Bob Stoops Talks NFL Combine

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Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:26

Source: Stormin' in Norman

(by Shawn S. Lealos) Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops was asked about his players that were drafted into the 2013 NFL Draft, as well as about who was and wasn't invited to the NFL Combine to show their talents. Stoops mentioned that the OU Pro Day workouts...Read more

Adrian Peterson nearing 100% following offseason surgery

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Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:10

Source: Vikings Territory

(by Adam Warwas) After Adrian Peterson overcame his gruesome knee injury last offseason to lead the league in rushing, I suspect many people have actually forgotten he had surgery this offseason, and have no concerns about his ability to recover. Still, after carrying...Read more

College football: Coaches, athletes weigh in on NCAA's suspended recruiting proposals

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Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:51

Source: The Oklahoman

(by Jason Kersey) Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops thought the NCAA's decision to deregulate many of its college football recruiting rules was made in haste. 'Seemed like they were just ready to, in other words, 'Let's take it out of the NCAA and our...Read more

Offseason Intelligence: TCU Horned Frogs

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Friday, 17 May 2013 22:17

Source: Blatant Homerism

(by Allen Kenney) Texas Christian should make some noise in the Big 12 this year with the return of seven starters on offense and 10 on defense. Head coach Gary Patterson has become one of the best coaches in the country, and TCU’s second year in the Big 12...Read more

Somehow, Gundy has created yet another PR mess with Lunt

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Friday, 17 May 2013 20:14

Source: $Tulsa World$

(by John E. Hoover) Wish we knew more about the details of why Mike Gundy has blocked Wes Lunt’s intention to transfer from Oklahoma State to either Tennessee, Vanderbilt or Southern Mississippi. Maybe Gundy has a really good reason for it. Maybe the Cowboys are getting...Read more

Bob Stoops commits to Patriot Cup

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Friday, 17 May 2013 17:10

Source: $Tulsa World$

(by Jimmie Tramel) A fictional college football coach -- actor Craig T. Nelson of the television series “Coach” -- participated in the Patriot Cup pro-am last season. The Patriot Cup has a commitment from an actual college football coach this year. Tournament officials announced...Read more

Big 12 Football | Post Spring Assessment | Baylor Bears

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Friday, 17 May 2013 14:58

Source: Crimson and Cream Machine

(by Rich DeCray) The Baylor Bears are losing a few key pieces to their offense. There are still a few questions left to be answered but, Art Briles has his team primed for yet another run at a bowl game. Lache Seastrunk Will Anchor This Team: "Just to make sure I'm a little bit...Read more

Could Stoops still go to Iowa? What made Marcus Allen so good? And be careful crossing the street

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Friday, 17 May 2013 14:54

Source: $Tulsa World$

(by John E. Hoover) Stoops is now 52 and has carved out a magnificent legacy at Oklahoma. But he’s hardly of retirement age, and he frequently talks about how everything must come to an end. So I asked Podolak if he thought Stoops might someday ever return to his alma mater...Read more

New Defense and New Quarterback are Main Keys for Oklahoma

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Friday, 17 May 2013 09:10

Source: Rant Sports

(by jameskelleher) After a 10-3 finish, this past 2012 season and an 8-1 record in the Big 12 the Oklahoma Sooners are finally beginning their rise to the peak of college football. However, a huge draft class has left the Oklahoma Sooners this past year and there is...Read more w/video

Oklahoma football: Jay Norvell's wife Kim hosts Zumbathon to battle cystic fibrosis, the disease she's dealt with all her life

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:55

Source: The Oklahoman

(by Jason Kersey) NORMAN -- More than four decades ago, doctors diagnosed 6-month-old Kim Fehrman with cystic fibrosis, then told her parents she wouldn't live long enough to start kindergarten. Her life expectancy continually increased, though, as...Read more

Oklahoma softball: A closer look at the Norman Regional teams

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:14

Source: The Oklahoman

(by Stephanie Kuzydym) FORDHAM - Record: 35-21 (15-7), Coach: Bridget Orchard, helped team earn first at-large invite to NCAA Championships in 2010. Last trip to NCAA Tournament: 2011, lost in regional. Keys to the season: Won Atlantic 10 Championship...Read more

Big 12 Football | Post Spring Assessment | Texas Tech Red Raiders

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 14:29

Source: Crimson and Cream Machine

(by M. Hofeld) In hindsight, Tommy Tuberville walking out on a dinner with recruits may have been one of the best things to have happened to Texas Tech football. He never really seemed to fit in West Texas and now the Red Raiders have brought home one of their own to...Read more

A computer played Big 12-vs-SEC Champions Bowls covering the past decade. Don't hide your eyes. It went OK.

