All posts tagged "Alex Grinch"

NORMAN- Notching their first conference win against the Texas Longhorns, the Oklahoma defense was stifling for three...

DALLAS- The Oklahoma Sooners survived a four overtime thriller to take down the Texas Longhorns in the...

NORMAN- With the yearly fanfare surrounding OU-Texas, the cliches surrounding the matchup begin to make the rounds....

NORMAN- Poor tackling reared its ugly head against Iowa State Saturday night. The Oklahoma Sooners cannot afford...

AMES- Turnovers equal victory.  Falling 37-30 at the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones, the Sooners lost...

By Christine Butterfield NORMAN- Coming off a mind-boggling 38-35 loss last Saturday to Kansas State, the Oklahoma...

NORMAN- For the second straight season, the Kansas State Wildcats stunned the Oklahoma Sooners.  While the Wildcats...

NORMAN- Six months and a day after the NBA shutdown in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Sooners kicked...

NORMAN- Ahead of Saturday’s season opener, the Oklahoma Sooners have released their first depth chart.  Redshirt freshman...

NORMAN – Oklahoma Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach Alex Grinch along with Associate Head Coach/Outside Receivers Coach Dennis Simmons...

NORMAN- Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has added another piece to his rebuild. Damond Harmon announced his...

NORMAN- Plenty of concerns have been raised about Oklahoma’s lack of spring football and summer workouts due...

For the second time in five days, Oklahoma is losing an assistant coach. Former defensive coordinator and...

Some in Sooner Nation might be feeling a panic attack coming on. But the advice here is...

Oklahoma linebacker Kenneth Murray joined wide receiver CeeDee Lamb on Thursday when he announced he would forego...

Nearly a week has passed since the College Football Playoff which saw the LSU Tigers absolutely dismantle...

ATLANTA — Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch isn’t prone to superlatives. Nor does he often find himself...

ATLANTA — Some 16 hours after the Sooners’ latest and possibly greatest postseason implosion, Oklahoma coach Lincoln...

ATLANTA — Jalen Hurts launched the pass, this one deep and on target, and very likely a...

ATLANTA — The future of Oklahoma football comes down to this. The Sooners go into their Peach...

ATLANTA — In Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma has gotten elite quarterback play from...

VIDEO: Watch the Oklahoma Sooners at Peach Bowl Media Day on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, and hear...

VIDEO: Watch the LSU Tigers arrive at Peach Bowl Media Day on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, and...

VIDEO: Watch LSU head coach Ed Orgeron speak at Monday’s Peach Bowl press conference:

VIDEO: Watch LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, safety Grant Delpit, linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson and linebacker Patrick Queen...

VIDEO: Watch LSU defensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Justin...

VIDEO: Watch Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch, noseguard Neville Gallimore and linebacker Kenneth Murray meet the press...

VIDEO: Watch Oklahoma coach Cale Gundy, quarterback Jalen Hurts, center Creed Humphrey and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb...

Oklahoma will reportedly be without starting free safety Delarrin Turner-Yell for the College Football Playoff game against...

NORMAN — Oklahoma didn’t get everyone they wanted on National Signing Day. No one ever does, really....

Shane Whitter LB | 6-1 | 222 Walter M. Williams HS | Burlington, NC Three-star prospect by...

NORMAN — Oklahoma defensive end Ronnie Perkins, running back Rhamondre Stevenson and wide receiver Trejan Bridges are...

LSU drew a lot of outside criticism when Les Miles was fired in September 2016. All Miles...

For the fifth time in four years, Oklahoma has a Heisman finalist. Quarterback Jalen Hurts has been...

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Oklahoma is back in the College Football Playoff, and the Sooners did it with...

ARLINGTON, Texas — ­­­College football has become a game of elite quarterbacks. But at Oklahoma, elite quarterbacks...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Maybe Lincoln Riley doesn’t have a crystal ball. Maybe he can’t see the future....

STILLWATER — Oklahoma heard Mike Gundy’s comments. And they didn’t necessarily agree. Not the ones about Lincoln...

We’re late getting out this week’s Ask Hoover because Mrs. Hoover’s leftovers were too good to ignore....

Oklahoma got everything to go its way last week, and the Sooners’ good fortune was reflected in...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley thinks he might have the answer to the question that has vexed Oklahoma...

NORMAN — Jalen Hurts didn’t have his best stuff. He threw an interception that was returned 98...

Man, the Ask Hoover questions were all over the place this week — and that was just...

NORMAN — It appears Oklahoma’s climb to the College Football Playoff just got a little steeper. The...

WACO, Texas — The two men who felt most responsible for what seemed an impossible task for...

From an Oklahoma win that felt like a loss to Myles Garrett assaulting Mason Rudolph last night...

Oklahoma’s dream of returning to the College Football Playoff for the fourth time in five years may...

NORMAN — Coaches today preach about the importance of making steady improvements. In all sports, on all...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley insists all of Oklahoma’s goals are still attainable. He insists that championships are...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly college football Twitter mailbag. As you’ll see below, you can...

Kudos to Lincoln Riley, and kudos to Alex Grinch. As personally difficult as it may have been...

NORMAN — As he walked off Owen Field two years ago having tasted defeat for the first...

So many questions in this week’s Ask Hoover blog, I’m gonna have to keep the answers short....

