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David Boren sparked yet another round of conference realignment speculation last week when he made it clear that one of the Big 12’s power progams isn’t happy with the current state of the conference. Now that the initial hysteria has passed, let’s put theory into practice: What might a remodeled […]

This is the time of year that college football begins to heat up. Spring football is over, summer rumors are roaring and All-American lists are coming out. With that in mind, when my friend Allen Kenney asked if I had interest in writing a “Best of” list, I knew just […]

Dave Sittler of the Tulsa World raised an issue in his column yesterday that I’ve touched on before: How much more rope will Oklahoma State über-booster T. Boone Pickens give Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy? Sittler suggests — I think correctly — that the OSU coach may be hanging by a thread. Ask […]

In the last two years, we’ve learned that while conference realignment produces juicy rumors by the bucketload, there’s a whole lot talk and not nearly as much action. One day, the Pac-10 is destined to become college football’s first superconference, the next it’s, well, not. The Big 12 is supposedly […]

“Commerce Street.” Those words can bring back some fond memories of the pregame revelry known as OU-Texas weekend in Dallas. Those two words probably stir up some bad memories for the Dallas locals. For 63 years, Commerce Street was ground zero for the revelry held every Friday night before the […]

If you’re among the misguided souls who wanted to see the NCAA take action against Baylor for its irresponsible (at best) handling of allegations of sexual assault and other offenses against members of its football team, your wish has been granted. No, the amateurism cops aren’t taking down the Bears. […]

We’ve covered the Sooners’ current verbal commitments in the 2019 class and their top offensive targets. Let’s talk about the other side of the ball. Oklahoma’s top defensive prospects for 2019 Defensive Tackle Two spots are available, depending upon need. It’s not a great year nationally or regionally for DTs right now. OU […]

Listening to some loudmouths in the Sooner State, you’d wonder why any institution that’s serious about its football would be interested in stealing Bob Stoops out of Oklahoma. And, yet, with Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis’ ample seat growing warmer by the snap in South Bend, the Chicago Sun-Times put […]

While the vast majority of the attention from the report by John Ourand of SportsBusiness Daily on the looming deal between the Big Ten and FOX went to the gargantuan money involved, a much smaller number in the story might be even more important: six, as in the number of years in the […]

“Anybody catch Royal Pains last night?” The University of Texas-El Paso, the Oklahoma Sooners’ season-opening opponent Saturday, has had so many characters coach its football team that the USA Network should broadcast Miner football games. Mike Price is entering his ninth year as UTEP’s head coach. Most Sooner fans may remember that […]