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  1. 1 hour ago, Laxtonto said:

    Sheppard is supposedly visiting Ohio State this weekend according to one of their mods

    Whether true or not, Urban & tOSU seem to have a vendetta towards Hermanator..... when the two meet in a football game in the future, It may be quite an epic contest.....

     

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  2. 34 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

    Expanding to 8 means you expand to 16. 16 implies 64. And on and on. Mike Leach already described this absurdity.

     

     

    You are Wrong "TheTexasHammer"....Leach is for expansion..... Hates leaving a Conference Champion Out.

    He thinks CFP Committee is a JOKE...  Take a Look....

     

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

    You shouldn't tweet at recruits. You don't want to be left out, because errbody was kung fu fighting and you were tweeting recruits.

    Agree.... Don't Tweet at Recruits

    Matrix  plus  errbody was kung fu fighting equals....

     

     

  4. 15 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    Golding should be a good recruiter in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and maybe even Arkansas..... 

    Pete Golding Bio:  Age 34, is a native of Hammond, La., Golding graduated from Delta State (Cleveland, MS) in 2005 with a degree in business.

    Golding has been a defensive coordinator and/or a defensive backs coach ever since landing his first full-time coaching job at Tusculum in 2007.

    After coaching DBs 2yrs at Southern Miss (2014 & 2015), Pete went to UTSA and had two great years as DC in 2016 & 2017.  Left UTSA to go to Bama 2018 as CoDC/ILB coach.

     

    Interesting story from Dec 2017...

    Prior to meeting with Pete Golding, Saban called Bo Davis.

    The conversation only lasted about 10 minutes but Davis gave a strong endorsement of Golding, whom he worked with at University of Texas-San Antonio since February. 

    This was year two for Golding as UTSA's defensive coordinator after inheriting a unit that ranked 101st nationally in total defense in 2015. After improving to 55th nationally in total defense in 2016, UTSA's Golding-led defense will finish this season ranked in the top-10 nationally in both total defense and scoring defense.

    Only Alabama, Wisconsin, Michigan and Clemson are ranked ahead of UTSA in total defense.

    Got curious about Bo Davis.... he's now an asst coach with Detroit Lions.

    https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2018/2/9/16995796/lions-hire-bo-davis-defensive-line-coach

  5. 52 minutes ago, Constant said:

    TFB alluding to Alabama Co-DC Pete Golding being at the top of Riley’s wish list. It will be interesting to see if the current arrangement has success and if a change will be made regardless of results. 

    Good time for a bye week. 

    Golding should be a good recruiter in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and maybe even Arkansas..... 

    Pete Golding Bio:  Age 34, is a native of Hammond, La., Golding graduated from Delta State (Cleveland, MS) in 2005 with a degree in business.

    Golding has been a defensive coordinator and/or a defensive backs coach ever since landing his first full-time coaching job at Tusculum in 2007.

    After coaching DBs 2yrs at Southern Miss (2014 & 2015), Pete went to UTSA and had two great years as DC in 2016 & 2017.  Left UTSA to go to Bama 2018 as CoDC/ILB coach.

     

    Interesting story from Dec 2017...

    Prior to meeting with Pete Golding, Saban called Bo Davis.

    The conversation only lasted about 10 minutes but Davis gave a strong endorsement of Golding, whom he worked with at University of Texas-San Antonio since February. 

    This was year two for Golding as UTSA's defensive coordinator after inheriting a unit that ranked 101st nationally in total defense in 2015. After improving to 55th nationally in total defense in 2016, UTSA's Golding-led defense will finish this season ranked in the top-10 nationally in both total defense and scoring defense.

    Only Alabama, Wisconsin, Michigan and Clemson are ranked ahead of UTSA in total defense.

  6. Earlier interview with Dusty on radio (prior to Jim Traber radio interview)

    http://www.normantranscript.com/oklahoma/full-transcript-everything-former-oklahoma-defensive-coordinator-mike-stoops-said/article_71d85528-ccb8-11e8-969f-278359d699c6.html

     

    Former Oklahoma defensive coordinator, who was fired Monday, spoke to former OU defensive lineman turned local radio personality Dusty Dvoracek on the Sports Animal on Wednesday. 

    A calm, relaxed Stoops was fairly candid and addressed a number of rumors surrounding his dismissal. 

    Here is the complete transcript: 

    Dusty Dvoracek: Mike, in your estimation, what happened? What led to what happened on Sunday?

