By Adam Abramson
If the Sooners thought they were in trouble when Rhett Bomar was asked to skip
town before last season, just take a look at the quarterback depth chart this
year. Four passes were thrown by someone not named Paul Thompson last season
and every pass will be thrown by someone not named Paul Thompson this season.
Redshirt freshman Sam Bradford looks to be the guy with junior college transfer Joey Halzle as the backup. Bradford came out of high school with a lot of hype and committed to the Sooners right away. He's got prototypical quarterback size and he's not a statue back there with about 4.65-4.7 speed.
Where the Sooners have experience is at wide receiver: Malcolm Kelly and Juaquin
Iglesias were Oklahoma's leading grabbers last year. Allen Patrick, who carried
the load when Adrian Peterson was injured last season, will be the featured
back. Last year, Patrick was serviceable (and sometimes impressive), but
Oklahoma will need more production out of him with a new quarterback calling
the shots.
On defense, there's little to worry about. Last season, Oklahoma boasted a Top
20 unit and this year's squad has plenty of returning talent and experience.
Defense is going to keep this team in ball games and, if Bradford has any
shades of Texas’ Colt McCoy in him, he'll win them a lot of those ball games.
Player I would shred you with on NCAA Football 2008: Malcolm Kelly
80s theme song: "Waiting for a Girl Like You” – Foreigner
(1981) … I know it’s not exactly the “toughest” song in the world and I know
that Oklahoma’s quarterback of the future isn’t a “girl,” but one of the guys
on the depth chart is going to work and Oklahoma will return to the BCS (be it
2008 season…). Alright, it’s a stretch, I know.
Save the date: Oct. 6 vs. Texas in Dallas for the Red River Shootout
25. Boston College; 24. UCLA; 23. Hawaii; 22. Florida State; 21. Georgia
Comments (3)
ok this is laughable, im not gonna lie but having OU not in the top 8 is just retarted you should be ashamed. or Texas a&m #9 thats down right funny, i mean come on maybe top 20 but 9 give me a break, whos picking this some one without a brain? please find another job one that dosent involve thinking.either that or try brain surgery
This is a joke, right? I'm not an Oklahoma fan, but they're a top 10 team. Your blog is a joke and I'm glad you spammed it so I could VOTE AGAINST it. It's pathetic.
Please don't spam this crap on my board anymore. You're a joke.
A&M at 9? LOLOLOL!!!
First thing is first, do you even watch college football? OU at number 20!!!! Ur out of ur mind. And all of this stuff about not having a quarterback is a bunch of bologni! Last year we had a WIDE RECIEVER AT QUARTERBACK, and still only lost two games (3 if u count the wac-10 officials ripjob). Sam Bradford or Keith Nichol will do just fine at the quarterback position for OU. WE aren't Texas Tech, we only throw the ball 20 times a game, and most of the time they are simple 10 yard patterns. Look for Demarco Murray to put up just as good of numbers as AD did, and look for OU in a BCS Bowl Game. BOOOMER SOOOOONER!
O and by the way, Texas a&m will be lucky to finish in the top 25, let alone number 9.