OUInsider - Owen Field

Although work and school prohibits me from posting much now (lack of time) I wanted to give a couple of updates from Canyoneer ...

1) Although Canyoneer didn't coach in the JUCO conference where Chaz Neslon played, he knows several of the coaches and talks to them once in a while. He was aware of the growing relationship of OU and Chaz over the last few weeks, and has heard nothing but great things about Chaz. Chaz was the MVP of the conference for a reason, and his 40 time of 4.6 is accurate. He is VERY fast and quick, and goes around 235..and by recruiting him OU gets a kid who can drop back as a hybrid and speed rush a Qb. He thinks Chaz will certainly be in the 3-4 man DE rotation next year, and will see a lot of time when they play option Qb's.....He is ALL business, hard worker, and will help a team which has recently had to deal with some internal issues, including some prima donnas. He is definitely OU good.

2) With Bowman and Everett a lot is going to depend on OU's trip to see their families....especially for Bowman. Canyoneer would not be at all surprised to see a commitment by Everett in the next few days to OU. Bowman could follow, but USC is really putting the pressure on him, and LA is abuzz with the USC massacre of UCLA (fire that coach, please)....Everett is a very good one on one DB and Bowman is a Jefferson, with more size and speed,

If OU got Bowman, Everett and with the commitment of Nelson they would get more speed, 3 very hard hitters, and most of all some maturity. All three are committed to try to get to the next level, and they would see playing for OU as a business decision and, unlike some highly recruited players around, do not feel a sense of entitlement. And I think Stoops is sick of babysitting some players this year.

3) With Jackson (TE-JUCO), and Woods, well, they basically froze to death...and that isn't a good thing. Dad was surprised that OU didn't try harder to get them in earlier...but it is difficult to get kids in during a regular season. It has always been problematic in the cold country to have kids come to games during a Thanksgiving weekend, no girls on campus, freezing weather, smaller crowds...etc. Dad visited Nebraska years ago (as I tell him, pre Civil War) in November, and said it was the most miserable weekend he could remember..and couldn't wait to get back to Cali and 75 degrees. Counted the hours. Dad thinks OU has a fairly good chance with Woods (a great player) and less of a chance with Jackson (a good player). He thinks Jackson will go south.

4) OUI insider does a heck of a job covering these, and other, recruitment's in Canyoneers opinion.

5) related news...ASU Erickson is done...and he will probably retire. Sumlin is being talked about to replace him, as well as coach V, and Diaz....Leach would love to have the job, but pay would be an issue there. Canyoneer thinks it could be Sumlin, important people at ASU love the guy. At the UA, RR has a QB already on campus who can run his offense perfectly, Scott, and walked into a nice situation since the UA will have a nice group of offensive skill players coming back.

Now back to work

Mark