Women's college basketball update: OU

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:39 AM PST

Catching up: The Sooners got theone win they needed — an 80-71decision over Oklahoma State lastSaturday. That the Sooners werehammered 81-54at Baylor Mondaynight was nocause for a ...

Bob Stoops playing in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:40 AM PST

University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops is experiencing the golfer's dream this weekend. Stoops is playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Sooner Nation Replay: 2012 Recruiting Class With ESPN Sooner Nation's Bob Przybylo

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST

With the 2011 season in the books and nearly all the recruits the Oklahoma Sooners had been going after already having signed letters of intent with OU or another school, where does that leave us...evaluations. While it is never fair to grade out a class before they ever play a snap on the college...

Oklahoma Sooners Football: 7 Painful Revisionist Histories

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:49 PM PST

It's best to accentuate the positives, right? We could choose to waste our lives away thinking about missed opportunities or what might have been. Why not look at the bright side? In reality, however, it's in our nature to dwell on failures. In a weird way, we sometimes find a kind of...

Schedule easing up for Sooners

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

For some time, the Oklahoma women have been done no favors by their schedule. That may still be the case, but not for much longer....

Sooners using roller-coaster season as motivation

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

Oklahoma’s women’s gymnastics team has been anything but consistent. After dominating its season opener, the Sooners fell to No. 7 Oregon State and No. 9 Nebraska before trouncing then-No. 2 Arkansas....

Sooners open season with World Series aspirations

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

The Sooners haven’t even taken the field yet, but there is already talk of a national championship floating around the Oklahoma locker room. The Sooners will take the first step toward that goal when they open the season at 1:15 p.m. ...

Sooners have to eliminate mistakes that are costing them wins

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

It was a typical practice for Oklahoma on Thursday. The long workout had a lot of energy and precision. It mirrored many it has had over the last three months....

West Virginia & Big East Reach Settlement - Mountaineers Coming To BIG XII In 2012

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:40 PM PST

Road trip!!!! Oklahoma is about to take what I'm willing to bet is the longest road trip for a conference game in the one hundred plus years of Sooner football. The Big East Conference and the West Virginia Mountaineers reached a conditional settlement on Thursday that will set WVU free to join the...

Oklahoma Men's Tennis Team to face Indiana

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:39 PM PST

The No. 20 OU men’s tennis team hosts No. 27 Indiana at noon Sunday at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.

OU, Mizzou women's basketball teams set for last clash

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:38 PM PST

The OU women’s basketball team will look for a bounce-back win as it comes home to take on the Missouri Tigers at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. This game is the Sooners’ last chance to even the series — 29-28 in favor of the Tigers — before Mizzou leaves for the Southeastern Conference...

It's no fun losing

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:14 PM PST

Losing is never fun, like watching “Jersey Shore” reruns. Nor is being left out of the NCAA tournament — especially when that is the expressed goal at the beginning of the season. Oklahoma (13-10, 3-8) should know if the tournament started this day, it would not receive an invitation.

Source: WVU, Big East reach conditional settlement

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:03 PM PST

(Charleston Daily Mail) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University and the Big East Conference have reached a conditional agreement to settle their legal battles against one another, a source told the Charleston Daily Mail Thursday evening....

Sooner Nation Podcast "Recruiting Special" Tonight At 8:30 (CST) - Closing The Door On 2012 And Looking Ahead To 2013

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST

Oklahoma solidified at Top 10 recruiting class last week with 25 total commitments. Joining Richard and Jordan tonight will be Bob Przybylo from ESPN's SoonerNation to recap Oklahoma's 2012 recruiting class and look ahead to 2013. Make sure to hang out with us tonight at 8:30 (CST). You can add...

OU Football Recruiting - Crunching The 2013 Numbers On Offense

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:54 PM PST

Oklahoma held it's first Junior Day almost one week ago and is scheduled to be hosting a second the first weekend in March. As you've likely surmised, the college football recruiting cycle never really ends. Heck, it only even slows down during NCAA mandated silent periods. So as we close out...

Texas Tech AD: Expect Big 12 schedule on Friday

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:56 PM PST

THE HI-NOTES * Big 12 schedule coming Friday, Texas Tech’s Kirby Hocutt says * Source: OU has its two vacant non-conference dates all but finalized * Expectation is that OU-Texas will be Oct. 13, a week later than originally scheduled CAMPUS CORNER — Texas Tech Kirby Hocutt was...

Oklahoma Football 2012: 5 Opponents That Could Topple the Sooners

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:52 PM PST

The Oklahoma Sooners will face several competitive opponents again in the new-look Big 12 in 2012. Matchups with TCU, West Virginia (hopefully) and Notre Dame should be entertaining. Just in case they aren't, Sooner fans can look forward to tussles with Big 12 standbys Texas and Kansas...

NCAA committee recommends several football rules proposals to enhance safety

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:44 PM PST

(by Ty Halpin/NCAA.org) The NCAA Football Rules Committee, which met Tuesday-Thursday in Charlotte, N.C., has recommended several rules proposals intended to enhance student-athlete safety for the 2012 season....

