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  1. Jordy Ball is amazing but may be illegal. Her hop off the mound is very controversial.
  2. For OU, Wisner and Dylan Edwards may be redundant. https://247sports.com/player/dylan-edwards-46111508/ Since OU only has 9 scholarship WR and wants to run 80+ plays a game, they'll need some portal WR or 4th quarters will be a disaster. This dude has several factors that may point to him being a good fit for the new Sooner offense: tall, regional, and experienced. Added bonus, per his Twitter, he's hyper-religious and into seamoss as Covid therapy.
  3. The recruiting rankings factor known in severe behavior-academic issues into their assessment. If these guys do get into trouble off the field and it's the continuation of a prior pattern, it'll be because the services didn't have access to that information. Giving 18 year olds a lot of money, status, and autonomy is one way to unmask tendencies toward maladaptive behaviors so we may see this effect. Yeah, that was a hope of many Sooner fans. But his Dad worked at A&M, the kids spent time in College Station and GA growing up. The kid knows what he's in for. ________________________________ Playing time is going to be the primary force pushing these DL out. So who do you think leaves first? Lucas and Steward are both out of state and competing for the same spots. I think one of them is the first to escape.
  4. This points to the utility of an advisory group for D1/P5 CFP players that calculates maximum benefit of opportunities for education, playing, "NIL." It could be part of a negotiated package for CFP players and the NCAA/conferences for compensation, freedom of movement, etc. Of course, it would require trust and coordination and rational prediction of capacity, and all of those things are lacking presently. So we'll likely continue the present system with uninformed decisions.
  5. Per the OU 247 staff, Waddle is headed to OU. I hope they're right about Hale, but those guys make this fanboy blush.
  6. He blocked hard in 2021 but didn't really produce as a pass catcher. His catch rate was low (64%) on a good number of targets. In 2021, his TDs came vs Tech, Kansas, and Western Carolina (not a state!). He wasn't a burner coming out of high school (4.58 forty), and injuries have robbed him of athleticism. As a result, he struggled to get separation and win contested catches (including some memorable end zone drops). I saw a lot of people calling him a disappointment but not soft.
  7. So much competition. Having been to all three, I'd vote all of the above in general on a typical day, but Waco may have the edge based on apocalyptic cults.
  8. How many do you think stick? In the past, I'd assume these players are jumping on just to grab a spot, and then the attractive ones will trade up when higher P5 offers become available. The counter argument may be that this coaching staff is so tight with the community that they could hang on to guys that would usually flip to bigger name schools. Also, I could see the Tech community fully embracing the new world of pre- and post-matriculation "NIL". Is there a Tech expert here?
  9. OU's gotten many of their recent QBs from Texas. Texas has so many college football options to pick from that it may take a contrarian personality to leave Texas. So you may be selecting from a prickly personality type to start from. He's a hyper-religious, but Trevor Knight seems like a normal person. People who knew him as a high schooler liked Caleb Williams. Neither UT nor OU fans (mostly) like him much now.
  10. To be clear, I think he was put out to pasture because he tanked the university's finances. To bring it back to sports, the repercussions for this may be the cause of the delay in OU and UT moving to the SEC. Fifty years later, people still don't remember to just follow the money. https://www.news9.com/story/5e3349b11290151d52141dfd/news-9-investigates:-university-of-oklahoma-overspending
  11. What is this culture they speak of? Pseudo-militaristic masochism with an undercurrent of sexism and racism. Are teenagers into that now?
  12. Alabama may have a say in this one. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=roy+moore+alabama
  13. "NIL"/bag-man money and conference payout money are really different. They come from different pots of money and are on a different scale and timeframe. My understanding is that OU's comfortable delaying the move to the SEC because of money and because now the Sooners want to get their roster in order prior to the move. Re NIL/bags, I think OU's offer here and behavior with other recruits indicate that the Sooners are going to the Clemson model of pushing religiosity and paying players/families. The Overton family has ties to all three of UGa, A&M, and OU. Of the other two, Ohio St makes sense because of Larry Johnson's track record, and they pay their players. If money is a primary determinant, Oregon is the team to look out for. Lanning was LB coach at UGa so I doubt (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) he (Lanning) would've been Overton's primary recruiter. Oregon and Lanning could use another top DL recruit to be the face of their otherwise nondescript class (#25 overall, no players in the top 100).
  14. OU offers Micaiah Overton, unheralded portal DT from Liberty and brother of Lebbeus Overton, DL reclassifying from 2023 to 2022. Dad played OL at OU in the 1990. Dad worked at A&M when the kids were growing up, and they live in Georgia now. UGa and A&M lead. https://twitter.com/micaiah_overton/status/1492209911996026885
  15. I'm no doubting this, but out of curiosity, who did Riley try to poach? HA!!! The Savior Trevor Knight had just carved up Bama (32/44 for 348 4 td, 1 int) and OU had just signed their top choice for high school QBs (Justice Hansen, who turned out to be great...for Arkansas St). Mayfield, a guy who gone for 12 tds, 9 int and been benched at Tech, was on no ones wish list.
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