Playing in a bowl last season helped Baylor's confidence and recruiting, Baylor coach Art Briles said.
"It was a big battle," he said. "Now we have to keep growing the program."
The Longhorn Network doesn't bother Briles – "not a bit."
The University of Texas has been good for a long time. The Longhorns are averaging 1o wins a season under coach Mack Brown.
Briles said it's always hard to recruit against Texas but feels the Longhorn Network will be good for the Big 12.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Big 12 and Texas A&M
It's football time in the Big 12 and I'm in Dallas at the football media days.
Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman just finished a 10-minute session with the media.
His highlights.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill always has had a lot of confidence. Even when he was the third-string quarterback Tannehill thought he should be starting.
Sherman expects running backs Michael Christian and Cyrus Gray to get plenty of snaps this fall because their running styles complement each other.
Sherman would like to play Oklahoma State later in the season, but you play them when they are scheduled.
Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman just finished a 10-minute session with the media.
His highlights.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill always has had a lot of confidence. Even when he was the third-string quarterback Tannehill thought he should be starting.
Sherman expects running backs Michael Christian and Cyrus Gray to get plenty of snaps this fall because their running styles complement each other.
Sherman would like to play Oklahoma State later in the season, but you play them when they are scheduled.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Big 10 beating the Big 12
The Big 10 seems to have the Big 12's number this bowl season. Iowa beat Missouri on Tuesday night, and Illinois is ahead of Baylor, 24-7, midway through the third quarter. Several of OSU's 2010 season foes have completed their bowl games with victories. Troy and Tulsa won their bowls in blowouts.
Keys to selling out Boone Pickens Stadium
Oklahoma didn't sell out Boone Pickens Stadium this year -- never really came close. Ticket prices are part of the problem. OSU reduced some ticket prices to help put fans in the stadium. Now, the coaches and players must step up with a great performance in tonight's Alamo Bowl game. A victory would do a lot to bring more fans to the stadium. Three key off-season decisions also will could bring more OSU fans to the stadium. OSU quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Justin Blackmon have NFL decisions to make. OSU head coach Mike Gundy must select a replacement for offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen. Gundy will stick with the Air Raid offense because it fits OSU's players. If Weeden or Blackmon stay or if both stay and Gundy picks a well-known Mike Leach/Holgorsen disciple, The Cowboys should play to packed houses in 2011.
More on East Carolina
Miscues hurt East Carolina's offense in the first half, and ECU's defense is tired in the second half as Maryland jumps out to a 29-10 lead. East Carolina's offense resembles Oklahoma State's offense, but the Pirates look much slower than OSU's athletes. Also, East Carolina doesn't have a running back like Kendall Hunter, but few teams do. East Carolina runs a lot of passes over the middle, screens and some passes downfield.
East Carolina's offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley is 27-years old. He's younger than OSU's starting quarterback Brandon Weeden.
East Carolina's offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley is 27-years old. He's younger than OSU's starting quarterback Brandon Weeden.
East Carolina coordinator mentioned as Holgorsen replacement
East Carolina plays Maryland at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN in the EagleBank Bowl. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Lincoln Riley has been mentioned as a possible replacement for OSU offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, who is leaving the Cowboys after the Alamo Bowl game to be offensive coordinator and head coach in waiting at West Virginia.
West Virginia's offense looked terrible in Tuesday night's 23-7 loss to North Carolina State in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fl. I can see why WVU went after Holgorsen and his inventiveness on offense.
OSU fans may want to tune into East Carolina's bowl game to see Riley's offense and how it might work at OSU.
West Virginia's offense looked terrible in Tuesday night's 23-7 loss to North Carolina State in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fl. I can see why WVU went after Holgorsen and his inventiveness on offense.
OSU fans may want to tune into East Carolina's bowl game to see Riley's offense and how it might work at OSU.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Who should punt for Oklahoma State?
Oklahoma State's kickoff specialist/punter Quinn Sharp is academically ineligible for Wednesday's Alamo Bowl.
That's bad news for the Cowboys.
Sharp kicked off 98 times this season and touchbacks were the result of 53 of those boots.
