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How Critical is the Loss of Arland Bruce?

August 11, 2023
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STILLWATER – No surprise on Friday as Arland Bruce IV was not at practice and I would not expect him to be unless the circumstances change dramatically. Bruce was charged in Johnson County, Iowa, on Thursday on charges of tampering with records. The former high school standout in Olathe, Kansas is accused of completing 132 wagers totaling over $4,342, including 19 alleged wagers on a total of 12 Iowa football games over the last two seasons, 11 of which Bruce participated in.

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How Critical is the Loss of Arland Bruce?

6,123 Views | 14 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by Pokes4158
James Allison
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Any chance he could run scout team and not dress out for games?
Pokes4158
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SMH. Nice to know our backup slot will be an outside receiver converted to cowboy back converted to a slot receiver. In typical cowboy fashion I expect our qb next year to be a former linebacker converted to cornerback converted to qb. Can the cowboys program go one off-season anymore without some bs? The off-season antics are becoming embarrassing at this point especially since our whole image is based on cowboy culture.
GumbyFromPokeyLand
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Pokes4158 said:

SMH. Nice to know our backup slot will be an outside receiver converted to cowboy back converted to a slot receiver. In typical cowboy fashion I expect our qb next year to be a former linebacker converted to cornerback converted to qb. Can the cowboys program go one off-season anymore without some bs? The off-season antics are becoming embarrassing at this point especially since our whole image is based on cowboy culture.


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Pokes4158
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Super chill at my house all the time
PistolD
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It's kind of amazing to me why OSU doesn't get burners in the slot like everyone else. Dunn obviously wants something different there since we get guys like Green that's a size mismatch or some fairly quick guys like Presley, but not a guy that simply runs away from safeties forced to cover them like every other program out there.

We really don't care how they get open we just want them to catch the ball and find a way to separate. I just find it interesting that with few exceptions, our guys don't always fit the mold most use by recruiting blazing speed in the slot to make it tough for safeties to run with them,.
Pokes4158
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The sad truth is we just can't pick what we need to fill needs. Osu is at a point we take what we can get. Roberts recent statements about recruiting and the Gundy comments he shared shed a scary reality on our recruiting. We get the players that really want to be here or recruits that no one else is looking at. We have to be sneaky and deceptive to land guys so competition doesn't come in and take him. We just don't have juice in recruiting. So if there isn't a burner at slot that wants to come to osu bad then we gotta find a diamond somewhere to hopefully develop. There was a time when we could be selective especially at receiver but that has faded. We need to get back on the radar and stay there so better talent wants to come here like the slot type player you're talking about.
Joe Khatib
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Pokes4158 said:

Super chill at my house all the time
That is because your brain is probably FROZEN most of the time!!!
Joe Khatib
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Pokes4158 said:

The sad truth is we just can't pick what we need to fill needs. Osu is at a point we take what we can get. Roberts recent statements about recruiting and the Gundy comments he shared shed a scary reality on our recruiting. We get the players that really want to be here or recruits that no one else is looking at. We have to be sneaky and deceptive to land guys so competition doesn't come in and take him. We just don't have juice in recruiting. So if there isn't a burner at slot that wants to come to osu bad then we gotta find a diamond somewhere to hopefully develop. There was a time when we could be selective especially at receiver but that has faded. We need to get back on the radar and stay there so better talent wants to come here like the slot type player you're talking about.
I can't figure you out, you gripe and complain about not having enough four and five stars coming out of high school and Bruce was one of those, a 4 star, coming out of high school, then you complain about why we even brought him in!!! Schizophrenic much!!! But then again maybe that Cowboy RED handle you used to go by says a whole lot!!!
Pokes4158
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It's more of you don't understand what I'm saying ever. You look at it through your lenses and from my point of view I can see you don't understand. Which is fine. It's not false that we don't just reel in the guy we want in most cases. With the portal and an available role that helps but we just don't go get the high school kids. But I think pope and heard could be those developmental burners that guy was talking about. Dunn has always done well with those guys especially. Always develops a slot or 2.
Pokes4158
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But to that guys point we don't just get that burner guy that blows the top off the defense but if we could I think that type we be here over having slot guys 6'2 200 plus.
GumbyFromPokeyLand
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Pokes4158 said:

Super chill at my house all the time


LOL. Someone that gets as worked up as you over the most inconsequential happenings in the football program likely registers "tilt" on the blood pressure gauge, beats his dog, and always has a new TV to replace the ones he routinely throws his shoe through the screen when the Pokes run off-tackle. In other words, you gotta be a Ralph Cramden clone.
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Pokes4158
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My dog is well taken care of. Never beat an animal. I've had the same tv for years. I'm in control of my emotions. You seem to overreact to what people post it's sounds more like you're the wife in your marriage? I do like to post my honest opinions about sports like sports fans normally do tho. You could reply to the actual topic if you wanted. You and the other ra cronies don't do that tho. You like to regulate his site for whatever reason. Also the makings of a woman. Gotta interject yourself for god knows why. Not sure what else to tell you but your notion of having emotional problems is incorrect
GumbyFromPokeyLand
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Pokes4158 said:

My dog is well taken care of. Never beat an animal. I've had the same tv for years. I'm in control of my emotions. You seem to overreact to what people post it's sounds more like you're the wife in your marriage? I do like to post my honest opinions about sports like sports fans normally do tho. You could reply to the actual topic if you wanted. You and the other ra cronies don't do that tho. You like to regulate his site for whatever reason. Also the makings of a woman. Gotta interject yourself for god knows why. Not sure what else to tell you but your notion of having emotional problems is incorrect


I don't want your opinions regulated - in fact I welcome all opinions. You see, I like to live in reality. The reality where you can distinguish the sane from the insane, the normal from the abnormal, the logical from the illogical, the informed from the uninformed, the wise from the fools, and the well adjusted from the baths!t crazies. In your case, you seem struggle in the universe of all the formers, yet move around in comfort in the neighborhood of the latters.
True wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
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Pokes4158
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You're speaking nonsense at this point. I'd stick to the topics of football. I don't think maybe you need to take it upon yourself to distinguish any one thing from another just keep it simple and you'll be alright
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