retired x2, Canadian (4/25/2009 7:50:51 AM)

I feel bad for his dad,he moved to a small Texas town on I-35 to be close to OU. He is a good guy and a good coach, kids are stupid at that age no matter their talent.

allsum, Tulsa (4/25/2009 8:46:27 AM)

his dad is a crybaby

Lee Harvey Griswald, (4/25/2009 10:17:52 AM)

Almost everybody but the NCAA knew that AD and others were on the take from Big Red before Stoops cleaned it up. The drastic release of Bomar & the other guy were designed to give the perception that Stoops would not tolerate this kind of behavior. Fortunately for OU, the evidence implicating AD was destroyed before the investigation began. Bomar got what he deserved. Others didn't.

OSUfanCliff, Broken Arrow (4/25/2009 11:52:17 AM)

Dave, I think you are wrong. Bomar's draft status or lack thereof has nothing to do with him playing for a small school. Pro scouts beat the bushes for small school talent. The real problem with Bomar is his lack of passing accuracy. It is obvious that his passing accuracy did not improve at Sam Houston, and it therefore seems doubtful that it would have improved at OU. It can be argued therefore that by taking the money, he may actually have saved his career. Had he stayed at OU, it is quite possible that Stoops would have grown weary of his errant throws and interceptions and would have benched him in favor of a more accurate arm such as the one Bradford has. And if Bomar had been benched at OU for a more accurate arm, he could have kissed his 4th round draft choice--worth at least a half million dollars--good-by.

Arbythree, Tulsa (4/25/2009 1:23:26 PM)

I will not cry for Bomar.

yep, Tulsa County (4/25/2009 2:56:54 PM)

When people feel entitled they don't put forth their best efforts, and often they give up sooner.

DeafRon, (4/25/2009 10:16:38 PM)

Where's your evidence, Lee Harvey? How do you know? Why bad mouth someone when there is no 'evidence' to back up your claims. Sour grapes? OU beat your team again last year?

Arbythree, Tulsa (4/25/2009 11:12:43 PM)

Bomar is NO MAR! ("more" for my aggie friends)

cs, (4/26/2009 8:05:40 AM)

Or as Sam Bradford might put it:
It sad (fitting) that Rhett put himself in that position (screwed up).

I think the team learned from the incident (realizes he's an idiot making us all look bad).

Hopefully everything will work out for the best.
(I'm here, with the Heisman)

Aggie, (4/26/2009 4:36:47 PM)

He would have had a much better offensive line at OU, so perhaps that is why he didn't do as well at SHSU. I don't know why people don't understand that any QB or RB is only as good as the offensive line. To me, they are the real stars, although they are never recognized as such.

It does seem you are gloating over this young man's fall. What is it about sports writers that they seem to revel in athletes' failures? Envy of their talent and fame? Maybe most sports writers are frustrated wannabes and writing bad things about athletes is their revenge.

T!ger,, T-Town (4/26/2009 4:43:27 PM)

Sam Bradford is better than Rhett anyways! I gurantee you whenever Sammy goes into the Draft, he will definetly be in the top 5! Maybe even No. 1! Go Sammy!

BOOMER SOONER!

T!ger,, T-Town (4/26/2009 4:43:53 PM)

Poor choices Bomar!

Daniel Day Simpson, Edmond (4/26/2009 9:51:06 PM)

