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OU might be missing talented defensive tackle tandem

Posted by Trips Right on October 6th, 2008 under Football

According to Sooner Scoop. There’s a chance starting Center John Cooper will be limited as well. Bodes well for Texas especially when you consider the Sooner scouting report from Barking’s Jimmy The Greek.

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  1. UTtuck said:

    October 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Wow. Bummer for them. I wonder if that is equal to or less important than our TE (important) and FB (not as much) losses?

    hook’em

  2. Scipio Tex said:

    October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    They’ll all play.

  3. ponderos said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 3:08 am

    McCoy, Granger and Cooper are all going to play. Granger’s actually the biggest question mark and he’s practicing again.

  4. HenryGaymes said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 5:21 am

    Granger’s injuries were intially listed as “literacy” and “enlarged rape gland” has that changed?

  5. ponderos said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP)—Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects No. 1 Oklahoma to be at full strength this Saturday when the Sooners face fifth-ranked Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry game.

    Although defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and center Jon Cooper sustained minor injuries against Baylor, Stoops said both could return this week to face the Longhorns—and the Sooners might even have injured defensive linemen Demarcus Granger and Frank Alexander back.

    “Everyone practiced to some degree today, and right now our trainers are pretty optimistic and feel that everyone will be ready to play. Now, I’m not going to detail it the whole week on who is where, what percentage. I don’t know how to do any of that,” Stoops said after practice.

    “It’s their feeling today that everyone is expected to play.”

    Stoops said the only two players who are definitely out are third-string tight end Eric Mensik and reserve cornerback Jonathan Nelson.

    McCoy, a dominant inside presence who has 1 1/2 sacks this season, was walking gingerly after injuring his toe two days earlier. He’s still expected to play against the Longhorns.

    “I’m good. I’m always good. You can always count on me being out there,” McCoy said, playfully repeating himself to reiterate his point: “I’m good. I’m good, everybody. I’m good.”

    An Oklahoma City native, McCoy will be playing in his second Red River Rivalry game and said he’s been trying to keep himself from looking ahead to the game the last couple weeks.

    “There’s no way I’ll miss it,” McCoy said.

    He was able to hop off the field on one leg after he was hurt in the second quarter against the Bears.

    “My dad always told me, ‘G, if you can get up, get up and get off the field. Don’t lay there,”’ McCoy said.

    Granger, a former starter who played in a reserve role at the start of this season, has been out since injuring his left foot against Washington three weeks ago. He was off limits to reporters Monday night.

    Alexander, a backup, has been sidelined since he was stabbed in the arm during a melee at a Norman nightclub following the Sooners’ season opener against Chattanooga.

  6. Walter Sopchak said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 7:55 am

    You want a toe? I can get you a toe.

  7. Vasherized said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Basically if your torso is connected to the legs somewhere in the hip region, Stoops will make you play. Anybody that passes the eyeball test and still can’t go just mysteriously disappears.

  8. NateHeupel said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    “Mysteriously”, vasher? There’s nothing mysterious about it. You’re shot in the head, buried outside of Juarez, and replaced with a robot. Pretty standard, really.

  9. p said:

    October 7th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    I would actually rather play against an injured starter, than a healthy backup.

    The coaching staff will leave the starter in there while they hobble all over the field(Orakpo/Miller last year) in hopes that they miraculously heal themselves during the course of play, and start flying all over the football field.

    Meanwhile there is a guy sitting on the bench who, while not as good as said starter normally, is perfectly capable, and more able- bodied right now……. typical coaches!

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