Oklahoma Sooners dismiss starting QB for the season

[fishwax]

Apparently, he was working five hours a week at a local car dealership, but getting paid for forty hours. An offensive lineman was also dismissed.

Obviously some action had to be taken, given this is an obvious violation of NCAA rules if true. Most of the Sooners' high hopes this season were riding on Bomar's shoulders, as he showed a great deal of improvement over the course of last season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2537332

"We spend a considerable amount of time addressing our players regarding their personal conduct and the NCAA rules," head coach Bob Stoops said in a statement. "They know exactly what we expect from them. Ultimately, they have to make right decisions. The same holds true for our boosters. When they do not, the consequences are serious, and we will not tolerate this behavior.

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A top-rated recruit out of high school, Bomar redshirted his first season while 2004 Heisman Trophy winner Jason White completed his career. Bomar lost a quarterback competition to Paul Thompson last fall, but was named the starter after the Sooners lost to TCU in the first week.

Bomar set an Oklahoma freshman record with 2,018 passing yards. He started Oklahoma's final 11 games and completed 54 percent of his passes, while throwing 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Oklahoma finished 2005 by winning six of its final seven games, including a victory against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl.

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"I firmly believe that our program is stronger than any individual player and that a championship program cannot compromise its values," Stoops said in the statement.

[maxsolomon]

1. the curse of the sonics fans!

get used to it, OK

karma is a bitch

[fishwax]

2. Pshaw!

:P

[maxsolomon]

3. how hot is it there?

think that's coincidental? ;)

[fishwax]

4. the heat this time of year is one of the reasons I didn't mind moving

the other, of course, being the politics ... whatever karma is coming to oklahoma, it started long before the sonics incident ;)

[RoyGBiv]

6. About normal ...

Hot as hell.

[RoyGBiv]

5. Yeah, that's it ...

:eyes:

It's more like the curse of successful college football. You end up with players who develop a sense of entitlement, fostered liberally by supporters who "just want to be nice" to them. I never liked Bomar, and in this case, my gut was telling me the truth.

I'm simply glad they booted him off the team rather than try to cover it up. And on that note, I've become more than a little pissed at the national sports commentators criticizing OU's program for "allowing" this to happen. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Quite obviously they didn't "allow" it. When the discovered it, they stopped it, by kicking off the team the person who was supposedly the key to a good season. Switzer wouldn't have done that. It likely never would have crossed his mind as an option.

[dr.zoidberg]

7. This isn't really about the right thing to do.

It's more of "get him off the team so that we can dodge probation" kind of thing. BTW, Texas A&M-Commerce is trying to get him to join their team.

[RoyGBiv]

8. As I said ...

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.