    Mike Stoops: "Well, I think everything kind of came to a head Saturday. Our inability to play a level of football that Oklahoma should expect. And ultimately that fell on me. That was tremendously hard. I have so much respect for this program, all the players that have played in it, for Lincoln, the administration and just didn't get it done. That hurt greatly, and I think it just came to a head Saturday in a lot of different ways for a lot of different reasons, Dusty. That's why we're here where we are today, and that's unfortunate." 

    DD: Is it as simple as the Big 12 offenses, the inability to get the players you need, that kids have changed? Can you put your finger on why you weren’t able to replicate the success you had the first time?

    MS: “Well, that's a great question. There's so many factors that go into all of that. It's your staff, it's your players, it's the league we're in. There's just so many different factors that lead to all of that and just for whatever reason we just haven't been able to find consistency and just too many bad games throughout the course of this second stint. I wish I could put my finger on it. There's a lot of different elements that go into each particular year. Certainly coaching is a big element. Players is another element to that. Continuity within all that. Youth. There's a lot of different factors that go into each particular year, but our lack of consistency was concerning to me. It's been very uncomfortable for me the last few years. I think the last time we led the conference was the year we went to the Orange Bowl, and I think that was the last time we had a top-25 defense in this league. And then the last few were just kind of hanging on for a lot of reasons. And I think those came to fruition on Saturday: our inability to tackle, our inability to cover receivers consistently, to pressure the quarterback at all levels of our defense. Just our lack of consistency, playmaking ability across the board leads to all that as you know as a great defensive player." 

    DD: The last couple years what’s it been like personally, emotionally and does it in any way feel like the pressure has been alleviated?

    MS: “Oh, yeah, some of that. Disappointment in myself probably is probably the No. 1 thing that I couldn't get our program back to that level consistently is what probably hurts the most. You know you know defense. Getting players to buy in consistently to play at a level that I'm used to players playing at is probably the most disappointing part of it all to me. And certainly Lincoln has been incredible. He gave me the opportunity to correct it. Players aren't always going to like you, Dusty. You know that. But they've gotta respect what it takes to play every time they step on the field when you put on an Oklahoma uniform. We just couldn't get that consistent effort from different parts of our team consistently enough, and that's probably the thing disappointed about because I know how many great defensive players that have come through this place. I coached a lot of them. So many of them through that era. It takes a special person to play and get effort like that. I just couldn't get our players to play consistently at that level and it's probably the thing that I'm the most disappointed in. Sure it hurts. Each game, it would be nerve-racking — you ask any defensive coordinator and if they are honest with you about going up against any of these teams — you are kind of sitting on edge, knowing that some of your flaws can be exposed at any time and certainly a lot of ours were exposed. You saw some of it creep in. I thought we got off to a good start early in the year. You saw some of it creep in against Iowa State. Then people started seeing things and people have you on tape and understand your strengths and your weaknesses. It was just too much to overcome ultimately.

    DD: You talked about trying to get players to buy in. We would run through a wall for you. Then I read a tweet that was put out last night from one of your former players that I don’t particularly want to read. How did the disconnect happen? Have players changed and maybe you haven’t changed? Is it a different approach you took this second time around?

    MS: "The times have changed greatly in the last 10 years. Social media has changed the game in a lot of ways. I think kids are much different now than they were when you were playing and we were together that first time around. Things have changed a great deal. I noticed a little bit more of it when I came back. I really had a great group of secondary guys. You look at Tony Jefferson, Demontre Hurst, Aaron Colvin, Zack Sanchez, those guys, they were the first group that I started to notice that they were a little bit different. They had their own ideas and thoughts and identities. They still played to a very high level when we pushed them to go out there and perform. That's disappointing. I can't answer for every player. There has to be accountability. You have to play for each other at a high level. Everyone is not going to like you and the way you coach and the way you teach. That's obvious. That was the same way back then. But they have to respect your knowledge, the process of going week-to-week, understanding where they have to be, why they have to be there and how they have to do things. I'm a stickler to detail and being precise in everything you do. Maybe that just wears on players. I still believe it's the right way to approach any game. The schemes don't change. The players, you try to put them in the best position to go out and play. I haven't made a tackle or covered a guy in 35 years. I haven't rushed the quarterback. I haven't done that for a long time. You have to try to put your players in the best position you can for success. That's all we've every really tried to do. I'm certainly not perfect. I've made a lot of mistakes trusting certain elements of our team. That's my responsibility. That's probably the biggest mistake I made. That's unfortunate. It leads to where we're at today. You gotta trust people. You gotta trust your coaches to get things to players. I'm one person. But ultimately, I have to demand that everybody plays a certain way, everybody gets their players to buy in and just didn’t get that."

