USA Today : Sooners' Bradford turns into an emerging force

[aurorasooner]

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[fadada1]

with the face he's making, you'd like he just tossed back a 30 pound turkey and not an 8 ounce ball.

[Landthief 1972]

I make that face when I toss a "football" into the porcelain breadbasket. Hook em

[Crimson Kid]

Love sam to death, but every pic i have of him, he has got the goofiest looks on his face lol.

[KRYPTON]

There's a UT player right behind him, I wonder what he's doing to Sam.

NO. I don't. Never mind.

[Boomer.....]

Article (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/2007-10-08-oklahoma_N.htm)

[OUmillenium]

Wow, that Longhorn Colt Brennan was something special last year.

C'mon "Texas' Colt Brennan?"

[Boomer.....]

I saw that too.

[Widescreen]

I think it's funny how the Indian tribes are making a big deal about Sam's Cherokee heritage when he's only 1/16 Cherokee. I'll bet some of them are unhappy when Sam says he marks "White or caucasian" as his race. Nevermind that he's 15/16 non-Cherokee. I have more Irish blood in me than Sam has indian blood but the next time I'm a superstar QB, I'm going to tell the Irish American Council to stick it.

;)

[boomersooner28]

Is that the best picture USA Today could get? Geez.

[SoonerBOI]

very good article.

[KRYPTON]

I think it's funny how the Indian tribes are making a big deal about Sam's Cherokee heritage when he's only 1/16 Cherokee.
;)


it's ok though... Sam kicks so much a** that just 1/16th of his a**-kicking is equivalent to one normal person's entire a**-kicking.

[Leroy Lizard]

I want the name Sonny Sixkiller.

[Leroy Lizard]

"To have this team led by a quarterback who's a Cherokee is the stuff dreams are made of."

I shoot a little higher in my dreams.

[Partial Qualifier]

Yeah and it doesn't sound like Sam is real willing to be the Cherokee Nation poster boy. Sounds like the Cherokee Nation dude needs to back off the Bradford pimpin'

:cool:

[soonermeteor]

Love sam to death, but every pic i have of him, he has got the goofiest looks on his face lol.


There's the one with him turning his head around and displaying a huge smile that got paraded around the news for a few weeks. I think its still out there to. :O

[OU-HSV]

good read, thanks for posting

[CORNholio]

I think it's funny how the Indian tribes are making a big deal about Sam's Cherokee heritage when he's only 1/16 Cherokee. I'll bet some of them are unhappy when Sam says he marks "White or caucasian" as his race. Nevermind that he's 15/16 non-Cherokee. I have more Irish blood in me than Sam has indian blood but the next time I'm a superstar QB, I'm going to tell the Irish American Council to stick it.

;)

Seriously, can you really be called an indian if you are a majority non-indian. Is the indian blood like a dominant gene or something overpowering the vast majority of europian blood it accompanies. Nobody really cares about race including me but why would the Cherokees lay claim to a man who is over 90% white. I don't get it....

[SoonerDood]

Seriously, can you really be called an indian if you are a majority non-indian. Is the indian blood like a dominant gene or something overpowering the vast majority of europian blood it accompanies. Nobody really cares about race including me but why would the Cherokees lay claim to a man who is over 90% white. I don't get it....
I'm only 1/16, and I can check that "Native American" box.

[goingoneight]

"At night before the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks the closet for Sam Bradford."

[goingoneight]

I shoot a little higher in my dreams.

We already know what you shoot in your dreams. :P

[A Sooner in Texas]

Love sam to death, but every pic i have of him, he has got the goofiest looks on his face lol.


He can twirl his head on his neck and hurl pea soup as long as he keeps doing what he's doing. :)

[aurorasooner]

There is some delicacy in glorifying the connection. Bradford's father is one-eighth Native American descent; his great-grandmother, Susie Walkingstick, was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. Bradford, whose mother, Martha, is white, is one-sixteenth. But until OU began publicizing his lineage, it wasn't a story line in his life. I don't know how they figure it, but I don't think if your father is 1/8 and you mother is 0 Indian, then you're 1/16th. I thought it would be 1/2 of the 1/8th as well, but I don't think that's the case, but not sure. One thing's for sure, If Sam starts 4 years at OU, and especially if he ever brings home a N/C or wins the Heisman, that 1/16th (or whatever it officially is) will magically turn in to about 1/4 by the press and he'll have a casino named after him.

[SoonerDood]

half of 0 is 0.
half of 1/8 is 1/16.
1/16+0 = 1/16.
Fractions man! See! You DO use them after high school!

[StoopTroup]

Sam has been doing some secret training that Josh came up with...

http://www.lightalongthejourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/training.jpg

[soonergirlNeugene]

I think it's funny how the Indian tribes are making a big deal about Sam's Cherokee heritage when he's only 1/16 Cherokee. I'll bet some of them are unhappy when Sam says he marks "White or caucasian" as his race. Nevermind that he's 15/16 non-Cherokee. I have more Irish blood in me than Sam has indian blood but the next time I'm a superstar QB, I'm going to tell the Irish American Council to stick it.


I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to call this kind of thinking out. It's chiefly the Department of the Interior that believes blood quantum to be the true measure of what makes a person Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, etc. If you're really Cherokee, thats what you identify with. You care about the tribe, are proud of its heritage, and support it however you can. The number on your card does not your identity make.

