Dave Sittler: Fixing OU's offense tops Bob Stoops' list of concerns

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:24 AM PST

The Brent Venables Watch has blinded many from focusing on another looming problem in Oklahoma's football program.

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Gymnastics: Spears named event specialist of the week

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:28 AM PST

University of Oklahoma women's gymnast Taylor Spears was named Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for Jan. 17.

OU women win at Kansas State, 65-57

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:17 AM PST

Aaryn Ellenberg had a season-high 31 points to go with nine steals, and Oklahoma held off a last-gasp rally by No. 23 Kansas State for a 65-57 victory Tuesday night.

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Illinois running back David Smith commits to OU

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:15 AM PST

Oklahoma finally got some good news at running back on Tuesday.

OU basketball notebook: Defense leads the way

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:08 AM PST

On a night the Oklahoma Sooners couldn't make shots or get into any kind of flow offensively, they did tighten the screws defensively. That as much as anything keyed their 64-55 victory over Texas Te ...

Sooners rally for win against Texas Tech

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:06 AM PST

Texas Tech was as bad as advertised. The problem for the Oklahoma Sooners was for the first 36 minutes of Tuesday night's game, they were somehow worse.

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It wasn’t pretty, but Sooners win second straight

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Oklahoma proved it didn’t have to shoot well to win Tuesday night. It just had to make Texas Tech shoot worse. That was the difference in the Sooners’ 64-55 victory over the Red Raiders at Lloyd Noble Center. It wasn’t a game people will ...

Sooners hold off Red Raiders

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:42 PM PST

Oklahoma outscored Texas Tech 16-8 in the final 3:35 to post an uncomfortable 64-55 victory Tuesday night at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

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Sam Bradford Excited About Jeff Fisher Hire; Fisher Plans To Hire QB Coach

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:37 PM PST

(by Ryan Van Bibber/Turf Show Times) St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford expressed his pleasure with his team's decision to hire Jeff Fisher at Tuesday's news conference....

Kevin Haskin: Defensive changes intriguing

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:29 PM PST

(Topeka Capital-Journal) The whole issue at OU came up when room was needed to bring back Mike Stoops. -- His return means the defensive coordinator job must be shared again, which could be unsettling to Venables....

OU basketball notebook: Stephen Pledger makes an adjustment

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:10 PM PST

By Mike Baldwin, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Oklahoma junior Steven Pledger was one of the nation's top shooting guards entering the holidays but was shooting 31.3 percent in conference play heading into a game against Texas Tech. Pledger hit nearly half his shots in the Sooners' 64-55 win...

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Realignment has thrown a wrench in the Big 12 football schedule

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:53 PM PST

BERRY TRAMEL — Waiting on West Virginia to stay or go means the Big 12 hasn't released its football schedule yet, causing headaches for the schools, fans and TV networks....

Oklahoma Sooners Football: The Choice is Clear for Brent Venables

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:27 PM PST

Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables must be losing a lot of sleep these days, and understandably so. He’s got a lot on his mind. The 41-year old assistant coach of 13 years has two terrific options in front of him, and the decision really comes down to what he wants. In one...

Tough road ahead for Oklahoma wrestlers

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:51 PM PST

Midway through the 2011-12 season, the Sooner wrestling team is sitting at 8-2 and is currently the No. 11-ranked team in the nation. Along with being highly ranked as a team, Sooner wrestlers are nationally ranked in six out of the ten weight classes. 125-pounder Jared Patterson is ranked seventh...

Sooners vying for run at a Indoor Championship title

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

After a second-place finish at last year’s Big 12 Indoor Championships, the 23rd-ranked OU track and field team is again gearing up for the start of indoor season. Last year the Sooners placed 13th at the NCAA Indoor Championships while capturing an individual championship in the 200-meter dash...

U-G-L-Y but a win is a win as OU beats Texas Tech 64-55

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:22 PM PST

Well in short, there was absolutely nothing pretty about this game. At times, it almost seemed as if Oklahoma was trying to find ways to lose the game. Ultimately they came out on top 64-55, but this will not be a game they can take a lot of positives away from. However, one such positive would...

OU men top Texas Tech 64-55

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:15 PM PST

By Mike Baldwin, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it NORMAN — Every conference win is cherished. But Oklahoma might not have escaped with a win Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center if the Big 12 opponent was any team other than Texas Tech. The Sooners never trailed in the second half but needed a...

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OU football: Brent Venables update

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 05:56 PM PST

FROM STAFF REPORTSBrent Venables is scheduled to be involved in a recruiting trip for Oklahoma as Clemson has yet to interview another candidate for its defensive coordinator vacancy. Read more on NewsOK.com

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Big East and ACC 2012 football schedules in limbo also

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 05:02 PM PST

(by Caulton Tudor/Charlotte Observer) The 2012 Big East league schedule hasn’t been arranged and may not be until after West Virginia’s planned move to the Big 12 is sorted out....

