Big 12 Media Day: Bob Stoops

Did he just say that Donald Stephenson might be the best sooner offensive lineman of all time?

He actually said Donald Stephenson was like Jonathan Ogden crossed with Anthony Munoz interlaced with Triceratops DNA.

chortling my ass off at this is leading to a poor offensive production at work right now

Stoops will be chorkling as his pre-season hype campaign tricks the media and Harris Poll voters into a Top 3 ranking in their “prediction” polls. These predictions will then seep into the BCS formula at the end of the year to help place them in optimum position for the beauty contest. Of course, none of this matters when you lose 5 games.

Is Stephenson the criminal who was kicked out of school so he had to fax OU his LOI from a Home Depot?

I always thought he was the golden boy they went to great lengths to protect..

I missed the interview on TV (I was in Austin ) did Bob wear that new visor I gave him?

“The #2 rated Golf Prick in the Big 12 was par for the course”

How in the hell is Bob Stoops the #2 golf prick? The following info has got to be good to put him in a 1st place tie:
http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2010/07/28/big-12-football-bob-stoops-plays-augusta/

“That’s the fresh minty scent of authentic Stoops bullshit hyperbole wafting through the air. "

The info on Stephenson is neither bullshit nor hyperbole. Midway through fall camp, he had a death grip on the starting RT job last year. Cory Brandon was a very distant 2nd. Then the dumbass got suspended for the year. C’est la vie.

That said, the part on the chuckle/chortle/guffaw had me snickering.

“In the prior five years, Stoops had only lost 7.”
Ah, the good old days.

Golf Prick Rankings:
 
1. Gundy
2. Stoops
3. Pinkel
 
That’s how they are and I’m standing by them.

Nate I have to say Gundy’s orange skin tone and spiked hair put him firmly in the top spot.

Chuckliscious.

“And Landry Jones. Landry Jones. (shaking head) Goddamn. I don’t even know what the fuck you’re doing. It’s chuckle time and I see you gently weeping. Get your head IN THE GAME, SON.”

Every time I read that, I can’t help laughing.

“The info on Stephenson is neither bullshit nor hyperbole.”

Nate, what about the “info” comparing Demarco to Adrian Peterson?

“We’re hoping in the line of similar to a guy like Adrian Peterson”

Did he really say that … like that … is that even a sentence?

I did not listen as I was not in need of purging.

I don’t get it. There are a zillion Gundy’s out there with the spiked hair, ripped jeans, driving F-150s with a golf bag full of knock-off Pings in the back. He’s stuck in that common redneck middle ground between golf prick and just plain douchebag. Stoops has much more of the cockiness and condescending nature of the true golf prick in my opinion. But you do have to question the clothes. Honestly, Big 12 golf prick is nowhere near the stratospheres reached by SEC golf prick.

As a Sooner fan,
1. OU’s OL will probably be better this year than last, but the credibility gap created last year is huge.
2. Demarco, bless him, needs to validate the hype that his FR year produced.
3. Since 2005 (last 5 years), OU’s still won 2 conference championships and played the BCS title game. Your point is taken about a 4 and 5 lost season in 2005 and 2009, but fans, even OU or UT fans would take that in 5 year span.

The recent history of these programs set the bar astronomically high.

But do you need to be such a passive-aggressive ass?

Yes. When one is a passive-aggressive ass, that’s how he be.

Cinco,

I agree that SEC Golf Prick blows Big12 Golf prick out of the water but I still think Gundy is #1. At least Stoops has verifiable accomplishments and a reason to be a prick about it. Gundy? Still a prick without the resume. Gundy is the dude wearing the copper bracelet and 3 pleat chinos around your office while still shooting 92. If that’s not a prick we may need another article further defining the definition.

Stoops has much more of the cockiness and condescending nature of the true golf prick in my opinion.

I agree with this. While Gundy looks more like a golf prick, I think Stoops acts more like one. I guess golf prickness is in the eye of the beholder.

