OU updates depth chart for Bedlam week

by Jordan Esco on Nov 29, 2011 2:00 PM CST in Oklahoma Sooners Football

Oklahoma released an updated depth chart for the Bedlam game this Saturday and while there were not a ton of changes, it's always worth a glance so we'll give you the cliff notes version.

OFFENSE

Blake Bell is listed as the starter at QB!!!!!!!

Just kidding. I could have been real jerk and put the jump right after that, but I wouldn't do that to you all.

With Jarvis Jones' issues, Tyrus Thompson moves into his spot behind Donald Stephenson at LT. Ben Habern is back as the starter at center, which means Gabe Ikard shifts back to left guard, which unfortunately means Adam Shead is now a backup.

Jaz Reynolds is back atop the depth chart, so apparently it was just a one game suspension (let's hope nothing changes between now and Saturday). Which means Dejuan Miller is also now a backup as Kameel Jackson is still listed as the starter in the slot. I'm sure you all would agree, if Miller wants to go ahead and have a 'Cam Kenney' like game Saturday in his final regular season game as a Sooner I'd be just fine with it.

Roy Finch sitll listed as the starter at RB with Brennan Clay behind him. Which obviously means Brandon Williams name is nowhere to be found. Don't think it means anything with respect to him playing Saturday, but still a little odd that he's not listed.

DEFENSE

David King moves into the DE spot opposite Big Frank. R.J. Washington is listed as the backup at both spots, which is a little disappointing considering the expectations surrounding Geneo Grissom heading into this season.

No changes in the LBs or the secondary aside from Javon Harris and Sam Proctor being given the "or" label (genearlly means co-starters).

Like I said, not exactly earth shattering stuff here but at least now you're up to date ;)

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Agree that the running back chart is not too meaningful. I predict we'll see

a lot of B will in there this week again.

by soonermusic on Nov 29, 2011 2:40 PM CST reply actions

guaranteed to happen

The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.

by scarab on Nov 29, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions

I'm posting this here as well as on a past thread

even though it doesn’t have much to do with Bedlam. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with Pete Fiutak over at cfn.scout.com, but as I’ve said before in my opinion he has far more football intelligence than pretty much the entire ESPiN crew combined. He makes the argument in his "cavalcade of whimsy" that several of us have made against the BCS serving up a rematch of Bama and LSU. Check it out here.

"Gentlemen we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin

by leatherneck1061 on Nov 29, 2011 3:41 PM CST reply actions

That was a good read

thanks for the link

Rumor has it that Texas is about to sign a huge corporate sponsorship deal for the Longhorn Network. They just have to decide which brand represents them best: Dyson, Eureka or Hoover.

by It'sTheVoice on Nov 29, 2011 5:41 PM CST up reply actions

My pleasure

"Gentlemen we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin

by leatherneck1061 on Nov 29, 2011 10:50 PM CST up reply actions

I read CFN everyday.

Fiutak is easily my favorite of the bunch, and the C.O.W. is my favorite read. It was either him or Matt Zemek, I think, that was in awe of OU’s offense when it’s clicking. He referenced the end of the Tech game and said when the Sooner’s offense is on it’s breathtaking. How things have changed…

I guess Tempe will have to work.

by KratosWasASooner on Nov 30, 2011 12:46 AM CST up reply actions

Good read

Thanks for the link. I really like his point about Bama thumping Michigan and finishing #2, where it should be.

by SCKSChief on Nov 30, 2011 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

Stoops and his depth charts should be taken with a grain of salt

I think he only publishes a depth chart because it is either in his contract or it is an ‘other duties as assigned’ type of thing. I don’t think he puts a lot of time into the thing, it is definitely something he doesn’t agonize over. The amount of time spent on the depth chart for a game is akin to the time most coaches spend on the Coaches poll. Hell, Stoops could be letting the team trainer fill it out.

The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.

by scarab on Nov 29, 2011 4:28 PM CST reply actions

Ever seen a Todd Haley depth chart?

I think Jamaal Charles is still listed as #1 and he’s been on IR for 10 weeks.

by SCKSChief on Nov 30, 2011 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

In fact, here's the excerpt of the relevant portion:

Going by the "eye test" is a dangerous thing.

Yeah, Alabama looks like it’s one of the two best teams in the country, but time after time after time the eyes have failed the college football experts. That’s why they actually play the games on the field, and that’s why someone other than Alabama has to play LSU for the national title.

From a theoretical standpoint, nothing positive can come out of a rematch for the national title. If LSU wins, then it’ll be an empty feeling. It would be nice to see an Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, Houston, or anyone else get their shot, if only to prove once again that LSU is better than everyone.

If Alabama beats LSU, then there will always be a, "Yeah, okay, but …," attached to the national title. The series will be tied at 1-1 with LSU having won at Alabama.

And then there’s the eye-test thing to go back to.

Alabama beat three teams with winning records. Its best win was over an Arkansas team whose best win was over the seventh-best team in the Big 12 – Texas A&M. Bama’s second best win was over the Big Ten’s fifth-best team, Penn State.

What’s missing from the LSU and Alabama equations? Passing teams.

Tyler Wilson was the best quarterback Alabama faced. Jordan Jefferson was second. The third-best quarterback Oklahoma State faced was Arizona’s Nick Foles, who threw for 4,334 yards and 34 scores- Robert Griffin and Landry Jones, up next, are the other two.

LSU faced West Virginia’s Geno Smith and got bombed on.

Again, what will it prove if these two play a rematch?

Isn’t just possible that getting through the Alabama schedule really wasn’t that big a deal? Isn’t it likely that Oklahoma State, Stanford, Virginia Tech, or even Wisconsin, would’ve also gone 11-1 with this slate?

Isn’t it possible that our eyes could be deceiving us? Let’s give another team a crack at LSU to find out. If Alabama goes to the Sugar and wallops Michigan, it’ll finish No. 2 – like it should.

"Gentlemen we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin

by leatherneck1061 on Nov 30, 2011 12:49 PM CST reply actions