NFL bouncers
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Kids are graduating easily in 3 years these days. They've watered down everything and provide so much educational support to athletes that 3 years is becoming the norm.
Good riddance? WTF, dude has been solid for us. I'm glad he came to OU. I'm glad we never heard one ounce of hesitation from him like we had from so many others after Lincoln left. I'm happy he should have a successful career and represent us well. I was at the game. Blame the missed extra point on fans who bestow bad luck on the team like me.
Hey Sham you just improved your record & defied the jinx !!
I've really enjoyed BrrrKick! What a leg! Finalist for the Lou Groza. I'm a homer but he looks like the best kicker to me. He's predicted to be a undrafted Free Agent but I just can't imagine him not making a team. Fun guy to watch. We've been real lucky when it come to players with personality. Boomer Sooner!
I liked the punting-place kicking combination of Nick Hodgson and Austin Siebert of 6-7 years ago.
Hodgson's kickoffs were always unreturnable and Siebert was superb with punting, field goals and extra points.
Hodgson's kickoffs were always unreturnable and Siebert was superb with punting, field goals and extra points.
Do you try to come across this stupid, or do you come by it naturally?
The term "student athlete" seems to becoming obsolete these days.
And saying players should stay in school and get a degree is admirable, but now it is an outdated concept. Everything to do with sports is an urgent money-grab, pro or college.
CFB is too much regarded as an audition for playing on Sundays and not earning a degree from a university.
The NFL, which lacks any sense of morality or common sense will continue to rape CFB with early player exits....as its product gets less and less fun to watch.
Dumn. Brkic was near automatic with a few hiccups in 3 years. Fingers crossed we don't miss him next year.
I don't believe that to be true for the majority of athletes. The OP mentioned 3 players - two of those have already graduated and the 3rd is a kicker majoring in mechanical engineering.... that's not the path one chooses if he is just there to play sports. My response was to a poster who made a stupid, lazy, ill-informed comment to the OP.
By the way, Pat Fields just accepted a full academic scholarship to do his graduate degree at Stanford.
I did not say the majority of players are in CFB auditioning for the NFL. Just too many.
And that’s a great story of Pat Fields.
Tyrese Robinson too...he was pretty up and down. But started getting act together at the end. Hayes the bigger loss today.
I understand Sham. I'm also glad that he came to OU. That was the only extra point he missed of the season. Last year, he didn't miss any extra point's. His redshirt freshman year, he was perfect. Dude is going to have a great future! So, bring on the next kid and hopefully he will be another great kicker for OU. Anyways, I'm not mad about it.😊
Apparently Turner-Yell is bouncing too. Are most of these juniors just so money hungry they'll take whatever money they can get from the draft? None of these guys are going to be high draft picks imo
Yes not much true gains except quick signing money and then poof. You wish them well but on a shaky loser Grinch defense they lose any upside.
Most of these guys are seniors. They're just announcing they are declaring because they have the option to get an extra year due to covid. I'll check but I think only Brooks, Brkic and Asamoah were technically juniors.
Yeah that's was I was meaning also, I should have said they either have true time left or covid time left. Heck if I was Asamoah, Turner Yell and even the other defense guys leaving I would have thought real hard about another year to get technically sound under Venables and have a chance to raise their draft status. Then again, I am sure every position will be up for grabs starting in January so nothing is guaranteed if they come back.
Asamoah makes no sense. He's not big enough. Bonito was another RS junior but he's got some edge rush potential but still he doesn't fit the mold.
All respect to Fields and DTY but we've got better talent on campus.
Maybe they have been reading all the stuff about how hard Schimtty trains them and want no part of it.
Jamal Morris bounced but he barely made the field...so....best wishes to him.
Stoops made a good point about the opt-outs for the draft. He said this will be the deepest draft ever. I think most of our guys who could stay another year would benefit from Schmitty and new schemes, but life expectancy in the nfl is probably age bias too so they may have that as a motivating factor.
Wish them the best though.
Veritas 59, do you try to come across as a dick or do you come by it naturally? My guess is that you come by it naturally. You may be an Oklahoma fan but your comment is way out of line. Something must have happened to make you a dick. Wife leave you? Dad/Mom mean to you as a child? You all alone now? You keep being a dick to people and you will find yourself alone forever.
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Pat Fields is a heady guy. My guess is that he understands the mountain he has to climb to get into the NFL, so he's playing his cards for a potential graduate degree and getting his bearings ahead of time at Stanford.
Several of the kids leaving early "for the money" are going to be sorely disappointed when the go undrafted or go in later rounds where there is no guaranteed money. Almost all of these guys could benefit from another year especially under the guidance of BV and the new Defensive Coaches coming in along with Schmitty. Good luck to them and I hope it works out for them.
Add Michael Woods to list of players moving on to NFL. He is very talented so he deserves a shot. One of our best transfers in many years in my opinion. Best wishes to him.