Sooner Nation got an answer on Monday, but not the one it wanted. And the Big 12...

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Oklahoma isn’t worried about the College Football Playoff. Not any longer. Not after Saturday....

MANHATTAN, Kansas — When he was offensive coordinator at East Carolina, Lincoln Riley thought a fast-paced offense...

It’s time for the second-largest Ask Hoover blog in Franchise history, and possibly one of the five...

NORMAN — I got the question yesterday during my weekly segment with The Franchise Players: Will Alex...

NORMAN — Only one person on the planet would use the word “travesty” when examining the Oklahoma...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly Twitter mailbag where I answer your college football questions. I...

NORMAN — CeeDee Lamb dictated the kind of defense Texas tried to run last week in Dallas,...

NORMAN — Jalen Hurts knew he would get another question about the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry comparing to the...

DALLAS — Oklahoma linebacker Kenneth Murray spends a lot of idle time watching old film of his...

  Time again for Ask Hoover, our weekly Friday Twitter mailbag where I answer your college football...

DALLAS — A handful of truths seem immutable when it comes to the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry. One, the...

NORMAN — It is here. The big game has arrived. It’s OU-Texas week. This is the reason...

LAWRENCE, Kansas — Oklahoma got what it wanted on Saturday, but was left wanting so much more....

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly Twitter mailbag where I answer your college football questions. That...

NORMAN — Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has extremely well-defined feelings about his players giving effort. “If...

The Recap: My video rewind of the week covering college football in Oklahoma. From Oklahoma State’s disappointing...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly Twitter mailbag where I answer your college football questions. Amid...

NORMAN — Is Oklahoma ready? Did the Sooners get enough done in the non-conference part of their...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly Q&A blog where I answer your questions on Twitter. We...

The Recap: My video rewind of the week covering college football in Oklahoma. From a big win...

NORMAN — There is little debate that Oklahoma’s non-conference schedule this season is the weakest the Sooners...

Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and select OU defensive players don’t have a...

After Saturday’s 48-14 victory at UCLA, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and several...

A weekly video recap of my work at TheFranchiseOK.com, featuring interviews with Lincoln Riley, Jalen Hurts, Alex...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly college football Twitter Q&A with Franchise listeners, readers and viewers....

NORMAN — It only takes a cursory look at the Oklahoma defense over the last decade to...

NORMAN — No one was happier for Brendan Radley-Hiles’ sudden success on Saturday night than his Oklahoma...

NORMAN — No. 4-ranked Oklahoma didn’t prepare for South Dakota last week. The Sooners didn’t play a...

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, in which we go in on the OU and OSU...

Time again for “Ask Hoover,” my weekly mailbag Q&A in which I answer your college football questions....

  NORMAN — Jalen Hurts had a lot of doubters after his performance on Sunday night in...

Highlights of Jalen Hurts’ big debut, thoughts on Hurts, Spencer Sanders and the incredible quarterback play in...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley, Alex Grinch, Kenneth Murray all walked away from Sunday night’s 49-31 victory over...

NORMAN — It’s a small sample size, and the only data to go on – a terribly...

Well, Oklahoma State plays on the road and Oklahoma opens in a Sunday special. Past that, there’s...

It’s college football season, and it’s Friday, so that means it’s time again for #AskHoover, my weekly...

Here’s my video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive recap on 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma City, 107.9...

NORMAN — Oklahoma football fans have good reason to temper their optimism regarding the Sooner defense this...

What’s up with the QB competition at Tulsa? Where are OSU’s pitfalls on the 2019 schedule? And...

Bill Bedenbaugh and Mike Gundy make an appearance on tonight’s Short Drive, my video recap of tonight’s...

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, featuring Alex Grinch, Patrick Fields, Delarrin Turner-Yell, Bookie Radley-Hiles, Jalen...

After visiting with Lincoln Riley and Bill Bedenbaugh on Friday, our Brady Trantham and I stopped by...

  Tre Norwood’s knee injury has disrupted Oklahoma’s efforts to shore up college football’s most porous secondary,...

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, featuring clips from Sooners CB Tre Norwood and defensive coordinator...

Interviews from Oklahoma’s 2019 Media Day on Saturday: Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch: WR CeeDee Lamb: LB Kenneth...

After OU Media Day today, I recorded my first official podcast for The Franchise. Not sure what...

Here’s my video recap for Thursday’s Franchise Drive:

The Big 12 is Oklahoma’s to lose until someone takes it from the Sooners, isn’t it? Oklahoma...

A monumental task has been laid at the feet of Alex Grinch. The new defensive coordinator inherits...

With Saturday wind chills expected to dip into the upper 30s and the possibility of rain, University...

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley addressed a number of compelling issues Wednesday during a press conference...

After two years in the College Football Playoff, two Big 12 Conference championships and two Heisman winners...

New Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch isn’t exactly a stats geek. But he will, from time to...

Lincoln Riley introduces Alex Grinch   Meet new CBs coach Roy Manning   Meet new inside LBs...

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley clearly has placed his trust in new defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. That’s evident...

Oklahoma made it official just before 7 o’clock on Friday night: Alex Grinch will be the Sooners’...

Lincoln Riley has found his man. According to college football insider Bruce Feldman, Riley has hired Ohio...