Sam Bradford still undecided on what to do

Sam Bradford's second shoulder injury shows what an inhuman, self-centered jerk (for lack of a better non-vulgar term) Bob Stoops is. He cared NOTHING about Bradford's health when he pushed Bradford back on the field way too soon. He did that simply to have a chance against Texas, a team he can't seem to beat lately. Stoops and no one else decides who plays in a game. If he cared at all about the young man's health, Stoops would have benched him for as long as it takes to get him healthy. I am sure that Bradford was lobbying Stoops to play again, but Stoops should have known better than to play him. Or, worse, he did know better and used Bradford anyway with no regard for Bradford's health.

Is the coach's seat getting a little hot with all the losses to Texas and all the bowl losses in recent years? If not, it should be. Stoops has shown himself to be a very good coach, but he is far from a great coach. This complete disregard for Sam Bradford's health and future for the sake of a big game (and with 2 losses already, a game that still would have done nothing to get them to the NC) was a barbarously self-centered decision.

Oklahoma should fire Bob Stoops immediately!! This is the perfect opportunity to get rid of a coach that cannot get his team to the top, and is appropriate for such a monstrously inhuman decision.

"Who wants a QB in the NFL with a bum shoulder? NO ONE. Sam will be lucky to be taken in the 4th round now. He's lost millions$$, and for what? OU fans?...lmao. Jolly, Edmond - Oct 23, 2009 at 7:26 am

Hey Jolly. I will look you up on these boards when Sam is taken in the first round. Do you want to retract your comment now or are you really dumb enough to believe that?

Hey Sam, You owe us nothing. Last year was awesome. Be selfish with this one. Go get your shoulder fixed and then go make your millions. We love ya. You've made us proud.

Seems like everyone has an opinion on what Sam should do and not do. If Stoops needs to make changes to his coaching staff. The truth is OU had a very successfull run for number of years that others school would envy. This is sport and every now and then we have up & down years. Fine, we had high expectations for this year with Slinging Sam,Gresham and the defense coming back. Unfortunately, things did not work out. Give credit to Sam, Gresham, Trent Williams and McCoy for coming back. But REALITY sinks in....we need a plan to make the team better with what we have......develop the talent around Landy Jones to assist him having a productive offense. Get offensive line better.....get some JUCO transfers.....Remember the offensive Coordinator is the same guy who orchestrated the dynamic offense of 2008. OU defense always plays well.....with few miss assignments and mistackles....thats not Venables fault...players need to make plays.In the end, I am not a spoke person for Stoops or his coaching staff.....but I think we need to thing in a rational way with what we have and how we can make things better. Thats all .

Maybe Sam should talk to Curtis Lofton about how Stoops & Venables told NFL scouts that Lofton's 40 time was much slower than reported in hopes of his draft stock falling and him returning to school for his senior year. These coaches are looking out for one person and one person only, and it definitely isn't Sam Bradford.

Give up football and become one of Big Choke Bob Stoops assistants at Chokelahoma University

Who wants a QB in the NFL with a bum shoulder? NO ONE. Sam will be lucky to be taken in the 4th round now. He's lost millions$$, and for what? OU fans?...lmao.

A Good Article about Sam Bradford in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Joe
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By JIMMY BURCH

jburch@star-telegram.com

Thanks for the memories, Sam. And the championships. Best of luck in the NFL next season.

If that is not the type of feedback Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is getting from behind closed doors in the Sooners’ football complex, then shame on the coaches. If Bradford is hearing those words in private and ignoring them, shame on Sam for not learning from experience.

Two shoulder injuries into the Sooners’ 3-3 season from hell, it is time for this soap opera to end with its only logical conclusion: The 2008 Heisman Trophy and Davey O’Brien Award winner should declare himself available for the 2010 NFL Draft and begin working immediately to rehabilitate his throwing shoulder — with or without surgery — in anticipation of wowing scouts at the NFL Combine in February.

Oklahoma officials scheduled, then canceled, a Wednesday news conference for Bradford to detail his future plans. In a statement, coach Bob Stoops said Bradford "wants more time to gather information."

