All posts tagged "Jalen Hurts"

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...

Happy new decade everyone. Forget the gym. Forget the tired, lame excuses for resolutions you’ve heard and...

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...

One quick take and one prediction for today’s game between Oklahoma and LSU .. Here’s the deal:...

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...

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...

The Oklahoma Sooners claimed their fifth consecutive Big 12 crown on Saturday defeating the Baylor Bears for...

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....

The Oklahoma Sooners improved to 11-1 on the season with arguably their most impressive, and complete, performance...

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...

The Oklahoma State Cowboys found themselves in a disappointing position on Saturday night when the Oklahoma Sooners...

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....

Once again, Oklahoma is on the verge of another showing in the College Football playoff and once...

The Oklahoma Sooners survived another scare on Saturday as they bested the TCU Horned Frogs 28-24 in...

Fasten your seatbelts, college football fans. The end of the Big 12 season is here meaning only...

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...

Oklahoma is closer to the College Football Playoff today than it was heading into the weekend. Another...

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...

Oklahoma tight end Grant Calcaterra shocked Sooner Nation on Thursday night when he abruptly announced his retirement...

We all witnessed it, but it still feels like it was some sort of dream or something....

Oklahoma is in some trouble as far as making the College Football Playoff is concerned. You probably...

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...

When Russell Westbrook was with the Oklahoma City Thunder he won and MVP, piled up the triple-doubles...

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...

If you don’t know how to feel about Oklahoma’s most-recent win, think for a second about how...

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...

Saturday was a great game for second-guessers, sportswriters and idiots with Cheetos all over the front of...

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...

Another week has come and gone as the Oklahoma Sooners decimated former OU quarterback Austin Kendall and...

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

As you consider what it would take for Oklahoma to not win easily against West Virginia, and...

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....

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 — Bad news for Oklahoma’s upcoming opponents: Jalen Hurts is evolving as a quarterback. Like some...

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...

Big 12 Conference play starts Saturday, so let’s play around with some predictions.  Here comes 20 of...

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...

The college football season is moving quickly as, amazingly, the Oklahoma Sooners have already played a quarter...

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...

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....

So, let’s get this straight, if a student wants to go the University of Whatever on a...

Week two of the college football season has come and gone and the Oklahoma Sooners sit at...

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....

Jalen Hurts shouldn’t play Saturday against South Dakota. But he will. That’s what happens when the,”But it’s...

  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...

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 — 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...

It’s been about a day since Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley met with the media to discuss the...

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...

Oklahoma Head Coach Lincoln Riley made the announcement Monday afternoon that many had been waiting to hear...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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:

Here’s my video recap of Friday’s Franchise Drive:

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

NORMAN — After he led Oklahoma to an easy touchdown as a first-time Sooners quarterback on Friday...

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

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...

Save for a squib kick here or a field goal attempt there, Lincoln Riley hasn’t made many...

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...