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crawfish
04-10-2008, 02:15 PM
From the "Cry Baby Section" comes this article...... (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/04/10/kelly.oklahoma.ap/index.html)

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Wide receiver Malcolm Kelly lashed out at Oklahoma on Wednesday after a disappointing performance in a 40-yard dash in front of NFL scouts. Kelly, who left Oklahoma after his junior season, blamed his slow time of 4.68 seconds on an unexpected change in surfaces at his pro day. "This is my life. You know what I'm saying? This ain't no school. This ain't no classroom. This ain't got nothing to do with that," Kelly said. "This has to do with me; my family. This is what I do. I play football. And I'm supposed to come out here and run as fast as I can."

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Kelly skipped Oklahoma's original pro timing day last month while recuperating from a tear in his quadriceps, and said he had arranged with Oklahoma strength coach Jerry Schmidt to run on the Astroturf infield at the indoor track. He said he was surprised when he arrived and found out he'd instead be running on the artificial turf inside the Sooners' indoor football facility. "I already had everything set up for where I want to do it at," Kelly said. "I get out here and it's a whole different deal."

Kelly said he recently ran 40-yard dashes in 4.5 and 4.47 seconds on a firmer surface in Atlanta, where he has been training. The slower time could drop the draft stock for Kelly, who had been projected as a possible first-round pick in the April 26 draft. "People want to say surface is surface, but it's a lot more to it than that," Kelly said. "You have to think about how much ground time you have running on this mushy surface here and how much ground time you have on Astroturf. "Just a little bit of time could mean a whole lot of draft money." Read the rest of the article (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/04/10/kelly.oklahoma.ap/index.html)

SoonerManiac
04-10-2008, 11:42 PM
Here's the actual story.

Schmidt(OU's S&C coach who runs the Pro Day) said Kelly could run on either surface. The astro turf or the track. So Kelly was going to run on the track. Well some scouts from the NFL said they didn't care about the track and wouldn't watch that. All they wanted was the astro turf time.

Schmidt found that out that morning and told Kelly promptly when he got there what was going to happen. Kelly did not believe Schmidt when he said the scouts told him not to run on the astro turf. There is some bad blood between Schmidt and Kelly.

Kelly said he was just dealing with stress because he didn't want his mom and pops to have to work ever again and this was his way of doing it. And he just snapped.

I think all will be forgiven shortly.