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Sam Bradford to start against Baylor

Posted by Vasherized on October 9th, 2009 under Football

Oh, you need two shoulders to play Quarterback? Whatever.

Sam Bradford is apparently good to go.

This should be fun.

H/T Jerry Schmidt.

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  1. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    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

  2. Scipio Tex said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    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.

  3. HenryJames said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Does this make OU better?

  4. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    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.

  5. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am


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

    Does this make OU better?

    You’re joking, right?

  6. Hiphopopotamus said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am

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

  7. Trips Right said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    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.

  8. bob said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:56 am

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

  9. Donny Boudreaux said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:59 am

    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.

  10. magnusbleuveigner said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    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.

  11. Donny Boudreaux said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    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.

  12. johnnymac said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:02 am

    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.

  13. huskerwes1 said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:12 am

    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.

  14. Cousin Eddie said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:18 am

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

  15. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Obtuse. Is it deliberate?

  16. Warden Norton said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:39 am

    Solitary. A month.

  17. Hookah Horns said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:52 am

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

  18. eskimohorn said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    “Quit being an obtuse douchebag.”

    An obdouchebag

  19. workinghorn said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    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.

  20. HenryJames said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 11:03 am

  21. ransomstoddard said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    So the little birdie I spoke to was correct.

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

  22. HenryJames said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 11:21 am

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

  23. Sasha is a Longhorn Dog said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am

    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.

  24. nordberg said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am

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

  25. hopefulhorn said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    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.

  26. CloseToJumping said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    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.

  27. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    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.

  28. nordberg said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    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.

  29. ponderos said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    man, so glad you brought that up …

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

  30. HenryJames said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

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

  31. Fritz said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    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.

  32. nordberg said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    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.

  33. lindsay2mayes said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    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.

  34. Vasherized said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    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.

  35. Horncasting said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    “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.

  36. Scipio Tex said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    Horncasting:

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

  37. UT_BKC said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    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?

  38. Hiphopopotamus said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

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

  39. Orangeblood79 said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    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.

  40. I'm Hearing Voices said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

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

  41. BEHorn said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    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).

  42. pickup18 said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    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

  43. Flamingmonkeyass said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    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.

  44. Mike Cook said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

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

  45. quigley said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    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)

  46. Douche Bag said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

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

  47. horn in exile said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

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

  48. NorthDallasSooner said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    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. http://www.boomerandsooner.com

  49. yojimbox said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    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.

  50. Sasha is a Longhorn Dog said:

    October 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

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

  51. Fried Rice said:

    October 10th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    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

  52. johnnymac said:

    October 10th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Stoops is going to be tainted with it for life.

    I thought he already was a taint.

  53. iamthepush said:

    October 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm

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

  54. Kirk Douglas's Chin said:

    October 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    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.

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