re: OU challenging Arkansas for portal lead (Brenen Thompson to Miss State)

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WRs out hurt you take the top 5 WRs off any team and play 5 of top 10 SEC defenses and tell me how your one dimensional offense does.

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What you just described was pretty close to UGA in 2021. George Pickens and Kearis Jackson were UGA's top 2 returning WRs. Both started the season injured and played limited minutes the whole year. Darnell Washington was UGA's 5th best receiver the prior year (and top TE) and he was hurt for much of the season. Demetrius Robinson transferred. The only proven WR we had returning was Jermaine Burton.

UGA had to rely on a 4-star TE and 2 3-star WR's to carry them... all freshmen.

But those guys were Brock Bowers, AD Mitchell and Ladd McConkey... so it turned out pretty well.

Depth fixes all issues. Hell we even lost our 5-star starting QB early in the year (JT Daniels). We put in a 2-star former walk-on instead... Stetson Bennett. It worked out.

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Oklahoma fielded the 125th ranked offense in the country this season and people are worried about players entering the portal.

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....because of injuries.

Dude, Farooq is a player no one would want to lose.

I think reality is starting to hit the okies. Norman was an attractive place to be when they were one of the few programs with institutionalized cheating and were paying players. Now that everyone can pay players, the small number of donors you do have are frustrated with BV. Also, you have to overpay to get players, because why would someone play for the same money in a craphole like Norman when they can have full pockets in a real city?

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Dude, Farooq is a player no one would want to lose.

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M'kay....

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I think reality is starting to hit the okies. Norman was an attractive place to be when they were one of the few programs with institutionalized cheating and were paying players. Now that everyone can pay players, the small number of donors you do have are frustrated with BV. Also, you have to overpay to get players, because why would someone play for the same money in a craphole like Norman when they can have full pockets in a real city?

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Overpaying players is your entire strategy right now in recruiting AND the portal. Your entire program is propped up by overpaid players. That's why your donors are pushing so hard to get Ewers out for Manning because of what they're paying him to sit on the bench.

As far as your stupidity regarding "a real city", recruits aren't tourists.

Nic has NFL talent........................if you can actually get him to play football.

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Kelly showed the world you can take a roster of 39, get 60+ transfers and win the SEC. 

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I guess we watched different games.

OU is 10th in the SEC because OU only took 18 recruits in the 2025 class.

OU's current roster is dominantly freshman and sophomores.

OU doesn't need more HS kids who are a year or two away from contributing.

OU needs guys who can contribute right now, hence only 18 commits in the 2025 class, and the focus on the portal.

Nice narrative.

Tell the whole story, fruitcake.

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Stop it Oklahoma! Arkansas needs to be first in something!

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Four days into this wild first week of transfer activity, these programs have had the most scholarship players enter the portal:

Power 4

26: Arizona
24: Arkansas, Mississippi State
21: Kentucky
20: Purdue
19: Oklahoma, Texas A&M
18: Utah


Which rosters have taken the most damage this week? Here are three that stand out:


Arizona:


Oklahoma: The Sooners are staring down a comprehensive offensive rebuild ahead of a critical fourth season for coach Brent Venables this fall. Former five-star quarterback Jackson Arnold officially landed in the portal earlier this week and a mass exodus by Oklahoma wide receivers followed soon after. The team is down six receivers with the departures of Nic Anderson, Jalil Farooq, Andrel Anthony, Brenen Thompson, J.J. Hester, Jaquaize Pettaway in Week 1. The career stats of those receivers: 245 receptions, 4,059 receiving yards and 26 touchdowns. The exit of tight end Bauer Sharp, who led the Sooners in receptions and receiving yards, marks another blow, and quarterback Brendan Zurbrugg, running backs Kalib Hicks and Emeka Megwa and offensive linemen Joshua Bates and Geirean Hatchett round out a total of 13 departures to date from a unit that closed the regular season ranked No. 121 nationally in total offense (322.5 yards per game).


Arkansas: Coach Sam Pittman finds himself in a similar position, with plenty of reloading to do in this next portal cycle following the Razorbacks' 6-6 season. Eight starters on their end-of-season depth chart are currently available in the portal, including a trio of offensive linemen (Patrick Kutas, Joshua Braun and Addison Nichols), receiver Isaiah Sategna, tight end Luke Hasz, defensive end Nico Davillier, linebacker Brad Spence and safety TJ Metcalf. Pittman has acknowledged it's a frustrating situation to be in but insists the attrition isn't due to any lack of money. He's optimistic Arkansas can win battles for a lot of SEC-caliber talent to fill those spots, but it won't be cheap.


LINK

It’s amazing OU fans defend Venables like he’s Saban

Honest question, do you think he’s a top 10 SEC coach? Most don’t

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Oh my bad. Let me just sort by avg player ratings that doesn’t count numbers, and you’re 9th. Congrats.

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Oh noez! We're 2.77 points off the lead for the 2025 class!