Schlabach's early top 25

[Salt City Sooner]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6009707

[Leroy Lizard]

Too early. We need to see who goes in the draft. Blackmon leaving would leave OSU much weaker, IMO.

[Okie35]

Yikes.

[cantwait48]

texas is too high, hee hee

[ouwasp]

Wow...5 of those 25 are on the Sooner schedule...

[OU_Sooners75]

Really, Texas #22?

Where is this coming from?

They went 5-7. They lost both coordinators and their S&C coach.

Then factor in that they lose 3 starting Olinemen (Kyle Mix, Britt Mitchell, & Micheal Huey), 2 of their best WRs (James Kirkendoll & John Chiles), two defensive linemen (Eddie Jones & Sam Acho), and their 2 starting CBs (Curtis Brown & Chykie Brown).

This is not including if they have any early departures.

At this point in time, I do not see Texas being better than #6 in the Big 12 next season.

[bent rider]

Really, Texas #22?

Where is this coming from?

They went 5-7. They lost both coordinators and their S&C coach.

Then factor in that they lose 3 starting Olinemen (Kyle Mix, Britt Mitchell, & Micheal Huey), 2 of their best WRs (James Kirkendoll & John Chiles), two defensive linemen (Eddie Jones & Sam Acho), and their 2 starting CBs (Curtis Brown & Chykie Brown).

This is not including if they have any early departures.

At this point in time, I do not see Texas being better than #6 in the Big 12 next season.

Losing players from a 5-7 team is a bad thing?

[OU_Sooners75]

Losing players from a 5-7 team is a bad thing?

I think their biggest issue wasn't their players...it was their offensive coordinator.

Will Muschamp, no matter how much you want to hate him, was a good DC, and they proved that. They had a top 6 total defense in 2010 even with a 5-7 record....so losing their defensive starters will hurt them.

And we all know what happens when you lose more than half of your offensive line.

So yes, losing those players hurt them.

[yermom]

as much as i want it to be true, i don't figure Texas to be down for long

[NormanPride]

No doubt, but this was a bad time for tons of turnover at key player positions as well as coaching ones.

[OU_Sooners75]

as much as i want it to be true, i don't figure Texas to be down for long


They most likely wont. I would be very surprised if they were.

But losing that many key players and having to learn a new offense and defense will not be the best thing for them.

I do see an improvement from last year maybe 6-6 or 7-5.

I would be very surprised if they win more than 7 games though.

[Scott D]

didn't you get the memo 75, their new OC is a coaching god. ;)

[OU_Sooners75]

didn't you get the memo 75, their new OC is a coaching god. ;)


I can tell you how much I really follow texass football....I don't even know who their new OC is! :cool:

[Scott D]

the demigod of boyzee

[OU_Sooners75]

the demigod of boyzee


LOL.....name still doesnt ring a bell...LOL


I guess I could stop being lazy and look it up!

[sooner59]

Robert Smith's top 3 looks like this. :eek:

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida State
3. Alabama

[adoniijahsooner]

29 players with starting experience....never heard of that before.

[Scott D]

players starting due to injury of starters, or moving up the depth chart.

[sooner59]

Anything less than 70-0 and a MNC next year is a disappointment. :D

[Okie35]

Anything less than 70-0 and a MNC next year is a disappointment. :D

lol the bar is now set.

[CBUS_SOONER]

I want Boise for all the marbles

[Salt City Sooner]

Really, Texas #22?

Where is this coming from?

They went 5-7. They lost both coordinators and their S&C coach.

Then factor in that they lose 3 starting Olinemen (Kyle Mix, Britt Mitchell, & Micheal Huey), 2 of their best WRs (James Kirkendoll & John Chiles), two defensive linemen (Eddie Jones & Sam Acho), and their 2 starting CBs (Curtis Brown & Chykie Brown).

This is not including if they have any early departures.

At this point in time, I do not see Texas being better than #6 in the Big 12 next season.
Aaron Williams was hands down their best CB, & he's declared for the draft.

[SoonerMarkVA]

ut will bounce back, at least in terms of having a winning record and getting to a bowl. They have plenty of talent. We can take the wind out of their sails by beating them in October, with what may turn out to be a 4-loss season. But I for one expect that they will give us a good game, and underdogs winning that game are hardly rare.

