All posts tagged "Lincoln Riley"

NORMAN — So, how to lose to your rival and fire a Stoops and pick up the...

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

So you would think fans of the 5-1 team are feeling pretty peachy keen these days, while...

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

Multiple reports out of Norman Sunday night indicate a new direction for the Oklahoma defense. OU reportedly...

DALLAS — Asked about his defensive game plan going into Saturday’s showdown with Texas, and asked he...

DALLAS – The Oklahoma football team had no chance to beat Texas at the beginning of the...

DALLAS — Time for Ask Hoover, where I answer your college football questions … and a lot...

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...

Mike Gundy is the 10th-highest paid college football coach, according to a USA Today database that updated...

NORMAN – Kyler Murray wasn’t expected to duplicate Baker Mayfield’s numbers this easily. The redshirt junior quarterback...

NORMAN, Okla. - Only last year, Oklahoma's quarterback led the Sooners to the College Football Playoff and...

NORMAN — Cotton Bowl Stadium will become a pressure cooker on Saturday morning. So which team handles...

NORMAN — Hey, maybe Kyler Murray needed the extra sleep. It certainly didn’t hurt. Oklahoma’s dynamic quarterback...

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

Oklahoma will wear its alternate “Rough Rider” uniforms Saturday when the Sooners host Baylor (2:30 p.m., ABC). “We're...

NORMAN — One of the things the Oklahoma defense prides itself on is being multi-faceted, being able...

NORMAN — Army found the formula to stop Kyler Murray and the Oklahoma offense: just don’t let...

NORMAN — The fifth ranked Oklahoma Sooners prevailed in overtime against the United States Military Academy at...

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...

NORMAN — More missed tackles against Iowa State have certainly caught Lincoln Riley’s attention. The same thing...

“That’s the big, kind of glaring disappointment from today,” OU coach Lincoln Riley said after the Sooners...

Kyler Murray’s first road start said all that needed to be said about the 21-year old north...

AMES, Iowa – There hasn’t been much drop off at quarterback play after replacing a Heisman Trophy...

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

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NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley likens star running back Rodney Anderson’s absence for the remainder of...

The University of Oklahoma, along with head coach Lincoln Riley confirmed that running back Rodney Anderson will...

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma won on Saturday — won big, actually, 49-21 over UCLA — but it...

NORMAN — Chip Kelly isn’t exactly eager to face Kyler Murray this week. “I’d hate to get...

NORMAN — Just four days ago, Oklahoma’s non-conference schedule looked pretty stout. Amazing how perceptions can change...

Basking in the season-opening victory over Florida Atlantic wasn’t on No. 7 Oklahoma’s agenda on Monday. It’s always been...

The Sooners spoke to the media on Monday following OU’s 63-14 win over the Florida Atlantic Owls...

Yesterday’s dominant win over the Florida Atlantic Owls showcased just how much talent remains at Oklahoma in...

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Monday he would wait to release a depth chart because of so...

NORMAN, Okla. — It feels odd to take a stance after one college football game, especially when...

Tomorrow kicks off the Oklahoma Sooners’ 2018 football season. How will head coach Lincoln Riley replace one...

By now, even a full day before the Sooners take the field for their season-opener against Florida...

The Tampa Bay Times’ Matt Baker ranked college football’s top offensive masterminds and placed Riley all the...

NORMAN — Standing at home plate with runners on base, down by a run — and striking...

The wait is over. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley put an end to the quarterback competition on Wednesday...

This wasn’t gamesmanship. This was just more savvy by Oklahoma’s precocious CEO coach. Lincoln Riley finally named...

        NORMAN, Okla. — Kyler Murray is a starting quarterback again. The fourth-year junior...

After practice on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley met with the media and discussed...

Oklahoma’s ranking in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll is no cause for alarm. Neither is...

OU Head Coach Lincoln Riley addressed the media following Wednesday morning’s practice where he discussed the starting...

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said on Wednesday that he still has no definitive timeline for...

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Kyler Murray, Lincoln Riley and Mike Stoops all are household names to a certain extent — for...

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NORMAN — We’ve all seen the statistics: using the College Football Playoff’s small sample size, no team...

NORMAN — When Kerry Cooks arrived at Oklahoma before the 2015 season, the defensive backs coach thought...

NORMAN — When pressed last year, over and over, about who could possibly replace the productivity of...

NORMAN — Throughout the second half of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day and a week...

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

FRISCO, Texas – Oklahoma won another Big 12 title and made it to the College Football Playoff...

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

Bob Stoops knows a little about how Lincoln Riley thinks after working with him for a couple...

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Head coach of the Sooners Lincoln Riley joins The Franchise Players to talk pay raise, the upcoming...

Finding a replacement for Bob Stoops was never difficult for Oklahoma. Stoops abruptly stepped down from his post...

It stands to reason that Lincoln Riley should make more money than his quarterback. But that was...

Kyler Murray reportedly will spend only one more season with Oklahoma’s football team before starting his professional...

