All posts tagged "Oklahoma Sooners"

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...

The Oklahoma Sooners won their second straight neutral-site game, topping the Oregon State Beavers 77-69.  Oklahoma broke...

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...

It feels like months since Oklahoma took their upset loss at the hands of the Kansas State...

NORMAN- A pair of highly touted newcomers lived up to their billing in Oklahoma’s season opener against...

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...

A bevy of new faces took the court for the first time under head coach Lon Kruger,...

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

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 — 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...

Turns out Baylor is probably better than we thought, Oklahoma State isn’t quite as good as we...

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...

You’ve never been to the Oklahoma-Texas football game, or perhaps you have. There are certain things everyone...

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...

          Rankings are done by souly Chisholm Holland. Send all complaints directly to...

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...

Clemson is in trouble, and that’s a real good thing for Oklahoma, or else we might be...

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 world grew dim on Thursday, Sept. 26, as the news that Tom Collins, a lifelong Sooner...

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...

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...

NORMAN — Former Oklahoma Sooner great Keith Jackson is eligible for the Pro Football Hall Of Fame....

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

The score was 31-13 with just over three minutes left in last year’s College Football Playoff Semi-Final...

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

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

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

NORMAN — Survey the landscape of the National Football League’s opening weekend and Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley’s...

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

Week 1 is in the books with the Oklahoma Sooners defeating the Houston Cougars 49-31 on Sunday...

  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...

In honor of the upcoming game against Houston on Sunday. Let us revisit the first time the...

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...

Ladies and gentlemen, we made it. College football has returned, and the Oklahoma Sooners will finally begin...

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...

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley has announced that Alabama transfer-quarterback Jalen Hurts has been named the starting quarterback. ...

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...

A video tribute to Sooners legend Mike Gaddis, including my all-time Top 10 OU running backs:

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

If Marcus Dupree was “The Best that Never Was,” then Mike Gaddis was “The Best that Was...

My video recap of tonight’s Franchise Drive, including an appearance from Houston coach Dana Holgorsen:

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:

Over the last few seasons, Oklahoma has become synonymous with two things: absolutely electrifying offense and absolutely...

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:

Whats good Fantasy Goons and Gals? It is the best time of year. Football season. Specifically fantasy...

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:

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

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

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

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

ARLINGTON, Texas – Coaching college football can be a zero-sum game: Win, or get fired. Skyrocketing salaries...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Lincoln Riley gets a lot of praise for winning the Big 12 Conference, for...

LAS VEGAS — As I sat at press row near the Oklahoma City Thunder’s bench, I couldn’t...

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

The brief mystery of Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks’ status reportedly has been resolved. On Monday, 247...

Big 12 Media Days is now one week away. Next Monday and Tuesday at AT&T Stadium in...

The Oklahoma Sooners landed four-star defensive back Bryson Washington on Thursday, narrowly beating out their rivals the...

Since the Big 12 adopted the round robin conference schedule, only one team has finished the season...

Only two players have announced their commitments for Oklahoma’s 2021 class, but Lincoln Riley already has found...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The NBA announced Monday that Trae Young finished in second place in the running...

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...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Sooners came into Tuesday night’s matchup against the UCLA Bruins with their...

OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a rough night for the Oklahoma Sooners in Game One of the...

Bob Stoops has his first hall of fame candidates. Quarterback Josh Heupel and defensive back Roy Williams...

After suffering a 1-0 extra-inning walk-off loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in their first game on...

The Alabama Crimson Tide walked off the Oklahoma Sooners in extra innings on Sunday, winning 1-0 to...

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the first ever Bedlam matchup in the Women’s College World Series, the Oklahoma...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma and Oklahoma State fans are in for a treat as the Sooners and...

Oklahoma’s Giselle Juarez recorded 11 strikeouts on Friday’s 3-0 win over Northwestern. With the super regional win,...

OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a tale of the fourth inning as the Oklahoma Sooners’ time in...

The seventh-seed Oklahoma Sooners, 33-21 overall and 0-1 in the Big 12 Championship Tournament, will face the...

The seventh-seed Oklahoma Sooners, 33-21 overall and 11-13 in Big 12 play, will face the second-seed Baylor...

It’s that time of the year where Big 12 baseball teams gather in Oklahoma City with hopes...

The Oklahoma Sooners, 33-21 overall and 11-13 in Big 12 play, won a weekend series against the...