Here’s all the information Bradford, or any other rising star on the college landscape, really needs to know: With the potential for labor unrest looming on the NFL horizon, the last guaranteed year under the existing draft system — which handsomely compensates first-round picks to a level teams hope to curtail in the future — will be 2010.

Everyone is counting on a rookie salary cap in 2011, so the time to strike is now if you’re going to maximize your signing bonus as a first-round pick.

Simple solution: Avoid the risk of further injury and cash in now, Sam. Wait any longer and you risk waving goodbye to anything close to the type of deal signed by quarterback Matthew Stafford (six years, $41.7 million), the top overall pick in the 2009 draft.

That spot, and those dollars, could have been Bradford’s in April if he had chosen to leave school early. But he opted to return. While in Fort Worth to pick up his O’Brien Award in February, Bradford said he saw the 2009 season as a chance to "better" his skills with another year of college experience. He also said he wanted another shot to win the national championship that eluded OU in last year’s BCS title game.

"I see us being on the national stage again," Bradford said at the time. "If I didn’t see that, I wouldn’t be coming back."

As things stand today, No. 25 Oklahoma (3-3, 1-1 in Big 12) is out of the national championship race and relegated to long-shot status in its quest for a Big 12 title. Bradford is scheduled to earn his finance degree in December and should use it to make wise investments with the millions he will receive as a first-round pick.

Spending any more time playing behind the Sooners’ patchwork offensive line would be dangerous to his health. That point was driven home Sept. 5 against Brigham Young, when Bradford separated his shoulder on a hit by a blitzing linebacker. It was reinforced Saturday against Texas, when he aggravated the injury on a first-quarter sack. jburch@star-telegram.com

Thus far, injury reports have not cited a need for surgery although Bradford said last week it was "possible." The Web site soonerscoop.com, citing unnamed sources, reported Wednesday that Bradford is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday with Dr. James Andrews, a renowned orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Ala. Another site, OUinsider, reported that Bradford is considering surgery as well as the possibility of resting and returning for some late-season games.

Bradford is not talking — yet. But if he’s thinking about taking more snaps for OU this season, behind this sieve of an offensive line, he’s making a mistake. His NFL future is far too valuable for such a risk.

Don’t buy into the bunk that Bradford needs to prove something to NFL general managers about his ability to take a hit. It is true, based on talks with NFL scouts, that teams would like to see him put on more upper-body bulk. But that is easily accomplished without exposing him to more hits at the college level.

Remember: The NFL is the same league that saw the Buffalo Bills spend a first-round pick on running back Willis McGahee while he was recuperating from reconstructive knee surgery after his final college game. If Bradford visits the surgeon in the near future, you can still bank on him being a first-round pick next April.

One day after Bradford’s second shoulder injury, former NFL general manager Charley Casserly told a Sunday audience on CBS’ NFL Today that OU’s quarterback projected as "a top-five pick last year" and the same would hold true today.

Sam, don’t jeopardize that status by taking foolish chances with your long-term health. You’ll always be an Oklahoma legend. But now, it’s time to take things to the next level. The sooner, the better.

By JIMMY BURCH
jburch@star-telegram.com
Jimmy Burch, 817-390-7760

You're a Favre.

Go Sam, Go to the Pro's. Don't return to the team except to walk the sidelines and give
encouragement to others, sign autographs. etc. Don't make a soap opera out of you injury.
Just leave, get the surgery or what ever. OU is not a good team with you or without you. Texas and BYU proved that. Baylor was your swan song. The team needs the same guy behind
center every week to salvage this season and look forward to the next. You are not helping
the situation with the team or Jones. Have some respect for your predecessor. Stoops
needs to encourage you to stay out. He has made his share of mistakes with his QB's
over the past 10 season's, don't force him to make another. Don't pull a Favre.

If Bradford is as good as you say then how come Bob as not taken him to see the Oracle yet?

