Sam Bradford to start against Baylor

I expect anything from getting him in for a quarter or a half just to get back into game shape to having him play the entire game, showcasing the fact his shoulder is fine.

Nothing would surprise me this year: Poor, Poor Baylor

Baylor’s defense should roll over in the running game, but since they’ve had that new DC, they do a really nice job of putting together pressure and blitz packages with a pretty talented LB group.
 
Antonio Jones and Joe Pawelek should have a chance at some hits on Bradford.

Does this make OU better?

scipio. Interesting enough, Baylor has been able to get to the OU quarterback (pick one) in years past. Sam takes a couple of pops and he better be taking off his shoulder pads and ordering hot dogs from that point on.

HenryJames said:
October 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am

Does this make OU better?

You’re joking, right?

Yes, but not enough to be worth it if he isn’t fully healed.

We’re talking about a guy that has a frayed ligament in his throwing shoulder and hasn’t thrown a pass in game action in over a month, right?

Quit being an obtuse douchebag.

That scream you just heard was from Bradford’s insurance adjustor.

Actually a good question by HJ. Who knows. What’s better? A rusty Sam Bradford or a healthy Landry Jones? I think the OU coaching staff just put in their vote. But seriously…. I wouldn’t want Colt to play OU in just his 2nd game of the year.

Who’s he going to throw to Ponderos? Is Bradford that much better at handing the ball off than Jones? They should do everyone a favor and shut him down for the year. He might as well start learning the Rams playbook.

I think more than anything this speaks to the realization of the OU coaches that they are screwed with Landry as their QB against Texas. So they are desperately hoping Bradford will be in game shape for us.

If they want him to play next week then he had better play tomorrow. He needs the game experience, even at the loss of one more week of healing time. We will see.

My OU friends (believe it or not, I have them) are all so jacked about Bradford playing…What has Landry Jones done so wrong? Jones is NOT the problem.

Sam gets kicked in the head by a mule, eyes go crossed. Gets hit by The Predator, eyes go straight. Don’t ask me…

Obtuse. Is it deliberate?

Solitary. A month.

Don’t you EVER mention shoulders to me again, you sorry son of a bitch! Not in this room, not anywhere!

“Quit being an obtuse douchebag.”

An obdouchebag

I’m really going to enjoy seeing what a Muschamp defense is going to do against a young, inexperienced OU o-line with a limited quarterback starting behind the that line. I don’t think this ends well for the Sooners. This pleases me.

So the little birdie I spoke to was correct.

Either Bradford, or his parents, or both, are idiots.

Well I assume that if both of his parents are idiots, the chances of him being an idiot would be pretty high.

johnnymac hit the nail on the head. I know Bradford wants to play, and that is a credit to his competitiveness, but if his injury was as bad as it probably was, then this cannot be a good decision.

I wonder what his dad thinks about this.

Awww, Sergio is carrying him to the sideline. Proper manners and considerate-ness are very underrated in football.

I think the Landry v. injured Bradford question is a fair one. Sam was tremendously accurate last season when he was well protected, less so when getting hit (Texas and Florida). He can’t be 100% at this point. Landry has done what OU has asked of him. Either way, QB has been much less a problem for OU this fall than a bad OL and lack of targets.

This is going to be awesome. They’ll trounce Baylor and they’ll get a lot more credit as an opponent to Texas than they deserve. After the game, the talk will be that he should not have been out there.

Sam was tremendously accurate last season when he was well protected, less so when getting hit (Texas and Florida).

Sam was 28-39 for 387 yards, with 5 TDs and 2 INTs (one on a hail mary) against Texas last year.

great point.

Yeah, it was a great point. His stats dropped in the second half when we started getting more pressure. He tore us up in the first half when he had tons of time.

man, so glad you brought that up …

4th quarter: 7-11, 104 yards, 1 TD, 1 hail mary INT

Over the last 40 minutes of the Texas game, Bradford led his team on two scoring drives while throwing two picks.

Man, he went from talking about still considering surgery earlier this week to being announced as the starter.

This will be interesting to follow, that’s for sure.

