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Still five wins in two years isn't stellar. And Iowa State was gonna give him an extension.
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Still five wins in two years isn't stellar. And Iowa State was gonna give him an extension.
Its a very sad day to be a Sooner fan today because our most explosive player DeMarco Murray is having surgery and will be out of the National Championship game. I guess this means our third stringer Moses Madu will have to step up and fill his spot. Madu is good but no where near as explosive. This is bigger than when Florida lost Percy Harvin.
I just wonder if maybe Oklahoma gets real desperate and unredshirt super RB prospect Jeramie Calhoun.
I just wonder if maybe Oklahoma gets real desperate and unredshirt super RB prospect Jeramie Calhoun.
watch that...Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey arent real threats in the passing game
Percy is the double threat there...
but yes i know....murray catches, runs, and returns kicks
so this is definitely arguable...but i think Percy is a bigger hit
About half of Oklahomas offense is from the pro-style formation and Murray is by far the better RB in that set. Now Oklahoma becomes more predictable for that Florida defense. Losing Murray changes the outlook of our offense.
...plus Murray has far better numbers than Harvin with over 2100 all-purpose yards.
i didnt say he wasnt
i said I thought percy was more important to his team
but i also left it up for debate
I personally think Percy is the all around better player. I mean come on, He is the most electrifying player in all of college football and that OU defense will get to meet Percy Jan. 8th. Big loss for Oklahoma. It will be interesting to see what Bob Stoops does at the running back position backing up Brown. Good news for our offense, Dan Mullen will be coaching and calling the plays. Bowl season is right around the corner and the most important one is Jan. 8th. Go Gators
huge loss for the sooners...im guessing knee sugery?
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Bowling For Dollars: News From Around The NCAA Football World
--As the Rose Bowl bound Penn Staters prepare for their struggle with the Trojans, Nittany U has announced that heptaoctogenarian head coach Joe Paterno will be getting a three-year extension to his already Smithsonian-bound contract. When asked by reporters what it's like being the head coach for so long of a successful college program, JoePa's nurse responded, "It's medication time!"
--The beguiled and bewildered San Diego State football program will be getting a much-needed enema now that new head coach Brady Hoke has been hired. Hoke, formerly the coach at bowlsters Ball State, promises "big changes" for the 2-10 Aztec program. AD Jeff Schemmel liked what he heard, adding: "Chuck Long was a great inspiration to us for the three years he coached here, and we will never forget those nine wonderful wins he gave us." Schemmel added: "But it was time to move this program to the next level." QB Ryan Lindley agreed and said, "Oh, thank you sweet Lord Jesus!!!!"
--OK RB DeMarco Murray will undergo hamstring surgery and therefore miss the Sooners title game with Florida. Coach Bob Stoops will miss his star runner, but added: "This is a versatile team. We still have Chris [Brown] and Moses[Madu]--not to mention a certain recent trophy winner..." When asked how Bradford will perform without both of his favorite hand-offs, Stoops responded: "I think Tim[Tebow] will do just fine."
--Finally, the controversial hiring of white coach Gene Chizik at Auburn over black candidate turner gill is having repercussions throughout the sports world, getting the attention of former NBA players and even Reverend Jackson. But white Auburn AD Jay Jacobs insisted the choice is not "racially motivated" and added: "I have the greatest respect for turner[gill] but we believe Gene Chizik is the best fit for us here at Auburn. I mean, what he did at Iowa State speaks for itself!" When asked what he brings to the table, Chizik said, "Not to humble that gill fellow, but I--Gene Chizik--plan to bring a new dimension to this program. A dimension of toughness, whiteness and winning." turner gill, who is black, was unavailable for comment.
--As the Rose Bowl bound Penn Staters prepare for their struggle with the Trojans, Nittany U has announced that heptaoctogenarian head coach Joe Paterno will be getting a three-year extension to his already Smithsonian-bound contract. When asked by reporters what it's like being the head coach for so long of a successful college program, JoePa's nurse responded, "It's medication time!"
--The beguiled and bewildered San Diego State football program will be getting a much-needed enema now that new head coach Brady Hoke has been hired. Hoke, formerly the coach at bowlsters Ball State, promises "big changes" for the 2-10 Aztec program. AD Jeff Schemmel liked what he heard, adding: "Chuck Long was a great inspiration to us for the three years he coached here, and we will never forget those nine wonderful wins he gave us." Schemmel added: "But it was time to move this program to the next level." QB Ryan Lindley agreed and said, "Oh, thank you sweet Lord Jesus!!!!"
