Tell me about ou

[LTtxfan 49450]

4 hours ago, Pancho said:

 

Yeah a few weeks back when Arbuckle's name was brought up on a few blOU podcasts, they included the WashSt QB transferring to blOU in their expectations.

They compared it to what Curt Cignetti did in his 1st year at Indiana..

[BigHornedLurker 2061]

12 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah a few weeks back when Arbuckle's name was brought up on a few blOU podcasts, they included the WashSt QB transferring to blOU in their expectations.

They compared it to what Curt Cignetti did in his 1st year at Indiana..

[billfromlaketravis 11639]

1 hour ago, boilerhorn said:

Reddit (the font of all knowledge) person following Utah indicates Arbuckle and Mateer were a package deal.  UU was outbid.  Could be wrong, but it smells like a good story

Mateer’s best competition was Boise, UW, and Tech. 
 

Damn near ran for 200 yards against Tech. Threw for over 300 yards with 2 TDs and a pick against Boise. Threw for 245 with 3 total TDs against UW. 
 

It’s early, but Mateer might be the best QB in the portal. Arbuckle is better than the falling knife Seth Littrell. To state the obvious, they hired Arbuckle to get Mateer. 

[Aqua Buddha 14671]

30 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Mateer’s best competition was Boise, UW, and Tech. 
 

Damn near ran for 200 yards against Tech. Threw for over 300 yards with 2 TDs and a pick against Boise. Threw for 245 with 3 total TDs against UW. 
 

It’s early, but Mateer might be the best QB in the portal. Arbuckle is better than the falling knife Seth Littrell. To state the obvious, they hired Arbuckle to get Mateer. 

Matter would be better than anyone they currently have.

[billfromlaketravis 11639]

59 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Matter would be better than anyone they currently have.

Yup. 

[nnm 37057]

13 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Mateer might be the best QB in the portal

Who else is going to be there? Weigman? Maalik?

[Js1 85895]

14 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Damn near ran for 200 yards against Tech. Threw for over 300 yards with 2 TDs and a pick against Boise. Threw for 245 with 3 total TDs against UW. 

Tech rushing defense - 65th
Boise passing defense - 118th
UW passing defense - 5th (ok that was impressive) 

[billfromlaketravis 11639]

43 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Tech rushing defense - 65th
Boise passing defense - 118th
UW passing defense - 5th (ok that was impressive) 

As the thread has pointed out, Mateer is head and shoulders above anything OU has or has incoming. 

[LTtxfan 49450]

On Tuesday, OU announced the hiring of former AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson as executive advisor to the president and AD to oversee the university's implementation of the oncoming $20 million House payments to athletes and all that entails. 

https://footballscoop.com/news/oklahoma-hires-former-at-t-ceo-to-help-oversee-football

 

[Aqua Buddha 14671]

I expect every major football program will look like that in a few years.  I'm surprised it took them this long.

 

[closetohumping 17570]

[Pdawg88 1131]

I know where a couple O’reilly auto parts stores are locally. 

[boilerhorn 1461]

17 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

On Tuesday, OU announced the hiring of former AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson as executive advisor to the president and AD to oversee the university's implementation of the oncoming $20 million House payments to athletes and all that entails. 

https://footballscoop.com/news/oklahoma-hires-former-at-t-ceo-to-help-oversee-football

 

 

Wikipedia summarized my recollection of Stephenson's ATT tenure quite well...

During his tenure as CEO, AT&T acquired DirecTV for $49 billion in July 2015 and Time Warner for $85 billion in June 2018. According to Drew FitzGerald of The Wall Street Journal, Stephenson has "transformed the phone company he inherited into one of the world's biggest entertainment companies."^[8] However, AT&T also failed acquisition of T-Mobile.

On July 1, 2020, Stephenson retired as CEO of AT&T. He was succeeded by then-COO John Stankey.^[9] At the time Stephenson announced his departure, it was acknowledged that the acquisitions of DirectTV and Time Warner had by this point resulted in a massive debt burden of $200 billion for the company,^[10] forcing the company to cut back on its capital investments.^[11] and In December 2020, the Financial Times said Stephenson's "legacy has been stained by poor acquisitions".^[12]