Big 12 announces 2012 football schedule

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:23 AM PST

Maybe now area college football fans can start making travel plans.

OU basketball notebook: Clark, Neal start fast

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:55 AM PST

The bright spots Tuesday night for Oklahoma were Steven Pledger's 14-point second half and the first-half contributions of Cameron Clark and Tyler Neal.

Texas rallies past Oklahoma in second half, 69-58

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:53 AM PST

This time, they tried Barry Switzer hollering 'Let's beat Texas!' on the pregame scoreboard. They tried Roy Williams sitting under one of the Lloyd Noble Center baskets.

Golf: OU finishes second, TU 11th in San Antonio

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:29 AM PST

The Oklahoma men's team shot a final-round 290 Tuesday and finished in second place at the 15-team UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational at the par-71 Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio.

Softball: OU climbs to No. 4

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:28 AM PST

After a 5-0 season-opening weekend, Oklahoma moved up one spot to No. 4 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll and two spots to No. 4 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll released on Tuesday. ...

Basketball: OU, OSU represented on academic team

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:28 AM PST

The Big 12 Conference has named 40 student-athletes to the 2012 Academic All-Big 12 women's team, including two from Oklahoma and three from Oklahoma State.

Golf: OU women in 14th place

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:27 AM PST

The Oklahoma women's team carded a 310 for the second consecutive round Tuesday at the 54-hole Northrop Grumman Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. Sophomore Anne-Catherine Tanguay led the Sooners in the ...

Sooners did not show up to play

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

Texas had something to play for. So there’s that. If the Longhorns are to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, this was just the kind of game they absolutely had to win....

With W.V. set free by Big East, Big 12 schedule’s out and it’s backloaded for Sooners

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

With West Virginia finally receiving its release from the Big East Conference on Tuesday, the Big 12 Conference was finally able to release its conference football schedule for the 2012 season....

Red River rut

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

The rut Oklahoma has been trying to escape for the last two weeks continued to grow deeper with a 69-58 loss to Texas Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center....

Longhorns Use Second Half Run To Down Rival Sooners 69-58

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:12 PM PST

No surprise here as many expected a young but talented Texas Longhorns team to come into Norman and come away with a win. The Longhorns were the favored team, but the Oklahoma Sooners challenged them through the first half. Like we have seen before, the Sooners come out flat at the start of the...

COLUMN: Big 12 changes leave Sooners to face tough teams in 2012 season

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:31 PM PST

When West Virginia finalized its move to the Big 12 on Tuesday morning, the conference wasted no time releasing a football schedule for next season.

OU women's basketball team looks to sweep Kansas State

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:29 PM PST

The OU women’s basketball team will look to complete a sweep of the Kansas State Wildcats at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center.

Texas hands OU's men's basketball team a fourth straight loss

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:22 PM PST

On the anniversary of the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre, a shootout occurred in Lloyd Noble Center — the Red River Shootout. Al Capone could’ve saved his shots, because the Sooners and Longhorns were taking plenty. But Texas’s were on target.

OU baseball: Sooners prepare to open season with third-place pick for conference

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:21 PM PST

The 2012 Big 12 Coaches’ Preseason Poll was released Tuesday with the 14th-ranked Sooners picked to finish third in the conference behind fifth-ranked defending Big 12 Champion Texas A&M and seventh-ranked Texas.

Oklahoma Sooners Eye Tough Big 12 Schedule in 2012

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:34 PM PST

The Big 12 football schedule was finally released Tuesday, and the Oklahoma Sooners are getting no breaks in the new-look Big 12 conference. The Sooners’ 2012 conference schedule is highlighted by a difficult three game stretch to close the season. The Sooners will travel to West Virginia,...

Big 12 football's top games for 2012 season

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:15 PM PST

(by Kevin Lyttle/Austin American-Statesman) 1. Notre Dame at Oklahoma (Oct. 27): Thank goodness for one marquee matchup. After this, there's a Grand Canyonesque dropoff in the Big 12....

Texas downs OU men 69-58

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:20 PM PST

BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it NORMAN — Big 12 scoring leader J'Covan Brown had 19 points, and Texas extended its winning streak to four games, rallying from an eight-point deficit to beat Oklahoma 69-58 on Tuesday night. Read more on NewsOK.com

Sooners fall to Longhorns

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:06 PM PST

Oklahoma could hold onto a halftime lead and fell to Texas 69-58 on Tuesday night at the Lloyd Noble Center.

OU football: Breaking down the schedule

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:24 PM PST

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it With the Big 12 football schedule's release Tuesday, Oklahoma learned what to expect in 2012. Read more on NewsOK.com

Thoughts on Oklahoma Sooners' 2012 Schedule

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:45 PM PST

Today's news that West Virginia had been "terminated" by the Big East cleared the way for the release of the hotly anticipated 2012 Big 12 football schedule. While the OU athletic department hasn't formally released the Sooners' non-conference slate, we can put two and two and two together to...

OU football: Sooners face gauntlet over final three weeks of season

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:08 PM PST

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.comIf OU is to challenge for the national championship, it will likely need to beat West Virginia, Oklahoma State and TCU Read more on NewsOK.com

Texas @ Oklahoma Basketball Game Thread

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Next Game Texas Longhorns @ Oklahoma Sooners Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012, 7:00 PM CST Lloyd Noble Center Texas Basketball - What Sooner Fans Need To Know posted by OnlyOneOU 1 minute ago 0 comments | 0 recs Complete Coverage > Texas Longhorns FG 3PT FT...

