Bob Stoops: No decision yet on Heisman winner Sam Bradford
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Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops said today on Big 12 coaches’ conference call that gamesmanship is not the reason he refuses to announce whether injured quarterback Sam Bradford will play in the Sooners’ important nonconference game at Miami on Saturday. Stoops said he just isn’t sure.
‘I’m not going to talk about his chances,’ Stoops said.
Bradford suffered a ‘Grade 3’ sprain to his throwing shoulder in Oklahoma’s season-opening loss to Brigham Young. With freshman backup Landry Jones at quarterback, Oklahoma has defeated two straight opponents, Idado State and Tulsa, by the score of 109-0.
‘I’m not much on -- I don’t know, maybe some people would disagree -- on being coy or evasive on stuff,’ Stoops said. ‘I pretty much usually call it as it is. And when we don’t know, I say we don’t know just yet. We’ll just see how the week goes.’
Oklahoma is back in the top 10 this week, polling at No. 8 in the Associated Press index. Bradford won last year’s Heisman Trophy after throwing 50 touchdowns in leading the Sooners to the Bowl Championship Series title game.
Stoops said that, no matter the quarterback, the game plan for Miami will not change.
‘It’s not like one is a scrambling, wildcat kind of guy and you’ve got a whole different ballgame for him,’ Stoops said.
Stoops said a decision on Bradford would probably be made later in the week.
-- Chris Dufresne
