Nichol getting all the reps

[msteudem]

I heard that Nichol got all of the 1st team reps in practice yesterday. Has anyone seen or heard anything to confirm this?

[Breadburner]

I would imagine they would alternate....I don't think Nichol getting the reps yesterday means anymore than Halzle getting them today.....

[NormanPride]

A report on Insiders stated that Halzle was getting most of them, but they were thinking about using Nichol in a few packages.

[fadada1]

i heard they were bringing back fuentes for the game - really screw with the poke's heads.

[Widescreen]

Surely there's a receiver we can move to play QB. We won a championship last season doing it.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Manny was a QB in high school!

[Frozen Sooner]

Nichol is working second team right now. I think you may have misheard someone.

[OKC-SLC]

Eric Moore was seen on campus.

[colleyvillesooner]

Surely there's a receiver we can move to play QB. We won a championship last season doing it.

:mad:

[jrboomersooner]

I heard Duke Robinson is running the 'bone. He's proven that he can make plays.

[Rhino]

Bob said in his press conference today that Joey was getting the bulk of them and Keith was getting some also.

Sam is doing some light stuff until they know if he can go or not.

[Pigface1]

Jon Cooper will be snapping to himself in the Single Cat Rooskie.

[OUGuf]

After the way Halze started to come out at the end of the game, I'm hoping with lots of reps this week he can come in strong against Osu.
If we could put together a whole game like we played the last 8 minutes of the TT game I think we are in good shape.

[Seamus]

Bring back Knob Remar! :eek:

[soonerlaw]

Can't have a qb thread without Patrick Fletcher.

[soonersn20xx]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.

[Rhino]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one. How good are you at NCAA Football '08?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.


Well obviously if the coaches opinions are different than yours, they are wrong:rolleyes:

[85sooners]

i want ???????????????? hell i dont know.......

[Civicus_Sooner]

I want a win. "In Bob we trust."

[soonernation]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.

So you go to every practice and see how they perform. I'm sure glad your here to give us your expert analysis.

:rolleyes:

[Civicus_Sooner]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.
:rolleyes:

[soonerdave79]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.
:rolleyes:

[Landthief 1972]

How good are you at NCAA Football '08?

POST OF THE DAY. LOL!

[freshchris05]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.


:rolleyes:





:pop:

[soonerdave79]

How good are you at NCAA Football '08?
Nichol would probably go for 1000 yards in his first game.

[bmjlr]

Didn't D. Murray take some snaps against TAM??? Wait, he is out too! Blast!!!!

[batonrougesooner]

Brandon Daniels will be running the wishbone.

[Widescreen]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.
You sound just like my 11-year-old daughter. Congrats!

[msteudem]

Bob said in his press conference today that Joey was getting the bulk of them and Keith was getting some also.

Sam is doing some light stuff until they know if he can go or not.


I got to listen to the press conference as well. Bob said that he would make an announcement in 2-3 days regarding if Bradford will be able to play. I pray that there are no lasting effects on Bradford that will keep him out.

[Widescreen]

I think we can win without Murray or even English. I'm very concerned if we don't have Bradford back. It's not worth it if he's still ailing but I sure hope he's well by then.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

After the way Halze started to come out at the end of the game, I'm hoping with lots of reps this week he can come in strong against Osu.
If we could put together a whole game like we played the last 8 minutes of the TT game I think we are in good shape.I gotter believe the sandaggy was in full Preevent mode, then.

[jccouger]

You sound just like my 11-year-old daughter. Congrats!

Shouldn't your daughter know more important stuff then who is OU's third string quarterback? You know, like Barbie and ponys and such...

;)

[TMcGee86]

In Crawford I trust.


He will pull us through this, just you wait and see.

[Curly Bill]

Any chance that Landry Jones could be ready for this one? I don't know if his HS season is over yet or not, but if it is I say get him in here. ;)

[usmc-sooner]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.

I want Tom Brady

[Civicus_Sooner]

I want Steve Young

[usmc-sooner]

I want Steve Young

well if the coaches weren't wrong, you could have him. Stupid coaches.

[rainiersooner]

Put Heuple in for Bradford and Stoops in for English. Unstoppable!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I heard Chip Ambres is finally making the appearance John Blake promised 10 years ago

[soonersn20xx]

I am glad I was able to bring such entertainment to the koolaid drinking sunshine boys club..........aka "the green people".

[Dan Thompson]

Wasn't Joe John Finely a QB in high school.

3 TEs on the left, JJF off the line. QB laterals to JJF who throws across field to MK down the right side line.

[toast]

I say we use a five quarterback rotation since it worked so well against osu before.

