He replied that from play to play, he wasn’t aware whether Bradford or Landry Jones was taking snaps.
“I’m looking the other way,” he said.
Therein may lie a clue as to how OU’s players reacted to Thursday afternoon’s announcement that Jones will start Saturday night’s game at
Likely, Bradford won't even suit up at Land Shark Stadium.
But based on what we saw against
OK. I concede Jones may be lacking the seasoning and savvy that
Which recalls something Jones’ high school coach pointed out to me in an interview a few weeks ago, “You know at
Jones’ performance so far certainly leads one to believe that in this case, they haven’t.
And as I have previously stated, it looks to me like who wins this very important game for OU from a national perspective is going to be more determined by how those around Jones perform. Whether receivers catch, whether the line blocks to spring the running game and how it protects its quarterback, whoever it is. Even more telling, whether the defense continues to meet its own early-season standard.
Bob Stoops’ statement in the school-issued announcement that, “Sam has made daily progress, but we don't feel like he's quite where he needs to be yet,” is also not surprising. My guess all along was that
The bottom line is that based on what we’ve seen so far, one-hundred percent of Landry is better than anything less from Bradford.--Mike Jones.