Kryptonite, Sand Springs (7/23/2008 2:09:09 PM)

Mike "I have 1 more season" Gundy. It is a shame that a talented QB doesn't have a head coach capable of coaching him, or anyone else.

Phil in OKC, OklahomA cITY (7/23/2008 3:35:00 PM)

Just a note of clarification FWIW - Alex Cate has in fact "taken a college game snap" at oSu (Last year mop up duty agianst Fla Atlantic I think)

DanDDiver, Smyrna (7/24/2008 6:08:14 AM)

Neither Cate nor Weeden has taken enough snaps to be considered tested.
Weeden supposedly has the stronger arm, but Cate may have the advantage of practice and exposure to the offense.

I can't wait to see how this season plays out. Of course, OSU will be an underdog going into the Big 12 - which seems to bode much better for the Cowboys instead of the favorite role.

I wonder who'll be the premier running back. It looks like a very tight race for the top two spots. As long as Toston doesn't lay the ball down, it's going to be very competitive at the RB position.

GO POKES!

DanDDiver, Smyrna (7/24/2008 6:16:44 AM)

Neither Cate nor Weeden has taken enough snaps to be considered tested.
Weeden supposedly has the stronger arm, but Cate may have the advantage of practice and exposure to the offense.

I can't wait to see how this season plays out. Of course, OSU will be an underdog going into the Big 12 - which seems to bode much better for the Cowboys instead of the favorite role.

One more thing. Gundy does have a lot of pressure to improve this year and he has made some rookie coaching mistakes in his last few years, but one must realize how much has has accomplished in his young, headcoaching career.
I believe this will be Gundy's breakout year. He's matured while also showing a great deal of compassion for his team, coaches and the university. He's been able to hire and maintain some quality assistants and let them coach. He's cleaned up as much of the mess that is today's college athlete (and I don't think any school, especially OU, is without their problem players) and tried hard to instill a civic and scholastic responsibility within his players.

A tough, tough Big 12 schedule is riding on Mike Gundy's shoulders. Everyone (even Baylor) should be improved this year.

I'm hoping Mike Gundy has the same results as a headcoach as he had as a player. My money is on Mike Gundy to evolve into a great headcoach.
I wonder who'll be the premier running back. It looks like a very tight race for the top two spots. As long as Toston doesn't lay the ball down, it's going to be very competitive at the RB position.

GO POKES!

FIRE GUNDY, TULSA (7/24/2008 7:30:45 AM)

Ummm Dan? You're kidding right? If it weren't for Pickens Gundy would be gone, he's the only one willing to pay for his OJT. The season ticket holders sure aren't. Take a peek at those empty seats this year. Gundy is an embarassment as a coach.

SixGunSam, (7/26/2008 9:15:55 AM)

Dan, let's review Gundy's "accomplishments" (BTW, he's not building any of the facilities. That's being done by donars.):

1. Inherited a Alamo Bowl team with 15 returning starters, got swept by a weak North (at the time), got beat by Baylor, and finished dead last in the Big XII.

2. "Improved" to a eye-popping 6-6 regular season record, got thumped by a Sun Belt mid-major, and went to the Jim Bob's Bait Shop Back Bayou Bowl where he defeated a coachless team that finished with a losing record.

3. 6-6 AGAIN, got thumped by ANOTHER Sun Belt mid-major, went to the Dry Desert Gulch Dot Com Bowl. (32 Bowls = 64 teams... 119 Div. IA teams altogether... half of 119 teams equals 59.5 teams... 64 teams in one Bowl or another... 59.5 is half of all the teams... hhhmmmmm)

4. Recruited so well bringing HIS players into HIS system over the last four years that he desperately went the JUCO route in mass this year.

5. The three year Bobby Reid fiasco. (Woods or Reid, Reid or Woods, Reid or Pena, Pena or Reid, Reid or Robinson, Robinson or Reid.)

6. The "rant" fiasco.

7. The ever-memorable, cockroach fans.

8. Progressively declining ticket sales and attendance each and every year.

9. 4th quarter choke and humiliation.

10. Going to Athens touting the best offense in all of football.

11. One of the worst defenses in all of college football.

12. A losing 18-19 record.

Any "accomplishment" I missed?

Dan, I DO "realize how much he has accomplished in his young, headcoaching career." Do you?

Don't get me started on how well he handed the ball to future hall of famers Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders or how incredibly he lobbed balls to Hart Lee Dykes as a player. You obviously missed his performance in the '88 Nebraska game... made Al Pena look like a Manning.

SixGunSam, (7/26/2008 9:36:23 AM)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about Chris Collins, Bowman's drugs before and after, recruiting known non-qualifiers to boost recruiting rankings, over offering then reneging on scholarships, and tagging Miles players as "thugs" only to retain and promote Miles Recruiting Coordinator.

Those "accomplishments" should be noted as well.

snoop, (7/31/2008 3:23:25 PM)

dANd--you are an idiot
thank you six gun, you point by point proved my point that Dand is an idiot.

I wound add the player Chris Collins, Gumby "researched" his back ground and his rape charge. Thougth he was a person to give a scholly to. But then Collins pleads guilty, Gumby then has to wait for directions from TBone before he kicks him off the team

Gumby's and idiot