****Sam Bradford to Start Saturday!!!!!****

[JLEW1818]

Stoops makes announcement after Friday morning meeting with quarterback.


Sam Bradford

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sam Bradford, winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy, will start at quarterback for Oklahoma in the Sooners' game against Baylor, Saturday.

The junior has been out since the season opener (Sept. 5) when he suffered a sprained shoulder joint.

"Sam has had a great week of practice and is ready to play," said OU Head Coach Bob Stoops after a morning meeting with Bradford. "We're obviously excited to have him back.

"We remain very pleased with the work Landry Jones did in replacing Sam and our entire program has a lot of confidence in his ability," Stoops added.

No. 17 Oklahoma (2-2, 0-0 Big 12) and Baylor (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) face off at 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Owen Field. The matchup will be televised regionally by ABC. Fans should consult the network's coverage map to see if their local ABC affiliate will have the OU game.

A limited number of tickets are also available for this Saturday's Baylor football game. View this release for complete information. For complete coverage throughout the week and broadcast options for following the Sooners around the world, please visit Sooner Gameday Central.


http://soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100909aaf.html

[OUMonster]

Great news

[westbrooke]

Excellent! I think this was absolutely essential if we wanted to play Bradford against Texas and have him be in sync with the offense (or get the offense in sync). That said, I hope we let him get in a rhythm for a half and then pull him early.

[Hotrod3157]

Finally some great news. Good game to knock the rust off too.

[Mississippi Sooner]

Bob cracks me up. All week he plays things so close to the vest that you don't know if Sam will ever play again, and now he couldn't be more fired up. That's the way you play the media! I don't know how many different takes I've read on what may or may not happen by various reporters and editors around the country. Well, now we now.

[spazmo]

finnaly we hear something. now if only we could get back gresham and broyles by next week...sonofa....having a great quarterback is nice. works alot better when hes got guys to throw to. and best yet if he has a line that will let him count past 1.5 before having to unload............

[StoopTroup]

Bob cracks me up. All week he plays things so close to the vest that you don't know if Sam will ever play again, and now he couldn't be more fired up. That's the way you play the media! I don't know how many different takes I've read on what may or may not happen by various reporters and editors around the country. Well, now we now.

I've always known. I am "In Tune with teh Stoops".

[JLEW1818]

do ticket scalps go up any?

[CaliBornSoonerBred]

This is spectacular news for this week and quite possibly even better for next week with Sam getting to have a tune up game before the whorns

[JLEW1818]

Dear Oline,

if Sam gets touched, me shall flatten your tires

[OKLA21FAN]

I'll set the over/under of 'Sam starting' threads before 5:00 today at 4. :pop:

[Uncle Ernie]

For my 1st post let me say Stoops plays nice with the media a lot more then he gets credit. I'd wanna be sedated like Joey Ramone to tolerate the fiction writers. Their questions are obnoxious and generally uninformed.

[SoonerMavrick25]

Long time reader, first time poster...

Pumped to see Sam out there. I think we can all agree that when Sam does leave the program is going to be in good hands with Landry behind center..

Now who's buying my Johnnie's??? HA!

[Collier11]

Honestly, I just got really excited

[TheUnnamedSooner]

Wow, this news is bringing out the SF virgins!

[bearfan08]

How will you react if Sam reinjures the shoulder during this game and is unavailable for UT?

[Collier11]

that is an idiotic question

[XFollower]

Sam for Heisman :-)

[iwannabelikesam]

OMG OMG OMG!!

Yeah, I am pretty giddy about Sam being back. WOOOOOOO!

[iwannabelikesam]

Wow, this news is bringing out the SF virgins!

jlew is popping a lot cherries in just one thread!

[spazmo]

How will you react if Sam reinjures the shoulder during this game and is unavailable for UT?

we'll all be bummed as hell of course.

though it may lead to him coming back next year, so that i'd like......wow that's just selfish of me. i may be going to hell. again.

[Collier11]

Jlew gets popped more than he pops, just sayin

[westbrooke]

How will you react if Sam reinjures the shoulder during this game and is unavailable for UT?

Wow, what a buzzkill, man. As we've seen this year, an injury can happen to anyone at any time. Not playing someone in order to avoid an injury is illogical. He might as well still be injured then, right? If he's healthy, he plays.

[Sooner04]

But who will he throw to?

