The Injuries

[w0lfe]

So I decided to do a quick count of the players that have missed games this season to injury and two to suspension that would have had significant snaps this season. Ouch

Wort (season)
Gresh (season)
Bradford (season)
Simmons
Habern
Evans
Carter
Eldridge (season)
English (season)
Murray
Broyles
Caleb
Granger (season)
J Jones (season)
Stephenson (Suspension)
Balogun (Suspension)

[SoonerMavrick25]

Don't forget the 3 o-liners that quit... (not sure we wanted them to begin with since the quit but still.)

[Sasakwa]

If you added a kicker and filled some defensive spots with warm bodies that list would win the North this year.

[King Barry's Back]

If you added a kicker and filled some defensive spots with warm bodies that list would win the North this year.

Yeah, no shiite.

Some simple minded folks will say "Blaming injuries is just making excuses, and we make no excuses," but losing a line up like that would just take down most teams.

USC and Florida would have a hard time getting past that, and that's a simple fact.

(The "no excuses" stuff is what coaches tell players so they won't give up in the face of long odds, it doesn't mean that it is literally true.)

[BoulderSooner79]

(The "no excuses" stuff is what coaches tell players so they won't give up in the face of long odds, it doesn't mean that it is literally true.)

Yeah! I know a lot of us get that, but you worded it perfectly. A team is as good as the players on the field, not the ones on crutches. Some seem to think an OU uniform on any player will make it all better. 'Bama was a perfect example last year. They lose their LT on offense to a bonehead move before the Sugar bowl. But they are 'Bama, in the S-E-C no less. They have Nick Saban with that championship, we'll find a way to win attitude, right? Well, they were hanging in there with the backup LT for a while and then he got hurt. Then they had to shuffle player positions on the OL and the wheels fell off. Utah feasted on the OL the rest of the game and stuffed the run and sacked the QB. And that is nothing like what has happened to our O-line this season and they were inexperienced to begin with, unlike 'Bama. I guess that just proves 'Bama was no good and Saban is over-rated too.

[ashley]

Yeah! I know a lot of us get that, but you worded it perfectly. A team is as good as the players on the field, not the ones on crutches. Some seem to think an OU uniform on any player will make it all better. 'Bama was a perfect example last year. They lose their LT on offense to a bonehead move before the Sugar bowl. But they are 'Bama, in the S-E-C no less. They have Nick Saban with that championship, we'll find a way to win attitude, right? Well, they were hanging in there with the backup LT for a while and then he got hurt. Then they had to shuffle player positions on the OL and the wheels fell off. Utah feasted on the OL the rest of the game and stuffed the run and sacked the QB. And that is nothing like what has happened to our O-line this season and they were inexperienced to begin with, unlike 'Bama. I guess that just proves 'Bama was no good and Saban is over-rated too.

These are perfect excuses in the days of 25 scholies a year. This is not the old days of 55 a year.

[TahoeSOONER]

These are perfect excuses in the days of 25 scholies a year. This is not the old days of 55 a year.

Nobody is giving excuses.

In Oklahoma that just means injuries are playing hard and most understand football comes with injuries.

We'll line them up with anybody.

[TUSooner]

Regardless of whether those injuries are "excuses" for poor performances, they are valid "reasons" for poor results.

[westbrooke]

Regardless of whether those injuries are "excuses" for poor performances, they are valid "reasons" for poor results.

Well said.

[jdsooner]

No school in the Big 12 has been ravaged by injuries like Oklahoma. The Sooners have lost their opening week starting players for 31 games this year. And with at least five players now out for the season, that number will only grow. Below is a look at how OU’s injury situation compares with teams around the league:

Oklahoma (31 games missed total)
QB Sam Bradford: 9 games missed
TE Jermaine Gresham: 9
G Brian Simmons: 5
WR Ryan Broyles: 2
WR Brandon Caleb: 2
G Brody Eldridge: 1
DE Auston English: 1
FS Quinton Carter: 1
RB DeMarco Murray: 1

Baylor (27)
QB Robert Griffin III: 7
CB Antareis Bryan: 7
RB Jay Finley: 6
G John Jones: 4
SS Jeremy Williams: 2
DT Phil Taylor: 1

Texas Tech (20)
DB Franklin Mitchem: 4
OT Terry McDaniel: 3
QB Taylor Potts: 2
C Shawn Byrnes: 2
SS Cody Davis: 2
DT Rajon Henley: 2
DE Daniel Howard: 2
DE Brandon Sharpe: 1
WR Detron Lewis: 1
G Brandon Carter: 1

Oklahoma State (18)
LB Orie Lemon: 9
RB Kendall Hunter: 7
OT Brady Bond: 1
CB Perrish Cox: 1

Iowa State (17)
WR Darius Reynolds: 8
DE Rashawn Parker: 6
QB Austen Arnaud: 2
C Reggie Stephens: 1

Texas (17)
TE Blaine Irby: 9
G Michael Huey: 5
CB Aaron Williams: 2
RB Vondrell McGee: 1

Kansas State (12)
DE Brandon Harold: 9
LB Ulla Pomele: 3

Texas A&M (8)
WR Jeff Fuller: 4
OT Lee Grimes: 1
WR Howard Morrow: 1
FS Jordan Pugh: 1
G Michael Shumard: 1

Missouri (5)
LB Luke Lambert: 3
FS Kenji Jackson: 1
SS Hardy Ricks: 1

Nebraska (4)
G Keith Williams: 3
TE Dreu Young: 1

Colorado (3)
C Mike Iltis: 2
S Patrick Mahnke: 1

Kansas (3)
RB Jake Sharp: 3
Note: Partial games due to injury count as one game; games missed due to suspension or other reasons do not count.

