All posts tagged "Bob Stoops"

NORMAN — Just hours before the biggest job interview of his life, Kyler Murray attended a baseball...

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

Lincoln Riley professed his love for Oklahoma throughout the fall. Oklahoma returned the sentiment on Tuesday. OU...

MIAMI, Florida — Let’s just start with the obvious: Lincoln Riley’s mind operates on a different level...

NEW YORK — Lincoln Riley needed a quarterback, and he had plenty to choose from. It was...

NEW YORK — Kyler Murray is, well, curious. Can Oklahoma’s dynamic quarterback play professional baseball … and...

Based on this week’s Ask Hoover queries, the Oklahoma fan base seems to have begun the process...

NORMAN — Is this Oklahoma defense is the worst in school history? The sad truth is there’s...

Time again for Ask Hoover, the weekly blog where I answer your college football questions and whatever...

NORMAN — Look, nobody is saying Oklahoma doesn’t own Oklahoma State. History shows us again and again...

It’s safe to say Oklahoma has dominated the Bedlam series. The Sooners own an 87-18-7 record against...

NORMAN — Oklahoma’s game at Texas Tech this week is a homecoming for Lincoln Riley. Riley makes...

With Mike Stoops’ firing and the Sooners on an open date this week, it really feels like...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley stood on the turf in the Everest Training Center, surrounded by some 30...

NORMAN — Oklahoma made it official on Monday, announcing Mike Stoops’ “dismissal” and defensive tackle coach Ruffin...

Oklahoma vs. Texas is, quite simply, college football’s greatest rivalry. The combatants are both all-time blue-bloods (one...

NORMAN — Before he was able to even drive himself to practice, Kyler Murray could flat-out throw...

Time to unveil this week’s “Ask Hoover” blog, where I answer your college football questions and a...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly blog where I answer your college football questions, or just...

Mason Fine had one job as he watched the most exciting play of the college football season unfold. As Keegan Brewer...

Time again for Ask Hoover, my weekly blog where I answer your college football questions. On tonight’s...

Time for the debut of “Ask Hoover,” where I answer your college football questions. It’s like a...

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Which Big 12 Conference football coach best embodies “toughness?” Is it defensive-minded Gary Patterson? Mensa-smart...

FRISCO, Texas — You can wring your hands over Lincoln Riley’s quarterback competition. You can jump up...

The more things change, the more the Big 12 Conference stays the same. Oklahoma owns three consecutive...

TULSA — Exactly one year ago today, we media scurried around Bob Stoops at the OU-Tulsa Schusterman...

Troubling news out of Dallas today. As Roy Williams was inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of...

When Roy Williams was a junior at James Logan High School in Union City, Calif., one page...

NORMAN — Cursed with an unrelenting wind and chilly temperatures, the day began with a few speeches...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Bob Stoops hasn’t been one to talk much about statues. Not his own, anyway....

Mark Andrews came to Oklahoma to be a wide receiver. But he will be going the NFL...

Oklahoma will host FCS opponent Missouri State in the 2020 season opener, according to FBSchedules.com. Playing a...

A little song, apologies to Billy Joel. Baker Mayfield, Grant Jerami, Billy Donovan at the Peake Lincoln,...

The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department has announced several details surrounding the April 14 spring football game,...

It doesn’t seem like it, but Wednesday was Lincoln Riley’s first traditional National Signing Day. That’s not...

Four times, college football has staged a playoff. And twice, Oklahoma was invited. The Sooners’ trophy case...

Lincoln Riley continues to stamp his own image on the Oklahoma Sooners. Jerry Schmidt, Bob Stoops’ most...

College football’s national championship is on the line tonight, and elite defense will be on display. Georgia...

NORMAN — When he was an assistant coach at Texas Tech, or even when he was offensive...

Bob Stoops joined Sam and Colby at Fields and Future Bow Tie Ball.

NEW YORK — On Sunday night, 24 hours after winning the 83rd Heisman Memorial Trophy, Oklahoma quarterback...

Watch the press conference with Baker Mayfield and Lincoln Riley after Mayfield became the Sooners’ sixth Heisman...

NEW YORK — Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma’s brash, bold and brilliant quarterback, has completed an impossible journey that...

NEW YORK — Every year at this time, I write a column explaining my vote for the...

