All-Bicentennial list: Reggie Smith will be on it

NORMAN — Constructing a list of Oklahoma's top 100 college football players was an intriguing venture, but lunacy.

And when it comes to combinations of intrigue and lunacy, such projects often fall in the lap of our own learned Berry Tramel, a knowledgeable man with a penchant for lists.

The theme of this entire football section is in reverence to Oklahoma's 100 years of statehood.

My chore was to construct a list of one OU player, not for the past century, but for the next century.

Director of football operations Merv Johnson, the most tenured man in the Sooners' front office, is about to start his 29th season at OU. He knows the program's past and present as well as anyone.

When told we were spinning the clock forward 100 years to a bicentennial list of all-time greats, Johnson couldn't help but laugh at our, um, lunacy.

It must be noted, current Sooners will be at a huge disadvantage when The Oklahoman's All-Bicentennial list is released in 2107.

Since the first century list runs through last season, members of this year's roster technically are in the first year of eligibility, and that's lousy timing. (OU might have had a heck of a player from the early 1900s who was overlooked for the first century list.)

Junior wide receiver Malcolm Kelly already made the list, coming in at No. 100.

What other current Sooners might warrant All-Bicentennial status?

My list of one is Reggie Smith, a do-everything, be-everywhere junior who spent time at cornerback, strong safety, return specialist and wide receiver his first two seasons.

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