The ninth pick in the 2018 MLB draft Kyler Murray has signed his rookie contract with the...

Two days ago Oklahoma Sooner outfielder and probable starting quarterback Kyler Murray was drafted 9th overall by...

Takeaways from the latest storylines in college sports. Action: The Oakland A's surprise the baseball and college football...

It’s decision time for Kyler Murray. The two-sport star is widely projected to start at quarterback for...

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

Oklahoma Sooner fans breathed a sigh of relief with last week’s AP Top 25 Football Podcast where Lincoln...

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of our Oklahoma DieHards morning roundup, where we take you through all...

Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley has been named one of the top 25 coaches among those in...

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

“A president doesn’t do that.” Boren’s persistence and vision helped Castiglione make the decision to take the...

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Edwin Mulitalo walked across the stage and sidled up to the podium, he...

After six 2019 recruits committed to Oklahoma (eight total) since Friday, the Sooners came out on top...

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More than 52,000 people were at the Oklahoma Spring Game yesterday, and by all accounts, it probably...

"There was some challenging weather today as we know, but that's springtime in Oklahoma," Riley said after...

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

Class of 2019 safety, Jamal Morris, announced his verbal commitment to Oklahoma Friday afternoon, the third commitment...

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

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

Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley had never met Bob Diaco until the days leading up to hiring...

Lincoln Riley: Kyler Murray: Marquise Brown: Jonathan Alvarez:          

Oklahoma won its third consecutive Big 12 title, returned to the College Football Playoff for the second...

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

Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley met with the media for the first time since the new...

updated Jan. 24, 2018 Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma made the hiring of Shane Beamer as their 10th...

The Oklahoma running back room got a little thinner on Monday. Abdul Adams, a sophomore who opened...

Updated Jan. 16, 2018 The University of Oklahoma has made the hiring of new director of sports...

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...

Lincoln Riley Hosts One Of The Most Impactful Recruiting Weekends In Oklahoma History Updated on Jan. 6,...

We’re three days into the new year, which means our resolutions for 2018 have already been broken....

PASADENA, Calif. — Long after the last piece of Georgia’s championship confetti had settled into the Rose...

LOS ANGELES — If this Oklahoma football team is going to do something its record-setting predecessors could...

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley met the press on Saturday during Rose Bowl Media Day:

LOS ANGELES — In typical Baker Mayfield fashion, the Oklahoma quarterback staged a furious comeback on Saturday....

PASADENA, Calif. — Oklahoma goes into the New Year with a resolution singularly focused on one thing:...

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

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

NEW YORK — Only a half-day after he became a college football immortal and ascended to Olympus,...

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

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...

NORMAN — The Oklahoma Sooners are going back to the College Football Playoff, and they’re California-bound. This...

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...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Baker Mayfield threw for 243 yards and four touchdowns and the No. 3-ranked Oklahoma...

NORMAN — TCU coach Gary Patterson is a veteran of 18 college football campaigns. His track record...

Lincoln Riley, Baker Mayfield, and Orlando Brown met with the media on Monday prior to playing in...

NORMAN — So, now that it’s here, now that the Big 12 Championship Game has returned, the...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to playing in...

NORMAN — It was Senior Day at Memorial Stadium, but really, it was Baker Mayfield Day. For...

NORMAN — Today, we saw Lincoln Riley cry. We’ve seen it before. He did it when he...

NORMAN — The list is almost laughable. Here’s a top quarterback recruit who never played a down...

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

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to traveling to...

NORMAN — This odd phenomenon of good players going bad — rather, talented cornerbacks suddenly unable to...

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma all but stamped its reservation to the Big 12 Conference championship game with...

NORMAN — Everyone wants to crown Oklahoma into the College Football Playoff, just like they want to...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to traveling to...

The 2017 Heisman Trophy just might be Baker Mayfield’s to lose. In this week’s Franchise Heisman Watch,...

STILLWATER, Okla. — Whether sprinting down the sidelines or jumping into the seats or taking a victory...

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

The rankings don’t matter. It’s worth repeating. The weekly rankings by sportswriters and by coaches in their...

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

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to Bedlam this...

NORMAN — Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops looked at the scoreboard: 20 points. He glanced at the...

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...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to hosting Texas...

NORMAN — It’s surely confounding the Oklahoma coaching staff that players, particularly on defense, slogged through the...

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

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Highlighted On Midseason All-American Teams Associated Press released their mid-season All American Teams...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to traveling to...

DALLAS — Sooner Nation will always wonder: what the heck happened against Iowa State? After Oklahoma’s performance...

OVERRATED OR UNDERRATED: OU-TEXAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF BIG 12 MOVING DAY Sam Mayes from the mMm Ranch...

Tom Herman once wondered why his Texas Longhorns “can’t get out of our own way.” “If we...

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NORMAN — The honeymoon is over for Lincoln Riley. Oklahoma’s new coach suffered his first defeat on...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to playing in...

An Iowa State player planted a flag at midfield at Memorial Stadium and no one blamed him...

NORMAN — Mike Stoops on Saturday was as down in the dumps as we’ve ever seen him....