The pro scouts like Bradford because of how he can go through his reads and deliver the ball. They guy would have been the number one pick in the draft last year over Stafford. That should tell you numbskulls a little something.

I see RL has finally gotten over his Tigers being beaten by the Gators. And, that statement about Bradford not being able to take a hit.....how did Tebow stand up when he got blizted in Kentucky? Any QB that takes a hit from a wide open blitzing LB is going to risk injury....I don't care who it is.

If you want to replace Stoops with anyone you're crazy. Don't bring that gimmicky crap offense to Norman. it works in the WAC, and yes Boise St beat OU a few years ago. But it would not work week after week against Big 12 football.

Sam Bradford... be wise and have the surgery, then go to the NFL.

Bob Stoops... do us all a favor and take you and your sorry-a$$ defensive and offensive coordinator and leave town!

Josh Heupel... please stay and become our new Offensive Coordinator!

OU Athletics... please offer Chris Peterson from Boise St. the new head coaching job at OU !!!!!

Man all these post make me realize how great of an education most OU fans have. All I can really say is WOW!

Sam and I will sit down and figure the tax liablity issues together--we'll have a strategy and we won't be taking that Josh Freeman or Pat White money--wink. Mel kuiper we be right there with us. Yeah--I think he'll be okay.

El Presidente, Deer Creek

Ha.. I don't know man. 28 million doesn't go as far as it used to... ya know ?
Ah, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Four QBs were taken in the first two rounds of the 2009 NFL draft.

1st pick Matthew Stafford 41.7 million guaranteed
5th pick Mark Sanchez 28 million guaranteed
17th pick Josh Freeman 10.25 million guaranteed
44th pick Pat White 4 years/4.5 million

Despite what I'm reading on here from some--if Sam called me tomorrow and ask me to be his agent--I'd feel pretty good about things in the bigger scheme of things. I think he'll make a living wage.

El Presidente, Deer Creek

Situation, situation, situation. If he goes somewhere with no offensive line and he thrown to the wolves it may suck a little. If he goes somewhere with a good offensive line and he can sit one year and get some playing time I personally think it would be perfect. Everyone says he would have been number one pick last year. Question, where is the number one pick (Matthew Stafford) presently at? Answer, injured on a horrible team.

RL, yes he has some physical maturing to do. But thats normal for a 21 year old.

Amen Joe. Well put.

Sam, have the surgery. Then let that shoulder completely heal. Then go to the NFL just as fast as you can. Hopefully, that is what your family is encouraging you to do. You have done all you can for OU.
Now go and secure your future.

"People who think Bradford could play in the NFL are insane!" That's an insane statement in itself. It may be your "humble" opinion that he won't be successful, but people who are paid millions of dollars to scout potential NFL stars think that he's a VERY good prospect in spite of both injuries. Everyone should recall that NFL scouts/fans thought that Peterson was too injury prone to be a great NFL back and now he's the next Walter Payton. Remember Peterson ended up getting injured and re-injured all through his junior season as a Sooner/NFL prospect, including reinjuring his shoulder in the Fiesta Bowl (I was there) against Boise St.

joe washington PORT AUTHUR ,,,, TEXAS....EVEN THOUGH HE IS BLACK,,,,,,,HEY rl how about coming to 23rd street late tomar night and see how long your teeth stay in your mouth talking like that " even though he is black"..... I voted for walter mondale in 1984 EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WHITE....get real you f*****g racist

RL......."even though peterson is black and not from oklahoma" that statement right there showed your KKK instincts.....got a clue for you RL THE CRACKER.....most of OU best blacks of all time are BLACK and form Texass,,,,,pruitt, sims overstreet and peterson.......best white back from oklahoma.......steve ownes?.....NOT.......how about grant burgett from stroud......or even kelly phelps........youre a loser RL....hope your daghters marry or at least have a child by a black,,,that would serve your crackerjackass right

RL is a ou hater,,,,couldnt control it,,,,im not saying youre an osu fan but you sure dont like the sooners,,,,,,,at 3-3 ou is not having a ood year thats obvious,,,but BRAD FORD WILL PLAY ON SUNDAYS IN THE NFL.....you people who think otherwise...are either stupid, jealouse or dont understand talent when you see it

I think he's a little bulkier than he looks. But anyway, I pulled all those numbers from ESPN

If Bradford weighs 223, where's he hiding it? Get real!

