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Expectations were high for the Sooners to repeat as national champions 11 years ago even though Josh Heupel’s graduation had left a vacancy at quarterback. Nate Hybl and Jason White shared duties under center to lead OU to seven straight wins before dropping a 20-10 decision to Nebraska. White injured […]

In the latest episode of the Blatant Homerism Podcast, Josh McCuistion of SoonerScoop.com breaks down the latest action on the recruiting trail for OU. -Allen Kenney

With spring football starting this weekend in Norman, here are the 13 players who will have the most eyes on them in the next 15 practices. Sooners to Watch This Spring 1. QB Kyler Murray The five-star transfer is the highest-rated quarterback prospect to set foot in Norman since Rhett […]

He’s the People’s Choice for the Heisman Trophy. Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs joins Homerism for a very special podcast to discuss life on and off the field. Dobbs offers insight into the life of an athlete at the U.S. Naval Academy, as well as what brought him to Annapolis. He also fills us […]

I recently came across a post from our buddy Dave Bartoo at cfbmatrix.com about drafting quarterbacks that might raise the interest of Sooner fans. With the NFL draft quickly approaching, Bartoo found an intriguing relationship between his “Coaching Effect” statistic and quarterback play in the NFL. (A team’s Coaching Effect reflects the […]

Beyond the Bets, one of my favorite gambling/handicapping sites around, published a fantastic article Tuesday on the process for setting college football regular season win totals. The BtB post came on the heels of an article posted a week earlier by our friend Todd Fuhrman of Caesar’s Palace on how he determines […]

Oklahoma fans have had a little more than a week to digest getting thrashed by Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl, a loss that wrapped up an eventful 10-3 season. The Skinny joins Homerism for a podcast to put a cap on the year and look at the state of the program […]

Just who is Jay Boulware, the latest hire by Bob Stoops to coach the tight ends and special teams? For starters, he is a Longhorn. He was an offensive tackle for Texas in 1991-95. Can’t find any information if he was a starter or not, but he’s definitely a Longhorn. I […]

Fox Sports on Friday announced the broadcast details of Oklahoma’s first game of the season, a pay-per-view affair against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks. Aside from the steep price for ordering the game, $39.95, the announcement included a nasty surprise: Dave Lapham will be providing color commentary for the contest. After resigning myself […]

“If you can’t play defense, people will beat your ass.” Legendary Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer made that statement to the Tulsa World three days after the Sooners lost to Kansas State last year. And the King is right. The Sooners played horrible defense in 2012—ranking 45th in total defense by giving up […]