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  1. I think we should separate safety/nickel and CB play. The safety and nickel personnel, coaching, and productivity were baffling and poor. Of all my qualms with Grinch, the performance of the unit he was directly responsible for was the greatest. Turner-Yell was serviceable, but Pat Fields, Justin Broiles, and Bookie were overmatched for their responsibilities. This was obvious at the time. Understanding that, Grinch had a few choices: change responsibilities, change personnel, or improve current personnel. We saw none of these changes. We saw the same unit go out there and make the same errors week after week, season after season. Maddening. Compared to that fiasco, CB position was relatively improved vs the Mike Stoops era (a very low bar). OU CB were middle of the pack for B12 team, meaning they weren't horrid like the S/NB, just underperfoming. CB coach Manning recruited relatively well making the persistent subpar performance of this group frustrating for a slightly different reason. McCutchin's an interesting case study. As I understand it, Bama commit, got hurt, and Bama drops him. OU gets him betting his athleticism will be preserved, and it is. I rewatched the OU-Nebraska game a couple of weeks ago. McCutchin is RIDICULOUSLY lost many times. How much is it on Manning for not getting him in the right position, not knowing McC is lost, and how much is it on McCutchin for running in circles? The great thing is that WE WILL LEARN. Manning is going to likely bring Domani Jackson (top 10 player nationally) and 2 other top 200 players at CB (Florence and Ross) this year to USC. It'll be interesting to watch their progress. The reason I'm surprised OU's taking portal DBs is that there are players who have looked okay in limited run who'd I'd like to see more of before tossing them aside. Eaton wasn't as lost as McCutchin (but got less playing time). I wonder if Bowman is going to play offense, but he was definitely better than Broiles at NB. Criddell, Washington, Dennis? We just don't know.
  2. From OU's "Portal Weekend" 4 "locks" have been tweeted out so I assume they've taken one more at least. There have been scatted high school visitors to so the remains "lock(s)" could be for a high school player. More likely DB CJ Coldon (Wyoming): 2nd team MWC, FWIW DB Kani Walker (Louisville): Freshman in 2021; 1 tackle. ? recruited by Safeties coach Brandon Hall in high school DL Jeffery Johnson (Tulane) DB Trey Morrison (UNC): 4 yr starter at CB,S,NB at various points; tiny, 5-9; Venables may have known him some from the ACC (Clemson played UNC in 2019) QB Chubba Purdy (FSU): Didn't play at FSU, which had tremendous QB issues in 2020 and 2021. Brother made comically poor decisions in high leverage situations. OT Tyler Guyton (TCU): Freshman OT who can reverse dunk a basketball but may not be able to block other large humans Less likely TE Michael Trigg (USC): At Mississippi right now; mildly productive freshman yr; OU'll have playing time but he may follow Dart to Mississippi. LB Drew Sanders (Bama): Hogs DL Mekhi Wingo (Miz): Already said he's still going to visit SC; visited LSU too. OU still in it. QB Jaxson Dart (USC): At Mississippi right now; makes sense he'd go there Remaining needs WR: 3 (0 taken) OL: 1-2 (1 taken) TE: 1 (1 taken) QB: 1 (1 taken) DL: 1-2 (2 taken) DB: ? (2 taken)
  3. OU portal needs WR: 3 DL: 1-2 OL: 1-2 TE: 1 QB: 1 DB: ? CJ Coldon (2017 high school recruit; 2022 class was in 8th grade )
  4. UT fans care more about what that dude says than I do. Sanders would have been great because you always want talent, but OU's got options at LB and edge. Of the 10 visitors this weekend, Sanders ranks about 5-7 in terms of who I'd take (Dart, Wingo, Trigg, Conerly before him; then maybe Sanders or Guyton or Morrison). UT needs him more so him going to Arkansas may be just fine. OU needs WR (at least 3!!), DL (1-2 more), OL (inside and OT, one each please), and another TE and QB. The coaches are bringing in DBs so I guess 1-2 of those too.
  5. Hopefully, Sanders will have a scoop-and-score to beat A&M and also get beat on a wheel route to lose to Mississippi State.
  6. JR Sandlin is now OU's "Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting." Lock = committment now, and the tweet above is from this PM. OU was known to have 10 transfer recruits in town this weekend and one high school recruit (Josh Conerly, top OT in the nation--probably going to Washington or Michigan). One, DL Jeffery Johnson (Tulane), has already said he's going to OU. Here are the visitors separated by likelihood that they've committed. More likely DB Trey Morrison (UNC): 4 yr starter at CB,S,NB at various points; tiny, 5-9; Venables may have known him some from the ACC (Clemson played UNC in 2019) DB CJ Coldon (Wyoming): 2nd team MWC, FWIW DB Kani Walker (Louisville): Freshman in 2021; 1 tackle. QB Chubba Purdy (FSU): Didn't play at FSU, which had tremendous QB issues in 2020 and 2021. Brother made comically poor decisions in high leverage situations. OT Tyler Guyton (TCU): Freshman OT who can reverse dunk a basketball but may not be able to block other large humans Less likely TE Michael Trigg (USC): At Mississippi right now; mildly productive freshman yr; OU'll have playing time but he may follow Dart to Mississippi. LB Drew Sanders (Bama): Likes Arkansas a lot apparently. DL Mekhi Wingo (Miz): Already said he's still going to visit SC; visited LSU too. OU still in it. QB Jaxson Dart (USC): At Mississippi right now; makes sense he'd go there. Unless OU's anticipating an exodus from their DBs or they don't like their current S/NB candidates, I don't understand this strategy. The glaring need from the portal is WR, and they've brought zero in so far.
