Lincoln Riley’s Tuesday Presser

I thought the best questions as usual came from Berry Tramel. He asked a sequence of questions in regards to why using a two quarterback system like Chris Leak and TimTebow isn’t used more by college coaches nowadays.

Lincoln didn’t absolutely nix the idea, but pretty much made it clear that isn’t the way he wants to head with his quarterback situation. He cited continuity, pace, tempo, and the feel of the game as why he doesn’t embrace a two QB system. Good questions…good answers I thought.

Tramel later asked a question in relation as to why Spencer was put in the game for the two point conversion. Lincoln without hesitation answered he and Spencer were talking throughout the second half and Spencer was completely locked in and the best option for that play.

Somebody asked a question about Kennedy Brooks’ running style and Lincoln compared it to watching someone run with their lab at the park… which I thought was funny.

Lincoln is clearly not going to publicly name his QB starter until Saturday despite how many times the editors from the OU Daily spy on their closed practices. What those knuckleheads have done is cause the beat writers from the Oklahoman, the Tulsa World, the Norman Transcript, excetera to have their access to the program put on hold the rest of the week.

Note to the OU Daily… it would be better if you spy on the opponent rather than your own team so as Joe C doesn’t have to ban his own school’s paper from having access.

Al Eschbach evidently has these guys as students in his journalism class and prasied them as if they were Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward breaking into the Watergate Hotel. That was hilarious.

I would think Lincoln would have answered the QB question simply by the fact he gave Spencer Rattler off on Monday to reset himself mentally.

Anyway…hopefully full access to the program is put back in place after the team gets through this week. You don’t want to diminish access to the program like the Thunder do and create a feel of programmed almost paranoid narratives.

Here’s what surprised me about Lincoln’s presser…no one asked questions about the defense and the fact they’ve given up 65 total points from scrimmage combined versus K State and Texas.

My questions would have been, ‘Lincoln, are you concerned about the defensive performances the past two weeks and do you feel the defense isn’t as good as touted coming into this season?

‘Lincoln, are you concerned that Texas when trailing 48-41 went right down the field to tie the game late in the fourth period? Are you concerned your secondary didn’t have an answer for Xavier Worthy?

Then I’d wink at Lincoln just to lock down our quid pro quo off the record relationship and ask…

‘Lincoln…how did you feel about Tyrese Robinson’s excellent game on the O line and the fact he got a helmet sticker from Mike Jackson over at okcthunderground.com?’

It’s always about off the record…trust me. Berry Tramel will still have access this week for the simple reason Lincoln trusts Berry Tramel…Woodward and Berstein–not so much.

Here’s the thing about Tramel which I love though..I could call him right now on the number he lists on his columns and he’d talk about all this without violating his oath as a journalist.

Anyway…TCU in Norman at 6:30pm on Saturday.