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  1. This could be a lot more complex. It might not be just a simple...you know. - Lebowski There is a book to be written here. Maybe not a good one, but we get the book that we deserve. Here's what we know: McCutchin commits to play for OU and be coached by an incompetent CB coach (Manning). Manning proceeds to put McCutchin on the field, and McCutchin gets toasted multiple times in several games. It was so bad, McCutchin's DAD goes to Twitter to criticize the OU defensive coaches, and McCutchin gets benched. McCutchin leaves OU, takes a pic with I'm supposing mom and sister saying he's going to SC saying "It's my life." Here's what I'm guessing... 1. "It's my life" is directed at his dad. 2. Manning was such a good CB coach that he's coaching LBs now so SC basically telling McCutchin, "We put in position to fail last year, but hey now we're going to help you be great for reals." 3. If the SC coaches can screw up a guy publicly for a year and THEN GET HIM TO PLAY FOR THEM AGAIN (!!!), it bodes really well for the SC staff's ability to get players to South Central.
  2. It seems like LSU is collecting "DBs that left Louisiana and did okay to well at other P5 schools." My primary question is whether we're going to have to see more Kelley dancing videos.
  3. If you look at Dart's options, none are perfect right now: BYU: sit behind 2021 starter OU: sit behind Gabriel MS: massive turnover on offense; coach who will leave at first chance SC: massive turnover for whole team, but possible competition transferred out/may not come, and coach will be there for his 2 yrs at least At this point, OU's a secondary player in the 2022 QB portal saga. Dart definitely thinks he deserves a chance to start next year so why compete with a guy who's got a relationship with the current OC? Dart's making a rational decision by waiting for Williams. 9.95's saying he's deciding soon seems like clickbait. Anyway, Trigg is more important for OU in 2022 at least. Sooners have at least one person to throw passes. They need people to catch passes.
  4. BYU's starting QB in 2021 is listed as a sophomore. Is that right? If so, he'll probably be sitting there too won't he? Dart to OU always seemed like a stretch. Trigg may actually be the more important immediate recruit for OU because of their lack of TE/HB. Either or both would be outstanding for the Sooners.
  5. OU's 9.95's have said that the Sooners needed to get Campbell back up to Norman to have a shot. Most likely, didn't sign (?why not, but who cares), but has told everyone he's going to UT.
  6. Jamar Cain is a good recruiter and probably a good coach. OU may have really messed up letting him go.
  7. I'm not sure that OU's really sweating him going to Nebraska. FSU played a guy with one leg ahead of Purdy. From Purdy's perspective, would you rather compete with another new QB, Casey Thompson, or with a QB who already has experience in the offense that the new OC runs?
  8. From OU's "Portal Weekend" 4 "locks" have been tweeted and 4 commits. More likely DB CJ Coldon (Wyoming): 2nd team MWC, FWIW DB Kani Walker (Louisville): Freshman in 2021; 1 tackle. ? recruited by Safeties coach Brandon Hall in high school DL Jeffery Johnson (Tulane) DB Trey Morrison (UNC): 4 yr starter at CB,S,NB at various points; tiny, 5-9; Venables may have known him some from the ACC (Clemson played UNC in 2019) QB Chubba Purdy (FSU): Didn't play at FSU, which had tremendous QB issues in 2020 and 2021. Brother made comically poor decisions in high leverage situations. OT Tyler Guyton (TCU): Freshman OT who can reverse dunk a basketball but may not be able to block other large humans Less likely TE Michael Trigg (USC): At Mississippi right now; mildly productive freshman yr; OU'll have playing time but he may follow Dart to Mississippi. LB Drew Sanders (Bama): Hogs DL Mekhi Wingo (Miz): Already said he's still going to visit SC; visited LSU too. OU still in it. QB Jaxson Dart (USC): At Mississippi right now; makes sense he'd go there Remaining needs WR: 3 (0 taken) OL: 1-2 (1 taken) TE: 1 (1 taken) QB: 1 (1 taken) DL: 1-2 (2 taken) DB: ? (3 taken)
  9. Yes. Everyone knows, and this is why a larger portion of the fanbase hates him. Venables agrees with you about the DL, and the Alamo Bowl made it clear. The old OU staff knew too. They had commitments from DT ranked 16th nationally (now A&M) and DE ranked 79th nationally (Michigan). They were in good position with an edge who is 22 (Georgia). In response, Venables has taken 2 portal DT and may take a third. He's signed one high school DT and will likely sign another plus 1-2 DE. Some amendments: The high school class will probably end up in the low 20 - 22. They've taken at least 6 portal players (at least one is undeclared). They may take 6 - 10 more. "Heavily slanted toward skill positions" fails to account for only 9 WR on campus, including 2 freshmen who'll likely suck like most Fr WR do, and only 4 RB on campus, 2 freshmen plus 2 guys who'll leave at the end of 2022. Unless McKinize is Micah Parsons (he isn't), he's likely an edge player. They have plenty of edge players and that position is likely devalued with Venables defense anyway (I was wondering about the fuss about McKenzie flipping to UT and Sanders to OU). The LB class is good, possibly really good longterm because they have 3 guys who project to what Venables really likes (Lewis, Kanak, Rowe). DL is going to be a complete make over from the lighter quicker guys Grinch wanted vs what Venables wants (massive quick guys--basically freaks that are day 1-2 draft picks who everyone wants). Venables and Bates think they can get them at OU.
