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Roy Williams, Cowboys Rookie
I am SO pumped that Roy Williams, the former Oklahoma Sooner and arguably the best player in college football last year, was drafted by the Cowboys. He's going to make a fine addition to a defense that was solid last year, but had no playmakers. With the addition of him, Glover and Hardy to a defense that already had Woodson, the Cowboys look to be excellent on defense. I can't wait for that Cowboys-Texans scrimmage on the UH campus in August for a closeup look at things.
Even though they've lost Williams and Rocky Calmus, the Sooners look to be good in the fall as well. The Sporting News ranks them #1 in their preseason poll. That seems a little high to me. They're a top 10 team on the strength of their defense and talent level, but they have to get their problems on offense figured out before they should be ranked in the top 5. They do have a new offensive coordinator in Chuck Long, and they did import Northwestern's offensive coordinator to tweak the spread offense significantly, so we'll see. A quarterback would also be nice -- and the bet here is that it won't be Nate Hybl or Jason White taking snaps by the end of the season, but Brent Rawls.
[Posted at 20:37 CST on 06/17/02] [Link]