Have Gundy or Stoops been caught wearing a white belt? That is the ultimate in golf prick attire at the moment (thankfully I still wear a five year old brown leather belt when I hit the links).

texastough:

If it isn’t obvious, Scip has to edit (putting it very mildly) the quotes to get the best effect. Here’s the original question and answer in their actual context:
Q: …obviously, DeMarco Murray has had kind of a star-crossed career. Could you discuss how he’s handled all that and what having him healthy for a full season could mean to this year.
A: We’re hoping in the line of similar to a guy like Adrian Peterson, that kind of opportunity to run the ball or have his hands on the ball that number of times is what we’re hoping for.
(and from a later follow up question)
I guess where I was going with it is having definitely more carries than he’s had and more opportunities of not only carries but catching the ball as well.

Remember how AD had about 30-35 touches a game? That’s what he’s got in mind. Stoops just told you two very big things about this year’s OU offense. Number 1, that Stoops still isn’t convinced Landry Jones yet has the goods to do anything but manage the offense. This is a “no shit” sort of fact. But number 2 is that Stoops doesn’t want the offense running through Ryan Broyles; he wants it running through Murray. With the kind of damage Murray was doing to Muschamp’s D before he hurt his ankle, this gives me hope. With the fact that Murray is about as reliable under sustained contact as a hemophiliac trying to climb razor wire, this causes me concern.

With the kind of damage Murray was doing to Muschamp’s D before he hurt his ankle, this gives me hope.

Uhh, Nate you may want to go back and watch that game. Here’s all 7 of Murray’s carries:

2 yds
0 yds
1 yd
-1 yd
2 yds
1 yd.

Now he did have a couple of receptions that went for big yardage but remember that was Will’s first year and we were starting 4 first year DB’s.

Mack is in his head. You can almost feel it whenever Stoops opens his mouth. It is like the bizzarro world version of 6 years ago. That makes me chuckle too. Or at least smirk.

Ryan Broyles is going to get a bunch of touches, at least 10 per game. Broyles is an amazing player. DeMarco will get less than 30 touches per game and will get hurt if they try to make a work horse out of him. If Stoops is smart he will rest these guys as much as possible so they will be available in the big games.

he’s a prick. period. every answer he has to work in his number of b12 titles. none of the ou fans forget about your recent BCS experiences, stoopsie. i’m sure they’re all happy with b12 trophys, bcs embarassment and dropping 4 of 5 to TX.

I may be off here, but I think the main reason Petersen got 30-35 touches a game was because he didn’t suck. That’s a pretty good offensive philosophy.

Now, giving the ball 30-35 times a game to a guy who does suck - I mean, is star-crossed -- seems a bit more on the iffy side of the ledger.

On Oct 2, who’s going to distribute the chuckles on the Texas sideline?

Falcon,

Saying Murray sucks is just ridiculous. I agree with your other point, though, about such a strategy being misguided, to say the least. If Stoops wasn’t so frequently full of shit when he talks to the media, I’d be deeply concerned.

t1climb1,
Murray was our leading receiver, and he did that playing half the game on a hurt ankle. I should’ve been more clear, but that’s my fault.
So far, the RB pass to the flat strikes me as the only noticeable weakness of the Muschamp D. Looking at OU’s RB recruiting, I think Stoops and Kevin Wilson would agree. We’ve gone from primarily recruiting the Adrian Peterson archetype (balanced, downhill running back – i.e. Jermie Calhoun, Jonathon Miller) to more of the Quentin Griffin/DeMarco Murray archetype (quick, east-west runner – i.e. Brennan Clay, Roy Finch, Brandon Williams). That may be a function of the offense, admittedly. But it wasn’t the 4 new DBs who were the problem. It was the fact that a LB vs. a RB in open space is not a good matchup for the defense.

