Chicago Bears Sign 10 players to undrafted free agent contracts
The Chicaog Bears announced today that have signed 10 undrafted free agents to contracts for the 2013 season. This list features three wide receivers, two cornerbacks, one center, two defensive tackles, one punter, and one running back. Currently not listed on the official Bears release is a quarterback, though it is being reported that QB Jimmy Coy of St. Xavier is being given...
Oklahoma Spring Football: Special Teams
New assistant coach Jay Boulware has taken over as special teams coordinator for the Sooners this spring in addition to coaching the tight ends. His most recent special teams tutelage was at Auburn. The Tigers’ punt coverage unit ranked second nationally, allowing four return yards on 70 punts. You read that right: F-O-U-R yards. Auburn’s opponents only returned 5 of those 70...
Sooners' recruiting class leans toward defense
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Attempting to stiffen up a defense that faded late for a second straight season, Oklahoma loaded up along the front line and in the secondary Wednesday on national signing day.
Coach Bob Stoops and his staff received letters of intent from seven defensive linemen and four defensive backs, making up nearly half of a 23-player recruiting class. Junior college...
Cotton Bowl: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Wow, the third quarter of the Cotton Bowl was the single worst quarter of football I've seen OU play since the second quarter of the 55-19 debacle against USC in the 2005 national title game. The warning signs were all there in the first half: Big-play drives by Texas A&M countered by long, time-consuming drives requiring constant execution by the Sooners.
The Good
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Way takes final stand toward significance
IRVING, Texas — For No. 11 Oklahoma, Jones is not the only Sooner ending his career where it all began. Four-year starter and senior punter Tress Way is set to boot away the final stage of his days at OU on Friday, Jan. 4, when the Sooners take on the No. 9 Aggies and Heisman-winning freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel inside Cowboys Stadium.
Final Big 12 Football Players of the Week Selected
Lache Seastrunk (Baylor), Geno Smith (West Virginia), Eddie Lackey (Baylor) and Tress Way (Oklahoma) have been chosen the season’s final Big 12 Football Players of the Week, as selected by a media panel. Smith and Seastrunk shared the offensive honor. It was the third award for Smith and first for Seastrunk. Lackey claimed the defensive [...]
Sooners Recruiting Update: Home stretch
Oklahoma is hitting the stretch run in recruiting. No more game weekends for visits, but OU will likely host one big weekend in December next week after the TCU game. The Sooners will host some late mid-term JUCO targets the following week if need be, then shut down until January.
OU needs a strong end to recruiting. It’s not impossible, and the coaching chaos out there could...
Bangin' my head over helmet hits
I'm angry.
And I took out my frustration on everybody in the FOX Command Center during college football's Rivalry Saturday. I even targeted sweet Britnee, who tweets for me.
Doesn't anybody teach how to wrap up and tackle anymore?
Listen, I get it. Teams are pumped up to play their arch rivals. But there were so many examples of targeting that took place Saturday,...
Game Preview: Oklahoma Sooners-Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No. 5 Notre Dame (7-0) at No. 8 Oklahoma (5-1)
Owen Field (Norman, Okla.)
Oct. 27, 7:15 p.m.
TV: ABC
The Line: OU -10.5
Series: 10th meeting; Notre Dame leads 8-1, including 6 straight
GAME OUTLOOK
The Sooners face another powerful running team Saturday when Notre Dame comes to Norman for the first time in 46 years…ND is 38th nationally in rushing with 193...
No. 13 Sooners clobber No. 15 Longhorns
DALLAS (AP) -- Damien Williams broke off a 95-yard touchdown run for the longest rush in Red River Rivalry history, Blake Bell powered his way in for four TDs and No. 13 Oklahoma beat No. 15 Texas 63-21 Saturday for its second straight blowout in the series.
Landry Jones threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns, and fullback Trey Millard had a career-best 119 yards receiving as the...
Oklahoma 24, UTEP 7: The good, the bad, the ugly and the scary
All day Saturday watching college football, there were reminders of how badly college football needs exhibition football games that don't count.These first games are impossible to evaluate. Observers have no idea how good or bad UTEP is. Nelson Jeffery could go for 1,300 yards this year behind a decent UTEP OL. Or UTEP could go 2-10 and be awful.
With that in mind, here'...
UTEP loses 24-7 to No. 4 Sooners
Texas-El Paso hounded Oklahoma's quarterback, blocked a couple of kicks, reeled off some big runs.
On the cusp of perhaps their biggest upset as a program, the Miners came up short.
UTEP missed three field goals and failed on a fake punt to set up the go-ahead score, failing to pull off a monumental upset by losing 24-7 to No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday night.
''We had...
Monday presser week one: P Tress Way
NORMAN, Okla. — Punter Tress Way met with the media during OU's first weekly press conference session, and Sooners Illustrated has the complete video.
Sooners Find the Future at Punter?
FREE STORY: With just one year left with Tress Way the Sooners have identified their possible future at punter.
Iowa St. 6, Oklahoma 26
Iowa State couldn't follow the biggest win in school history with another monumental upset.
Landry Jones threw for 256 yards, Blake Bell punched in two short touchdown runs and No. 12 Oklahoma snapped the Cyclones' three-game winning streak with a 26-6 victory on Saturday.
Iowa State (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) was bidding to win back-to-back games against ranked opponents for the...
Oklahoma takes care of Iowa State
Landry Jones threw for 256 yards, Blake Bell punched in two short touchdown runs and No. 12 Oklahoma set up a Bedlam showdown for the Big 12 championship by beating Iowa State
Trey Franks finished with 88 yards rushing on two long reverses to set up scores for the Sooners (9-2, 6-2 Big 12), and Michael Hunnicutt matched his career-high with four field goals.
Rebounding after allowing...
Defense responds, No. 12 Sooners top Cyclones 26-6
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Landry Jones threw for 256 yards, Blake Bell punched in two short touchdown runs and No. 12 Oklahoma set up a Bedlam showdown for the Big 12 championship by beating Iowa State
Trey Franks finished with 88 yards rushing on two long reverses to set up scores for the Sooners (9-2, 6-2 Big 12), and Michael Hunnicutt matched his career-high with four field goals...
Defense responds, No. 12 Sooners top Cyclones 26-6
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Landry Jones threw for 256 yards, Blake Bell punched in two short touchdown runs and No. 12 Oklahoma set up a Bedlam showdown for the Big 12 championship by beating Iowa State
Trey Franks finished with 88 yards rushing on two long reverses to set up scores for the Sooners (9-2, 6-2 Big 12), and Michael Hunnicutt matched his career-high with four field goals...
Tuesday Player Comments: Nov. 15
NORMAN, Okla. — Sooners Illustrated caught up with defensive end Frank Alexander, tight end Trent Ratterree and punter Tress Way before head coach Bob Stoops' Tuesday Press Conference, and Sooners Illustrated has all their thoughts on the upcoming matchup and more right here.
Sooners Preview Top 25 Test at Baylor
View complete video and quotes from Coach Stoops, DE Frank Alexander, TE Trent Ratterree and P Tress Way from Tuesday's press conference at the Sooners previewed this week's game against the Bears. Oklahoma and Baylor kick off at 7 p.m. (CT) Saturday in Waco.
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