All posts tagged "College Football Playoff"

By John Hoover   When Ronnie Perkins was a freshman at Oklahoma, the Sooner defensive front was...

The number of former Sooner players on the current Oklahoma coaching staff grew again this offseason. In...

From the moment he entered the transfer portal, former Tennessee running back Eric Gray knew Oklahoma was the right...

Bill Bedenbaugh hasn’t had to think much about the center position the past three seasons. Creed Humphrey has been...

After opting out of the 2020 college football season, running back Kennedy Brooks is back with the team...

Last season, the Oklahoma Sooners defensive line took the college football world by storm. Even before Ronnie Perkins was...

A kickoff time has officially been set for the 2021 Spring Game. Proceedings will begin at 4...

Tre Brown’s decision to forego the Cotton Bowl and enter the NFL draft presents a golden opportunity...

Last season, a story-book turnaround ended in disastrous fashion on one of the biggest stages in college...

NORMAN- The next generation of Oklahoma Sooners officially signed their letters of intent to join the program...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners are in an awkward position this week. With their win against the Baylor...

NORMAN- Today Lincoln Riley dropped another tidbit to add to the list of “things only happening because...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners are preparing to host their in-state rivals for the first time under the...

NORMAN- Fresh off their 62-28 rout of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the Oklahoma Sooners (4-2, 3-2)...

NORMAN- With ice blanketing the Oklahoma City metro, Lincoln Riley gave an abridged press conference previewing the...

NORMAN- Fresh off a bye week, the Oklahoma Sooners look to build on their win against the...

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

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners enter their second bye week of the season with a big win against...

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...

NORMAN- Amidst the first string of consecutive regular season losses since 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners are searching...

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

NORMAN- Lost in the collapse against Kansas State on Saturday, the Oklahoma Sooners played a lot of...

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

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners will open conference play tomorrow. Amidst reports the Kansas State Wildcats could fall...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners’ season opener was touch and go, but the Big 12’s partnership to provide...

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...

STILLWATER- The Cowboys will have to wait another week. Oklahoma State announced its season opener against the...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners will be without another offensive weapon for the 2020 season. Jason Kersey of...

NORMAN- Oklahoma football will move forward this fall with an adjusted schedule.  On the heels of the...

NORMAN- The more things change, the more they stay the same.  For the fifth consecutive season, the...

NORMAN- The Big 12 Conference announced the preseason All-Conference team today. The Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns...

OKLAHOMA CITY- The 2020 college football season will look like nothing we have ever seen before.  With...

NORMAN- Head coach Lincoln Riley spoke to the press for the first time since the Oklahoma Sooners...

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

Just 12 months ago, DeMarco Murray was a college football analyst for Fox Sports. Today he’s an...

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...

It’s early, and yes, this may seem reactionary. But saying — today, at least, given current information...

Lincoln Riley has seemed lukewarm about signing a quarterback in the 2020 class. But it was all...

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

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...

Well, here we go. The College Football Playoff is tomorrow, starting off with the #4 Oklahoma Sooners...

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...

Oklahoma freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler meets the press on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, at Peach Bowl Media...

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 coach Lincoln Riley met the press during a news conference on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. After...

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

With the College Football Playoff now less than 10 days away, the four participating teams are starting...

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 quarterback Joe Burrow won the 85th Heisman Trophy as expected on Saturday night during the annual...

Jalen Hurts’ journey this week to New York as Oklahoma’s latest Heisman Trophy finalist has been quite...

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...

NORMAN — The College Football Playoff selection committee had one last opportunity to show that these non-ultimate...

NORMAN — It was soon after the Orange Bowl, soon after Alabama hung 45 points and 528...

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 — Just over halfway through a 20-minute interview on Monday night, Grant Calcaterra’s brave face and...

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...

As part of the celebration of the 150th year of college football, Sporting News today published its...

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

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

The Oklahoma Sooners just barely escaped against the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday as Parnell Motley intercepted...

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....

NORMAN — The lack of handoffs this season was probably going to catch up to Lincoln Riley...

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Oklahoma’s College Football Playoff chances should they drop a game...

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...

The Big 12 Conference announced 2020 football schedules for its members on Tuesday. Oklahoma opens Sept. 5...

NORMAN — The biggest wreck on Owen Field on a perfect fall Saturday wasn’t the Sooner Schooner....

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 seems like Jalen Hurts was born to withstand the heat of high-stakes college football....

AUSTIN, Texas — Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte has helped breathe new life into the University...

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 — You think Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Hall is versatile now? You should have seen him when he...

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...

STILLWATER — Through three games, Mike Gundy sees something markedly different in Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger. “I...

Gary Patterson certainly has heard the criticisms of the Big 12 Conference. “Everybody keeps talking about us...

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....

Mike Gundy gets a lot of credit for redefining what Oklahoma State football looks like, and rightfully...

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...

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

NORMAN — Freshman are just not what they used to be. In contemporary college football, youth matters...

I spoke with Bill Bedenbaugh, CeeDee Lamb and Jalen Hurts last night, and then, just four days...

Oklahoma released its depth chart for Sunday’s game against Houston today, and there were a few surprises....

NORMAN — Jalen Hurts accomplished an awful lot in his three years at Alabama. He quarterbacked the...

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock joined the Franchise Drive tonight, and talked about college football’s...

On tonight’s Franchise Drive recap, we hear some meaningful stuff from Lincoln Riley, dig deep on Andrew...

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...

Watch Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh talk Sooners o-line play:

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, including an appearance from Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley:

Lincoln Riley met with the media on Friday after practice. Watch the full video here:

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive on 107.7 The Franchise in OKC, 107.9 The Franchise Tulsa:...

  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...

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, featuring clips with Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma State...

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

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, featuring a clip from Oklahoma LB Kenneth Murray

NORMAN — Jalen Hurts is on the clock. There’s an urgency now, five months left in his...

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...

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

UCF extended their nation leading win streak to 25 games last season before falling to LSU in...

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

Matt Campbell has earned the respect of the college football world, as evidenced by his Iowa State...

The Michigan State Spartans look primed for a bounce back season, and take the 20th spot in...

Joe Moorhead’s Mississippi State Bulldogs clock in at number 21 in the Franchise Top 25 Countdown. In...

The Stanford Cardinal make an appearance at number 23 in the Franchise Top 25 Countdown. There will...

After a surprise run to the Big 10 title game last season, the Northwestern Wildcats start off...

By now, everyone knows Lincoln Riley as the architect of the most explosive offense in college football....

Cleveland Browns quarterback and 2017 Sooners Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield held his first pro camp at...

The future of college football got a little bit better on Monday morning. Oklahoma and Georgia announced...

Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim acknowledged Thursday night that he had grown tired of watching a...

Kliff Kingsbury finally got his man. The Arizona Cardinals’ new head coach has been chasing Kyler Murray...

NORMAN — Jalen Hurts is Oklahoma’s starting quarterback. Exhibit A is his body of work at the...

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

Kyler Murray finally answered a few questions on Thursday. Well, not really. But he showed up to...

Those who know — the ones who really know, like Deion Sanders, or Bo Jackson — advised...

Oklahoma has new quarterback. Alabama’s Jalen Hurts, a two-year starter for the Crimson Tide, announced on The...

Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts reportedly visited Oklahoma over the weekend, and of course, Sooner Nation took to...

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