Any thoughts on which former OU players would make a great OU position coach on the sidelines? I'm thinking Gerald McCoy would be a stellar DL line coach. Guy can probably recruit his a$$ off too. Thoughts?

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Was thinking about how national Ohio State has been recruiting, and got me thinking about how de-prioritized California has become under Lincoln. We’ve missed a Golden opportunity while USC has been down to put a direct line of Cali kids to make up for the lack of in state talent for OU.

Here is the entire list of California kids we have signed since Lincoln has been HBC:
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That’s it. I was shocked to see we are only averaging 1.5 kid per class the last 4 years, with a complete blank in 2021.

OU is the first school you reach when you travel from the west coast that has a rabid fan base and a gameday atmosphere that completely changes the entire city. SEC schools, the biggest big 10 schools, and OU are the primary examples of this. No one in California does this and it’s one of the main things that draws California recruits to the region. We used to sell this and get some great players, but it appears we will just keep fighting uphill and watch several players in this region join the mighty SEC while we say “aw shucks” and passive aggressively subtweet recruits.

(Edit- added TJ and BRH for sake of convo)

Still a good coach. Building a winning program at Houston.

Odd having a game on Amazon Prime Video....but here we are...

The alternate audio is an interesting concept. I hoped the 'Scout take' would be similar to watching the Coach's Room during the CFP games in regards to how a coach/scout sees how things unfolding during a play.

Associated Press All-Big 12

All-Big 12 first team:

Spencer Rattler
Creed Humphrey,
Gabe Brkic
Isaiah Thomas

Second team:

Adrian Ealy
Austin Stogner
Marvin Mims
Nik Bonitto
Tre Brown

Co-Newcomer of the Year: Spencer Rattler

Just for a fun Christmas Eve vent, who do you blame?

I believe you promised some tasty intel if this thing went south

@Grimlock72

UPDATE: 12:38p - I know that the popular opinion at the moment is that this race is over and because myself and a few others are now picking Alabama, that the race is run. But I'm going to try and find as many ways as I can to reiterate that no one knows where this thing is going to.

According to one source, maybe even Wheaton himself.

I was speaking to the source about when the announcement might happen and got a very poignant answer from someone who should know EVERYTHING that is going on.

"He hasn't said what time he'll announce," the source offered. "And I think that's because he doesn't know where he wants to go."

Right now, this whole thing, even the decision itself happening, feels up in the air.

ORIGINAL: Alright, so I've had a bunch of calls today and it's been an interesting morning, the one thing everyone is sure of in regard to Camar Wheaton? "I'm not sure what he's going to do".

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Now what I will say I've gathered is that while Wheaton had been in on again and off again contact with Oklahoma over the past months, in the last week or so, there's been zero contact.

In that time he has spoken, albeit briefly, with Alabama twice.

Now, I'm told no one at Alabama has been told what he'll do and there's no real indication of anything but going off what (extremely little) tangible info there is out there, I'm going to flip my prediction to Alabama for Wheaton.

It's so little info I hate to even make a move but it's staggering that at this point in time there's no real information to connect, it's just loose strands.

What I do find interesting? For all of the Tristan Leigh recruiting that I see Oklahoma's 2021 class doing on social media, they sure don't seem to be working too much toward Wheaton.

Perhaps that's a tell, but regardless, it's an oddity from Caleb Williams and co.

For sale if in anyone in the metro is looking

1. OU coaches in general cannot close when it matters most (December-February)
2. Lincoln will never win a natty at OU. Doesn’t have the killer instinct in recruiting or games.

Not usually a negative person but the last two months have been pathetic from the coaches.

*So we're finally here, the day of Camar Wheaton's expected announcement.

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And with that I was making calls yesterday to try and check on just where the situation is.

What I can say is that it DOES NOT sound like Camar Wheaton signed with anyone last week.

I can say he did not sign with Oklahoma, I'm told he did not sign with Alabama, and the dark horse I've been watching for a while, SMU, doesn't think he'll choose them - whenever he may choose.

Now did he perhaps sign with someone completely out of the blue? Maybe, but it's sure hard to believe a surprise like that from one of the nation's elite talents would be able to kept quiet for a week now.

Which leads me into the next possibility, the chatter that he may not even commit today. If he didn't sign, Wheaton isn't bound to much of anything even with a commitment and there is some chatter that he may decide to delay his announcement.

So Wheaton remains a bit of a mystery but those trying to convince themselves Oklahoma is out, or he has already signed with Alabama, take a breath. Similarly even if he picks Oklahoma today, I'd prepare myself for more rumors and chaos in the month and a half to come.

All this said, I'm still picking Oklahoma - basically because I've heard nothing that would change my mind.

**On Monday Rivals100 defensive lineman Tyson Ford announced that he was focusing on a Final 4...

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Interestingly Georgia, who'd offered him just four days earlier, made the cut. Often that is an indication of the group being a bit closer to a final decision and, as you all know, Ford has already set his announcement date for less than a month from now - Jan. 18.