West Virginia football: Mountaineers have touch stretch to start Big 12 play

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:51 PM PST

BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Here is a quick primer on West Virginia's first season in the Big 12: Last Year: 10-3, including a 70-33 win over Clemson in the Orange Bowl. Coach: Dana Holgorsen (second season, 10-3) Returning starters: Offense (8), Defense (6). Outlook: Ranked...

Big 12 football schedules released

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:51 PM PST

Maybe now area college football fans can start making travel plans.

Rattlers of Florida A&M likely headed to Owen Field on Sept. 8

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — Add this to your schedule intel from today: Florida A&M will likely fulfill the FCS role in the fall. My friend Coley Harvey at the Orlando Sentinel saw something today indicating OU and FAMU will get together Sept. 8 at Owen Field. I see no reason at all to doubt it...

Sooner women's gymnastics sweeps Big 12 weekly awards

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:01 PM PST

The OU women’s gymnastics team swept all three Big 12 weekly awards for the first time since 2008, the league announced Tuesday. Sophomore Taylor Spears earned Gymnast of the Week, and Megan Ferguson won Event Specialist of the Week to extend OU’s streak to six consecutive weeks, a new...

Big 12 Conference Schedule: Instant Analysis

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:53 PM PST

(by Joey Helmer/Scout) NORMAN - The Big 12 finally released its conference slate Tuesday morning, and many immediate things come to mind when looking at OU’s match-ups....

OU rebooting baseball after disappointing 2011

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:50 PM PST

(by Eddie Radosevich/SoonerScoop) There's a different tone around the Oklahoma baseball program these days. No it's not the sound of the new BB Core bat. That ping is all too familiar a year after its inception into college baseball....

Video: Oklahoma's 2012 schedule released

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:47 PM PST

(ESPN) Jake Trotter breaks down Oklahoma's 2012 football schedule....

Brown key matchup versus Texas

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:53 AM PST

Texas guard J’Covan Brown leads the Big 12 in scoring, averaging close to 20 points. How Oklahoma defends the 6-foot-1 junior is the key matchup when the Sooners host the Longhorns Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center. Brown has been especially hot the past three weeks. He’s averaged 22.4 points and...

Oklahoma football: Don’t play the scheduling martyr

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:21 AM PST

The Big 12 schedule finally is out, and some fans believe that OU has been rooked by a rugged finishing stretch: at West Virginia on Nov. 17, home for Bedlam on Nov. 24 and at TCU on Dec. 1. Of course, when it looked like OU might be going to West Virginia as early as [...]

Oklahoma football: Sooners will close out 2012 season with tough stretch

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:14 AM PST

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it NORMAN – If Oklahoma is still afloat in the national or conference title races by mid-November, the Sooners are in for a heck of a stretch run. The Big 12 schedule was released Tuesday morning, and OU is slated to finish its conference season with a...

Hearts on fire: Big 12 schedule released on V-Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:22 AM PST

CAMPUS CORNER — West Virginia moved this morning to officially join the Big 12 for the 2012 season and then, boom, the Big 12 released its football schedule. Here is what Oklahoma is looking at this fall: Sept. 22 – Kansas State in Big 12 opener Oct. 6 – at Texas Tech Oct. 13...

Christmas In February, Big XII Football Schedule Released

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST

It’s finally here! We have all been waiting, and now that West Virginia is officially in the Big XII, we got us a 2012 football schedule. Keep in mind this only a CONFERENCE schedule, they have not released the OCC schedule yet. Oklahoma has some road-bumps to overcome it seems for the 2012...

OU Baseball Picked Third In Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:28 AM PST

OU Baseball Picked Third In Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll Pl.Team (first place votes) points 1. Texas A&M (8) 64 2. Texas (1) 56 3. Oklahoma 48 4. Baylor 42 5. Missouri 30 6. Oklahoma State 28 7. Texas Tech 27 8. Kansas State 20 9. Kansas 9

OU Football - Sooners 2012 Conference Schedule Finally Released

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST

And you all thought the day would never come. FINALLY, the Big 12 has released their conference football schedules for 2012. Now of course, Oklahoma is still working to fill it's two remaining non-con games but at least now we have most of the pieces to the puzzle. So without further delay, here is...

Former NSU football player signs with Oklahoma

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:03 AM PST

(Aberdeen [SD] News) Former NSU football player Will Latu has signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of Oklahoma football team....

WVU, Big East break up on Valentine's Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:54 AM PST

(Charleston Daily Mail) The Big East is getting $20 million. WVU pays $10 million … but it’s really $15 million. For a starting point, say it’s $10 million....

West Virginia to Big 12: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:48 AM PST

(by Hoppy Kercheval/WV MetroNews) MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University, the Big 12 and the Big East have settled their lawsuits. The settlement allows WVU to leave the Big East for the Big 12 on July 1, but WVU will have to pay the Big East $20 million in damages....

Oklahoma football: Bob Stoops talks Pebble Beach

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST

Bob Stoops teamed with former OU golfer Hunter Haas in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. They finished fourth in the pro-am portion of the tournament, which matches a member of the PGA Tour with a celebrity. Stoops on Monday was on The Sports Animal with my radio partners Al Eschbach and Jim...

McCarney on Stoops: "A clothesline tackle waiting to happen"

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:59 AM PST

Hoping everything is OK with Dan McCarney, the North Texas coach who I have admired since he brought Iowa State to some prominence in the late 90s/early 2000s. McCarney was hospitalized in Dallas ......

Willie Martinez May Have Finally Found A Landing Spot

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:52 AM PST

Willie Martinez May Have Finally Found A Landing Spot Willie Martinez has emerged as the prohibitive favorite to be named Auburn's newest assistant coach in a move that would reunite him with defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder while bringing the former Georgia assistant back to the...