[TXBOOMER]

I heard we were gonna go back three years and recruit Chase Daniel instead of Rhett Bomar.

[soonernation]

I am glad I was able to bring such entertainment to the koolaid drinking sunshine boys club..........aka "the green people".

The people who think they know more about football than the coaches do are usually the ones who never played a down outside of Pop Warner. Do geniuses like you really believe you know more about the game than one of the best college football coaches in the country? Do you think Stoops all the sudden became stupid?

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

I am glad I was able to bring such entertainment to the koolaid drinking sunshine boys club..........aka the people that I dance for at the Blue Oyster Bar.

Fixed

[stoopified]

Surely there's a receiver we can move to play QB. We won a championship last season doing it.Exactly.Manny Johnson played QB in HS so he is the OBVIOUS choice. :) I thought I better put the smiley up so that EVERYONE would realize that this is humor,not reality.

[Jalal23V]

we could dress heupel in the #14, i dont think the refs would notice the left handed throw? we could say bradford hurt his throwing arm

[soonernation]

we could dress heupel in the #14, i dont think the refs would notice the left handed throw? we could say bradford hurt his throwing arm

What about the gut? Josh has gained a little weight since college.

[astro5169]

King of the wishbone - Wait he's in jail....

[OUTrumpet]

Manny was a QB in high school!

But he can't throw the deep ball, remember Miami?

Wonder how Iglesius would do...

[OklaPony]

I heard Chip Ambres is finally making the appearance John Blake promised 10 years ago
Is he related to Tres Hombres?

[cvsooner]

I am reminded of people last year wondering why Paul Thompson didn't take off and run at times. I have no doubt he was told not to do so, just because of the risk of what happened at Tech. Imagine last season if PT had gone down to injury at any point. Eeek!

If Halzle had really known he was going to be the guy to play Saturday, and had prepped all week, I think you'd have seen a different gameplan and a little different performance--more along the lines of what you saw in the fourth quarter rather than the second quarter.

Don't know if anybody here watched Hawaii and Nevada play, but my guess is they decided to hold out Brennan due to his concussion long before game day and the backup...whose name I forget...played great. Totally prepared, and it makes a huge difference.

Granted, Wilson made some bad calls for Halzle, and we didn't execute some plays worth a flip. Perfect example: Halzle stumbles to one knee on a handoff to Brown where Brown gets the first down. Nope, he was down...one of the calls the officials actually got right. Wilson did say later he went with Halzle because he felt as far down as we were, we were going to have to be able to throw the ball and Halzle is better at that than Nichol is, at this point.

And, sad as I am to say it, we just aren't a very good running team at this point. The run game only works when the passing game is working. One of the linemen this week said...and I don't remember who, now...something to the effect of "as big as we are, people think we can just line up and knock everybody down...and it just isn't that simple." Which is pretty much on the mark, having played offensive line myself. And it's especially difficult in Lubbock, if you catch my meaning.

My only real criticism of this coaching staff is they don't seem to adapt to changed circumstances quickly enough. It's almost like they don't expect the gameplan to be changed for any reason. Then the team winds up looking like they aren't prepared. The coaches' attitudes then just sort of filter on out to the players and everybody looks bad. Good coaching is putting together a good game plan, knowing when to stick to it, and when to change it.

We clearly made changes and played much better in the second half, but not fast enough. And hopefully the messages the coaches have been saying publicly are getting to the players, but 12 weeks in, I'm starting to wonder.

I played with a guy once, who had a lot of potential, and a lot of bad habits. Coaches would work him and work him and work him, and you'd think at the end of the week, he had it and he'd be fine.

Game time...he almost always reverted instantly to his habits. I think they gave up on him about five weeks into the season. I have to wonder if we don't have a little bit of that here. Lots of talent, lots of potential, but we keep making the same mistakes over and over.

Okay, enough whining.

I suspect OSewe will have their hands full with some stuff they haven't seen. The most positive thing I can come up with here is that circumstances like this force us to be creative. Pokes' defense is not good. They're a lot like Tech but they'll be in Norman, which helps a ton.

I suspect we'll see Nichol in on a few plays. I also expect to see Gute and Madu get some carries as well (Gute being a senior and all.) I hope Gute has a great game.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Baker taking over the LB spot and Reynolds get moved up to play some DE, frankly. He plays the run well and he can probably rush better than he defends the pass.

I also think we'll have one defensive score and at least one special teams score.