Well, this article from the DO makes it clear--we lead the Big 12 in injuries. This has been a hard-luck year.

[w0lfe]

Good list JD, but thats that counting the season ending injuries. That number is gonna grow 6 games per week at least minimum, now with jones being out and granger not on the list

[BoulderSooner79]

Well, this article from the DO makes it clear--we lead the Big 12 in injuries. This has been a hard-luck year.

We lead the league in something!!

[w0lfe]

Our luck will come though, we just dont know when. I mean seriously, 16 players that would be starting or having significant snaps. Thats a pretty bad deal. That should be enough bad luck for the next few years.

[IronHorseSooner]

No school in the Big 12 has been ravaged by injuries like Oklahoma. The Sooners have lost their opening week starting players for 31 games this year. And with at least five players now out for the season, that number will only grow. Below is a look at how OU’s injury situation compares with teams around the league:

Oklahoma (31 games missed total)
QB Sam Bradford: 9 games missed
TE Jermaine Gresham: 9
G Brian Simmons: 5
WR Ryan Broyles: 2
WR Brandon Caleb: 2
G Brody Eldridge: 1
DE Auston English: 1
FS Quinton Carter: 1
RB DeMarco Murray: 1

Baylor (27)
QB Robert Griffin III: 7
CB Antareis Bryan: 7
RB Jay Finley: 6
G John Jones: 4
SS Jeremy Williams: 2
DT Phil Taylor: 1

Texas Tech (20)
DB Franklin Mitchem: 4
OT Terry McDaniel: 3
QB Taylor Potts: 2
C Shawn Byrnes: 2
SS Cody Davis: 2
DT Rajon Henley: 2
DE Daniel Howard: 2
DE Brandon Sharpe: 1
WR Detron Lewis: 1
G Brandon Carter: 1

Oklahoma State (18)
LB Orie Lemon: 9
RB Kendall Hunter: 7
OT Brady Bond: 1
CB Perrish Cox: 1

Iowa State (17)
WR Darius Reynolds: 8
DE Rashawn Parker: 6
QB Austen Arnaud: 2
C Reggie Stephens: 1

Texas (17)
TE Blaine Irby: 9
G Michael Huey: 5
CB Aaron Williams: 2
RB Vondrell McGee: 1

Kansas State (12)
DE Brandon Harold: 9
LB Ulla Pomele: 3

Texas A&M (8)
WR Jeff Fuller: 4
OT Lee Grimes: 1
WR Howard Morrow: 1
FS Jordan Pugh: 1
G Michael Shumard: 1

Missouri (5)
LB Luke Lambert: 3
FS Kenji Jackson: 1
SS Hardy Ricks: 1

Nebraska (4)
G Keith Williams: 3
TE Dreu Young: 1

Colorado (3)
C Mike Iltis: 2
S Patrick Mahnke: 1

Kansas (3)
RB Jake Sharp: 3
Note: Partial games due to injury count as one game; games missed due to suspension or other reasons do not count.

They forgot Tom Wort (9) and Ben Habern (1-BYU). The accurate number, by my count, is 41 games missed due to injury. There is NO team in America that could come back from that. If there was a way to measure the impact of those players by their talent level, or importance to the team, then that number skyrockets!

[salth2o]

Well, this article from the DO makes it clear--we lead the Big 12 in injuries. This has been a hard-luck year.


WWMD :mack:

...prolly put an * on teh wall again

[Sasakwa]

The only one that is close at all is Baylor. Not only is their number high, but the loss of Robert Griffin is huge. You know the confidence of that whole team had to go down when he did.

[goingoneight]

Count injuries as being the biggest factor... we've also had departures (Hannan, Kooke, Williams), suspensions (Stephenson, Jeffries), redshirts due to poor play or not ready yet(Jameel Owens, Aledanoye, Vinson) and guys who never returned to form who we would have needed for quality depth (Granger).

Combine that with mistakes, penalties, drops, whiffs... we're damn lucky we're not 0-9.

[w0lfe]

Well now we add Jonathon Miller to the list =[

[Soonerwake]

Shouldn't Granger (-9) be there as well?

And, the 2 biggest losses are Bradford and Griffin. Not just the starting QB, but the unquestioned leader and star. Both teams have had trouble responding. Luckily, we have more talent around the QB.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

can we update this list?

[rawlingsHOH]

Add Williams and Reynolds.