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

By pretty much all accounts the Oklahoma football team is having a great season. Unbeaten and 4-0...

NORMAN — The question was asked during the preseason, would it be more likely that Oklahoma has...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to hosting Iowa...

NORMAN — 43.9 points per game. 554.8 total yards per game. Those numbers made the 2016 Oklahoma...

Some Oklahoma fans hate Texas. Others despise Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State fans are no different. Some can’t...

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

NORMAN — Confirmed. That’s the operative word that got Oklahoma wide receiver CeeDee Lamb kicked out of...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to going to...

NORMAN — There was the flea-flicker that was way underthrown. There was the overthrow down the right...

Sooners Return Home After Monumental Win In Columbus WHO: Tulane Green Wave (1-1) WHEN: Saturday, September 16th...

Two games into his career and Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley hasn’t lost. Riley, who won the summer...

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

Sooners’ Fans Get Last Laugh At Ohio State Soon after Baker Mayfield planted the Oklahoma flag inside...

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

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his regular game week press conference prior to hosting Tulane...

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mistakes in the first half didn’t hurt the Oklahoma Sooners in their quest to...

OVERRATED OR UNDERRATED: OKLAHOMA AND OHIO STATE Sam Mayes from the mMm Ranch will be doing his...

Oklahoma Sooners Football Recruiting: 2019 four-star wide receiver Trejan Bridges commits to Oklahoma. Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma...

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

NORMAN — College football needs a Texas A&M-UCLA every once in a while, if only to just...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for his normal game week press conference prior to traveling to...

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...

(1). You haven’t missed this column at all. I understand. But here we are again heading into...

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

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

There’s a first for everything when you’re Lincoln Riley heading into season 1 at Oklahoma. First season,...

Lincoln Riley met with the media for the first time for a game week as the head...

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

Lincoln Riley joined Sam and Colby to talk position battles, getting ready for the season and the...

Oklahoma’s Running Back Battle Continues When a player walks down the newly made wall of current Sooners...

NORMAN — Hanging on a wall at an unseen junction of sparkling newness and ancient glory is...

Head Coach Lincoln Riley, offensive tackle Orlando Brown, receiver Jeff Mead and quarterback Baker Mayfield spoke to...

Lincoln Riley Baker Mayfield Mike Stoops Jordan Thomas Jeff Badet’s interesting story on getting to OU Jeff...

NORMAN — There is a prevailing thought out there that it really doesn’t matter who Baker Mayfield...

Update 2:10 PM  Lincoln Riley confirmed that Nick Basquine has suffered an achilles injury and will be out...

Lincoln Riley announced that freshman quarterback Chris Robison was dismissed from the team for violation of team...

Oklahoma football: Sooners may be getting more alternate uniforms. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley hinted at the possibility of...

Oklahoma Begins 2017 Season With First Practice Lincoln Riley entered the newly renovated Gaylord-Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium...

The infamous eye emojis from Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley returned late Saturday afternoon, as the Sooners earned...

Seems like there a lot of questions, and not too many answers this summer as far as...

This past week, Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley and Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy took their respective tours...

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

Sam, Colby, and John Hoover check in throughout the day for Big 12 Media Days Vlog #1...

Dylan Buckingham and Colby Daniels ask Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Lincoln Riley about the upcoming year.

FRISCO, TEXAS — The biggest storyline concerning Oklahoma football heading into Monday's go-round at Big 12 Media...

It’s only been three weeks since Lincoln Riley took over as Oklahoma’s head football coach. Three weeks...

It took all of 17 days for Lincoln Riley to make a splash in the college football world....

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

We are only in day twelve of the Lincoln Riley Era, and Riley came out swinging in the...

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

New Oklahoma Football head coach Lincoln Riley has hired Ruffin McNeill as an assistant coach, who is moving...

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...

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

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

Brey Walker, Patrick Fields, Jordan Kelley say they're sticking with OU. In-state commits. There are so many issues to...

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

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

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

Well, Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator is making more than a million a year for at least the next...

Russell Westbrook is staying and Lincoln Riley isn’t going anywhere, either. OK, sure. Seems to be that...

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...

Author: Bob Przybylo / Source: Scout.com Bob Przybylo/Scout The OU 17-for-2017 countdown continues with a look at the backup...

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

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Oklahoma football: A look at the Sooners' quarterback position. IAN MAULE/Tulsa World As Oklahoma prepares for the 2017 season, let’s take time to look back at last year’s 11-2 campaign and look ahead to expectations at different position groups. Mayfield completed a school-record 70.9 percent of his passes and ended with 40 touchdown passes. His...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s a fair question to ask, an impossible question to answer, but a fun...

NEW ORLEANS — Baker Mayfield recalls his experience getting to know Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson during...

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

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Sooners believe short break won’t affect their precision. In basketball, coaches call timeouts to try to end one of those. With the kind of game we have coming up, it’s not hard to get their attention right now.” One of the more interesting aspects of the 111th edition of the Bedlam rivalry is the...

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