Caleb Williams attended the LA Rams vs. 49’ers game yesterday on his visit to California. Today USC’s projected starting quarterback Jaxson Dart entered the transfer portal. I don’t think you have to be be Columbo to connect those dots.
Hope I’m wrong, but at least OU won’t have to face Caleb in Norman in 2023 when the Georgia Bulldogs come to town.
It doesn’t shock me because his father basically sent Caleb to Norman to play for Lincoln Riley without a scholarship at one point. So this won’t be a shock if this is indeed the way it goes down later this evening during the national championship game telecast.
I’m disappointed Caleb is going to play in a league which was weaker than the American Athletic Conference this past season, but it’s his decision and his future. I wish him the best.
OU is fortunate to have Dillion Gabriel to replace Caleb and my hope is the attitude with OU fans moving forward is a positive one.
To Caleb’s credit, I thought he was pretty much transparent with his comments after the Alamo Bowl and to Caleb’s further credit, unlike Lincoln Riley, he didn’t leave the OU seniors hanging for their bowl game or the Big 12 Championship Game if OU had beaten Oklahoma State in Bedlam.
We’ll never know if he would have won a Heisman at Oklahoma, but if he indeed goes to USC you would think with the absolute lack of any defense by any team in that league Caleb could put up some staggering numbers.
Caleb never lied. He was a blast to watch this season and in my mind his one season OU legacy wise will go down somewhat like Marcus Dupree’s one fabulous freshman season in Norman….except Caleb is very much in charge of his life it would appear.
It will be interesting to see if his high school buddy Jahil enters the portal later today or tomorrow. Hope not. But we’ll have to sit back and see.
Otherwise…OU’s team is coming around fairly nicely, especially at the tight end and linebacker positions. The Sooners picked up several players last week and that’s the way moving forward for OU at this point in this crazy football season. Plus…they picked up a D lineman from Hawaii.
So it will end just like the final scene from On Any Given Sunday with Al Pacino taking his quarterback with him to head out West unless Georgia or Texas A&M make Caleb an offer he can’t monetarily refuse.
I wouldn’t at all compare this to Kevin Durant leaving to go play with Steph and Klay for two reasons..1 USC currently sucks, and 2 Caleb was basically up front about what he wanted to explore in regards to his college football future.
I’ll be back on here ASAP if he announces someone other than USC.
So when all is said and done so far…Caleb plus Mario Williams to date are the only OU players on the cusp of joining Lincoln Riley at USC.
Willie Beamon heading West. No real shock.