Oklahoma Sooners Non-Conference Schedule Still With Questions
While the rest of the country awaits the release of the Big 12 schedule, the Oklahoma Sooners are dealing with their own scheduling problems.
As of Friday, the Sooners still had two open spots on their schedule for out of conference opponents. While there have been several possibilities thrown out, nothing has been confirmed or made official.
The Sooners only official non-conference...
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Dancing in the Ruins: Mack Brown, Bob Stoops, Mike Stoops, and more.
The Plain of Jars in Laos.
(Dancing in the Ruins is SWRT's look at the Big XII Conference. Or at least what's left of it.)
Back in the Saddle Again.
Texas head football coach Mack brown says his passion for coaching the longhorns has returned. (ESPN)
Law and Order: Des Moines.
Iowa State suspends defensive back Matthew Thomas after his arrest on charges...
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No. 1 Baylor 81, Oklahoma 54
Brittney Griner scored 27 points with eight rebounds and eight blocked shots to help top-ranked Baylor remain undefeated with another lopsided victory over Oklahoma, 81-54, on Monday night.
Even with Oklahoma determined to make things difficult on Griner, surrounding her with pink jerseys, Baylor's 6-foot-8 junior phenom just kept making free throws. She set a career high making...
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Oklahoma Basketball: Sooners Embarrassed at Tech
OU hits rock bottom with an 18 point loss to Texas Tech
The Oklahoma Sooners have officially hit rock bottom. After a 65-47 thrashing at the hands of a Texas Tech team that, prior to this win, had no other conference victories, it seems the only way to go is up.
The Sooners coughed up 15 turnovers, and shot just 33% the entire contest. Steven Pledger, the Sooners leading scorer...
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Oklahoma Sooners Rack Up Three New Commitments for 2012 Class
The Oklahoma Sooners are making a late push for star talent in their 2012 class.
Monday, two more players committed to join the Sooners in Norman in the fall of 2012.
Tight end Sam Grant, a native of North Royalton, Ohio, committed to the Sooners Monday morning in a surprise move. Many thought Grant would sign with Michigan, where one of his high school teammates will be going to...
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2012 Signing Class: Three Early Sleepers
NORMAN, Okla. — The Sooners signed a number of extremely talented guys, but just who might surprise people with their play early on in their OU careers? Sooners Illustrated breaks that down inside.
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Oklahoma Sooners Flex National Prominence in 2012 Recruiting Class
The Oklahoma Sooners have long held a strong recruiting influence in Oklahoma and Texas. However, it appears that yearly influence is growing into a national thing.
The Sooners reeled in recruits from 11 different states in their 2012 class, something that doesn’t happen every year despite the prominence of the Oklahoma football program.
The Sooners got commitments from Florida...
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Oklahoma Sooners: 2011 Exit Survey
We had high expectations for Oklahoma this season as we tabbed them #1 in our Pre-Spring Top Ten and picked them #2 when push came to shove and we put out our Pre-Season rankings. Unfortunately, the Sooners were hit with tragedy and injuries before the season even kicked off. The Sooners jumped out to a 6-0 record with quality wins over FSU and Texas but everything went sideways...
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Neal stays loyal to Oklahoma
ST. LOUIS - Even a late recruiting pitch from the nation's top high school player couldn't sway De Smet standout wide receiver Durron Neal from his commitment to Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma Sooners.
Neal, the top high school talent in the St. Louis area and one of the best prep wide receiver prospects in the nation, made his near eight-month pledge to Oklahoma official Wednesday...
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Oklahoma Sooners Reel in Stars in Important 2012 Recruiting Class
The Oklahoma Sooners failed to live up to preseason expectations in 2011, and by the end of the season had much bigger problems than losing games.
Players were transferring left and right, some on their own will, others asked to by coaches, and blame was being passed all around for reasons behind the disappointing season.
Needless to say, the 2012 recruiting class was a very important...
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M. Golf. Men's Golf Holds Four-Stroke Lead in San Antonio
The 35th-ranked University of Oklahoma's men's golf team stands alone in first place after Monday's first and second rounds of the 15-team UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio, Texas. The Sooners followed a first-round 288 (+4) with a second-round 284 (E) and lead second-place Baylor by four shots and three-time defending champion Texas Tech by five strokes at the...
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Oklahoma Sooners Reel in Another top 10 Recruiting Class
Like every college football coach on this day, OU Head Coach Bob Stoops is extremely pleased with his national signing day haul. His class, ranked 10th by Rivals, is massive at 25. It has 1 5-star, 11 4-star and 13 3-star recruits.
“This is an excellent class of 25 and I felt like we met our needs in all areas. When we were finished we felt that we had the numbers where we needed...
