Stoops taking Sooners to DEFCON 5

[Keller Sooner]

Practicing in indoor facility, no media, no former players, no family members. What are they cooking up? I don't know, but I can hear Mack's azz tightening up. :rapture:

[hotshot13422]

Practice also ran abnormally long tonight

[8timechamps]

Good to hear.

We have everything to lose. Texas is expected to lose. If there is one ounce of complacency this week, it could be damaging. Sounds like Stoops is all business.

[SoonerPride]

What are they cooking up? :rapture:

They unveil the new Heupel offense.

They have been awfully vanilla so far even vs. Free Shoes U.

This is where the gloves come off and they let loose the dogs of war.

[tcrb]

Stoops to Heupel: "Upon my signal, unleash Hell!"

[8timechamps]

I smell some double secret trickeration cookin' up for texas!

[3rdgensooner]

This makes me giddy.

[SoonerPride]

This makes me giddy.

I see your giddy and raise you one ecstatic.

[XingTheRubicon]

I would hope at least DEFCON 3 for RRS week...

[Keller Sooner]

Also, Cale Gundy said they were working some things in practice that they haven't had a chance to get to yet. This was after the game Saturday night.

[The Ghost of Mex]

Practicing in indoor facility, no media, no former players, no family members. What are they cooking up? I don't know, but I can hear Mack's azz tightening up. :rapture:

Don't worry guys, I'm not in one of these groups so I'll attend practice tomorrow and report back.

[A Sooner in Texas]

I'm absolutely SWOONING.

[cccasooner2]

Don't worry guys, I'm not in one of these groups so I'll attend practice tomorrow and report back.

Careful, Stoops has got snipers at the ready.

[8timechamps]

I wonder if we're going to lift weights and stuff this week?

[JudInKC]

Could be a new offense or a bunch of wrinkles, but it could also be a ploy to make Texas think we will come out with something new.

Maybe it's more defensive wrinkles?

I would tend to believe the latter than the former because Bob has never changed his offense much during the season. He did change the defense last year when we played OSU.

Seems like every year we hear about all these trick plays and new wrinkles. A few years back it was some package that had Manny Johnson throwing a pass on a reverse and we never saw it. Not even when we needed a new wrinkle in 08 after Texas had seized the momentum. Instead, we fake a punt on 4th and a mile and don't get it.

[3rdgensooner]

I wonder if we're going to lift weights and stuff this week?Yes to the weights, no to the stuff.

[8timechamps]

Yes to the weights, no to the stuff.

Damn! I bet Texas is doing stuff.

[The Ghost of Mex]

Careful, Stoops has got Sharks at the ready.

fify

[LVSOONER15]

I see Coach Stoops adding something else on D. I also think they maybe adding more plays for Finch.

[The Ghost of Mex]

I think the team is in there watching Coach on the stair climber.

[OU_Sooners75]

OU is working on Special teams.

Nothing to report here folks!

[Ground_Attack]

Jimmy has secretly beefed up and its starting for Lewis at LB.

[BoulderSooner79]

Quiet time for a yogalates session.

[oumartin]

you guys are dreaming, they will not be anything new on offense.. Never is....
probably just trying out new kickers.

[AlboSooner]

were they screaming and yelling?

[Ground_Attack]

Kathy Ireland still have any eligibility?

[OUVarsityXV]

I don't think anything new will come of it. Just tightening up and focusing this team which has already shown complacency.

[sooneredaco]

This makes me giddy.

I see your giddy and raise you one ecstatic.

I see your ecstatic and raise you an elated

[yankee]

I don't think we've been vanilla. I don't understand why some people think we (and other teams) hold back on their playbook, especially for this long. Has it ever been confirmed that coaches do this all the time? Especially with an offense that has plenty of experience under their belt like ours does.

[hawaii 5-0]

They're working on a new pre-snap formation. I believe it's called a huddle or something like that. JK...

5-0

[The Ghost of Mex]

Maybe the coaches have noticed weakness they think they can exploit form watching film.

[3rdgensooner]

Damn! I bet Texas is doing stuff.And things. Damnit, they're doing things.

[SoonerinSouthlake]

they are building a giant cake/deathmobile to drive down to Dallas in.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

DEFCON 5 is the lowest state of readiness.