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:31

Source: $Tulsa World$

(by Guerin Emig) Keeping with the Big 12 vs. SEC theme of the week, I found something pretty cool from a year ago, when the two conferences announced their Champions Bowl alliance beginning in 2014. The gang at WhatIfSports.com didn't feel like waiting that long. So they...Read more

Former Sooner Great, Mark Clayton, Announces His Retirement From The NFL

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 07:15

Source: Crimson and Cream Machine

(by Jordan Esco) One of greatest wide receivers in Oklahoma Football history announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday afternoon. Mark Clayton, the second leading receiver in school history, made the announcement via his personal Twitter account...Read more

Oklahoma football: Former Sooner Mark Clayton retiring

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:41

Source: The Oklahoman

(by Ryan Aber) After spending parts of seven seasons in the NFL, former Oklahoma star Mark Clayton announced Wednesday that he was retiring. Clayton made the announcement on Twitter and Facebook, posting "NFL as I know it will be something I watch from...Read more

Shinn at 3: Wilkinson's Sooners top Athlon's list of top college football dynasties

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:03

Source: Norman Transcript

(by John Shinn) Athlon's put out a list of the Top 25 dynasties during the era of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. Oklahoma had three of the top 18 dynasties, including the No. 1 spot. Bud Wilkinson’s teams from 1948-58 went 107-8, winning three national...Read more

Stewart Mandel: Looking at top nonconference games, Bob Stoops' comments; Mailbag

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:10

Source: SI.com

You know we're stuck in the dreariest depths of the college football offseason when Bob Stoops' booster-club comments generate a week or more of national coverage. It's times like these when actual games somehow seem further away than they did two months earlier. To offset that...Read more

Oklahoma Sooners Tight Ends Need to Step Up in 2013

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:05

Source: Stormin' in Norman

(by Shawn S. Lealos) Ask any Oklahoma Sooners fan and they will tell you the one thing missing from the Sooners’ offense over the past few years is the presence of a game breaking tight end. The Sooners have not had a legitimate star tight end since Jermaine...Read more

Analyzing 10 years of committee decisions had playoff been in place

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:51

Source: SI.com

(by Andy Staples) Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops hasn't made a lot of sound arguments this offseason. He chose the "if it was good enough for me when I played, it's good enough for them" gambit when answering a question about paying players -- which only makes sense if...Read more

Stoops is right. Finding CFP selection committee members could be an unsolvable puzzle

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 07:58

Source: $Tulsa World$

(by Guerin Emig) We're still more than a year and a half from the first College Football Playoff, and the first CFP selection committee, and already storm clouds gather. Bob Stoops can see 'em. "There's an agenda to everything everybody does, pretty much...Read more

Big 12 Football | Post Spring Assessment | Kansas Jayhawks

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 06:00

Source: Crimson and Cream Machine

(by Rich DeCray) There are high expectations for a kid that hasn't arrived on campus as of yet. Michael Mesh, a JUCO transfer will be counted upon to greatly improve the place kicking, an area of concern. Attempting 16 field goals in the previous year, the Kansas Jayhawks connected...Read more

Podcast: Bob Stoops goes off-message

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 23:05

Source: Blatant Homerism

(by Allen Kenney) Bob Stoops has had an eventful offseason in 2013. His latest comments about the depth of the SEC has given the punditry about a week's worth of material. Braden Gall of Athlon Sports and Sirius/XM College Sports joins Homerism for a podcast to...Read more w/audio

Third Down Defense Must Improve

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 20:53

Source: OUInsider

(by Tyler McComas) Third down wasn’t exactly a charm for the Oklahoma defense in 2012. In fact, their output on third down was the lowest in the Stoops era. Opponents converted third down attempts, 41 percent of the time, which ranked eighth in the Big 12 and 73rd in the country...Read more

Shinn at 3: They did the math and Stoops was right about SEC

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:58

Source: Norman Transcript

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was widely mocked after saying the Big 12 Conference was a deeper league than the SEC last week. Stoops' point was the SEC has won seven straight national championships, but what has the rest of the league done?...Read more

NCAA Recruiting Deregulation: Bob Stoops Talks Controversial Changes

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:32

Source: Stormin' in Norman

(by Shawn S. Lealos) It's been a busy week for Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops interview clips. As he has been out on the annual OU caravan tour, people have asked him about everything from the College Football Playoffs to the SEC dominance in college...Read more