Per twitter he is going to Syracuse.I wish him well and thanks for the record run against Baylor.We needed it.
Abdul Adams to Syracuse
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So all that's left is Anderson, Sermon, Sutton, Brooks, Pledger and Thomas.....with Spiller coming in 2019 and McClellan in 2020.
Somehow, OU should be just fine.
Somehow, OU should be just fine.
Abdul Adams was quick to the hole, great speed but he had problems with his hands catching the football which kept him on the bench.
We avoided a disaster when he dropped a pass from Baker near our goal line &.an OSU player scooped it up and ran it in but it was ruled an incomplete pass rather than a lateral.
Abduls 99 yard TD run from scrimmage will be remembered forever.
Good luck and much success to him.
Amen to that...it was by far and away the failed mission when we went to that pathetic formation.
Or King-Sims-Overstreet.......or Crosswhite-Pruitt-Wylie.
Unfortunately, the wishbone is history along with the single wing.
OU's wishbone era came to an end following the three Miami losses in 1985, 1986 and in the 1988 Orange Bowl.
I believe the mistake was making Flowers take the snap. Let your best blocker block. Sermon or Anderson should have been receiving the snap. Or Smallwood. Or Baker. Or Hollywood.
Best of luck to Abdul at Syracuse. Thanks for choosing to be a Sooner and for that record-breaking run vs. Baylor, along with all of his other contributions to the team. Good luck and beat Clemson, FSU and Miami!
I'd give (2) four star RBs for (1) five star LB.
We can somehow get RBs all day long but linebackers...
not so much.
So far, the recruiting class of 2018 has three LB's, which is close to OU's average since 2002 of 2.43 linebackers per haul....in other words 2-3 LB's a year.
But looking at all the classes from the past 17 years, at least half the linebackers never become solid contributors and the most of the ones that have played have not been elite performers.....good, but not championship caliber.
In 2008, OU recruited 4 LB's, the best of the 4 being Mike Balogan who was at best very average. In 2009, 4 more LB's arrived and only Ronnell Lewis (LB/DE) made any impact.
2015's class had 2 linebackers....Arthur McGinnis and Ricky DeBerry. Ouch !
So while OU definitely needs to build up its depth at the position, the 2018 linebacking class looks like it could add some immediate help this season with Bonitto, Asamoah and White. One more would sure be nice !
But looking at all the classes from the past 17 years, at least half the linebackers never become solid contributors and the most of the ones that have played have not been elite performers.....good, but not championship caliber.
In 2008, OU recruited 4 LB's, the best of the 4 being Mike Balogan who was at best very average. In 2009, 4 more LB's arrived and only Ronnell Lewis (LB/DE) made any impact.
2015's class had 2 linebackers....Arthur McGinnis and Ricky DeBerry. Ouch !
So while OU definitely needs to build up its depth at the position, the 2018 linebacking class looks like it could add some immediate help this season with Bonitto, Asamoah and White. One more would sure be nice !
I'm not sure that OU having "undersized" defensive linemen and/or linebackers is as much of a problem as poor coaching (playing out of position, poor tackling, poor reads, etc).
I was referencing to the poor coaching.... a defensive coach that says we're running a 4-3 defense by putting 3 DLs up and calling the pass-rushing LB his 4th DL. Nobody is fooled. We all know it's a 3-4 defense with a pass-rushing linebacker.
