Watching The Oklahoma Spring Game...

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hatvol96

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I feel confident saying that, if they find a competent QB, this will be the best team of the Stoops Era. The team speed is outstanding. Demarco Murray will be a star at tailback.
 
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When I saw the title of this thread I knew who the author was. Good thing the Vols ain't in the Big 12..
 
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Allen Patrick is a good 2nd choice back. He's more decisive than the AD was, but I don't think he has the burst or moves AD does.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The Sooners and the 'Canes play in week 2 this year. Welcome to the Big Time, Randy Shannon.
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I guess the Sooners and Canes decided to screw the BCS quandry about strength of schedule determining who should play in the "big game".... Preemptive strike. I applaud their guts...
 
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tidwell said:
Nice. When was that set up?
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It's been signed for a couple of years. OU signed series with the 'Canes and Ohio State when the 12th game was added. The "U" added another marquee nonconference opponent for the future, I think it might be Ohio State as well.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
I guess the Sooners and Canes decided to screw the BCS quandry about strength of schedule determining who should play in the "big game".... Preemptive strike. I applaud their guts...
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OU, the "U", Ohio State, and Texas have all been really aggressive about adding big time opponents to their schedule with the 12th game.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
What difference does that make? Both programs are premier and takes great pride to schedule that game!!!!!!!!1
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None at all, was just curious. :peace2:

I love the early season games like that.

I believe Ohio State and Southern Cal are also scheduled to play in the regular season in the years to come.
 
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Our beloved Vols historically have played a strong out of conference schedules but it seems to me that in the upcoming season and later a few "cupcakes" have appeared. Am I out of line?
 
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hmanvolfan said:
I guess the Sooners and Canes decided to screw the BCS quandry about strength of schedule determining who should play in the "big game".... Preemptive strike. I applaud their guts...
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It's a pretty simple concept. Step up to the plate and prove you belong in the BCS championship or schedule Citadel and then cry about it after the regular season ends.
 
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tidwell said:
None at all, was just curious. :peace2:

I love the early season games like that.

I believe Ohio State and Southern Cal are also scheduled to play in the regular season in the years to come.
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Ohio State signed a bunch of great home and homes when the schedule was expanded. I hope other elite teams follow suit.
 
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kptvol said:
It's a pretty simple concept. Step up to the plate and prove you belong in the BCS championship or schedule Citadel and then cry about it after the regular season ends.
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I agree with the concept, thus my posts. However, a few schools in the recent past have taken the path to the NC game paved with patsies in the name of getting a lot of "wins". That's my point.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I feel confident saying that, if they find a competent QB, this will be the best team of the Stoops Era. The team speed is outstanding. Demarco Murray will be a star at tailback.
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I have a hard time believing this. Granted, I didn't see very many OU games last year, so I could easily be mistaken. It seemed like the 2003-2004 teams were pretty stacked. Does the current Sooner roster have guys that compare to Jason White, AD, Tommie Harris, Marcus Clayton, Antonio Perkins, and Brandon Jones?
 
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hmanvolfan said:
I agree with the concept, thus my posts. However, a few schools in the recent past have taken the path to the NC game paved with patsies in the name of getting a lot of "wins". That's my point.
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I think most of the contenders in recent years have had good out of conference schedules.
 
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kptvol said:
I think most of the contenders in recent years have had good out of conference schedules.
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Are you gonna make me research the past 5 years NC winners schedules to bear out my contention? Hope not 'cause I'm too tired.. :p
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Our beloved Vols historically have played a strong out of conference schedules but it seems to me that in the upcoming season and later a few "cupcakes" have appeared. Am I out of line?
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I think UT's nonconference schedule is still respectable. One of the problems is that not a lot of other powers look to sign big time home and home series. Once the schools previously mentioned in this thread all kind of signed rotating series among themselves, it cut down the field of possible quality opponents. We've got UCLA, NC State, and Nebraska in the future. That's not bad.
 
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kptvol said:
I have a hard time believing this. Granted, I didn't see very many OU games last year, so I could easily be mistaken. It seemed like the 2003-2004 teams were pretty stacked. Does the current Sooner roster have guys that compare to Jason White, AD, Tommie Harris, Marcus Clayton, Antonio Perkins, and Brandon Jones?
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Demarcus Granger will be better than Tommie Harris. Murray, Patrick, and Brown will combine to rush for close to 2,800 yards. The corps of wide receivers are better than the group you cited. Quarterback is the only question mark.
 
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VolinArizona said:
Florida's OOC schedule was bad, but only because FSU royally stunk.
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Yeah, but Florida has always played the Sisters of the Poor early non conference. They are my biggest example of NC contenders padding their schedule with patsies.....
 
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VolinArizona said:
Florida's OOC schedule was bad, but only because FSU royally stunk.
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That's one of the problems with nonconference scheduling. When you schedule so far in advance, you are sometimes going to have a team fall off. I bet Georgia thought they were scheduling quality games when they signed their series with Colorado.
 
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