Bremen RB David Smith picks Oklahoma

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:55 PM PST

(by Tim O'Halloran/Chicago Tribune) The red and black outfit David Smith wore Tuesday should have been a clue that the Bremen senior running back was about to orally commit to Oklahoma....

RB David Smith commits to Oklahoma

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:44 PM PST

(by Bob Przybylo/ESPN) Three-star running back David Smith (Midlothian, Ill./Bremen) was set with his decision in December. He had made four official visits and West Virginia was the clear leader....

Texas Tech At Oklahoma Men's Basketball Game Thread

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

Tip: 7:05 (CST) Location: Lloyd Noble TV: Channel 34 (OKC), Channel 8 (Tulsa) Radio: Sooner Radio Network Next Game Texas Tech Red Raiders @ Oklahoma Sooners Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CST Lloyd Noble Center Texas Tech Basketball - What Sooner Fans Need To Know posted by...

Oklahoma Football Recruiting: Meet Trey Metoyer, the Sooners' Flagship Recruit

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 03:45 PM PST

Ranked No. 9 via Rivals and No. 10 via ESPN, the Oklahoma Sooners' 2012 recruiting class is shaping up to be one of the best in recent years. Headliners in the 2012 class for the Sooners are: Running back Alex Ross (Jenks, OK), who ranks No. 38 nationally; Taylor McNamara (San Diego, CA), the...

Illinois running back picks OU

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 02:08 PM PST

Oklahoma has received a verbal commitment from David Smith, a running back at Midlothian, Ill.

Stiff NCAA penalties on the way with new model

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

(by Bryan Fischer/CBS Sports) Scandals, scholarships and rules changes were among the topics of frequent conversation at last week's NCAA Convention and while not everything president Mark Emmert wanted....

Sporting News 2012 Top 25: LSU, USC and Alabama lead the way [OU No.7]

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST

(by Matt Hayes) The Sooners are in a rut; there’s no other way to look at it. Any other program would do backflips to have OU’s track record, but the Sooners have lost 10 games in three seasons since they played for the 2008 BCS national championship. This team needs its mojo back—in a big way....

OU women's gymnasts Taylor Spears earns Big 12 weekly honors

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:08 PM PST

Sophomore women's gymnast Taylor Spears became the second OU gymnast in as many weeks to earn the Big 12 Conference's Event Specialist of the Week honors, the conference announced Tuesday.

OU football: Illinois running back David Smith commits to Sooners

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:21 PM PST

BY RYAN ABER, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Illinois high school running back David Smith committed to Oklahoma on Tuesday, picking the Sooners over West Virginia. Smith (6-foot-1, 190 pounds) becomes the second running back committed for the 2012 class, joining Jenks' Alex Ross. The Midlothian,...

Sooners get 2012 commit #19 in Illinois RB David Smith

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST

At an announcement ceremony this afternoon, Bremen H.S. running back David Smith confirmed that he will be joining the Oklahoma Soonersclass of 2012. Smith had a final two of OU and West Virginia and called his decision today "the opportunity of a lifetime." Smith is a kid who repeatedly...

Tuesday update: Holding pattern for Venables, Clemson

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:15 PM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — Lots of questions today on my live chat about Brent Venables and what he’s going to do. Short answer is, I don’t know yet. I spoke for a while with a friend of mine in Clemson, and it’s likely one of two prevailing theories during this holding pattern –...

OU football: Would Brent Venables consider Kansas State?

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:25 AM PST

The wait continues for Brent Venables to decide between staying at OU or going to Clemson as defensive coordinator. But here’s a new possibility. What if Venables could return to Kansas State? Venables played and coached at K-State, and about a decade ago, Bill Snyder tried to get Venables...

Texas Tech Basketball - What Sooner Fans Need To Know

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST

At the beginning of the season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders were picked to finish last in the Big XII alongside the Oklahoma Sooners. If pre-season rankings held any sort of value in basketball, we would most likely be seeing a situation in which the statement "I don't have to outrun the bear, all I...

'The Sky Has Not Fallen' For Sherri Coale's Oklahoma Sooners

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:55 AM PST

(by Jessica Lantz/Swish Appeal) Life is different on the road. Just ask Sherri Coale. On Saturday after their shortest road trip of the season, Coale's agitation at losing to the Cowgirls was more than evident when addressing the media....

Brent Venables to Choose Between Oklahoma Sooners and Clemson Tigers

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:12 AM PST

(by Shawn S. Lealos/Yahoo Sports) It was just a few short days ago that I was raving about how great it would be for the Oklahoma Sooners to have Mike Stoops and Bent Venables back together again....

Fleming 101st Sooner Invited to Senior Bowl

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:09 AM PST

The North squad defense for the 2012 Senior Bowl just got a whole lot better. University of Oklahoma defensive back Jamell Fleming officially accepted an invitation to participate in the annual game.Fleming marks the 101st Sooner to be invited to showcase his talents for NFL scouts, GMs and...

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Power Lunch Chat with Travis Haney

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:52 AM PST

Power Lunch Chat with OU writer Travis Haney