Jermaine Gresham is going pro

Sellout.

The comments that appear after that article are a rich and deep intellectual treasure-trove. I highly recommend that you read all of them.

bigduke,

Thanks for the heads up.

My favorite:
Oh, btw Josh and Don you losers, I still own 2 Oklahoma high school punting records. Man stupid people amaze me.

I liked ‘Last time I checked, this is not english class and I am not being graded so you can kiss my asprin bottle and go back to the gay bar.’

How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains?…

@ bigdukesix: Sweet Christ.

I’ve already said my piece on regret and Jermaine Gresham.
http://boomerandsooner.fantake.com/2009/09/13/screw-the-silver-lining/

It’s all coming together now.

“Have you bothered to run your comments through a grammar or spell check? Because your sentence structure is, well, let me think of a word you can understand – crappy. And you would know better than I. But isn’t Dungeons and Dragons a game?”

This is outstanding.

“Get a dictionary. but don’t look up loser in it, cause you’ll only see your name and face as the meaning. Get a life.”….. I wonder if the guy who wrote this was sitting there with that smirk of approval like yea I’m bad i know it .. bringing out the dictionary in your insult is classic … you gotta love those sooners, no wonder Nate talks on here with us.

Fantastic, more OU articles. Thought you guys were losing your touch there for awhile.

Hey, don’t be smack talkin’ on volleyball. It’s a way cooler sport than many more “popular” sports, like soccer and softball. Soccer is for kids without any real skills and softball is for bull-dykes who wish they were boys, IMO.



Teamless, In Seattle – Sep 29, 2009 at 1:57 pm

I love that “IMO” at the end there.

@admin

I think a fair response would be that the softball girls, much like female volleyball players, have legs and ass that just won’t quit. Bend that over the hood of an ‘86 Z28 with T-tops (sometimes a stereotype pays off), and it’s a great Friday afternoon.

Thoughts?

Hell, Nate, why wait until Friday?

The 89 IROC Z was far superior, but I like where your going.

“The comments that appear after that article are a rich and deep intellectual treasure-trove. I highly recommend that you read all of them.”

Why does Mama’s house not have the i-n—te-rrr-n-et when the trailer park does???

“In the end, it’s not my job to force a guy to come out. It’s my job to educate my players on all the possibilities and then it’s up to the individual and his family to make that decision.” – Bob Stoops at a press conference

Why doesn’t the Oklahoma media ask the question that is begged- “Coach, what did you advise Gresham last spring?”

Taylor, I can already tell you that . Stoops has made it clear that unless a player is a guaranteed top 15 draft pick, he should come back. Stoops didn’t follow that rule with Bradford. Bradford was advised to return, but that’s not bad advice for a QB under the circumstances. QB’s with only two years of college experience have a very low success rate in the NFL, and the uncapped rookie salary/draft agreement will still be in place this year. I’ve got a post in the works at Boomer and Sooner on the issue of advising underclassmen to declare and OU’s history with it.

But then Gerald McCoy stayed, too. Anyone who was paying attention knew this was going to happen. McCoy is a true blue Sooner who goes to damn near every athletic event whether it be men’s basketball or women’s soccer. McCoy is a vocal team leader, and a heck of a charismatic guy. Once McCoy knew he and Bradford were both staying, it was a matter of them selling Gresham and Trent Williams on coming back for simple self-preservation.

I would have loved to have seen Bradford go pro. That said, if his desire was to actually have a good NFL career, and not just maximize guaranteed earnings, I can see why he returned. Look at Matt Ryan. He lost money in returning, but is performing well enough (no way to know how much that extra year helped his development, but it didn’t hurt) that he’s not complaining now about dropping in the draft.

VY was different. If he returned for a senior year, he would have dropped in the draft (the scouts would have had an extra year to note his accuracy issues), and this was a guy who needed to get the maximum signing bonus, given his background and the speculative nature of his career as a QB.

TJ Ford also needed to leave when he did. All staying another year would have accomplished was giving the NBA scouts more time to notice that he wasn’t growing and his jump shot was taking a while to develop. Given another year in school, he would have dropped in the draft despite becoming a better player.

What does Bradford need to do? He probably needs to watch OU play Miami. If the OU OL struggles, the smart percentage move is for him to sit this year out.

Gary: “Tell the other mental patients that Gary said ‘hi.’”

Mr. King: "Gary i told them “Hi” for you and their response was “ask him when he is going to come back and play with our weiners again?” i will let you handle that one Gary…. i just walked away after that.. sorry!! they did seem excited to hear about you though!!! "

OUTSTANDING!!!

I loved Bradford coming back and I’m a fan of a Red team from the north. I loved him coming back because I love college football. I don’t know why everyone gets their panties in a bunch about these guys not getting rich immediately- God forbid they don’t get their millions and have to work a corporate job like me.

It’s good for the game. Probably won’t be good for Nebraska Football, but so be it.

Taylor, I’ll go one further. With Gresham out, I would tell Bradford to pack it in regardless of OL play. Don’t get me wrong, he needs to get used to playing with no significant protection from his OL, since he’ll undoubtedly be drafted high by a team with a swiss cheese OL. I just think it’s better if he learns that lesson while being paid a half million dollars every month.