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  1. 2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

    OU tried the drop 8 against Texas this past weekend. Ewers, Whittington, and Sanders destroyed it. Those 3 guys didn't play against ISU last year. Good luck ISU. Oh yeah, we are also getting Billingsley back.

    I will say when we got to 3rd and long and there was no threat of the run, we didn't look amazing against it.

  2. This is the most talented offense we've had since 2008.  There are at least 5 future day 1 or day 2 draft picks starting right now.  I think I saw that the offense is 1st in the country in yards per play when Ewers is in. 

    So I do not give any shits about Iowa State holding Kansas schools below 20.

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  3. I hate to compliment him, but Riley was an offensive genius and the best QB recruiter in the nation. It sucked going up against him, and we were at a disadvantage every year we faced him because of those two things.

    It's possible his talent prevented a decline that should have already started.  But it's difficult to compare OU's collapse to other programs:

    Nebraska - incremental decline. They went from firing coaches that won national championships to firing coaches that won 9 games every year to firing coaches that sucked.

    Florida State - Old coach lost it. Then new coach who wins a title initiates the decline. 

    Texas - Old coach lost it. New hires can't replace it.

    Miami - Coach who wins a championship also initiates the decline. Lost its national image to the point where the brand they're known for only exists in documentaries.

    USC - Begin to maybe fall off  a little and coach bolts for NFL. 

    USC is the closest one I can think of. And OU doesn't have the same advantages USC has to make their down period somewhat moderate.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Injury update from Drumm on 247

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    *** One, I know you all want to know about DG and his availability, but that’s something we won’t touch out of respect for sources that have spoken to us. 

    As fans, I’d assume you all would be okay with that if that’s how OU wants this handled. There is no hunting one way or another from me or Parker coming, either. 

    Everyone will know come about 9-10am Saturday, or if someone wants to leak it. It won’t be from us, though. 

    *** That said, it sounds like OL Wanya Morris health has improved a ton, and there is some confidence that he will play. 

    Not to get your hopes up, but I expect Morris to be out there vs Texas. Just going off what I have heard. 

    *** We have talked about and reported earlier this week that RB Marcus Major will be back this week. Major battled an ankle injury last week and didn’t travel to TCU. He has healed a lot over the last 14 days and is expected to rotate with Eric Gray(he is good to go) and Jovantae Barnes on Saturday. 

    *** We also reported that DE Ethan Downs is okay will be full-go this Saturday. He missed the second half of TCU game after a scare where they thought he may have bruised his spleen. Luckily, it was deep bruise to ribs. 

    Downs played on it for a few snaps and when trainers checked him, they held him out for precautionary reasons. 

    Good news is he will be back. 

    *** Freshman DE R Mason Thomas is expected back after a hamstring issue for a few weeks. Thomas was a force rushing the passer before the injury, so it should be intriguing to see how his arrival back makes a difference — if at all. 

    *** On Billy Bowman, see the DG update and know that we have tread lightly on reporting it he will play or not. 

    *** I hear Theo Wease is okay after a scare. If anyone deserved a break, it is the JR wideout. 

    *** Basically, I’ve heard that most of the players banged up should be back or close to ot/game time decision.

     

    So basically they will tell their readers which ones are playing, but they won't report which ones aren't playing. Very smart. Impossible to crack that code.

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  5. I met Patterson at a TCU coaches clinic a few years ago.  He made a joke about wishing he could just focus on X's and O's and wouldn't that be the dream to just coach defense.  It was in the context of dealing with recruiting and all that comes with running a program. 

    I'd imagine he's quite happy right now.  Even being a DC somewhere would require him to go kiss up to 17 year old kids and their parents. Patterson is a pretty awkward dude. I'm sure he sees never having to do a home visit the way a college graduate sees never having to take a final exam again. 

  6. Hutson gave up 2 sacks already. Jones already gave up a sack and looked rough on a few other pass plays.  I'm actually less worried about Banks against Bama than I am the right side of the line.  Banks looked solid although there were some run plays he looked a little lost and didn't touch anyone.

    The positives from game 1 (playmaking TE for the first time in forever, Overshown looking his best, Sorrell providing a rush, Banks, DBs looking pretty good) far outweigh the negatives. 

    But the Angilau injury and Cam Williams not being ready to replace Jones are going to be huge against Bama.

