Bill Haisten's Big 12 Insider

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:34 AM PST

Baylor: As the college basketball season nears the two-month mark, only three teams remain undefeated - Syracuse, Murray State and Baylor.

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Bedlam: Sooners discouraged by effort, cold shooting

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:31 AM PST

That Oklahoma played poorly and dropped Bedlam Monday night was discouraging enough. That the Sooners didn't work hard enough to beat Oklahoma State?

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Alabama ends season at No. 1; OSU finishes No. 3 in final AP poll

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:48 AM PST

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place ...

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Orange power

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:37 AM PST

About five minutes before tipoff of the 221st Bedlam basketball game, a manager carried a bright orange blazer into Oklahoma State's locker room.

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OU Basketball Notebook: Blair a bright spot

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:41 AM PST

It wasn't hard to pick out Oklahoma's player of the game Monday night. Reserve guard Carl Blair had career highs in points (20), rebounds (10) and steals (5).

Basketball: OU to honor first women's Final Four squad

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:32 AM PST

Oklahoma will be honoring the women's basketball 2002 Final Four team with a 10th anniversary celebration dinner at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the USPS National Center for Employee Development in Norman.

Football: OU's Hunnicutt honored

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:26 AM PST

Oklahoma kicker Michael Hunnicutt was named to the Football Writers Association of America's Freshman All-America team.

Long road leads to OU offer for Lynch

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:58 PM PST

(by Bob Przybylo/$ESPN$) There is the road less traveled, and then there is the road three-star running back Akeel Lynch (Athol Springs, N.Y./St. Francis) has taken to put himself in position to play college football....

No excuses can come to OU's aid

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

STILLWATER, Okla. — Until Monday night, Oklahoma men's basketball had been a feel good story, a breath of fresh air and a bold step forward....

Sooners remain winless in Big 12 play after fizzling out in Stillwater

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:10 PM PST

STILLWATER — A critical Big 12 Conference road win was sitting on a platter Monday night. All Oklahoma had to do was make some point-blank shots. It’s the most elementary part of basketball and that’s where the Sooners failed in their ...

BCS National Championship Game FINAL: Alabama 21, LSU 0

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 08:51 PM PST

(by Izzy Gould/Birmingham News) NEW ORLEANS - Do you believe in second chances? Yes? No? The debate will rage on all offseason about tweaking the system to determine a national champion....

Alabama defeats No. 1 LSU to win BCS national championship

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 08:50 PM PST

(by Jennifer Armstrong/Times-Picayune) Talk about redemption. After Alabama's special teams cost it a victory over LSU in a 9-6 overtime loss Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., kicker Jeremy Shelley made field goals of 23, 34, 41, 35 and 44 to lead the second-ranked Crimson Tide....

Sooners leave Stillwater with a bad Bedlam loss

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 08:27 PM PST

STILLWATER – The 72-65 final score might not reflect it, but this was a bad Bedlam loss for the Oklahoma Sooners. At least, that's my feeling before packing up here in Gallagher-Iba Arena. It ......

OU basketball: Poor shooting dooms Sooners

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 07:48 PM PST

BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.comOklahoma is shooting 33.9 percent from the field in Big 12 play. Read more on NewsOK.com

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OSU holds on for Bedlam victory

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 06:54 PM PST

Oklahoma State built a double-digit lead midway through the first half and stayed in the driver’s seat for a 72-65 triumph over Oklahoma in a Monday night Bedlam game at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

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Oklahoma basketball finds a way to embarrass themselves against a horrible OSU team

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 06:36 PM PST

I say for now because Monday night was just a precursor to how bad it's going to get this season. All of the goodwill earned from the over achievement during the non-con portion of this schedule is dead. The Missouri game was miserable. The second half of the KU game was painful to watch. ...

Allstate BCS National Championship Game Thread

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 05:02 PM PST

Bowl Prediction LSU Tigers - 9 Alabama Crimson Tide - 6 MVP - Drew Alleman

Bedlam 1.0 Men's Basketball Game Thread - Oklahoma At Oklahoma State

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST

Tip: 6:05 Location: Stillwater, OK TV: ESPNU Radio: Sooner Radio Network Web: WatchESPN.com Next Game Oklahoma Sooners @ Oklahoma St. Cowboys Monday, Jan 9, 2012, 6:00 PM CST Gallagher-Iba Arena Keys to winning 2011 Bedlam Basketball (Part One) posted by jtesooner 16 minutes ago 0...

Stoops should send message to incoming recruits: 'Our standards aren't going to change'

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:04 PM PST

With the American Football Coaches Association convention wrapping up soon in San Antonio, Bob Stoops and his troops will once again beat the streets for the latest batch of can’t-miss college football ......

Quality article on former Sooner Brandon Williams

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST

Quality article on former Sooner Brandon Williams I'm sure not going to call a father, even an 18 or 19-year old one, a liar for saying he wants to spend time with his daughter. I think this puts things in perspective for a lot of OU fans who might have doubted his intentions when news of...

Hunnicutt Named Freshman All-American

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST

Oklahoma kicker Michael Hunnicutt was named to the Football Writers Association of America's Freshman All-America team the organization announced on Monday. The Richardson, Texas, native received the honor after tying an Oklahoma record with 21 field goals in 2011 despite not taking over as the...

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A quick OU football roster update

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:28 PM PST

Just a quick update on some roster coming and goings. Friend of CCM, Jake Trotter ($) is reporting that previously rumored to be transfers Josh Aladenoye and Torrea Peterson have asked for and are being given a second chance to work their way back onto the OU football team. Sounds very similar to...

Keys to winning 2011 Bedlam Basketball (Part One)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:00 PM PST

Just wanted to get up a couple quick thoughts on the keys to the game tonight in addition to the excellent piece Matt posted earlier today. Post up Keiton Page. To me this is the most obvious thing maybe in the history of this planet and yet for the past three years OU has never, ever tried to...

Just a little primer to get you ready for tonight

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST

Just a little primer to get you ready for tonight

The Curious Relationship Between High School Recruits And Fans

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:19 AM PST

(by Aaron Torres/CBR) Of every sport we consume as Americans, an argument could be made that the internet has helped college football the most. A 365-day-a-year obsession before the advent of the digital medium....

The BCS as we know it is going away

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:14 AM PST

(by Ralph D. Russo/AP via AJC) NEW ORLEANS — The Bowl Championship Series as college football fans have come to know it is going away. Over the next six months, the people who oversee the much-maligned postseason system....

Bedlam Basketball 1.0 - What Sooner Fans Need To Know

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:10 AM PST

Oklahoma has struggled to an 0-2 start in Big 12 Conference play but tonight's Bedlam game could be exactly what the Sooners need to break their slump. The Oklahoma State Cowboys are sitting at 8-7 on the season and 1-1 in Big 12 play with a win over Texas Tech and a loss at Texas. After dropping a...

Men's basketball: Sooners look to stop losing skid in Stillwater

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST

The Sooners started last Saturday’s game daring to dream, pushing the limits of reality. A 34-33 lead over Kansas at halftime and the first raucous crowd they’d witnessed at Lloyd Noble Center all season was in the midst of that dream with them.

Move Over Bob, Another Stoops Is Back In Town, And He Wants His Defense Back

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 07:22 AM PST

Rumors started rolling the minute after Mike Stoops was fired from Arizona earlier this year that he would be working his brother, Bob, by the end of the year. Well, the beginning of the year has come and gone, but the rumor mill is still churning and this time it seems to have actually produced...