NDSU knows Bomar's ability

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Bomar sports double-threat ability

The circus surrounding the Rhett Bomar episode at the University of Oklahoma has packed up and gone away. The heralded quarterback is at Sam Houston State these days enjoying a life of peace and football.

He’ll be at the Fargodome Saturday night when No. 14-ranked Sam Houston plays No. 4-ranked North Dakota State in a 6 p.m. nonconference game. NDSU head coach Craig Bohl said his team has faced very few quarterbacks with Bomar’s ability.

He’s big at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds. He’s quick enough to be considered a running threat – Sam Houston has the option game in its offense.

It’s not the Big 12 Conference anymore, but the Bearkats aren’t complaining.

“The first day I saw Rhett at practice, I thought, man, what an athlete and what a strong arm,” Sam Houston offensive lineman Ryan Dretke said. “He allows us to do more things. If something breaks up on the offensive line, he has that scrambling ability.”

Bomar was left scrambling at Oklahoma when a university investigation revealed he was paid for work he didn’t complete at an auto dealership. The NCAA penalized Bomar one year of eligibility and almost $7,500 in restitution, which went to a charity of Bomar’s choice.

“He’s probably handled it better than 99 percent of anybody else would handle it,” Dretke said. “He took full responsibility for it.”

Bomar was not made available for comment, something that Sam Houston sports information has done often this year citing a glut of requests. But Bomar did tell The Dallas Morning News in a story last month, “You know, it’s been all right. It’s smaller and stuff and not as many distractions, not a lot of stuff to do. But I’ve met some great people and have some great friends down here. The coaches are great. The players great, and they’ve accepted me really well.”

At Oklahoma, Bomar started as a freshman passing for 2,018 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2005. He was the most valuable player in the Holiday Bowl, a 17-14 win over the University of Oregon.

‘He’s a tremendous quarterback and he didn’t transfer because he was not a good enough player at that level,” Bohl said.

The Bearkats are 2-0 with wins over Division II opponents Angelo State (17-13) and Arkansas-Monticello (48-10). Sam Houston head coach Todd Whiten didn’t exactly give his team great reviews in both wins saying “the way we played defensively in the first two weeks, if we don’t have marked improvement, we’re going to be in a real bind.”

But on offense, Bomar appears to be getting a handle on the offense. He’s 30 of 55 passing for 461 yards, four touchdowns and one interception.

“Early on, there was a bunch of stuff going on with (the transfer),” Whiten said. “But since we’ve started fall camp, he’s just focused on Sam Houston football and the 2007 season and the Southland Conference race. The transfer portion of this thing in my mind is gone. It’s not an issue anymore.”

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