As someone who has personally seen and been to the ugly depths of the old Sooner machine, it has always ground you down and spit you out when it no longer had any need for you. Nobody really knows if it was the house the Switzer built or if he was just continuing from the master coach himself, nonetheless Switzer is the founder of Big Red Sports. He often put his players to work there under the color of a summer or part time semester job. But it was just a way to funnel booster money to the team. He had other enterprises like Switzer Petroleum. He put players his payroll in jobs like meter reader and the likes. We knew it was happening in the early 80's and it was even the running joke about O.U. athletes so-called work-study jobs that included things like automatic sprinkler system attendant and milk crate counter. The latter job involving an actual task as theft of milk crates was at an all time high in the 80's and the university needed someone to count them every day to see how many were stolen. Of course the athletes were the ones stealing them so an accurate count was actually an obtainable goal if they were the ones "counting" them every day. The best work-study job for an athlete was of course departmental aid. Copy a few tests, grade scan-trons, handle a few permission slips, etc. Think about the ramifications for having those tasks, hmmm. I mean I was an aid and the rule was that you could not grade or copy any tests in classes you were taking. Not a rule enforced for athletes as they had their own rules. The Switzer years were much like the Stipe years. It was a Democratic Party autonomy. Switzer was very close to Stipe. Stipe was the only person in the state other than Carl Albert who could tell Switzer what to do at any given time and get away with it. Switzer was told to do a fund raiser at Francis Stipe's McAlester hotel and it was a done deal. I saw Switzer more times in McAlester than at O.U. All the radio stations (owned by Stipe) would do spots for, "Hello, I'm Barry Switzer, come to a meet and greet at the Hiway Lodge and have a free spaghetti meal catered by Pete's place". Of course it was a Democratic Party fund raiser and political rally but nothing was ever filed with the state election commission as law requires. But then again, what exactly is law in Little Dixie. What was law in 1980's O.U.? NCAA investigators were completely appalled by what they saw back then. They finally got past the Carl Albert war machine and were able to convince Switzer to resign or face the death penalty of NCAA actions, no college football program. He quit and they got a slap on the wrist only to have his system completely replicated by some errant supporters vis-a-vis Big Red Sports and Imports, a Switzer creation.

texasbill, (4/27/2009 8:56:58 AM)

Daniel Day Simpson, GO SUCK AN EGG!! YOU PEOPLE WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO TRY TO MAKE SWITZER LOOK BAD!!

now that you said a bunch of lies. Let me tell everyone about you people.
These people have motives.
When your at the top and your knocking teams off left an right.

You get a lot of people like Texas longhorn fans ECT.

They can never get over losing an it feels better when you can believe lies.

I am in my forty's and I have seen the junk from them for years.

Just look at the govonor of texas he even talking about leaving the union. all because of the stimulus or a black man.

But he took the stimulus money so which is it?
Texas has always been the leader to hate Oklahoma!

There has been a lot of people who will jump on the band wagon! Its easier than admitting defeat.
Look how long it took Texas to allow a black man on their team . A little behind and still dragging up the rear .

GET OVER IT! BUT YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THIS.

It's a Wilkerson, Switzer, Stoops dynasty.

WE love it.

Can't you still hear the BOOMER SOONER song in your mind.

YES!!! The one that hurt you SO BAD!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMEERR
you gotta love it!!

texasbill, (4/27/2009 9:00:18 AM)

I left some grammar mistakes! Jump on them. little fellows.

Arbythree, Tulsa (4/27/2009 10:01:18 AM)

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOONER!!!

anm1135, (4/28/2009 8:51:43 AM)

texasbill, I'm sure you are the biggest UO fan on the planet, so can you tell me who "Wilkerson" is?

sax5084, Richmond (4/28/2009 2:32:26 PM)

I remember watching Bomar in person against Tulsa in 2005. It was his first start, which he celebrated by getting a citation for minor in possession. Looking at the stats for that game, he was 5-13 passing for 42 yards, 0 TD, 2 interceptions, with 6 rushes for -13 yards. I also remember him doing his best to blow the Holiday Bowl in the closing moments by spiking the ball and stopping the clock for unsportsmanlike conduct after taking a knee at his own 1 yard line. That's about the maddest I've seen Stoops get, and that's a man that is capable of throw a big time fit. Then there was the taking money from a booster thing too. Point is, the kid was never really going to make it at OU, he was just plain awful in almost every respect. It probably served him better to get thrown out when he did and have 3 years to make himself even worth a draft pick, because even if his lack of discipline didn't get him later on, he would've eventually rode the bench.

Stiffler's an Idiot, (4/28/2009 2:33:28 PM)

This article doesn't make sense unless you know how much Brett was paid to keep quiet.

sax5084, Richmond (4/28/2009 7:36:02 PM)

Who is Brett?

mgsooner, (4/29/2009 10:40:39 AM)

Brett Romar