Comments on: So long, Sam: Bradford’s place in OU history

By: Gene Bray

Gene Bray — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:36:45 +0000

Ray, White might have hit Kewan Jones except he made the throw with a broken hand.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:39:02 +0000

We have been truly blessed with such great players at the University of Oklahoma. Very few teams can match OU in terms of truly great college players, decade after decade.

Boomer Sooner

By: B_Houston

B_Houston — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:35:41 +0000

Berry, leave the critique for a later discussion. His career just ended due to injury; couldn’t you have just paid tribute to the young man and his great career and just left it at that? He was on pace to destroy the all-time passing TD record.

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:22:52 +0000

I would go in this order:

1 Jack Mildren
2 Sam Bradford
3 Josh Heupel
4 Jason White

In both of Sam’s years–our defense was average and there was pressure on the offense to keep scoring. In 2000, OU had the best defense of the Stoops era and carried OU at Stillwater and in the Orange Bowl against FSU. Josh had 20 TD passes and 15 interceptions that season. Granted, the the offensive talent surrounding Sam was gaudy last year, but the standard he set with 50 TD passes and 8 interceptions is ridiculous. A season for the ages, much like Mildren’s season in ’71 steering the Wishbone.Plus, Sam has set a standard of excellence in the classroom as a genuine student-athlete which is rare in this day and age.

MJ, Deer Creek

By: Tom Roberts, Sr.

Tom Roberts, Sr. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:50:05 +0000

Sam Bradford had the best passing accuracy of any of the quarterbaacks mentioned. He will also be one of the great ones in the professional ranks. Attitude, loyalty to Oklahoma University, not to mention his academic success all speak to the best quarterback Oklahoma never really had.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:06:25 +0000

I think Sam Bradford will be the best NFL quarterback ever out of OU. I think he will surpass Troy Aikman’s success in the NFL. I think when you look at OU in the post Bud Wilkinson era that you got to say Josh Heupel and Steve Davis come to mind as real special players who led OU to championships. Despite the personal achievements of some other great QBs, these players led their teams to championships.

By: warren applegate

warren applegate — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:41:32 +0000

The type of offense determines the statistics that are measurable for a quarterback. Wins and championships are also measurable.

Offensively, the 1955 and 1956 OU teams were so good that the starters only played about 1/2 of most games. Jimmy Harris directed OU to two NCAA championships.

Steve Davis has arguably the best three years as an OU quarterback with a 7-7 tie against USC in LA, undefeated in 1974, and one loss in 1975. Two national titles.

Mildren was the best wishbone quarterback I ever saw, because he was ambidextrous and could pass and run. Should have won the Heisman.

Personally, Sam Bradford will be remembered as the best quarterback at OU, because I expect he’ll be the first to have an outstanding NFL career at the quarterback position.

OU has had so many great players at different positions, it is hard to choose who is 1 through 5 at just about any position.

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By: Gerald McNutt

Gerald McNutt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:21:36 +0000

I believe Mildren should be at the top. He defined the program for years afterward and still set the standard after playing 40 years ago. Will any of the recent quarterbacks be revered like that and their games replayed 40 years from now?

By: Matt Norman

Matt Norman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:19:01 +0000

Too soon.