Understanding our current core players (soph and below)

Interesting to resurrect these threads sometimes.

Maybe Bell will be the fullback? Adds an option in the backfield too for passes and switching positions. Might be interesting.

 

I think Bell will pull the old senior transfer thing.

 

What's the senior transfer thing? I wouldn't mind a scholarship opening up.

 

If you graduate you can transfer to another school without sitting out

 

Really? I think he stays and plays backup. Might get a ring.

 

Yeah, it worked out so well for Drew Allen.

 

It is a crap shoot (see Russell Wilson), but it is a free pass to get a chance to start at a lot of programs.

Edit: I also think that the problem with Allen was that he never got any game time at OU. Both he and the younger guy were pick machines through the first 6 games. He got better as the season went on but the other kid stopped throwing picks and Drew didn't.

 

Is he going to have enough credits to graduate? I'd be kinda surprised if he did without a considerable loophole.

 

I'm pretty sure there was a story in the DOK at one point this year that said he has or will graduate sometime this year. He's a redshirt junior so he has been around 4 years.

The only condition on the transfer rule is he has to enroll in a master's program at another school that OU does not offer.

 

True, I can see that it might be. It just seems like that most of the transfers don't wind up doing very well at the new school neither. Where would Bell go? Kansas? I can't see that his skill set fits well with anybody in this day and age, and the film on him is sure full of hits and misses.

 

I think he'd light up Conference USA or one of those type of conferences. Those QBs tend to have all day to throw the ball which would help him a ton.

 

Jkm, your OP is really interesting reading...thanks. I've a question.
In another thread I mentioned Stryker and his weight...don't you
think he could put on 20-25 pounds and maintain his speed? If he
got to the 235-240 range he could move inside once in a while and
also let him find his niche for the pros. And, after the first time I
saw Sanchez I posted that he's gonna be a star! Wheels, hands,
AND short memory...

 

If you watch him play his speed is his initial burst. He's not going to run you down in the open field.

 

My personal opinion is that he isn't going to be able to take that kind of weight and keep his quickness or his endurance. It takes forever to get used to that level of weight gain on a frame like his. I just unfortunately think he is an NFL DE trapped in a Safety Body.

As for Sanchez, the only thing that he seems to be missing is top end speed. I think Colvin would beat him by 8-10 yards in a 100 yard dash.

 

Could go to Tulsa, maybe. That would be interesting for next season, no?