Interesting depth chart for OU-Temple
A couple things stand out about week 1’s depth chart for Oklahoma:
True freshman defensive tackle Jayden Jackson will start but more highly touted recruit David Stone is tied for third string at that position.
Coach Brent Venables said earlier this week not to read too much into that. But, as fans, we do. Not so much that Stone is stumbling — he’s a true freshman and entitled to learn before starting — but rather the impressive fact that Jackson beat out two seniors and two juniors for the job.
Both Stone and Jackson went to IMG Academy for high school, although Stone is a Del City, Oklahoma native.
Also interesting that freshman Michael Hawkins, Jr. was named backup for QB Jackson Arnold, over more experienced transfer Casey Thompson (R-Sr.). That means Hawkins truly has impressed the coaches, who are indicating by this depth chart that they won’t redshirt Hawkins.
Of course OU can play Hawkins in four games and not burn his redshirt. So, maybe that is what is happening here.
No surprise here that Purdue transfer WR Deion Burks has the starting job at slot receiver. He was most impressive in the Spring Game. He led the Boilermakers in receptions last year, with 47 for 629 receiving yards and seven TDs.
Fashionista: SEC brings new reason to dress up
Hello all you Sooner Fashion Folk! It’s your old gal pal the Sooner Fashionista to help you navigate the twist and turns that can be so Fashionatingly Frustrating: Football Season here in the great state of Oklahoma!
Yes, your fashionista has started creating words. One has to be on their toes to make a splash in the middle of this very important time of year. This year we will be discussing:
How the SEC’s Us. Each week will bring a new reason to dress properly for the season.
However, this week, we get an easy start. We face an opponent who isn’t even in the SEC. They are in the AAC conference. Aac, Ack, Eek and Eww is right. We begin with Temple, the Owls from some place up North. Who really cares?
They rely on sweaters and tuques up that way. I mean, how Canadian! Or in this case, Can’t-nadian.
It would seem, as their mascot shows, that the fashion up that way must represent feathers. Possibly talons and beaks as ritualistic jewelry.
Talk about passe. That went out with Lewis and Clark, darlings. Whenever your competition relies on feathery frippery adorned with druidic relics, possibly to call upon heathen god’s, anything in Crimson and Cream will pull you waaaay further ahead on the road to chic flavor sensation of the Oklahoma kind.