soonernado

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Purdy finished 4th in the Big 12 in QB rating (Rattler by a mile, Ehlinger, Sanders). That's fairly historic for ISU, but regarding them now as a conference contender, I can live with OU facing him twice again. Would rather see him and Breece than anyone and Bijan. Don't tell the locals I said that.

Come on, man. It's like a whole team of Perry Ellises up there. Raised by dinosaurs and enrolled in the Eisenhower administration. Purdy coming back is a mixed bag though. Gives you a certain floor, which for all Campbell's built is no given at ISU. But the turnovers under pressure are that team's ceiling, and there'll once again be a pretty good pass rush between them and the conference title.

Same old same old. If we have to go 1-1 heads up against Alabama this year, I'll take McCutchin. Yeah, all of that. OU has guys in the system equivalent to what they could scrape up now. McGowan will be viable once his vision and understanding of the offense come along a little more, i.e, stop trying to Roy Finch it anytime something goes wrong. Even Mikey Henderson can probably be RB1 if needed (and I'd love to watch it). They can at least get OU through any gap between Brooks and an elite 2022 guy. I will cut DM some slack for losing a close one to Bama less than a year after arriving in Norman. Coming up empty in '22 should be unforgivable.

But OU's had the advantage of a fresh new QB the whole time. Next year they'll be forced to reuse one and that's when Tom will get them.

I mean, Ed Orgeron didn't win a natty so much as he kept things quiet long enough for Joe Brady to win a natty and run for the hills. What this group shows me is that there is not a surefire winning formula unless you can money-whip one of the top active coaches into your program. (Hate to say it, but even aTm is proving that can work.) You have the proven hires but they're outnumbered by an assortment of outside non-HC hires, internal promotions, former interims, etc. The right guy is hard to find. Especially in a place where coaching football games is only a small part of the job.

Floating Bob Stoops, like every other rumor about him since he retired, just doesn't line up with why he walked away. There was no scandal about to break on his head like all of Stillwater insisted on believing. His dad dropped dead on a football field. He hadn't recruited competitively, or even acted like he wanted to, in years. He took the XFL job because it was what it was. No expectations, no pressure, no groveling to teenagers, hardly even any media, just low-stakes football with a few of his old players. If he didn't want the year-round circus that is OU, what does Austin look like? Matt Campbell is not the worst idea I've heard. He reportedly had paths out of Ames before now and signed an extension instead, so I don't know what that means. Maybe UT can throw more money at him. The headline that would cause me concern wouldn't be Campbell to Texas, though...it'd be Heacock going with him. I think it's irrational to dismiss Fickell just because Herman was also a former tOSU/Urban guy with a G5 head job. Fickell's track record at UC is longer and more consistent than Herman's at UH. He's also just a different person and it's hard to imagine him, or a randomly selected adult male, being so unlikable.

He can keep talking. All his hot air directed at Norman just seems to blow recruits up this way. In seriousness, what is going on down there? Didn't y'all win easily last week? Why did two close losses start a slow-motion implosion?

At best third-hand information, but I have read OU chatter that the coaches didn't love what he was putting on film. The track speed was a fit but the size wasn't, so it didn't take much to sour OU's opinion. I don't know that this should be read as making room for anyone in particular, including Bowman.

It'd be easier for y'all to fire him if you said he was.

Sam Ehlinger is your Jalen Hurts if Jalen Hurts had been singing Boomer Sooner in the womb and started here for eight years. You have to respect the leadership and toughness, but you just can't unsee the opportunities that a better passer would exploit.

That would shock me. Looking at both defenses, this is going to be a shootout at very best, and I don't think OU has the skill guys for that right now. OL could come together at any moment given the talent and the coaching, but our #1 and #3 receivers so far are an H-back and a true freshman, respectively, and RB1 is also a true freshman.

Respectfully, what in the past two weeks has led you to believe this OU team is capable of taking a football game seriously

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