And Al Eschbach caught it and painted it blue!

Well hell, my previous post didn't show up. Basically to sum it up... Bradford is listed at 6-4, 223 lbs. To compare : Eli Manning, Kyle Orton, Tom Brady are all 3 listed at 6-4, 225 lbs. There is no difference is size there. Drew Brees is listed at 6-0, 209 lbs!! Is he too small ? Basically Bradford will not be limited by his size in the NFL

RL is pretty humorous, and obviously hasn't read my previous post yet. You can't listen to the jobless crazies that call in to radio stations during the day. believe me, Stoops will be here many more years, unless he decides to try his hand at the NFL. No one from Oklahoma is going to make him leave. He's a top 5 coach. Do you know how fast another school would grab him ??

It amazes me how hopeful Okie U fans are on here. Just listen to the idiots on the Sports Animal and some of the OU hicks that call the show. These morons are dillusional! OU is terrible and Bob Stoops probably won't last long. Please don't say that it's all because of Bradford, because we all know Bradford only had Heisman numbers last year because of how weak his Big 12 conference defenses were. This year proves that he can't take a hit, and he would never have even been in the runnings for Heisman last year if he played an SEC schedule and defensive talent. The kid (Bradford) is goofy looking and way too skinny for football.

You people NEED TO LEARN HOW TO READ where does it say I was making fun of his shoulder injury I know the pain Sam Bradford is going through had the same injury several times.I said that Sam Bradford won't be able to keep up with the speed of the NFL game.As Darren Sproles I though of him as a good 3rd down back and kick returner and he has proven himself to be a good 2nd back to LT and I won't get off this page it is my right to be able to express my thoughts even if it is different from yours.If you don't like it then tough you can either ignore me or put up with me because there is nothing you can do about it since I am not hurting anybody.

People who think Bradford could play in the NFL are insane! The kid is too skinny and can't take a hit. He would get slaughtered in the NFL. Funny how Okies are Vikings fans because of Adrian, even though Peterson is black and not from OK.

He won't need to apply for a hardship, he's only a junior. And I believe he is graduating this Dec. anyway so he'll get his degree.
It just comes down to what he feels is right. Because none of this crap that we are all talking about here really matters. he's going to do what is right for him so if he comes back, then we will be glad he's back. If not, we will all be watching him on Sundays, just like we do with Peterson. Its amazing how many new Vikings fans there are in Oklahoma now.
For I HATE OKC, you probably thought Darren Sproles should give up on football too since he's so small and not a 1st round pick. You're an idiot. go back to Texas

first of all i am a true diehard sooner fan too the core. and on sam health if i was in his cleats i would have the surgery too take care of myself. and if me i would make a comeback in next year and get a hardship for my injury, i feel like he never fullfilled his jr. season. i do not care what others think about sam. he is a true oklahoma kid first. truthfully i would like too see him come back next year and play for oklahoma. the money will always be there in the nfl. i rather him get his college degree for 4-years like colt did for texas. i knew colt would stay all 4, cause he loves college football coming from a small-town jim ned or tuscola,tx this was a lifetime dream too him. there are alot of ou-haters out there who would love too see him go and give them a better chance too beat ou without him. i want too appogize too the ou-offense for my remarks on your performance. but truthfully you guys need too step-up and help your defense and score points especially in the red zone. sam its all on your shoulders on your decision. oklahoma fans love ya. all i want for christmas from santa is sam come back in 2010 too my oklahoma sooners, like jermaine did and will graduate with his degree. jermaine thank you also for coming back too help your team and get your education as well. you are a true oklahoma sooner player as well. we love you in megargel,tx the harrison family. go sam and jermaine.

