Oklahoma Sooners

Each week SoonerNation recruiting writers Bob Przybylo and Brandon Chatmon will face off on one issue regarding Oklahoma recruiting.

This week’s question: It’s a huge official visitors weekend for OU. Of the seven confirmed recruits coming to campus, who is the most important?

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Certain weekends during the football season stand out as blatant big-time recruiting opportunities. Oklahoma is no stranger to that.

But after the season, there are always one or two weekends that set themselves apart heading into national signing day. The Sooners are having one of those this weekend.

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Every Thursday, SoonerNation releases the Sooner Intel, a sneak peek inside Oklahoma Sooners football recruiting with news and notes on the latest happenings around the program. Talk about it on our forum. A few things discussed in this week's update:

• Stock soaring for recent Sooners offer who's visiting this weekend
• Breaking down OU's big recruiting weekend
• Former in-state star looking at visiting soon
• More on the Sooners canceling junior day and the impact it has
• DE D.J. Ward, who sat out his senior season, is ready to enroll early.
• ESPN 300 safety staying true to OU
• Three-star defensive back, once thought to be an OU lock, isn't hearing from the Sooners

Read the Sooner Intel after the jump.

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It feels like the Sooners have been playing catchup for most of the year on the recruiting trail. The OU coaches have preached patience with the class offers, and it has put OU in a tough spot.

This time, though, it wasn’t OU’s fault. With the Sooners playing Saturday at TCU, they couldn’t utilize the first week of in-home visits, so they will have to make up some ground.

OU will get started in a hurry. Three big names scheduled to have in-home visits are ESPN 150 defensive tackle Maquedius Bain (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./University School), ESPN 150 safety Tahaan Goodman (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Ranch Cucamonga) and ESPN 300 athlete and Florida State commit Adrian Baker (Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna).

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Call it a sign of the times. At last weekend’s Nike Football Training Camp event in Irving, Texas, there were a lot of recruits interested in Oklahoma but not necessarily that many prospects that have offers from the Sooners.

Sunday marks the second NFTC event, this time at Cerritos College in Los Angeles. And though it is 1,350 miles to go from Norman, Okla., to Los Angeles, this weekend arguably brings more impact when it comes to the OU recruiting scene.

Here are some prospects to watch:

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The Sooners extended several new offers to 2013 prospects this week. Bob Przybylo breaks down the most recent Oklahoma offers by position:

• Wide receiver isn’t looking like a major position of need for Oklahoma’s 2013 class but that hasn't stopped OU wide receivers coach Jay Norvell from offering several top wide outs from across the country. Through Twitter.

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