    DD: People are insinuating, even on this station, that there was a fight between you and Curtis Bolton at halftime at OU-Texas. Can you shed any light onto that situation?

    MS: "Well, that's ludicrous, number one, whoever would report such an erroneous situation and defame me and him is beyond ridiculousness. That hurts as well. For people to say ... there's just so much fake news out there that me just not getting it done, it was the right time to make a move. It's unfortunate, but that's another example of social media, or people in the media who want to sensationalize all these things. I for once know how President Trump feels about fake news. Didn't say one word to Curtis at halftime, didn't even know he left, Dusty. Didn't know until after the game. That's how crazy that is. Lincoln was upset, rightfully so, at our performance and he did most of the talking. Again, that's just 100 percent false. It's unfortunate that people would run with that without even checking with me or the source, that's what's unfortunate. Me and Lincoln have so much respect for one another and I know how tremendously hard this is. After the game, we hugged each other. I told him how sorry I was and we hugged each other, walked out of the locker room, we went and said we would talk on Sunday. We talked Sunday morning for about a half-hour. Talked about some of the issues, what happened, why so-and-so, we left each other, talked about the future, what's gonna be best for our program. We talked about five, six hours later and came to this conclusion. That's exactly what happened. Again, we're all grown men here. We have a lot of respect for each other. I have tremendous respect for this program and what's best for it, and that's what we decided. That's exactly how it happened. If people want to believe that other stuff, that other noise, then that's their business. I would, again, never lie about something as important as that or the integrity of what we are as people. Going down with integrity is the most important part of all this."

    DD: And just to clarify, there were reports that the president of the university made Lincoln do this. There were reports that you’d given a letter of resignation on Saturday after the game. I’m guessing those were all just asinine assertations?

    MS: "Yeah, can you see me on a computer after the game typing out a letter of resignation? That sounds just like me, doesn't it Dusty? You know me as well as anybody. That's absurd as well. Again, I don't know where people get their news. I don't know why they report such ridiculousness or why we can't handle this like grown me. Me and Lincoln and administration. That's what we ultimately did and did what's best for our program at this time. I'm sorry, but that's how it went down."

    DD: What’s next for Mike Stoops?

    MS: "That’s another great question, Dusty. I just want to rest, get healthy. It’s been a great strain on all of us, my whole family. I think everybody here. Just want to rest, heal, reflect and see where it takes me. I really don’t know. I would say I’m in the same situation Bob [Stoops, his retired brother] is in. I don’t know. I could see myself doing a lot of different things. I could see myself trying to be an understudy to somebody — a Nick Saban, a Kirby Smart, somebody of that magnitude and trying to rethink, relearn, reteach. I could see myself, you know, I don’t know [about] going back into the fire coaching defense right now. I don’t know. I have to see where my gut takes me, whether media, any of that is something I’d enjoy doing. The first thing I’ve got to do is recharge myself, reboot and think this all through. When I left Arizona and got right into this thing it was, I don’t know if I really took enough time to rethink things if that makes sense. I went right into another very high-profile situation that takes a lot out of you. So I don’t know. That’s something I’m going to kind of work through. If I take on another responsibility of this magnitude, I want to make sure I’m right and everything’s right with our staff, it’s the right fit for me, personally, with who I’m coaching with. That’s not to say … Lincoln has been, me and him will always be friends. It was a great three and a half years together. He couldn’t have been kinder to me. His family loved me. So I don’t know. We’ll see."

    DD: I’m going to recommend you get the hell out of the Big 12, coach. I don’t think this is a place any defensive coordinator wants to be.

    MS: "It’s taken probably five years off my life, that’s for sure. Tremendously well-coached offenses in this league. I couldn’t give these offensive coordinators enough respect. Not sure if everybody sees it like we see it week in and week out. It’s unfortunate. Again, you’ve got to be so spot-on at different levels of your defense to really handle these things consistently. It is. It’s extremely difficult to coach defense in this league."

    DD: You’ve got time on your hands now — grow a beard and work on your golf game.

    MS: "Yeah, could you see me and Bob with our beards out there golfing?"

    DD: Just don’t be fighting with each other.

