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Sam earned big night with his mind-set before kickoff

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: September 5, 2007    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NORMAN — Sam Bradford had a heck of a week. The kind of week that makes you think he might have a long and glorious reign as the Oklahoma quarterback. The kind of week that made Bob Stoops and staff believe they chose the right guy to lead their star-studded cast.

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And it has nothing to do with North Texas.

Bradford played sensationally Saturday against the Lean Green, the closest thing to a high school foe that has graced OU's campus since the 19th century.

UNT wasn't very talented, which is no high crime. But their simplistic alignment was a football felony. Todd Dodge and his staff, who 8

months ago were game-planning for Austin Westlake, offered no evidence that they're ready for the college game.

OU coaches tried to be kind but admitted the lack of sophistication stunned them.

"It made it easy for Sam, because there wasn't a lot of disguise at all to the coverages,” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. "It was kind of one simple concept all night.

"I said after the first drive that if they're gonna play this way, every passing record in school history can get broken tonight if you want to do it.”

The Sooners chose not to, but Sammy B. darn near did it anyway, completing 21 of 23 passes for 363 yards.

Great numbers but not meaningful. Not at all. "We have a perspective on it,” Stoops said. "We have a full understanding of all that.”

It reminded me of an old story from the early 1980s, when Gerry Faust was hired by Notre Dame out of Cincinnati Moeller High School.

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