NEW YORK — Billy Sims says he already has his speech written for Saturday night when Baker...

NORMAN — Oklahoma got just the matchup it wanted in the College Football Playoff: the big, bad...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Baker Mayfield slipped on yet another Big 12 championship T-shirt and let out a...

ARLINGTON, Texas — One at Boone Pickens Stadium. One at Owen Field. And now one at Jerry...

NORMAN — Bob Stoops used to say everyone seemed in an awful hurry to get to the...

Is Baker Mayfield the greatest quarterback in the history of Oklahoma football? As the No. 8 Sooners...

NORMAN — Oklahoma turned the defensive dogs loose on Texas Tech on Saturday night, and on Monday...

NORMAN — As Texas Tech comes to town for a prime time Saturday night game against No....

NORMAN — Whether he’s on the friendly confines of Owen Field, a neutral madhouse like the Cotton...

NORMAN — It’s always nice to start fast, but maybe the most dubious hallmark of any team...

DALLAS — While Baker Mayfield strutted around the Cotton Bowl, posing for selfies and doffing the Golden...

  NORMAN, Okla. — Iowa State planted the Iowa state flag on the big “OU” logo in the center of...

Lincoln Riley’s contract details were released on Tuesday, and the University of Oklahoma is all-in on paying...

Multiple Twitter reports Tuesday night indicated that University of Oklahoma president David Boren will announce his retirement...

NORMAN — They weren’t kidding about Sooner Squad 17. Every year on college football teams across America,...

Some news, an apology and an untucked shirt. Take-aways from Monday’s press conference: 1. Andrews will be...

NORMAN — So Lincoln Riley doesn’t have record-setting running backs and award-winning receivers to move the football...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lincoln Riley flitted around, almost like the late Jim Valvano, desperate for someone to...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson was asked this week how he thinks he...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — “Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!” A man stands from his chair, wobbling a little as...

Rape survivor and sexual assault activist Brenda Tracy was in studio with Lauren Rew & John Hoover...

NORMAN — The greatest superlative of Bob Stoops’ illustrious career at the University of Oklahoma is that...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley clearly remembers one major hangup from his two seasons as Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator....

NORMAN — Oklahoma’s new coach tried to deflect any hubbub about the start of the Lincoln Riley...

NORMAN — Oklahoma football fans got a lot of questions answered on Saturday. But with No. 2-ranked...

Overrated or Underrated: National Perception of In-State Coaches Sam Mayes from the mMm Ranch will be doing...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley stepped off the elevator at the third floor of the Stadium Club on...

The Texas QB boom, getting a grip and Bob Stoops looks back. Which was the real upshot of the fight. McGregor gets to say he was standing when the fight ended. Mayweather runs his record to 50-0 and retires with one last payday. Boxing proves it can still produce big fights. The best way to watch the...

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the two weeks leading up to the 2017 college football season, Franchise columnist and...

FRISCO, Texas — Big 12 Media Day is being staged this year at The Star, Jerry Jones’...

FRISCO, Texas — Bob Bowlsby was more than 17 minutes into his opening statement on Monday morning...

Former Sooner linebacker Torrance Marshall (1999-2000) joined the G-Men. You can hear Erik Gee, Anthony Fogle, and...

The start of the Lincoln Riley era keeps getting better and better for Lincoln Riley. The University...

When Bob Stoops retired last week, he left behind two big things. One was a huge chasm...

The Lincoln Riley Era is rolling along, fast as heck but under control, like two wild ponies...

The Oklahoma Sooners are in better shape today than they were exactly one week ago — the...

Lincoln Riley just sent a message to Tom Herman: No trespassing. The Texas football coach on Monday...

In case you were living under a rock, Bob Stoops shocked Oklahoma and the entire country last...

Bob Stoops tenure at OU has always had a tie with one of his mentors, Bill Snyder...

Bob Stoops stunned the college football world when he abruptly announced his retirement on Wednesday. Former Sooners...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley’s understated demeanor belies his intense competitive streak. His humble upbringing in Muleshoe, Texas,...

NORMAN — Oklahoma linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo was so disappointed on Wednesday to learn that Bob Stoops was...

NORMAN — We may always wonder why. Why today? Why Wednesday? Why June 7, 2017? Why did...