Oklahoma Officially Out Of The Running For 2012 Recruit Davonte Neal

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:12 PM PST

There has been talk for several days that Oklahoma had been eliminated from consideration for the 2012 commitment of highly regarded Arizona athlete Davonte Neal. For whatever reason, the general consensus towards the initial reports was one of slight hesitation as OU fans held out hope that Neal's...

QB takes camp tour, could face a dilemma

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:03 PM PST

(by Mike Kays/Muskogee Phoenix) Brayden Scott hasn’t had an offer. Somewhere, at some point, it will come. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder is among if not at the top of the area’s hottest recruits of the Class of 2013....

OU fills needs with junior college players

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST

(by Jake Trotter/ESPN) Under Bob Stoops, the Sooners have relied on junior-college players from time to time. Nothing, however, like this....

Receivers on campus put on notice in 2012

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST

(by Brandon Chatmon/ESPN) Oklahoma signed five receivers in its 2012 recruiting. And receivers coach Jay Norvell expects each of them to play early....

Recruiting approach impresses Jake Oliver

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST

(by Bob Przybylo/$ESPN$) The recruiting frenzy didn’t just start for junior wide receiver Jake Oliver (Dallas/Jesuit). He started receiving looks and offers from schools in 2011, but it’s becoming more real to him as he attends junior days....

Negotiations continue in Big East/WVU split

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:56 PM PST

(Charleston Daily Mail) A Rhode Island judge has continued proceedings in the Big East Conference's lawsuit against West Virginia University to an "unspecified date," as attorneys for both sides continue to finalize a settlement in the case....

Update on Big East vs. WVU

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:09 PM PST

(WV MetroNews) The judge in Rhode Island hearing the lawsuit filed by the Big East against West Virginia University says he's open to a settlement if that is going to happen....

Rams Hire A QB Coach For Sam Bradford

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

(by anthonyblake/Rant Sports) Sam Bradford’s career with the St. Louis Rams thus far has been dominated by the need to pick himself up off of the turf and a constant revolving door of offensive coaches....

Sooners take the offensive with 2012 recruiting class

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:53 AM PST

(Tulsa Beacon) Oklahoma went on the offensive with its 2012 recruits and the Sooners were able to fill some specific needs. Following a somewhat disappointing season (10-3) and the loss of....

Realignment creating wider separation between haves and have-nots

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:47 AM PST

(by Matt Hayes/Sporting News) They announced another new member Wednesday, and again spoke glowingly about the future of the Big East. But we’re all missing the point. This isn’t about the future of the Big East. It’s about the future of college football....

College Football End of Season Analysis: Oklahoma Sooners

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:44 AM PST

(Opposing Views) We had high expectations for Oklahoma this season as we tabbed them #1 in our Pre-Spring Top Ten and picked them #2....

Yahoo Again Tops Latest ComScore Rankings, While ESPN Falls To Third

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST

(by Eric Fisher/SportsBusiness Journal) Yahoo Sports again earned the top spot on comScore's monthly rankings of U.S. online sports destinations, pulling in an audience of 54.96 million unique visitors in January....

Sooner Softball Kicks Off Season In Vegas

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:42 AM PST

The Oklahoma softball team opens their 2012 season Friday at the Sportco kickoff classic in Las Vegas. Last season marked the first time the Sooners had made it to the Women’s College World Series since 2004, completing last season with a 49-19 overall record. Head coach Patty Gasso expects...

Blog debate: How will TCU handle its jump?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:58 AM PST

(ESPN Big 12 Blog) So, we introduced you to TCU on the blog earlier today, but the pleasantries are out of the way. Let's get serious about this now....

Oklahoma football: Castiglione likes the job he’s got

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST

The search for a permanent Big 12 commissioner is beginning. Do not expect Joe Castiglione to be a candidate. The OU athletic director has been mentioned as a candidate to replace Chuck Neinas, when the interim commissioner steps down, probably at the end of this school year. And it’s not the...

Newcomer on Campus: Chaz Nelson

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:41 AM PST

Oklahoma has developed quite a pipeline out of Garden City Community College in Kansas. During Coach Stoops' tenure, OU has lured four players from the junior college. The latest is Chaz Nelson, a defensive end who is looking to fill in immediately in 2012.

Willie Martinez might be coaching again soon

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:48 AM PST

Willie Martinez, the sacrificial assistant from the 2011 Oklahoma football staff, might boomerang back to the SEC. Charles Goldberg of the Birmingham News linked Martinez to Auburn, in need ......

Baseball Season Preview Part II

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:49 AM PST

In preparation for the 2012 baseball season SoonerSports.com will release a three-part preview that will break down the team by position. The second installment takes a look at the Sooners' pitchers and catchers, including video from coach Golloway as he breaks down each of the positions.

Oklahoma-born Sooners preparing for OKC meet

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:00 PM PST

Many of the athletes growing up in Oklahoma dream of becoming Sooners, but most will never make it on an OU roster. A few do. Sophomore gymnasts Madison Mooring and Hayden Ward are the only home-grown Sooners on OU’s roster this season.