I'd actually heard that Notre Dame was trying to make a run at Ford and checked around with a few sources earlier this week and it sounds like Oklahoma remains confident in their pursuit of him.

His, and his mother's, relationship with Calvin Thibodeaux has been a large part of this recruitment to date and Ford himself speaks glowingly of Oklahoma and the chance to go see the program.

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Again, if you can put him together with just about any collection of Gabe Dindy, Bear Alexander, and Omari Abor then you are really onto something.

***It's always fun to look to the future and in this case I'm asking you to look wayyyyy out in the future but it seems that the state of Oklahoma could be ready to produce its next great defensive lineman. And he may very well come in the form of Del City, Okla. 2024 (yes, you read that right) defensive tackle David Stone.

The 6-foot-5, 260-pound prospect was a kid I had a chance to see in person back during my summer tour and at the time the staff at Del City told me 'if he gets aimed in the right direction, he can be special' and it sounds like as the year went on he turned that light on for the Eagles.

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He's got excellent length, a nice first step, and while it looks a bit awkward at times, try and remember you're watching a freshman. As one Del City source told me, one who has been around elite prospects in his time, 'he's a 100 guy in the future'. Add in that Jaedon Foreman is a strong contender for sophomore of the year and Del City's future and Oklahoma's could be intertwined.

I'll be going over more and more tape over the next few weeks as I work toward my first 2022 rankings as well as getting watch lists together for 2023 and 2024.

I don’t know what it means, but:

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Nothing from Camar huh? Huh

Been a member here since the early 2000s. In that time I’ve made very few serious posts. However, this one is as serious as they come.

I was sitting home watching the OU/OSU game in my recliner. At halftime, and out of nowhere, my body began to feel like someone was taking a baseball bat to every muscle and joint I had. Then I became so fatigue I could barely get out of the chair. I knew immediately that it was Covid.

Woke up the next day feeling even worse. Went to a parking garage at OU to get tested. Tested positive. From that point on I got worse and worse each day.

Ran a 102 temp for nearly 3 consecutive days. 100-101 the other days. Fatigue. Body aches. Fever. Diarrhea. Chest pain. Wheezing. Vomiting. Deep painful coughing. All of it.

All of the “ah, you just lose you sense of smell” and “it’s no big deal, you just feel a little hungover” bullshit I have been hearing was a total lie. This has been a living fvcking nightmare.

On Thanksgiving day I ran a 103 temp all day long. I made funeral plans with my wife. I don’t even remember doing this, but it happened. My poor wife. She’s the only thing that has gotten me through this.

I haven’t seen my kids since Sunday 11/22. I miss them so much. I’m stuck upstairs alone with the cold shakes and stomach pains that feel like shards of glass are tearing me apart from the inside. It is ungodly how bad this is.

Listen, I’m only telling you my story in hopes that at least one of you assholes will read it and pay attention. I didn’t give this thing the respect it deserved and it got me. I let my guard down one fvcking time and this is the outcome. This is on me. I’m an idiot.

Please don’t be stupid like I was. Stay home. Wear a mask and social distance when you have to leave your house. Take it from me, a 38 year old healthy man with zero underlying conditions. If you get the strain I got, you will feel a fear you’ve never felt before. You will pray to God more than you’ve ever prayed before. It will change you.

I’m still alive. I’m still fighting. Please listen to what I’ve said here and be smart. Especially right now. This shit is everywhere and it does not discriminate. I hope you all stay safe and healthy and live your lives to the fullest. Love you guys. Even the douchebags on here... love you guys too.

If we lose grinch who's next for DC? look at Brian Odom?

He's proven year in and year out that he's no flash in the pan. No HC gets more out of his players than he does. I love the fact that Meeeechigan and UTerus think they are too good for him. Thank God on our behalf the whorns leadership is flat-out inept.

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UPDATE: 3:08p - As I've said in a few places on the board I'm not expecting any other fireworks today but I did want to weigh in a bit on the three remaining guys that Oklahoma still involved with.

First, I'm more confident than ever in my report from earlier this week that Bryce Foster and Texas A&M is the most likely outcome.

With Tristan Leigh I think everyone (from multiple schools) were surprised that he elected to hold off but from what I can tell Florida is the only one that thought it was good news. Both LSU and OU were confident and I still think OU was going to be the winner.

This is a bad break but I do feel OU leads, we'll see if OU maintains that spot.

With Camar Wheaton everyone is still waiting but I'm told he hit up Alabama out of nowhere last night. One of my sources sure sounded like the Tide didn't know what to make of it. "It was like he just wanted Alabama's last pitch or something".

I still think OU is the clear choice and I wonder if Wheaton is doing what I mentioned in yesterday's pod...making it seem interesting.

ORIGINAL: I really like what I'm hearing on Savion Byrd... Let's see.

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