I suspect they'll be in the top 25 by the end of next year. I'd like to believe they're starting a run on skid row, but it just isn't going to happen.

[stoopified]

HAVING OSU AT #6 TOTALLY DESTROYS THE CREDIBILITY OF THIS POLL

[OU_Sooners75]

SCHLABACH WORKING FOR ESPiN TOTALLY DESTROYS THE CREDIBILITY OF THIS POLL

FIFY

[MI Sooner]

Really, Texas #22?

Where is this coming from?

They went 5-7. They lost both coordinators and their S&C coach.

Then factor in that they lose 3 starting Olinemen (Kyle Mix, Britt Mitchell, & Micheal Huey), 2 of their best WRs (James Kirkendoll & John Chiles), two defensive linemen (Eddie Jones & Sam Acho), and their 2 starting CBs (Curtis Brown & Chykie Brown).

This is not including if they have any early departures.

At this point in time, I do not see Texas being better than #6 in the Big 12 next season.

Well, this poll has them at #5 in the Big 12, so you (or they) aren't far off.

[oudavid1]

If all the players you mention are graduating, then that team isnt gonna be good. Boise State.

[soonervegas]

I want the SEC in their back yard for all the marbles...... To be the man ya got to beat tha man.

[mdklatt]

Really, Texas #22?

Where is this coming from?

They went 5-7. They lost both coordinators and their S&C coach.



Addition by subtraction, at least for Greg Davis and Lardass.

[Widescreen]

Aaron Williams was hands down their best CB, & he's declared for the draft.

If that's true then that explains a lot about their season.

[BigTip]

Losing players from a 5-7 team is a bad thing?

This really did make me laugh out loud!

[Salt City Sooner]

If that's true then that explains a lot about their season.
I don't like the 'horns any more than anybody else on here, but Williams is a quality player. He's consistently been rated no worse than the 3rd best CB in the upcoming draft, & sometimes 2nd (in the drafts I've seen by those who think Peterson will eventually play safety in the league). Their coaching staff may be in upheaval right now, but that doesn't include Akina. That guy consistently produces quality DB's.

[Widescreen]

I don't like the 'horns any more than anybody else on here, but Williams is a quality player. He's consistently been rated no worse than the 3rd best CB in the upcoming draft, & sometimes 2nd (in the drafts I've seen by those who think Peterson will eventually play safety in the league). Their coaching staff may be in upheaval right now, but that doesn't include Akina. That guy consistently produces quality DB's.

He may be physically talented but he seems like a brain fart machine to me.

[MyT Oklahoma]

I think that he is right about us being the preseason Number One but I don't really care where everybody else is ranked.

[swardboy]

We need a poster with Ronnell, Travis, Ryan, and (insert name) that says "We're coming....and we're bringing all hell with us."

I don't think Landry would do it.


Meh...mebbe it's gay like that USC bath house poster a few years back.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Oh look, a poll almost 8 months before the season starts..yay..

[meoveryouxinfinity]

Oh look, a poll almost 8 months before the season starts..yay..

I <3 offseason

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I've been waiting for the 2012 poll to come out also..

I hope we are number 1

[MI Sooner]

I <3 offseason

You dress your junk in a party hat during the off season?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

No she doesnt

[KantoSooner]

You dress your junk in a party hat during the off season?

I just blew the majority of a diet Dr. Pepper out my nose and over my key board.

Thank you very dam much.

[85sooners]

the list is garbage[hairGel] [hairGel]

[CowboyMRW]

and the people who wrote it, garbage

[BoulderSooner79]

You dress your junk in a party hat during the off season?

You don't?

[85sooners]

freaks

[Sooner_Tuf]

You dress your junk in a party hat during the off season?

Nope, that would cover up my OU helmet tattoo.

[mdklatt]

I've been waiting for the 2012 poll to come out also..

I hope we are number 1

2018 is going to be a total rebuilding year. :(

[JLEW1818]

to not have the horns ranked top 2 in ridiculous

[Half a Hundred]

Anything less than 70-0 and a MNC next year is a disappointment. :D

I won't be happy unless we win the Super Bowl.

Yeah. You heard me. I did not stutter.

[CatfishSooner]

I won't be happy unless we win the Super Bowl.

Yeah. You heard me. I did not stutter.

ditto

[stoops the eternal pimp]

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