OSU ranking

[CelticCat]

Ok State is ranked 55th in IA, according to FOXsports.com.

Oregon is ranked 39th.

It lists OSU's weakness as its secondary.

[Hell's Bells]

Ok State is ranked 55th in IA, according to FOXsports.com.

Oregon is ranked 39th.

It lists OSU's weakness as its secondary.

seems like Oregon is going to be goooooodddd they are going to be fun to watch. Belotti went to florida to learn some of the option attack from a spread formation.


http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/news/sto ... %26num%3d0

some info about OK. State



One of the biggest priorities of the spring was to find a replacement for second-team All-Big 12 running back Vernand Morency, who declared for the NFL draft and was selected in the third round by the Houston Texans after ranking third in the league with 1,474 rushing yards and scoring 12 touchdowns last season.

Morency's departure after his junior season was expected because he got a late start in college football (he was the Colorado Rockies' 14th-round pick in 1998) and is 25 years old.

Sophomores Julius Crosslin (5-11, 230) and Calvin Roberts (5-11, 220), as well as red-shirt freshman Mike Hamilton (6-1, 230), impressed Gundy the most in the spring.

"I feel confident now that Julius Crosslin and Michael Hamilton are going to give us the ability to run the ball in the Big 12 next year," Gundy said. "The guy that may have been the most impressive from an improvement standpoint was Calvin Roberts. He has come a long way. Between those three guys, I feel pretty comfortable about that position."

Crosslin played fullback and had just 17 carries for 71 yards last season. But in OSU's new one-back offense, he'll get more opportunities when he's on the field. Likewise for Roberts, a former prep quarterback whose only rushing attempts last fall came in a win over SMU, when he carried the ball nine times for 76 yards and a score.

Hamilton could be the best of the bunch because of his size and tremendous speed (4.4 in the 40), though he is unproven on the college level. He was a highly recruited running back out of Melbourne (Fla.) High School who spurned offers from Florida and Florida State to join the Cowboys after rushing for 4,627 yards and 53 touchdowns in his prep career.

Senior Seymore Shaw (5-11, 215), the leading returning rusher after collecting 371 yards on 79 carries (4.7 average) and two touchdowns last year, will also be a factor if he stays healthy and out of trouble. His status is shaky after missing most of the spring with leg injuries and running into legal troubles in mid-May. Gundy suspended him indefinitely in early June.

The only other tailback with experience, junior Greg Gold (5-9, 195), will likely be moved to wide receiver in the fall,.

This unit wasn't the most productive last season, catching just 89 passes for 1,585 yards and 14 touchdowns for the entire 12-game season. But with Fedora installing his new spread formation in the spring, it's certainly the happiest bunch heading into 2005.

Junior D'Juan Woods (6-1, 195) is the top returning wide-out after catching a team-leading 29 passes for 650 yards (22.4 yards per catch) and six touchdowns on his way to earning second-team All-Big 12 honors last season. The younger brother of former OSU and current San Francisco 49ers receiver Rashaun Woods, and older brother of current Cowboy quarterback Donovan Woods, is sure to touch the ball more often this season.

Outside of Woods though, there's little returning in terms of statistical production.

Tight End Billy Bajema (18 receptions for 264 yards and one TD) and flanker Prentis Elliott (17-295-4) finished second and third respectively in receptions last season but both must be replaced. Bajema was the 49ers' seventh-round pick in the NFL draft, while Elliott was one of several players removed from the team by Gundy.



Lawson-Kennedy, or "XLK", as he is known on the Stillwater campus, has struggled to play at the level everyone anticipated when he arrived as a first-team USA Today All-American out of Duncanville (Texas) High School. He has been overweight throughout his collegiate career, in part because of a nagging knee injury from his prep days that wasn't diagnosed until he joined the Cowboys. Last season, he contributed just four total tackles, but he lost more than 30 pounds in the off-season.