So at least this will explain the loss this weekend.

[The Ghost of Mex]

DEFCON 5 is the lowest state of readiness.

So at least this will explain the loss this weekend.

Dude, there not releasing warheads until Saturday. Let's keep it at 5.

[3rdgensooner]

So at least this will explain the loss this weekend.I'm gonna go ahead and watch, just in case we have a chance.

[Keller Sooner]

It's lowered each day. Saturday all hell breaks loose. We fire all missles and horn folds like a cheap suit!

[MyT Oklahoma]

Bob knows best.

[DenverSooner751]

DEFCON 5 is the lowest state of readiness.

So at least this will explain the loss this weekend.

Dude, there not releasing warheads until Saturday. Let's keep it at 5.

Tru....but, defcon 5 is basically where we're always at. Defcon 3 is heightened strategic readiness (i think) defcon 1 is nukes and sh!t

[Therealsouthsider]

....when it's first and goal, don't be shocked to see Ronnell Lewis behind Trey Millard in the I-formation

[Sooner13]

Brandon Williams + Whaley + Millard = faces smashed

[sooneredaco]

....when it's first and goal, don't be shocked to see Ronnell Lewis behind Trey Millard in the I-formation

That would be insane! Drop the effing hammer on 'em!

[Soonerntxs]

Is it normal to get all happy in my pants upon hearing this news? If not normal, I'm ok with it, because happy in my shirt sounds like I'm boasting about my man boobs and that is not cool! SIC EM BOB!

[cleller]

I can remember walking past the stadium in the Switzer era and hearing "The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You" aka "I've Been Workin' On the Railroad" blaring during Texas week....
Rogers and Hammerstein were on our side.

[EatLeadCommie]

He usually does this during OU-TX week, right? It's a good way to keep the kids focused and keep them from saying dumb things to the media. Now if he can just keep them off twitter.

[XFollower]

On talk radio this morning they kept talking about how TX has the boise coordinator and he would be throwing all sorts of things at OU this weekend. Poor fool just couldn't stop talking about the fiesta bowl. I just hope TX hasn't been lifting weights.

[tcrb]

I don't think anything new will come of it. Just tightening up and focusing this team which has already shown complacency.

This^

Every year there is all this talk about "new wrinkles" and "opening up the playbook"; but it's rare that anything new is revealed at the RRR.

[SouthFortySooner]

I see your giddy and raise you one ecstatic. ... Foaming at the mouth!

[KantoSooner]

I argued last week with a person who felt put out that OU 'ran the score up' on Ball State.


Is it wrong to want OU to win by 50+?

[Lawton4Life]

This^

Every year there is all this talk about "new wrinkles" and "opening up the playbook"; but it's rare that anything new is revealed at the RRR.

Some pretty good things have come out of the Texas game though. We had never run that Smoke Draw with Q that we unleashed on them in 02, and as Bob said "it worked all day" Also just off the top of my head, the stand up DE spinner defense made its debut and the 3 TE offense too. So I'd say its not quite rare, but it isnt like we come out as a brand new team every year either.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

The misdirection sweep to Adrian Peterson his freshman year in '04 was new and the horns had no answer for it.

[IB4OU2]

The whorns faintly hear the steady drone of helicopter blades cutting the wind and Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries".

[rekamrettuB]

They are working on plays for the Kansas game.

[stoopified]

I don't see OU putting in trick plays. Bob really hasn't been a big prponent of trick plays recently.He tends to be more concerned with solid execution.I do think there will be some new wrinkles on both offense and defense though.If it comes to trick plays,we are in trouble.

[LVSOONER15]

Most of the trick plays we have ran have backfired on us.

[Partial Qualifier]

They unveil the new Heupel offense.

They have been awfully vanilla so far even vs. Free Shoes U.

This is where the gloves come off and they let loose the dogs of war.

thats what I was thinking. You know Huepel's cooking up something good. I hope it involves "more Millard" in the offense. He's been almost forgotten about so far this year

[TMcGee86]

I would hope at least DEFCON 3 for RRS week...

Came here to say this. 5 is peacetime. 1 is Armageddon. We need to be at least 3, hopefully 2 by the end of the week.