[Collier11]

SB will make the wr's better. Kenney is solid, Caleb has proven he is a baller, Tennell has been open all yr if he could just catch the damn ball, Hopefully Jazz or Dejaun step up

[spazmo]

SB will make the wr's better. Kenney is solid, Caleb has proven he is a baller, Tennell has been open all yr if he could just catch the damn ball, Hopefully Jazz or Dejaun step up

'catching the damn ball' is pretty key though....................i knbow sams good, but what is he gonna do, start lodging the ball in receivers facemasks so they dont drop it???

[Soonerus]

I tried to tell you guys...

[Collier11]

'catching the damn ball' is pretty key though....................i knbow sams good, but what is he gonna do, start lodging the ball in receivers facemasks so they dont drop it???

Great players like Sam make other players better is all im saying, once he gets his timing these receivers will have lots of oppurtunities to make plays.

[baja okla]

This is great news !!

Stars line up great for us to beat Texas. Sam will be back in a groove, Sooners are under dogs (where Stoops does his best work), and our guys have a LOT to prove.

Can't wait for RR shotout !!

[spazmo]

i saw lots of "opportunities" get dropped this year that could have been game changers.....the thing is, sam might get the rest of the squad playin better through leadership, not just bad *** passing. thats what it seemed like they lacked v miami. i hate to say it, but i didn't see a lot of heart out there 2nd half.

[DMAFB_Sooner08]

I'll set the over/under of 'Sam starting' threads before 5:00 today at 4. :pop:

I will take the over

[Collier11]

Which is why I said Sam will bring out the best in our guys...for the record, our receivers played well against Miami, dont think we had any drops

[IronHorseSooner]

Well, CK came to OU to catch passes from a Heisman winner. He will get his chance. Ironically, if Landry pans out like we all know he can, he might have a chance to catch passes from 2 Heisman winners!

[JLEW1818]

Well, CK came to OU to catch passes from a Heisman winner. He will get his chance. Ironically, if Landry pans out like we all know he can, he might have a chance to catch passes from 2 Heisman winners!

CK Sooner?

[SoonerLB]

But who will he throw to?

No one, Wilson is intent on setting a new record of running consecutive draw plays mixed with offensive line malfunctions. :D

[texas bandman]

Woo Hoo!

[icmwhOU72]

You know what i think will be interesting is to see how the national media will take to sams return. You know that the tebow injury only helped his post season awards probabilty and if Florida goes and loses this weekend, with or without him, They will make excuses and it will prove just how important tebow is to the team. I just wonder if the same will be said about OU.

[Collier11]

well Brantley is a future NFL type QB so I think Florida will be fine either way

[JLEW1818]

my bookie is taking Florida, regardless of who is starting

he actually prefers that Brantley starts, to get the spread down a little

[MyT Oklahoma]

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

P.S. Welcome back Sammy.

[SoonerLaw09]

This news is in a great way, certainly, no question.

And I agree that this is the time for Tennell to step up and become a playmaker. If he doesn't, then he will end up as this team's Ahmed Kabba, and we'll find somebody else to catch 8 passes in a season.

[SoonerLaw09]

This is great news !!

Stars line up great for us to beat Texas. Sam will be back in a groove, Sooners are under dogs (where Stoops does his best work), and our guys have a LOT to prove.

Can't wait for RR shotout !!

Cue Lid to tell us how our line sucks and they'll beat us anyway because Sam won't have time to throw....in 3...2....1...

[IronHorseSooner]

CK Sooner?

Cameron Kenney! Read my sig!:D

[SunnySooner]

YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!!!! I'm so happy he gets in some practice before we face the whorns, so happy for him, standing on those sidelines was KILLING that kid. YAY SAM!!!!!! Let's kick some Baptist Butt!!!!!! BOOMER!

[josh09]

Yessssssss, Sam-Colt III

[The_Red_Patriot]

Cool....wonder if we will throw downfield...or run some sweet HB draws back to back.

[beer4me]

Dear Oline,

if Sam gets touched, me shall flatten your tires

This^^^^

[gaylordfan1]

Wilson goes back to going down field this week... I hope. Now we can see if C. Kenney can be a deep threat. Maybe Jaz can be that deep threat, as the coaches have hinted to all year. This will be a good defense to test our abilities down field. If I remember right, we only have one down field pass this year... to Caleb for a TD.

[gaylordfan1]

A heisman winner back in the line up can only improve Coach Wilsons confidence in the offense.

[instigator]

Finally!