--OK RB DeMarco Murray will undergo hamstring surgery and therefore miss the Sooners title game with Florida. Coach Bob Stoops will miss his star runner, but added: "This is a versatile team. We still have Chris [Brown] and Moses[Madu]--not to mention a certain recent trophy winner..." When asked how Bradford will perform without both of his favorite hand-offs, Stoops responded: "I think Tim[Tebow] will do just fine."
--Finally, the controversial hiring of white coach Gene Chizik at Auburn over black candidate turner gill is having repercussions throughout the sports world, getting the attention of former NBA players and even Reverend Jackson. But white Auburn AD Jay Jacobs insisted the choice is not "racially motivated" and added: "I have the greatest respect for turner[gill] but we believe Gene Chizik is the best fit for us here at Auburn. I mean, what he did at Iowa State speaks for itself!" When asked what he brings to the table, Chizik said, "Not to humble that gill fellow, but I--Gene Chizik--plan to bring a new dimension to this program. A dimension of toughness, whiteness and winning." turner gill, who is black, was unavailable for comment.
lol and look at the defenses he played all year.
Then take a look at the defenses Harvin played against all year. Then look at the numbers and tell me what was more impressive.
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Although I agree with you, Charles Woodson? ok
hes had a solid NFL career...not to the level of the other guys
but he wasnt a failure....maybe a little in oakland...but hey...randy moss and warren sapp have also failed in oakland
Barry Sanders, and maybe Tim Brown I agree with, but Eddie George was never that great and was very highly overrated even when he played. Look at some of his yards per carries for the years he played. Good, let alone great backs, don't average barely over 4 yards per carry. Charles Woodson was an ok corner but never lived up to what a Heisman winning defensive player should play like. It would be hard to say that he didn't underperform. Vinny has some above average years and stuck around for a long long time, but I don't ever remember him lighting it up like true elite quarterbacks do for any length of time and when it comes to the best QBs ever he isn't even remotely close to the top of the list. Bo Jackson got hurt so it's unfair to assume he would have just keep up his performance if he would have been able to play. Besides Barry Sanders I wouldn't even think of building a team around any of them.
I'm not trying to down play Percy Harvin at all. I live in Florida and I get to see UF every weekend and he must be the quickest player I've seen play college football and is just an all around great player.
...but I did check the stats and there not very good for a guy with "such importance". I will give u he played great against South Carolina and his best game was against Ole Miss(but lost that game). If he's not in the game, is UF really going to change the way they play offense? No!
DeMarco Murray does change the way OU plays offense and we have no one like him. We do have time to adjust for Madu so hopefully its not a factor. I just don't see how Percy is more important to UF than DeMarco is to OU. They're both great, but one means more to his team and thats DeMarco.
^^ What? Were do you get this bullshit from? Did you not watch that fucking Huge SEC Championship game? Did you not see how conservative the play calling was by Dan Mullen. Yea there was reason.. Number 1 was out. You obviously don't watch Florida football enough because if you did you would know that he is vital to our offensive schemes. Sure we still won the game against Bama but you could just tell by the play calling that we were just playing to edge by bama. Shows you alot about our Leaders really.
If Florida was playing conservative because of one guy, then maybe you're right, Percy is more important (Rainey was also injured and that might be a factor too).
All I am saying is that Murray is an important factor in our pro-style scheme ...without him, OU will mainly be in the spread, which could limit our offensive plays. He is also our best kick returner.
Oklahoma is never a conservative team so no matter whos out we'll alway be aggressive.
So i guess you're right, Harvin is more important.
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Whao my friend Murray is good but lets face it he is better in the spread Brown is better in the Pro or I formation Murray can play the X and Y spots and also the pro but Brown is better in the Pro Style scheme,but OU mainly plays the spread with a no-huddle.
Bradford has proven that without a run game he can still be effective. The only problem is that we lost that game 45-35 against Texas.
Chris Brown is good, but he's not explosive, fast, or as powerful as Murray is ...but he does have good vision and is very shifty. He doesnt bring the breakaway ability like Murray and thats what I worry about because that Florida defense is fast.
Madu is good, he's safe, he's a downhill runner, and fast, but doesnt bring the big plays.
Chris Brown is good, but he's not explosive, fast, or as powerful as Murray is ...but he does have good vision and is very shifty. He doesnt bring the breakaway ability like Murray and thats what I worry about because that Florida defense is fast.
Madu is good, he's safe, he's a downhill runner, and fast, but doesnt bring the big plays.
pretty much after that super bowl appearance everyone failed in oakland
I strongly disagree! Murray was way more effective running from pro-style and often struggled running without a running start. Brown was always the better runner from the spread because of his vision, thats what made them the perfect combo.
The problem of losing Murray is that u never knew what set OU would be in next because of his versatility.
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