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Oklahoma is making big changes to its coaching staff following a disappointing year capped by an embarrassing bowl loss to Clemson. The Sooners, which scored just six points in a 40-6 loss to the Tigers last week, fired co-offensive coordinator Jay …
Legendary Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer can fully understand why an NFL team might try to cover up a crime that has been committed by a player. Why? Because Switzer admitted to doing the same thing during his 16 seasons as head coach of the …
Former Oklahoma Sooners center Gabe Ikard has been to many an Oklahoma City Thunder game. Ikard, who was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent, is often spotted sitting courtside cheering on Kevin Durant and company. Don’t …
The Olive Garden decided to capitalize on a marketing opportunity when the restaurant caught wind of one of the funniest sports stories of the week. Back in May, the Oklahoma football team self-reported a minor NCAA infraction after their players ate …
Schools self-report minor infractions to the NCAA every year, most of which the public never hears about. Most of the violations have to do with recruiting players, but every now and then a team like the Oklahoma Sooners will report an eating …
It seems like almost everyone outside of the state of Alabama enjoyed the beating Oklahoma put on the Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night. The two-time defending national champions were dominated 45-31, and even the Red Cross decided to …
How excited were the Oklahoma Sooners to beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night? Let’s just say they damn near took down ESPN after the game. Following their 45-31 victory over the Crimson Tide, more than a handful of Oklahoma players …
Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy voted in the coaches poll this year for the first time since 2005. After voting his Cowboys ahead of Oklahoma in the season’s final poll, he might want to take another year off. The final USA Today Coaches …
Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State 33-24 on Saturday in their “Bedlam” rivalry game, and a wild touchdown on the final play of the game affected the over-under total. Oklahoma was down 24-20 after the Cowboys scored with 1:47 left. Blake Bell …
The person running the Twitter account for the Oklahoma Sooners football team was probably just trying to be humorous when sending out a tweet after Oklahoma handed Texas Tech its first loss of the season, but the move backfired. Shortly after …
Being the quarterback means having a lot of responsibility. You have to be the most prepared offensive player on the field at all times. You need to know what kind of defense you’re going up against and have an idea of the looks they might …
It was only a week ago that we scolded ESPN writer Albert Lin for using the death of Aaron Douglas to break down Alabama’s depth chart. Sadly, it wasn’t the first time an ESPN employee reacted so coldly to such a tragic death. On both …
Sam Bradford may only be 23 years old, but that doesn’t make you too young to have a bronze statue fashioned in your likeness in Oklahoma. The former Heisman Trophy winner had his statue unveiled Saturday night at the Sooner Spectacular gala, …
The inevitable happened: Oklahoma beat Texas Tech in Norman creating a three-way tie for the Big 12 South lead. Texas beat Oklahoma on a neutral field, Texas Tech beat Texas in Lubbock, and Oklahoma beat Texas Tech in Norman. Those were each …
Once again we have encountered the line that falls between athletes’ personal and public lives. Earlier this year, Wake Forest kicked running back Luke Caparelli off the team for some comments he wrote on his Facebook profile. Even Shaq had his …
If you’ve watched college football the past few seasons, you have to be asking yourself that exact question right now. Is Bob Stoops no longer a big game coach? And what happened to Oklahoma? After getting smashed by West Virginia last night, …