What moron who would put I hate OKC on his/her signature...you need a life and until then do yourself a favor and stay off the chat page!! Sam listen to your folks...they have guided you all your life and they are the only ones who have your back in the tough times...Go OU beat KU!

I HATE OKC,
How about, move your nary a$$ out of the state and give it a rest. I cannot believe the trash that bad mouth an individual with an injury. You parents must be real proud of you and how you turned out to be such a lump of S!@# in life.

He should give up on football period because he won't be able to handle the speed of the NFL and well just like all of the other QB's that came from Chokelahoma University he won't amount to anything and will be another assistant coach for Big Choke Bob Stoops.Name QB that has started at Chokelahoma and made it as a starter in the NFL and Troy Aikman doesn't count since he left to go to UCLA

Points to Ponder: Are the two players from BYU and Texas who hurt Bradford have the size, talent, and speed of NFL defensive players that Bradford will face should he be drafted, regardless of how high or low he may go in the draft? That may be something you fantasy football experts may want to think about.

Eric from Yukon, nice!

Bradford will be back because he didn't prove anything this season.

b, if brett favre had the exact same injury he would have to sit out too. it's not about being soft or hard, it's about really being injured to the point it requires surgery or extended rest. brett favre played through minor injuries with the help of addictive drugs AND was very fortunate AND didn't have some guy coming off the corner of his blind side completely untouched like OU QB's have for every single game since last year.

Maybe Tebow could put his hand on Bradford shoulder and heal him

WTF - get the dam surgery already. Quit messing around with this thing and get it fixed! There's no excuse for postponing the inevitable now. Just take your medicine, Sam, and get that shoulder back in shape and do it now! Good God almighty, what are you waiting for - an angel to descend upon you?

Jolly, your posting reveals insecurity and a basic lack of knowledge. Bob Stoops and OU fans didn't 'will Sam Bradford back', Sam Bradford willed Sam Bradford back and at the end of the day Sam will be just fine when all this settles down. He needs to get his shoulder taken care of, take a deep breath and realize the wonderful things which still lay if front of him.

Granted--the Sam we saw from last season with all that talent around him is probably a somewhat distorted view of his realistic NFL capabilities, but as I saw it last night--Mel Kuiper still had him projected as the No. 5 pick overall and I believe the first QB taken.

Sam brings a good arm, nice size, excellent vision and unusal smarts, which I know the NFL scouts love. He can absorb a system in a hurry. Look around the current NFL and take notice of all the bad QB play in the league as a whole. It's not like Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez have the world by the balls right now--Stafford is hurt and playing on a horrible team in a horrible city and Sanchez is about one more interception away from being benched by Ryan. Either way--sometimes things work out and sometime they don't.

There are no guarantees in life or the NFL...jist ask Vince Young and Matt Leinart. Matt Ryan is the glaring exception.

But this notion of yours that all OU fans and Stoops willed Sam back is nonsense.

Sam just needs to get the surgery, rehab and enjoy the rest of his senior year like an everyday college kid...this season is over.

Even if you knew what you were talking about (you don't),Sam could collect the three million and go to law school and still have a life most would dream of having.

Sam will be fine and real fans in the Sooner Nation realize all of this... message board trolls...I'm not so sure about.

El Presidente, Deer Creek

Sam just needs to get the surgery and get the money he can before the NFL finds out how soft he really is. I like the guy, but man he just keeps getting hurt. If he had the toughness of a Farve.... (I guess most QB's would like that.) Sam, leave mediocre OU behind and secure your future while you can!

I agree, I think he should have surgery right now and get the arm back to 100% then enter the draft. He's done OU well. I hope he lands in a good situation

I think Jason White would have been a good NFL QB if not for the two blown knees. Sam needs to learn from Jason's experience and take the money while it's available. Most people never have a chance to make millions of dollars just by signing a contract, Sam will have that opportunity and shouldn't let it pass him by again.

