The headline, of course, is that Sam Bradford will be back at Oklahoma for his junior season, contrary to earlier reports. Sam has led the nation in pass efficiency two years in a row, and won that one award they give out, the one Billy Sims was so excited about. Billy should be inappropriately screaming "Boomer!" for the next eight months after today's announcement.

If I was Sam Bradford, though, I would have only returned under one condition: Jermaine Gresham and Trent Williams come back with me. Bradford gets the accolades, but he's benefitted dramatically from the talent around him -- especially the protection -- and he'd be a lonely, lonely man without his three leading receivers (Gresham would have followed Manuel Johnson and Juaquin Iglesias both seniors) or any of the ornery behemoths who have made him virtually untouchable the last two years (Phil Loadholt, Duke Robinson, Jon Cooper and Brandon Walker are all gone, leaving only Williams up front). Gresham was the only Sooner Florida couldn't handle last Thursday, when he added two more touchdowns to his national best for tight ends, and made it look easy. Without him, Bradford would still have his pair of 1,000-yard running backs, but no one defenses knew they had to respect downfield -- assuming the exceptionally well-protected slinger still had time to get the ball downfield.

So Bradford's return will probably keep Oklahoma in the top five in the polls to open next season; Gresham's return will give OU a fighting chance of actually finishing there without retooling its entire passing game. Williams or not, though, four new offensive linemen all but guarantees this year's stratospheric stats will be out of reach, and fully stocked Texas will be considered the team to beat in the division.