OU all 20th century team

[shaun4411]

i thought it'd be fun to throw out a few names and see what a team like this would look like. from year 2000-2009

qb
1 bradford
2 white

rb
1 peterson
2 murray

fb
1 runnels
2. clapp or littrell

wr
1 clayton
2 kelly
3 jones
4 iglesias?

te
1 gresham
2 trent smith

o-line
t jammal brown
t loadholt
g duke robinson
g davin joseph
c vince carter
c jon cooper

dt
1 mccoy
2 harris

de
1 cody
2 english maybe?

lb (nearly impossible to get this one right)
1 calmus
2 ruuuuufus
3 lehman
4 lofton

cb
1 strait
2 reggie smith
3 marcus walker


safety
1 williams
2 nic harris

pr/kr

1 perkins
2 thatcher

[sooner2b09]

2000 = 21st century

[sooneron]

Head scratchin' fun, this board is.

[ClintonSooner]

Good to see my buddie Trent make the team! your team is pretty damn close to what I would put on there... even tho your a century before their time ;)

[CaliBornSoonerBred]

Now I totally get that this is comparing apples to oranges but even though White won the Heisman, I almost want to put Heupel at #2 with QBs. You obviously can't go wrong either way but Josh was a great team player and may not have had the most pure talent, but was one of the smartest QBs we'll ever see(besides Bradford). Plus, Josh should have won the Heisman in 2000 anyways and he gave us #7.

At LB, Torrance Marshall has to get some consideration as well. but as you said, there's absolutely NO way to the LBs right or wrong.

And what about Q at RB! The little man forever goes down as a great Sooner in my book after 6 tds against sexat and the grit, hard nosed play he exuded.

[Curly Bill]

Reggie Smith?

Surely you jest.

[oumartin]

michael thompson pre injury > all cb's since

[JLEW1818]

Smith and Kelly were great players at Oklahoma, but they were the 2 most overrated players in my opinion.

[OKC-SLC]

cb
1 strait
2 reggie smith
3 marcus walker
If R. Smith is your second teamer, then my fat azz is third team.

[Curly Bill]

The two guys we have now are both > Reggie Smith.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

qb
heupel
white

rb
Q
peterson

fb
1 runnels
2. littrell

wr
1 clayton
2 iglesias
3 savage
4 fagan

te
1 gresham
2 trent smith

o-line
t jammal brown
t frank romero
g duke robinson
g davin joseph
c vince carter
c jon cooper

dt
1 dusty
2 harris

de
1 cody
2 jonathon jackson

lb (nearly impossible to get this one right)
1 calmus
2 lehman
3 alexander
4 lofton

cb
1 strait
2 woolfolk

safety
1 williams
2 everidge
3 brodney pool

pr/kr

1 perkins
2 thatcher

punter
jeff ferguson

[shaun4411]

i suppose i meant 21st century!

i dont disagree with what anyone is saying. i think Q was great. but i think murray is better.

kelly was a bit overrated, but damn was he dependable. smith had all the pure talent. i think he was a tiny bit raw. but was still pretty good. i cant really think of a lot of top notch dbs taht really jump out at me. since smith is recent memory, i named him. i think our current jackson and franks are as good of a tandem as ou has ever had but, theyre so young i think they need another season under them to get on the all century team!

[JLEW1818]

I'd rather have Duke catch punts b4 smith

[Curly Bill]

i suppose i meant 21st century!

i dont disagree with what anyone is saying. i think Q was great. but i think murray is better.

kelly was a bit overrated, but damn was he dependable. smith had all the pure talent. i think he was a tiny bit raw. but was still pretty good. i cant really think of a lot of top notch dbs taht really jump out at me. since smith is recent memory, i named him. i think our current jackson and franks are as good of a tandem as ou has ever had but, theyre so young i think they need another season under them to get on the all century team!

Why, they're already better then Smith ever was, or may ever be.

...and Q is better then Murray to this point.