Bob Stoops announces his retirement Lincoln Riley introduced as 22nd Oklahoma head coach

There were cookies and brownies and a synthetic podium setup within the club level inside Oklahoma’s Memorial...

A couple years ago, an anonymous poll was released that showed that Bob Stoops was the one...

Oklahoma president David Boren’s statement today during the Bob Stoops retirement press conference: “Well indeed it has...

One of the many memories during the Bob Stoops’ Era at Gaylord-Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was when...

According to a report in The Oklahoman, University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops will shock the...

According to The Oklahoman, Bob Stoops will be stepping down as head coach after 18 years at the helm of Oklahoma football. According to Berry Tramel, a source said offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley will replace Stoops as head coach. Apparently, Stoops will remain with Oklahoma “in some capacity.” “Bob got to do it...

TULSA — The prevailing notion is that for the Big 12 Conference to be good again, Texas...

College football news today — and who couldn’t use a little college football news in May? Oklahoma’s...

Oklahoma has gotten serious about Lincoln Riley. Real serious. The OU Board of Regents on Thursday announced...

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops “felt good about” the final week of spring practice following the...

NORMAN — Nothing wrong with Oklahoma’s 2017 roster that a spring scrimmage won’t fix. All the weeping...

NORMAN — Maybe we’ve begun to just take it for granted, the Oklahoma Sooners opening spring practice...

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The dilemma facing Bob Stoops on what to do about Baker Mayfield is no dilemma at all....

Bob Stoops full National Signing Day Press Conference podcast.

Austin Seibert wasn’t himself last season. In his first season in Norman, Seibert was fairly reliable, knocking...

After a 38-19 victory over Auburn in the Sugar Bowl Bob Stoops joined Dylan and Todd

The competition, obviously, wasn’t the same, but the Sugar Bowl performance by the Sooners on Monday night...

NEW ORLEANS — Bob Stoops spoke. Joe Mixon spoke. But University of Oklahoma president David Boren has...

NEW ORLEANS — As the confetti rained down, the Oklahoma Sooners bounced and roiled, chanting, waving, a...

NEW ORLEANS — As the college football season spun out of control for Oklahoma in 2014, Bob...

In a few days the Oklahoma Sooners will be playing the Auburn Tiger’s in the Sugar Bowl....

After 872 days, Joe Mixon on Friday finally broke his silence. During a 27-minute press conference at...

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Was it the passage of time that sharpened Bob Stoops’ sensibilities? Or was it the sea of...

There are so many intangibles for every bowl game. Aside from the playoff games, and perhaps a...

It’s been more than a quarter century since Oklahoma football has suffered like this from its own...

The Joe Mixon video is out. And it was Joe Mixon who released it. According to The...

NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma was at the leading edge of college athletics when it instituted...

On Tuesday, Big 12 Conference officials released the 2017 college football schedule. The biggest change from the...

NORMAN — Bob Stoops was quite a bit more forthcoming Tuesday than most expected. It was widely anticipated that Stoops would clam up during his pre-Sugar Bowl press conference whenever he got his first question about Sunday’s report in the Tulsa World regarding wide receiver Dede Westbrook’s two domestic violence arrests in...

The Sugar Bowl Press Conference minus the Dede Westbrook questions.

Following recently discovered events in Dede Westbrook’s history before coming to OU, Bob Stoops fields questions from...

TULSA — Barry Switzer remembers how Oklahoma’s famed 1972 freshman class and other Sooners always wanted to...

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So, it’s another Crimson and Cream party on Bourbon Street. A national championship? No. A College Football...

   As the rain came down in Norman on Saturday, the Big 12 title came down to...

NORMAN — Eleven weeks have passed since Baker Mayfield stood in Oklahoma’s makeshift interview room and swore...

Former Sooners defensive lineman Kory Klein joined Further Review on Friday to talk Bedlam, winning national championships,...

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NORMAN — Bob Stoops isn’t exactly one to run from a fight. Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio,...

Now we know. Joe Mixon is sorry. And with that, Oklahoma’s mercurial phenom can put this whole...

For the second year in a row, Bedlam will serve as a de facto Big 12 Championship...

NORMAN — Texas can’t help being Texas. Whether it’s stumbling over the exit of UT icons like...

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As the forecast called for snow to fall upon the field in Morgantown yesterday, the Oklahoma Sooners...

Some say it may rain, or snow or be really windy this Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., Some...