  7. OU will definite miss him, but, he's still mostly potential (a lot of potential). The reason I'm (a little) surprised that he's going to SC is that he averaged less than 4 targets a game at OU, and now he's going to be going to the same OC - QB combo that orchestrated that. If Caleb Williams ends up NOT going to SC (unlikely), I wonder if he gets tired of the show and ends up at Miami (hometown, Cristobal, bags, good QB). Also, Mario Williams being downgraded after his freshman year performance show that 247 doesn't know how to rank transfers right now. Freshmen WR are usually quite useless (making Worthy even more special), and Mario Williams certainly lived up to his top 50 ranking in his first year.
  8. Arizona's quietly putting together the best overall class in the Pac12 this year (high school + transfer). SC will likely overtake them by the end of the cycle, but for a Wildcat team that went 1-11 with the only win vs at Covid-ravaged Cal team, this is amazing. Pac12 good isn't really good mind you (#20 nationally).
  9. It's been covered a bunch here but, briefly: OU's OL got worse after 2017 and definitely after 2018, roughly coinciding with OU trading Schimdt for Wiley (S&C) and a shift in recruiting from guys who, in high school, are lighter guys with better feet (Bobby Evans-2015 4-star) to massive guys (Brey Walker-2018 5 star). The assumption has been that there was a disconnect between what Bedenbaugh wanted in recruiting and what Riley wanted. One thing that's undeniable is that OU's OL has been just plain fat the last couple of years. There's a lot of TBD to learn if there's a "Schimdt effect" on both the strength and conditioning of OL or if Bedenbaugh's just lost his ability to motivate and organize a top OL or whether the counter scheme that the OU run offense is based on had been "figured out." Parts of all three may be true simultaneously.
  10. Are you talking bout numbers for comic effect or srly?
  11. OU, and specifically with Bedenbaugh/Schimdt, has a positive history with guys with good feet and despite being light developing into good OT. Plus they need bodies. Honestly, from a roster building perspective, OU should be focused on Josh Conerly and this guy this weekend. Sanders would be great because he's obviously talented and getting him would keep him from UT, but OU's got good potential at the edge LB position (Clayton Smith and I think Ugwoegbu will end up there next year).
  12. I know. I was making a comment on your point about discretion. I'm sort wondering if he looks at these 3 program vs Bama and says "Eh, I'm ok where I am."
  13. When you got bashed for your vax takes I tried to engage you in a quiet, respectful way. Now you're either again displaying ignorance or being obtuse. I don't dunk on people so I'm going to disengage.
  14. It's a fake, but yeah -- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let these two meet any time in the next TWO decades. Would prefer a home and home while Lincoln is still coaching SC because he's going to need a real security detail in Oklahoma. And the game in the Coliseum will have more Oklahoman going to California than the Dust Bowl.
  15. Who says you have to avoid race? How about avoiding the celebration of genocide? Redskins: term used in the context of bounties to eliminate a people. This is the celebration of genocide. Redtails: term used to celebrate the accomplishments of people who overcame bigotry and hatred to protect the very people who discriminated against them and hated them.
  16. All true, but it's in the context of most people with Native American heritage being descendants of the 5 "civilized" tribes. And that's why they hate Andrew Jackson too. There are very few people alive who are members of the tribe who were being hunted and scalped during the time of the bounties that led to the name of the "redskins." That's because those people were all killed violently or by famine and disease.
  17. All true, and I appreciate the attention to detail in aviation. Also, I obviously didn't draw the logo and the renaming of DC has lost steam over the last couple of years.
  18. I'm surprised Dart is even visiting. Trigg is more likely because there's going to be playing time and balls to catch. I wouldn't be surprised if Dart tagged along already knowing that he'll end up somewhere else.
  19. He'd made it known that he wanted to take visits because he didn't get to go through the wooing process out of high school. But this of course. If there's a non-zero chance that he'd come, you role the dice. OU's basically doing the same thing with Dart and Trigg right now. They need another QB and TE, so why not take a swing? Maybe they'll hate Mississippi. Wouldn't be the first time.
  20. Historically Black city with team named after a bunch of (mostly) old White dudes? Nah. Give me Redtails and all that history. If they change the name of the District to Douglass and the name of the franchise to the Redtails, I may even become a fan.
  21. Militarism in sports is dumb.
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