Comments on: The words of Sam Bradford http://blog.newsok.com/ou/2009/10/27/the-words-of-sam-bradford/ Oklahoma Sooners sports blog from NewsOK.com Fri, 03 May 2013 05:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Patrick http://blog.newsok.com/ou/2009/10/27/the-words-of-sam-bradford/comment-page-1/#comment-7769 Patrick Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:48:28 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/ou/?p=1812#comment-7769 Well said Brett! Couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: Brett Aquila http://blog.newsok.com/ou/2009/10/27/the-words-of-sam-bradford/comment-page-1/#comment-7763 Brett Aquila Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:57:26 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/ou/?p=1812#comment-7763 I believe Bradford completely when he says he has no regrets about coming back. Athletes who excel at the highest level do not spend much time thinking about “What if I get hurt?” or else they would be paralyzed mentally and unable to perform the way they do. Not to mention, the college experience is like no other and once it’s gone, it’s gone. Obviously we hope his surgery goes well and he excels in the NFL.

It’s heartbreaking that they came so close to the national title in 2008-2009 and believe me I know from experience – I’m from Buffalo, NY – the Bills lost 4 straight Superbowls!

Here’s to the courage and dedication Bradford showed by returning for one more year to Oklahoma. In a world that’s all about money, it’s a beautiful thing to see him do what he did. Ironically, he’s going to be used as an example of why you should go to the NFL early if you can. I hate it that it turned out this way – everyone does – even Texas – who to a man would’ve loved to play against Bradford again. When you feel you’re the best, you want to beat the best,and that’s what Texas would’ve had to do if Sam had been there.

But I believe he did the right thing by returning and I’d like to think I would’ve done the same thing with no regrets.

Here’s to ya Sam – to all your great accomplishments and great memories, and hopefully many more to come.

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