[TMcGee86]

I'm guessing he's handing out shovels for the new shovel pass.

That and lifting weights.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

Didn't we debut the diamond vs. OSU last year?

[CrimsonCommando]

they are building a giant cake/deathmobile to drive down to Dallas in.

Well played, sir, well played!!

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Practicing in indoor facility, no media, no former players, no family members. What are they cooking up? I don't know, but I can hear Mack's azz tightening up. :rapture:

3 plays up the middle and a pass on third down??? ;)

[TheHumanAlphabet]

They unveil the new Heupel offense.

They have been awfully vanilla so far even vs. Free Shoes U.

This is where the gloves come off and they let loose the dogs of war.

Yeah, I have been wishing this since Wilson took over... I would be surprised if we see anything different.

[rekamrettuB]

3 plays up the middle and a pass on third down??? ;)

Did they move the game to Columbia, MO?

[Wishboned]

Didn't we debut the diamond vs. OSU last year?


I thought they brought it out earlier. After the loss to A&M. For some reason I'm thinking it was Baylor.

[OhU1]

Texas is countering, they have commissioned a computer geek who lives in his mother's basement to generate and post gifs of Stoops eating penises on Shaggy Bevo!

The homoerotic gay projection of the Longhorn is understandable if you know anything about Austin.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

I thought they brought it out earlier. After the loss to A&M. For some reason I'm thinking it was Baylor.Oh ok. I do believe we used it a lot more in Stillwater than we had in any other prior game.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Brandon Williams + Whaley + Millard = faces smashed

I'll be surprised if Brandon Williams plays. Word is he has ball security issues. No way we risk that this game. It will be lots of Clay+Whaley+Millard+a little more Finch+more Whaley = faces smashed.

[swardboy]

Wishbone!

[OUDoc]

I see your ecstatic and raise you an elated

2395

[BoulderSooner79]

I'll be surprised if Brandon Williams plays. Word is he has ball security issues. No way we risk that this game. It will be lots of Clay+Whaley+Millard+a little more Finch+more Whaley = faces smashed.

That's what I assume as well - but it at least gave the horns something to worry about this week. We are getting a bit thin at RB, especially if Clay is not 100%, so might need a few snap from Williams.

[PalmBeachSooner]

I argued last week with a person who felt put out that OU 'ran the score up' on Ball State.


Is it wrong to want OU to win by 50+?

It's wrong to not want OU to win by 50+.

[PalmBeachSooner]

Texas is countering, they have commissioned a computer geek who lives in his mother's basement to generate and post gifs of Stoops eating penises on Shaggy Bevo!

The homoerotic gay projection of the Longhorn is understandable if you know anything about Austin.

Austin is supposed to be one of the top cities in America for a ghey man to find a partner.

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

3 plays up the middle and a pass on third down??? ;)


Wouldn't that be 4th down?

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Wouldn't that be 4th down?


Unless, of course, you are Colorado playing against Missouri. Then you do get 5 downs!

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Wouldn't that be 4th down?

Yes, jet lagged from getting back from Singapore and 30 days on the road...

[LVSOONER15]

Maybe Whaley in the wildcat.

[BoulderSooner79]

Wouldn't that be 4th down?

No, the first run went for 12 yards. ;)

[yankee]

Lane Johnson in the wildcat.

[utex74]

Practicing in indoor facility, no media, no former players, no family members. What are they cooking up? I don't know, but I can hear Mack's azz tightening up. :rapture:

In other words, the way all of Texas' practices have been this year.

[Keller Sooner]

In other words, the way all of Texas' practices have been this year.

We don't really care what Texas does. When Bob Stoops "battens down the hatches", we know something serious is going on. We are now at DEFCON 4.

[picasso]

Also, Cale Gundy said they were working some things in practice that they haven't had a chance to get to yet. This was after the game Saturday night.
Hopefully it will be kickoff coverage.

[FirstandGoal]

Did they move the game to Columbia, MO?

Nicely played, sir

:D

[BlownGP]

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[LASooner]

He pulled Whakey aside and said, "Ok, I know we've only let you run half speed up until now, but you can go as fast as you want now."