    MS: "No, we don’t have to worry about that anymore. My family’s been tremendously supportive. All of Oklahoma, Dusty. It’s unfortunate. I know how hard it was for Lincoln. Got calls from Joe, President Boren. That means the world to me. They understood how hard and what it meant to me. Just let a lot of people down, that’s probably the hardest part."

    DD: Coach, I’m sorry it went down this way, but I have no doubt in my mind that whatever’s next it’s gonna be positive and you’re gonna do a hell of a job.

    MS: "Love you guys, too. And love all my players, past and even these present kids. They just don’t know yet. Life’s lessons come in different ways and at different times. A lot of times these kids don’t understand it until they’re out in the real world, understand what you were trying to teach them, the hard lessons of life. That was my greatest reward was players would always come back and say, ‘Now I understand what you were trying to teach me and why you were trying to teach me it that way.’ Sometimes love is tough, but it’s still love. The respect I have for everyone, my players, whether it was Oklahoma, Arizona or Kansas State, my work speaks for itself."

    DD: Thanks again, coach.

    MS: "Thank you."

  7. 13 minutes ago, JMFP said:

    Jim Traber on the Sports Animal in OKC promoted the story about the locker room fight and I guess one of the morning guys ("friend of the program") on air blasted him pretty hard.

     

    Anyway today Mike Stoops went on the air with Jim Traber:

     

    http://embeds.audioboom.com/publishing/playlist/v4?bg_fill_col=%23ecefef&boo_content_type=channel&data_for_content_type=4383680&image_option=small&link_color=%2358d1eb&player_theme=light&src=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.audioboom.com%2Fchannels%2F4383680%2Faudio_clips%3Finclude_child_channels%3D1&max_height=500#Mike%20Stoops%20With%20Jim%20Traber%2010-10-18

    Better link.....

    https://audioboom.com/posts/7041264-mike-stoops-with-jim-traber-10-10-18

    Here's another article and link to another radio interview for Mike.

    http://www.normantranscript.com/oklahoma/former-ou-defensive-coordinator-mike-stoops-confronts-radio-host-jim/article_59260124-ccd1-11e8-a012-0f185dc9f825.html

  8. 13 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

    Being that far in debt, firing the DC at less than $1m per year does nothing.

    The point was not the amount of the DC salary ( chickenfeed), but rather the importance for the New BlowU President to keep  Big Money BlowU Donors who love football happy so they keep contributing large amounts to BlowU....

    BMD's at BlowU will now have a much stronger voice because of the large amount of Debt that Boren left behind for BlowU.....

     

    https://newsok.com/article/5598772/university-of-oklahoma-president-david-boren-says-ou-debt-is-large-but-comparable-to-similar-public-universities

  9. 48 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

    We're still pretty short over the long term at OL. You need a two deep, and we're losing three starters this year alone. I hope that Hand can take some of the ones who didn't do well under Warehime and make them serviceable. Seems like we have about a 50% hit rate on OL.

    Valid Stuff.... OL for 2019 is Concerning

    Okafor, Imade, Urquidez, & Hudson are the older guys that (cross your fingers) help provide some depth for 2019.  Like you mentioned for 2019 only Shack, Cosmi, and Kerstetter returning OL with time as starters.  

    Then of course the 4 RS Frosh of Angilau, Jones, Ghirmai, and Moore.

    Seems like for 2019 Season, at least 2 more experienced OL will need to come from JUCO or Grad Transfer ranks.....

  10. 11 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

    Has anybody heard any updates on the freshman OL?  Last year there were lots of rumors of how well Cosmi was practicing but I haven’t read anything about freshman this year. 

    Here's what I read elsewhere before season started....

    All 4 reshaping their bodies

    1) Angilau.... stronger at run blocking, working on pass protection may see action late this year & preserve RS

    2) Ghirmai.... Strength & Conditioning and working on technique.... RS

    3) Jones..... Really young (think A17) and potential  OT, lots of work on skills... RS

    4) Moore.... Athletic like Cosmi, strength & Conditioning, skills & technique.... RS

     

  11. 6 hours ago, Machinator said:

    OK, looks like Joe isn't going to update it. Anyway, here's the player tracker through KSU. It only lists those who have not already redshirted. Players with the red "NO RS" designation have played in at least five games and thus cannot redshirt this season. The one error in the listing is that Brennan Eagles did play against OU.