After having their record-setting 41-game win streak snapped, Oklahoma bounced back in the second game of a...

Oklahoma softball’s historic win-streak of 41 games was snapped by Wisconsin on Sunday. The Badgers defeated the...

NORMAN, OKLAHOMA – Patty Gasso and the Sooner Softball team continue to dominate on the field as...

The Oklahoma State Cowboys, 30-17 overall and 12-9 in Big 12 play, won a three-game series against...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Softball opened the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship on May 10 on...

The Cowboys, 28-16 overall and 10-8 in Big 12 play, won the series opener 1-0 against the...

The Sooners, 30-18 overall and 10-6 in Big 12 play, lost the series opener 10-6 against the...

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

The Sooners, 30-15 overall and 8-7 Big 12, won two of three against the Wildcats, 21-24 and...

Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh got a huge raise in January, a $125,000 bump that to...

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...

In a wholly unprecedented and infinitely shrewd move, Oklahoma’s 2019 season opener against Houston has been moved...

The Sooners beat the Wichita State Shockers 9-4 on Tuesday. OU, 28-14 overall, right fielder Brady Harlan...

The Sooners, 27-14 overall, won a three-game weekend series against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 17-20. OU lost...

The Sooners lost 3-2 against the Golden Eagles on Tuesday. OU, 25-13 overall, third baseman Brylie Ware...

The Sooners, 25-12 overall, lost a three-game series against the Baylor Bears, 24-10. OU lost the series...

The Sooners won 10-2 against the Texas Southern Tigers on Tuesday. OU, 24-10 overall, had four players...

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

Sooner Nation is a patient lot. Waiting around for more than a decade to play Alabama is...

The Sooners won the series opener 7-6. OU, 23-10 overall, shortstop Brandon Zaragoza got three hits, including...

The Sooners lost 4-2 because of two RBI singles in the 11th inning. OU, 22-8 overall, third...

The Sooners, 22-7 overall, beat West Virginia 2-1 in the series opener at Monongalia County Ballpark in...

OSU shortstop Max Hewitt helped the Cowboys win 6-5 with a walk-off single with two outs. OSU’s,...

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

The Cowboys, 15-7, started the weekend sweep with a 11-4 win in the series opener. Catcher Bryce...

The Sooners, 21-4 overall, took the series opener 5-1 to start the sweep. First baseman Tyler Hardman...

TULSA — How far has Kelvin Sampson brought basketball at the University of Houston? The Cougars have...

First baseman Tyler Hardman got two hits in the series opener, including his two-run double, for the...

It’s that time of year again, the time when people claim to know about a mid-major team...

The Sooners, 16-4 overall, lost the series opener 11-8 against the Bears, 5-13.  OU catcher Justin Mitchell...

The University of Oklahoma is known for hosting a high level of talent, especially in its football...

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

The Sooners, 14-3 overall, beat the Mavericks, 11-3, at Norman. Designated hitter Diego Muniz’s three-run home run...

The Sooners, 13-3 overall, lost the series opener 8-1 on Friday. Center fielder Brady Harlan drove in...

The Sooners, 11-2 overall, lost 7-2 against the Patriots on Wednesday in Dallas. OU’s offense was limited...

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

The Sooners, 11-1 overall, won the series opener 12-3 against the Lions, 0-4 overall.  Shortstop Brandon Zaragoza...

The Sooners, 7-1 overall, beat the Golden Lions, 1-7, 8-0 in Tuesday’s game at Norman. First baseman...

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

The Sooners beat the San Diego Toreros 6-1 on Friday at Fowler Park in San Diego, California....

Kyler Murray spoke Saturday about finally having a sense of relief. His decision had been made. He...

OU beat the Patriots 4-2 in Norman. Both teams were 3-0 going into Wednesday. Center fielder Milan...

The Oklahoma Sooners (3-0) swept the Cal Poly Mustangs (0-3) during a three-game weekend series. Third baseman...

Kyler Murray appears headed toward a career in professional football. The 84th Heisman Trophy winner and former...

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...

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...

Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray announced his big decision on Monday in a simple, elegant tweet. At...

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

Today’s the day. Monday is the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft, and after...

The drama in the Oklahoma quarterback room just got a lot more dramatic. Eric Baily of the...

Lubbock, TX – The Oklahoma Sooners drop their second Big 12 game of the season to Texas...

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...

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