Jalen Hurts chooses Oklahoma

[MikeV73]

There won't be anyone within 5 yards of at least one or two of his receivers on most plays. If he has any time at all,  he won't need to be accurate.

Except when we play them, our DBs will be there to make the plays

 

[605Longhorn]

Wow. Sec, training grounds for the BIG12. The players start in the sec and then come to the BIG12 to get better. 

 

[MikeV73]

This helps OU, but Lord knows they needed something to happen. Otherwise, it would either be a true frosh or RS frosh starting. Tough to do in their offense.

That said, Hurts will have the same disadvantage, having to learn a new O all over again. His experience and maturity will help there.

I think Hurts benefitted from an almost impenetrable OL at Bama, and had weapons galore to turn to. Even in that set up, he did not stand out unless he was improvising. 

The QB run will again be a threat in the OU offense. But the passing game will struggle to stay on pace with the past because Hurts' arm isn't built for this, OU's OL is in rebuilding mode, main WR lost to NFL as well as their TE.

We will beat OU pretty badly come October. We're just a better overall team and have a better leader (Sam) at the helm. But OU will be competitive if only because Hurts is running the offense.

SHA. I have to take a jab at you as you predicted Murray would suck taking over the offense prior to last season

I hope you are right this time predicting Hurts will struggle!

 

[Sirhornsalot]

SHA. I have to take a jab at you as you predicted Murray would suck taking over the offense prior to last season

I hope you are right this time predicting Hurts will struggle!

You are correct, weed hopper. I simply thought Murray would be too short to do the job at that level. I was wrong. Murray's talents enabled him to overcome that disadvantage very well.

I do not think Hurts is in the same ballpark as Murray. Murray has a very good arm and is accurate. Hurts' accuracy and arm strength are on a different level. Murray is also a special runner, while I think Hurts is above average, but not special.

 

[MikeV73]

You are correct, weed hopper. I simply thought Murray would be too short to do the job at that level. I was wrong. Murray's talents enabled him to overcome that disadvantage very well.

I do not think Hurts is in the same ballpark as Murray. Murray has a very good arm and is accurate. Hurts' accuracy and arm strength are on a different level. Murray is also a special runner, while I think Hurts is above average, but not special.

Agree Mark, I had to stay true to form and be a smart ass...

 

[UTfish]

We will beat OU pretty badly come October. We're just a better overall team and have a better leader (Sam) at the helm. But OU will be competitive if only because Hurts is running the offense.

Lordy I hope you're right.  I do like your optimism. 

Would you compare Hurts with Shawn Robinson? 

Didn't you really want Hurts when we were recruiting him? 

 

[Bear19]

Did we recruit Hurts?

Maybe I just can’t remember it. My wife, whatever her name is, says I have early Alzheimer’s. 

 

[UTfish]

Did we recruit Hurts?

Maybe I just can’t remember it. My wife, whatever her name is, says I have early Alzheimer’s. 

Don't feel bad.  My wife says I have a perfect memory for things that never happened. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Lordy I hope you're right.  I do like your optimism. 

Would you compare Hurts with Shawn Robinson? 

Didn't you really want Hurts when we were recruiting him? 

With QBs, ultimately you look at "did they win"

Hurts has, Robinson not so much. Leadership counts. Hurts came in a saved Bama's season when they were behind Georgia by a bunch.

Hurts is better. But I wouldn't take any QB in the Big 12 over Sam.

No, I was not pushing for Hurts. He never registered on my radar other than Bama wanted him. He was a 4-star, but his decision came early so his recruitment wasn't that big a deal.

 

[primal defense]

Lordy I hope you're right.  I do like your optimism. 

Would you compare Hurts with Shawn Robinson? 

Didn't you really want Hurts when we were recruiting him? 

I would compare Hurts to Robinson by saying that Hurts is a very good college QB and Robinson is awful.

 

[primal defense]

Oklahoma Is Happy To Accept Transfers, But Unwilling To Let Their Own QB Move Freely







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Jalen Hurts announced today that he would be leaving the Crimson Tide and transferring to play at Oklahoma next season. Since the QB graduated from Alabama already, he can use his final season of NCAA eligibility for the Sooners without having to sit a year. In an essay at the Players’ Tribune, someone with Hurts’s approval wrote, “I’ve decided to take my talents to the University of Oklahoma, where I will continue my development as both a quarterback and as a student.”

Given his experience on a perennial playoff team, Hurts will almost certainly be the starter for Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley. The backup QB likely would have been Austin Kendall, but he’s planning to transfer to West Virginia, a sensible choice given that so far he’s spent his college career behind Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. Kendall has two years of eligibility left as well as his degree from Oklahoma, so he’d also get to transfer as a graduate.


