View Full Version : The best sooners not to play at OU
bspoke1
1/29/2006, 11:08 PM
My vote is for Steve Largent
Octavian
1/29/2006, 11:09 PM
you mean Okies?
bspoke1
1/29/2006, 11:15 PM
Okies are sooners.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
1/29/2006, 11:23 PM
The domers got an All American lineman from Tulsa Edison back when I was in college at OU(or HS at Tulsa Kelly) named Mike Fanning. He was a star in the pros, too, but I don't remember what pro team. What about any number of Okla. players who made aggies of themselves. Aggy has had a FEW stars, as has Tulsa. Or that goofy guy mark Gastineau, who played for East Central in Ada. He was all pro, I think.
Jeff Leiding
Jim Thorpe
that Ada guy with the Giants
several aggies
TexasBoomer
1/29/2006, 11:38 PM
Troy
Were Barry and Thurman both from Oklahoma? I don't remember that being the case...
TheGodfather889
1/29/2006, 11:45 PM
Steve Largent is in the NFL Hall of Fame and is one of the great receivers of all time.Will Shields who is from Lawton had a great career at Nebraska and is a future Hall of Famer with the Chiefs.
bspoke1
1/29/2006, 11:46 PM
Barry was from Wichita and Thurman I think was from Missouri City Texas
Octavian
1/29/2006, 11:48 PM
Barry is from Kansas i think...not sure about Thurman
bspoke1
1/29/2006, 11:49 PM
Troy
Troy played at ou
usmc-sooner
1/29/2006, 11:52 PM
If you didn't wear the Crimson and Cream you were not a Sooner
Octavian
1/29/2006, 11:54 PM
thank you
GottaHavePride
1/29/2006, 11:54 PM
Jerome Bettis wanted to go to OU. does that count?
WisconsinSooner
1/30/2006, 12:07 AM
I would say Will Shields, Lawton, for the modern era players (since 1950).
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 12:14 AM
Jerome Bettis wanted to go to OU. does that count?Heck Yes
TheGodfather889
1/30/2006, 12:34 AM
Jerome Bettis wanted to go to OU? I didn't know that. I wonder why he didn't.
Salt City Sooner
1/30/2006, 12:45 AM
He said in an interview that I watched that the biggest reason he didn't come was that he wanted to play in the 'bone & by the time he was getting out of H.S., we were moving away from it. Couple that with the fact that we were in the process of getting drilled by the NCAA & it was over before it started.
Big Red Ron
1/30/2006, 01:31 AM
Troy played at ouPlayed quite a bit really early, actually. I still think if we hadn't won it all with JH, in the offense that Barry promised to change when he recruited Troy, that Troy would have come back.
GottaHavePride
1/30/2006, 01:35 AM
Jeremy Shockey
As good a football player as he is, he was a punk in college. I'm glad we had Trent Smith instead.
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 03:08 AM
If you didn't wear the Crimson and Cream you were not a SoonerIf Jim Thorpe doesnt count as a sooner then none of us do!
Big Red Ron
1/30/2006, 03:29 AM
This is the Sooner state!
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 03:43 AM
Thank You
In no particular order...
Mark Gastineau - Ada
Steve Largent - Tulsa (?)
Jim Thorpe - Yale
There was a really good linebacker that went from East Central to a good pro career. Clifford Thrift, I think it was, but I'm not sure he was an Okie.. just played his college ball at ECU.
Garrett Mills - Tulsa (Okay, I just like the way the guy plays. Never heard of him before this last season ;) )
Wes Welker - OKC area I think
Mickey Mantle - Commerce :D
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 05:21 AM
Don Chandler -Tulsa Rogers--Packers Hall of Fame
The domers got an All American lineman from Tulsa Edison back when I was in college at OU(or HS at Tulsa Kelly) named Mike Fanning. He was a star in the pros, too, but I don't remember what pro team. What about any number of Okla. players who made aggies of themselves. Aggy has had a FEW stars, as has Tulsa. Or that goofy guy mark Gastineau, who played for East Central in Ada. He was all pro, I think.
Mike Fanning was drafted by the L.A. Rams and played 8 seasons for them, and one season each for Detroit and Seattle.
Okieflyer
1/30/2006, 08:26 AM
In no particular order...
Mark Gastineau - Ada
Steve Largent - Tulsa (?)
Jim Thorpe - Yale
There was a really good linebacker that went from East Central to a good pro career. Clifford Thrift, I think it was, but I'm not sure he was an Okie.. just played his college ball at ECU.
Garrett Mills - Tulsa (Okay, I just like the way the guy plays. Never heard of him before this last season ;) )
Wes Welker - OKC area I think
Mickey Mantle - Commerce :D
I believe Jim Thorpe played at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania not Yale.
Newbomb Turk
1/30/2006, 08:32 AM
I believe Jim Thorpe played at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania not Yale.
You're kidding, right?