The difference with Sam and the other Heisman QBs we've had lately (I include White and Heupel in that) is that Sam could actually play in the NFL. the other 2 were great in college but didn't have a chance in the NFL. Sam actually has a real chance. Landry is a fine QB and in the next couple years may even be a great one, but Sam has a great chance to play on Sundays. The experts moved him down to 5th overall. How that equates to 4th rd I have no idea. He's still listed as the 1st QB overall.
And I may not be as old but I've travelled to a fair share of games, including OU at Alabama in 2003, and the NC title game against LSU that same year

chris your mom is a glory hog..oops just a hog

Gee Whiz, I would bet none of you have traveled to as many games as I have over the past 10 years. In other words, I aint not aggie fan. But, I have serious doubts about Sam. And...unless you have stuck your head in the OU sand or drinking the OU Koolaid, the experts are saying the same thing. I hope the kid has a great career. I have serious doubts as to his durability.

OU fans are funny. I was at a game in 1985 when Jerome Brown broke Troy Aikmans ankle. OU was leading the game at the time of the injury. A young punk came in and relieved Troy and OU went on the win the NC. Troy was totally forgotten by the Sooner faithful because the punk delivered them to the promised land. Troy went on to win Super Bowls and inducted in the NFL Hall of Fame. The young punk went on the get arrested every year for something or other. If Landry Jones was as good as Sam, you all would already have forgotten about Sam as well.

Hes gone, he just likes the attention. Thats all he is doing is keeping the cameras on him because he is a glory hog.

Oh you're right as usual Jolly. I called up Sam and begged him to come back. I sent him emails and text messages too. I camped outside the practice field with a megaphone and chanted "One more year!" No one can tell YOU any different because you know everything. Get over yourself. And if you still think he is getting drafted in the 4th round, you're still an idiot.

Eric it's idiotic to you because you're a myopic fan who can't see the truth because you're blinded by your fandem. It's idiotic because you're one of the selfish fans who willed Sam back this year because you thought there was a championship in the cards. It's idiotic because you can't handle the truth.

If you think he can't play football again, you are clueless. Read the Tulsa World article with quotes with a top ortho doc and the Tulsa team doctor. It was an aggravation not a re-injury. Bradford could have played through the injury against Texas with a pain injection prior to the game - very common - but Sam elected not to get the injection out of fear he wouldn't feel significant damage. It's all in the Tulsa World article.

Bradford beat Texas his freshman year and has two Big 12 championships with a Heisman. It would have been nice to get a BCS win but it's a nice resume.

Jolly -
If Bradford doesn't get drafted til the 4th round, I'll send you a check for the difference he lost. his arm would have to fall off and he'll have to start throwing left handed for him to go in the 4th round. If you don't like him, that fine, but your statement is idiotic

Jolly, sadly, you might be right. I am having doubts as to whether he will ever throw a pass in the NOT FOR LONG league. At that level, they don't get too emotional in their business decisions.

done with football? Are you kidding? he was projected as the #1 overall pick last year, and you don't think he can even play on Sundays ? Maybe you should go replace all the analysts around the country since you know something they don't. Heupel wasn't even projected to get drafted. Heupel is a great coach, but Bradford is by far the better NFL prospect. Yesterday Mel Kiper moved him from #1 overall to #5. Oh no! #5! I guess he'll only get 25 million instead of 30 million. And maybe he won't have to go to the Rams or Cheifs. Sounds like a win-win to me.

Dallas, Minnesota, Carolina and Washington could all be drafting in the 5-15 range and could use a good QB. Take my good friend Steve's advice Sam, "Go on take the money and run, whoo whoo whooo"

"one of the finest careers in OU football history." - I don't think so. Based on stats, maybe. But he has never beat Texas, nor won an NC. His stats are based on a 12 game reg. season plus a conference chapmpionship game and a bowl. Back in the day, it was 9 or 10 games a year period. Didn't move to 11 games a year until the 70's.

If he wants to be considered one of the best, then he'll have to come back and earn it.

Damage is already done. When doubt creeps into the scouts and teams that they've got a QB who's got a bad shoulder he's lucky if he's a 4th round pick. Should of taken the 1st round money last year..but nooooooo...just a plain stupid decision. OU fans can spin it anyway you want...but it cost Sam millions.