 






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Can confirm @Jake_Trotter report that #Sooners are blocking Austin Kendall’s transfer to West Virginia and that Kendall is now determined to transfer regardless




 

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However, according to ESPN’s Jake Trotter, the Sooners are blocking Kendall from becoming immediately eligible upon his arrival in Morgantown. Hurts will be immediately eligible, and a new SEC rule allows graduates to transfer within the conference without having to sit out for a year. The Big 12 doesn’t have a rule like that, though:


Oklahoma, however, still reserves the right under NCAA rules to keep Kendall from becoming immediately eligible at West Virginia, another Big 12 school, for the 2019 season, even though he has earned his undergraduate degree at Oklahoma.



The Sooners have benefited with not one, but two Heisman-winning transfers in the last two seasons. Mayfield came from fellow conference member Texas Tech, and Oklahoma even had to lobby the Big 12 to tweak its transfer regulations to Mayfield to play his final year with the Sooners!



Kendall is set on leaving either way, as he’s already entered the wonderfully named transfer portal and withdrawn from classes at OU. He’ll need to find a new school rather quickly to get involved in spring practices. The only fair thing for Oklahoma to do would be to let him go wherever the hell he wants.

https://deadspin.com/oklahoma-is-happy-to-accept-transfers-but-unwilling-to-1831814269

 

[RickyFlair]

Hurts will definitely be better than their other choices but he did lose his starting job to a guy that looked very pedestrian against Clemson. In other words Hurts ain’t all that. Bama’s Oline and run game makes their QB less essential. That won’t be the case at soonerville 

 

[UTfish]

No, I was not pushing for Hurts. He never registered on my radar other than Bama wanted him. He was a 4-star, but his decision came early so his recruitment wasn't that big a deal.

Okay. I'll go back to sleep now.  My wife was right about that memory thing. Lol

 

[primal defense]

Hurts will definitely be better than their other choices but he did lose his starting job to a guy that looked very pedestrian against Clemson. In other words Hurts ain’t all that. Bama’s Oline and run game makes their QB less essential. That won’t be the case at soonerville 

LOL. Hurts lost his job to the guy that finished second for the Heisman. He would had won it except he had a bad game against Georgia. The reason Alabama went to the championship game is because Hurts came off the bench and won the SEC Championship.for them.

 

[Bear19]

Hurts is damn good.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Hurts is a damn sooner.

FIFY

 

[primal defense]

UPDATE: Oklahoma has reportedly granted quarterback Austin Kendall the right to transfer to West Virginia as a graduate student and be immediately eligible to play during the 2019 season.


Jalen Hurts's Transfer to Oklahoma Was a No-Brainer for All Involved


https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/01/16/jalen-hurts-oklahoma-alabama-transfer-lincoln-riley

 

[primal defense]

Hurts will definitely be better than their other choices but he did lose his starting job to a guy that looked very pedestrian against Clemson. In other words Hurts ain’t all that. Bama’s Oline and run game makes their QB less essential. That won’t be the case at soonerville 

Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts is the most accomplished graduate transfer quarterback since graduates were allowed to transfer without sitting out a year. (Yes, this includes when Russell Wilson left NC State for Wisconsin.) Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley has coached two consecutive transfer quarterbacks to the Heisman Trophy. I imagine the conversation went a little like this…

https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/01/16/jalen-hurts-oklahoma-alabama-transfer-lincoln-riley

 

[RickyFlair]

Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts is the most accomplished graduate transfer quarterback since graduates were allowed to transfer without sitting out a year. (Yes, this includes when Russell Wilson left NC State for Wisconsin.) Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley has coached two consecutive transfer quarterbacks to the Heisman Trophy. I imagine the conversation went a little like this…

https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/01/16/jalen-hurts-oklahoma-alabama-transfer-lincoln-riley

Jaylon Hurts was the QB transfer from the most accomplished team ever. 

Hes a good QB no doubt but he benefited greatly from his team  

Baker Mayfield wasn’t offered a scholarship at Tech after being there a year and starting half the games. I’d bet money had he stayed at Tech he’d be lucky to make a CFL roster  

Put Shane Buechele at Alabama and he might have been the most accomplished transfer QB ever  he was ranked 3rd best dual threat QB out of HS and Hurts was 4th  Bama didn’t offer Shane and Texas didn’t offer Hurts 

I’m not saying Shane is better or even close but the environment you play in can change everything

Hurts past successes do not guarantee future success

Its also worth mentioning that the last two Heisman winning transfer QB’s at OU were there for a year learning the offense before they ever took a snap and the second one is considered the greatest Texas HS QB ever

 

[oldhorn2]

I may be alone, but I dont think Hurts is much better than average. That said, thinking he only prospered because of Bama's near impenetrable O-line might not be much of a factor. I expect OU to have a damned good O-line despite losses, because they always do. I also think OU always has great WR's and this year will be no different.

Even so, Hurts is no Murray no matter how you slice it. He might be a good runner, but in no way is the running threat Murray was....no one is. In fact, the only advantage Hurts has on Murray is being taller.I say bring him on....