  10. If Hunter Johnson is your backup QB, you should be running wildcat. He isn't a D1 QB. The more surprising thing is that Johnson's still Clemson's only portal add. They've had 7 leave since the season ended. They only have 5 defensive commits, all DBs. The Tiger's defense in 2022 will be stout, no doubt. There's too much talent already there. But Dabo's inflexibility with the portal plus staff turnover may end up costing them in 2023-2024.
  11. I'll be shorting Clemson hard. Their "big name" hire, DL coach to replace Bates, is another former Clemson player (he seeming did well in his one year at Auburn). Successful organizations strengthen themselves by bring in new ideas and critical voices. Nepotism at this level is a recipe for groupthink.
  12. I think we should separate safety/nickel and CB play. The safety and nickel personnel, coaching, and productivity were baffling and poor. Of all my qualms with Grinch, the performance of the unit he was directly responsible for was the greatest. Turner-Yell was serviceable, but Pat Fields, Justin Broiles, and Bookie were overmatched for their responsibilities. This was obvious at the time. Understanding that, Grinch had a few choices: change responsibilities, change personnel, or improve current personnel. We saw none of these changes. We saw the same unit go out there and make the same errors week after week, season after season. Maddening. Compared to that fiasco, CB position was relatively improved vs the Mike Stoops era (a very low bar). OU CB were middle of the pack for B12 team, meaning they weren't horrid like the S/NB, just underperfoming. CB coach Manning recruited relatively well making the persistent subpar performance of this group frustrating for a slightly different reason. McCutchin's an interesting case study. As I understand it, Bama commit, got hurt, and Bama drops him. OU gets him betting his athleticism will be preserved, and it is. I rewatched the OU-Nebraska game a couple of weeks ago. McCutchin is RIDICULOUSLY lost many times. How much is it on Manning for not getting him in the right position, not knowing McC is lost, and how much is it on McCutchin for running in circles? The great thing is that WE WILL LEARN. Manning is going to likely bring Domani Jackson (top 10 player nationally) and 2 other top 200 players at CB (Florence and Ross) this year to USC. It'll be interesting to watch their progress. The reason I'm surprised OU's taking portal DBs is that there are players who have looked okay in limited run who'd I'd like to see more of before tossing them aside. Eaton wasn't as lost as McCutchin (but got less playing time). I wonder if Bowman is going to play offense, but he was definitely better than Broiles at NB. Criddell, Washington, Dennis? We just don't know.
  13. From OU's "Portal Weekend" 4 "locks" have been tweeted out so I assume they've taken one more at least. There have been scatted high school visitors to so the remains "lock(s)" could be for a high school player. More likely DB CJ Coldon (Wyoming): 2nd team MWC, FWIW DB Kani Walker (Louisville): Freshman in 2021; 1 tackle. ? recruited by Safeties coach Brandon Hall in high school DL Jeffery Johnson (Tulane) DB Trey Morrison (UNC): 4 yr starter at CB,S,NB at various points; tiny, 5-9; Venables may have known him some from the ACC (Clemson played UNC in 2019) QB Chubba Purdy (FSU): Didn't play at FSU, which had tremendous QB issues in 2020 and 2021. Brother made comically poor decisions in high leverage situations. OT Tyler Guyton (TCU): Freshman OT who can reverse dunk a basketball but may not be able to block other large humans Less likely TE Michael Trigg (USC): At Mississippi right now; mildly productive freshman yr; OU'll have playing time but he may follow Dart to Mississippi. LB Drew Sanders (Bama): Hogs DL Mekhi Wingo (Miz): Already said he's still going to visit SC; visited LSU too. OU still in it. QB Jaxson Dart (USC): At Mississippi right now; makes sense he'd go there Remaining needs WR: 3 (0 taken) OL: 1-2 (1 taken) TE: 1 (1 taken) QB: 1 (1 taken) DL: 1-2 (2 taken) DB: ? (2 taken)
  14. OU portal needs WR: 3 DL: 1-2 OL: 1-2 TE: 1 QB: 1 DB: ? CJ Coldon (2017 high school recruit; 2022 class was in 8th grade )
  15. UT fans care more about what that dude says than I do. Sanders would have been great because you always want talent, but OU's got options at LB and edge. Of the 10 visitors this weekend, Sanders ranks about 5-7 in terms of who I'd take (Dart, Wingo, Trigg, Conerly before him; then maybe Sanders or Guyton or Morrison). UT needs him more so him going to Arkansas may be just fine. OU needs WR (at least 3!!), DL (1-2 more), OL (inside and OT, one each please), and another TE and QB. The coaches are bringing in DBs so I guess 1-2 of those too.