It's not barbeque, it's Boomerque!

Sorry, but I don't see him playing on Sunday's. I think he'll be another Heupel, great in college, but not up to pro standards. Especially now that he has a "glass jaw" (shoulder) to further cloud his worth in the NFL. If you recall as I do, the doctors said there was no more chance of him re-injuring his shoulder than there was before it was injured. So, will surgery fix that...no. He is prone to that type of injury and it will likely happen over and over again every time he is sacked on his left side. I love the kid, but I think he's about done with football.

Let's just hope that Sam Bradford doesn't become the next pitchman for Air Comfort Solutions.

I love Sam, and wish him the best in the NFL, but this is now all but officially the landry Jones era.

Actually Sean.....I see him more as the "Got Milk?" kind of guy...sort of an updated Josh Heupel....and only a fool with no concept of money thinks of $20 million guaranteed as something not to be concerned about.

MARCO.....POLO!

Phillip you are a real OU fan.....not everyone is concerned about the 'guaranteed money'. He came to OU to be the best that he could be and he hasnt lived up to his own expectations. He doesnt want to go out as an injury prone QB, I hope that he makes the decision that makes him the most comfortable and when he looks back in 10 years he is STILL happy with his decision that he made. No matter what everyone else says he is that one that has to be happy. Whether it is in Norman selling A/C or somewhere playing football, he is a smart guy and will be a success at what ever he sets out to do !

The kid was doing the exact opposite of what many are criticized about. Playing for money. He took a gamble. The first phase, didn't work out. But the story isn't finished. I think he'll end up in a better situation which is very understated. Listen to Todd McShay, he could fall to the middle of the first round. That could be the Cowboys or their equivalent. So lets see. Boomer Sooner!

Philip - he is sure a hot piece of arse for a retard.

I think he should go to the NHL and play for the Blues .. that'd be cool.

Kevin Wilson is not done running the team into the ground. He decided long ago that this year would be a down year for O.U. So his play calling has been the most stupid since the early 1900's when they still did crusty Bob's, chase the cat's tail, and pig in a poke. I think right now O.U. needs a few of those plays. The hurry-up offense has been decoded and it shows. Better slow down and call some plays that take advantage of the current "talent", as it were.
O.U. needs a down year here and then. Back when it played Oklahoma Baptist College they beat them 127 to 0. But when WWI started O.U.'s team was decimated and OBC (now OBU) beat O.U. in a scrimmage.

It's a no brainer, right? Sam, we appreciate everything you've done and even more than that we appreciate your intentions. It obviously just wasn't meant to be. It happens. Get well, rehab work your butt off and you and Jermaine do us proud. Hey at least you didn't end up in Detroit. Boomer Sooner!

Surgery and he's now damaged goods. My advice - take the rest of the season off, rehab, and get it ready for the combine. It's only 3 or 4 months away, and if you go under the knife you won't be ready for 6 months most likely.

Take a year off and go to Oxford to be a Rhodes Scholar.

I doubt he leaves, he wants his degree. It's not about going out in style, if he wanted that he'd of gone out last year. He understands the importance of getting the education. However I would say if he is going to the NFL then good luck. Hopefully if he does Minnesota will pick him up, and put him in there with AD, and Harvin. I (for one) would love to see that. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do Sammy.

Sam get the surgery its not going to get better and if you play again and get hit again its going to re-injure again. Its a no brainer. Had a similiar injury in hs and it never got better. of course i wasnt a star or starter so was left to fend for myself. Get it taken care of. Unless I am missing something here, now this is getting irritating. I understand if this is not the way Sam wants to go out as nobody wants to be remembered, "this way". People I think for the most part are going to remember Sam as a dang good quarter back whom we all loved. However, with the wrong moves and if he is going to gamble with his place at OU he could be viewed much differently. I dont want to see that. Go out with class while you can Sam. If you want to play in the NFL get the surgery, heck if you want to be able to lift your right arm above your head without pain get the surgery.