    DpBltteUwAAZ9Zi.jpgDpBlwgWUUAAecza.jpg

    So from the non-freshmen....

    Okafor, Chisholm might Redshirt and return for 2019?

    Porter, Toneil, and Shane might Redshirt and transfer?

    Maybe Rowland Redshirts and returns as a backup kicker??

     

  12. 5 hours ago, Katfid54 said:

    We had a lot of injuries last year, too, but have had basically none so far this year.

    Weird.

    I wonder if there's some kind of common denominator.

    Knock on Wood....

    Shack has missed games due to injury

  13. 7 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    Interesting watching this chart, makes me wonder about how Coaches may have to manage their 85 Man Rosters differently under the new 4 game Redshirt rule.  

     

    Potential Scholly Player Group Candidates for Redshirting

    1) 1st or 2nd year players  (Especially OL/DL)

    2) Early Season injured starting players 

    3) Jrs or Srs who by Redshirting could start/provide depth following year

    .......................................................................................................................

    Redshirt Eligible Scholly Players Coaches will be sure to play 5+ Games:

    1) Players that are primarily depth/backups.....  [keep advancing their Class Rank (Soph, Jr, Sr) especially if new recruiting class is deeper for their position group]

    2) Players that are primarily Special Teams Players or have limited roles on the Team. (Usually easier to replace with incoming Frosh Class)

    3) Top Talented players-- probably only playing 3 years then off to NFL

     

    With new Redshirt Rule Changes......Coaches managing their 85 Man Roster for the next Recruiting Class may feel like they are now playing a game of "4 Dimensional Chess" 

     

    ALSO.....

    Have to fill lack of experience Losses with JUCO and Grad Transfers...  

  14. Interesting watching this chart, makes me wonder about how Coaches may have to manage their 85 Man Rosters differently under the new 4 game Redshirt rule.  

     

    Potential Scholly Player Group Candidates for Redshirting

    1) 1st or 2nd year players  (Especially OL/DL)

    2) Early Season injured starting players 

    3) Jrs or Srs who by Redshirting could start/provide depth following year

    .......................................................................................................................

    Redshirt Eligible Scholly Players Coaches will be sure to play 5+ Games:

    1) Players that are primarily depth/backups.....  [keep advancing their Class Rank (Soph, Jr, Sr) especially if new recruiting class is deeper for their position group]

    2) Players that are primarily Special Teams Players or have limited roles on the Team. (Usually easier to replace with incoming Frosh Class)

    3) Top Talented players-- probably only playing 3 years then off to NFL

     

    With new Redshirt Rule Changes......Coaches managing their 85 Man Roster for the next Recruiting Class may feel like they are now playing a game of "4 Dimensional Chess" 

     

  15. 1 hour ago, Zharkov said:

    If all this locker room lunacy is true... does it help, or hurt, that ousux has a week off before TCU?

    Probably helps..... more time to make corrections and work on tackling.  BlowU players will probably tolerate their practices better because they will no longer have "Crazy Coach Mike" screaming at them.....

    Firing Mike Stoops was a no brainer..... BlowU Fans have wanted him out for several years and the Halftime incident at the Cotton Bowl showed that " Crazy Coach Mike" no longer should stay..... Lincoln is probably relieved that the blowup happened so he could easily justify firing his DC.

    Hate to say this, but..... No longer having the distractions of "Crazy Coach Mike" clears the way for  BlowU to probably win their remaining games and make it to the Big 12 Championship Game.... They still have a Damn good offensive team....

    BlowU Sucks

  16. 35 minutes ago, golfclap said:

    Yeah. He’s also topped out athletically — he’s had trainers and personal coaches for years. 

    He’s a good football player who was vastly overrated because he lacks elite (or even above average) athleticism, for a P5 DB. Good football IQ — Low floor, low ceiling.  All this without getting into the mental/attitude side of the house. 

    Good stuff...... Interesting comment on "topped out athletically"

    Has to be more difficult for Coaches to assess upside of some of these Recruits nowadays with more involvement of trainers & personal coaches.

    Coaches have to factor in the level of High School coaching a Recruit gets as well.... for example sometimes kids from a larger program with better coaching like say "Katy" might not have as much upside in College as a kid from a smaller school.

    Love it when some of these 2-3 Star kids from the smaller schools transform into Great Players in College.....

     

    https://247sports.com/Player/Colt-McCoy-42562/

    https://247sports.com/Player/Patrick-Mahomes-21009/

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