All posts tagged "Oklahoma Sooners"

WACO- Searching for their first win against a top ranked team on the road, the Oklahoma Sooners pushed...

You have to figure Joe Burrow made himself about $35 million when he transferred from Ohio State to LSU. Now, certainly at the time, Burrow didn’t know what the end result would be, or that it would lead to one of the most-prolific seasons in Tiger history and that he would not...

Some in Sooner Nation might be feeling a panic attack coming on. But the advice here is...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners rode an offensive explosion to victory against the TCU Horned Frogs. Four days...

NORMAN- The Kansas Jayhawks spoiled Top Daug’s homecoming to the Lloyd Noble Center, handing the Oklahoma Sooners...

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

AUSTIN- A full-team effort powered the Oklahoma Sooners to their first in win at the Texas Longhorns since...

NORMAN- It wasn’t always pretty.  In fact, for most of the game, it was ugly. But down...

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...

Nearly a week has passed since the College Football Playoff which saw the LSU Tigers absolutely dismantle...

NORMAN- In the absence of their leading scorer, the Oklahoma Sooners played their most complete game of...

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...

NORMAN- After a month on the road, the Oklahoma Sooners finally hosted an opponent from the Lloyd...

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

Brayden Conover and Patrick Talbot discuss the MLB Hot Stove and trade rumors. Follow Brayden & Patrick...

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

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...

Everyone who watches sports is an expert. Maybe some of us played. Maybe some of us didn’t,...

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

WICHITA- No King or Queen was crowned, but there was a homecoming in Wichita. Austin Reaves returned...

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...

While Rickey Dixon sat a mile away in Barry Switzer’s home back on Sept. 1, Dixon’s family...

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....

It’s not a sign of weakness to say Utah is a good football team. It’s not a...

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

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...

I don’t want to be in Seacaucus, N.J., watching NBA replays and I don’t want to be...

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....

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

A night after suffering their first defeat of the season, the Oklahoma Sooners proved they can bounce...

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...

The Oklahoma Sooners suffered their first loss of the season, getting handled by the Stanford Cardinal 73-54...

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...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners withstood a three-point barrage to power past the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks. In...

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

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

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...

NORMAN- The Oklahoma Sooners overcame their toughest test of the season to remain unbeaten. The Sooners overcame...

We knew heading into the weekend of college football the Playoff committee liked the Big 12, but...

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...

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...