  16. Hopefully, Sanders will have a scoop-and-score to beat A&M and also get beat on a wheel route to lose to Mississippi State.
  17. JR Sandlin is now OU's "Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting." Lock = committment now, and the tweet above is from this PM. OU was known to have 10 transfer recruits in town this weekend and one high school recruit (Josh Conerly, top OT in the nation--probably going to Washington or Michigan). One, DL Jeffery Johnson (Tulane), has already said he's going to OU. Here are the visitors separated by likelihood that they've committed. More likely DB Trey Morrison (UNC): 4 yr starter at CB,S,NB at various points; tiny, 5-9; Venables may have known him some from the ACC (Clemson played UNC in 2019) DB CJ Coldon (Wyoming): 2nd team MWC, FWIW DB Kani Walker (Louisville): Freshman in 2021; 1 tackle. QB Chubba Purdy (FSU): Didn't play at FSU, which had tremendous QB issues in 2020 and 2021. Brother made comically poor decisions in high leverage situations. OT Tyler Guyton (TCU): Freshman OT who can reverse dunk a basketball but may not be able to block other large humans Less likely TE Michael Trigg (USC): At Mississippi right now; mildly productive freshman yr; OU'll have playing time but he may follow Dart to Mississippi. LB Drew Sanders (Bama): Likes Arkansas a lot apparently. DL Mekhi Wingo (Miz): Already said he's still going to visit SC; visited LSU too. OU still in it. QB Jaxson Dart (USC): At Mississippi right now; makes sense he'd go there. Unless OU's anticipating an exodus from their DBs or they don't like their current S/NB candidates, I don't understand this strategy. The glaring need from the portal is WR, and they've brought zero in so far.
  18. OU will definite miss him, but, he's still mostly potential (a lot of potential). The reason I'm (a little) surprised that he's going to SC is that he averaged less than 4 targets a game at OU, and now he's going to be going to the same OC - QB combo that orchestrated that. If Caleb Williams ends up NOT going to SC (unlikely), I wonder if he gets tired of the show and ends up at Miami (hometown, Cristobal, bags, good QB). Also, Mario Williams being downgraded after his freshman year performance show that 247 doesn't know how to rank transfers right now. Freshmen WR are usually quite useless (making Worthy even more special), and Mario Williams certainly lived up to his top 50 ranking in his first year.
  19. Arizona's quietly putting together the best overall class in the Pac12 this year (high school + transfer). SC will likely overtake them by the end of the cycle, but for a Wildcat team that went 1-11 with the only win vs at Covid-ravaged Cal team, this is amazing. Pac12 good isn't really good mind you (#20 nationally).
  20. It's been covered a bunch here but, briefly: OU's OL got worse after 2017 and definitely after 2018, roughly coinciding with OU trading Schimdt for Wiley (S&C) and a shift in recruiting from guys who, in high school, are lighter guys with better feet (Bobby Evans-2015 4-star) to massive guys (Brey Walker-2018 5 star). The assumption has been that there was a disconnect between what Bedenbaugh wanted in recruiting and what Riley wanted. One thing that's undeniable is that OU's OL has been just plain fat the last couple of years. There's a lot of TBD to learn if there's a "Schimdt effect" on both the strength and conditioning of OL or if Bedenbaugh's just lost his ability to motivate and organize a top OL or whether the counter scheme that the OU run offense is based on had been "figured out." Parts of all three may be true simultaneously.
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