[TXBOOMER]

There is hope!!!!!!!!

[I Am Right]

I hope I am wrong, but- after the game tomorrow some will say Jones was better.

[PLaw]

Best case scenario: Sam plays through first drive of third quarter to dust off the rust, leaves game with about an 80% completion percentage, 4 TD's, 0 int's and looks like the Heisman winner we all know and love. O-line looks committed to never seeing their QB get his pants dirty again.

Worst case scenario: Bob leaves Sam in the game too long and O-line fails to pick up Baylor blitz and Sam gets re-injured, only this time he's out for the season.

Let's say our prayers tonight for the former.

From 30,000 ft about 150 miles out of DFW
BOOMER

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

I hope I am wrong...


you hope your wrong, but you are right?

reverse psychology.....i get it;)

[The Ghost of Mex]

This is great news!

Based on the cult following Landry ginned up with his mustache Sam now is growing a goatee. And yep, you guessed it…he wants to be known as “The Goatee”.

[The Ghost of Mex]

This is great news!

Based on the cult following Landry ginned up with his mustache Sam now is growing a goatee. And yep, you guessed it…he wants to be known as “The Goatee”.

Proof!!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rZt7ODcqTjA/Ss-bX-ta2BI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/wkEGC0184sY/s800/The%20Goatee.JPG

[I Am Right]

you hope your wrong, but you are right?

reverse psychology.....i get it;)

First name is Always

[C&CDean]

I hope I am wrong, but- after the game tomorrow some will say Jones was better.

We could win the game 80-0, and there'll be a dozen or more dillweeds on this board going "****ing Wilson. Can you believe he called a run on 3rd and 8?" or "Fire Vulnerables!!" That one is guaranteed. A large portion of our "fan" base pretty much sucks the big one when it comes to figuring out why we've lost those games this year.

[NormanPride]

We lost because you went soft on those dogs, Deaner. You know it in your heart.

[VA Sooner]

Great news! Any word yet on how practices this went this week and which receivers are stepping up? I saw the roster and the depth chart... it's Miller Time!

Kenney, Caleb and Miller with Madu in the slot as well.

Also need a tight end to step up.

[bent rider]

Great news! Any word yet on how practices this went this week and which receivers are stepping up?

For the sake of Sam's health I hope the O-line has stepped-up and shed their cement shoes.

[SunnySooner]

I think Sam's gonna make our receivers look a lot better. Kenney had a great game against the coCanes, he's a very talented kid, Georgia wanted him BAD!!! He'll catch a few from Sammy tomorrow, and I think Caleb, Miller and Madu will contribute as well, Sam throws balls even I could catch. Pooh? IDK, time will tell. Just so happy to see Sam play again, I love that kid.

[OK2LA]

How will you react if Sam reinjures the shoulder during this game and is unavailable for UT?

Were you born a doosh or is that learned behavior?

[Mississippi Sooner]

We could win the game 80-0, and there'll be a dozen or more dillweeds on this board going "****ing Wilson. Can you believe he called a run on 3rd and 8?" or "Fire Vulnerables!!" That one is guaranteed. A large portion of our "fan" base pretty much sucks the big one when it comes to figuring out why we've lost those games this year.

In my own amateur opinion, the reason we lost games this year is because the other team scored more points.

[goingoneight]

Are we SURE Keith Nichol isn't the better choice?

I mean REALLY sure?

:les: MOBILE QUARTERBACK!!!!11111!!1!1

[btk108]

*jingle bells, jingle bells*

[The Ghost of Mex]

For the sake of Sam's health I hope the O-line has stepped-up and shed their cement shoes.

^^^:confused:

[Okie35]

I think Sam's gonna make our receivers look a lot better. Kenney had a great game against the coCanes, he's a very talented kid, Georgia wanted him BAD!!! He'll catch a few from Sammy tomorrow, and I think Caleb, Miller and Madu will contribute as well, Sam throws balls even I could catch. Pooh? IDK, time will tell. Just so happy to see Sam play again, I love that kid.

You said all that like Landry sucks lol. OUr receivers need to make themselves look better honestly. All the talent they have and they are barely getting open or dropping catches (minus Broyles).

[soonerfan69]

The O-line had better step up and start playing a helluva lot better or everytime Bradford drops back to pass you'll hear the crowd holding there breath

[tommieharris91]

I just hope Sam plays better than Jerrod Johnson of Texas A&M today.