Bob Stoops: 'We've Got to Be a Little Realistic' About the Situation at Oklahoma

(by John E. Hoover) Brent Venables doesn’t have to go far to find good career advice. One of the best in the business has a desk in the Switzer Center and a spot on Venables’ phone, and is there whenever Oklahoma’s football coach feels the need to reach out...read more from AllSooners

Oklahoma's Secondary Must Prevent Moments of 'Panic' Against Texas

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN -- Oklahoma’s defensive backs are in for another major test this Saturday. Coverage busts last weekend allowed the TCU Horned Frogs a pair of easy touchdown throws, one for 62 yards and one for 73 yards. Communication has been an emphasis this week...read more from AllSooners

Seven things Sooner fans should know before Red River Saturday

(by Chip Rouse) Oklahoma football has won seven of the last 10 games against Texas in the Red River rivalry series, including five of the last six. There are a lot of things going against the Sooners in the 118th renewal of this classic college football series on Saturday. Among the...read more from Stormin' in Norman

'Three quarterbacks taking reps': Sooners QB situation a mystery heading into Red River Rivalry

(by Ben Dackiw) With Dillon Gabriel recovering from a concussion he suffered during the game against TCU, the Oklahoma Sooners are in a bit of a pickle. There isn’t another QB with starting experience at the division one level on the roster. Given the current feelings on concussions in football...read more from the Sooners Wire

Oklahoma RB Jovantae Barnes 'Starving' After First 100-Yard Game

(by Ross Lovelace) Javonte Barnes helped his case for early playing time by enrolling early and arriving to Norman in January. Since then, the talented freshman running back has made a deserved push for playing time. Throughout the offseason, both DeMarco Murray and Jeff Lebby...read more from AllSooners

Winning is Hard Podcast: Oklahoma in trouble?

(by Cameron Parker & Wescott Eberts) It’s 8:00 A.M. and...OU still sucks! Oh, and the Winning is Hard podcast has dropped their latest podcast previewing the 118th Red River Showdown. Wescott Eberts and Cameron Parker take a look at the injuries plaguing Oklahoma...read more from Burnt Orange Nation

Oklahoma's Defense Focusing on Improving Communication to Eliminate Busts

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN -- Widespread changes are not coming to the Oklahoma defense. The past two weeks, the Sooner defense has given up a combined 96 points and 1,177 total yards to the Kansas State Wildcats and the TCU Horned Frogs. Unable to stop the bleeding...read more from AllSooners

101 primer on Red River rivalry series and what makes it special

(by Chip Rouse) There are a number of classic football rivalry series, but none quite as unique as the Red River Oklahoma football rivalry with the University of Texas Longhorns. This year marks the 118th edition of the border-war rivalry series that began back in 1900...read more from Stormin' in Norman

More Questions Than Answers

(by Bob Przybylo) Three weeks ago at Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables’ weekly press conference, he was able to take himself out of the moment and just go down memory lane with his battles against Nebraska. Following OU’s 49-14 win in Lincoln, it was a pretty strong bet...read more from the SoonerScoop

TCU Loss Showed Oklahoma May Be Still 'Afraid to Make Mistakes' Going Into Texas Showdown

(by John E. Hoover) NORMAN -- Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said last week -- after losing to Kansas State, before last week’s crushing defeat at TCU -- that he saw a football team that was playing with a fear of failure. “What I saw,” Venables said last Tuesday, “was guys afraid...read more from AllSooners
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