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Not to bring the mood down…

https://www.on3.com/rivals/ben-kolar-249487/ … but it does sound as if what we’d been wary of all along has come to fruition. Stanford successfully crashed the party with Ben Kolar. After touching base with a couple sources close to this process, I am not expecting him to take his remaining officials at this point, although Jason Witten and Oklahoma will keep fighting the fight to try and change his mind. But it looks like the Cardinal are poised to swipe one from underneath the Sooners’ nose. We’ll keep y’all apprised of any further developments here.
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AFsoonerz

Jun 01, 6:04 PM

Who would OU pivot too?
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Parker Thune

Jun 01, 6:05 PM

AFsoonerz said:
Who would OU pivot too?
That is not yet clear
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sooner steamroll

Jun 01, 6:06 PM

Parker Thune said:
https://www.on3.com/rivals/ben-kolar-249487/ … but it does sound as if what we’d been wary of all along has come to fruition. Stanford successfully crashed the party with Ben Kolar. After touching base with a couple sources close to this process, I am not expecting him to take his remaining officials at this point, although Jason Witten and Oklahoma will keep fighting the fight to try and change his mind. But it looks like the Cardinal are poised to swipe one from underneath the Sooners’ nose. We’ll keep y’all apprised of any further developments here.
Should've known to never trust a homegrown Kolar... (kidding... kind of)
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AllenSooner

Jun 01, 6:10 PM

Sucks, but I’d never begrudge a kid for choosing a Stanford degree.
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Steven50472

Jun 01, 6:10 PM

The fight ain’t over! But if this kid is not interested in staying home then, Stanford is a great place for him as far as I am concerned.
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SoonerMcGavin

Jun 01, 6:10 PM

If we can hold off Kentucky (and others) and sign Seneca, I don't care
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Soonerjay

Jun 01, 6:10 PM

There was bound to be some not so great news with this class.. Hall is still floating out.. and I haven’t heard a peep from Dezuern in a LONG time.. no news or any of the other recruits talking about him at all.
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Tenman85

Jun 01, 6:15 PM

These are unrelated, but I will pretend like some of Kolar's money went to Gabe and it makes me not be as upset. " "THAT'S A DAMN GOOD DEAL!"-TheBurntPeanut "
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Grimlock

Jun 01, 6:17 PM

Really hard to fault anyone going to Stanford
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Sizmik

Jun 01, 6:19 PM

oh no, anyway
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MontanaSooner

Jun 01, 6:22 PM

Meh.
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Bodybuilding

Jun 01, 6:23 PM

Parker Thune said:
https://www.on3.com/rivals/ben-kolar-249487/ … but it does sound as if what we’d been wary of all along has come to fruition. Stanford successfully crashed the party with Ben Kolar. After touching base with a couple sources close to this process, I am not expecting him to take his remaining officials at this point, although Jason Witten and Oklahoma will keep fighting the fight to try and change his mind. But it looks like the Cardinal are poised to swipe one from underneath the Sooners’ nose. We’ll keep y’all apprised of any further developments here.
I understand Stanford for its academics, but they have not exactly been tearing it up in football. When is the last time they have been relevant?
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Kolbij

Jun 01, 6:26 PM

Parker Thune said:
https://www.on3.com/rivals/ben-kolar-249487/ … but it does sound as if what we’d been wary of all along has come to fruition. Stanford successfully crashed the party with Ben Kolar. After touching base with a couple sources close to this process, I am not expecting him to take his remaining officials at this point, although Jason Witten and Oklahoma will keep fighting the fight to try and change his mind. But it looks like the Cardinal are poised to swipe one from underneath the Sooners’ nose. We’ll keep y’all apprised of any further developments here.
Does he even care about football? like yeah I’m gonna go to Stanford instead of playing for a blue blood program and get coached by one of the greatest tight ends to ever play the game.
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BruceSkittles

Jun 01, 6:26 PM

Local kid is tough but we need to hold onto the KY kid and get a solid transfer
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OUs7thLinebacker

Jun 01, 6:27 PM

Parker Thune said:
https://www.on3.com/rivals/ben-kolar-249487/ … but it does sound as if what we’d been wary of all along has come to fruition. Stanford successfully crashed the party with Ben Kolar. After touching base with a couple sources close to this process, I am not expecting him to take his remaining officials at this point, although Jason Witten and Oklahoma will keep fighting the fight to try and change his mind. But it looks like the Cardinal are poised to swipe one from underneath the Sooners’ nose. We’ll keep y’all apprised of any further developments here.
We got until December. When Stanford goes 2-10/4-8 again and we are in the playoff he can decide whether he wants to play football or school.
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rOUtU

Jun 01, 6:27 PM

He wants all those airline miles he'll get with the ACC travel!
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JordanWallace

Jun 01, 6:29 PM

Kolbij said:
Does he even care about football? like yeah I’m gonna go to Stanford instead of playing for a blue blood program and get coached by one of the greatest tight ends to ever play the game.
Maybe he’s playing the long game and realizes that the NFL is unlikely for him and so he wants to maximize his degree value with his football skills. I’d hope my son would be smart enough to do the same.
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Sooners4life27

Jun 01, 6:29 PM

The Joe John stinch still lingers lol
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Dr. Mazeppa

Jun 01, 6:30 PM

Nobody told him all jobs will be AI'd out by the time he's done?
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TopTierTakes

Jun 01, 6:30 PM

Have no problem losing kids to Stanford. Good for him.
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McJacknife

Jun 01, 6:31 PM

Fine. North sucks.
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Kolbij

Jun 01, 6:34 PM

JordanWallace said:
Maybe he’s playing the long game and realizes that the NFL is unlikely for him and so he wants to maximize his degree value with his football skills. I’d hope my son would be smart enough to do the same.
I mean bank on yourself. why would you go into college thinking you’re not gonna play in the league?
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Parker Thune

Jun 01, 6:35 PM

S/O to our Mid-South assassin Sam Spiegelman for bringing this buzz to our attention originally. He caught wind of the Stanford surge for Kolar first and prompted us to check up on it.
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xjeffy

Jun 01, 6:37 PM

#FireWitten Very curious to see who they go after now.

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