Women's college basketball update

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 03:21 AM PST

Tulsa was seeking its first road victory of the season in Thursday night's contest at UTEP.

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Book shows Bud Wilkinson's love and devotion to his sons

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:23 AM PST

Bud Wilkinson coached America's greatest college football powerhouse.

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Dave Sittler: Retaining Brent Venables is Bob Stoops' main recruiting priority

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:20 AM PST

IT'S FORTUNATE for Bob Stoops that the recruiting dead period didn't prohibit him from talking to college coaches.

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Mike Stoops returns to OU coaching staff

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST

THE STOOPS brothers are back together.

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What The BCS Got Right And Wrong

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:38 PM PST

The near rock bottom 14.0 rating that the BCS Championship Game drew Monday night actually wasn't the low point of the bowl season for the much ridiculed system that governs college football. We'll get to that point in just a minute but before we do I might also put out there that watching Nick...

Sharing is fine, but Brent has options

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Mike Stoops is now on the record that he’s coming back. But the Twittersphere is heating up. What about Brent Venables? On Thursday, his name came up as a candidate for several defensive coordinator positions around the country....

Stoops’ return confirmed, but what about Venables?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

There’s no longer any doubt that Mike Stoops is returning to Oklahoma’s coaching staff. He made that clear late Wednesday night when he told KOLD channel 13 in Tuscon, Ariz., he was returning to the Sooner coaching staff....

Venables to West Virginia? Clemson?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST

Mike Stoops returning to the sidelines isn't the only news about the Oklahoma Sooners coaching staff that is popping. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables is considering some outside offers, too, according to media reports that surfaced today. Dave Sittler of the Tulsa World reported this morning...

Mike Stoops Officially Joins Oklahoma Coaching Staff

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:24 PM PST

(KWTV-OKC) NORMAN, Oklahoma - As first reported in December, News 9 Sports Director Dean Blevins has confirmed that Mike Stoops has been hired as an assistant coach on the Oklahoma football staff....

Superman stirring things up on Twitter, promises more ‘surprises’ with OU staff

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — Hop on the Oklahoma coaching carousel. We’re all spinning, spinning. We still don’t have (official) resolution with Mike Stoops‘ hiring or Willie Martinez‘s exit – nor do we know what Brent Venables‘ plan is – but a former Sooners star...

Big East, WVU to Mediate

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:56 PM PST

(by Brian Ewart/VU Hoops) The Rhode Island judge who was last seen denying the motion of West Virginia University (WVU) to dismiss the Big East’s suit in favor of one in West Virginia courts has now ordered both parties to submit their case to mandatory, non-binding mediation....

OU women's gymnastics to face first of five top-10 opponents

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:17 PM PST

To be the best, you have to beat the best, and Oklahoma will have plenty of chances this season. After dispatching No. 23 Kentucky — along with Bowling Green and Wisconsin-Oshkosh — in Lexington, Ky., last weekend, the OU women's gymnastics team will face No. 7 Oregon State, the second of 10...

Former OSU Football Coach Jim Stanley Dies

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST

(by Dan Phillips/KTUL-TV, Tulsa) Chandler, AZ - Former Oklahoma State head football coach Jim Stanley -- who led the Cowboys to one of its biggest upsets in the Bedlam rivalry -- died Thursday morning at his home in Chandler, Arizona following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 77 years old....

Mike Stoops returning to Sooners

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

(AP via ESPN) OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma is bringing brothers Bob and Mike Stoops back together, hoping to rekindle the program's defensive dominance of a decade ago....

Former Oklahoma RB Miller picks ISU

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST

(by Randy Reinhardt/Bloomington Pantagraph) NORMAL — Jonathon Miller carried the football for the No. 1-ranked college team in the nation less than five months ago. In search of more carries, Miller has enrolled at Illinois State....

Oklahoma Football: Mike Stoops Will Return Defense to National Glory

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:49 PM PST

(by Tom Gurthrie/Bleacher Report) The Oklahoma Sooners have maintained their status as a perennial power these last few seasons, but they have fallen short of claiming a coveted eighth national championship....

Mike Stoops returning to OU football staff

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is bringing brothers Bob and Mike Stoops back together, hoping to rekindle the program's defensive dominance of a decade ago.

3 p.m. update: What’s next for Stoopses, Venables?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — A fluid day and week around here, to say the least. Mike Stoops has confirmed his return, says he’s on his way to town – but still nothing official has been put out by the university. Stoops said just before noon that “some formalities” remain. The...

Mike Stoops Returns to Oklahoma. Brent Venables Leaving?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:10 PM PST

What many people in Oklahoma have known for over a month is now official. Mike Stoops, former OU defensive coordinator and brother of head coach, Bob Stoops, is returning from an eight season hiatus to once again become co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at OU. Stoops had spent the past...

Mike Stoops: 'I'm on my way to Oklahoma'; Could Brent Venables be leaving for West Virginia?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST

BY MIKE BALDWIN AND TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writers, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; thaney@opubco.comOU FOOTBALL — One thing is clear: Mike Stoops is coming back to Oklahoma to join his brother Bob's staff at OU. What's not clear is who will be there when he gets there. Read more on NewsOK.com

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NCAA broadens definition of agent, includes family

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:23 AM PST

(AP via Rivals) INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has broadened the definition of agents to include parents, closing the loophole that allowed 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton to keep playing despite his father’s pay-for-play scheme....

Brent Venables to West Virginia?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:58 AM PST

Some talk started to surface a couple days ago on the interwebs about Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables being mentioned for the vacant West Virginia DC job. It was quickly dismissed as ridiculous, but there has been a little bit of a firestorm in Oklahoma circles this morning courtesy...

Mike Stoops officially returns to OU

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:55 AM PST

The Stoops brothers are back together.

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Oklahoma's biggest surprise of the season

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:23 AM PST

(ESPN SoonerNation) The SoonerNation staff is wrapping up Oklahoma's 10-3 season by answering 10 questions, just like we did during the Sooners' bye week in November. Today: Who was the Sooners' biggest surprise of the season?....

Guess Who’s Back, Back Again? Mike Is Back, Tell Your Friends

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:11 AM PST

As I reported on Monday that the news would break this week that Mike Stoops was going to be making his way back to Norman, sometime this week. Well, Mike went on TV last night in Tuscon, AZ and was talking freely of his return to the Sooner coaching staff and even made the comment that he [...]

OU Football - A very, very early look at 2012 (The Defense)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:00 AM PST

Just like we did with the offense, we've already previewed each individual defensive position group (DL, LB, DB). Also like we did with the offense, today we'll give you a projected depth chart for the defense and then discuss the two deep. While there may have been some understandable concerns...

OU women's basketball upsets #14 Texas Tech, 71-68

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:06 AM PST

It's not very often in a basketball game where a team will shoot 34%, miss 16 consecutive shots a one point in the second half, and play the final stretch without their most dynamic scorer, against the #14 team in the country and actually win the game. However that is exactly what the Oklahoma...