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Tech Runs OU's Losing Streak to Four
It was an off night for guard Steven Pledger, an off night for the Sooners and for the first time all Big 12 Conference season, a real on night for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, who whipped OU 65-47 Saturday night in Lubbock.
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Penn State Storms Back to Knock off Oklahoma
Down 3-0 with five minutes left, The Penn State Icers (23-3-1) defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 4-3 in overtime on Saturday afternoon at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion, extending their home winning streak to fifteen games.
Unlike many of the games this year that the Icers have played in, there was no scoring during the first period. Both teams had at least two opportunities on the power...
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Lady Sooners Salvage Season Split Vs Cowgirls
NORMAN, Okla. — The Sooners let the first Bedlam meeting slip away, but that was not to be this time around, as they took the lead in a tight contest with around seven minutes to go and never relinquished it, defeating Oklahoma State 80-71 Saturday afternoon in front of an electric environment at Lloyd Noble Center.
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9 days ago
Wrapping Up Signing Day for the Sooners
Well, as expected, there was no DGB under the tree for the Oklahoma Sooners on National Signing Day this year. Even without the all-world receiver prospect, Bob Stoops and his overhauled coaching staff closed the 2012 recruiting class in strong fashion.
Here are a five major takeaways from the 2012 class, as well as a few notable "awards" from recruiting season.1. A-Lone...
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Oklahoma Sooners Football: Brent Venables Has a Decision to Make
It’s decision time for Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables.
As of Sunday night, Venables was still the co-defensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners, but had spent most of the weekend in Clemson, SC, visiting with university officials about the open defensive coordinator position for the Tigers.
Upon arriving back in Oklahoma City Sunday night, Venables denied...
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Oklahoma Sooners Football: Reaction to Brent Venables’ Departure
There were countless articles and columns written about the departure of Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables to Clemson. Having not known Venables at all or ever spoken with him, I felt less than adequate at adding my own take on what he meant to the Sooners and how he’ll be remembered.
Instead, I’ll let others do the talking.
First, the Tulsa World’...
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Cross Country. Women's Cross Country Earns Team Honor
The University of Oklahoma women's cross country team was one of 205 honored with All-Academic status by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Monday. The Sooners were one of five Big 12 Conference teams honored. Oklahoma turned in a 3.33 grade point average.
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Predicting the Oklahoma Sooners' spring depth chart
With National Signing Day now past, the next big date on the calender for the Oklahoma Sooners is the opening of spring practices in March.
Injuries and off-season attrition have left OU a bit thinner than usual across the roster. Early enrollees such as Taylor McNamara and Kasseim Everett should have the opportunity to stake an early claim on a spot in the two-deep this fall.
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Oklahoma Basketball: Sooners Lose a Nail-Biter to Missouri
Pledger's 22 is not enough to overcome the Tigers (Photo from Soonersports.com)
So close, but yet, so far. That pretty much sums up the feelings from Sooner fans after witnessing yet another single-digit loss in conference play. The Oklahoma Sooners nearly had it Tuesday against the fourth-ranked Missouri Tigers, but in the end fell, 71-68.
The final four minutes were as...
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Wrestling. Cody's Squad Dominates American, 35-12
Mark Cody's 12th-ranked Sooners dominated American, 35-12, in the opening round of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals and will face No. 7 Illinois in second round action inside the Newman Arena on the campus of the University of Cornell.The Sooners (13-3) won the first four bouts and eight overall to claim the win over Cody's former American (6-7) squad. Additionally, Oklahoma...
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Mike Stoops trying to get settled at OU
Mike Stoops is finally back at Oklahoma.
Well, sort of.
Mike Stoops has been through one of the more chaotic periods of the Bob Stoops era at Oklahoma, so to say he's settled into his new role as the Sooners defensive coordinator, would be a stretch.
The beginning of Mike Stoops' journey back to Norman began in Arizona, during OU's appearance in the Insight...
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Update: No Decision for Oklahoma Sooners’ Brent Venables
What seemed like a certainty earlier in the day has once again become a befuddled mess.
This afternoon, many reports had reported saying that Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables was on his way to Clemson to become the defensive coordinator for the Tigers.
However, later in the evening, Venables shared information with multiple Oklahoma media members, saying nothing was...
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Mike Stoops gets 3-year, 1.8M deal at Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Mike Stoops has received a three-year contract that will pay him 600,000 annually to be the defensive coordinator for Oklahoma, and he'll have a familiar face helping him. The university's board of regents voted Tuesday to approve the terms of Stoops' employment, which includes a 245,000 base salary and 355,000 for personal services and fundraising...
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