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 08:32 AM
I believe Jim Thorpe played at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania not Yale.I think he means Yale Oklahoma,but I thought Jim Thorpe was from Prague
Newbomb Turk
1/30/2006, 08:39 AM
I think he means Yale Oklahoma,but I thought Jim Thorpe was from Prague
I think he lived in Yale at one time.
Okieflyer
1/30/2006, 08:41 AM
I think he means Yale Oklahoma,but I thought Jim Thorpe was from Prague
That's it, your right. :P
Some of you need to actually read threads before you post in them.
Okieflyer
1/30/2006, 08:42 AM
You're kidding, right?
Serious Dood! :D
MojoRisen
1/30/2006, 08:53 AM
In no particular order...
Mark Gastineau - Ada
Steve Largent - Tulsa (?)
Jim Thorpe - Yale
There was a really good linebacker that went from East Central to a good pro career. Clifford Thrift, I think it was, but I'm not sure he was an Okie.. just played his college ball at ECU.
Garrett Mills - Tulsa (Okay, I just like the way the guy plays. Never heard of him before this last season ;) )
Wes Welker - OKC area I think
Mickey Mantle - Commerce :D
Johnny Bench
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 09:00 AM
In no particular order...
Mark Gastineau - Ada
Steve Largent - Tulsa (?)
Jim Thorpe - Yale
There was a really good linebacker that went from East Central to a good pro career. Clifford Thrift, I think it was, but I'm not sure he was an Okie.. just played his college ball at ECU.
Garrett Mills - Tulsa (Okay, I just like the way the guy plays. Never heard of him before this last season ;) )
Wes Welker - OKC area I think
Mickey Mantle - Commerce :D
If we want to get real picky ,Steve Largent was born in Tulsa and played at Putnam City:D
Sooner_Bob
1/30/2006, 09:06 AM
Darrien Gordon had a decent NFL career. He played his high school ball at Shawnee.
OUGreg723
1/30/2006, 10:12 AM
Barry Switzer
OUGreg723
1/30/2006, 10:12 AM
Bud Wilkinson
Bob Stoops
They didnt play for OU...
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
1/30/2006, 10:52 AM
Mike Fanning was drafted by the L.A. Rams and played 8 seasons for them, and one season each for Detroit and Seattle.Thanks, Mike...;) Seriously, was he all-pro, and was it Tulsa Edison where he went to HS?
soonerlaw
1/30/2006, 12:00 PM
I would say maybe Reggie Brooks (went to the Domers then to Chiefs)
and maybe the Lockett kids.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
1/30/2006, 12:26 PM
aggies Jon Kolb and Barry Price were both highly acclaimed traitors.
Pricetag
1/30/2006, 12:31 PM
I would say maybe Reggie Brooks (went to the Domers then to Chiefs)
His older brother Tony was even more talented, wasn't he? I think he got in trouble with the law or something, though.
Red October
1/30/2006, 12:55 PM
Bryant Reeves
heh
bspoke1
1/30/2006, 01:39 PM
I assumed since this was the football forum I didnt have to list it in the thread.Don't ever assume:)
If we go that direction my money is on Mark Price from Enid;)
RiddlerOK
1/30/2006, 02:05 PM
Lessee, here's a few good ones:
Rodney Tate, Beggs (Texas) (Cincinnati Bengals)
John Brown, Foyil (Nebraska)(Seattle Seahawks)
Steve Largent, Putnam City (Tulsa)(Seattle Seahawks)
Scott Tinsley, Putnam City West (USC)(Oakland Raiders)
Mike Fanning, Tulsa Edison (Notre Dame)(Detroit Lions)
Jeremy Shockey, Ada (Miami)(New York Giants)
Jim Thorpe, Prague (Carlisle Industrial Indian School)(Canton Bulldogs)
Troy Aikman, Henryetta (OU/UCLA)(Dallas Cowboys)
Wes Welker, OKC Heritage Hall (Texas Tech)(Miami)
Will Shields, Lawton (Nebraska)(Kansas City Chiefs)
Darrien Gordon, Shawnee (Stanford)(San Diego Chargers/Denver Broncos)
Jon Kolb, Owasso(Oklahoma State)(Pittsburgh Steelers)
BTW:
Howard Twilley graduated from Galena Park, TX High School
Even though he was born in Armore, OK Mark Gastineau graduated from Round Valley, AZ High School.
I think he means Yale Oklahoma,but I thought Jim Thorpe was from Prague
Ah, my bad. I just remember driving by that sign outside of Yale that says "Home of Jim Thorpe". And yea, that's Yale, OK, not the prissy school. ;)
MojoRisen
1/30/2006, 02:49 PM
His older brother Tony was even more talented, wasn't he? I think he got in trouble with the law or something, though.
Reggie was more talented- FAST FAST - Tony declared early for the Draft as a Junior and then backed out- it was a big fiasco and one of the first cases of it...
Hell I believe ND was able to get him eligiable again some how..
BoomerJack
1/30/2006, 03:20 PM
John Ward, Tulsa Rogers grad 1966; same year as Steve Owens from Miami. Ward played at OkSt and, I think, was an All Big 8 selection guard; played a few years with Minnesota in the NFL.