Sooners will be patched up and ready to play. I think it'll be a nail-biter (again), but Sooners should prevail.

[TUSooner]

I am glad I was able to bring such entertainment to the koolaid drinking sunshine boys club..........aka "the green people".

C'mon, who are you REALLY? :pop: :D

[soonerinabilene]

HHHHAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS MMMMMCCCCCCCEEECCCCCCHHHHHHHEEEERRRRRRREEEEEEEEAAA AAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[85Sooner]

Saw PT sneaking around yesterday at practice

[SoonerKnight]

Let's just WIN!!!

[MojoRisen]

If the coaches want Hazle to start Im fine with that- but if he is slow through the first quarter- Yank him.

No need to get down 3 touchdowns only to storm back and loose- we need to jump some teams for a change... We should want to absolutely pound them like the famous let r rip game....

[Stitch Face]

Bradford will play. This is all smokescreen for Gundy. Bob told Sam to rest up this week, play some ping pong, get ready for the game of his career.

Book it.

I'm only half BSing.

[utex74]

After the way Halze started to come out at the end of the game, I'm hoping with lots of reps this week he can come in strong against Osu.
If we could put together a whole game like we played the last 8 minutes of the TT game I think we are in good shape.

Of course, it will help if osu goes into a shell like Leach had sand aggy do trying to sit on his lead. Leach is not used to protecting a lead and obviously didn't have a clue how to do it.

[illinisooner]

HHHHAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS MMMMMCCCCCCCEEECCCCCCHHHHHHHEEEERRRRRRREEEEEEEEAAA AAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shhh, now OSU knows about our secret weapon!

[douxpaysan]

Surely there's a receiver we can move to play QB. We won a championship last season doing it.
Wonder if Brent Parker has any elligibility left?:D

[sozo]

Wonder if Brent Parker has any elligibility left?:D
Hope it don't come down to that again!

[Easting]

WTF are they thinking when we have Brent Rawls on the sidelines? JEEEEZ! ;)

[Doged]

Of course, it will help if osu goes into a shell like Leach had sand aggy do trying to sit on his lead. Leach is not used to protecting a lead and obviously didn't have a clue how to do it.

Heh. I'd suggest you don't try a career in scouting opposing football teams/coaches. I suppose it's possible to have a more inaccurate two sentences about Leach, but I can't think what they'd be.

[Howzit]

Jon Cooper will be snapping to himself in the Single Cat Rooskie.

When Jon Cooper hikes the ball, he doesn't hike the ball back, he moves the entire stadium forward.

[goingoneight]

I want Nichol in there, the coaches are wrong on this one.


And obviously you didn't see him stink it up against the mighty Utah State defense earlier in the year. Nichol may have a strong arm, he may run fast, but he clearly needs more time with the scout team to develop.

[utex74]

Heh. I'd suggest you don't try a career in scouting opposing football teams/coaches. I suppose it's possible to have a more inaccurate two sentences about Leach, but I can't think what they'd be.

Three runs and a punt. That really sounds like a Tech offense who usually throws when they are up by 30 (not worried about protecting its lead) in the last minute. They have always said that is their offense. Well, evidently it is not their offense when they are worried about OU coming back. Leach went major conservative and was lucky that you got screwed on the "non" touchdown call. Yes, it was a touchdown and you should have gone into overtime. I guess all his bitchin' payed off.

[MarylandSooner]

I just observed the updated depth chart which was updated on Monday, 11/19/07 and it has Sam Bradford as the starter. I do not know how much stock to put into this, but it does have English back as the starting Defensive End, Demarco is off the chart and so is Adron Tennnell which were both hurt this last weekend. So I guess my question is, is Sam's going to be back or they just listing him as no. 1 until later in the week?

[Okieflyer]

Eric Moore was seen on campus.


Brandon Daniels will be running the wishbone.

Ah, the old "lost years" posts. :O

Please...stop.:(

[Scott D]

Don't know if anybody here watched Hawaii and Nevada play, but my guess is they decided to hold out Brennan due to his concussion long before game day and the backup...whose name I forget...played great. Totally prepared, and it makes a huge difference.

Brennan started the game, Jones pulled him after the first series. Tyler Graunke took a majority of the reps during the week leading up to the game, which is why their offense didn't appear to miss a beat. However, they were still held to half their usual output in points.

[cvsooner]

I'll attribute that to the road and the cold. And, like everybody that plays us, Nevada was sky high.

[picasso]

Chris Melson!

[Indy Sooner]

What about the gut? Josh has gained a little weight since college.

He would now be a better fit as a RB for the Titans.