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Now and forever, football is about match-ups. It really just takes one decisive mismatch to turn a game completely in favor of one side or another. Unfortunately for Oklahoma tonight, that one-sided match-up was Clemson’s running game versus the Sooner defense. The Tigers churned out more than 300 yards on […]

ESPN’s Chris Fowler weighed in last week to express his disappointment with the SEC’s decision to keep its conference schedule at eight games. Naturally, Fowler’s employer also had to be disappointed by the decision to not add more attractive conference games to its live TV inventory, especially in light of the […]

The Texas Longhorns wrapped up the spring football season over Easter weekend with their annual Orange-White Game (brough to you by Dunkin’ Donuts). Wescott Eberts of Burnt Orange Nation joins BH for a podcast to discuss all the latest happenings on the 40 Acres. Wescott and I cover: *Mack Brown’s future. *Changes to Texas’ recruiting philosophy. […]

How about our first in-depth look at the 2017 class? Class size projects to around 25 players: 1 QB, 2 RBs (factoring in Samaje Perine and/or Joe Mixon to the NFL), 4 WRs, 1 TE, 4 OLs, 3 DTs, 3 OLBs/DEs, 2 ILBs, 3 CBs, 2 Ss. 2017 Verbal Commitments […]

In their first three games of 2012, the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks stunned Arkansas, 34-31, in overtime, lost to Auburn, 31-28, in overtime and nearly toppled Baylor. ULM tied for second in the Sun Belt Conference and finished the season with a 9-4 mark. The Warhawks were blown out by Ohio, 45-14, […]

The talk of Florida St. potentially leaving the ACC for the Big 12 has seemingly caught the national media by surprise. However, mysterious realignment oracle Honus “The Dude” Snead of West Virginia site ‘Eer Insider has had the jump on the situation since January. He joins Homerism for a podcast to give his […]

Judging by the headlines this summer, cheating is the new black in college football. But, don’t the kinds of infractions that have ensnared Ohio State and North Carolina happen all over the sport? The reality is that there is precious little research available on the extent of rule-breaking in major […]

It was a case of four steps forward, one step back for Oklahoma in what turned into a huge seven days of recruiting last week. *For starters, the Sooners scored a recommitment from Cedarian Lamb, which surprised a lot of recruiting analysts. Players rarely decommit and then three months later […]

New assistant coach Jay Boulware has taken over as special teams coordinator for the Sooners this spring in addition to coaching the tight ends. His most recent special teams tutelage was at Auburn. The Tigers’ punt coverage unit ranked second nationally, allowing four return yards on 70 punts. You read […]

Texas Tech found itself with a surprising coaching opening earlier this year after Tommy Tuberville dined and dashed off to Cincinnati. The Red Raiders hired favorite son Kliff Kingsbury to bring some stability to a program that has drifted since the end of the Mike Leach era. Seth Jungmann of […]