The immediate reaction to Brynden Walker’s decision to flip his commitment from OSU to OU on Sunday was one of surprise.
The surprise was not in that he flipped — the expectation for months, dating back to when OU offered him a full-ride scholarship April was that he would do exactly that. It’s close to home, it’s the superior in-state program, it’s where NFL talent is being churned out like butter.
No, the surprise here is in that it took as long as it did. When OU offered shortly after his OSU pledge, this flip was always inevitable, according to people inside the recruiting industry.