Revamped OU baseball lineup has big goals

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:02 AM PST

It's a new day at Oklahoma.

OSU edges OU in Bedlam wrestling

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:04 AM PST

For the second time this season, No. 1-ranked Oklahoma State rallied to win by the thinnest of margins - criteria - in a 19-18 edging of No. 12 Oklahoma on Thursday night before 1,427 fans in McCasland ...

OU women's basketball ends busiest week in decent shape

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:52 AM PST

The Sooners made it through their busiest week of the season in pretty decent shape.

Big XII's Top Spring Football Storylines

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:25 PM PST

It may not officially be spring yet but for football fans across the Big XII landscape the spring season begins when players take the gridiron for their first workouts of the year. For Texas Tech that day is today as the Red Raiders take the field for their first spring workout and will conclude on...

College World Series catalysts two years ago, White and Reine putting tough season behind them

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

No sport is as humbling as baseball. The odds are never in your favor, and the statistics always bare that out. Oklahoma’s Max White and Cody Reine learned how tough the game can truly be last season....

Technically, Pokes take Bedlam dual over Sooners on tiebreaker

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

When facing the top wrestling team in the nation, opposing squads need points to come from unexpected places. Even in a hotly contested match like Bedlam, if Oklahoma was going to knock off No. 1 Oklahoma State, it was going to need one or ...

5 Oklahoma Sooners Poised for Breakout Seasons in 2012

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:17 PM PST

The 2012 Oklahoma Sooners will be characterized by high levels of both talent and experience. Landry Jones returns at quarterback along with the majority of the offense, and the defense will have a nucleus of solid contributors to ease new coordinator Mike Stoops' transition in...

Sooners prepare to step up to the plate

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:46 PM PST

The No. 14 OU baseball team opens its season with a three-game series against the Pepperdine Waves at 4 p.m. today in Malibu, Calif. Sophomore left-hander Dillon Overton will take the mound as the opening-day starter.

Scoop HD: J.D. Runnels talks with Nic Harris

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:21 PM PST

(SoonerScoop.com) Check out our interview with Harris from our newest correspondent from Memorial Stadium in this SoonerScoopHD exclusive....

All-American transfer students come a long way from home to join solid team

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:08 PM PST

More than 2,500 miles separate the fertile river valley of Laurel, Mont., from the heavy foliage of Bangor, Maine, and the combined population of these two communities is less than half than that of Norman. Yet, two of these cities’ native sons now lace up their spikes at OU.

After a perfect start, OU's softball teams heads south for a pair of doubleheaders

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:51 PM PST

Following a perfect start during the team’s season opening games, OU softball(5-0) travels south to face a pair of doubleheader contests, including two, top-25 teams this weekend in the ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge in Auburn, Ala.

Chuck Carlton: Why the Oklahoma Sooners open the football season in El Paso

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:44 PM PST

(Dallas Morning News) Big 12 beat writer Chuck Carlton answered your questions in a live chat Wednesday. Here are some highlights....

Sooners offer 2013 DE Torrodney Prevot

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:02 PM PST

(by Damon Sayles/$ESPN$) Torrodney Prevot (Houston, Texas/Taylor) scored a huge trifecta Thursday. The talented defensive end woke up Thursday morning with three offers....

Video: Sooners' X-factor -- Mike Stoops

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 07:59 PM PST

(ESPN SoonerNation) David Ubben takes a look at the biggest X-factor for the Sooners: How will new defensive coordinator Mike Stoops fit in during his second stop in Norman?....

After TAMU visit, Gustafson has top five

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 07:56 PM PST

(by Max Olson/$ESPN$) After taking a big unofficial visit earlier this week, ESPNU 150 Watch List offensive tackle J.J. Gustafson (Dallas/Jesuit) already is beginning to narrow down his college choices....

OU women's gymnastics prepare to take on Number 16 Missouri today at 6:30

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 07:49 PM PST

For the second week in a row, the OU women’s gymnastics team will face a Big 12 opponent. Only this time, it may be the last regular-season matchup in a while.

Adding Louisville would be Big 12's bridge to West Virginia

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 07:43 PM PST

(by Berry Tramel) Back in October, conference realignment reached all the way to the U.S. Capitol. The body that produced the likes of Henry Clay and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the body that debated Manifest Destiny and civil rights, moved on to the serious matter of who should replace Missouri in...

Overton To Take Mound For Sooners In Season Opener Against Pepperdine

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:07 PM PST

Oklahoma officially starts the 2012 baseball season on Friday afternoon when the Sooners take on Pepperdine in Malibu, California. The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 4:00 (CST) and taking the mound for the Sooners in the opener will be sophomore lefty Dillon Overton. Last season Overton...

OU baseball: Pitching will have to carry Sooners

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:28 PM PST

BY TRAVIS HANEY, Staff Writer, thaney@opubco.comOklahoma lost 11 players who were drafted. About two-thirds of the 2012 roster filled with newcomers. Read more on NewsOK.com

Oklahoma Football: 7 Things Holding the Sooners Back from a BCS Bid

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 04:30 PM PST

The Oklahoma Sooners are itching to return to the BCS after a disappointing 2011 season. The annual winter retreat in Glendale may be getting old for Sooner fans, but that is a testament to Bob Stoops' success in Norman. He has achieved such a high level of sustained success that winning the Big 12...

UTEP football: Miners to open against Oklahoma Sooners

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:23 PM PST

(by Brett Bloomquist/El Paso Times) For half a decade, UTEP's football attendance has steadily dropped through a string of sub-.500 seasons....

Oklahoma Football: Who Is to Blame for the 2011 Season?

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:44 AM PST

While it has already been said that the 2011 season has to be considered a failure in Norman, who is really to blame? With a solid recruiting class and a number of changes within the program, Sooner football has a bright outlook for the 2012 season. Before we delve into the new season though, I...

Women's basketball: Sooners get comeback win over Kansas State

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:55 AM PST

The OU women's basketball team bounced back from a beating at the hands of UConn by defeating the Kansas State Wildcats, 68-62, in a solid performance on its home court.

Big 12 football: Which games will move to Thursday?

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:15 AM PST

(by Berry Tramel) Thursday night football has become a Stillwater staple. In each of the previous three seasons, OSU has hosted an ESPN Thursday night game: Colorado in 2009, Texas A&M in 2010 and Arizona in 2011....

Athlon 2012 Recruiting Rankings No. 11: Oklahoma Sooners

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:08 AM PST

(by Patrick Snow) Oklahoma went to three recruiting hotbeds for 15 of its 26 new student-athletes. It’s no surprise that the Sooners inked seven players from Texas, but Bob Stoops and staff also signed four prospects each from the power states of Florida and California....

Big 12 Football's Worst Non-Con Games For 2012

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:52 AM PST

Where as yesterday we struggled somewhat to come up with a Top 5 Best Non-Con Games, we will have no such issues today. There is no shortage of less than exciting non-conference games on the Big 12's slate for this coming season. In fact, there are so many that we're going to leave it up to you...

Road to Omaha Begins Friday in Malibu

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:18 AM PST

No. 14 Oklahoma opens 2012 on the road for a three-game series at Pepperdine held Feb. 17-19 at Eddy D. Field in Malibu, Calif. Friday's opener at 2 p.m. PT marks the seventh time in the last nine years (2-4) that OU begins a season on the road (last 2010).

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