Ponderos, I don’t have the stats in front of me, but from about mid-second quarter until mid-fourth quarter, Bradford was not nearly as sharp or as effective as he was in the first quarter and a half. I didn’t realize this was up for debate.

This will be the worst WR/TE corps Sam has had since his days at PC North HS. He better have a running game the rest of the way or they’re no better off than with Molestache Jones.

17/31 206 1 TD / 2 INT

/Sooner QB1’s stats on 10/17

ponderos,

Since you seem to have unflappable confidence in this squad regardless of who is playing QB, let’s see your numbers.

“but since they’ve had that new DC, they do a really nice job of putting together pressure and blitz packages with a pretty talented LB group”

Sorry Scipio, but the guy on ESPN just said Baylor gets no pressure on the QB and that is why this is the perfect game for Bradford’s return.

Then he followed it up with how this is a great opportunity for Baylor’s QB, Griffin, to showcase his talents on a national stage. Seriously.

Horncasting:
 
That’s just fantastic. ESPN routinely hires guys that are just stealing money.

Ponderos-

Well, 7 of his incompletes came in the second half. 4 came in the first half. I think that means he had more in the 2nd than the first. But then again, I thought 45 was greater than 35.

Also, the “team” had 2 more incompletes on the last drive of the 4th. Did OU run some trick plays?

I’d expect nothing less from the World Wide Leader.

Ponderos…

How does it feel to have more replies to these threads than posts of your own on T@W?

You’re such an idiot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8dCZIgMXWo

Let’s see … with Potts already on the scoreboard, what’s the over/under on the number of additional QBs that Sergio breaks this year? If Bradford plays against us, I’d take the over at 1.5 (Bradford + Jerrod Johnson).

orangeblood – come on over to TaW, post comments at will. Wait, we don’t cower and pander to arrogant horn drivel over there…nevermind

Douche

Actually you might get a few more replies if you didn’t remove every reply that wasn’t an added stroke to your ou circle jerk.

Ponderos is a retard who adds zero to the discussion.

Of course he’s entitled to his opinions even if they are wrong and often borderline legal. At least, legal in Oklahoma.

Speaking of which ponderos, how’s your sister and your aunt? But I repeat myself.

Did pickup18 sign off as “Douche”? Have some self respect, man.

Agree with several that Jones wasn’t that bad.
Several factors also haven’t changed:
1. OU’s losses this year haven’t been only on offense. MLB with Reynold’s is a liability.
2. No one can block.
3. No one can catch.
This OU team is better than 2005, and UT’s is worse than that vintage. However, the results in Dallas are likely to be the similar. The rest of the Big12 is better overall than that year, and OU hasn’t shown the urgency to improve like that year. I don’t understand this part. This may equal a ~ 4-5 loss year for the Sooners (BYU, Miami, UT, @ Nebraska, @ Kansas).
q (Sooner fan, UT diplomas)

I don’t know why Ponderos keeps referring to me. I haven’t even posted in this thread.

I’m looking forward to the BC vs TAW tailgate throwdown.

Ponderos’s site is worth the visits and I read and comment. You should too. He’s no more aggressive than some of the responders (less so the poster’s) on this site. But, we have launched boomerandsooner as well and would appreciate a read. Read us both. www.boomerandsooner.com

Apparently Sammy thinks a pro career is for suckers. And his parents are apparently aren’t any brighter if they let him go out there to play after that injury. If he gets hurt again, Stoops is going to be tainted with it for life.

I’ve read both TaW and B&S. Why two different sites? Why not merge into one? Weren’t they both birthed from BC?

If Bradford gets re-injured next week in front of the national stage, Stoops will be demonized for risking the career of promising young man just so he could have a 3-loss season instead of 4. If this happens, Mack Brown will have the run in Big 12 recruiting for the rest of Stoops’ baneful tenure at OU. You can have a bad season, but you can’t be a selfish coach

Stoops is going to be tainted with it for life.

I thought he already was a taint.

If sam plays and gets hurt, stoops will have to take it on the chin, oh wait maybe that’s why sam is playing

FYI, Sam just went out of the Baylor game gimpy. Looks like he tweaked his knee. If this turns out to be serious, the backlash will be epic.