[JLEW1818]

FS and SS big shoes to fill

[stoops the eternal pimp]

reggie smith? Murray over Q?

Also I would take Frank Romero over Loadholt

[Cappy]

Leaving out a nickel back on here, something that has always been prevalent with Stoops. I'd give a shout-out to Ontei Jones. I know he would get burned in coverage, but he was always one of my favorites for his hits in the secondary. Quinton Carter plays quite a bit the same.

[Sooner04]

i think Q was great. but i think murray is better.
How? Because of that cute, little diamond thing he does after TDs?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

how?

x2

[tommieharris91]

How?
x3

[sooner59]

After what I have seen from White in '03 and '04, and what I have seen from Bradford in '07 and '08, I would have to say Bradford has the advantage. Heupel won the title, but white is even less mobile than Sam. I can't put Jason over Sam. Putting ANYONE over Peterson is ludicrous. I love Q, but come on. Q > Murray....ok, that's fine. But there is no way Peterson is second fiddle to anyone at RB in the last 30 years, much less 10...maybe ever at OU. Not until Billy and Steve do we even compare RBs at OU with AD.

[Rhino]

Went three-deep on most of them.

QB: Heupel, Bradford, White
RB: Griffin, Peterson, Brown
FB: Runnels, Littrell, Clapp
WR: Clayton, Bradley, Wilson
WR: Savage, Iglesias, Norman
WR: Fagan, Jones, Kelly
TE: Gresham, T.Smith, Eldridge
LT: Romero, Loadholt, Sims
LG: Duncan, Robinson, Chester
C: Burcham, Carter, Cooper
RG: Joseph, Skinner, Walker
RT: Brown, Kempenich, T.Williams

DE: Cody, J.Jackson, Ah You
DT: Harris, Fisher, McGruder
DT: McCoy, Dvoracek, Granger
DE: Wilkerson, Heinecke, Birdine
WLB: Calmus, Lehman, Alexander
MLB: Lofton, Marshall, Mitchell
SLB: Ingram, P.Jackson, Clayton
CB: Strait, Walker, Franks
CB: Woolfolk, R.Smith, B.Jackson
SS: Williams, Nicholson, Harris
FS: Everage, Pool, Thatcher
NB: O.Jones, Shelby, Perkins

PK: Hartley, DiCarlo, Duncan
P: J.Ferguson, B.Ferguson

KR: Iglesias, R.Smith, Rankins
PR: Perkins, Thatcher
DS: Rice, B.Panter

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

Q played in 44 games where our record was 38-6 including a national title

peterson played in 31 games 23-8

[tommieharris91]

Q played in 44 games where our record was 38-6 including a national title

peterson played in 31 games 23-8

Without the good defenses during Q's days you could easily add 6 more losses to his W-L record.

[Scott D]

Rhino's is definitely the best list.

I don't think Reggie Smith would make 2 deep at corner for me.

[Cappy]

Yeah, Rhino pretty much nailed it. Only thing different for me would be Murray on KR.

[Rocker]

qb
heupel
white

rb
Q
peterson

fb
1 runnels
2. littrell

wr
1 clayton
2 iglesias
3 savage
4 fagan

te
1 gresham
2 trent smith

o-line
t jammal brown
t frank romero
g duke robinson
g davin joseph
c vince carter
c jon cooper

dt
1 dusty
2 harris

de
1 cody
2 jonathon jackson

lb (nearly impossible to get this one right)
1 calmus
2 lehman
3 alexander
4 lofton

cb
1 strait
2 woolfolk

safety
1 williams
2 everidge
3 brodney pool

pr/kr

1 perkins
2 thatcher

punter
jeff ferguson

not jeff.... blake ferguson

[tulsaoilerfan]

Rhino's is definitely the best list.

I don't think Reggie Smith would make 2 deep at corner for me.

Me neither, and i agree the 2 guys we have now are better than Reggie ever was; of course, switching positions every year probably didn't help