As much as we make fun of Stoops, he has been great for Texas. No where else in the landscape of college football in the past 11 years can you approach the intrigue/contrast/headgames/competition/results of these two coaches in early October. If we can keep these two coaches in place for another 5-10 years, Woody Hayes/Bo Schembechler got notin’ on us. Heck, merely the incompetence issue each of us have had with our offensive coordinators during this series is mammoth.

Am I in the minority among Horns who thinks maybe Stoops has not only been a very successful coach at OU, but also has made strides towards cleaning up the dirt which has been pervasive with the program for 60 years? I mean, he inherited countless alums who historically would trample on ethics in order to get the best players and keep money in their pockets while on campus. Changing a culture is no easy task, (and Big Red Auto has been one blight on Stoops’ watch), but has the guy not only been winning but also making strides towards restoring a measure of ethics to the University and alums in general? or is he just better at hiding it? Would be interested in hearing Nate’s thought on this….surely Stoops has nothing in common with Nick Saban, right? I mean, I have to give the guy credit for apparently doing a good job at holding off the unethical alums pretty well during the past 10 years, and still managing to keep his program an elite program. If you think about it, that really is no small task….changing a 60 year old culture.

Maybe I’m ungood at decipherage, but when he’s asked what having a healthy DeMarco for a full season could mean, and he answers we hope a guy similar to Peterson, that sure seems like he’s comparing those two favorably. Thanks for clarifying that he just means he’s trying to put DeMarco on the Bradford/Gresham track with 30+ carries.

Split me with a razor hair – it’s chucklin’ time!

I do hope they run their offense through Murray, who is one Achoian tackle away from a wheelchair.

I’d prefer having Kevin Wilson (rather than GD) as the UT OC. OU has had a balanced O, including a downhill running game and were devastating with the hurry up O a couple of years ago. Recruiting for a balanced O is challenging but doable by OU and UT.

Mack’s policy of signing kids as early as possible is challenging WRT to OL. Particularly for OL (because the biggest men often keep growing all the way through their teens), recruiting some juco kids can really help select the guys who turn out to be biggest/strongest. It might also be true that it is easier to get away with using performance enhancing drugs in a juco. Who tests for traces of PEDs at the collegiate level?

UT appears to be copying OU’s O to some extent by going to a more balanced O. UT will also put more stress on the hurry up O (IMO) to reduce the impact of opposing DCs.

Sherman goes sansabelt and I think that’s as close as this league gets to a white belt golf prick. Again, you are going to have to go SEC for that. Gundy probably wears Brighton belts.

Iba,

Does Gundy even play golf? Would he actually talk about playing Augusta? No. I believe that actually playing golf and being quasi-serious about it is a necessary prerequisite for the #1 golf prick spot. I demand proof of Gundy’s commitment to golf prick-dom. It’s not enough that he’s committed to making sure his skin tone and hairstyle qualify him for casting calls on MTV’s Jersey Shore. The Stillwater Shitbird Situation, imo.
And don’t give me any horseshit about Karsten Creek, either.

Les,

Based on my limited opportunities to interact with Stoops, Boren, and Castiglione, I get the impression that all three are genuinely committed to running as clean a program as they can. That’s easier said than done at a place with a history like ours. Every time there’s an 8-5 season, vigilance has to get turned up to 11.
Boren knows that OU’s momentum is only maintained by the football program continuing to be competitive, but he’s also aware that a dirty program will kill the last 15 years of work he’s put into building the university’s academic side.

Thinking about Pelini’s possible relationship to golf courses, all I could come up with was the image of an angry mechanic in the cart shed muttering about the members not respecting the value of a fine AC-Delco battery.

Personally, I’ve got Stoops about 7th in my head coach rankings behind Mushcamp, Brown, Akina, Bill Snyder, Greg Davis, and Art Briles, so I don’t give two shits what this guy has to say. Oh yeah, even though Garret Gilbert has only played one meaningful half of college football, I’d probably put him @ 4 on that list replacing Bill Snyder, and drop Snyder off the list altogether.