When AD is a Senior...

[Reno]

assuming he sticks around that long...

Just thinking about his supporting cast gives me chills.

Rhett Bomar
Malcolm Kelly
Juaquin Iglesias
Quentin Chaney
Lendy Holmes
Jacob Gutierrez
Joe John Finley
George "Duke" Robinson
Eric Huggins
DJ Wolfe
Demarcus Granger
Nic Harris
Ryan Reynolds
Lamont Robinson
Keenan Clayton
Reggie Smith
Curtis Lofton
Marcus Walker
Demarrio Pleasant

To name a few. 2007 looks like an awefully good year for the Sooners. Not all these guys are going in the first round, but all have the "next level" talent. The future looks bright fellow Sooners.

Boomer Sooner!

[OUGreg723]

yes it does!! Even if adrian doesnt stick around, we will have great running back play. Gute will be a senior, we will have big time recruits at RB as well. AD or no AD it is going to be a great season. I just hope none of our O-lineman quit... then we'll be great.

[josh09]

i think that he will stick around, cuz he wants this season back.

[ucosooner]

He's gone. You don't pass up money like that.

[BillyBall]

He's gone. You don't pass up money like that.

Unless your name is Matt Leinart, Peyton Manning, Cedric Benson, The Fake Roy Williams......

Inflation adjusted of course.

[Harris County Sooner]

He's gone. You don't pass up money like that.

yup, what would be his senior year will be a rookie year in the NFL.

[Soonerus]

2007 National Champions !!!!!

[oumartin]

you cannot buy a new house with a national championship.. Unless your Bob

[CatfishSooner]

alum buy...

[Hublah]

We would be very lucky if he sticks around!!
But dont hold your breath!

[westcoast_sooner]

While I like the list of players - that's a lot of assumptions. I would expect that the cast would change between now and 2007, since there will be some players that leave, some that show some flash this year, and we never hear from them again, and others that step in when they get some opportunity.

I think that this year's young guys are forming the nucleus of another great Sooner team. They've shown heart, and developed a lot of character in the face of adversity during the first part of the season. We've got a 3 game winning streak, and a chance to finish well - going into a bowl game.

For all the naysayers, who thought after the game in Big-D that we would be lucky to go bowling this year, and who thought we didn't stand a chance to Nebraska, think about how the players have responded to the coaching, and to the fans. You have to admit that we're seeing some incredible development, improvement every week, in these kids. The TCU loss is perhaps the most difficult to accept. But I think that through this adversity, these guys are learning how to fight, and earn victories, and that will be a good thing down the road.

Let's not assume a National Championship in 2007, but I think we can look forward to some really good Sooner football.

[mrssoonerhubler]

hopefully he stays

[RedstickSooner]

Another interesting roster note (which has probably been pointed out elsewhere, but which I hadn't read before anywhere else)

The heftiest dude on the roster and the skinniest dude on the roster share a last name. David Robinson at 138 pounds, and George Robinson at 1,436 (well, actually, 360).

[BoomerJack]

If someone told me in July, '05 that Adrian Peterson would be in a Sooner uni for the '07 season I would have told them they were nuts. That he would go to the NFL after a stellar three year career and possibly a Heisman trophy. But like one of the above posters said, I think he may want to get this season back. Another factor, of course, is how our beloved Sooners fare in the MNC picture next season. If OU wins it and Peterson believes his NFL stock will be high enough, he'll pass up '07 for the big payday.

[SoCal]

Unless your name is Matt Leinart, Peyton Manning, Cedric Benson, The Fake Roy Williams......

Inflation adjusted of course.

Peyton Manning played his Senior year...1994-97

[MamaMia]

If I see him AD the team hotel, I'll get him off to the side and ask him if hes planning to stay for his senior year, or go pro.

I doubt he'll give me a straight answer but when kids try to bambuzzle this ole granny, I can see right through it.

[BillyBall]

Peyton Manning played his Senior year...1994-97

All of them did, which is my point......

[Jeopardude]

Unless your name is Matt Leinart, Peyton Manning, Cedric Benson, The Fake Roy Williams......

Inflation adjusted of course.

One difference is these guys didn't struggle through ninth grade or lose a starting assignment for skipping class their sophomore year. My guess is AD has absolutely no interest in a degree or class and will leave ASAP.

Of course, he might turn his attitude around. I hear Chijoke Onyenegecha has shaped up and is a good student now. Or maybe he could pull a Leinart and take ballroom dancing as his one class for the semester.

[Reno]

It comes down to what he wants to accomplish as Sooner. If he feels satisfied with what he left behind he'll go pro. If not he will be back to cement his legacy.

That is unless Rosenhaus gets his hooks in him.

[mrssoonerhubler]

I see next year as his Heisman Season.