Touchbacks are great for the defense. Automatically, the opposition must travel 80 yards for a score. An 80-yard drive is pretty hard to manufacture consistently.
Oklahoma State's Lou Groza Award winning kicker Dan Bailey can handle the kickoff duties in the Alamo Bowl. He handled OSU's kickoff chores prior to the 2009 season.
Earlier this season, Bailey told me he would really like a shot at kicking off, but realized Sharp could consistently put the bowl into the end zone for touchbacks.
Bailey may not put every kickoff into the end zone, but OSU's kick coverage has improved greatly as the season progressed and shouldn't be a problem against Arizona.
Punting is the larger problem.
Sharp handled every punting opportunity this season. He had a 46.2 yard average and placed 15 punts inside the 20. He had a 78-yard punt against Nebraska.
Gundy has options.
Bailey, a senior, punted in high school but hasn't punted in college. OSU could turn to redshirt freshman Michael Reichenstein from Dallas.
Reichenstein didn't return to playing football until his junior year at Dallas Jesuit College Prep school. He played football in the fifth, sixth and eighth grades.
Reichenstein didn't have many opportunities in his senior year. He played behind Notre Dame signee Nick Tausch. In the National Combine Dallas semi-final, his punting average was 48 yards with a hang time of 4.17 seconds.
He has a lot of potential but, like Bailey, hasn't punted in a college game.
What does a head coach do?
• Go with your senior and hope he doesn't wear the leg out and miss a key field goal.
• Pick the redshirt freshman, putting him into a bowl-game pressure cooker.
• Hope the Cowboys' offense is so prolific that it doesn't have to punt or has to punt rarely in the Alamo Bowl. OSU punted just once in a 55-28 win over Baylor and didn't punt at all when it beat Kansas, 48-14.
You have got to believe Gundy will put the ball in the hands of a trusted senior for the punting chores as well and hope for the best.
Chris Day is sports editor for the NewsPress. He can be reached at 405-372-5000 ext. 220 or at cday@stwnewspress.com
That's bad news for the Cowboys.
Sharp kicked off 98 times this season and touchbacks were the result of 53 of those boots.
Touchbacks are great for the defense. Automatically, the opposition must travel 80 yards for a score. An 80-yard drive is pretty hard to manufacture consistently.
Oklahoma State's Lou Groza Award winning kicker Dan Bailey can handle the kickoff duties in the Alamo Bowl. He handled OSU's kickoff chores prior to the 2009 season.
Earlier this season, Bailey told me he would really like a shot at kicking off, but realized Sharp could consistently put the bowl into the end zone for touchbacks.
Bailey may not put every kickoff into the end zone, but OSU's kick coverage has improved greatly as the season progressed and shouldn't be a problem against Arizona.
Punting is the larger problem.
Sharp handled every punting opportunity this season. He had a 46.2 yard average and placed 15 punts inside the 20. He had a 78-yard punt against Nebraska.
Gundy has options.
Bailey, a senior, punted in high school but hasn't punted in college. OSU could turn to redshirt freshman Michael Reichenstein from Dallas.
Reichenstein didn't return to playing football until his junior year at Dallas Jesuit College Prep school. He played football in the fifth, sixth and eighth grades.
Reichenstein didn't have many opportunities in his senior year. He played behind Notre Dame signee Nick Tausch. In the National Combine Dallas semi-final, his punting average was 48 yards with a hang time of 4.17 seconds.
He has a lot of potential but, like Bailey, hasn't punted in a college game.
What does a head coach do?
• Go with your senior and hope he doesn't wear the leg out and miss a key field goal.
• Pick the redshirt freshman, putting him into a bowl-game pressure cooker.
• Hope the Cowboys' offense is so prolific that it doesn't have to punt or has to punt rarely in the Alamo Bowl. OSU punted just once in a 55-28 win over Baylor and didn't punt at all when it beat Kansas, 48-14.
You have got to believe Gundy will put the ball in the hands of a trusted senior for the punting chores as well and hope for the best.
Chris Day is sports editor for the NewsPress. He can be reached at 405-372-5000 ext. 220 or at cday@stwnewspress.com
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