Kevin Brown, PK from Foyil played at Nebbish; now with Houston, Texas. We can include him on this list if you really want to include PK's as football players. Old School guys like Alex Karras and Art Donovan probably wouldn't.
But IMHO, Thorpe is the best by far. Every time someone asks me who the best football player, best athlete, to come out of Oklahoma, I always say Jim Thorpe.
Sheldon Williams, DOOK
D'Angelo Alexander, UNC-Charlotte (note: he was enrolled but never "played")
Can we give up Darrell Royal?
Duke o Brewery
1/30/2006, 04:57 PM
I say yes. Give him up. Disown him. Whatever.
He forfeited his legacy as a Sooner/Oklahoman IMO.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
1/30/2006, 06:46 PM
Can we give up Darrell Royal?:P We can claim him when we want, and disavow him when we want.
GottaHavePride
1/30/2006, 07:03 PM
Can we give up Darrell Royal?
Remind's me of Chappelle's racial draft...
TheGodfather889
1/30/2006, 11:25 PM
Wes Welker had a pretty good career at Texas Tech.He helped Heritage Hall to a State Title and it was fun being a teamate of his for one year (I was a freshman when he was a senior).
goingoneight
1/30/2006, 11:30 PM
Darrell Royal... oh, yes. Where would Fexas be without old Royal? Or old Brown? Where would Dallas Cowboys be without the King? Notice a pattern here?
Big Red Ron
1/31/2006, 12:28 AM
D'Angelo Alexander, UNC-Charlotte (note: he was enrolled but never "played")What? He played a ton, like Troy Aikman.
picasso
1/31/2006, 12:37 AM
Dwight McFadden. badump-crash!
Hate to say it but Mike Gundy is one.
Big Red Ron
1/31/2006, 12:40 AM
RW McQuarters
picasso
1/31/2006, 12:56 AM
Dan Bitson
Charlie Higgins
XingTheRubicon
1/31/2006, 12:59 AM
Gary Busey
CORNholio
2/1/2006, 06:13 AM
Garth Brooks
CORNholio
2/1/2006, 06:18 AM
Opie Taylor
I was going to say Keith Traylor, but I don't that's correct.
soonerjoker
2/5/2006, 12:51 PM
i met a guy from tulsa that played for ND & then the detroit lions.
in the 50s.
his name was bob sholz or maybe stolz..
it was 1958 & i don't remember. he was in a class i took @ TU, summer of 58.
mobilesteve
2/5/2006, 01:06 PM
Darell Porter
score4OU
2/10/2006, 05:20 PM
Marion Morrison aka John Wayne
He never lived here, but did a few movies that involved Oklahoma.
BASSooner
2/10/2006, 05:41 PM
Woopie Goldberg
BigCrimson32
2/11/2006, 02:53 AM
oklahoma is the sooner state therefore if ur born in oklahoma ur a sooner
shockey and some of the others that were born in ok and left are just turds but they're damn good football players, why? cus they're from the sooner state
Big Red Ron
2/11/2006, 10:31 AM
I betcha Tommie Morrison would have been a pretty decent linbacker.
soonerjoker
2/11/2006, 11:09 AM
please tell me "whoopie goldberg" is NOT from oklahoma !!!!!!!!!!
royalfan5
2/11/2006, 12:29 PM
Mike Minter who played on NU 94-95 title teams and has been a long-time starter at Safety for the Carolina Panthers is from Lawton.
usmc-sooner
2/11/2006, 01:08 PM
oklahoma is the sooner state therefore if ur born in oklahoma ur a sooner
shockey and some of the others that were born in ok and left are just turds but they're damn good football players, why? cus they're from the sooner state
no if you played for the Sooners you were a Sooner
if you played for OSU you're a Cowboy
if you played for Tulsa you're a Hurricane
If you played for Miami you're part of the U
If you played for ND you're a Fightin Irishmen
Shaq and Kobe have been to OKC that don't make them a Sooner. Has nothing to do with fans just that Barry Sanders, Steve Largent, Mike Minter weren't Sooners they were Cowboy, Hurricane and Cornhusker and none them would ever claim to be a Sooner. This thread is gay started by gay Cowpoke troll.
Big Red Ron
2/11/2006, 01:18 PM
no if you played for the Sooners you were a Sooner
if you played for OSU you're a Cowboy
if you played for Tulsa you're a Hurricane
If you played for Miami you're part of the U
If you played for ND you're a Fightin Irishmen
Shaq and Kobe have been to OKC that don't make them a Sooner. Has nothing to do with fans just that Barry Sanders, Steve Largent, Mike Minter weren't Sooners they were Cowboy, Hurricane and Cornhusker and none them would ever claim to be a Sooner. This thread is gay started by gay Cowpoke troll.I think he's refering to the fact that Oklahoma's official nickname is, "The Sooner State." Thus, if you were born here you are a Sooner.
Octavian
2/11/2006, 03:03 PM
Not. the. same.
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