When you tell somebody that you're an Oklahoman, does anyone ask you how much Oklahoman you are? Should people complain that you aren't really a Sooner fan if your great uncle grew up cheering for Nebraska? Of course not, it's silly. You're a Sooner if you care about this team, this school, and the rest of the Sooner Nation. It doesn't matter if you're a new fan, an old fan, or who the rest of your family cheers for. If you follow the games, cheer on the team, contribute to the community, and bleed crimson, I'm proud to cheer alongside you as a fellow Sooner.

/rant off.

[SoonerGrant]

I think anyone born in Oklahoma has a little Cherokee in them. Not a big deal. But if they want to glorify that, its not my concern.

[soonergirlNeugene]

It's not about "glorifying" anything. It's just like people being proud to see Sooner players doing well in the NFL. Whether you're supporting your team or your tribe, it's the same sort of thing.

[Leroy Lizard]

I think anyone born in Oklahoma has a little Cherokee in them.

How do you figure? I was born in Oklahoma and I don't have an ounce of Indian blood in me.

[Widescreen]

I think anyone born in Oklahoma has a little Cherokee in them.
There's a joke in there somewhere. :P

BTW, I was born in OK and have 0% indian blood. That's a huge generalization.

[Curly Bill]

So...golf is a nice calming sport? I really have to try and remember that!

[Miko]

I remember a story about the american bar assoc. polling its members about their ethnicity and something like 80% checked the native American box. They changed it to American Indian and the numbers dropped.

[aurorasooner]

BTW, I was born in OK and have 0% indian blood. That's a huge generalization. Another problem is that a lot of Oklahoman's probably do have some Indian heritage, but can't find the records of great-great grandmothers/grandfathers who were listed initially on the rolls of the 5 civilized tribes, due to the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression which led to the loss of family historical records as well as their lesser known relatives (great-aunts/uncles) scattering everywhere (mostly to California). I've heard of talk of counterfeiting of Indian registration cards for Oklahomans (& western Arkies) with non-Indian blood for the benefits, but don't really know the validity of it.
So...golf is a nice calming sport? I really have to try and remember that! Well, golf is a calm sport if you can go out at shoot a 63 just screwing around. I wonder if Hybl has any Georgia Indian blood? Those 2 could sponsor a pretty good Sooner charity golf tourney except they'd probably have trouble keeping Trabor out.

[soonergirlNeugene]

That sort of thing happened a lot. Then there were also the very traditional groups who mistrusted the government and wouldn't sign anything. In those cases, the DOI actually sent people out into the areas where they were hiding and if the people there still wouldn't sign anything, they would make up names, blood quantum percentage, and guess at tribal affiliation for all the people there out of thin air.

[goingoneight]

I think it's funny how the Indian tribes are making a big deal about Sam's Cherokee heritage when he's only 1/16 Cherokee. I'll bet some of them are unhappy when Sam says he marks "White or caucasian" as his race. Nevermind that he's 15/16 non-Cherokee. I have more Irish blood in me than Sam has indian blood but the next time I'm a superstar QB, I'm going to tell the Irish American Council to stick it.

;)

The "Irish" could use you right about now.

[goingoneight]

How do you figure? I was born in Oklahoma and I don't have an ounce of Indian blood in me.

Me either, I'm Caucasianese.

[Crucifax Autumn]

soonergirl rocks! I'm only about half Cherokee, but I do identify more with that side of my heritage.


Blatantly racist/sarcastic part follows, so be warned:



Problem is the rest is Irish and German so I either have to make a tough choice or drink boilermakers all the time! Fortunately for me, whether it's whiskey or beer, that little bit of italian filling in the blank spots in the genes makes me a fantastic lover...or a jackass. Not sure which.

Wow...I probably managed to make every person alive ****ed right now, but I enjoy playiung with dumbass stereotypes. Sam's a human...he's an Okie...He's part Cherokee...and he's probably as proud of that as he is the rest of his blood.

Most importantly though, he's OU's QB for the next few years and he's gonna have the massive talent of DeMarco Murray and the rest of the younger supporting cast winning us a lot of trophies in the future.

[Hella Sideburns]

I live in Tahlequah, and while I'm not indian, I have a bunch of friends here that are.

Most of them didn't know until recently that he was Cherokee, but now that they do, you can tell it's a great source of pride to them.

I think that promoting whatever there is of his Cherokee heritage can only accomplish good.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I'd have to agree with that. And seriously, we always get to hear about great Hawaiian players and they always wear it with pride, so why not?

[blackbeauty02]

All I know is come scholarship time my 1/64 choctaw gets me some money so I'm all for the injuns claiming every little bit they can.

In all honesty though, there are very, very few full-blood indians around anymore. I knew a few down in some po-dunk towns like Nashoba, Oklahoma where my grandma lived but if they don't press as hard as they can for every bit then they aren't ending up with very much.

And I can't really argue with an organization that gives out scholarships and free health care...although the million and one casinos everywhere are a bit much.

[Blue]

How do you figure? I was born in Oklahoma and I don't have an ounce of Indian blood in me.

I know I do b/c I'm shiiitfaced right now!!!!and that's what injuns do!

[Blue]

It's the 1/64th talkin...