Oklahoma Trouble

[Deltamud77]

Oklahoma's QB has been kicked off the team for apparently receiving "extra money" from a summer job. From what I hear, they are in total meltdown right now. Their other QBs are a JUCO transfer and a wideout. Many had them ranked in the top 5 in the nation preseason.

[Greenhead22]

OUInsider.com has learned that sophomore quarterback Rhett Bomar and one other Sooner player have been dismissed from the team.

The other player is rumored to be sophomore offensive lineman J.D. Quinn, but that has not been confirmed yet or announced by the University.

The dismissals are a result of the compensation both received during a summer job, which OUInsider.com has learned was Big Red Sports & Imports, a local car dealership in Norman.

Bomar was 8-3 as a starter last season and was named the Offensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl. Quinn, who started four games at guard a year ago, was named to the Sporting News' All-Big 12 freshman team and was expected to contend for the starting right guard job in the fall.

Below is a statement released this afternoon by SoonerSports.com, including a statement from University President David Bore

[big gumbo]

I hope the Ncaa opens up an office in Norman, They are about to get Switzer'd.

[camlock]

I have NEVER liked Stoops! Just seems to be a peepee, and undermining and underhanded one. Not a straightforward one like Saban, I can handle the straightforward.

Hope they crash and burn!

[big gumbo]

Strong rumors is that this is only the beginning, there may be more players involved, at least more are being looked at INCLUDING Adrian Peterson. This all involves Big Red Auto Leasing. Ok is trying to pull a MIA Culpa to escape the wrath of the NCAA, remember the mess that was OK after Switzers roving gang of thugs got done, It took them a long time to get it back. Too Bad, So Sad. if this could only happen to Texas.

[Po Monkey Lounger]

This kind of trouble makes all the meladrama surrounding UM recruiting ---- BS, where is he, when will he get to UM, etc.etc. ----- Powe, will he be eligible, if so, when? etc. ----- pale in comparison. Lord have mercy. Stoops and the Sooners are in deep doo.

[Greenhead22]

Courtesy of Sooner Fark Central......

[Seymore]

OMG! I can't quite laughing!!! Greehead22 that is hilarious.

[rjohnson]

ESPN said on Sportscenter the guy was working about 5 hours a week and filling out his time card with 40 hours every week. Made somewhere near the tune of 18,000 this summer.

[Greenhead22]

Stoops: Bomar Knowingly Broke NCAA Rules

Thursday, August 3, 2006
NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Thursday that the school acted quickly when it found out that starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn broke NCAA rules through their employment at a car dealership.

Stoops said he had not been aware that Bomar and Quinn were working at the dealership last fall until Oklahoma's compliance staff investigated the situation. Stoops said he didn't rush to a decision but considered it "fairly cut and dry."

Stoops said the players, who were dismissed from the team on Wednesday, "knowingly" broke the rules. The university has said the players were being paid for more work than they actually did.

"Both parties were aware that their actions were in violation of NCAA rules. They did it over a long and extended period of time," Stoops said. "That's conduct that we won't tolerate here at the University of Oklahoma."

Bomar set an Oklahoma freshman record with 2,018 yards passing last season after taking over as the starter in Week 2. Quinn, Bomar's roommate, was expected to compete for a starting spot after making four starts last season at right guard.

Bomar spoke to KOCO-TV on Thursday.

"I respect the decision that Coach Stoops made and the administration above him. We have to live with that, you know, we have to move on," he said. "But I wish the best for the program. I cared about this program and I don't want anybody to think that we didn't."

Quinn also apologized, saying he wishes he "could take it back."

Stoops said players and the businesses that employ them are expected to turn in documentation of the employment.

"If people are going to, in their own choice, do something knowingly against NCAA rules, they're not going to tell you about it," Stoops said. "Once we knew or had any inkling of it, we acted on it and our compliance staff got to the end of it."

Stoops said he wasn't sure what Oklahoma could do differently to prevent similar problems in the future.

"In the end, again if somebody understands the rules and knowingly breaks them, then everybody suffers the consequences of it and they do for sure. In the end, players need to be accountable.

"We can't spend every minute with them, our compliance staff cannot spend every minute with them. When are they held accountable?"

Oklahoma started the process of moving forward by naming Paul Thompson as its new starter. Thompson served as a backup for three seasons, including his redshirt year, before beating Bomar out for the starting job last fall. Bomar claimed the starting role after Oklahoma lost to TCU in its season opener, and Thompson remained the backup despite a subsequent move to wide receiver.

"There's no question the way Paul has worked here the last four years, the players are excited about it," Stoops said. "They've got great confidence in Paul. We do as a staff and are looking forward to the future with him."

Saying he wasn't involved in the investigation, Stoops declined to get into details about when the offenses occurred. Stoops said the university does arrange some summer jobs, but he did not know how many players worked last summer.

"It has diminished over the years because most players - virtually all of them - are in summer school and working out," Stoops said. "Summer jobs aren't the issue they used to be back in the days when kids weren't going to summer school all year and training all year."

Athletic director Joe Castiglione said the dismissed players were the only ones implicated based on "all of the information that we have available to us at this time."

Some recruiting services rated Bomar as the nation's top quarterback when he came out of high school, and he developed into the team's leader over the course of his first season as starter. Under his direction, Oklahoma won six of its last seven games, including the Holiday Bowl against Oregon.

With former Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson returning healthy at tailback, Oklahoma was expected to contend for the national title as it had the previous two seasons.

"I don't know that I feel a whole lot different than I did before this, meaning I don't believe Rhett had that much experience that we're losing," Stoops said. "And so, from the end of the year, I felt we have a lot that we need to work on for that to happen. I don't think we were coming into the year that he was Jason White coming back from his Heisman Trophy year the year before.

"It's safe to say, I know there's a lot of expectations for Rhett, what we have had to this point hasn't been anything that we can't overcome."

[deltadukman]

How does Cross Canadian Ragweed say it " The faggots down in Norman roll their joints all wrong".

[rebelduckaholic]

CCR

[Bully]

too dam skinney, waaay to long