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  7. 50 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Anwar knew this tweet would get engagement. The first scrimmage was closed to the media and public too.

     

    On 8/10/2022 at 1:57 PM, closetojumping said:

     

    This is a "show me" level event. People here can shriek and whine over their perception that that is wildly stupid or irresponsible or herrrrrrrrderrrrrrrfuckingBMDZ pushing poor SLS around!!! OMGZ!!! and they'll all be wrong. This is the way. Sarkisian knows as much. Ewers and/or Banks need to visibly involved with why there should be optimism with this season and with NIL.

     

    So now they get Ewers, Banks, and either Campbell or Hutson to see with the 1s today.

    Not an Anwar fan, but now that he's pointing out the same thing weeks later, I don't know how we can jump down his throat for it. 

  8. The extra episode was fantastic. I was wondering how they would do the third book since it's just a collection of disparate fables, and doing a bonus episode is a smart way to do a couple of them.

    Also it seemed like the most frame-for-frame copy of the comics other than episode 6.

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  9. 36 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

    You seem deliberately obtuse.

    Nothing you listed above has any bearing on my original comments. 

    I never mentioned transgender characters, just Lucienne being an old white man,  but now a young black female. He was never transgender. Or black. Like casting Zendaya as Batmans Alfred. Jarring and makes zero sense.

    Death is a pale, goth white girl, who has also now been swapped for a black chick. Death was not race/gender fluid in the books.

    All of this shit is basic race/gender politics and virtue signaling ruining good stories (WoT, too many recent films to list).

     

     

    The show is pretty damn faithful to the comics. Some scenes are word for word.  Episode 6 in particular was one of the best adaptations I've seen.

    Sorry you don't like black people man.

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  10. 23 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

    The woke casting is fucking stupid and annoying. Why do you need to replace an old white male character with a young female black chick? 

    And STFU if you're one of progressive leftists who think they own this site, because I'm sure all of you would be just fine with casting Zendaya as Alfred in the next Batman reboot.

    The original graphic novel had a transgender character. It also portrayed Desire as genderless.

    In one volume, Dream manifests as a black man who falls in love with a woman in ancient times.  Characters appearances change all the time in the comics depending on the time period and location.

    The person who wrote the graphic novel was also one of the show runners.

    Also, one character was changed to a female because Netflix didn't have the rights to John Constantine.

    There is nothing at all to be angry about.

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  11. A lot of talk about the girl being hateable but that dude working on donuts while everyone else is freaking out working their ass off? After being told explicitly to work on prep?  Way worse imo.

    But to be fair that character is a lot less realistic and lacks anything resembling self awareness.

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  12. Just got back from a trip there.  I went to London, Liverpool, and Edinburg in 11 days.  London was fun but probably my least favorite of the three. Everything was cool but I honestly felt like after the 4th day I was kind of done with it.  Keep in mind it was historically hot so that might affect my opinion.

    Liverpool was surprisingly really cool and a fun city to grab a drink in. The people there are just super nice and as soon as they hear your accent, they want to talk. My affection for The Beatles and Liverpool FC probably make me like it more than some.

    Edinburg is great and we should have spent more time there.  Every single person I met in the way up told me I should go to Glasgow and insisted Glasgow was more fun. Just relaying that.

  13. Leaving Edinburg right now. Heading to London where it's about to be 101 degrees somehow.

    Namaste Katmando had really good poppadoms and dumplings. Didn't get to spend much time there because I spent Saturday at the Open. Would love to go back soon.

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  14. On 7/7/2022 at 9:35 AM, Herbie Hancock said:

    I haven’t been to Bearded Lady since they moved. Went twice and was disappointed both times. But I have now had two different people whose opinion I trust tell me how good it was in the last month. Anyone not named Texzilla care to confirm or kill that notion?

    I got brunch there a few months ago and everything was cold. They have some grilled cheese of the month thing though and apparently that's been good.

  15. It seems like Brunson really wants to be the guy controlling the offense. Kevin O'Connor mentioned Brunson slipped said something to that effect to him earlier this season and his dad basically came out and said it.

    On the one hand I get it. Who wouldn't want to be the man?

    On the other hand it gives me big Devin Harris vibes. Have fun for a season but your game isn't multifaceted and the league will figure you out real quick if a team is depending on you too much.

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