decided to go forward with it is because we wanted to put a stake in the ground. We're here for the long haul ... we have members in perpetuity," Bowlsby said. "There isn't any belief that there are decision-times coming up where you have to decide to be in the league or not be in the league."
That wasn't necessarily the case when the Big 12 was planning a similar branding campaign a couple years ago before Bowlsby arrived. Then came talk about Texas A&M's possible departure from the league, and the Aggies then moving to the SEC with Missouri.
While Bowlsby expects the Big 12 to get stronger, that doesn't mean getting bigger.
Without being prompted, Bowlsby said he believes that the current conference members consider 10 schools "as the right number for us." That comes at a time when all the other power conferences have 12-14 teams.
"There hasn't been anything that has been empirically able to demonstrate that larger is better," he said. "Our distributable revenue per institution is right there at the top of the country. I think time will tell whether our size is the optimal size or whether something bigger is optimal. But we like our dog in the fight."
The eight continuing members of the Big 12 - Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech - each got about $22 million from revenue. While newcomers TCU and West Virginia got half-shares of about $11 million for their first year in the Big 12, that was more than either got in their old leagues.
With $289 million in revenue for 2012-13, the SEC distributed just less than $21 million per team to its 14 schools. That league has won the last seven national championships in football.
http://www7.fantrax.com/newsStory.go?nsid=ppyfagzkhjd768ft
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Freakin '85 Bears defense ova heyaaah.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
BELLDOZER!!!
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Geno or no Geno, holding that WVU offense to 7 points (really on just one big play) is very promising.
A better QB would have torched them last night.
Geno or no Geno, holding that WVU offense to 7 points (really on just one big play) is very promising.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Watching the whole game...WV really sucks. That was not very fun to watch. Tailgating and pre-game were great, even with the deadly heat, but good god do we suck.
It was unbelievable how many points WV would have put up if they had receivers who could catch the ball or a QB who could just hit an open guy when he had all day to throw.
There was one point where Knight threw a pick. Then Millard threw a pick. So Knight fumbled. But WV really wanted to lose more, so after they completed a 3rd and long, the receiver decided to fumble and give OU the ball back.
We scored 10/16 points because of our punter. It was awful. I really hope we don't have to watch that #### the rest of the season. I would love to have an actual good team out there by the time we go to play Texas (hahahahahah BYU hahahahahaha).
It was unbelievable how many points WV would have put up if they had receivers who could catch the ball or a QB who could just hit an open guy when he had all day to throw.
There was one point where Knight threw a pick. Then Millard threw a pick. So Knight fumbled. But WV really wanted to lose more, so after they completed a 3rd and long, the receiver decided to fumble and give OU the ball back.
We scored 10/16 points because of our punter. It was awful. I really hope we don't have to watch that #### the rest of the season. I would love to have an actual good team out there by the time we go to play Texas (hahahahahah BYU hahahahahaha).
Moe.
Footballguy
Yeah I'm not sure which QB was worse between Millard and Knight. Just a terrible football game. I'm sure the ratings were atrocious. Trickett should gett a shot for WVU and it will be interesting to see if OU changes anything up next week. One bright spot from yesterday is that apparently you don't have to be able to throw the ball to beat Texas. It's gonna be weird watching Baylor win the Big XII
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Did anyone else notice that when Bell was knocked down or sacked the linemen never helped him up? Seems weird that you see the QB down beside you and you don't even offer a hand.
Tick
Footballguy
I was in South Bend Saturday. Great game. OU did exactly what it needed to do getting out of the gate fast. And every time ND started to get something going OU was able to take the momentum back. The OU fan presence was also incredible. Red all around the stadium.
The campus is great. Got to visit the Golden Dome, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto and the Basilica. Got to see the Irish Guard getting hazed. The Notre Dame fans were great too. They couldn't believe how many OU fans showed up.
One of the best game days I've experienced.
The campus is great. Got to visit the Golden Dome, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto and the Basilica. Got to see the Irish Guard getting hazed. The Notre Dame fans were great too. They couldn't believe how many OU fans showed up.
One of the best game days I've experienced.
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Doctor Detroit
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Awesome, I saw ND/UM there in the early 90s.Christo said:I was in South Bend Saturday. Great game. OU did exactly what it needed to do getting out of the gate fast. And every time ND started to get something going OU was able to take the momentum back. The OU fan presence was also incredible. Red all around the stadium.
The campus is great. Got to visit the Golden Dome, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto and the Basilica. Got to see the Irish Guard getting hazed. The Notre Dame fans were great too. They couldn't believe how many OU fans showed up.
One of the best game days I've experienced.
OU travels well, one thing I love about the school. With tempered expectations this season has actually been pretty fun so far. They are just too small on the defensive front and Bell isn't the most accurate thrower, but the run game and the back seven have looked good.
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